122: Chapter 122 The End of the Temple

But no one listened to him; they only believed their own eyes.

Fireballs, ice blades, Wind Blades... lights of various colors slammed in from all directions.

That member of Miracle Company had no time to dodge, no time to defend.

His body was submerged by those attacks; flesh splattered, bones shattered, and his scream lasted only a fraction of a second before abruptly stopping.

The room fell silent for a moment.

They looked at the corpse on the ground; there was no regret in their eyes, only excitement.

Someone crouched down and rummaged through the corpse, turning out every pocket and checking every place where something might be hidden.

But they found nothing—no mask, no forbidden artifact.

"Nothing... he doesn't have it..."

The room fell silent again.

At this moment, Jin Yuanbao woke up, looking around in a daze.

He nudged Shen Yuan beside him and patted Su Wan on the shoulder: "Wake up, wake up."

Shen Yuan's eyes snapped open, as if startled from a nightmare; he sat up, panting heavily.

Su Wan also woke up; her eyes were red as she looked at Jin Yuanbao: "What's wrong..."

Seeing them awake, Wang Lin slowly woke up himself, rubbing his eyes and pretending to have just woken from a dream.

In the distance, Su Tang also woke up, eyes snapping open as if startled from a nightmare.

She sat up, panting heavily, her forehead covered in sweat.

Jin Yuanbao stood up and walked to the front of the crowd: "Everyone, listen to me for a moment!"

Everyone's gaze turned to him.

Jin Yuanbao continued: "Maybe someone woke up, took the mask, and just ran off?"

"Think about it, who would be so stupid as to stay here after taking the mask?"

"Makes sense... staying here after taking the item, you'd have to be either a fool or a lunatic..."

"Right! Maybe that person has already run away! What's the point of us arguing here!"

"Then what do we do? The person is gone, where are we supposed to chase them?"

Jin Yuanbao was waiting for exactly these words: "Since the item is already gone, arguing is useless."

"Everyone go their own way; if you find it, it's your own ability, if you don't, it's just your bad luck."

"But regardless, there is only one place that person would eventually go: the deepest part of the temple..."

"Why don't we go there and wait? Maybe that person will appear. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd thought about it; since they couldn't find the item and didn't know where it was,

staying here any longer was pointless, so they left the room one after another.

Jin Yuanbao walked over to Su Tang, his face full of concern: "Su Tang, are you okay?"

Su Tang still had a smiling face: "Brother Jin, I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

"That's good! That's good! Don't worry, with Brother Jin here, no one will be able to bully you!"

"Thank you Brother Jin, Brother Jin is still the best to me..."

At this moment, Su Tang scanned the crowd and suddenly locked her gaze on Wang Lin.

Her body shuddered violently, and her face turned pale: "Brother Jin! It's a zombie! I'm so scared!"

Su Tang grabbed Jin Yuanbao's arm, shrinking behind him, revealing only half of her face, like a frightened kitten.

Jin Yuanbao was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Su Tang, this is your Brother Wang Lin!"

"He's doing cosplay! Don't you think he looks just like one?"

Su Tang then examined Wang Lin, looking him up and down, before finally asking cautiously: "Brother Wang Lin? Is it really you?"

Wang Lin watched her performance and said indifferently: "What, you don't recognize me just because I changed my disguise?"

Hearing Wang Lin's voice, Su Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief: "How could I not recognize you?"

"It's just that Brother Wang Lin's look... is very interesting... much more handsome than before."

Wang Lin smiled: "Thanks for the compliment. I think so too."

The group chatted for a while, then continued walking toward the depths of the temple.

The corridor became narrower and narrower, and the stone walls on both sides became increasingly rough.

After about two hours, the group finally reached the corridor at the end of the temple.

At the end was a huge door made of stacked bones.

Countless white bones were interlaced and stacked, like hands reaching out from hell.

Those bones were arranged in a regular pattern, like some kind of mysterious totem.

In the center of the door, a huge eyeball was embedded.

In front of the door, many people were already standing.

They stood in small groups; some were whispering, some were resting with their eyes closed, and others were checking their equipment.

But no one approached that door, because standing in front of them was a zombie.

It was an LV8 zombie.

Its body was huge, like an adult elephant, occupying the entire open space in front of the door.

Two curved horns grew on its head, and its eyes were yellow.

Its mouth was very long, taking up half of its face, and its mouth was full of teeth, dense and packed like a shark's teeth.

Black mucus dripped between its teeth, falling to the ground and making a hissing corrosive sound.

Its limbs were thick, like four stone pillars, and its body was covered in scars.

It was chained up, firmly fixed to the door.

Night Watchers' Night Owl stood at the front of the crowd, turned around, and said to everyone: "Stop just standing there. Let's attack together."

Some people frowned, some shook their heads.

"That's an LV8... us people..."

Night Owl looked at him, was silent for a moment, then laughed: "So what if it's an LV8? It's chained up, it can't move."

"With so many of us, we can't kill one chained-up monster?"

A member of the Circus stepped out: "I agree. Let's attack together."

A Silver Badge of the Twelve Zodiacs also stood out: "Attacking together is fine, but let's get the ugly talk out of the way first: whoever doesn't pull their weight shouldn't think about entering the door."

Lu Zhiyi of the Holy Court also stood out and said: "Fine, then everyone, let's do it together..."

This time no one objected, because the leaders of the several factions had reached an agreement.

So they organized everyone and began to act.

Fire Element Espers stood at the very back, Ice Element Espers stood on both sides,

Lightning, Wind Element, and Earth Element Espers stood in the middle,

Melee-type people stood at the very front.

Wang Lin was at the edge of the crowd, hands in his pockets, not knowing what an opponent was.

Jin Yuanbao stood next to him and said: "Brother Wang, do you think they can win?"

Wang Lin did not answer.

Su Tang had her hand on the short blade at her waist, looking eager to try.

Night Owl raised his hand, then suddenly dropped it: "Attack!"

The Fire Element Espers' fireballs flew out, like a large cluster of meteor showers.

The Ice Element Espers' ice blades also flew out.

The Lightning, Wind Element, and Earth Element Espers also attacked at the same time,

purple lightning, cyan Wind Blades, and yellow stone spikes surged toward that zombie from all directions, carrying various powers and covering the sky.