As Long Xiao didn't know what to do, footsteps sounded, followed by the beam of a flashlight.
"Brother Long, are you alright?" Ji Yuelan rushed forward, taking his hand as she saw Long Xiao, and asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "I'm fine, there's another tomb chamber here."
"So much treasure, we're rich!" Xiaoming's exclamation came from behind Ji Yuelan.
Long Xiao glared at Xiaoming and said, "Don't get any ideas about these things. This is someone's ancestral grave."
"Hehe, Brother Long, I know, I'm just looking. I don't want it, I really don't want it."
Ge Xin said, "Brother Long, how did you find this place?"
"I stumbled upon it by accident. This should be the true tomb chamber of the Ge family ancestors," Long Xiao said.
Ge Xin, Ge Yu, and Ge Tianlong walked around the tomb chamber, all three appearing very excited. They had thought the Ge family's ancestral graves had been emptied, but they didn't expect that the truly valuable burial objects were all in this chamber.
Long Xiao approached the large sarcophagus in the center, waiting for the 'Crimson Flame Worm' to finish absorbing the Yin Sha Qi and land on his shoulder.
"Let's go back," Long Xiao said in a low voice.
The 'Crimson Flame Worm' shook its head, seeming to want to absorb more Yin Sha Qi.
"Let's go back first, don't let anyone see us," Long Xiao said in a low voice again.
The 'Crimson Flame Worm' shot into Long Xiao's collar, only its small head peeking out, nervously looking around.
Ji Yuelan took pictures of the murals and burial objects, Xiaoming shone his headlamp for her, and Long Xiao stood by waiting.
Due to the expanded space, the smoke had thinned considerably, no longer significantly affecting the photography.
Just as they were engrossed in taking pictures, they heard a loud bang from outside, as if something had broken.
"Long Xiao, did someone from outside get in?" Ge Yu asked nervously.
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "They won't be able to get in that quickly. I'll go take a look."
Long Xiao walked ahead, with Ge Yu and Ge Xin following behind. The three of them walked along the tomb passage outwards.
As soon as they reached the outer tomb chamber, Long Xiao saw a burly man in Hanfu standing in the middle of the chamber, looking around amidst the smoke.
"Yin Shi," Long Xiao blurted out.
The 'Dragon Treasury' had a special section on corpses. Yin Shi were formed when corpses received a large amount of Yin Sha Qi, leading to a transformation.
Seeing Long Xiao and the others, the Yin Shi turned and lunged towards Long Xiao.
With Ge Xin and her brother behind him, Long Xiao dared not retreat and had to brace himself and charge forward.
The Yin Shi was not fast. Long Xiao, with his 'Chi Mei Xiao Yao Step', could fight as he pleased.
He punched the Yin Shi in the stomach. With a bang, the Yin Shi staggered back a few steps. Long Xiao felt a sharp pain in his right hand, as if his bones were shattered.
The Yin Shi lunged at Long Xiao again. This time, Long Xiao had learned his lesson and halved the force of his right-hand punch.
Another bang. The Yin Shi stepped back, then charged forward again, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
"You two retreat first, I'll deal with it," Long Xiao said while keeping an eye on the Yin Shi.
Ge Xin's face turned pale with fright, and she whispered, "Long Xiao, you should retreat too, you can't beat it."
"You go first. If you are here, you will distract me."
Long Xiao repelled the Yin Shi three more times before Ge Xin and Ge Yu disappeared into the tomb passage.
As soon as Ge Xin and her brother left, the 'Crimson Flame Worm' flew out and lunged at the Yin Shi.
Seeing the 'Crimson Flame Worm', the Yin Shi waved its hands, trying to catch it. The 'Crimson Flame Worm' flew around the Yin Shi, absorbing its Yin Sha Qi.
Long Xiao leaned against the wall and watched for a while. Unable to catch the 'Crimson Flame Worm', the Yin Shi lunged at Long Xiao again.
Just as Long Xiao was about to move, Xiaoming rushed over, holding a cleaver.
"Brother Long, let me chop it up," Xiaoming said, brandishing the Black Iron cleaver in his hand.
"Be careful, this is a Yin Shi, very troublesome," Long Xiao nodded and said.
Xiaoming rushed forward and swung his knife at the Yin Shi's neck.
A sound of metal clashing echoed. In the dark space, sparks flew from the Yin Shi's neck.
"It's too tough, even the Black Iron cleaver can't cut it," Xiaoming shouted loudly.
Long Xiao rushed forward and punched the Yin Shi's head. The Yin Shi's head tilted, and it turned to charge at Long Xiao.
Xiaoming shook his wrist and swung his knife again at the Yin Shi's back.
Another sound of chopping metal. Xiaoming's right hand went numb from the impact, and the Black Iron cleaver almost flew out of his hand.
With Long Xiao in front and Xiaoming behind, they attacked the Yin Shi back and forth more than ten times. As a result, Long Xiao's right hand was in severe pain, and Xiaoming's right hand went numb, forcing him to hold the cleaver with his left hand.
"Brother Long, hurry and think of a way, this guy can't be cut," Xiaoming shouted loudly.
The 'Crimson Flame Worm' circled the Yin Shi incessantly, absorbing its Yin Sha Qi. Soon, the 'Crimson Flame Worm' flew back into Long Xiao's clothes, as if drunk, and fell asleep.
As the 'Crimson Flame Worm' absorbed enough Yin Sha Qi, the Yin Sha Qi gradually transformed into pure Yang Qi within its body, and Long Xiao's pure Yang Qi also slowly increased.
To quickly deal with the Yin Shi, Long Xiao injected his Five Elements Qi into his right arm and unleashed a full-power strike towards the Yin Shi.
With a deafening roar, the Yin Shi was sent flying, crashing against the tomb chamber wall. Long Xiao's right hand made a crisp sound, and the bones on his fist shattered into dozens of pieces.
Although the life force within Long Xiao automatically covered his right hand, repairing the fractured bones in a short time, Long Xiao still felt his right arm tremble with pain.
It was too hard. To defeat this Yin Shi, its Yin Qi had to be broken.
"Xiaoming, give me my silver needles," Long Xiao shouted loudly.
Xiaoming took out the box containing the silver needles from his backpack and threw it to Long Xiao. Long Xiao crushed the box with his hand, and all the silver needles inside suspended in the air.
The Five Elements Qi controlled all the silver needles in the box and shot them towards the acupoints on the Yin Shi's front. Another metallic clang, and all the silver needles were bent and fell to the ground.
"Another box," Long Xiao shouted as he dodged the Yin Shi.
Xiaoming threw another box of silver needles to Long Xiao. Long Xiao aimed at thirty more acupoints, but the result was the same: the silver needles bent and all fell to the ground.
All five boxes of silver needles were used up, and Long Xiao still couldn't find the Yin Shi's vital points.
Unable to find the vital points, Long Xiao could only hold back the Yin Shi for now, waiting for the 'Crimson Flame Worm' to refine the Yin Sha Qi absorbed into its body before coming out to absorb more.
To destroy this Yin Shi, since its Yin Sha Qi couldn't be broken, waiting for the 'Crimson Flame Worm' to absorb it was the best method.
The Yin Shi attacked Long Xiao and Xiaoming like a perpetual motion machine. Long Xiao would punch the Yin Shi from time to time, luring it towards the white marble tomb door.
Long Xiao leaned against the white marble tomb door and kicked the Yin Shi. The Yin Shi smashed its hands towards Long Xiao's head.
Long Xiao ducked his head. With a loud bang, the white marble tomb door was smashed by the Yin Shi.
Sidestepping the Yin Shi's legs, Long Xiao grabbed Xiaoming and fled along the tomb passage back into the tomb chamber.
After setting up, the people outside were guarding the white marble tomb door, waiting for Long Xiao and the others to come out.
With a loud noise, the tomb door shattered. Several gunmen close to the tomb door were directly hit by fragments of the white marble and sent flying.
"The Yin Shi is out, shoot, shoot quickly!" the elder, who was standing with his hands behind his back, became agitated and shouted urgently.