Sword Among Us

Panda Novel

As expected of one of the four Divine Thieves in the Chinese plains, aside from having extraordinary thieving skills, he also had great experience in various traps and mechanisms.

Thud!

Thud!

Sizzling sounds from flames swiftly traveled forth from further into the dark and empty tunnel. At the same time the sounds appeared, the dark tunnel was illuminated.

A huge tunnel that was several hundreds of feet long with no end in sight was illuminated before Happy and Osaya. The tunnel ahead of them could be seen clearly. They gasped in shock and quickly extinguished the torches in their hands.

Osaya cast a glance at Thousand-faced Human Fox, who was knocking around the smooth walls. She sighed in amazement. “Young Master Gusu, I finally understand why you brought such an old follower by your side even though you have such strength. Your follower really isn’t a normal person.

This palace in the desert was said to be built by a group of mysterious and genius craftsmen and countless trap masters. It only appeared once every fifty years. Each time, the desert palace would devour quite a number of powerful martial artists from all over the world. Many of the traps here were made with ancient techniques.

But now, an average looking old man managed to find the mechanism that would allow them to illuminate the tunnel within such a short time. How could she not be amazed?

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Thousand-faced Human Fox did not feel pleased because of Osaya’s praise. He went to the side carefully and placed his ear on the wall and knocked on it to listen to the echoes that came from the distance.

Happy spoke calmly, “Miss Osaya, you’re amazing as well. You’re young, but you’ve already entered the dao of heaven. If you’re willing to become my servant, you’ll definitely be stronger than that old man.”

Naturally, he understood that Osaya was trying to get information from him so that she could use the chance to figure out Thousand-faced Human Fox’s true identity. There was no way he could let her do as she wanted.

When she heard this, Osaya glared at Happy fiercely, feeling displeased.

Perhaps out of all the people in the entire world, only this mysterious and unfathomable Gusu’s Blue-robed Hero would dare to suggest that the Sacred Lady of Holy Fire Cult become his servant.

There was also a slightly flirty tone in those words, causing Osaya to become angry, but at the same time, she also felt heat travel through her body.

“Master!”

Thousand-faced Human Fox showed no tact and butted in at that moment to break the atmosphere circulating between them at the moment.

“The illumination mechanism in the tunnel is too simple. The tiles and the walls to the side are too smooth. This is a characteristic for many fatal traps. Based on my experience, if we don’t leave this place as soon as possible, we might end up in huge trouble.”

When they heard this, the man and woman who were staring into each other’s eyes had their expressions become stern. They looked up and stared at the sky, which was covered in black sand.

“I too… think that we shouldn’t stay in this place for long.”

“Let’s go!”

Their pupils shrank. The trio simultaneously jumped up and headed to the other end of the tunnel by flying there.

A few seconds after they moved, yellow sand poured down like a waterfall from above them with a loud bang. The spot where the trio previously stood was completely buried.

When they heard the loud bang behind them, Happy, Osaya, and Thousand-faced Human Face scowled, but they said nothing.

All three of them appeared to be incredibly smart people. Based on the information Thousand-faced Human Fox revealed, they could already guess somewhat that the black sandstorm had already arrived above their heads.

If the tunnel above their heads opened, then yellow sand would definitely pour in.

The environment in the tunnel would cause the yellow sand to form a terrain with flowing sand. Soon, this place would be completely buried. If they stayed for a long time in this place, they would only be pushing themselves to a corner.

Fortunately, all three of their lightness skills were pretty good. Once they registered the situation, they immediately moved to cast the yellow sand behind them.

During their journey, Happy suddenly noticed a faint light flash ahead of him. It looked like spider threads, and it disappeared in an inconspicuous manner.

“Be careful.”

Thousand-faced Human Fox reacted incredibly quickly and reminded them.

His hands shuddered in the air.

Under Happy and Osaya’s surprised gazes, he threw a red cloth into the air, then flung a few throwing knives in an incredibly profound manner to pin it.

The banner was approximately 6.5 feet long.

The four throwing knives perfectly pinned the four corners of the cloth and spread it out smoothly. They then flew forward together.

Before both of them could be amazed by Thousand-faced Human Fox’s hidden weapons technique, they heard a barely audible sound of cloth being torn.

Then, they saw the cloth that had been spread out and was sent flying forward had a few clear tears on it.

A moment later, the cloth was ripped to shreds, as if it was cut by several sharp knives. It was reduced to pieces that fluttered in the air.

“Wha—?”

When they saw this, Happy and Osaya became simultaneously wary.

The tunnel itself was never wide to begin with. The lighting was not very good as well. With a few wilk silk threads connecting parts of the wall together, when a normal person passed through the place, they would be cut to pieces immediately. Even body fortifications would not be able to fend against these things.

The greatest danger was that sand was pouring in, and wind was howling. With the situation forcing them to take action, many people would overlook the hidden dangers ahead of them when they were nervous. In other words, this was a deadly trap that was incredibly dangerous!

All of them simultaneously spun in the air and slowed down.

Whoosh!

Osaya gracefully threw out a white ribbon in the air. The white ribbon twirled around in the air as if it was a steel rod. It went flying dozens of feet forward.

Happy did not know what method Osaya used to avoid all the wild silk, but Osaya’s actions were not as simple as they seemed.

She flicked her wrist.

The white ribbon suddenly spun and moved like a sentient snake. It gently tossed out a puff of white powder.

The white powder quickly landed.

Immediately, white threads that could be clearly seen appeared in a dimension spanning thirty-two feet long. They intersected with each other and sealed off the area in front of them. There was not a single gap that would allow them to pass through.

“Beautiful.

“Let me handle the rest.”

Thousand-faced Human Fox also felt incredibly troubled by these deadly wild silk. but all the wild silk in this area had been marked, and the rest instantly became much easier to deal with. He volunteered to go up front.

He held a shiny dagger in his hand.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Thousand-faced Human Fox quickly charged over, and with just a few movements, he cut down the wild silk. Then, he used a brocade handkerchief made of special material to gather them together.

In less than ten seconds, this silent but deadly trap was completely taken down.

“Sir Gusu, I seriously can’t see through your follower at all now. He has even easily cut through wild silk, and they’re known for not being able to be destroyed by water and fire. The dagger in his hands must have an extraordinary background.” Osaya blinked and stared at Happy.

“He’s just a bag of old bones and can only do some physical work, unlike you just now, Miss Osaya. When you flung your sleeve, it was ingenious and pleasing to the eye. Miss Osaya, are you really not going to consider my suggestion just now?”

Osaya rolled her eyes in a beautiful manner again, and she stopped talking to Happy.

Once Osaya stopped talking, Thousand-faced Human Fox began focusing on clearing the traps. Naturally, Happy would not talk to himself either, and the tunnel instantly fell silent.

After they became involved in the quest within the forbidden land, as time passed, Happy found his decision to bring Thousand-faced Human Fox into this place was the wisest decision he made over this period of time!

On their way, they ran into a few deadly traps, and all of them were even more dangerous than the wild silk trap!

But with the directions given by the veteran wanderer, they easily resolved the traps, and they completely cast behind the threat of the yellow sand pouring in. Without running into any danger, they reached the end of the tunnel.

Indeed, they reached the end of the tunnel!

Their path was blocked by a cold and sturdy wall. The trio seemed to have entered a deadend.

“How could this be?”

Osaya frowned slightly. Only elites in the dao of heaven would be able to remain calm and rational even at this sort of moment. Any other person might have panicked and turned tail or started screaming a lot time ago.

“Ten Thousand Years.”

When they faced this “deadend”, Happy’s only reaction was to look at Thousand-faced Human Fox. He refused to believe that one of the four Divine Thieves would make such a low-grade and stupid judgment and end up bringing his party into a deadend.

They had managed to stay safe through all the traps they ran into all along the way. There should not be a deadend here!

“It’s impossible that this is a sealed off deadend. I’ll see if I can break it.”

“Don’t do anything just yet.”

Thousand-faced Human Fox was currently the most anxious person in the team. While he answered, he used his ear to press against the wall. He tapped against it at random places, but he heard nothing. He then laid down on the ground and tapped around for a long time while his body was flush against the ground so that he could search for a mechanism that might exist.

“This might be a trap that is really famous in the past, and it’s so dangerous that most will die, and only a handful will live. We can’t act rashly at moments like this…”

“But the sand is about to reach us. If we don’t find the exit soon, we’ll all die here.” Osaya might not be anxious, but when she saw the sand rolling forward like a wave from the other end of the tunnel, she could not help but frown. Faint anxiety showed on her.

Ten seconds later, the sand reached an area that was sixty-five feet away from them.

The cold sand danced about, even struck their faces. But Thousand-faced Human Fox had still not found the exit and the mechanism…

The space left for them was becoming smaller, and their situation was becoming increasingly dangerous. Even Happy could not remain as calm as he was before.

‘Are these the traps in a quest in a forbidden land?

‘Is this the difficulty of a quest in a forbidden land?

‘Could it be that I’m going to die outside before I even see the shadows of the desert palace?’

Happy laughed wryly in his heart and put his hand into his Universe Bag and brought out Heaven Crystal.

He had finally obtained Heaven Crystal after a lot of hardships.

If he died, the ancient divine weapon would automatically search for a new master and disappear without a trace. This trump card, which he had spent a lot of effort in obtaining, would be gone from his hands.

Compared to Heaven Crystal, the quest in the forbidden land became insignificant.

When he thought of this, Happy became even less inclined to accept dying in this place.

“Ten Thousand Years!”

“I remember it!”

Just when Happy was about to cut down the wall in front of him, Thousand-faced Human Fox’s excited cry suddenly rose behind him. “Master, this might be a fatal trap recorded in the Amazing Log of the Seas and Mountains! It’s known as Only One Remains Within An Area of Ten Steps!”

When Happy heard this, he froze.

When Thousand-faced Human Fox said these words, the rolling sand had already arrived beneath their feet.

Whoosh!

The trio jumped up at the same time. They stepped on the rolling sand and climbed higher.

Fortunately, the trio had outstanding lightness skills, or else, any other normal person in their place would find themselves unable to even pull their feet out of the rolling sand once their feet sank inside, because they could not use it as a platform to jump!

“I don’t care what sort of trap this is! Just tell me how we’re supposed to clear this trap!” Happy shouted anxiously.

Thousand-faced Human Fox jumped about on the rolling sand and explained loudly, “We don’t need to clear it! As long as we make sure that we don’t die, the trap will be cleared on its own! There is a way to survive within ten steps! What we need to do now is to make sure that we protect ourselves!”

Boom!

A loud bang rose. The entire tunnel was completely buried in yellow sand. The party of three looked like ants struggling to survive in the face of roaring waves. They continued jumping up as the sand rose.