Chapter 1409
When Han Sen touched the pendant, he was scalded by the heat it had generated .
"The pendant did not have a reaction to the leader of Blood Legion, assuming that was who he was . But why is it reacting so strongly to this? Is this the real Nine-Life Cat? Or maybe what I saw was an apparition, and the bones of the leader actually reside in this coffin . " There was a lot to question and a lot to be wary of .
Still, assuming that was true, Han Sen noted that it would be very strange for the coffin to be placed where it was . Authority figures or leaders of much renown weren't known for making their resting places at the entrances of their palaces .
The group walked forward until they were only three meters away from the coffin . There, they could now see the creature clearly, and make out all of its distinct features .
The so-called beast was curled up, and it had its head tucked beneath its tail . There was not, however, any lifeforce that Han Sen could detect .
But suddenly, the tail moved . Unsure about what this meant, everyone stopped in their tracks and remained dead still . They peered at the creature with intense, twitching eyes .
"It's alive!" Xu Yanmeng hollered .
The creature's tail swung again, like the slow lashing of a whip . The creature unfurled to look at the group that was approaching, and it did so with eyes that looked like a couple of red sirens .
"It's alive!" Zhong Sanxiao also called out, trembling as he took one step back in fear .
The creature really did look like a cat, complete with oval eyes . Its gaze was menacing and cold, but it wasn't directly threatening .
Everyone readied themselves for a fight . The group that had come before them encountered this creature and died shortly after, after all .
But the motionless standoff went on longer than anticipated . The cold, uncaring gaze of the cat developed into one of disinterest after a certain amount of time elapsed .
After a while, with the prospect of immediate danger diminishing, Zhong Sanxiao said, "Now is the time to strike . It's not attacking, so let's take advantage of that . "
Everyone knew it might be for the best to remove the stranger-danger that cat might-or-might-not pose, but they'd have to do it together, if they chose to attack it .
"No," Mister Li said, with a resolute voice . "It is not hostile to us . If we provoke it, and make it hostile, we may not even live long enough to regret it . "
"We can't just stand here, though," Zhong Sanxiao pleaded .
Mister Li said, "We can continue to approach it delicately, and assuming it does not do anything more, we will try to open the coffin . "
Everyone in the team looked at each other, to see how they each felt about that . Although they were all worried about what might happen, they all agreed it was best to approach the coffin slowly without directly inviting hostility from the cat .
Each step they took was slow and steady, exercised with great care and caution . And each time one foot settled back on the ground, they looked at the beast intently, to see if it had moved at all .
When they reached the coffin, the cat had not moved an inch . It merely looked at them, with its tail brushing softly against the coffin it rested upon .
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