Chapter 95: Passed

Ancient Tombs!
To most players of “Jianghu” at present, they are deadly places.
Mud puppets and stone giants are extremely powerful mechanical puppets. Made from ordinary stones and mud through special modifications, they have enormous and formidable bodies. Not only do they possess considerable combat strength, but their mobility is also on par with martial artists who have mastered the ninth level of lightness skills. Basically, for those below the Fate Realm, the chances of escaping are slim once they encounter them.
Yet, the most terrifying aspect is their resistance to attacks. Due to their specially modified surfaces of mud and stone, the former has a “sticky” quality and a force-dissipating effect, making it extremely difficult to deal with; the latter is as hard as diamond, and ordinary swords and knives can hardly cause any damage. Internal energy must be used, otherwise, the weapons will suffer significant damage.
It is said that these deadly places originated from a master of mechanical puppets in Tianji Valley who went astray. He was highly skilled in creating such puppets. Due to his severe crimes, he was hunted by heroes across the land and forced to flee everywhere. These underground ancient tombs scattered around the world were built one by one during his escape.
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The ancient tombs are located in an abandoned stone mine, extremely desolate and hidden. However, they are easily recognizable from the outside. On both sides of the entrance, two Eternal Life Lamps emit a faint blue glow, casting a dim light over the surroundings. Yet, there is no warmth at all—instead, it adds a sense of gloom and danger to the forest at night.
Outside the silent ancient tombs, with a rapid sound of wind being cut through, two dark figures quickly appeared at the entrance, one on each side—Happy and the Tower Man.
“Stone giants and mud puppets are guarding inside the ancient tombs. We need to go in to find them…” The dark-skinned Tower Man glanced cautiously inside and warned Happy, “The passages inside the tombs aren’t very wide, about a hundred meters deep. Along the way, there will be seven or eight stone giants and mud puppets, in pairs.”
“Mm.” Happy nodded, indicating he understood.
The Tower Man continued, “Once we go in, stay behind me. Be very careful not to let them pounce on you. Even if you get injured, don’t stop—run away at full speed. There are many twists and turns inside, so they won’t be able to follow far… We’ll find a place once we reach the main hall of the ancient tombs.” The Tower Man’s name was “Lei Zhan.” Having seen Happy’s lightness skills along the way, he decided to change his plan, abandoning the idea of luring the mud puppets and stone giants and instead taking the initiative to enter the ancient tombs to find a single training spot in the main hall.
Seeing Lei Zhan’s familiarity, as if he had practiced for some time, Happy didn’t raise any objections.
“Turtle Shell Skill!”

Lei Zhan let out a low growl. Air currents surged, and a faint gray glow quickly covered his body. His skin became even harder, taking on a subtle metallic sheen at that moment.
Turning his gaze to Kai Xin, he warned in a deep voice, “Get ready!”
With a serious expression, Kai Xin nodded at Lei Zhan, quickly put on the giant wolf fur suit, activated the exit function, and his body grew lighter as his knees bent slightly.
“Go!”
With another low growl, Lei Zhan rushed into the ancient tomb without hesitation.
Kai Xin followed closely behind, entering the not-so-nice-looking ancient tomb.
Roar!
An inhuman roar echoed, accompanied by heavy, rapid footsteps.
Not far from the entrance of the ancient tomb stood a three-meter-tall giant humanoid puppet—a stone giant! Its grayish-white body was half a meter thick, appearing extremely sturdy and indestructible. It advanced menacingly toward Lei Zhan, who had invaded the tomb. Its stone-made facial features were stiff, with a fierce and cruel expression, clearly not intending to welcome them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The stone giant’s speed was indeed astonishing. In just a few steps, it reached Lei Zhan. Its stone arms, the strongest weapons it had, swung forward with a powerful punch at Lei Zhan. The speed was no less than Kai Xin’s Shaolin punches.
The punch came with a howling sound and the roar of thunder!
In the narrow passage, the stone giant’s fist blocked most of the space. Lei Zhan had no way to avoid it and gritted his teeth to endure the blow.
“Go fast!”
Kai Xin knew that with Lei Zhan’s strength at the Creation Realm level and his physical defenses, he wouldn’t be in danger for a while. Without hesitation, he darted past the stone giant and Lei Zhan.
After Kai Xin passed, Lei Zhan used the momentum from the stone giant’s punch to retreat about ten meters inward and catch up with Kai Xin.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The stone giant chased after them furiously.
As Kai Xin rushed forward, he was immediately confronted by a black humanoid monster with severely deformed body and abnormally long limbs—a mud puppet! And he encountered two of them at once.
“Be careful!”
“I’ll handle it!”
Lei Zhan hadn’t expected such danger ahead. Seeing that Kai Xin was about to collide with the mud puppets, he let out a low growl and accelerated to catch up.
“Don’t worry.”
But Kai Xin realized Lei Zhan was in trouble. Frowning, he said, “I can get through.”
He kept moving at full speed, showing no intention of letting Lei Zhan draw the enemy’s fire.
Although Lei Zhan was strong, Kai Xin could tell he lacked experience. Relying solely on brute force to “borrow a path” wasn’t enough. One stone giant was manageable, but facing two mud puppets with another stone giant behind him… If he stopped now, he would be quickly caught up. Continuing like this would only make things worse.
“Don’t be stubborn!”

At the speed of thunder battles, even with master-level lightness skills, it was impossible to catch up with Happy in a short time. As Happy neared a collision with the two clay puppets, his expression turned extremely grim.
Yet…
Just as the clay puppets raised their arms to strike, Happy decisively threw two flying knives at the last moment.
A flash of cold light.
Clang! Clang!
The flying knives hit the faces of the two clay puppets and bounced aside. Though they didn’t embed themselves or cause significant damage, the intense impact at that critical moment still caused slight tremors in the puppets’ heads, briefly slowing their movements enough for Happy to slip past right under their noses.
This scene left Lei Zhan utterly stunned…
Taking advantage of the clay puppets’ focus on Happy, he quickly followed, breaking through the gaps between them and closing in behind Happy.
“Have you been in ancient tombs before?”
Lei Zhan stared at Happy in confusion. In fact, from that moment earlier, he had already determined that this wasn’t some accidental miracle. Happy’s prediction of the clay puppets’ attacks and movements, along with his precise timing and natural movement, suggested countless successful rehearsals—otherwise, he couldn’t have been so calm and confident.
Happy shook his head without explaining.
Because more stone giants appeared…
Using the same tactic, Happy effortlessly dodged several more stone giants behind him and, along with Lei Zhan, entered another relatively spacious room.
The spacious area gave them more freedom. Following Lei Zhan, Happy passed through several more rooms, leaving behind all the clay puppets and stone giants, and entered a large hall with a diameter of two hundred meters.
In each of the four directions of the hall, there was one or two clay puppets or stone giants, wandering aimlessly in small areas due to limited visibility.
The two of them silently focused on the stone giant in the farthest corner.