Chapter 750: Thorny

Not long after walking, several people saw a stone coffin.

Rather than saying they saw it, it was as if the stone coffin had intruded into their field of vision.

Their minds seemed to be pulled.

Feather carvings were on the stone coffin...

Inside lay a weeping angel?

Instinctively, including Lin An, several people thought of this.

They stared without blinking.

"Captain Lin..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Zhang Tie was about to speak when he noticed Lin An suddenly turn his head to look elsewhere.

"Wrong!"

A sharp shout.

Far exceeding the reaction speed of that previous corpse.

Although Lin An was drawn to the stone coffin, with his extraordinary sixth sense he keenly noticed something else nearby.

Something exists, deliberately shielding their perception!

Their gaze shifted.

The startled few also followed him, turning their heads in unison toward the statue.

"What is this!!"

Upon first seeing the stone statue, several people were startled.

Lin An hesitated not at all.

A high-frequency blade forged from mutant material flashed out, shooting toward the statue's location.

Whether it was a statue or something else.

Cut it down first, talk later!

"Ding-"

A clear collision sound rang out.

The sword that left his hand seemed to have lost its cutting ability, merely emitting a collision before falling to the ground.

The blade that could easily shatter the ground now had no effect at all.

Everything here is incredibly hard!?

The moment the thought arose.

The second round's 10-second countdown sounded, and all nine people gained 1 point.

Not paying attention, instead a strong sense of unease welled up in their hearts.

24 seconds.

Time passed bit by bit.

Under rapid thought, Lin An stiffened in place.

He did not have anyone turn the statue around, nor did he take any other action.

"Nothing abnormal...?"

"Could it be that waiting here means nothing will happen?"

"Or are we not allowed to touch anything?"

Fiona murmured to herself, her eyes involuntarily wandering back and forth between the statue and the stone coffin.

For some reason, the stone coffin seemed to possess a kind of magic, always drawing their attention.

27 seconds.

The wait in silence was unusually agonizing.

At this moment, Lin An also suddenly turned his head to look at the stone coffin.

Just before the third round points were to be awarded, the secret room appeared merely eerie, indeed without danger.

But it was absolutely not that simple.

No abnormality is the greatest abnormality.

Staring intently at the stone coffin, Lin An suddenly noticed a crack on it.

That... is...?

"Beep, the third round's 10 seconds have ended, awarding 1 point reward."

The system prompt appeared, and at the same time Lin An's roar rang out.

"Exit the secret room!"

A violent shout.

Upon realizing the problem, Lin An immediately issued an order for everyone to retreat.

"Pop- clack"

The sound of stone shattering rang out.

The stone statue that had always faced away from them suddenly moved.

Only to see the statue abruptly turn its head, exceeding everyone's reaction speed except Lin An's, which instantly surged.

The sonic boom was piercing.

"Boom!!"

No time to react.

A white light suddenly flared up.

Holy shit!!!

Xiong Hanzi stared wide-eyed, shocked at the stone sculpture that had lunged in front of him; the white light was emanating from his body.

The intense pain vanished in an instant.

I fuck...

I was just insta-killed!!?

The white light on his body was, in fact, a three-second death immunity talent effect triggered by his near-death state.

The stone sculpture that had struck him was now facing him head-on.

The stone sculpture's front face was, shockingly, a male figure with a ferocious visage, fangs bursting out.

In the sudden change, the others finally reacted.

Their faces turned deathly pale.

They couldn't even see how the stone sculpture moved.

Run!

They turned and ran!

The enemy before them was clearly beyond their capabilities.

Kill Laozi... you still dare to run?!

The stone sculpture was about to move again.

After the shock, Xiong Hanzi's face filled with brutality.

His pair of thick arms directly activated his bear transformation, then he clamped down tightly on the stone sculpture.

His muscles trembled.

Captain Lin! Run!

At the corridor's turn.

The entire team pressed tightly against the cold wall behind them, holding their breath.

No one dared to speak.

After Xiong Hanzi held the stone sculpture to let everyone escape, Lin An also activated his three-second death immunity, instantly pulling Zhang Tie to trigger Blink and rush out.

Fortunately, Zhang Tie's talent saved everyone.

The heavy scraping sound echoed in the corridor, like immense fear.

Leaning against the stone wall, Lin An's face looked grim.

The stone sculpture's instantaneous attack could even insta-kill Zhang Tie.

This was no longer mere impact damage, but some kind of rule.

This meant that even if he activated the Uninterrupted state, he would likely die.

His physical attributes were greatly weakened; the damage he was immune to in the Uninterrupted state would all erupt when it ended.

Lin An dared not gamble, nor could he bet on whether the damage within those three seconds would be enough to kill him instantly.

Even activating Karmic Reversal again wouldn't help.

Assuming, Xiong Hanzi's HP is 100.

When he activates Karmic Reversal, his peak HP becomes 200.

Then, 9,999 points of damage, and even 201 points of damage, could instantly kill Zhang Tie.

How can Lin An determine just how much the enemy's attack is?

If he loses the gamble once, he has no second life!

After a long wait.

With a loud thud of the heavy door closing, everyone finally exhaled.

The monster stone sculpture—did it go in?

"The weeping angel inside the coffin has already come out..."

"Points—surely not so easy to obtain..."

Fiona, heart pounding, took out a mirror and used its reflection to scout the corridor's situation.

The weeping angel had vanished, as if nothing had ever happened.