The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 199 The mastermind behind the scenes
In the dark cave, Amber was doing the job that Ying called the Fire-Starter. With her delicate control over the fire element, Amber took out an arrow and easily turned it into a simple torch.

Because Hu Tao and her companions had no sense of the earth's veins, their steps were much slower than usual in the dark cave. Just as they were going deeper into the cave, a figure suddenly ran towards them quickly.

Before Hu Tao and the others could take out their weapons and prepare for battle, the figure quickly passed them and ran towards the entrance. Everyone looked at each other, until the figure disappeared from sight. Then the few people in the cave who were in a mess realized that the guy just now was most likely a tomb robber.

"So, we just let the tomb robbers get away?"

Amber held the West Wind hunting bow in her hand, her words filled with bewilderment and confusion. She had been busy for so long, but in the end the tomb robbers had escaped. It would definitely be a lie to say that she was lost.

"These damn tomb robbers, I will remember this grudge! When I find Ruojin later, I will definitely ask him what he looks like."

When the sound of Songlai rang in her hand, Youla gritted her teeth and looked in the direction where the figure left. She didn't see what the man looked like in the dark just now, but Youla believed that Ruojin must know what this tomb robber looked like.

From the hurried footsteps of the figure just now, Eula speculated that Ruojin left in a hurry most likely because he sensed the location of the tomb robber, and the tomb robber was fighting with Ruojin, but he could not defeat Ruojin, so he fled along the same path.

"Let's keep moving forward. Maybe we can find something new there."

Thinking of the big hole above the tomb, Eula, who patrolled nearby every morning, felt that if there was only one person, it would be impossible to dig so many holes without being discovered by her. This must be a gang crime, and now only one person escaped, so it was very likely that Ruo Jin had already caught a group of them.

Wanting to see who was so bold as to attack the ancestral tomb of her Lawrence family, Eula took the lead with Song Lai in her hand. If anything else dared to come over, she would definitely smash it with a sword.

When they reached a corner, Eula, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. Klee, who was following behind Eula, didn't have time to stop and bumped into Eula.

"Sister Eula, are there any bad guys again?"

Klee stood behind Eula's legs and wanted to stick her head out to see what was happening in front of her, but before Klee could make any move, Eula covered Klee's eyes.

"Kelly, go to Amber first. Walnut, come and see if this thing is alive. I really wanted to see it move just now."

Eula's serious tone attracted Hu Tao's curiosity. Hu Tao moved closer to Eula and saw that it was a skeleton standing at the corner.

"Move? Are you dazzled, Eula? How can it move when it's just a skeleton? But the same is true for you Monds. This hall master always says that people must be cremated after death. It's definitely not okay to find a coffin and dig a hole to bury it like you Monds do. It's just a skeleton and you're still leaving it here. This is simply a blasphemy to the dead."

Seeing a human-shaped skeleton standing in front of him, Hu Tao, who had seen all kinds of scenes, wanted to move the skeleton aside with the Homa staff and cremate it when he came back later.

Listening to the crisp sound of the ribs colliding with the Homa staff, Hu Tao couldn't help but sigh in her heart, the hardness of this bone frame is really good. It has become a bone frame and yet he is holding a black rock sword in his hand. It seems that this person was also a martial artist when he was alive.

"Hu, Walnut..." "Huh? Amber, are you scared? Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's just a skeleton."

Walnut turned her head to look at Amber, whose eyes were wide open. Originally, Walnut wanted to get closer to observe the skeleton, but after discovering that Amber's legs were trembling slightly, Walnut gave up the idea and went to Amber to comfort her.

"No, no, that thing is moving!"

As soon as Amber said this, cold sweat instantly climbed up Hu Tao's back. Looking at Amber with fear written all over her face, Hu Tao pretended to be calm and said.

"Amber, stop joking. How can a skeleton move? It's not Qiqi."

Before Kurumi could turn around and look at the skeleton, Eula suddenly chopped at Kurumi with the pine needle in her hand. Kurumi was surprised by Eula's sudden attack. Her unique plum blossom eyes were filled with shock.

Dang~
There was a crisp sound of metal collision, and the pine sword in Eula's hand collided fiercely with a black rock sword. Realizing that there was an enemy behind her, Hu Tao hurriedly hid aside. Taking advantage of the moment of dodging, Hu Tao looked back and saw that the black rock sword that was chopped towards her was held in the hands of a skeleton.

Seeing the skeleton confronting Eula, Hu Tao swallowed deeply. She almost never saw Ruo Jin again. As the skeleton was exposed to the torch, Hu Tao and the others also saw that there was a power around the skeleton that made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Eula, let me help you! Wildfire!"

Seeing that Eula was forced back by this skeleton's sword, Hu Tao reacted and turned the Staff of Homa in her hand, and the fire element instantly permeated the Staff of Homa. Although Hu Tao is young, in terms of strength, she can be ranked among the best in Liyue.

Amber also came out of her fear at this time. She asked Klee to wait for her in a safe place. Then Amber picked up the Zephyr Hunting Bow and began to remotely cover Eula and Hutao.

Although Eula seldom uses the power of the Eye of God, she is still able to make simple use of the ice element. In an instant, in the narrow cave, the ice element and the fire element constantly triggered a melting reaction.

After fighting for a while, Eula and the other two who were in the battle found something wrong. Why did this skeleton take the initiative to attack Eula alone? As for Walnut and Amber, this skeleton completely ignored them.

Just as Hu Tao and the others were puzzled, on a high mountain far away from the cave, an abyss mage was standing respectfully beside a mysterious man. As if he had noticed the battle in the tomb, the abyss mage said with some regret.

"Your Highness, our plan may have failed. Although the power of the devil polluted by the abyss can awaken the body of the dead, this body seems to have retained the obsessions of the living and cannot be completely controlled by us."

Listening to the report of the Abyss Mage, the mysterious man known as His Royal Highness the Prince did not say anything. He quietly looked at Dainsreb who came out of the tomb for a few seconds, then turned around and left. An uncontrolled experimental subject was not worth the risk of being exposed to retrieve.

(End of this chapter)