Chapter 423: 423
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After a tenth of the treasure had been taken away, Jiang Chen still had a significant amount left . Besides the crystals of fire dragon and holy dragon balls, he had finally found a practice resource in the jade bracelet .
It was cold jade, without any cut or polish . Formed from rocks, it still had stone covering its surface .
Jiang Chen could see it was the highest grade of cold jade . Carrying it with him, he could calm down and focus better . During practice, he wouldn't be influenced by his environment .
"Let's continue," said Han Siming .
Cheng Qing nodded . She was sensing the location of treasure while leading the team . This time, it took her longer to find anything .
When she finally found something and headed to it, they found other people had arrived before them once again .
Jiang Chen gradually realized the spiritual ware Cheng Qing used for treasure seeking had many limits .
It couldn't find any treasure that was moving, and it also had difficulty finding any treasure stored in spiritual ware or hidden under mountains .
That also explained why they were always a step behind the others, because not until others had found treasure and damaged the building in which the treasure was hidden could the object sense its existence .
The next day, the team arrived at a plain . After flying for almost half an hour, they found there was a long and wide opening on the ground, a gorge .
They came to the gorge and saw the ground was paved with blue flagstones .
They cheered up and flew forward as fast as they could .
Soon, the view suddenly became open and clear . There was a square at the end of the blue flagstone road .
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In the square, there was a palace built into the stone wall that seemed like it had been built for giants . The gate was around ninety feet high .
The gate was open at that moment . In the square, there were freshly killed bodies .
Apparently, they had arrived late again .
"I can still sense the treasure," Cheng Qing suddenly said . It meant those people were still searching for treasure inside .
"Jiang Chen, what do you think?" Han Siming asked for Jiang Chen's opinion .
His fighting power was only second to Han Siming's in the team, so his opinion was important .
"They've found this place, and we've found it, too . First come, first served . That's true, but this place apparently has a large secret treasure . We'll go treasure seeking inside, too, but we won't provoke them deliberately," Jiang Chen proposed .
"Yeah, let's do it . " Han Siming took his advice, but before they went in, they checked the ten corpses in the square .
"Leader, none of these people were from the Evil Cloud Palace," someone found .
It meant those inside the underground palace were likely from the Evil Cloud Palace .
Since Jiang Chen was from the Hero Palace, they would absolutely have problems if they met .
"So we have one more reason to go inside . " Jiang Chen stopped pretending to be good-hearted . He said, "If they're really from the Evil Cloud Palace, we won't need an excuse to kill them . "
"All right!"
That was exactly what they had been waiting for . Besides getting rid of the evil party, the more important thing was the treasure .
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The team entered the gates . It was very dark inside . Their holy awareness had been absorbed by the walls, so they couldn't rely on it to grope for directions .
They could feel it was very deep, but they didn't dare take a leap in the dark, since it was too quiet .
If there were people looking for treasure, it shouldn't have been so quiet!
"Stay in the triangle formation . Look out," said Han Siming .
Then the gates were shut closed immediately, and they lost the last streak of light .
"Watch out!"
Different whooshing sounds came from around them . Everyone sensed danger .
"It's an ambush! Stay together to defend yourselves!" Han Siming ordered . He determined the source of the attack by the sound and took the initiative to attack .
Jiang Chen followed him . He brandished his sword in different directions, killing the enemies lurking in the dark .
When he struck them, he noticed there was something wrong . What he had struck wasn't flesh, but closer to hard wooden boards covered in iron .
"They're puppets! Apprentice Brother Han, come back!" Jiang Chen tumbled to the realization and hurried to warn Han Siming .
But it was too late . Han Siming threw his sword out and cut a puppet into pieces . However, his sword was stuck there .
At the same time, arrows came from all directions . Han Siming switched on his protective energy jar and warded off most of them, but failed to dodge some .
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"Leave!"
Jiang Chen dashed to the gates . This was also a Celestial Dragon Gate . It was under someone's control, but he cracked it as quickly as possible .
As soon as the exit was open, the team ran out of it immediately .
Jiang Chen jumped to Han Siming's side and helped him leave . He carried the latter to the square .
"Eh?"
Jiang Chen paled when he had just managed to steady his feet on the ground . He shouted, "Fly into the air! Now!"
The others were dumbstruck, but they immediately followed his order .
When they were twenty or thirty yards above the ground, an invisible wall appeared before them and stopped them .
In the next few seconds, the square was surrounded by a tactical formation . Those who were still in the square couldn't get out anymore .
Some people showed up along the mountain wall, smiling cunningly at them .
"We've been set up," said Cheng Qing .
Jiang Chen had read in a book that there was a fierce monster that was very sly . When they were dealing with humans, at first, they wouldn't kill any of them . They would only injure them and wait quietly until their companions came to their rescue .
These people were the same . They hadn't taken the treasure in the underground palace so that other teams would still come, then they would kill the newcomers cruelly and steal their treasure .
They didn't have to do anything but wait . In this way, they could get treasure at the lowest possible risk .
"Three are dead," Han Siming murmured . As the leader, he regarded the casualties the team suffered as his own incapabilities .
"Don't blame yourself . It was my fault, too . I was too confident . "
Everything had gone so smoothly since Jiang Chen had entered the secret treasure that he had been off guard and rushed into there, but repent and guilt wouldn't help . Jiang Chen was thinking about how to solve the current crisis .
None of the arrows had hit Han Siming's key parts, but he felt weak, and his expression was dark . "The arrow heads are poisoned . "
Jiang Chen gave him an antidote immediately to relieve his pain .
Out of the tactical formation, the team behind all of this had occupied all vantage points . Their leader asked, "You came out of the Celestial Dragon Gate with very few casualties, and you were the first one to sense the tactical formation! You're actually good . What's your name?"
"Jiang Chen," he answered honestly in order to stall for more time to figure out a way to crack the tactical formation .
As for Han Siming's poison, he would have to detoxify it by himself .
"Jiang Chen? Never heard the name . " The man thought for a while, tilting his head, then shook his head confusedly .
But apparently, someone had said something to him through holy awareness, because it seemed like he realized who Jiang Chen was .
"I'm sorry . I don't know anyone outside of the top thirty of List A of the Dragon Rise List," he said politely, even smiling .
However, his pride was also evident when he mentioned the top thirty .
And Han Siming's team was shocked . Did that mean he was ranked in the top thirty himself?
Trapped in the tactical formation, would they be able to survive?!
At such a thought, desperation spread among them, except for Jiang Chen . He smiled, because he had found a way to crack the tactical formation .