Chapter 1362 — Ancient Spirit Beast
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"It's not a ghost... it's an animal with a very strange appearance. It should be the tomb-guarding spirit beast you mentioned!" Wei Zhao closed his eyes and observed the darkness far down the passage through the space within his jade pendant. This was his cheat; without it, in such dim light, he could never have made out what was coming toward them. "It's fast — at least no slower than Old Black."
"Then what do we do now?" Qiu Lingshan drew her pistol without thinking. It was the first time since arriving here that she had wanted to use a gun.
"I don't know, but it's about to catch up with James..." Wei Zhao said.
Suddenly a shrill, wretched scream rang out from the passage — James's voice. By the sound of it, James had already been taken by the monster.
"It's James..." Yu Xiaoke recognized his voice too.
"Yes. James is finished — the monster has bitten through his throat..." Wei Zhao sighed. "As expected, those bones back there were eaten by it."
The monster halted its pursuit of Old Black and Elder Yu and stayed where it was, eating James with relish, while Elder Yu and Old Black ran for all they were worth...
"Run! There's a ghost..." Old Black shrieked, gasping for breath.
"Elder Yu, you're an Earth Rank expert — aren't you going to deal with that monster? It's only a monster at the peak of the late Yellow Rank." Wei Zhao looked at Elder Yu, not without mockery.
"Hmph. You know very well it's a monster. I am a man — how can a man be compared with a monster? Who knows whether this monster is fierce or not? Some monsters without any rank at all can slay an Earth Rank expert in a single strike!" Elder Yu gave a cold snort. "Ignorant brat, there is far too much you do not know. In those ancient sects there are ancient spirit beasts whose rank is not high, yet each possesses formidable abilities. Some seem to be only Yellow Rank, and yet command the deadliest of attacks!"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. He had not expected ancient spirit beasts to exist — were they not somewhat similar to the tomb-guarding spirit beast Yu Xiaoke spoke of? Probably the same sort of creature; they merely guarded different things.
Hearing Elder Yu's words, Wei Zhao could understand why he dared not strike. Some people truly could not be measured by rank. Take Ergoudan, for instance: he appeared to be a rankless expert, yet he could kill a Mystic Rank expert in a single blow. There was simply no reasoning to it.
"So you mean to abandon this tomb robbery?" Wei Zhao's eyes narrowed as he looked at Elder Yu.
"Hmph! While that monster is busy eating James, let us all discuss what to do — join forces and kill it, or withdraw from the tomb?" Elder Yu was in no great hurry now. Though he lacked confidence in facing the monster head-on, he could still flee well enough; his speed was plainly greater than the monster's.
"I remember someone once said that if we cooperated in this robbery and any danger arose in the tomb, he would step in and deal with it. Was that man not you, Elder Yu?" Wei Zhao looked at Elder Yu and asked quietly.
"A greenhorn brat, all fine words. If you think you're up to it, then you go deal with it!" Elder Yu snorted.
"If I deal with it myself, what do I need you for? In that case, you can get lost." As Wei Zhao said this, he felt deeply helpless. He was telling Elder Yu to scram — but could the man really be driven off? Once he had gone to the trouble of killing the monster, would Elder Yu simply come back to reap the spoils?