79: Ghostly Shadows in Ancient Tombs

The Little Security Guard checked the progress of the others' matches.

Jing Hua, Zhu Yeqing, and the others were still stuck in the A-Cup Advanced matches.

The hardest part of this stage was dealing with the Ghoul Zombies.

Feng Rugui used his turtle Incarnation, utilizing his shell to protect himself while the Ghoul Zombies attacked with "walnuts."

Li Dahai transformed into the Big White Tiger to battle the Ghoul Zombies.

Zhu Yunque's movement was agile, easily dodging and using her whip to strike the Ghoul Zombies' heads.

Zhu Yeqing used a whip to entwine a Ghoul Zombie's neck, but the zombie rolled away to break free.

Jing Hua made full use of the Little Security Guard's spiritual energy, using her sword to slice a Ghoul Zombie's head in two.

Seeing that his people had the upper hand and victory was in sight, the Little Security Guard stopped paying attention to the others.

"D-rank exam, let's get started!"

The system panel prompted: "D-Cup match beginning!"

"These three stages take place within an Ancient Tomb."

The scene quickly shifted to a deep, dark corridor.

The corridor was built of stacked stone blocks.

On both sides stood over a dozen stone figures, all kneeling with their hands raised above their heads.

everlasting lamps were placed atop their heads, illuminating the corridor as bright as day.

At the end, dozens of meters away, was a circular hall with an antique coffin placed right in the center.

"In the first stage, you need to cross the corridor and open the coffin to pass," the system panel prompted.

The Little Security Guard said in surprise, "Just walk over there? It's that easy?"

"In the previous exams, I had to put in at least some effort."

"Now that it's the D-Cup exam, it should be harder. How can it be just walking over?"

The system panel gave no response.

It seemed to be waiting for him to fall for a trap.

The Little Security Guard recalled the tomb-robbing movies he had seen and guessed that this corridor must be rigged with hidden mechanisms.

Whatever, he'd know after a quick test.

The Little Security Guard took out a Meteor Cabbage from his space.

He tossed it toward the end of the corridor.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

Countless arrows shot out from both sides of the corridor.

The Meteor Cabbage was shot full of holes like a hedgehog!

There really were traps!

"I'll just throw a few more cabbages and exhaust all your arrows, then I can pass," the Little Security Guard laughed.

He threw a second cabbage.

It was also shot into a hedgehog.

He threw a third, then a fourth... unexpectedly, the arrows from both sides of the corridor were endless.

"Right, this scene is a program, not a real Ancient Tomb."

"In a real Ancient Tomb, you could exhaust all the hidden weapons with cabbages, but a computer program has an infinite supply."

A dialogue box popped up on the floating system panel: "Hahaha, out of tricks?"

"You can only force your way through this stage."

"It's impossible to rely on Meteor Cabbages to cheat your way through."

This system panel had artificial intelligence and could engage in simple dialogue.

The Little Security Guard laughed, "You're just a low-level AI, yet you dare to look down on my skills?"

"Hmph! Who says I can't take a shortcut?"

"I'll show you today how I take a shortcut."

As soon as he finished speaking, he used [Teleportation], crossed the corridor, and arrived directly in front of the coffin.

Behind him, the corridor was silent.

The stone statues on both sides of the corridor remained solemn in expression.

The arrows didn't make a sound.

Little Security Guard: "Hehe, didn't I just come across easily?"

A sweat-wiping emoji appeared on the system panel.

The Little Security Guard reached behind his back and pulled out his long spear.

He thrust the spear under the coffin lid and flipped it up.

"Bang!"

A small zombie suddenly jumped out!

It tried to ambush the Little Security Guard!

The Little Security Guard directly shattered its head with one spear strike.

"Damn, I knew there was something inside waiting to ambush me. Luckily, I was prepared."

The voice of the system panel let out a long sigh.

"Sigh—! Congratulations on passing the D-rank Elementary stage."

"You will now enter the D-rank Intermediate exam stage."

The environment before him transformed into a cloud of black mist.

It slowly condensed into a large, circular burial chamber.

It was completely empty inside.

The walls were covered in murals: 'Riding a Crane to Become an Immortal,' 'Rebirth into Paradise,' 'Immortal Banquet,' and so on.

They depicted the divine life of the tomb's owner after becoming an Immortal.

Little Security Guard: "Why hasn't it started yet?"

"What am I supposed to do in this stage?"

"You're not making me admire paintings, are you?"

"I'm not exactly an expert in that!"

Just then, "Rumble!"

A stone door opened at the side of the burial chamber.

"Clack!"

"Clack!"

"Clack!"

A zombie walked out!

It was wearing Qing Dynasty court robes.

It looked like a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty.

Facing the Little Security Guard, its mouth moved as if chanting something.

Little Security Guard: "Who is this guy?"

"Why is he chanting like a monk?"

He watched as stones rose from the ground and transformed into a Stone Giant.

It looked like a low-level laborer from the Qing Dynasty.

The Stone Giant had a hideous face and swung its palms, trying to swat the Little Security Guard into a meat patty.

The Little Security Guard dodged nimbly, while the Stone Giant's movements were clumsy, often striking the chamber floor and walls, destroying half the tomb.

"So there are zombies that can summon Stone Giants!" the Little Security Guard laughed.

"Come on, let's compare and see whose Stone Giant is more powerful!"

He then also summoned a Stone Giant.

The opponent's Stone Giant was crudely outlined, while his own was exquisitely carved.

The opponent's Stone Giant moved sluggishly, while his own was agile.

Within a few rounds, the Little Security Guard's Stone Giant broke the opponent's arm.

Missing an arm, the opponent immediately fell into a disadvantage.

His giant pressed the advantage and tore off its other arm.

The outcome was no longer in doubt.

Finally, the opponent's giant was knocked to the ground, shattering into a pile of stone dust.

Seeing this, the Qing Dynasty zombie drew a large, rusty saber, intending to battle the Little Security Guard.

How could the Little Security Guard give him the chance?

He controlled the Stone Giant to swat him into a meat patty with one palm.

With that, the second stage was also successfully passed.

The Little Security Guard looked at the meat patty, "This stage was actually quite fun!"

"Controlling a Stone Giant to fight is just like playing a game."

The system panel prompted: "You will now enter the D-rank Advanced stage exam."

The Little Security Guard said, "Sigh! I wonder what kind of ghost the last stage will be?"

system panel: "Hehe, this last stage really is a ghost!"

"You've passed the previous stages, but I wonder if you'll fall at the last one!"

The scene switched to a labyrinth.

Twisting corridors were everywhere.

Forks in the road were everywhere.

Previously, there were everlasting lamps as bright as day.

Now, there was only a flickering kerosene lamp, dim as a bean.

Everything was blurry and hard to see clearly.

Yet, he felt someone staring at him from the darkness.

He looked back, but there was nothing.

"Who am I supposed to deal with in this stage?"

"How come I don't see any coffins or anything?"

The system panel's voice prompted: "I already told you, you're dealing with a ghost!"

The Little Security Guard walked through the labyrinth, "You're really making me deal with a ghost?"

"Tell the ghost to hurry up and come out!"

"Don't waste my time!"

The system panel's voice prompted: "What's the rush?"

"Hasn't the ghost been by your side all along?"

The ghost is already by my side?

No wonder he felt like something was staring at him from all around!

"Hey! Cowardly ghost, hurry up and come out!"

"Playing hide-and-seek with me, are you?"

But the ghost did not appear.

The Little Security Guard had incredible hearing and could hear sounds from hundreds of meters away.

He pricked up his ears, sensing the surrounding movements.

But everything around him was silent.

No footsteps!

No breathing!

No heartbeat!

What should he do now?

How could he make the ghost show itself?

The Little Security Guard thought of a way...