Imperial Treasure
Chapter 396 - 270: Desert Flying Eagle

Chapter 396: Chapter 270: Desert Flying Eagle

It turned out he wasn’t the first to notice that something was off about that Little Beard guide..

Since she left with confidence, it proved that Ninth Miss and the others should be able to handle this terrifying guide.

Or perhaps, he still needed to remind these two.. this guide wasn’t just associated with Loulan, but was actually a Loulan person!

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"Oh my goodness, has Brother Gao fallen into a manure pit? He’s been gone for so long and still hasn’t come back," Han Gao mumbled while eating, and Brother Ma cast him a glance, snickering, "I think he might be digging a manure pit..."

"Enough, I’ll go call him." Feng Sha, who didn’t talk much usually, was very diligent and seemed a bit worried, so he stood up to go... but someone stopped him.

"I can go."

The speaker was Miss Gong.

Feng Sha was taken aback, and the bread fell from Han Gao’s mouth..

"Ninth Miss, oh dear, that guy is relieving himself, how can you go..."

"It’s exactly for that reason that I should go over.." Miss Gong smiled.

Crack, why did he feel like he didn’t understand what she was saying anymore.

Han Gao scratched his head, but Brother Ma exchanged a look with Feng Sha, "Then the two of us will accompany you. Fatty, you and Shen Di protect Miss Hua."

Flower Demon frowned, damn it, how many times have I told you not to call me Miss Hua!

There were many large rocks by the riverbank, as if this place was once a riverbed, and there were pebbles on the ground, where Gao Yi was squatting behind a large rock...

Seriously and silently...

Suddenly!

"Gao Yi!"

This shout startled Gao Yi, who reflexively stood up and immediately looked at Miss Gong and the others with a mix of surprise and uncertainty, exclaiming, "Oh man, what are you guys doing, you scared me!"

"We’re looking for you! What are you doing? You’ve been gone so long, we thought something bad happened to you," Brother Ma said smoothly.

Gao Yi glanced at Miss Gong, then said, "What could possibly happen to me, just taking a moment to relieve myself... Miss Gong, why did you come over too..."

That look in his eyes was very strange, as if he was about to call Miss Gong a pervert.

"Relieve yourself?... What does that mean?" Miss Gong asked, puzzled.

Er, forgive our Miss Gong for her lack of knowledge in some cultural expressions.

"It means taking a dump," Brother Ma explained.

"Oh, got it..." Miss Gong nodded, then turned to Gao Yi, "So when you take a dump, you never pull down your pants?"

Gao Yi’s expression...

"Miss Gong, what you’re saying is really... I had just squatted down.."

"So all that time before you were just scouting the place? You even scout before taking a dump? You’re quite meticulous," Miss Gong said.

"..."

Why did this conversation feel so...

Brother Ma’s expression was profound, Gao Yi’s expression increasingly embarrassed, and as he was about to say something, Miss Gong’s gun was already aimed at his head.

Finally, Gao Yi’s complexion changed, "Miss Gong, are you planning to kill the donkey after it’s ground the grain?"

All because I take a dump without pulling down my pants?

"If you were a donkey, I might not kill you, but unfortunately, you are a fox, a venomous fox..."

Miss Gong said emotionlessly while giving Brother Ma a look, "Be careful and check beneath this rock... This man can control creatures like Acacia Ants and Earth Dragons."

"Okay," Brother Ma didn’t doubt Miss Gong’s decision; in fact, as soon as Miss Gong brought it up, it was like an epiphany for them, all the little doubts they had previously had instantly connected to Gao Yi.

And they connected perfectly.

It seemed that was the only explanation.

While Brother Ma was moving the rocks to check, the fear and panic on Gao Yi’s face quickly faded, turning into a smile, "The reason you suspect me is because of Sui Yi, right?"

Miss Gong raised an eyebrow, "You guess."

"It could only be her... I know she’s a big threat, in fact, if it wasn’t for her, I could have killed all of you the first time I made my move, but unfortunately, it failed repeatedly due to her..."

As Gao Yi spoke, he showed a look of regret.. and then pop! A bullet pierced his right leg!

Pierced through!

Gao Yi fell to his knees.

Miss Gong’s gun rested on his forehead.

"So you know ventriloquism? That slight gurgling noise just now was to summon your army of ants, wasn’t it... Quite fascinating, but I’m not fond of the ants or the Earth Dragon at all, so you’d better not make that noise again, or the next shot will blow up your head!"

If Sui Yi’s presence had overshadowed Miss Gong’s brilliance, then as soon as Sui Yi left, her domineering attitude came out!

She was already a leader by nature; without anyone holding her back, she easily took the lead.

And now, Gao Yi fully felt her aura of killing.

"You know that too? I underestimated you..."

Miss Gong didn’t say this was Sui Yi’s doing, because Brother Ma stood up and said, "Didn’t find anything special, but..."

"The arrangement of the rocks is somewhat odd!"

Young Master Feng and Brother Ma said simultaneously.

Rocks?

Miss Gong glanced over and suddenly noticed some rocks in the shadow in front of a large rock had been arranged into a pattern...

An odd pattern, unfamiliar to Brother Ma and the others, but Miss Gong suddenly paused, damn, that formation was on the map!

"Quick, scramble the map! This bastard is calling his accomplices!"

As soon as Miss Gong spoke, Gao Yi had already laughed, "Haha, too late. Our eagle-eyed friend has already seen everything, he is almost here..."

Fuck!

Just as Miss Gong was about to blow his head off with a gunshot, suddenly...

The piercing cries of an eagle came from high above.

Everyone looked up together...

A Desert Flying Eagle of considerable size.

It circled overhead, emitting sharp cries, and at the same time, Flower Demon, on the outside, suddenly shouted, "Miss Gong, it seems we’ve been watched from the beginning."

She hesitated, then said, "This is someone we know."

On the opposite bank of the river, someone was coming.

Alone.

But behind him was a dense swarm of Acacia Ants.

He had arrived.

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There is a state of corpses called Giant’s View, which refers to a level of decay where the body has swollen with gases, making a person expand considerably. This state of decomposition is almost certainly the most disgusting, and the dirtiest. If the original person was already tall, to witness them in Giant’s View is even more terrifying.

However, Ye Changan couldn’t comprehend how the Ancient City of Loulan, sealed with a long history, could hide such a corpse within its walls.

The extent of decay in a body is time-limited; generally, after a year, one wouldn’t expect to see any flesh left, unless preserved in special conditions like ice. And looking at this gate, it wasn’t completely air-tight and in a vacuum either. With the passage of time and air exposure, it was impossible for it to still be in the state of Giant’s View.

Strange, very strange, so strange it verged on eerie, eerie to the point of disbelief.

That was Ye Changan’s most immediate impression.

However, Xiao Yu’s impression was more instinctive, danger!

She had already grabbed the mechanism’s ring on the gate and pulled with all her might!

But that was nothing compared to the speed at which the belly of the giant rotting corpse was torn open, even less compared to the speed at which the giant beetle that tore open the corpse’s belly sprung out!

"Changan, dodge!"

Xiao Yu instantly released the ring and raised her gun...

Ye Changan raised his gun as well.

Bang, bang!

The bullets struck the beetle, which was as big as half a person.

Boom, boom!

The sound of metal being struck changed the expressions of both Ye Changan and Xiao Yu, while the beetle was only skewed slightly by the impact of the two bullets, landing with a clatter, and then leaping up again!

It was fast, too fast for Ye Changan to react, but Xiao Yu was on it!

Bang, bang, bang! Her left hand fired bullets, but her right didn’t use a dagger, as it was too short and easily controlled by the beetle.

So what did she use in her right hand?

With a swish, she flipped out another gun from her right leg!

Two guns!

Bang, bang, bang, the bullets flew fiercely, perfectly blocking the giant beetle’s advance and keeping it at bay, but Ye Changan had to warn her, "The smaller beetles are coming!"

Without any flash constraints, the beetles went completely mad!

How many beetles could a single bullet kill?

How long could the two of them fend off these beetles before being eaten alive?

Or maybe they wouldn’t be eaten, but would have beetles crawling into their mouths, nesting and breeding inside their stomachs...

It was a critical moment, perilous to the extreme...

Some of the smaller beetles had even reached Ye Changan’s feet...

Suddenly!

Light came!

It was a spinning light!

A torch!

"Catch!"

Ye Changan swiftly spanned his feet and caught the torch, glancing up...

Whoosh, whoosh!

Two more torches were thrown in quick succession, but Ye Changan couldn’t catch them, not because his hands were full, but because these torches were thrown directly into the pile of beetles...

In a blaze, the beetles hissed densely, all those approaching Ye Changan and Xiao Yu scattered in fear, all except for the giant beetle...

It suddenly leaped!

Toward Ye Changan’s head...

Thump!

A flying kick in mid-air!

The giant beetle was kicked away ferociously by Xiao Yu!

Remarkable leg strength! It even caved the beetle’s abdomen in... more effective than a bullet!

Just then, a sword flew through the air!

Thwack!

The sword firmly pierced the giant beetle, nailing it to the wall.

The sword entered two-thirds into the wall.

A carapace that bullets couldn’t penetrate, was it just pierced by a hurled sword, and stuck into the wall?

Not only was Ye Changan flabbergasted, but Xiao Yu was also dazzled.

What a fearsome sword, what a skilled Sui Yi!

With the giant beetle dead, the smaller ones were utterly terrified and scattered back into the bodies they came from.

Sui Yi landed from somewhere not too far away, holding a torch and approaching.

Phew, both Xiao Yu and Ye Changan heaved a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yu pulled on the ring while Sui Yi pulled out the sword, throwing the torches to the ground creating a line.

This barrier kept the beetles from getting close to the mechanism of the gate. Given the amount of fuel on these torches, they could burn for at least an hour or two, which should still be usable by then.

—If they still needed to escape through this place.

When they opened the gate, the three of them suddenly heard a sharp cry of an eagle.

It came from outside the city, or maybe above, clear either way.

All three were startled.

They reflexively looked to the sky, but saw no trace of the eagle.

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