Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1589: Chapter 1573: Let Him Go

The man didn’t speak, just kept scanning Huo Sining, Miss Yue, and Qibao with his gaze. After a while, as if he understood something, a strange laugh came from deep within his throat.

The others all glared viciously at the cloaked man, even Gu Xu took a stance, ready to charge forward and fight him.

However, Huo Sining was stunned on the spot, this person...

Despite wearing a cloak and covering himself tightly, Huo Sining felt a strong sense of familiarity.

She stared intently at the cloaked man, feeling completely off.

Qibao, standing beside her, clearly realized something too. He scurried up to Huo Sining, gently tugged at her clothes with his chubby little hand, and whispered, ”Sister, the Thousand-Mile Guider, on this person...”

Huo Sining’s body trembled slightly. She reached out to soothingly pat Qibao’s head, but her gaze never left the cloaked man.

The man seemed to have noticed the odd look in Huo Sining’s eyes. When he glanced towards her, his eyes flickered nervously, avoiding direct eye contact as he swiftly glanced away.

”Fomalhaut, let’s go!”

The man’s voice was strange, as if deliberately altering his vocal cords, and his hoarse voice was particularly uncomfortable to hear.

Just as he finished speaking, the cat that had been entangled with Miss Yue suddenly stopped its actions. It retreated a few steps and, in a few leaps, landed on the man’s shoulder.

Seeing the man intending to leave after stealing, Miss Yue and Master Chen were obviously furious and quickly stepped up to intercept him.

Gu Xu was about to join Miss Yue and Master Chen’s team but was unexpectedly stopped by Huo Sining, who grabbed his arm.

Huo Sining’s eyes displayed an extremely strange expression—surprise, joy, confusion, and pleading. Her gaze settled on the shadowy figure as she quietly said, ”Don’t go after him, let him leave!”

Gu Xu was startled upon hearing this, not understanding what Huo Sining meant. They had gone through so much trouble to obtain this thing, and now it was being snatched away, yet Huo Sining wanted to let the thief go. What sense did this make?

Huo Sining knew this wasn’t the time for explanations, so she repeatedly said, ”Let him go!”

On the other side, Miss Yue and Master Chen were still entangled with the cloaked man. Seeing Gu Xu and Huo Sining standing by idly, they became anxious:

”Miss Huo, Mr. Gu, why are you still standing there? If you don’t stop him, he’s going to run off with our stuff!”

Before Huo Sining could respond, a sudden and deafening sound erupted from within the tomb. The sound rumbled as if from the depths of the earth, echoing throughout the stone cave and reaching all the way to the burial chamber.

In that instant, the entire tomb began to shake violently.

”What’s happening—”

The people in the chamber hadn’t even reacted before feeling themselves leaning to one side, a few people rolling into a heap and crashing towards the stone wall.

Huo Sining was also knocked down into the cold cave by Gu Xu. After several rolls, her mind was a bit hazy. As she was about to ask Gu Xu what was happening, she turned pale halfway through speaking.

Because she was horrified to discover that right where she had just been standing, a huge rock had fallen down, landing right next to her feet!

Just one glance, and Huo Sining was speechless with shock.

The cloaked man seemed to have also noticed Huo Sining’s situation. Seeing she was unharmed, he visibly relaxed, his expression softening.

Miss Yue and Master Chen lay on the ground for several seconds before regaining their senses. Realizing what had happened, Miss Yue’s first thought was that the bottle was still in the cloaked man’s hands!

Miss Yue still wanted to charge over to fight again, but just then, a sharp shriek came from the passageway behind them.

The sound was extremely piercing, and because Huo Sining and the others were in the central core location of the entire underground palace, the shriek came from several surrounding passageways. It was even more terrifying to their ears.

Huo Sining had never heard such a terrifying sound in her life. Along with this shrieking, a strong wind blew through the passage, howling against their faces.

Within moments, both the cloaked man and Gu Xu seemed to understand something, their faces turning pale, eyes filled with terror.

”Run!”

The cloaked man shouted, his voice trembling with inexplicable fear. With a few quick strides, he rushed up and pulled Huo Sining, running out of the chamber. Seeing this, Gu Xu picked up Qibao and followed suit, sprinting after them.

Having lived most of his life, he prided himself on never fearing anything. Even when once in dire straits, critically wounded and on the brink of death, he never gave up. With a glimmer of hope, he could turn the tables in an instant, having lived these years as if treading a tightrope, yet relishing it.

But at this moment, a sense of despair welled up within him without reason.

Feigning death, pursuing immortality, even if all made sense, even if he believed he could manipulate everything, at this moment, he only realized that man cannot defy the heavens.

Huo Sining was still in the dark, but both Gu Xu and the cloaked man were very clear on what was happening. They had only one thought: to escape for their lives!

The cloaked man and Gu Xu, each grabbing one person, frantically ran outward. Although Miss Yue and Master Chen didn’t know what was happening, seeing the panic and fear on the faces of the others, they realized things were not right and hurriedly followed.

Sure enough, after running just a few dozen meters, a great flood came surging toward them with unstoppable force.

In an instant, the wind howled, the water roared, and within moments, it engulfed the entire underground palace, threatening to swallow all their lives.

The shrill howling around them, transmitted through the passageways, seemed like a typhoon through a megaphone, or countless ghosts wailing from hell.

The deluge was overwhelming, quickly covering them like a canopy.

No matter how foolish Huo Sining was, she now understood what had happened.

Someone had detonated a bomb, intending to blast an escape route through the underground palace! But this person certainly didn’t foresee that their actions would be a grave mistake, failing to open an exit and instead blasting open the underground river within the palace!

Realizing what had happened, a surge of anger rose within Huo Sining, wishing fiercely to curse the fool who detonated the bomb!

But now wasn’t the time for scolding, because in just a moment, she was already submerged by the icy underground river water. The current was strong, gushing in, and even with the Water-Repelling Pearl as protection, she was nearly swept away unconscious.