Stuck in a Chinese novel

[Tomb of the banished Witch Princess]

[Tier: A]

[Description: The Princess of the Huanan empire who sought the throne of her brother had her sister-in-law murdered along with her brother's child

She dipped into the realm of dark cultivation and used sorcery of unknown origins to curse her brother's bloodline so only she would remain.

She was stopped by the empire's grand knight, Lee Hugao who imprisoned her in a dimensional pocket where she died and that dimension later became her tomb.

The items she used to curse her brother were buried along with her

Now someone had come to claim those items but how could there be another invader than the user]

[Task: Retrieve the item 'Wand of the Damned' before exiting this dungeon]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Punishment: None]

[Reward: Unknown...]

Wei Jun looked at the description and couldn't help but ask, 'What does the time limit mean?'

[The dungeon would collapse on itself in twenty-four hours]

'Collapse?' Wei Jun asked.

[It's as you suspected]

[Anyone who's inside before the dungeon collapsed would perish along with the spatial distortion]

Gulp!

For some reason, Wei Jun couldn't help but gulp as cold sweats began to flow down his back. He looked at the gentle woman who was suggesting going in a particular direction.

Wei Jun looked in that direction and couldn't help but notice the dark and purple fog condensed in that area.

'That's a bit overkill, don't you think?'

Even Wei Jun could feel the ominous power emitting from that fog and he had no experience in such things.

[That's... indeed overkill]

Wei Jun looked at the gentle woman who was also looking at him now, her eyes shimmering in purple light. Wei Jun didn't need anymore explanation but he kept himself contained for now.

"Why there?" General Ming questioned the gentle woman who smiled and replied, "I just have a very~ good~ feeling about it."

"That's it?" General Ming wasn't convinced but before she could say anything Wei Jun interjected, "We have to begin from somewhere. Wouldn't matter if we start from there."

General Ming nodded to the sensible explanation and said, "Very well. We'll go there. The formation would be a simple pincer with the guests in the middle. I will stay at the back and Shao will remain at the front."

No one objected and it was unanimously decided that everyone would go in that direction. As they traveled in the scorching heat of the desert, Wei Jun witnessed the three idiots wearing something around their necks.

[It's an enchantment artifact]

[It seems like one to keep them cold in this heat]

'Sheltered, indeed.' Wei Jun scoffed at them. He chose to remain at the back of the formation with General Ming so he could react if they were to pull any tricks. He simply wanted to be prepared for the worst scenario.

While he was looking at them, the gentlewoman turned to look at him with a smile as well. Her auburn hair gently flowed down to her waist and as she turned her head, they followed her movements like they were made of silk.

Her deep dark eyes peered into his own as she smiled and lowered her speed, leaving the formation until she was right next to Wei Jun and in front of General Ming. "I hope I have nothing on my face." The gentle woman said.

"What?" Wei Jun asked.

"You staring at it for quite a while now." The gentle woman said with a charming smile.

"Oh." Wei Jun said, "I'm sorry. Was I staring for too long? I was just wondering what's so special about you."

"Oh?" The woman was surprised as she asked, "And have you found something intriguing about me yet?"

"Not one thing." Wei Jun bluntly replied.

"Haha." Stifled laughter could be heard from behind them as General Ming couldn't help but laugh at Wei Jun's reply. The gentle woman's gentle smile froze as well but only for a moment before she recollected herself and said, "Well, we have a long journey ahead of us. I hope you can find something special about me in that time."

"Sure." Wei Jun simply replied and turned his head forward, having no intentions to speak to the gentle woman any longer but it looked like she didn't share the same thoughts as she said, "I'm called Yuna by the way."

"I know what you're thinking but my real name is a bit too long me being a royal princess and all so I call myself Yuna." Yuna rambled on and on but Wei Jun never even once turned to look at her.

Instead, he was more focused on the ominous feeling emitting from the distance. Wei Jun was worried about whoever was there.

'We won't survive against them without cannon fodder.' Wei Jun thought before he opened the shop and began to search for something before he finally found the item he was looking for.

[Pills of yin's essence]

[Tier: C]

[Effect: Keeps the body of the consumer resistant to heat for three hours]

[Cost: 10,000]

A vial containing ten pills emanating chill appeared in Wei Jun's hand. They were costly and Wei Jun had to purchase nine more for the entire party, even the other side, and handed them over to General Ming, "Give this to everyone, each. Our speed is slowing down."

"What are these?" General Ming couldn't help but ask.

"Just give it to them." Wei Jun insisted to which she sighed and took the vials. Then Wei Jun gave the rest to Yuna who smiled and shook her head, "I don't need these."

She was referring to her lcoket that she wore around her neck. Wei Jun grumpily replied, "I know. These are for your men. I don't want them to slow us down."

Wei Jun's volume was loud enough for everyone to hear and the people from the imperial side weren't too happy to hear that.

Especially the crown prince who turned to glare at Wei Jun.

Wei Jun ignored him and looked at Yuna who smiled and said, "Sure. Why not."

The pills were then distributed and once everyone felt the effects, they couldn't help but inwardly thank Wei Jun. The speed of their expedition did enhance with that and in three short hours, before the effects of the pills ended, they had traveled enough to look at a building in the distance.

From a distance, it looked like a temple with a statue in the middle and a circular building around it with various towers that had a lot of bells on them.

"Oh my! My hunch was on the spot again." Yuna said with a quippy act which no one in charge was buying. General Ming could tell she had intentionally led them there as she asked, "So does your hunch also tell you what's inside there?"

"No idea," Yuna replied while shrugging her shoulders.

"Tch!" General Ming once again clicked her tongue in displeasure.

Wei Jun ignored that exchange and kept moving along with the rest. The effect of the pills had ended but they were near the building so no one asked for more. As they arrived outside the building, Wei Jun took each step very cautiously.

He couldn't tell from far away but now that was inside the fog of black and purple, he could tell where it was actually coming from.

[To the left]

Wei Jun moved to the left and just as he did, something erupted from the sand and swallowed the two masters near him. Wei Jun couldn't feel the ascendance of the creature but thanks to the system, he was able to narrowly avoid it.

"What the...!!!"

General Ming yelled a she was also barely able to survive. Wei Jun was at a loss. When he gazed at the creature that had came out of the sand, it was none other than a centipede. There were no special monstrous features of the centipede as in other monsters.

The only difference between this one and the one he was familiar with was the difference in size.

The ones he used to torture in his childhood with salt were barely five inches long but this one was as long as a train and twice the size of it in width.

And the worst part was...

"Hya!"

General Shao attacked the worm while it was still outside but...

"What the..." Once again, everyone was left speechless. There was not one single scratch on the centipede even after that attack.

[So what's the problem?]

''Ha? Don't you see its size?" Wei Jun was so shocked that e even forgot to speak in his mind and spoke out loud.

[But isn't it just a centipede?]

[What weakness did they have when you were little?]

Suddenly Wei Jun's eyes widened and Wei Jun instantly yelled, "Ming! Shout out as loud as you can! Infuse Qi! Hurry before it goes back down!"

General Ming was taken aback at the mention of her name in that way but she didn't take too long. She was a seasoned warrior after all.

She sucked in a deep breath until her chest was pushed out to the point before she let out a shriek that forced everyone in the vicinity to cover their ears because Wei Jun was sure, he wasn't the only one with busted eardrums.

"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"