Murano Momo is a cunning doctor

Chapter 1259 Yin Spring

"Qiang!"

The metal rod was snapped in two!

"Hey, Fatty hasn't even tried yet..."

Before Lao Liu could finish showing off, a small amount of viscous black liquid oozed from the broken part, fell to the ground, and immediately corroded a small pit.

Upon seeing this, he and Jiang Xiaochuan exchanged a glance, clearly not expecting that the metal rod also contained poison.

"Damn it, these bastards can't be that vicious, can they?"

Old Liu gripped the broken metal rod tightly, cold sweat involuntarily pouring down his face.

He was indeed skilled in tomb raiding, but he was completely helpless against a net of poisoned arrows. If another round came…

Fortunately, the crimson light on the stone gate completely dimmed, and the crossbow bolt slots on both sides snapped shut with a "click," remaining silent.

"Whoo~"

After a few seconds, Lao Liu breathed a sigh of relief, "I knew these brainless guys weren't that cunning."

As he spoke, he casually tossed the metal rod aside and wiped away a bead of cold sweat.

"And the right eye!"

Unlike him, Jiang Xiaochuan was not optimistic and hurriedly reminded him.

Now, his spiritual energy is locked by Lao Liu's secret weapon, and he can't even use the Bagua Step. If anything else happens, he might not be as lucky as before.

"What are you afraid of?"

The sixth brother waved his hand, blew on the fallen gemstone, and then put it in his pocket. "These kinds of complex mechanisms usually have a main core and a secondary core. If the main core is destroyed, the secondary core becomes useless. However..."

"But what?"

Jiang Xiaochuan's heart tightened as he asked.

Just as Lao Liu was about to reply, his expression suddenly changed.

Almost simultaneously, the stone gate began to shake violently.

Realizing something was wrong, Jiang Xiaochuan pushed off with his toes and pulled Lao Liu, who was a beat slower to react, back several steps.

Almost the instant the two stepped back.

"Rumble...!"

A deep, muffled sound rolled in from behind the stone gate, like viscous liquid surging under immense pressure.

At the same time, the stone gate shook more violently, and the rock dust and gravel at the top fell down in a rustling sound.

Immediately afterwards, a hair-thin crack silently appeared at the perfectly sealed seam in the center of the stone gate.

The next moment, pitch-black liquid gushed out from that thin streak!

In the blink of an eye, a crater appeared below the stone door, and then spread towards the floor of the stone chamber.

"Chucky!"

Wherever the slurry passed, the ground and rocks emitted a violent corrosive sound, and billowing black smoke rose up, quickly obscuring the already dim light.

Even more terrifying, as a large amount of slurry gushed out, the air in the stone chamber seemed to be instantly drained of its vitality.

"The Yin Spring is flowing backwards!"

Old Six rubbed his eyes, almost unable to believe it. The extremely slim possibility had now become a reality. "These lunatics... they diverted the Blood Fiend Spring from the tomb chamber to behind the stone door!"

"Once the main mechanism is forcibly destroyed, the Yinquan sluice gate will open automatically!"

"Damn it, this isn't about preventing thieves, it's about suffocating everyone who breaks in, along with this entrance stone chamber, with this Yin Spring!"

"These guys, don't they want to bury people in there later?!"

Upon hearing the words "Yinquan" (a place name), Jiang Xiaochuan felt a sense of foreboding. His gaze swept towards the stone door that was still "weeping" black liquid, and he asked anxiously, "Then how do we get in?"

"Go in? Behind that door is a pressure tank filled with Yin Spring!"

The sixth brother spat, his face turning ashen. "If you push the door open now, believe me, you'll be drenched in the spray, leaving not even a bone fragment behind?"

The moment he saw Yinquan, Lao Liu's thoughts of tomb raiding vanished. As he spoke, he scanned the stone chamber from all sides, searching for any glimmer of hope.

Finally, Lao Liu's gaze locked onto a certain spot on the dome of the stone chamber.

There, there is an irregularly octagonal stone slab that blends seamlessly with its surroundings, making it almost indistinguishable from the rest.

"There's a road! Look up!"

Lao Liu grasped at a straw, "That's an inspection port left by the ancient tomb craftsmen, leading directly to the tomb passage's mezzanine or upper space!"

"Those bastards from the Crimson Blood Cult completely altered the mechanisms below, they probably never imagined they'd also completely block up even this secret passage that craftsmen used to save their lives!"

As they spoke, the black liquid beneath their feet slowly surged toward the two of them, and Lao Liu quickly retreated to a corner.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaochuan made an instant judgment, stepped forward, and his body soared into the air.

This dark spring is even more troublesome than the poison on the vines. If this drags on any longer, he and Lao Liu will surely become nourishment.

"open!"

Jiang Xiaochuan mustered all his strength and slammed his fist solidly into the center of the octagonal stone slab!

"Boom!!"

A loud explosion resounded in the sealed stone chamber.

The shattered stones crashed down, most of them splashing into the churning, black liquid below.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!!"

The intense, chilling sounds of corrosion filled the air!

A fist-sized rock fell into the slurry and shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Hehe, it actually worked!

Old Liu rubbed his hands together, his face beaming with the ecstatic joy of a gambler who had won money.

But the next second, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"Fuck!"

The sixth brother looked down and was immediately terrified. He didn't know when, but the black spring water had already flowed down to his feet through the cracks in the passageway.

At the same time, a punch blasted open a path to survival, and Jiang Xiaochuan's body began to fall.

His eyes sharpened, and as he fell, he lightly touched a slightly larger piece of falling debris with the toe of his left foot. Using the slight force, he twisted his waist and saw the situation at the cave entrance.

The edges of the opening are jagged, but large enough for one person to pass through.

With his arms outstretched, Jiang Xiaochuan gripped the loose rocks at the edge of the cave entrance, and with a flick of his wrists, gracefully flipped himself up.

"Sixth Brother! Hurry!"

Jiang Xiaochuan leaned forward and shouted urgently, while simultaneously reaching down with his right hand.

"You're not so bad, you still have some humanity."

The sixth brother was screaming in pain down below, but when he saw Jiang Xiaochuan's hand reaching out, he quickly jumped up!

Just as Lao Liu leaped up, the large stone slabs around where he had been standing finally gave way under the continuous soaking and corrosion of the slurry, and collapsed with a loud "boom"!

An even larger gap appeared, and the slurry rushed in through the gap, instantly raising the liquid level on the stone chamber floor even higher!

Jiang Xiaochuan grabbed Lao Liu's wrist, which he had forcefully extended, and used his waist to pull Lao Liu's body out of the churning liquid!

The two rolled into the newly appeared narrow passageway and escaped the stone chamber below.

"Ahem... vomit..."

Old Liu lay face down on the rough brick floor, coughing violently.

He didn't even have time to catch his breath; he immediately turned around and looked down.

Through the hole blasted open by Jiang Xiaochuan, the terrifying scene in the stone chamber below can be clearly seen.

The pitch-black, viscous liquid had almost submerged half of the stone chamber, and was still pouring in from the cracks in the stone door and the newly collapsed gaps in the ground, causing the liquid level to rise slowly.

In the corner, the skeleton that Lao Liu used to hide tools was now submerged by the Yin Spring.