The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 114: Chapter 114 Open the Door

Everyone had already left, and though Mao Qin harbored deep hatred for Zhong Niangyao, she quickly followed suit. She didn’t dare to stay here alone, otherwise, she would have risked losing her life.

Continuing forward, the group encountered some troubles, big and small. However, with Zhong Niangyao around, they were able to resolve those issues smoothly.

Lu Yichen’s group could be said to have hardly sustained any injuries, apart from Zhou Yifu, whose Combat Power was a bit lower, and who suffered some superficial wounds. But after applying the ointment given by Zhong Niangyao, the injuries were no longer a concern.

Zhao Si’s group, on the other hand, were less fortunate. Zhong Niangyao was truly putting her earlier words into action, showing complete disregard for their life and death. As a result, the number of wounds on their bodies gradually increased.

Their hatred toward Ma Qin deepened, as they felt that if it hadn’t been for Ma Qin’s words, Zhong Niangyao wouldn’t have ignored them completely, and they wouldn’t have ended up in such a sorry state.

Therefore, when Ma Qin faced danger, they simply chose to look the other way.

Among them, Ma Qin was the most seriously injured. Now, it wasn’t only Zhong Niangyao she hated but Zhao Si’s group as well.

However, given the current situation and because her strength was inferior to the others, she could only bury all her hatred deep in her heart. Once she had the chance, she would make sure all those people went to hell.

The group finally arrived in front of the main tomb chamber, where a tall stone door blocked everyone’s path.

Zhou Yifu immediately went up to it, carefully examined it, and then said, “This stone door has a mechanism; we can’t force it open violently, otherwise, the entire General’s Tomb is likely to collapse.”

His words made Zhao Si and the others, who had been ready to forcibly break the door, shudder and then feel relieved.

Soon, everyone started looking around for the mechanism. But the huge stone gate seemed to blend seamlessly with the surrounding walls, and there were no hiding places for mechanisms. The front wall was quite straightforward.

After a thorough search, almost every wall and floor tile had been turned over, but they still hadn’t found any mechanism.

Lu Yichen frowned, looking at the stone door with deep eyes, wondering about something.

“Do you need help?” asked Zhong Niangyao, stepping forward, turning her head to look at Lu Yichen, and speaking directly, “After all, you’ve paid a handsome reward. Don’t you plan to earn it back?”

Hearing Zhong Niangyao speak in such a manner, Lu Yichen couldn’t help but smile. He stretched out his hand in a welcoming gesture, “Then I’ll trouble you.”

Zhong Niangyao directly took the Compass she had previously salvaged from her bag and stepped toward the door, muttering to herself the whole time.

As she fiddled with the Compass, her right hand continued to calculate rapidly.

It only took a moment before a glint of light flashed in Zhong Niangyao’s eyes. She put the Compass back into her bag and then walked straight toward the stone door.

Everyone saw Zhong Niangyao’s actions and intuitively stepped aside to make way for her as she approached.

Even Zhao Si’s group didn’t interfere. Clearly, they all knew that if they could have found the mechanism, they would have done so long ago.

Now, with Zhong Niangyao clearly having located the mechanism, no fool would obstruct her at this time.

Zhong Niangyao swiftly reached the front of the stone door, squatted down for a moment, then reached out and pressed a particular spot on the door.

Before anyone could understand what was happening, the spot Zhong Niangyao had pressed on the stone door caved in.

“Boom—”

The sound erupted as the stone door, once closed, began to slowly open.

“Get back!”

A mysterious light flashed in Zhong Niangyao’s eyes as she shouted loudly and then quickly rolled to the side to take cover.

Countless arrows shot out like a downpour from the slowly opening crevices of the door.

Zhou Yifu and the others reacted the instant Zhong Niangyao spoke, dodging to the side without hesitation.

Zhao Si’s group was a beat slow but still managed to dodge hastily, narrowly escaping the arrow rain.

Ma Qin, already injured and filled with disdain and hatred for Zhong Niangyao, didn’t react immediately upon hearing Zhong Niangyao’s warning.

By the time she realized the danger, the chillingly sharp arrows were already in front of her. Terrified, she instinctively pulled the person beside her to shield herself from the arrows, and she stumbled to the side, falling to the ground.

The person she had pushed was none other than Li Lu, who happened to be standing close to her.

Li Lu was already moving to dodge to the side when a pulling force snatched him and thrust him into the dense storm of arrows. He barely had time to think before feeling the pain of arrows piercing his body.

He felt the arrows hitting him, blood pouring out, life fading away.

Only when he fell did he see clearly that Ma Qin was the one who had pushed him. His eyes widened, staring intensely at Ma Qin, as if to explicitly remember the person who had caused his death, even if he had to recollect it in hell.

“Ah—”

The arrow storm came swiftly and ended just as quickly, halting in mere moments.

Ma Qin, who had narrowly escaped death, hadn’t even had time to sigh in relief when she saw Li Lu’s unblinking eyes still fixed on her.

His terrifying look caused her to scream uncontrollably.

“You bitch!”

Seeing the tragic death of Li Lu, Zhao Si stepped forward and slapped Ma Qin’s face hard, “You actually pushed Li Lu out to die. Why don’t you go die!”

Qian Wang was also greatly shaken and agreed with Zhao Si’s action upon seeing Li Lu’s dead body.

“It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me!”

After being slapped, Ma Qin acted as if she didn’t feel the pain on her cheek. She shook her head frantically as she grasped her hair, and then suddenly pointed towards Zhong Niangyao and shouted madly, “It’s her fault, all because of her. She opened the door and triggered the mechanism. If it wasn’t for her, then Li Lu wouldn’t have died. Yes, it’s all her fault, it has nothing to do with me.”