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Three kilometers away from the entrance of the Tomb, Liu Yunchong climbed up a large tree, his body completely still as his gaze remained fixed on the entrance of the Tomb.
"I've been out for over twenty minutes! Why haven't my fellow disciples come out yet?" Liu Yunchong furrowed his brows. He was unaware that his four junior brothers had already fallen victim to the Corpse, but years of tomb raiding experience told him that things inside were not looking good.
"I'll wait another ten minutes! If they still haven't come out by then, I'll leave on my own!" Liu Yunchong thought to himself. In fact, as soon as he emerged from the Tomb, he had already mapped out the best escape route for his brothers and left marks along the way that only they would understand.
The Earthwalker Dragon and the others could find him if they followed the signs Liu Yunchong had left behind; then they could leave together.
Time passed second by second, and soon it was noon. The sun hung high in the sky, and Liu Yunchong was drenched in sweat from the scorching heat.
"Someone's coming out!" Liu Yunchong wiped the sweat from his brow and saw a figure rushing out from the graveyard. However, it was too far away for him to see clearly who it was.
The person who burst out from the graveyard was actually Liu Yunchong's senior brother, Earthwalker Dragon. He was the only other Grave Robber besides Liu Yunchong to escape alive.
"Ugh!" Earthwalker Dragon spat out a mouthful of bloodied saliva. Although he had made it out alive, he had paid a heavy price. His clothes were tattered beyond recognition, and a thirty-centimeter gash on his back, inflicted by the Corpse's bony claws, bled profusely, staining his shirt a deep crimson.
"Damn it, looks like I won't have a chance to raid tombs again!" Earthwalker Dragon said dejectedly as he glanced at his left hand. It had been bitten by a Corpse, severing his tendons completely. His left hand was rendered useless.
"Roar!" The sounds of Corpse growls echoed from within the Tomb's exit, with over thirty Corpses chasing after Earthwalker Dragon as they rushed out of the graveyard.
"They're really relentless!" Earthwalker Dragon frowned and quickly ran off into the distance. After just a few steps, he suddenly spotted a white flower blooming at the top of a Camellia Tree, pointing towards his left.
"This white flower isn't a Camellia; it must be a mark left by Cloudwalker!" Earthwalker Dragon picked up the white flower in his hand, his eyes shining as he instantly recognized it as a sign left by Liu Yunchong.
Earthwalker Dragon placed the white flower into his pocket and continued forward. Soon, he spotted other signs: broken branches, knife marks carved into tree trunks, and stones placed in the middle of the path. Following these markers, he drew closer to Liu Yunchong's hiding place. Meanwhile, the group of Corpses behind him had retreated back into the graveyard, fearing the sunlight.
"It's Earthwalker Dragon! Why haven't I seen the other four disciples?" Liu Yunchong finally recognized Earthwalker Dragon's face, but he only saw him alone. A frown creased his brow as he vaguely guessed the fate of the other four.
"Entering this line of work means you could die in a graveyard at any moment!" Liu Yunchong thought to himself. He felt little sorrow for the deaths of the four Grave Robbers; after over fifty years of tomb raiding, he had witnessed far too much.
"Earthwalker Dragon, you finally decided to come out!" Suddenly, a group of people rushed out, brandishing homemade firearms and knives hanging from their waists, surrounding Earthwalker Dragon. The leader was the middle-aged man Liu Yunchong had seen earlier at the teahouse, known as Gold-Eating Mouse.
Gold-Eating Mouse held a half-meter-long blade in his right hand and stroked its edge with his left. Circling around Earthwalker Dragon, he said coolly, "Earthwalker Dragon, you and your brothers come to my territory to snatch food without even giving me a heads-up? You really think so little of me, Gold-Eating Mouse?"
Seeing Gold-Eating Mouse before him, Earthwalker Dragon's expression darkened considerably. Originally, their plan was to finish this job and leave Mianyang unnoticed to avoid trouble elsewhere. No one expected Gold-Eating Mouse to appear here so quickly.
"Gold-Eating Mouse, this is a treasure I brought out from the graveyard; it rightfully belongs to you!" Earthwalker Dragon took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He pulled out all his treasures and offered them to Gold-Eating Mouse.
"You took my things; naturally, they must be returned!" Gold-Eating Mouse glanced at the treasures in Earthwalker Dragon's hands and signaled to his subordinates.
One person stepped forward to take the treasures from Earthwalker Dragon while four others rushed in and pinned him down on the ground, holding his limbs tightly so he couldn't move.
Fear flashed across Earthwalker Dragon's face as he vaguely guessed what would happen next. Trembling, he said, "Gold-Eating Mouse, we are all Grave Robbers; for the sake of my sect, please show some mercy!"
"Earthwalker Dragon, your brothers came onto my turf to steal; as the eldest among them, you should bear some consequences!" Gold-Eating Mouse replied expressionlessly as he walked over quickly. He stepped hard on Earthwalker Dragon's head while brandishing his blade over Earthwalker Dragon's left arm.
"I think I'll just take your left hand!" Gold-Eating Mouse declared. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he swiftly brought down his blade, cleanly severing Earthwalker Dragon's left arm.
"Ah!" The Earthwalker Dragon let out a terrible scream as a spray of crimson blood gushed from the severed end of his arm, splattering onto the ground and instantly staining the earth a deep red. His body trembled violently, and with a kick of his legs, he fainted.
The Gold-Eating Mouse was indifferent to the fate of the Earthwalker Dragon. He wiped the blood off his blade and said, "We arrived a bit late; the Earthwalker Dragon has already escaped. His five disciples haven't come out yet, and we haven't seen any sign of those American Soldiers. There are definitely more people inside the tomb; let's go surround the entrance! We can't let them get away!"
They had only just found this place, and if the Earthwalker Dragon had emerged ten minutes earlier, he might have been able to evade them.
After speaking, the Gold-Eating Mouse led his subordinates toward the entrance of the Tomb, quickly leaving the spot where the Earthwalker Dragon lay.
"Brother, you have to hold on!" Liu Yunchong felt an overwhelming anger at what had just happened, but he dared not draw attention from the Gold-Eating Mouse and his group. He remained quietly perched in the tree, afraid to make any sudden moves.
It wasn't until he confirmed that the Gold-Eating Mouse had left that Liu Yunchong climbed down from the tree. He tightly wrapped his belt around the wound on the Earthwalker Dragon's arm, temporarily stopping the flow of blood.
"Gold-Eating Mouse, I will remember this grudge!" Liu Yunchong glared with resentment in the direction where they had departed. After speaking, he immediately lifted the Earthwalker Dragon's body and made his way down into the depths of the mountains.
(End of Chapter)
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