I Have A Martial Dao World

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In the underground palace, the Izumo team was exploring along the corridor.

Nearly a thousand workers were driven to walk at the front, treading through various vicious traps with their bodies.

They suffered heavy casualties, and those who remained were nearly on the verge of collapse, deeply regretting their greed for a bit of silver to work for the Izumo people.

They wanted to rebel, but against a group of over a hundred Martial Artists in the Organ Refining and Marrow-Cleansing Realms, anything they did was in vain.

At that moment, a middle-aged man, witnessing his companion being smashed into a pulp by falling rocks, sat down paralyzed with terror, howling and refusing to move any further.

Kuki Ryuichi, impatient, picked this man up and tossed him forward to "throw a stone to ask the way."

The man had barely touched the ground when a "rustling" sound arose.

The next second, finger-sized roach-like insects swarmed over him, covering him so thoroughly that even his screams could not be heard.

A few seconds later, as the insects dispersed, not even a bit of bone or gristle remained of the man who had been screaming—he was entirely devoured, not a hair left.

The remaining workers were terrified beyond belief, covering their mouths to avoid making noise, for those who made noise were the first to be thrown out.

Kuki Ryuichi said, "Mutated alligator snapping turtles, a very common security insect, and they are in astonishing numbers. However, it also indicates there is a water source nearby, for the larvae of the carcass turtles hatch in water."

Colonel Arao nodded and said, "Kuki-san, you can arrange it. I trust your knowledge."

Kuki Ryuichi bowed respectfully and then ordered his subordinates: "Group 1, throw 20 people in there; Group 2, get ready with the flamethrowers."

Everyone immediately sprang into action, and the screaming workers were thrown forward, the "rustling" sound starting up again as a massive swarm of carcass turtles dove in to feed on the people.

There were already 10 people equipped with flamethrowers, ready to go, blasting a column of flame 50 meters long from the burning fuel!

The fierce column of fire left the swarming insects utterly defenseless, burnt to bursting and scattering across the ground.

The formerly troublesome swarm of insects was cleaned up in less than 10 minutes.

Technology changes life, and these tomb-raiding thieves from Izumo were not just brute fighters!

The team continued to move forward, with Kuki Ryuichi occasionally taking pictures with a camera.

Sure enough, ahead was as he had said—completely filled with muddy water up to their waists.

The water rippled vaguely, seemingly teeming with life. The larvae of the carcass turtles were also carnivorous.

"There is a corridor about 10 kilometers long that has been backfilled with groundwater…"

Kuki Ryuichi quickly assessed the situation. He first bowed to Colonel Arao, and then gave his orders:

"We don't have the energy to waste here. Drive the Shina people to charge ahead!"

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At the entrance to the cave, three young women wandered around, waiting for their lord to return.

Before long, the roaring of an engine approached, and a metallic monster burst through the trees, coming into the women's view.

They were familiar with such things, often featured in newspapers, and cried out in unison, "A tank!?"

Lu Yao opened the cockpit hatch, poked his head out, and smiled, "We're going to explore the ruins in this~"

The curious sisters crowded around, touching here and looking there, their eyes wide with wonder.

Lu Yao opened the turret hatch and let them all in.

Once inside the tank, the women chattered amongst themselves:

"The Izumo people have all gone down, there's not even a gatekeeper, and we even found their camp."

"The leader is called Arao Sei, the person in charge of the Joyful Virtue Hall! He's a big fish!"

"This person's house is plastered with things related to Hong Renkun, he's even gotten hold of his family tree..."

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Lu Yao nodded and said, "Then we should also hurry. We might be able to give them a surprise~"

He then briefly explained the driving method of the tank and how to aim and fire. Find adventures at empire

All three women were Spirit Refining Experts; they learned quickly.

Li Pei would act as the driver; Lu Yao was in charge of the cannon; Liao Qe operated the drone as their eyes;

And Liao Ya handled the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on top of the tank. This machine gun could be remotely controlled and fired from inside the tank, or manually.

"Let's go!"

The crew was spirited and high-spirited as they started the tank and moved out!

The moment Li Pei pressed the accelerator, the tank shot forward with a force that surprised her, "It's even stronger than a car's!"

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The modern tank was full of horsepower!

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At this moment, Colonel Arao's face was looking rather ugly as he held on to his sword sheath.

The Izumo tomb raiding team had suffered losses!

This stretch of swamp-like corridor was filled with disgusting creatures such as muck turtles' larvae, leeches, and giant catfish, while the adults of the muck turtles harassed them from above.

Five Organ Refining Realm Izumo Warriors were caught off guard and bitten by the muck turtles, leaving pits all over their bodies, and then, to their horror, they turned blue and were poisoned!

With their physical strength greatly reduced after being poisoned, they were quickly overwhelmed and bitten to death by the swarming creatures, disappearing into the muddy water.

As they moved another 2 kilometers forward, the party suddenly realized—the mud was actually 4 meters deep here!

Everyone had to wade through it, which even slowed down those in the Marrow-Cleansing Realm.

It was here that two giant toad monsters appeared!

10 meters in length, they hid in the mud, only their eyes peering out.

Their tongues served as both whips and poisoned stings, and with a single swipe, they decapitated a Marrow-Cleansing Warrior!

"Baka!" Colonel Arao roared angrily, pointing with his sword.

Immediately, someone hoisted a 37MM small caliber rapid-fire cannon and opened fire on the toad!

With a booming sound, despite the layer of water, the toad was blown open, skin and flesh bursting apart, and with a miserable cry, it dove deep into the water and fled.

"A Marrow-Cleansing Realm Monster Beast!" Kuki Ryuichi shouted, "Don't delay here, move through quickly!"

Under the cover of flamethrowers, rapid-fire cannons, and dynamite packs, plus ordinary people moving forward to "meet their death," the Izumo team suffered the loss of 7 more people before getting through this area.

After a brief rest, the team continued on, but soon encountered another problem—where there had been clarity, suddenly everything was thick fog!

"Put on your gas masks! Don't move recklessly!" Kuki Ryuichi loudly reminded, and everyone hurriedly pulled out their gas masks and put them on.

Then, he fired a flare gun horizontally, and the orange signal flare flew out 30 meters then disappeared abruptly!

"It's a Blinding Method set up by a Spirit Refining Expert..." Kuki Ryuichi found it hard to believe, "This relic is clearly of the Qin Dynasty style, 2,000 years have passed, any 'Mind Force' should have dissipated."

Blinding Method confuses one's five senses, trapping people indefinitely without a way out.

At this point, the team had no strength beyond Fetal Breath to break the illusion.

Colonel Arao said solemnly, "Let these Shina people go ahead and test for traps in the surroundings."

His intention was clear: as long as there were no traps, the Blinding Method could be broken slowly.

Survivors were immediately driven to scout ahead, and those who didn't move were simply picked up and thrown out.

These workers buzzed around like headless flies, going around in circle after circle, always ending up back where they started, unable to find a way forward.

After a lot of to and fro and not a single death, it seemed there were no mechanisms or traps around.

Kuki Ryuichi was puzzled again and said, muffled through his gas mask:

"Strange, a Blinding Method is often used in conjunction with powerful traps. Could it be that the creator of this relic was of a kindly nature?"

No sooner had he spoken than the Shun Dynasty laborers used for scouting suddenly twisted their faces in pain as they tore at themselves.

"It itches! It itches!"

They screamed in agony as they scratched themselves raw, but no blood flowed out; instead, white fungal filaments sprouted from the wounds.

Immediately after, they started to cough loudly, with visible tiny spores spreading in the air.

"There's something wrong with this fog!" Kuki Ryuichi immediately shouted, "Kill them!"

But it was already too late. These once meek people now emitted terrifying roars and charged forward!

Even though they were still easily killed, their bodies burst with powdery spores upon death.

The spores could not be completely filtered out by the gas masks.

Soon, even the Organ Refining Warriors were afflicted, scratching themselves violently before starting to attack their comrades indiscriminately!

The speed of the contagion was extremely rapid, with screams and wails coming from all around!

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Meanwhile, Lu Yao and his family had just driven the tank into the corridor.

The tank clanked with noise from rolling stones, log traps, and powerful crossbows, all sorts of disarray caused by the traps, but they ignored it all and continued forward.