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Chapter 1376

"You are safe now, we will help you leave here."

Wang Kaixuan has already started to enjoy the canned beef.

He chatted while eating: "Speaking of which, who are you? Why are you acting alone? It's too dangerous to be alone in a place like this."

Jiang Wen shook his head.

"My name is Jiang Wen, I..."

Before he finished speaking.

Suddenly, a huge rat approached Wang Kaixuan silently.

And bit his finger fiercely.

"Ah!"

Wang Kaixuan screamed.

He jumped up and shook off the rat like a conditioned reflex.

But in the chaos, more rats rushed out from the dark corners as if they had sensed the signal.

Red eyes flashed malicious light under the dim light.

Huo Jilin quickly pulled out the dagger hidden at his waist.

"Kaixuan! Back off!"

He ordered calmly.

Wang Kaixuan retreated behind Huo Jilin with a guilty conscience.

The three stood back to back.

Facing the swarms of rats that came in groups and were bloodthirsty.

"Damn it!"

Wang Kaixuan cursed.

Although he was not good at fighting.

But at this time he could only bite the bullet and wave the tools he carried with him to show his threat.

Huo Jilin was more calm.

Every time he swung his knife, he accurately repelled the attacking rats.

"Watch out for their teeth and claws."

He reminded.

"Don't let yourself get bitten."

In this tense confrontation.

Jiang Wen barely supported his body.

Looking for something that could be used as a weapon.

Although he was seriously injured.

But he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

Huo Jilin's eyes were as sharp as a falcon.

He quickly assessed the situation in his mind.

These tomb rats were obviously different from ordinary ground creatures.

There was a fearless ferocity in their eyes.

It was difficult to resist such rats for a long time with only daggers and tools.

"Kaixuan, stop scolding, see if there is anything that can stop them!" Huo Jilin shouted while beating them. Wang Kaixuan looked around nervously. He found a collapsed wooden shelf. "That! We can use that!" He pointed at the wooden shelf and said loudly. Although Jiang Wen was injured, he was not a person who was willing to sit and wait for death. After hearing Wang Kaixuan's words, he immediately dragged his painful body to push the wooden shelf. Huo Jilin saw this. He calmed down: "Okay! I will cover you." After saying that, he stood directly in the front. He stood in front of Wang Kaixuan and Jiang Wen. The dagger in his hand danced with the wind whistling. Wang Kaixuan and Jiang Wen worked together to move the wooden shelf to the entrance of a narrow passage. They barely blocked the attack of part of the rat group. But more rats still came from other directions. At this moment. Huo Jilin noticed some empty cans scattered on the ground.

An idea flashed in his mind.

"Use this to scare them!"

He quickly picked up an empty can and threw it high to the ceiling.

The collision between the iron sheet and the rock made a loud noise.

It echoed in the closed tomb.

Unfortunately, these huge rats did not retreat.

Instead, they pounced on the three people more frantically as if they were enraged.

"Damn! These beasts!"

Wang Kaixuan shouted anxiously.

Huo Jilin frowned.

He couldn't fight any harder.

Suddenly.

He remembered the totems and records he had seen at the entrance of the tomb.

Huo Jilin's thoughts instantly returned to the moment they entered this ancient tomb.

There were strange totems carved at the entrance of the tomb.

One of them depicted a scene of a giant snake fighting with a group of rats.

According to legend.

This kind of snake is a guardian beast.

Specializes in hunting unclean things that invade tombs.

"Could it be..."

Huo Jilin's heart moved.

Suddenly he remembered that he still had a dead snake body he met on the road hidden in his backpack.

But he didn't expect that it might be the key to resolving the current dilemma.

At the moment when the rats were about to overwhelm them.

Huo Jilin quickly leaned over and opened his backpack.

He took out the dead snake body that was already stiff and exuded a pungent smell.

He threw it to the rats without hesitation.

Wang Kaixuan was stunned when he saw Huo Jilin's sudden action.

"Master Huo, you are..."

"Shut up! Watch!"

Huo Jilin interrupted Wang Kaixuan in a deep voice.

To everyone's surprise.

Those rats that were originally extremely fierce and seemed not afraid of any attack.

They stopped charging after seeing the dead snake body.

They gathered around.

They began to bite with their sharp teeth.

"What's wrong with these beasts?"

Wang Kaixuan asked in astonishment.

Huo Jilin did not answer him.

He just stared at the scene in front of him.Although he did not fully understand why this happened.

But at least it gave him and his companions a chance to catch their breath.

Jiang Wen leaned on the wooden shelf.

Panting with sweat on his forehead, he said, "It seems... we can take a breath for now."

But Huo Jilin knew that the situation was still critical.

"Don't be too happy too soon."

His tone was calm and firm.

"Ordinary means can no longer drive these things away."

Wang Kaixuan and Jiang Wen both looked at Huo Jilin.

Waiting for him to come up with a solution.

Huo Jilin took a deep breath.

He did not answer immediately.

Huo Jilin's eyes flashed coldly in the dim tomb.

He knew that a dead snake corpse alone could not stop these rats that were surging like a tide for a long time.

He quickly reached into his pocket.

He took out a marble-sized steel ball.

"Get out of the way!"

Huo Jilin shouted.

He swung his arm vigorously.

The steel ball traced a silver track.

It smashed into the rats.

Wang Kaixuan stared at the steel ball nervously.

"Will this work?"

Only the continuous sound of "ding-dong-dong" was heard.

The steel ball bounced and hit the hard ground.

It made a crisp metal collision sound.

The rats fled in panic.

But they soon gathered again.

They continued to rush towards them.

Huo Jilin withdrew his arm expressionlessly.

"It seems not enough."

Jiang Wen gritted his teeth.

"What should we do? Are we just waiting to die?"

Huo Jilin did not answer Jiang Wen's question.

He turned to Wang Kaixuan and said, "Kaixuan, do you remember the structural diagram of this tomb?"

Wang Kaixuan nodded.

"Remember! Any ideas?"

"Find the vent."

Huo Jilin instructed concisely and clearly.

Wang Kaixuan immediately understood Huo Jilin's intention.

The two looked at each other.

They exchanged a firm look in the chaos and panic.

Wang Kaixuan quickly checked the information he brought in his backpack.

And began to point the direction.

"This way! Quick!"

Wang Kaixuan shouted loudly.

The three followed closely.

They walked through the winding tomb passage.

The rats behind them seemed like a tireless black wave.

They chased them endlessly.

Finally.

In a corner.

They found a small ventilation vent that had been forgotten for a long time, covered with dust and cobwebs.

"It's here!"

Wang Kaixuan panted.

Huo Jilin didn't say anything extra.

He took out the prepared fire starter and flammable items directly from his backpack.

He lit the fire quickly and accurately.