Almighty Genius

Chapter 2256 - 1750: The Three Gates of Life and Death!

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"More and more people are coming..."

The group continued to search for the hidden treasure chambers in the third floor of the Underground Palace. Charlie and the others couldn't help but sigh... They had already walked through three empty chambers, all had been explored earlier by others, leaving them with no gains.

Qin Fang's expression was somewhat grim. The Hand of the Demon and the Six Major Chinese Clans had dispatched a large number of experts into the Underground Palace. The first and second levels could no longer hold them back, and a large number of experts flooded into the third floor, putting immense pressure on them.

Although they had the advantage of entering first and had acquired five or six treasures, achieving great harvest, they spent quite a bit of time. Obtaining further gains on the third floor was proving quite difficult.

"Young Master Qin, look over there..."

At this moment, Tony, with his sharp eyes, seemed to have discovered something and immediately pointed at a spot and exclaimed.

The group looked in that direction, only to find it quite dark and not very clear... but Qin Fang was the exception; his eyesight was far superior to the others.

"Entrance to the fourth layer of the Underground Palace?"

Qin Fang muttered, puzzled, before leading the group over there.

Because it was clearly a stone door, yet not a passage connecting the second and third layers, making it highly likely to lead to the fourth layer... No wonder Qin Fang reacted.

Now, although the third floor of the Underground Palace was not exactly overcrowded, competition was very intense, making it impossible to casually take treasures as before.

Generally, any undiscovered dark chamber would require fierce competition before the victor could possess and open it... And during this process, there could be attacks and sieges by others.

Qin Fang wasn't afraid of these people. If it came to fighting, their odds of winning were significantly higher... But doing so would easily make them the target of everyone, as those entering here were either from the Hand of the Demon or the Six Major Chinese Clans, and either side coming together could crush them!

Rather than fighting many for treasures on the third floor, it would be better to enter the fourth layer early...

The third floor already had such precious treasures, so the things in the fourth layer must be even more valuable!

"Why are there three doors?"

As Qin Fang eagerly approached the stone door, he was somewhat frustrated by the scene before him. There was not just one stone door, but three...

"One gate to life, one to death, and one leads to four!"

Beside the three stone doors stood a stone tablet, with words seemingly newly cleaned, faintly revealing such a sentence.

"What does it mean?"

Looking at the sentence, Qin Fang was perplexed.

One gate to life, one to death; this was relatively easy to understand, indicating one of these doors led to a dead end...

One gate leads to four was also easy to understand, likely leading directly to the fourth layer of the Underground Palace.

But connecting these three sentences made it somewhat enigmatic...

"Three doors, two to life, one to death..."

The only thing that could be understood was this, but the two gates of life seemed to differ somehow.

"Could it be..."

A possibility suddenly came to Qin Fang's mind, and he began to study the three stone doors... The entrance to the first level had an advanced Inches Apart, Worlds Away secret technique set up, so these stone doors were likely similar.

"Indeed it is..."

Being a Qian Art Grandmaster, Qin Fang's mastery of Thousand Skills was considerable. Although unable to fully decipher such an advanced secret like Inches Apart, Worlds Away, he could still glean some insights on slightly lesser techniques.

After roughly five minutes, Qin Fang's face finally showed a hint of delight as if he had discovered something.

"Young Master Qin, what happened?"

Charlie and the others gathered around, asking with bewilderment.

"I've uncovered a little of the mystery of these three stone doors..."

Qin Fang said cheerfully, pointing to the three stone doors before them, "These three doors--two to life, one to death. Though the details of the two gates of life are still uncertain, I have figured out which one is the gate to death..."

"Gate to death..."

Upon hearing this, Charlie and the others' faces revealed smiles.

Two lives and one death, it seems like there's a greater chance of survival, but there's also a certain chance of hitting the death door... Now that the death door can be ruled out, the remaining two doors are not much to worry about, at the very least, ensuring survival.

"This door is the death door. If I'm not mistaken, it's filled with various absolute formations and killing formations inside. Once trapped, even I would find it hard to survive!"

Qin Fang first pointed out the death door, also fearing Charlie and the others might make a mistake. If they accidentally entered, it would truly be a dead end... Even though Qin Fang hadn't witnessed the formations inside, he could still imagine their danger.

The arrangements within this underground palace are very mysterious and absolutely set up by a top-notch Thousand Gate expert. From a single "Inches Apart, Worlds Away," you can see how terrifying the formations set up by such an expert are to the extreme.

Qin Fang's Thousand Skills prowess can only be considered good at most, facing such a top expert, he's not even fit to carry their shoes...

"Young Master Qin, what about these two stone doors?"

The death door is ruled out, but the other two life doors present a more troublesome issue.

"These two doors have traces of teleportation arrays... One should lead directly to the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace, and the other, I speculate, should teleport directly outside the underground palace!"

Looking at the remaining two doors, Qin Fang was also stroking his chin and analyzing.

"However, it's tough for me to determine exactly where these two doors lead unless someone returns from the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace now..."

As they're both teleportation arrays and the formations are quite high-grade, with Qin Fang's current abilities, it's hard to make an accurate judgment. At this moment, he could only spread his hands helplessly and say.

As he said, unless someone has already tried it... Those teleported outside the underground palace certainly won't return, but if someone is teleported to the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace, they might come back! If anyone returns now, everything will become clear.

"Uh..."

But just as Qin Fang's words fell, everyone stood dumbfounded.

Why?

Because coincidentally, a person came falling out of one of the two life doors... Although looking a bit wretched and the posture was rather inelegant, he did indeed fall out from inside the stone door!

"There's someone else..."

In fact, this was just the first person; soon, a few more people came walking out of this stone door one after another. Their condition was relatively better than the first, but they looked like ragged refugees, with some wear and tear on them.

"Gagarin..."

But when the last person came rushing out, Qin Fang and the others couldn't help but exclaim strangely, for this person turned out to be Gagarin who had previously conned them... His appearance was slightly better; his clothes were damaged but not severely so.

The only thing peculiar was the blood faintly seeping from the corner of his mouth, indicating he seemed to be injured.

"It's you..."

Upon hearing someone call his name, Gagarin also looked up, directly confronting Qin Fang and the others, and responded with a curious surprise.

"To think you're still alive..."

Looking at Qin Fang and his team, originally one team, now staying intact, Gagarin was slightly surprised... He knew that even leading so many people to raid that dark chamber for treasure resulted in considerable casualties.

And Qin Fang's team remaining unscathed meant only two possibilities: either they hadn't touched those dark chambers at all, or this team's strength was formidable... Considering these two possibilities, Gagarin leaned more towards the latter.

If this team wasn't interested in treasure, there was no need to enter the Third Floor of the Underground Palace first...

And this team in front, though appearing not very strong, has such achievements now, clearly indicates hidden strength. At least one member should be exceptionally powerful!

Gagarin's gaze swiftly swept over Qin Fang and his six companions, his brow furrowed, evidently unable to make a judgment.

Rattle~~~

Hearing Gagarin's words, the mercenaries from the Hand of the Demon who just returned from the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace quickly got up from the ground and moved swiftly, surrounding Qin Fang and his six companions.

If they weren't fools, they would know Gagarin wasn't very friendly towards Qin Fang and the others...

Faced with this situation, even though Charlie and the others bore the Hand of the Demon insignia, they wouldn't go against Gagarin's orders. Filled with hostility, they glared at Qin Fang and his companions, ready for battle, just waiting for Gagarin's command.

"What? Want to fight?"

Qin Fang calmed the agitated Charlie and stepped forward, looking at the gloom-faced Gagarin.

To be honest, running into Gagarin at this time was something Qin Fang deeply wished to avoid, as his main goal was still focused on acquiring various precious treasures. He didn't want to waste too much time on other matters.

However, reality was laid before them, and Gagarin wasn't planning to let them go easily. Even though Qin Fang wasn't willing, he couldn't stop it... This battle between the two was inevitable.

Since that's the case, Qin Fang didn't need to be courteous with Gagarin, stepping up to provoke directly! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)