Chapter 748: Secret Room

!"Captain, really want to go in?"

The Awakened One wearing a headscarf and mellow-yellow harem pants was small in stature.

He stopped before the stone door, cautiously trying to see inside through the crack.

Unfortunately, aside from a sheet of darkness, he could see nothing.

Staring at the stone door, the man called the Captain nodded without hesitation.

Everyone knew there must be trouble inside, but what could they do?

After going around in circles, they finally found a room; were they supposed to just wait outside?

Especially, he wasn't as rough as his appearance suggested.

All the major war zones believed that the longer one stayed in the room, the more likely problems would arise.

But he thought the same applied to the maze passages!

In the agility trial, the system wouldn't let them wander the streets.

It was heard that in the power trial, the difficulty increased with the passage of time.

I suppose this place wouldn't be much different.

He took a deep breath.

The Turkish Captain pressed his hand against the stone door without hesitation and shoved it open.

"Squeak—creak"

The metal linkage connecting the stone door and the wall emitted a dry, grating friction sound.

In the quiet maze, it was somewhat eerie.

As the stone door slowly opened, several people couldn't help but fan the air before them with their hands.

"Cough—cough"

"What smell?"

An indescribable rusty odor.

It was like iron soaked in seawater, then coated with a pungent layer of paint.

What a huge room..!

Just as their steps entered the room.

The torches hanging in the room suddenly brightened, the flame flickered and swayed.

Taking advantage of the light, the Turkish War Zone realized the room was actually a hollowed-out stone chamber.

About a hundred square meters, no one knew how it was carved out of the stone wall.

"Drip."

"Entering Secret Room No. 00277."

"Gain 1 point after 9 seconds."

"Maximum number per entry, 15 people!"

"Huh?!"

His steps halted.

The leading captain heard the sound and was startled, not expecting there to be a limit on the number of entrants.

The next second, he waved his hand to signal the teammates behind to follow, his steps extremely light.

Always ready to flee.

As the 10-second countdown gradually wound down to zero, after gaining 1 point.

The entering Awakened Ones felt a slight relief in their hearts, and couldn't help but take a few more steps inside.

"Special item? Where is it?"

"This place looks empty."

They discussed in low voices, feeling puzzled.

Since they entered, nothing abnormal has occurred.

With half curiosity and half a desire to find clues, the fifteen who had entered tiptoed around a stone wall.

"What is this?!"

Their pupils suddenly contracted.

Just seen, the few who had just gone from behind half a stone wall and rounded to the deep part of the secret chamber instinctively looked at a rectangular stone.

Taking a closer look, the Turkish Captain's heart surged with a sudden sense of panic.

A rectangular stone, over a meter high.

How it looked so much like...

"A coffin?!"

He instinctively stepped back two steps; it's not that he's cowardly.

But because they had heard how terrifying the power trial was, any abnormality would make them tremble with fear, dreading whatever might happen.

"Captain! Look!"

The teammate who was bumped also jumped in fright, dryly swallowing saliva, pointing to the left corner.

Unnoticed, there crouched a black silhouette there.

A clamor arose.

Without paying attention to the stone coffin's draw, several people instantly reacted, and various innate abilities activated instantly.

Their eyes locked firmly on the black shadow, ready to strike at any moment.

If it weren't for the second round points reward countdown about to start, the leading Turkish Awakened One would rather run out first and then speak.

Why, I..

No, no one noticed this black shadow?

Wrist deformed.

He couldn't help but turn his arm into putty, quickly wrapping the wall torch around.

Limb deformation strengthening talent is his proudest ability.

That mass of black shadow is too blurry.

Besides being able to vaguely see a half‑crouched shape, nothing else can be seen clearly.

It's just like something behind frosted glass.

No reaction, the imagined attack didn't appear.

Dead silence, heart pounding.

He plucked up his courage.

After the second ten‑second countdown ended, the man nervously held up the torch, his expression turning grim.

From discovery to now, twenty seconds have passed with no abnormality.

After figuring out what this thing is, I'll drag it another thirty seconds then lead everyone to flee.

Five points isn't bad either!

He took a deep breath, not letting the team members go up.

As captain, I still have this sense of responsibility.

"Captain, be careful!"

Under the tense gaze of the team members, he gripped the torch and stretched his arm toward the black shadow.

Even if something goes wrong, at worst I lose an arm and can still run.

Staring fixedly at every move of the black shadow.

As the torch slowly approached, the fifteen people who had entered the room suddenly felt relieved.

It turned out to be...

A statue!?

Not a person, nor a monster?

He gasped heavily.

The man slightly pushed the torch forward, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face.

What the hell, I'm so nervous.

Turns out it's a stone statue.

Even with weakened perception, he could clearly feel it.

The stone statue is just a stone statue, with no abnormal fluctuations, purely a dead object.

Amid the emotional tug‑of‑war, the Turkish captain relaxedly signaled the teammates behind him to investigate, for this puzzling stone statue might hide some clue.

Moreover, his thoughts turned back to the stone coffin.

Upon close inspection, the stone coffin seemed to bear a wing‑like pattern.

Thinking of the Weeping Angel's trial name, he couldn't help but ponder.

Or perhaps, after a moment, a monster will rush out of the stone coffin?

Is this the coffin of that angel?

A few seconds later.

The bold Awakened One, his body flickering with cyan‑green light, carefully examined the stone statue.

"Captain!"

"This stone statue looks like a male."

"The carving feels rather poor."

The stone statue placed in the corner faced away from them.

For a moment he couldn't see the statue's front face clearly; only the densely packed lines on its back struck him as odd.

Could it be some kind of religious attire?

The carving technique is too poor, like a lump of clay haphazardly pinched.

Holding doubts.

The Awakened One examining the stone statue instinctively reached out with both hands to move it for a better look.

The feel was somewhat warm.

Without time to think, he strained to lift the stone statue slowly.

Damn, this thing is heavy!

Panting, at the 39‑second mark of the countdown.

Everything normal.

His mind somewhat relaxed, he didn't bother with much else, just wanting to quickly find out what this was.

As he held the stone statue, his palm suddenly burned and he staggered, his head tilting toward the statue's back.

His eyes saw the statue's face.

The Awakened One moving the stone statue stared blankly.

All they saw was the stone statue facing away from them, which turned out to be an adult male with his hands covering his face.

A gradually changing temperature stunned him.

The next second, the stone statue, previously like a dead object, slowly moved its rough hands away from its face.

Stiffly, the pale blue stone eyes stared fixedly at him.

The neck twisted suddenly.

The stone sculpture, hands no longer covering its face, jerked its head like a broken neck and stared expressionlessly at everyone present.

!?

"Run..!!"

In the instant of the sudden change, everyone was stunned.

They never expected that the first problem would be this stone sculpture.

The things inside the stone coffin... had already run out!?

Fear was written on their faces.

Spiritual energy surged, and everyone instinctively wanted to rush out of the secret chamber.

Outside the door, the few Awakened Ones waiting had their hearts skip a beat.

Run!?

A monster has appeared?

What did the Captain run into!?

No time to react.

Seconds later.

The fine lines on the back of the stone sculpture trembled, instantly transforming into sharp wings.

A line of blood-tears slowly flowed from the stone eyes' corner.

"Boom!!!"

A violent sonic boom sounded instantly.

The strong White Airflow blasted the nearest Awakened Ones into the wall.

The crouching angel statue, its form twisting, instantly shattered the nearest Awakened One's body.

Blood rain sprayed.

Chunks of flesh and unknown organs hung on the rough stone sculpture.

The expressionless stone sculpture, filled with an evil aura, struck again silently.

"Crack."

"Ahhh!!"

At a speed too fast, exceeding the speed of sound,

The few people inside the secret chamber, having no time to react, had their necks instantly twisted.

Their bodies went limp, on the brink of death.

The Awakened One from the Turkish theater, his eyes wide open in death, filled with horror.

The head violently twisted off rolled on the ground with a gurgling sound.

The Weeping Angel appeared.

Panic, the sound of fleeing footsteps rose densely.

Following came sharp sonic booms and the gurgling rolling sounds.

"Lin Dui!"

"I smell the scent of blood!"

Xiong Hanzi's nostrils flared, warily gazing at the end of the passage, a sealed room.

An inconspicuous number hung beside the secret chamber; the floor held nothing.

"No. 00277."

The engraved number was blurred in the dim light.