I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 205 - 162: The Temple Monster

Following the sound of the bell, Qin Yuesheng hurried towards the depths of the mountain forest. Relying on his skill to locate sound positions, he quickly arrived at the deepest old forest in the mountains, where a wild aura immediately overwhelmed him.

Standing atop a tall tree, Qin Yuesheng gazed into the distance between mountains. It was already late at night, and the dense fog and dark clouds severely hindered one’s vision.

Fortunately, Qin Yuesheng possessed the Biluo Eye, a divine artifact of vision, allowing him to see distant places with precision.

"Oh!" Suddenly, he barely noticed an outline of a building on the edge of a mountain peak. Although only a small corner was visible, Qin Yuesheng still managed to spot it thanks to the Biluo Eye.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The sound of the bell echoed among the mountains. The reverberations caused the sound to be everywhere, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint the exact source. If not for Qin Yuesheng’s discovery of the building on the mountain surface, he might not have found any valuable clues.

Without hesitation, he sprinted towards the mountain where the building was located, moving so swiftly that he was like a fleeting shadow in the night.

After a while, Qin Yuesheng finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. It truly was an exhausting journey even for him, as despite appearing close, it took significant effort to reach the mountain.

Looking at the ancient temple on the mountain, Qin Yuesheng began searching for footholds on the mountain surface to climb up.

The mountains in this area were all steep, vertical peaks, with their surfaces very smooth and few footholds. Even a yellow crane couldn’t fly over it; a gibbon would despair to climb.

To an ordinary person, climbing the mountain would require considerable effort, but for Qin Yuesheng, it wasn’t so difficult.

He directly plunged the Celestial Demon Blade into the mountain rock, even if the rock was hard, it was no match for the blade, which pierced it like tofu.

Qin Yuesheng stepped on the handle, propelled himself, and immediately shot up like a skyrocket.

Seeing he had reached three zhang high, Qin Yuesheng grabbed the Celestial Demon Blade with one hand, causing it to struggle free from the rock and fly into his hand.

This was the martial skill he cunningly acquired from Situ Xing, the Star-Picking Hand.

Bang!

Qin Yuesheng stomped forcefully on a vertical stone, and as he exerted strength, that piece of rock instantly shattered and collapsed, with large fragments falling down the mountain like rain.

Using the support from this foothold, Qin Yuesheng rose several more zhang high, leaping through the mountains like a bird, soon disappearing into the mist at the mountainside.

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Tap!

Landing firmly on the platform outside the ancient temple, Qin Yuesheng glanced at the nearby broken soft bridge, then turned to look at the temple.

The previously monotonous tolling sound had stopped, leaving the place unnaturally quiet.

He took out the Spirit Fox and the Exorcism Toad.

Everything seemed normal, with no signs of hostility.

Qin Yuesheng then walked toward the ancient temple’s main door. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Pushed, the stone door was heavy.

Thinking briefly, he swung the Mountain-Crushing Tyrant Saber with full force at the stone door.

Bang!

Even so, the door only had a groove two or three fingers deep, proving it wasn’t made of ordinary stone.

Realizing this, he placed his hand on the stone door, choosing to decompose it on the spot.

[Decomposition successful, obtained ’Steel Rock x30’]

Bang!

Immediately, dozens of large gray stones fell squarely from the air, each as tall as Qin Yuesheng, breaking the night’s silence with a great commotion.

The bright moonlight, now unobstructed with the stone door gone, illuminated the inner hall, allowing Qin Yuesheng to instantly see the scene inside.

On the floor of the wide hall lay an arm with the severed end still bleeding.

"Someone arrived here before me," Qin Yuesheng said, walking into the temple and directly approaching the severed arm.

The joint was small, fingers long and slim, with traces of rouge and powder under the nails—a woman’s arm.

The state of the blood suggested that the fight resulting in this severed arm didn’t happen very long ago.

Looming at the dark passage on the wall, Qin Yuesheng, with his Biluo Eye night vision, didn’t need to light a torch and directly walked into the depths.

The passage was square, already spacious at the entrance, but to Qin Yuesheng’s surprise, it got even wider the further he went, suddenly opening into an octagonal room.

The height of this space was unknown, but upon glancing upward, the top was unseen. Skeletal reliefs adorned the surrounding walls, each larger than a human, their empty eye sockets staring at the room’s center—a small Nine-Layered Slaughter Tower.

Beneath the Nine-Layered Slaughter Tower seemed to be flowing water, evident from the audible sound of water.

"Didn’t expect such hidden wonders within the ancient temple, though I wonder what purpose these structures serve," Qin Yuesheng thought to himself.

As he stared ahead, Qin Yuesheng missed noticing a ghostly, grinning eyeless woman who abruptly appeared behind him, moving silently, unnoticed by him.