Chapter Thirty-Six: The Cursed Trap

  As a newborn, Zhao Feng's attack power is also not high, estimated to be around 20 points.

  The normal unit's attack type is a reinforced armor that can only cause half damage to the building, and also deducts 5 points of armor defense. The actual damage caused is very low. But the durability of the stone gate will not increase, and it will decrease with each hit. As Hu Shiming also draws out his iron sword to join the attack, the destruction of the stone gate suddenly accelerates.

  "We're coming too."

  Zhang Hao and Liu Feng took a look at each other, responding to Zhao Feng's call. What made Hu Siming somewhat surprised was that the two people's weapons were also close combat types.

  Among the five members of the team, only Yan Shao is remote.

  After a series of loud knocks, the five people joined forces and finally shattered the black gate of the underground tomb. As the smoke rose, a chill crept in, revealing the passage leading to the Pharaoh's burial chamber.

  "It's pitch black, can't see anything!"

  Hu Si Ming kicked away the blocking stones and looked into the tomb, but unfortunately could only see a dozen or so meters in. The unknown danger made him give up his plan to enter directly, and he said to Yan Shao: "Summon your water element and let it go in to explore the road, who knows if there are any traps here."

  "Okay."

  Yan Shao Ouyang raised his staff and made a chanting motion. Countless water droplets gathered out of thin air, forming a robust Water Elemental two meters in front of him.

  Water Element

  Elemental Summoning Units

  Entire body is composed of blue magical water, able to spit out water arrows to attack enemies, with arm guards engraved with magical texts. Initial armor 1 point, attack power 12-15 points, maximum life value 225 points, duration 40 seconds.

  Consumes 50 magic points, cooldown time 30 seconds.

  Although the attack power is a bit low, overall it's still pretty good. After summoning, it's equivalent to having a powerful helper. With a wave of his staff, the water element trudged into the dark main tomb chamber with heavy footsteps.

  "You actually have skills?"

  Seeing the skill exchange of Speechless, Zhao Feng's face changed slightly. Since the entrance exam, it was rare for someone to be able to exchange skills after just one compulsory course. He hadn't expected that in the first unified exam, a random match would bring him such a teammate.

  Zhang Hao, who came with him, also seemed a bit surprised.

  Zhao Feng's "also" revealed some of his own information. Hu Si Ming couldn't help but turn around and glance at him, asking: "Did you also exchange skills?"

  "After all, we are comrades-in-arms who will fight together. Zhao Feng didn't have anything to hide and frankly admitted: 'I've known Zhang Hao since the real world, our relationship has been very good since childhood. Before the unified exam, the two of us pooled our money and let me exchange for skills first. Since this is a battlefield where we are on the same side, it doesn't matter if I tell you.'"

  He said so and pulled open the skill panel of the school emblem, choosing to display it.

  Heavy Blow

  General skills.

  Deals 20 extra damage to the enemy and stuns for 1 second. The stun effect is halved against elite monsters and hero units.

  Casting range 200, consumes 40 magic points, cooldown time 30 seconds.

  "It's a dizzying strong control skill!"

  At this point, Hu Shiming and Yan Shaoou were both excited. Their skills, one summoning and one displacement, lacked only a powerful skill that could interrupt. Now, their temporarily assembled teammate unexpectedly had a skill that made Hu Shiming and Yan Shaoou feel very relieved. However, this relief soon turned into worry.

  "You know what? I also have skill enhancement!"

  He waved his hand and showed the attribute of brave charge.

  Zhao Feng and Zhang Hao were taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood Hu Si Ming's meaning. Their faces turned solemn: "Our little team actually has three freshmen with skill exchange?"

  "Not three, but four!"

  Liu Feng, who had been relatively quiet since joining the team, saw his teammates showing off their worth and couldn't help but say: "I also exchanged a skill... Although it was mainly used to escape at the time, it should have some effect too."

  Hypnosis

  General skills.

  Put a target to sleep for 3 seconds. Any attack will wake it up. Effect is halved on Lord and Hero units.

  Consumes 60 magic points, cooldown time 30 seconds.

  "In a team of unified examination, there are actually four people with skills?"

  This time, it wasn't just Zhang Hao and Zhao Feng who were shocked, even Hu Si Ming was stunned. He couldn't help but wonder that if Zhang Hao and Zhao Feng hadn't entered together, would this team have become a five-man team with everyone having skills?

  Zhang Hao himself thought of this point, stuttering: "Could it be that I misjudged the overall combat strength of the new students? In the entire college, how many first-year freshmen have skills?"

  "Not true!"

  Zhao Feng slowly shook his head, his face turned cold and he said in a low voice: "It's definitely rare to see new students with skills, no need to doubt that. But our team will have four masters, this can only be explained by one thing - the opponents matched for us on the battlefield are probably extremely strong!"

  "What's more, there is also a possibility..."

  Hu Si Ming blurted out a guess that made everyone's face change color: "There is a first-year repeater in Ye Yan's team!"

  "How could this be?" Zhao Feng's face was extremely unsightly, and he said: "This is the unified exam for first-year students, how can those seniors who have been in school for a year be included?"

  "Why is it impossible?"

  Hu Si Ming retorted, "The repeaters in the first year are also considered freshmen. Although their strength is much stronger than ours, they are not as strong as the real sophomores, so it's not impossible to defeat them. Otherwise, do you think that among the ten people in a unified exam, both teams together had eight or nine new students with skills? The probability is too low! I think it's very likely that there was a repeater mixed into Ye Yin's team, which is why we were matched against each other!"

  "It's not ruled out."

  Liu Feng nodded in agreement with Hu Siming's point of view.

  "Damn the unified exam!"

  Suddenly discovering that he might have to face a powerful and familiar opponent in the unified exam, Zhao Feng's heart became heavy, and he couldn't help but clench his fist and heavily punch the wall of the corridor.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  At this moment, accompanied by a series of slight mechanical collisions, the water element that had penetrated tens of meters into the main tomb chamber touched some mechanism. Immediately afterwards, the torches hanging on both sides of the wall in the main tomb chamber ignited spontaneously. The dim light quickly illuminated the dark tomb chamber.

  This sudden change attracted everyone's attention.

  Fortunately, there seemed to be no traps inside the tomb. After lighting the torches, it became quiet again, and there was no movement.

  "Or shall we go in and take a look?"

  Five of you look at me, I look at you, in the end it was Zhao Feng who gritted his teeth and boldly walked in.

  Although it was only separated by a black stone gate, the inside and outside of the tomb seemed to be worlds apart. As soon as the five entered, they felt a chill wind blowing in their faces. The feeling was as if the temperature inside the tomb was five degrees lower than outside. It was unclear whether it was an illusion, but the torchlight inside also had a faint blue glow, making it look even more eerie and unsettling.

  "Crack!"

  The footsteps echoing in the tomb, and the sudden crisp sound, startled everyone.

  "Did I trigger some kind of mechanism?"

  Hú Sī Míng's nerves immediately tensed up, his sharp eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, ready to respond to any sudden situation at any time.

  "Uh... sorry."

  Zhao Feng, who was walking in front, stopped for a moment, scratched his head awkwardly, and it was he who had accidentally stepped on the rotten wooden board that had fallen off due to the strong earthquake.

  After hearing his explanation, Liu Feng patted her chest with some lingering fear and complained: "Hey, don't scare people!"

  Zhao Feng was also a bit nervous, so he didn't notice his feet. He apologized to several teammates again and led the team forward. After passing through this tomb passage of about 50 meters long, a relatively spacious trapezoidal underground palace with an area of over 200 square meters appeared in front of them. The north side of the underground palace was where the pharaoh's coffin was placed.

  "Right ahead!"

  Seeing the goal within reach, Zhao's excitement grew and he unconsciously quickened his pace. But just as he stepped onto the last ten meters of the grave path, on the stone slab in the middle of the road, a sinister curse trap suddenly sprang into action.

  Three cursed arrows shot down from above with a sharp whistling sound!

  The arrow flew so fast that Zhao Feng didn't even have time to react. By the time Hu Si Ming and the others heard the sound, the arrow had already deeply embedded itself in Zhao Feng's shoulder before shattering into pieces.

  Zhao Feng's blood volume immediately began to plummet like a waterfall!