I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 207 - 163: Peril on All Sides

A throwing knife was tossed into the room; there was no movement, and Qin Yuesheng stepped in without hesitation.

The ceiling of the room bore the Four Symbols pattern. The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise were vividly painted in vibrant colors. In the center of the gathering Four Symbols, a golden pearl the size of a bowl was inlaid, estimated to be quite valuable.

"Why isn’t there a staircase to the second floor?" Qin Yuesheng wondered aloud, looking around.

Aside from the four copper lamps and the Four Symbols ceiling, there was nothing else in the room, making it seem like a secret chamber.

Qin Yuesheng then used the Celestial Demon Blade to tap on anything suspicious, trying to uncover some clues.

Copper lamps, no response.

The Four Symbols ceiling, no response.

Golden pearl, click!

The instant the Celestial Demon Blade touched the golden pearl, the entire pearl directly sank in. It wasn’t that Qin Yuesheng had broken it; rather, the mechanism in the room was hidden precisely on this golden pearl!

Click, click, click!

A strange noise that made one’s teeth ache suddenly sounded from behind the room’s walls, and the entire room immediately began to sink uniformly downwards.

Watching as the doorway grew smaller and was covered by stone walls, Qin Yuesheng was astonished, and an image appeared in his mind.

An elevator?

Indeed, this room was just like an elevator, carrying Qin Yuesheng downward.

"What remarkable mechanical technique," Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but praise, astonished that someone could create such a thing in this remote mountain forest.

After descending more than thirty feet, the room finally came to a stop. A deep purple dragon-panel door suddenly appeared in Qin Yuesheng’s view at the location of the entrance.

The scene behind the door was intriguing.

Qin Yuesheng kicked out instantly, shattering the dragon door into pieces.

A straight corridor paved entirely with pure White Jade was instantly revealed behind the door. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Every five steps within the corridor, a copper lamp hung on the walls, providing brightness to the area.

Having come this far, there was no reason to go back. Qin Yuesheng threw a flying knife with all his strength down the corridor, and it exploded several dozen feet away. Suddenly, the sound of wind breaking was heard, and over twenty arrows shot out from round holes exposed in the corridor walls, all aiming for the direction of the flying knife.

However, the flying knife was small and fast, making it impossible for the trap arrows to catch up, and all attempts were in vain.

"Traps, indeed," Qin Yuesheng thought to himself, immediately walking into the corridor.

Martial Artists with Inner Strength have its protective shield, and ordinary hidden weapons cannot harm them. Moreover, Martial Artists’ reflexes are quick enough to easily avoid some small-scale hidden weapon traps.

Qin Yuesheng sprinted forward, and suddenly a large section of White Jade floor tiles split in two under his feet, revealing below an array of sharp, poisonous spikes planted vertically in the pit.

It was a vicious ground spike trap.

Qin Yuesheng quickly inserted the Celestial Demon Blade into the top of the corridor, swinging like a pendulum to the side of the pit without spikes. Then, with a Star-Picking Hand, he retrieved the Celestial Demon Blade back into his hand.

The path ahead was filled with endless hidden weapon traps like dart traps, iron spike rollers, flamethrowers, poisonous dart showers, and two-way mammoth clamps, but Qin Yuesheng either shielded or evaded them all, rendering them utterly ineffective.

Reaching the end of the corridor, it turned out to be a slope, with the exit at the top. Qin Yuesheng sighed in relief and was about to ascend when a thunderous rumble suddenly came from above the slope.

A gigantic stone, with a diameter at least taller than an adult, crashed down, rolling rapidly toward Qin Yuesheng with the acceleration of the slope.

Rumble!

Qin Yuesheng furrowed his brows; there was nowhere to dodge on the slope, and retreating would only lead to being caught. He held his blade up to face the rolling stone head-on, slashing with all his might, intending to counter it with his weapon.

"Shatter for me!"

Boom!

Qin Yuesheng crashed into the front of the stone like a sharp spear.

Instantly, the point where the Celestial Demon Blade struck began to crack, and in the blink of an eye, the entire stone shattered explosively. Qin Yuesheng pierced through it, causing it to disintegrate in an instant.

"This corridor alone has more than twenty types of mechanical traps, not to mention the final giant stone for suppression. Anyone who dares to intrude without skill is doomed. Even if an external Martial Artist came, it would be daunting," thought Qin Yuesheng, glancing back down the corridor.

Many of the hidden weapons were crafted from refined iron capable of harming the body of an external Martial Artist. Thus, the original builders of this place must have been extremely wealthy. This White Jade corridor and the multitude of refined iron traps would even make the Qin family reconsider replicating it.

Upon exiting the corridor, a strong fishy smell filled the air, and Qin Yuesheng focused his gaze to find a pitch-black pool of unknown depth outside the corridor.

"This!" Qin Yuesheng was astonished by the sight before him.

Who would have thought that beneath this ancient temple was another world, a hidden realm!

Above the water pool, shadows were suspended motionless over the surface, numbering in the hundreds, densely packed.

Gazing with his Biluo Eye, Qin Yuesheng’s expression changed.

Those shadows were all people!

Their hands were tied behind their backs with hemp rope, and a red rope around their necks suspended them in mid-air, leaving them hanging alive.