Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 856 - 497: However, They Are Just Evil Spirits and Monsters!

Chapter 856: Chapter 497: However, They Are Just Evil Spirits and Monsters!

The fragrance in the air began to spread, and the three of them, Sean Knight and his team, covered their noses, cautiously looking around.

As a rule of thumb, with the fragrance here, wouldn’t the Old Monk who performed the hypnosis be not far away?

With their guns aimed in three directions, the trio had very good eyesight. The area was open, and the grave mounds could serve as cover, so they weren’t worried about being ambushed.

However, after a good while, the fragrance had already dissipated, and the Old Monk still hadn’t appeared.

"Does the Old Monk dare not to come?" Douglas Cooper muttered, "Do we just keep waiting?"

"There’s no need," Sean Knight had an idea in mind, "You two keep watch for me, I’ll dig up this grave mound— I feel like there’s something underneath!"

His subordinates had never questioned his decisions, so they stayed vigilantly on guard while Sean Knight pulled out a short knife and began digging up the grave mound.

The mound wasn’t too big, and Sean Knight quickly made a hole.

With the help of Sky Eye, he cheated a bit by lifting the soil camouflage on the surface of the grave mound, revealing an iron lid underneath.

"Boss, this coffin has a bit of a personality, eh!" Douglas said with a glance and a laugh.

"This is probably not a coffin—" Sean cleared the soil on the iron lid about a square meter wide, pointing at the lock on it:

"Which coffin has a lock on it? Afraid that the thing inside will come back to life?"

"Then this..." Elijah Hastings and Douglas Cooper didn’t need to think to know that this "grave mound" was probably not a real grave.

Looking at the rusted lock, Sean Knight knew that this underground corridor must have been untouched for a long time.

"Keep watch, if that person is fated to appear, it might be right now!" Sean Knight warned, then lifted his rifle and smashed the lock with the gunstock!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A few hits and the lock was broken. Sean kicked the ruined lock away and bent down to lift the iron lid.

Just at that moment, the sound of a low Buddhist chant suddenly filled his ears.

Was that... a chant?

Subconsciously, Sean linked this to the chant similar to the "Great Compassion Mantra" he had heard domestically.

It was similar but not quite the same.

Then he felt like he was about to enter that meditative state—

Wonderful!

Sean had once been a believer in Chinese Qigong and esotericism but had not come across it for a while, so he gradually left it to fate.

Feeling this way now, he was slightly overjoyed, then he thought about settling down to fully appreciate it...

No, that’s wrong!

What was he thinking at a time like this?

A sudden alertness in his mind alerted Sean that he had nearly been tricked!

He shook his head and looked both ways, indeed noticing that Douglas Cooper and Elijah Hastings’ eyes were a bit confused, as if they were analyzing something or struggling fiercely against something!

"Be careful! The Old Fellow is coming!" Sean quickly threw two pebbles at them and warned at the same time.

Both men had mental strength beyond ordinary people, and they hadn’t been fully hypnotized. Sean’s interference immediately woke them up!

"The Old Fellow is tough!" said Douglas with a grim expression, yet these were his words.

"Don’t worry, you’ll have your chance to take revenge!" Elijah’s face was so cold it seemed it could frost over.

It was one thing to be tricked the first time, but to almost fall for it a second time despite being prepared, if not for the boss’s reminder, they might have failed again!

This vendetta had to be avenged!

All three were completely focused on their surroundings, then Sean saw several Monks from the depths of the pagoda forest, carrying guns and bending over to encircle them!

Without needing Sean’s reminder, Elijah and Douglas also noticed the commotion, and they both quickly took advantage of the neighboring grave mounds as cover, aimed their guns, and started shooting with "bang! bang! bang!"

Several Monks were brought down instantly, while the others lay on the ground, taking cover and firing back.

At that moment, Sean noticed that the opponent’s gun skills were average at best, although they had tactical movements, they looked awkward.

Seeing that Elijah and Douglas were handling one side without needing his help, he turned his attention to another direction.

At that moment, the Buddhist Scripture chant in his ears suddenly changed its tone from the initially calm aura to one of decisive fierceness!

Paired with the current Battlefield environment, it was quite complementary!

Sean’s expression was momentarily dazed, but he immediately snapped out of it!

The gunshots from Elijah and Douglas also became erratic!

Clearly, they too were affected!

The Old Monk, hearing the gunshots from afar, couldn’t help frowning.

Against Ordinary People, even those practicing meditative cultivation methods, his hypnosis combined with special fragrances was usually doubly effective—immediately putting people in a daze, entering a fantasy world, collapsing to the ground!

Now, having increased the dose, taking full advantage of the environment, and even increasing the Medicine powder, Those few were still able to shoot!

How could this be?

Watching one Monk after another fall, the Old Monk also started to feel distressed!

In the Depths of the Jungle, it was very rare for anyone to come by at all.

If he had chosen to kill the youth who resisted the hypnosis to recruit him into his Team, he wouldn’t be having this Trouble now!

However, if such gifted individuals could be recruited as his Subordinates, wouldn’t his plans be even easier to achieve?