Chapter 016: Himiko Is Dead

In Wang Bo's view, the Himiko from a year ago and the Himiko from a year later were completely different.

The Himiko from a year ago had just awakened, occupying Samantha Nishimura's body, and it was unknown how much of her strength remained.

But the Himiko from a year later had occupied Laura's body, which was more suitable than Samantha, devoured Laura's soul, and after a year of recovery, might have already regained her original strength.

She might even have reached a higher level.

Therefore, the Himiko from a year later posed a greater danger to Wang Bo.

But this Himiko from a year ago—forget it.

"What's that sound?"

Laura heard a crisp clang, looked up uncomprehendingly, and asked belatedly.

Wang Bo turned his head and glanced at Himiko, whose face was grim, then said with a smile, "It seems some people can't sit still anymore."

Himiko suddenly stood up from her throne, channeling greater spiritual power as she lunged at Wang Bo. "Go to hell!!"

She sensed Wang Bo's malice and had no intention of holding back.

However...

Bang!

Wang Bo simply released Laura, turned around, and threw a punch. The surging and unmatched force of the fist easily pierced the atmosphere, and the terrifying fist power stirred up a fearsome gale, effortlessly shattering Himiko's power.

At the same time, the unmatched fist power advanced forward, and after breaking through Himiko's power, it shattered the entire hall, including Himiko herself, with one punch.

Even the clouds in the sky were blasted into a huge hole by Wang Bo's punch.

But what surprised Wang Bo was that Himiko actually survived that punch.

"Tough as nails," Wang Bo couldn't help but remark.

"Who's tough as nails?"

"Himiko." Wang Bo looked at Himiko, who had flown several hundred meters and fallen into a valley, and said slowly, "That woman took my punch and didn't die. It seems I underestimated her."

Only then did Laura react. She squeezed Wang Bo's arm, feeling the immense power, and couldn't help saying, "When did you become so strong?"

She remembered that when she and Wang Bo parted ways, he wasn't this powerful. Now he could punch a hole in the clouds in the sky—that was too exaggerated.

Wang Bo waved his hand with a smile and said, "A trivial skill, not worth mentioning."

Laura: ...

If this counts as a trivial skill, then what am I? This guy's words are really unpleasant now.

Forget it, considering it's a reunion after a long time, I'll forgive him this once.

After punching Himiko away, Wang Bo turned to Laura. "Laura, there's something I want to ask you. You must answer me honestly."

"What?" Laura said.

"How did you come to this world? Or rather, what exactly did you experience after I sent you back?" Wang Bo really wanted to know this.

Upon hearing Wang Bo's question, Laura couldn't help but fall into recollection.

"After I went back..."

Wang Bo patiently listened to Laura's account and finally understood some things, clearing up some doubts.

It turned out that after Wang Bo sent Laura back to her original world, she did not return to the Yamatai Kingdom.

Instead, she went back to her hometown... Croft Manor.

So she immediately called her friend Samantha Nishimura and some companions from the Endurance, but neither Jonah, nor Roth, nor Alex answered the phone.

Thus Laura understood that these people must still be in the Yamatai Kingdom.

As for the history and secrets of the Yamatai Kingdom, she had already heard them from Wang Bo. It was definitely a den of dangers for ordinary people, but even so, Laura set out again.

For no other reason than to save her companions.

After arming herself, she set sail again on another ship, approaching the Dragon's Triangle. When Laura arrived at the Yamatai Kingdom once more, the storm appeared again.

But Laura, well-prepared, quickly avoided the storm and successfully reached the Yamatai Kingdom.

Then, fully armed, Laura began searching for her companions.

However, to Laura's surprise, she searched the entire island of the Yamatai Kingdom but still couldn't find her companions. In fact, not only her companions, but even the enemy Matthias from the Sun Brotherhood did not appear.

The entire Yamatai Kingdom was eerily silent, a land of death.

Apart from Laura, there was not a single living being.

All of this was completely different from what Wang Bo had described, making Laura involuntarily suspect that Wang Bo was deceiving her.

Or perhaps she had come to a fake Yamatai Kingdom.

What happened here left Laura extremely puzzled.

So after some thought, Laura decided to find Himiko, the ruler of the Yamatai Kingdom.

Since the final boss here was Himiko, Himiko must be able to answer her questions.

Thus, the fledgling adventurer and archaeologist Lara Croft, relying on sufficient food and firepower, as well as knowledge learned in school, after going through many hardships, finally found Himiko's tomb.

But to Laura's astonishment, Himiko had long been dead.

No matter how Laura probed, she was a corpse.

Himiko did not possess the astonishing power that Wang Bo had mentioned at all.

However, Laura found some ancient documents near Himiko's tomb and learned some things from them.

It turned out that Himiko did possess great power when she was alive.

But this power did not bring Himiko happiness; in fact, because of this power, Himiko couldn't even touch a man.

So in her later years, Himiko brought her maids to this island and chose to be buried quietly.

Thus, Himiko had been dead for several thousand years.

Seeing this, Laura found that the Yamatai Kingdom she experienced did not match Wang Bo's account at all, but this time, Laura no longer doubted Wang Bo.

Because Himiko was dead, dead for thousands of years.

Since Himiko was dead, her companions naturally couldn't be in danger. However, in fact, Laura did not find her companions, nor did she find the Sun Brotherhood that Wang Bo mentioned.

Apart from the deceased Himiko, she found nothing.

Therefore, Laura suspected that when she approached the Dragon's Triangle and experienced the storm, she might have crossed into a new world, just like last time.

So Laura returned to the ship, steered it away from the Yamatai Kingdom, and planned to cross the storm again to see if she could find a way back.

But when she went back, the storm did not appear, and Laura smoothly left the Dragon's Triangle area.