Chapter 399: Cao Cao’s Reputation Precedes Him! Quite the Dramatist! (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Watch out, Luo Feng!”
“Luo Feng!”
“Old Luo!”
The tension was palpable when the rope snapped moments ago. At the scene, Su Meiji, Li Shishi, and Qin Rubing – though not near – watched from afar with escalating concern.
“Damn, another trap!”
Inwardly cursing, Luo Feng recognized he could not surrender to gravity. Below the broken end of the rope lurked a spike trap. A fall would mean certain death.
“Swallowtail Hoe, to the rescue!”
In an instant, Luo Feng unsheathed the Swallowtail Hoe strapped to his back.
With no need for further action, the Swallowtail Hoe lodged itself horizontally into the trap’s opening, sparing Luo Feng from plummeting to his demise.
“That was too close!” “Quick thinking there, Old Luo!” “How did he manage that?”
“He’s safe?”
Everyone present watched as Luo Feng narrowly avoided the spike trap, skillfully utilizing the Swallowtail Hoe. They gained new appreciation for his nimbleness and the seeming sentience of his tool, which did not merely respond to his command but acted with apparent autonomy. Yet, how could an inanimate Swallowtail Hoe possess such capability?
Boom, boom, boom.
Before they could exhale relief, however, the ominous rumbling from the tomb’s ceiling persisted.
Crash, crash, crash.
Fragments of metal rained down from above.
Ding, ding, ding.
Luo Feng swiftly wielded the Swallow-Tail Hoe overhead, rotating it in a blur. Every falling metal piece was deflected by the Swallow-Tail Hoe.
“What on earth?”
“What’s happening?”
“Feels like I’m watching a scene from ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’?”
“Or ‘Heroes of Sui and Tang’?” “Indeed, it seems surreal!”
“This sort of stuff only happens in dramas!”
The onlookers were in utter disbelief. The spectacle mirrored a drama scene, wherein a hero, under a volley of arrows, simply uses a weapon for defense, deflecting every arrow.
In reality, such feats are impossible. As with Luo Feng’s display moments ago, spinning the Swallow-Tail Hoe to scatter the raining metal, it seemed far-fetched. But it transpired right before their eyes.
However, they were oblivious to the fact that the life-preserving Swallowtail Hoe could evade any threats of harm or fatality. Dodging falling metal was a trivial task for it!
Without such capability, Luo Feng would never dare lead them into this tomb. A tomb evidently brimming with deadly traps.
“Bloody hell, I nearly died! Boss Cao, you owe me a big one for this!” “This is insane! Traps on the floor tiles, and even on the tomb ceiling!”
“Without Old Luo’s exceptional skills, I doubt anyone else would’ve survived even three seconds!”
In truth, Luo Feng was also stunned at this juncture. He realized he had been duped. Cao Cao had outdone himself.
“What’s the deal? With these many traps, how did the tomb raiders get in?” “Exactly, there are still some tomb raider corpses in those spike traps.” “If tomb raiders can get in alive, there’s no reason why the host can’t, right?”
Regaining his composure, Luo Feng stated calmly, “No tomb raiders ventured in here.”
Gazing at the corpses below in the spike traps and the dead bodies littered across the tomb passage, he scoffed, “From the outset, there were no tomb raiders! This tomb has remained unraided!”
“Unraided? But what about the ropes? Weren’t they drilled through the tomb ceiling by tomb raiders?” In seeing Luo Feng’s return, Su Meiji asked curiously, pulling him back.
Luo Feng, maintaining his calm, chuckled and replied, “The ropes are traps in themselves. The plummeting metal fragments hint at the traps being triggered by the ropes. Plus, their fall aligns directly above these spike traps. This isn’t coincidence, it’s deliberate trap design. Undeniable. As for the bodies in the spike traps and those along the tomb passage, they were the deceased, discarded here during the tomb’s construction to mislead tomb raiders into believing the corpses belonged to their ilk.”
“Why would they do that?”
“Indeed, what’s the point? Seems unnecessary to me!”
“Since they’re already inside, there should be no hints. It’s better to catch them unawares, right?”
The logic was sound.
If the goal was to kill tomb raiders, a surprise attack would certainly be more effective.
After all, why is there the saying ‘born in trouble, die in comfort’?
It may seem safe, but sudden danger makes it hard to defend against.
Why then purposely create an atmosphere of peril with scattered corpses? Wouldn’t that alert the tomb raiders? “This isn’t unnecessary. On the contrary, it’s quite a cunning scheme!”
“So cunning, it even duped me, Luo Feng! ”
“Initially, I never considered these ropes could be traps.”
If it were his first time exploring a tomb, Luo Feng would have exercised extreme caution.
Having ventured into multiple tombs, coupled with the life-preserving Swallowtail Hoe, Luo Feng had grown lax about his safety. After all, does an invincible individual worry about safety?
Would an immortal contemplate death?
“Luo Feng, don’t let your guard down. Exercise caution,” Su Meiji advised, sensing Luo Feng’s creeping overconfidence.
“Indeed, had it been my first tomb exploration, I would’ve scrutinized all the traps.. In fact, many of these traps are actually relatively easy to spot!”
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