Category: Nine Rings

Chapter
Nine Rings C254
by MarineTL — Chapter 254: The Cold Shoulder I cracked the whip across the horse's flank, and Kuba's mount shot forward instantly. Gripping the reins with one hand and swinging the whip with the other, I galloped across the vast expanse of the grasslands. As soon as I surged out, I heard the locals shouting behind us on the prairie, drinking mare's milk wine and cheering with laughter. The horse followed the trail Tian Xiaoqi had left for about a li. Once the locals' campfires faded out of sight, I spotted her in…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C255
by MarineTL — Chapter 255: Qian Shizhong Once Fourth Brother finished his deployments, his men began moving to their respective tasks. They hauled their gear into the beds of the pickup trucks. He Yu and I stood up, preparing to follow, but as we passed Fourth Brother, he grabbed me by the collar and waved He Yu toward one of the trucks to take a seat. "How much do you know about your great-grandfather's affairs?" Fourth Brother hooked an arm around my neck and pulled me toward the lead pickup. That truck was…
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Nine Rings C247
by MarineTL — Chapter 247: The Bronze Coffin The moment the trigger was pulled, the gun suddenly blew up right next to my ear. That damn rifle actually exploded! The explosion instantly took out the guy who fired it. The gun must have been soaked through when it fell into the water earlier. This model wasn't waterproof. I thought it would be fine once it dried out, but clearly, I was wrong. When I was fighting the giant bats earlier, the gun had been knocked away before I could use it. It was a stroke of luck that…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C248
by MarineTL — Chapter 248: The Trump Card Tian Xiao circled the area and returned, his expression grave as he spoke to me. "There is no Houtu Blood here. Could the legends be false?" Lu Ayao had guessed correctly; their true objective was indeed to find the legendary elixir of immortality. Our current position should have been the deepest part of the tomb. The stone coffin in the center of the Underworld Hall was undoubtedly the sarcophagus of the King of Gune. If the legends of the Houtu Blood were true, he…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C249
by MarineTL — Chapter 249: Decoding Tian Xiao looked at me and said, "If my information is correct, you already have a certain understanding of the Nine-Ring Jade Casket." His sudden question instantly severed the faint connections forming in my mind. I didn't know where he had gotten his information, but I had to admit he was right. I had already sketched out the basic internal diagram of the casket. Opening it was simply a matter of arranging the beads inside correctly; I was just one final step away. He…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C250
by MarineTL — Chapter 250: Flight I had Old Qian help me steady the two weak flashlights, then built a coordinate system in my mind based on the ring of projected starlight shadows. Using this system, I could pinpoint the horizontal and vertical positions of each star. After a quick look, I knelt on the ground, opened my tool kit, and pulled out a bent Cloud-Probing Needle. This needle was unique, with a small spring at the tip that allowed it to expand and contract automatically once inside the keyhole. I used…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C251
by MarineTL — Chapter 251: The Bullet He Yu attached three safety carabiners to the last twenty-meter rope, clipping them onto my belt and Old Qian's. He didn't even know which rock crevice he had jammed the end of the rope into, but as long as it held for ten seconds, we had a chance of survival. This was a last resort. We had lost our supply packs back in the Royal City, and this solitary rope was far too thin. We certainly couldn't count on it holding for long. In other words, my signal to He Yu wasn't meant…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C240
by MarineTL — Chapter 240: The Tomb Passage Right by the stone wall to the left behind the door, several bluestone slabs extended from crevices in the rock. We planned to follow these slabs down to see if there was a passage at the bottom of the pit leading into the mausoleum. Before stepping onto the bluestone slabs, I took a moment to estimate everyone's weight. There was no telling how many years those slabs had been wedged into the rock face; they might have become incredibly brittle. Stepping on them with too…
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