Chapter 290: Caution is Best

"This scratch is no more than three days old, and since the rocks at the entrance can return to their original positions on their own, how can you dare to say there is no one else in this ancient tomb?" Lin Feng said.

"You... don't scare me..."

Hu Lili said, her voice trembling slightly, and her cheeks turning somewhat pale.

Lin Feng said: "I am not trying to scare you; what I said is the truth. Do not think that there is no more danger ahead. If you are careless, you might just lose your lives here."

Cheng Jiajia hurriedly said: "Mr. Lin, you will protect us, right?"

Lin Feng said earnestly: "Of course I will protect you, but I cannot guarantee your absolute safety. In a place like this, any kind of accident is possible."

Cheng Jiajia and Hu Lili wavered for a moment, and their hearts began to retreat.

But after hesitating for a long time, Hu Lili finally said: "Lin Feng, don't worry, we will follow you obediently and will absolutely not touch anything randomly."

Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and continued forward.

Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia held hands and followed behind Lin Feng, continuing deeper inside.

Suddenly, a strange roar came from the depths of the tomb.

Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia were instantly terrified, their faces turning pale, and they hurriedly hid behind Lin Feng.

Lin Feng immediately activated his Dragon Pupil and looked toward the darkness ahead.

A moment later, Lin Feng smiled and said: "I wondered what it was; it turns out to be a group of wild boars."

"Wild boars?" A look of doubt appeared on Hu Lili's face.

As they spoke, a group of wild boars came charging toward them in a mighty force.

With so many wild boars weighing over a hundred pounds each rushing over, the momentum was quite startling. Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia did not even dare to breathe, but the expression on Lin Feng's face remained calm.

When the pack of wild boars reached them, Lin Feng shouted directly: "Get lost!"

A tyrannical surge of True Qi instantly radiated from Lin Feng's body. The wild boars that rushed to the front were hit as if by an invisible hammer, and they were sent flying backward one by one.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

One by one, the wild boars slammed into the ground, breathing their last, clearly not going to survive.

A thick, pungent, and foul stench of pigs permeated the surroundings. Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia were so dizzy from the stench that they could barely breathe.

"How could there be so many wild boars here? There is a large rock blocking the entrance; logically, these wild boars shouldn't be able to get in," Hu Lili said, enduring the intense stench.

"I am not very sure either."

Lin Feng shook his head and said, a look of doubt appearing in his eyes.

But regardless, this was just a group of wild boars; it was not important at all.

"Keep moving. I want to see what other ghosts are hidden in this ancient tomb," Lin Feng said.

The cave ahead was winding and twisting. Lin Feng, Hu Lili, and Cheng Jiajia felt as if they were walking in an underground maze, having completely lost their sense of direction.

They did not know how long they had walked when a passageway paved with green bricks appeared before them.

This passageway was two meters wide and two meters high, with a standard square cross-section. Some of the green bricks on the ground were loose, and they would wobble when stepped upon.

Hu Lili said: "We have finally entered the real ancient tomb."

"Mm."

Lin Feng nodded but did not say much more.

The winding cave they had just passed through was merely a path leading to this ancient tomb, not a part of the tomb itself.

Only now, having reached this point, had Lin Feng and the others truly entered the ancient tomb.

Lin Feng activated his Dragon Pupil to scan the surroundings, and a smile suddenly curled at the corner of his mouth.

"There are mechanisms here. Follow me and don't walk around randomly; only the places I have stepped on are safe," Lin Feng said.

Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia nodded repeatedly.

Cheng Jiajia was truly terrified, but Hu Lili was much bolder than her; she was not only scared but also felt excited.

The two girls followed Lin Feng closely, staring fixedly at his feet.

Only where Lin Feng had stepped did they dare to place their feet; where Lin Feng had not stepped, they dared not touch anything at all.

"This is what you call real exploration, don't you think, Jiajia?" Hu Lili said with a smile.

Cheng Jiajia's voice trembled: "I... I am scared to death. Honestly, we shouldn't have entered a place like this at all."

"Since we're already here, wouldn't it be a pity to give up halfway?" Hu Lili said.

Lin Feng said displeased: "You two still have the mood to chat? Don't get distracted, focus your attention."

"Yes, yes, yes," Hu Lili hurriedly agreed.

Unexpectedly, just at this moment, a mouse suddenly squeaked and darted out from the darkness to the side.

Hu Lili was not scared, but Cheng Jiajia was so startled that she jumped up.

"M... mouse..."

Cheng Jiajia screamed, and as she stepped down, the green brick under her foot let out a crisp *crack*.

Holes the size of a finger suddenly appeared on the green brick walls on both sides of the passageway, and immediately after, arrows made of refined steel shot out from them!

The faces of Cheng Jiajia and Hu Lili turned white instantly!

They even smelled the scent of death rushing toward them!

It was at this moment that Lin Feng stepped back a few paces to block in front of Cheng Jiajia and Hu Lili, and he raised his right hand to activate his Protective True Qi!

The thin yet resilient Protective True Qi covered the three of them like an eggshell. The arrows shooting from both sides struck the Protective True Qi and immediately emitted crisp *ding-ding-dang-dang* sounds.

"Didn't I tell you to follow my steps?" Lin Feng said angrily.

Cheng Jiajia said aggrievedly: "I didn't mean to; I was startled by that mouse..."

"A mere mouse, what is there to be afraid of?" Lin Feng said, feeling very speechless.

Women are just troublesome!

Bringing women to a place like this is even more troublesome!

If he had known it would be like this, he should have let Cheng Jiajia and Hu Lili wait outside; the two of them were really no different from dead weight right now!

Arrows from both sides kept flying toward the three of them, but with Lin Feng, an expert at the Martial Emperor level, protecting Hu Lili and Cheng Jiajia, the two female college students remained completely unharmed.

The dense barrage of arrows lasted for over ten seconds before finally stopping, and a floor full of arrows fell around Lin Feng's body.

Although these arrows had been preserved for over a hundred or even several hundred years, the gleaming arrowheads did not have a single speck of rust, reflecting a bright luster under the light of the wolf-eye flashlight.

"This seems to be some kind of artifact-refining material..."

Lin Feng muttered to himself, then waved his hand to sweep up all the arrows on the ground and store them into his Storage Ring.

It was also at this moment that Lin Feng suddenly realized one thing.

Just a moment ago, he had found it strange; since someone had already entered this ancient tomb and explored this place, then that person had in all likelihood also triggered the traps in this corridor.