82: The energy ball exploded!

Wang Yi had no time to praise him. He stared at the energy ball that could explode at any moment, a shiver running down his spine. Using all his strength, he roared.

If that thing exploded, forget this main burial chamber, the entire pyramid would probably be blown sky-high!

Hearing the order, none of the team members dared hesitate for a second. They scrambled and crawled towards the chamber's entrance.

"Wu Qiong! Get back here!" Wang Yi shouted towards Wu Qiong on the high platform.

Wu Qiong also knew the situation was critical. He was just about to activate Space Flicker to escape when, at that very moment, the forcibly transformed Pharaoh King seemed to view Wu Qiong, the closest person to him, as the culprit!

"Roar!"

The Monster Pharaoh King let out an angry roar. Its tentacle arm, like that of an octopus, lashed out towards Wu Qiong with lightning speed!

Wu Qiong's reaction was fast enough; he activated his flicker the instant he could.

But he was still a fraction of a second too slow.

His body had just vanished from its original spot when the tentacle wrapped around the place where he had been standing a moment before, and in doing so, coiled around his ankle!

"Fuck!"

Wu Qiong's figure reappeared over a dozen meters away, but the tremendous pulling force on his ankle made him stumble and fall heavily to the ground.

That viscous tentacle, as if it had eyes, clung to him stubbornly, dragging him towards the Monster Pharaoh King!

"Wu Qiong!"

Seeing this, the team members' eyes widened with fury!

Without a second thought, Zhao Zihan raised her hand and fired an arrow at the tentacle.

But the arrow struck it as if hitting rubber, bouncing right off without causing any damage!

"Damn it!" Wang Yi cursed angrily. He no longer cared about retreating. Gripping the holy light desert eagle, he turned and charged back.

He couldn't just stand by and watch his teammate be killed!

"Captain! Don't come over! Get out of here!"

Wu Qiong lay prone on the ground, being dragged with sparks flying. Seeing Wang Yi charging back, he shouted urgently, "That ball is about to blow! Get out of here! Leave me!"

"Shut up!" Wang Yi's eyes were bloodshot. "I'm the damn captain! I'm not leaving a single one of you behind!"

As he charged, he raised the holy light desert eagle in his hand, aiming at the Monster Pharaoh King's head.

Bang!

A golden Holy Light bullet screamed through the air!

The Monster Pharaoh King seemed to sense the danger as well. Its smooth head jerked violently, actually using its massive mantis-like scythe arm to block the shot!

Clang!

The bullet was deflected, leaving only a shallow white mark on the scythe.

The Faceless One's defense was far stronger than the Pharaoh King's original body!

"Trouble!" Wang Yi's heart sank.

Meanwhile, the black energy ball in the sky was flashing faster and faster, its volume beginning to swell and contract unstably. The surrounding space was visibly distorting and cracking!

It was about to explode!

At most, there were three seconds left!

"Captain! It's too late! Get out of here now!" Wu Qiong's voice now carried a hint of a sob.

He didn't want to die, but he even more didn't want to see his captain die here trying to save him!

Wang Yi gritted his teeth, his mind racing furiously.

What to do?

What to do?!

Rush over and cut the tentacle? No time!

Keep shooting? Can't penetrate its defense!

Three seconds wasn't enough time to do anything!

Was he really going to have to abandon Wu Qiong?

No!

Wang Yi's gaze swept across the chamber, finally landing on the golden scepter that the Pharaoh King had thrust into the ground atop the high platform!

Atop the scepter, that black gemstone still emitted an ominous glow.

A crazy idea instantly formed in Wang Yi's mind!

He didn't charge towards Wu Qiong anymore. Instead, he changed direction and rushed up the white jade platform at top speed!

"Captain?!"

Wu Qiong stared in disbelief. He didn't understand why Wang Yi suddenly ran to grab that broken stick.

Wang Yi had no time to explain. He rushed to the scepter and yanked it out of the ground!

In his hand, a cold, evil force surged through the scepter, trying to burrow into his body.

But when this evil energy encountered the vast lightning power and holy light power within him, it recoiled instantly, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Wang Yi hefted the golden scepter in his hand; it had substantial weight.

He took a deep breath, channeling the last remaining shred of lightning power within him, pouring it all into his arm!

Then, he spun around and, with all his might, hurled the three-meter-long golden scepter like a javelin towards the Monster Pharaoh King, which had already dragged Wu Qiong to its feet!

"Let... go, you bastard!"

Whoosh—

The golden scepter let out a piercing shriek through the air, transforming into a streak of golden light!

Its target wasn't the Monster Pharaoh King's body, nor was it the tentacle wrapped around Wu Qiong.

It was aimed at the Monster Pharaoh King's smooth, featureless... face!

Or rather, the bloody core hidden beneath that skin!

Wang Yi was gambling!

He was betting that since Wu Qiong had used the "Faceless One's Skin" to change the Pharaoh King's form, its weakness had likely also become the same as The Faceless One's!

The Monster Pharaoh King seemed to sense the lethal threat as well. It abandoned its intent to torture Wu Qiong, raising its massive mantis scythe to block!

But it was already too late!

The golden scepter was too fast!

Thud!

A muffled sound of a sharp object piercing flesh!

The scepter, forged from pure gold and incredibly hard, plunged deep into the Monster Pharaoh King's smooth skull without any resistance!

Crack!

A crisp sound, like shattering glass, rang out.

A crack appeared on that smooth face!

"Aaaargh—!!!"

The Monster Pharaoh King let out a shriek more piercing than any before. Its massive body trembled violently, and the tentacle holding Wu Qiong went limp and released him.

And at that very moment.

The black energy ball in the sky finally reached its unstable critical point!

Boom—!!!

There was no sound.

Or rather, the instant the explosion occurred, the sound was completely swallowed by the terrifying energy.

A blindingly intense, indescribable white light suddenly erupted from the burial chamber's dome!

Immediately after, a visible, spherical black shockwave swept across the entire main burial chamber with overwhelming force!

Wherever it passed, whether the gold-plated walls or the mountains of jewels, everything was instantly disintegrated, vaporized, reduced to primal particles!

"Hit the deck!"

Wang Yi only had time for one last furious shout. Then he grabbed the newly freed Wu Qiong and pinned him firmly beneath his own body!

The next second.

The annihilating energy completely engulfed them.

The entire pyramid, no, the entire desert, trembled and wailed violently at that moment.

A mushroom cloud, hundreds of meters high, shot up into the sky from the top of the pyramid!