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Chapter 76 The High Priest Ran So Fast

The sudden sound startled Evelyn. She turned around and found that O'Connor had opened his eyes and was looking at her.

“Taking something that’s not your business is stealing,” Evelyn tried to argue. “According to my brother, what I did could be called ‘taking.’”

After saying that, she quickly opened the Book of the Dead with the mysterious box, and a mysterious wind immediately swept in.

O'Connor squatted down beside her, looking curiously at the mysterious book.

"@#￥%%" Evelyn recited a spell from the Black Book as if possessed. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in, as if from another world, carrying a sinister and terrifying aura.

"No, you can't read it out loud!!" The sleeping American professor was startled awake and shouted loudly.

But it was all too late.

Wes knew that Evelyn had opened the Book of the Dead, and he tried to change the course of the story, but to his surprise, everything was still developing according to the original plan.

The buzzing of insects flapping their wings rang out, growing clearer and clearer as it approached.

Tens of thousands of locusts swarmed toward Hamunaptra, like a black cloud covering the entire sky. The sheer number of locusts was unimaginable.

"How can there be so many locusts in the desert?!" Everyone stared in astonishment at the locusts swarming in the sky. The arrival of these locusts was an ominous sign.

The locusts swarmed into the camp like a tidal wave, covering tents, camels, and even the people themselves with these black insects. They were so densely packed that it seemed the entire world had been taken over. The tent fabric was almost collapsed under the weight of the countless locusts, and the camels' backs were also covered in these terrifying creatures, wriggling on their skin and causing the camels to cry out in unease.

These locusts are not only numerous, but they also bite. Despite their small size, their bite force is astonishing, and once they bite the skin, it is very difficult to get rid of them.

Some people suffered excruciating pain from the insect bites on their faces, arms, and necks. Others tried to shoo them away with their hands, but there were simply too many locusts to get rid of them completely.

"What are you standing there for? Run!!" an American shouted from the crowd. "These locusts aren't something you can handle with your guns."

"Quickly, get into the underground palace! It's safe there!" O'Connor protected Evelyn and rushed towards the underground palace.

The others also rushed toward the underground palace, their last refuge.

The American professor was the only one who didn't run. He knew the curse from hell had come true. He stood there quietly to accept his punishment and was instantly devoured by locusts.

At this moment, Wes began chanting a spell, and a ball of flame exploded around him, forming a fire tornado that swept up all the locusts.

The intense heat of the flames made it impossible to get close, and the air was filled with the smell of burning food, which made people feel nauseous.

Tens of thousands of locusts were burned to death, their bodies turning to ashes in the flames. Everyone stared in disbelief at Wes's astonishing act.

"So he's that amazing," Evelyn whispered.

However, burning this wave of locusts did not solve the problem; the next wave of locusts came one after another, seemingly endless.

"A locust plague." Wes frowned; he knew this couldn't go on.

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are a series of calamities recorded in the Bible, and the locust plague was just one of them. This was not something that could be resisted by human power. These locusts swarmed in endlessly, and would not stop unless Imhotep was killed again.

"These locusts came because of Imhotep; we must return to the dungeon."

After Wes finished speaking, everyone rushed into the underground palace. Wes was the last to enter and then sealed the door.

When people saw him, they instinctively made way for him, and their eyes began to look at him with fear.

He walked straight to Evelyn's side and reached out to take the Book of the Dead. Evelyn held onto the book tightly, unwilling to let go.

"I think I should be able to choose two things to take with me, as agreed."

"Give it to him," Jonathan whispered in Evelyn's ear. "Let go, this wasn't yours to begin with."

Evelyn hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly let go of her hand.

After carefully putting away the Book of the Dead, Weiss left only one sentence: "I advise you to leave Egypt as soon as possible, for a great change is about to occur here."

After saying this, he walked deeper into the underground palace. He wanted to witness the power of the Egyptian high priest three thousand years ago and see just how much influence the Egyptian gods could have on the world.

Wes's figure slowly disappeared into the darkness, leaving only the group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.

"What should we do?" someone asked helplessly.

"Is what he said true? Is Egypt about to undergo a major upheaval?"

"Of course it's a lie. Since we're already here, we might as well find some more treasure to take back with us."

The Americans did not heed Wes's advice. Even after witnessing the horrific locust plague and Wes's powerful abilities, they still fearlessly coveted the treasure in the underground palace.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"We must get out of here as soon as possible."

Only O'Connor and two others were willing to follow the advice.

"Crack~ Crack," deep inside the underground palace, a black skeleton was moving at an extremely slow pace, each movement accompanied by the sound of bones rubbing against the ground.

This skeleton is none other than Imhotep, the high priest who was just resurrected by the spell Evelyn accidentally uttered.

His lover Ansona's internal organs were sealed in five mysterious sacred urns, but now they have been recklessly taken away by five ignorant and greedy Americans.

To resurrect Ankara, Imhotep must first retrieve the five sacred urns. Moreover, since Imhotep is not yet fully resurrected, these five Americans will serve as his sacrifices.

Inside the underground palace, he possessed a special sensory ability, enabling him to pinpoint the exact location of the five Americans within.

Just as he was about to find the five Americans, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way.

Wes stood before Imhotep and greeted him in ancient Egyptian: "Greetings, High Priest!"

"Who...are...you?" Imhotep, who had just been resurrected, spoke haltingly.

"A wizard," Wes calmly pulled out his wand, taking the initiative, "Avada Kedavra."

A ghastly green light shot out from the tip of the wand, like a deadly bolt of lightning, heading straight for Imhotep.

Although Imhotep was now just a fragile skeleton, he displayed extraordinary reaction speed. In an instant, he turned into a cloud of yellow sand and vanished, as if he had never existed.

"Wizard, I'll remember you, but now is not the time to play with you."

Imhotep's voice came from all directions. His body had completely decomposed into tiny grains of sand, disappearing without a trace with the air currents in the dungeon.

(End of this chapter)