Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 857 - 497: However, They Are Just Evil Spirits and Monsters!_2

Chapter 857: Chapter 497: However, They Are Just Evil Spirits and Monsters!_2

The Old Monk hesitated for a second, then realized he could not afford to be indecisive. If he faltered, all his monks would meet their demise!

He immediately increased the volume of his chanting and once again scattered the hard-to-come-by petal powder he held, hoping that the upwind could vanquish those people!

The Old Monk hid behind a tree two hundred meters away, feeling that the opponent could not possibly see him from there.

However, the Old Monk underestimated Sean Knight’s vision and overestimated the effect of his hypnosis.

As soon as Sean heard the chanting of Buddhist Scriptures again, he had pinned down the source of the sound!

He hunched down and, using a grave mound as cover, began to move slowly towards that direction!

Luckily, with Elijah Hastings and Douglas Cooper pressing the monks on that side so they couldn’t even lift their heads, Sean’s movements went unnoticed.

Sean crept forward forty or fifty meters, the volume of the chant in his ears growing significantly louder.

But because he was prepared, the opponent’s influence on him was greatly reduced.

Sean had almost pinpointed the Old Monk’s location. He looked over and saw that it was blocked by trees.

Sean looked left and right, then stealthily moved towards the right.

After moving sideways for a dozen or so steps, Sean found a suitable spot. He peeked out from the right side of a grave mound and saw the Old Monk standing behind the tree, chanting scriptures with his mouth open.

This Old Monk truly was exceptional—such a distance away, and yet the Buddhist Scriptures he chanted were so clear and wide-reaching!

Sean had a moment of haze, but then resolutely raised his gun.

Aiming at the Old Monk’s head, Sean slowly pre-compressed the trigger.

At this moment, he was thinking of those scenes from TV shows where so-called snipers and sharpshooters fiercely pulled the trigger when shooting.

Amateurs!

Sniping itself requires precision, and any small change in the environment could have unpredictable consequences.

Jerking the trigger would only cause the gun’s position to change, making the bullet’s impact point uncertain.

That’s why Elijah and his team would tell Sean during their exchanges that unless it’s random shooting, for this kind of sneak attack with a well-aimed shot, one must aim consciously but fire unconsciously.

You wouldn’t even know when you’d fully pulled the trigger.

Of course, this applies to someone semi-professional like Sean.

Whether it was a coincidence or the Old Monk really sensed Sean’s murderous intent, he turned his head while chanting towards Sean’s direction, then quickly ducked behind the tree!

"Bang!"

A gunshot fired; through Sean’s sight reticle, he knew he hit the Old Monk, but he hadn’t killed him!

Sean immediately rose and charged towards the location!

The Old Monk was fast, his figure zigzagging left and right, quickly disappearing into the forest.

When Sean arrived at the spot where the Old Monk had been hiding, he found a small bag of powder, which, upon smell, turned out to be the same fragrance that was drifting in the air before.

Clearly, this was what the Old Monk had used to aid his hypnosis.

Sean bent down and collected the bag of powder—there was no telling if it might be useful in the future.

Seeing the blood drops on the ground and tree leaves beside the bag, Sean knew the Old Monk had indeed been wounded.

But the blood wasn’t much, indicating the injury was not severe.

With Sky Eye activated, Sean followed the blood trail.

Having already escaped once, Sean didn’t intend to let the Old Monk get away again!

Too dangerous!

He’d almost fallen for it!

Running along, suddenly the trace disappeared!

Sean stopped and looked around cautiously.

There was no noise.

He lowered his head to examine the spot where the bloodstains and footprints vanished.

With Sky Eye enhanced, Sean smiled.

It turned out this Old Monk was a sly one!

He walked over and squatted down, reaching out to grab the turf.

The camouflaged grass was pulled out by the roots, revealing a disguised cave entrance below.

Indeed, there was a drop of blood at the stairs leading down the entrance.

Sean, carrying his gun, went down, and soon he was surrounded by darkness.

Feeling like he had descended four or five meters, the path then turned into a horizontal corridor.

While immersed in darkness to ordinary people’s eyes, everything was as bright as day to Sean.

The Old Monk briefly appeared at the end of the corridor, holding a gun, also intending to ambush. But just as he aimed to shoot, he saw Sean raising his gun and immediately knew he was visible to his opponent!

The Old Monk quickly withdrew backward, retreating further into the pathway.

Sean originally intended to shoot, but had not expected the Old Monk to move so quickly!

He felt even more than ever that the Old Monk’s combat skills were extraordinary!

The impression of him had to be revised—the Old Monk knew Kung Fu!

With gun in hand, Sean quickly chased after him, and upon reaching the corner, found the Old Monk had vanished.

With multiple turns in the corridor and maintaining his speed, Sean wasn’t afraid of the Old Monk ambushing him around the corners, thanks to his Sky Eye.

It was just unfortunate that the Old Monk was too cautious about his life to lay an ambush and had instead quickly left without a trace.

Coming to a forked road, the Old Monk’s tracks disappeared.

Sean saw a ladder nearby leading upwards.

But he didn’t go up, for with Sky Eye always on, he scanned both sides of the corridor and realized the passage forked into two directions—one side had a pitfall, where walking over it would mean falling into a pit with sharpened tree branches at the bottom, and the other side was the same—