Imperial Treasure
Chapter 119 - 94 Bitter Ghost Doll

Chapter 119: Chapter 94 Bitter Ghost Doll

But Brother Ma just licked his tongue, feeling the taste of Erguotou in his mouth, his heart burning like fire. After all, there are only two most glorious ways for a man to die.

-- Either at the hands of another man!

-- Or on a woman’s belly!

There were no women here, so he could only choose to die in battle!

"Come on, you ghost thing... come on, Brother Ma is waiting for you... come into Brother Ma’s embrace~~"

Brother Ma’s tone was like that of a hostess in a nightclub~~

The people behind couldn’t help but roll their eyes. Brother, have you been so stimulated that you’ve got blood rushing to your head?

And following Brother Ma’s call...

A dark shadow suddenly fell from above!

With a ferocity swifter than a tiger!

Crack!

Brother Ma suddenly let out a sharp cry, his body thrown over a meter, crashing into the wall along with the others behind him.

The knife in Brother Ma’s hand was raised in defense, and for that moment, a sharp friction sound was heard...

"It’s here!"

"What!"

"Where?!"

Ah Hai raised his knife instinctively...

But at this moment, the atmosphere grew infinitely eerie.

Four grown men, now quieter and more well-behaved than any little wife.

Brother Ma took a deep breath, his fingers clutching the knife twitched slightly, he slowly said, "The knife feels a bit heavier than before."

What! Upon hearing this, Ah Hai stepped forward, turning back to face the direction opposite Brother Ma, and swung his knife down!

Ah Hai, why are you attacking Brother Ma!!!! Someone shouted!

And as knife met knife!

Clang!!!

At the point of intersection, a dark shadow let out a sharp scream, a strange Black Blood spurting out.

"Back off!"

Ah Hai and Brother Ma both retreated, then simultaneously advanced towards where the dark shadow had shot out to attack together!

Clang clang!

Their knives struck the stone wall, leaving marks. The shadow moved along the uneven walls like a snake, then like a bat, swooped down from above...

"Run!"

The four of them quickly dispersed, running down a passageway...

And that dark shadow stretched even longer behind them...

Like the cry of a baby~~~

Bitter Ghost Doll, this was the Bitter Ghost Doll!

A killer without blinking, the Bitter Ghost Doll!

One of the most feared horrors among tomb raiders!

"Ah!!!!"

Brother Ma turned around only to hear Ah Hai letting out a scream...

"Ah Hai!!!!"

"Not me! It’s Ah Fei!"

Behind Ah Hai were Ah Fei and Doggy...

And as Brother Ma turned his head, Ah Hai saw two more dark shadows emerging from the passageway in front of Brother Ma...

More are coming!

Is this the apocalypse?

Lights of swords flashed, shadows flickered in an instant...

Above them, what was originally the size of a head, the dark shadow elongated into one the size of a three-year-old child, leaping from behind Ah Fei and Doggy...

Two other dark shadows were behind Brother Ma...

Blocking the passageway!

Deathblow!

Brother Ma raised his knife, instinctively slashing at the shadow blocking his path.

It seemed that this shadow was larger than the others, huh?

"Damn, it’s the Bitter Ghost Doll’s mother! I’m gonna chop you down!"

Clang~~~

However, his knife was blocked, striking sparks that illuminated the darkness. Brother Ma caught a glimpse of a pretty face, and before he could steady himself, he saw another shadow flitting out from behind it, ghost-like, a swift twist at the waist, moving behind him...

He turned his wrist sideways, flicked the Xie Bi Ya upward fiercely, like a cold light arrow slicing through the air, casting a brilliant crescent moon’s cold glow...

Thump!

The shadow in the air was cleaved in two, pfft, Black Blood sprayed into the air, and the Xiezhi Dagger flew out three meters away, then reversed direction abruptly...

Swipe!

Sui Yi reached out a hand and grasped the hilt of the knife.

Brother Ma’s heart pounded wildly, and after a long moment, he came back to his senses to see his boss Ninth Miss rolling her eyes, "Brother Ma, were you scared stiff? Even I had to step in..."

Sheesh! Brother Ma spat out a curse joyfully and exclaimed, "Miss, it’s you! I really had no idea before, but Miss Sui... that move you just did!"

He, like Ah Hai, both gave a thumbs up.

"Beautiful!"

"Absolutely beautiful!"

Ninth Miss also put away her curved knife, raised an eyebrow looking at the Xiezhi Dagger in Sui Yi’s hand, "Whirling Blade Technique? You actually know this trick~~~ Is the original still around?"

The woman’s eyes lit up; she was clearly very interested in Sui Yi’s move.

Where Sui Yi got her exclusive skills was actually from the offensive techniques learned from the Xiezhi Dagger... which she had developed further through her own research.

However, naturally she couldn’t be honest with these people.

"If you want to learn, I can teach you later," Sui Yi said indifferently as she wiped the blade casually on Brother Ma’s sleeve while holding the hilt,

Upon hearing this, Ninth Miss’s eyes shone even brighter.

Brother Ma’s face darkened.

But having the chance to meet Ninth Miss still made Brother Ma happy, and Ah Hai breathed a sigh of relief. Unlike Brother Ma, who was purely in it for tomb raiding and had been recruited by Ninth Miss for his abilities, he had come initially to protect Ninth Miss.

If something happened to her, all the treasures of this tomb wouldn’t matter to him.

Only at this moment did Brother Ma and Ah Hai hear the wailing of Ah Fei from behind them.

Ah Fei was now lying on the ground, holding his palm, bloodied. Did the Bitter Ghost Doll bite him? Sui Yi exchanged glances with Ninth Miss.

Ninth Miss went over to take a look, bending down, and Brother Ma and Ah Hai followed suit. As Sui Yi was about to examine the bisected creature on the ground, her gaze suddenly fixed.

She glanced over at Doggy, who gave her a smile.

The smile was a bit stiff.

It would have been better not to smile at all.

Sui Yi turned away and bent to inspect the corpse of the Bitter Ghost Doll. The creature looked somewhat like an axolotl but more twisted, with twelve tentacles, a large head, a fish-like tail, and scales on its body...

An utterly hideous creature, yet also eerily fascinating.

"This is my first time seeing a Bitter Ghost Doll look like this," Brother Ma said as he took out a cigarette and lit up.

He puffed on the smoke.

"You must have been in the water too, right? Your cigarette..." Sui Yi glanced at the cigarette he was holding.

Brother Ma grinned proudly at this, "Every time I enter a tomb, I wrap my cigarettes and lighter in a bag. No matter if I’m in the water or somewhere else, I can still pick them up and use them..."

"Yeah, I remember you fished them out of the latrine once..." Ninth Miss said coolly and sarcastically, getting up after clapping her hands, "Don’t remember wrapping your handgun or anything, huh?"

Uh... Brother Ma was embarrassed.

Sui Yi wasn’t sure whether to praise him or not.

Speaking of which, was that latrine story true?

Unconsciously, Sui Yi kept her distance from Brother Ma.

"Ah Fei’s hand is fine, just bitten. Ah Hai, you have anti-inflammatory medicine in your bag, give him some,"

Ninth Miss instructed Ah Hai, while discussing some past events with Brother Ma and Sui Yi, speaking very quickly. All three kept an eye on their surroundings.

But no matter how quickly they spoke, they could feel something sinister.

"Who was talking just now?" Ninth Miss suddenly asked. Sui Yi and the others fell silent simultaneously.

At that moment, the speaking continued, soft and whispering, including Sui Yi and Ninth Miss’s voices, as well as those of Brother Ma and others...

And others still.

Ah Hai and Ah Fei’s expressions both quivered...

Ninth Miss clenched her teeth, "Damn it, the Bitter Ghost Dolls have caught up!"

But it was too late to hide!

They were here!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh,

Ten? Twenty?

Numerous dark figures flashed by as the three shone their torches down the corridor, and soon, they were almost upon them...

All six people felt the spread of death.

Just as those dense shadows were only three to four meters away.

An object, unknown what it was, flew over their heads.

"Miss, get down!"

Boom!

The corridor exploded!

Sui Yi and the others sprinted towards where the hand grenade flew from...

Whoosh, the whole passage collapsed, and Sui Yi’s group burst out of the entrance to find Feng Sha and others waiting outside.

Now it was Sui Yi’s and Ninth Miss’s turn to breathe a sigh of relief.

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Brother Ma’s good habits were only dedicated to cigarettes and lighters, whereas Feng Sha and the others had been generous with guns and ammunition...

In light of this, Ninth Miss, having received guns that hadn’t been submerged, was very pleased and promised to reward them handsomely upon their return...

Once the group had united, they were as many as ten strong, although only Lin Feng remained as the doctor.

This unlucky big boy, not long out of school but expert in his field and especially adept with bizarre and ancient things, was fortunate to be alive. He was said to have been engulfed in mud and sand, on his own, for about an hour, and just when he was about to be killed by the Bitter Ghost Doll, Feng Sha found him!

The group didn’t have much time to reminisce and quickly left the dangerous area.

The three parties shared their own trajectories, and Brother Ma drew up a simple map.

"You can see this place is a massive network of veins. It may look twisted and complicated, but it’s not random. For example, the path we’re on now is the main artery... All the underground palaces and passages, as long as we find the main artery, we can locate the key treasures... It’s just like playing a game!" Brother Ma’s words made Feng Sha raise an eyebrow, "Why would you say this is the main artery?"

Could it be because this road is wider?

Feng Sha didn’t think it was a joke.

Brother Ma scratched his head, how to explain? He had based his guess on the direction of the various side passages; it was intuition, not something easily expressed...

"It’s because of the magnetic fields," Sui Yi said indifferently.

Magnetic fields? Everyone was astonished.

"The main artery has the strongest magnetic field, and all the plants are growing in this direction..." Sui Yi pointed at the moss on the walls and the ferns in the corners,

"Moreover, from the strange and ferocious creatures at the beginning to the Bitter Ghost Dolls now, they have all been strictly along this main artery. We didn’t encounter them on the other smaller paths..."

They hadn’t noticed before, but now that Sui Yi mentioned it, they all nodded in agreement, although they never thought that her main basis was the Magnetic Sensation with which she had detected some differences in the geography here.

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