Chapter <b>153 </b>
<b>Chapter </b><b>153 </b>
<b>James </b>moved forward. Kingston and his men, hiding behind the stone statues, saw that he was alone and didn’t rush to act<b>. </b>
James stopped by the water’s edge and noticed arge patch of snake scales by the pool. He looked at the water but couldn’t see much<b>, </b><b>but </b>he was certain that there was a snake in there.
Three minutester, James returned and reported, “Mr. York, there’s a pretty deep pool. I suspect the snake in the water is probably asleep, which is why the gravediggers before us got through so easily.”
<b>They </b>needed to take advantage of the snake’s slumber and move quickly. Otherwise, once the snake woke up hungry and started treating them as prey, things would get bad.
<b>If </b>there were no other ways out of the tomb and they had to turn back, they would encounter the snake again. It was very dangerous.
Moreover, there were people who wanted to harm Shermaine. They didn’t know where these people were hiding at the moment or what kind of tricks they might pull.
But James nced at the calm Shermaine and the ever–steady Joshua and felt <b>that </b>there was indeed no need <b>to </b>worry too much. After all, neither of the two leaders was afraid of a little danger.
Shermaine and Joshua soon arrived at the edge of the pool. James and the others crossed the wooden bridge first to avoid it copsing and reminded those around them. “Cross two at <b>a </b>time.”
Shermaine and Joshua were thest two to cross. As soon as they stepped on the bridge, it creaked and swayed.
Just as they reached the middle of the bridge, Kingston gave the order. Immediately, his subordinates, hiding behind the stone statues on both sides, shot at Shermaine and Joshua.
However, by a stroke of luck, a giant snake emerged from the water, opening its enormous mouth as if to swallow Shermaine and Joshua whole, and the iing tranquilizer darts were deflected.
Kingston’s face darkened instantly. ‘Is this giant snake out of its mind,ing out to eat people now?‘ he thought.
Water sshed high into the air as Shermaine and Joshua started running at the same time. The giant snake, feeling no pain, continued to lunge at the
two.
The snake was at least 60 feet long, and Shermaine had never seen such arge snake before.
What she hadn’t expected was that the people who wanted to harm her would be lying in ambush here, but they seemed to be quite unlucky, as their n was ruined by a snake.
James pulled out his gun and provided cover fire for Shermaine and Joshua, who were still on the bridge, shooting at the silver giant snake. However, the snake was very agile and dodged the bullets.
The wooden bridge, hit by the snake, began to copse. At the moment the bridge started to fall<b>, </b>Joshua and Shermaine<b>, </b>hand in hand, jumped to the shore and, without <b>a </b>word, ran with perfect coordination.
“Mr. York, Ms. Shue, hurry,” James shouted.
On the other side, Kingston, wearing <b>a </b>mask<b>, </b>gave themand. “Follow them.”
They had a good opportunity now and no reason to abandon their original n just because of the snake.
They had brought high–tech equipment with them. They threw a grappling hook that caught the wall on the other side <b>of </b>the pool <b>and </b>swung across. However, shortly after they made it across, many smaller snakes began to crawl out of the water. Seeing this, <b>they </b><b>felt </b><b>a </b>chill <b>run </b><b>down </b>their spines.
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<b>As </b><b>she </b><b>ran </b><b>forward</b><b>, </b><b>Shermaine’s </b><b>eyes </b>were <b>cold </b><b>and </b>stern<b>. </b>She nced back <b>and </b>then said <b>to </b><b>Joshua</b><b>, </b><b>“</b>I’m going to kill <b>this </b><b>beast</b><b>. </b>A chilling sura of determination emanated <b>from </b>her<b>. </b>
<b>They </b>were in <b>a </b>narrow stone passage where it was hard to maneuver. Joshua had the same idea. <b>“</b>Let’s run a bit further ahead<b>,</b><b>” </b>he <b>said</b><b>, and </b><b>then </b>added “Til <b>help </b><b>you</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
Killing <b>a </b>snake was not a difficult task for them.
Soon<b>, </b>they reached a much wider area with a high ceiling and two coffins on either side. One of the coffins had already been opened.
The air was filled with the metallic tang of blood. On the groundy several gravediggers, their status unknown, alive or dead.
<b>And </b><b>a </b>mummy–like creature was slowly advancing toward Cherry, who was cowering in the corner, trembling with fear. Cherry’s face was pale, and she <b>was </b>on the verge of fainting.
She had never dreamed that Kathy and Shalene would just abandon her and run away. And the male ssmates who hade with them had vanished without a trace; there was no way they woulde to her rescue.
Just as Cherry thought she was about to meet her end, she saw Shermaine emerge from the stone passage, along with the skilled man and his subordinates.
But before Cherry could feel any relief or call out, she saw the giant snake follow them out of the passage, lunging menacingly
Another huge shock caused Cherry to faint on the spot.
After Cherry passed out, the creature immediately shifted its target to Shermaine and the others.
At that moment, Shermaine and Joshua were already engaged with the snake. They wielded sharp, curved knives.
As the snake’s head lunged forward, Shermaine flipped and dodged, stabbing the knife into the snake’s body. However, the snake’s scales were too thick. The knife couldn’t prate the skin and thus couldn’t harm it.
Seeing that the knife was useless, Shermaine shouted, “James, give me a gun.”
“Got it,” James replied, quickly taking out a gun and throwing it to Shermaine. Shermaine caught it with perfect precision, swiftly chambered <b>a </b>round, and pulled the trigger.
No matter how fast the snake moved, Shermaine’s marksmanship was spot–on. One shot hit the snake, causing it to let out a painful hiss.
Joshua then took advantage of the snake’s injury and plunged his knife into the same spot, beginning to slice through its skin. Soon, blood gushed out from beneath the snake’s scales.
The two of them worked in perfect harmony. Shermaine stood on one of the coffins and continued to fire <b>at </b>the snake. The snake’s underside and eyes were its weak points.
Shermaine aimed for its eyes, hitting them with every shot.
However, the snake was incredibly resilient. In great pain, its body thrashed about. Its tail nearly swept James off his feet<b>, </b>but apanion managed <b>to </b>pull James back just in time, averting disaster.
At that moment, Joshua’s voice rang out again. “Shermaine, watch out behind you.”
Shermaine turned around to see a monstrous creature that had silently approached her from behind, kicking toward her. To avoid being struck in <b>a </b><b>vital </b>spot, Shermaine blocked with her hand.
However, the force was immense, unlike anything <b>a </b>normal person would possess. She was kicked off <b>the </b><b>coffin </b>and collided with the wall beside it.
Joshua moved behind Shermaine and acted as a human shield. Shermaine wasn’t in pain. She heard Joshua let out <b>a </b>low <b>grunt</b>.
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Her lips pursed, her tone was one of concern she had never detected before. “Joshua, are you okay?”
Joshua forced out, “I’m fine.”
He would have been much more upset if he hadn’t caught Shermaine.
Seeing Joshua take a flesh wound to protect her, Shermaine was a bit angry.
That thing didn’t seem human or ghostly, but its strength was extraordinarily powerful, and its sterich was unusually foul.
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Then, Shermaine nced at the gravediggers lying nearby. Their lips were purple, and they all had w marks on their bodies. She warned, “Be careful. This monster’s body is poisonous. Don’t let it touch you.”
If it weren’t for the imminent danger, Shermaine would have liked to tie this creature up and conduct research to see how it had survived for so long.
While Shermaine was thinking this, Kingston and his men emerged from the stone passage, but they were followed by a swarm of snakes.
The creature immediately fled upon seeing the snakes, its shadow disappearing through the fifth stone door in an instant, impossible to catch.
One of the snakes had already reached Shermaine’s feet, but after catching her scent, it quickly changed direction.
Not only that, but the snakes didn’t even approach Joshua and James. Instead, they began to bite at Kingston and his men.
Shermaine looked at the man in the center, surrounded by many people, wearing a mask. Although she couldn’t see his face, he seemed somewhat familiar.
As the snakes grew more numerous<i>, </i>Kingston’s face darkened beneath his mask. ‘These damn snakes havepletely ruined my n,‘ he thought.
Unable to do anything about Shermaine, he had <i>no </i>choice but to keep running forward.
Shermaine felt that the masked man who had fled so quickly seemed familiar. Although she couldn’t see his face, she had a sense of recognition. She pondered for a moment and then had a thought. ‘Could it be him?‘
The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible.
She looked at Joshua, whose facial features were incredibly handsome, and thenined, “Others have female rivals, but because of you, I have a male rival.” And that man had always wanted to kill her.