Chapter 330: Eight Hundred Bronze Soldiers

A vast arena lay beyond the stone door; the floor had been garnished with white marble trimmed on each end to form an octagonal shape.

In ancient times, construction of such scale in the absence of heavy machinery was almost a miracle; but what amazed Chen Xiaobei and Luo Puti were the eight hundred bronze soldiers that stood in the arena! They bore a stark resemblance to the Terracotta Soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, and appeared to have been buried together with the king.

Though ancient, their armor looked brand new; dried corpses lay within every set, each reminiscent of mummies. The skin and muscles of those remains were completely dried but their bodies did not have a hint of decomposition. What's more, their skin glistened with an ancient bronze; they were indeed copper corpses!

"This is amazing!" Luo Puti uttered in wide-eyed wonder.

"What? What did you find?" Chan Xiaobei asked.

"Every single one of them had been trained in some sort of body-enhancement skill before they died! Their health would have been around ten thousand! That was why their bodies did not decompose even after they died!" Luo explained.

"Wow! That's awesome!" Chen Xiaobei's face was lit, his tone chipper. "If all these soldiers were already so formidable, could you even imagine how powerful the king was? The world would have trembled at his martial arts!"

"This is not the time for that!" Luo Puti frowned. "Take a look around. Do you see any exits?"

Chen Xiaobei swept his gaze across the arena. It was indeed a closed space with no obvious escape route; there weren't objects that looked like coffins either. "You're right... Perhaps we need to solve some puzzle here to unlock the next door!"

"You should wait here if that's the case. I will go down and check things out," Luo Puti said as she headed for the arena.

"I'll help," Chen said.

"That's not necessary! I'll be very happy if you could just mind your own business!" Luo retorted without turning to him.

"F*ck! How dare she underestimate me? Don't come looking for me when you get into trouble!" Chen pouted, folding his arms as he watched the scene unfold.

*Click!*

Something happened the moment Luo stepped on the floor of the arena in her high heels.

*Whooosh...*

A cold wind came in out of nowhere! The temperature of the arena dropped significantly as the wind entered the copper corpses.

*Klak!*

*Klak!*

Soldiers who died hundreds of years ago came to life in the blink of an eye! All of them drew their knives that looked brand new just like their armor! The blades were even sharp enough to cut through metal.

Some of them looked special; those had eyes filled with blue flame, and each had a piece of jade resembling puzzle that hung on the center of their helms.

"I should be able to unlock the next door after collecting those eight jade pieces!"

Luo Puti was, after all, a senior inspector of the Six Door Organization. She had seen enough bizarreness throughout her career, which in turn allows her to stay calm in all situations. And now, not only was she unafraid of those copper soldiers, she figured out the puzzle in split seconds.

"Puti! Please be careful! Those copper soldiers are really powerful!"

All the while, Chen Xiaobei stood outside the arena and kept shouting at Luo.

"Evil spirits are possessing those eight special copper soldiers! Don't get careless!"

A warmth whelmed within Luo Puti from Chen Xiaobei's words, although she chose to flaunt herself instead. "Hmph! I don't need you to remind me! Feast your eyes as I solve this puzzle! I'm a million times your superior in combat power!"

*Klak!*

*Klak!*

*Klak!*

The eight hundred copper soldiers quickly surrounded Luo.

"Kid's play! Let me start with you!"

Luo 's eyebrows twitched. She dashed for the copper soldier that stood in front of her, while those copper soldiers lunged at her with their swords in return.

Their combat power was somewhat average - numbering only around five thousand - but Luo was flesh and blood. Though she possessed immense power, she would still get hurt when the swords landed on her.

And even an army of ants could defeat an elephant! It would be fatal for Luo Puti if she got hundreds of papercuts.

*Shiiing...*

Luo Puti herself was aware of the threat. She quickly lowered herself and drew the dagger that she hid in her boots; wrapping it in white and icy True Qi, beautiful curves formed in the air as she waved it around.

*Clang!*

*Clang!*

*Clang!*

The sound of metal colliding echoed; hundreds of swords were repelled.

"Damn! That True Qi is so concentrated, it's almost tangible!"

Chen Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise as he kept observing the True Qi. "It's Yang Ice! It's no wonder that Xiaobai always sticks to Puti! They have the same attribute!"

"Eh? Where are the soldiers?"

Luo muttered as she kicked away the swords that surround her. She then found that one of the leading soldiers that she had locked on too had already changed positions.

"It seems like these copper soldiers are no brainless puppets! I have to do better!"

Luo focused and swung her dagger at the copper soldiers that stood near her.

"Wind!"

The dagger splits open a copper soldier's stomach.

*Pow!*

*Pow!*

Luo Puti leapt into the air and landed a kick on another copper soldier. Using its skull as a jumping point before landing another kick on a second copper soldier. Both of them were sent flying at the others like meteors; the force causing a large group of those minions to drop on the floor.

Luo Puti was truly formidable as she activated her rampage mode to wipe out every copper soldier around her as she sent them streaking through the air. However, there was a lingering worry in her mind.

"This is weird. Why are the soldiers that I've pummeled still attacking me...? And their leaders just keep moving around; It is tough for me to lock on to them..." she thought, frowning.

She has the upper hand, but the eight hundred soldiers were virtually indestructible, and were not afraid of dying! They were keeping up their offense with their swords, even when their heads have already been knocked off.

Scary wouldn't be enough to describe the scene. Luo's True Qi was limited; sooner or later, her True Qi would run dry! Even if she had three heads and six arms, her weakness would be uncovered eventually in this attritional battle!

*Whooosh!*

*Whooosh!*

*Whooosh!*

A dozen swords came at Luo Puti, and she held them off.

And then she screamed.

"Shit! I can't dodge this!"

Several of the undead soldiers had held their swords aloft, ready to slash the weak point was her back! They would definitely deal a severe blow to her even if she managed to survive!

"Don't be afraid! I will protect you...! Hehe..."

A happy voice could be heard laughing, and Luo Puti finally felt that she could depend on a certain person!