I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 147 - 127: Earthshaking Upheaval

If beating someone could solve the problem, Qin Yuesheng would definitely beat the crap out of Wu Shuai at this moment.

Damn, this person is truly a beast, daring to play with fire in a cave filled with Black Gunpowder.

However, at this moment, everything is already too late. The moment the blaze flared up, it signaled an impending catastrophe, an explosion as earth-shattering as the heavens.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like dominoes, the explosion spread out from Wu Shuai’s position at the center, continuously expanding in all directions.

Piles of Black Gunpowder began to explode, simultaneously sending flames to other areas yet unignited.

The flames soared high, and the shockwaves were like tides.

Black smoke engulfed the area, and explosions were endless.

Everything happened too fast. Qin Yuesheng barely managed to rush into the mine shaft before he saw the surrounding rock layers begin to crack and collapse. In just a few blinks of an eye, the cave was instantly buried under the landslide, leaving no trace behind.

...

On the ground.

Centered around the open-pit mine, the earth collapsed directly, and numerous cracks, several feet and even several yards long, appeared everywhere, turning into gigantic mouths that devoured countless plants and trees around the minefield. It was as if doomsday had arrived, with a looming disaster scene.

The roar never stopped, dust filled the air, obscuring the sky.

Numerous birds and beasts scattered everywhere, flocks of birds flew into the blue sky, while beasts fled frantically towards the outer areas of Meteor Mountain.

In this catastrophe, anyone who escaped slowly and got caught would inevitably face a fate beyond redemption.

A bird hadn’t yet soared into the sky before it was sandwiched by two toppling tall trees, instantly crushed into a pulp of flesh.

A tiger raced on its four legs, when suddenly the ground underneath split into a fissure two to three yards wide, instantly swallowing its entire body.

Scenes like this were everywhere, but this wasn’t the most terrifying part. The open-pit mine was located beneath the Celestial Star, and as it began to collapse, a large pit instantly formed in the place.

As Fang Xuanling mentioned, this place was a support point for the Celestial Star. With this support point gone, the Celestial Star, originally standing firmly on the ground, would begin to sway and could no longer maintain its previous balance.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

A rumbling sound emanated from beneath the Celestial Star. After a series of ground-shaking tremors, just as Fang Xuanling said, the Celestial Star moved.

It was like a ball, beginning to roll toward the leaning direction.

As the Celestial Star moved, plants and trees that had grown over the years on its surface and accumulated soil began to fall off, while some solidified soil layers shattered in large chunks, plummeting to the ground below.

Boom!

Although the Celestial Star’s rolling speed was slow, due to its enormous size, even rolling just a fraction of the distance could be measured in yards.

As the Celestial Star moved, the ground trembled.

The surface cracked in a web-like pattern.

It rolled out over eighty yards before coming to a stop after colliding with a steep mountain peak.

However, this mountain peak was unfortunate. Over half of it cracked open, eventually breaking from the middle, with the mountain’s peak leaning and plummeting to the ground, causing another earth-shattering earthquake.

As the Celestial Star came to a rest again, everything slowly began to calm down.

The dust settled, and the air grew still.

After some time passes, this earthquake-ravaged landscape will be covered again by vegetation, restored to its original state, and no one will ever know what truly happened here.

...

The residents of Cyan Yang City were busy with their own affairs as usual when they suddenly felt the earth tremble, causing even the houses to shake violently.

Items placed on high shelves or racks fell down, crashing with a clatter, but no one could afford to care about that now. Regardless of what they were doing, everyone hurriedly ran outside, seeking a place to hide.

"What happened? What’s going on?"

"Could it be that someone angered the Earth Goddess, prompting her to display her divine power?"

During the earthquake, some old and dilapidated houses couldn’t withstand it any longer, collapsing into useless ruins amid the violent shaking.

The Cheng family’s residence.

The center of the Cheng family’s estate has now been excavated by Zuo Zonghao’s people into a giant pit several feet deep. At the bottom, an iron door can be vaguely seen, its surface rusty and covered with red mud, faintly revealing an image of a figure holding an iron fork.

Zuo Zonghao and others, setting up a grand array beside the pit, changed their expressions upon feeling the earthquake. The seal, which had been calm all this time, showed signs of abnormality.

Wisps of black smoke rose slowly from the bottom of the pit, indicating a possible leakage in the seal.

"Not good!" Zuo Zonghao was shocked, quickly shouting, "Activate the Thousand Locks Spirit Array, we can’t let anything within this seal descend upon the human world!"

No one knew exactly how strong the Great Ghost Venerable was, but everyone understood that, under no circumstances, should the thirteen Great Ghost Venerables beneath the seal be allowed to emerge, or else the world would fall into chaos and war.

Bai Hao and Qi Feng, along with the other Wood Toad officials, picked up the tokens they held, channeling their Inner Strength into them. Immediately, the tokens emitted a bright white light, and the hundred flags around the pit shot forth white chains, eventually covering the pit with thousands, enveloping the sky above.

Seeing the Thousand Locks Spirit Array activated, Zuo Zonghao breathed a sigh of relief, "What is going on? Why did Cyan Yang City suddenly experience such a violent earthquake? Could it be the Ghost Race secretly meddling?"

Although the seal leaked somewhat, nothing strange happened, which reassured everyone present.

Daoist Huang Ting had mentioned that twelve Great Ghost Venerables were sealed beneath, leaving only their heads. Yet, the Seven Star Watch’s members remained extremely vigilant, fearing any mishap.

Zuo Zonghao said, "The Thousand Locks Spirit Array may not be entirely adequate. Bai Hao, go find Xun Sheng. Tell him to exhaust all resources within Cyan Yang City. I want to set up the ’Zhong Gong Tiger-Slaying Array.’

Upon hearing this, Bai Hao was startled. The Zhong Gong Tiger-Slaying Array was the most powerful evil-banishing and ghost-expelling array Copper Toad officials could access, demanding numerous precious materials as setup resources. Each deployment meant sacrificing a city’s resources.

Such events were rarely seen for years.

"Yes," Bai Hao immediately replied.

...

Deep within Meteor Mountain, everything gradually quieted down.

Despite encountering such upheaval, it was merely a sneeze, a cough for nature, leaving no impact at all.

If outsiders came, they would never perceive that there had once been an open-pit mine here.

Grumble!

A patch of dirt suddenly stirred, then gradually bulged upward, splitting open with a crack.

Snap!

In the next moment, an arm covered with various male and female faces abruptly thrust out, scattering much dirt.

"Whew!" Qin Yuesheng’s entire head emerged from the soil, instantly gasping for air, his face showing unspeakable relief.

Surviving such an ordeal was indescribable with words. Tons of soil weighed heavily, suffocating, compounded by the pitch-black surroundings and extreme confinement, even the greatest Martial Artist would despair.

Qin Yuesheng immediately crawled out of the dirt, shaking off the mud on his body, "Luckily, the Soul-Catching Demon withstood the soil pressure for me. By using the Cultivation Power to hold my breath, gradually loosening the soil with Inner Strength, I managed to escape. Otherwise, I’d surely be buried here forever."

Thinking about the possibility of dying there, with no one finding his remains for thousands of years, Qin Yuesheng felt another wave of fear.

"The traces of the mine have vanished, the gold vein returned underground. If I don’t tell, no one will ever know what happened here today." Qin Yuesheng glanced at the Celestial Star, its outer layers stripped away, revealing its true form.

This was the first time Qin Yuesheng saw a genuine celestial star. As a meteor, it was decidedly larger than expected. The fact that Meteor Mountain still retained its lush scenery was simply a miracle.

After examining, Qin Yuesheng quickly left the place.

...

With Liu Zhizhang dead, Qin Yuesheng no longer worried about whether Su Lanyin might be abducted by a flower thief one night. A substantial burden was lifted off him.

Now, Qin Yuesheng’s only task was to assist Zuo Zonghao in rooting out all the Ghost Race hiding in Cyan Yang City.

Only by eliminating these entities could Cyan Yang City regain its peace and tranquility.

Qin Yuesheng took off the Rakshasa mask as he stepped into Cyan Yang City. The fact that this mask required watering to be removed left Qin Yuesheng feeling a bit annoyed. He used to think this feature was cool, but now he thought it was just stupid.

Fortunately, during his visit to Ten Thousand Flowers City, Qin Yuesheng took the golden mask from the City Lord’s face. Henceforth, whenever he needed to mask himself, he could use it.

Passing through the city gate, Qin Yuesheng headed toward the Qin Mansion when he noticed a group of people suddenly plastering an announcement on the bulletin board at the gate using sticky rice glue.

Typically government-used for posting warrants and legal notices, this bulletin board was seldom used by civilians. Seeing household servants doing so for the first time piqued Qin Yuesheng’s interest, prompting him to approach to see what they intended.

"Master Sun of Sun Mansion unexpectedly went mad, perhaps possessed or haunted, singing nursery rhymes nightly in the courtyard for three consecutive days, often muttering to himself about a red-dressed old woman visiting, yet upon talking about it the next day, Master Sun recalled nothing," Qin Yuesheng silently noted.

Qin Yuesheng rubbed his chin, "Another ghostly presence appears."