Henry looked at the strange figure in front of him. He had no idea where the warrior came from, and he did not even know who the person behind all of that was.
Just as Henry thought about his doubts, another strong beam of light shone on him, and the warrior attacked him again.
However, this time, Henry was prepared for it and was not affected by the blinding light. In the face of the warrior's attack, Henry dodged at a tricky angle, then sent a spinning back kick towards the warriors waist.
However, the warrior did not budge from the kick. Instead, it was Henry who took a few steps back from the impact.
"Bronzemen!"
After the contact, Henry instantly noticed that something was wrong with the warrior.
At that moment, another strong ray of light shone at him, and the warrior struck again. Henry immediately understood that the warrior would attack whichever target the light shone on, and the instant the light disappeared, the warrior would remain unmoving in a certain pose.
After realising that, the mysterious warrior was no longer as scary to Henry. After all, the greatest fear of human stemmed from the unknown.
This time, Henry closely observed the warrior's movements, searching for the weak points of the warrior when it attacked. He kicked the warrior's head, chest, and lower body with three consecutive kicks.
The warrior only struck once, but Henry had already countered with three moves. The warrior did not even brush against Henry's clothes. On the contrary, it was Henry's hits that made contact with every strike. The gap between them was clear as day.
In truth, the warrior's moves were very powerful. If it had encountered ordinary experts, they would all probably suffer great losses under the attacks of the warrior. However, Henry was different, his combat experience, including his swift reactions in close combat and quick coping ability, had been specially trained by Silas and the others. In close combat, Henry bested even Silas. In terms of close combat, Henry felt he was already at the very tip of his limit.
Henry's three kicks were not aimed at destroying the bronze warrior, he just intended to find out it's mechanism, just like the robots in the Emperor's Mausoleum of Western Xia did. However, those three kicks did not create any effects. The ray of light did not disappear, and the bronze warrior continued to attack Henry.
Henry no longer lashed out with a one-sided blows this time. He aimed for the slashing actions of the bronze statue and took a step forward, directly grabbing the arms of the bronze warrior, then yanked hard at them.
"Stop shining the light at him, he's my brother!"
An alarmed cry sounded.
It was at that instant, the bronze warrior's arms were brutally torn off by Henry.
The light suddenly disappeared, and the bronze statue stopped moving. Hurried footsteps sounded from the front of the passage.
In the darkness, a figure with a reflective bald head appeared in Henry's sight. A strong scent of fried chicken drifted as the bald figure ran towards him.
"Brother, it's really you!"
Henry could recognise that figure without even having to look at him clearly.
Ranjeet ran towards Henry. The moment he saw the bronze warrior with its arms torn off by Henry, he widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Holy sh*t, bro, you are a monster! You even tore off the arms of this thing, even when you're unable to use any
Qi!"
When Henry heard Ranjeet's words, he asked, "So you know what's going on here?"
"I do."
Ranjeet nodded. "This is where the inheritance is buried. Qi is completely forbidden here. This bronze warrior is called a Puppet Fighter. It is meant for protecting the inheritance. Almost every inheritance has something similar to this. Our Puppet Fighter operates with the help of light, which means that it is only attracted to light, and not people."
As Ranjeet spoke, he produced a high-performance flashlight from his kasaya and twisted it, lighting up the entire cave. It suddenly felt as if it was daytime again.
Henry looked at Ranjeet with a puzzled expression. "Is that an enhanced version you specially carried along with you?"
Ranjeet giggled and put away the flashlight. "I brought it with me just in case. Brother, allow me to introduce to you, Yaffah, my future wife."
Ranjeet turned his head and an ordinary-looking girl appeared in Henry's sight. The girl looked pleasant. Although she was not as good-looking as those internet stars, but the way she carried herself was way better than them.
Henry had heard Yaffah's name mentioned in more than just one occasion, however this was the first time he got to meet her in person.
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