I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 212 - 165: Severing the Dragon Vein (Part 2)

The frost and mist from the ice began to melt, as a large amount of heat surged from underground.

"Not good!" Qin Yuesheng hurriedly shouted to Luo Changbao, "You need to escape quickly, this place is about to collapse."

Having said that, he no longer concerned himself with this person and ran towards the stone stele.

If the area collapsed due to the explosion, the bodies of these people would still be buried atop the dragon vein, and because of the collapse of the underground space, finding these bodies afterward would become even more difficult.

This would make it impossible to stop the descendants of these three people from rising eventually, one day starting an uprising in some region of the Nine Provinces to overthrow Great Tang and take over the world.

Qin Yuesheng punched the stone stele to pieces, and sure enough, as the text engraved on the surface of the stele indicated, a Dragon-Slaying Sword was indeed hidden within.

This sword was three feet long, the blade crimson, and the hilt made of black stone, feeling quite heavy in the hand.

Back then, although the three men, including Monk Bao, knew ancient Qin characters, they certainly could not understand many of the words; otherwise, they would never have left the stone stele recording the dragon-slaying method preserved intact in this tomb chamber.

With the Dragon-Slaying Sword in hand, Qin Yuesheng suddenly realized the stele did not specify where to strike—the location of the dragon vein remained unknown.

This realization immediately made him feel awkward.

Boom!

A part of the floor in the tomb chamber suddenly exploded, with a massive surge of flames and air waves bursting through the opening. The explosion had reached a critical point, causing the surrounding areas of the tomb chamber to totter visibly, indicating that complete collapse was imminent.

Qin Yuesheng gritted his teeth, deciding he could not afford to hesitate. Even with his strength at the Third Layer of the Internal Power Realm, being trapped tens of feet underground could lead to a dire outcome.

Not to mention, he had no descendants, so even if his body were buried here, the Qin family would not experience any rise in fortune to lead an uprising and become the ruler of the world in the future.

With a command, the Soul-Catching Demon, which had been quietly hiding in Qin Yuesheng's bosom, immediately emerged, transforming into the Soul-Catching Arm on his body, greatly enhancing the power of that arm.

Gripping the Dragon-Slaying Sword with the Soul-Catching Arm, Qin Yuesheng swung it forcefully at the ground.

Clang!

The sword energy split the ground for over ten feet, and golden spring water surged unstoppably from the crack created by the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

To be honest, this golden spring water looked much like blood.

The ground, outside the ancient temple.

In this deep mountain forest, the earth suddenly echoed with a colossal dragon's roar.

The image of a three-clawed golden dragon instantly soared from beneath the earth, roaring towards the sky.

The nearby birds and beasts prostrated themselves, trembling all over, not daring to move an inch.

Naturally, Qin Yuesheng, being underground, could not know what was occurring outside. After unleashing his sword strike, he had no time to react before the entire tomb chamber began a full-scale explosion, collapsing all around.

Qin Yuesheng quickly dashed towards the passageway with the Dragon-Slaying Sword in hand, fleeing wildly while randomly slashing with the sword.

Every time the Dragon-Slaying Sword left marks around him, golden liquid would flow from the sword marks, reinforcing Qin Yuesheng's belief that this underground tomb was indeed situated within the dragon vein.

Why had the Nine-Layered Slaughter Tower descended to such a depth of tens of feet?

Qin Yuesheng now understood the reason—the dragon vein was at this depth.

Every step he took was along the dragon vein.

Fleeing while slashing, he sprayed large amounts of golden liquid from the passage walls, leaping thirty feet in one bound when he reached the poolside without thinking twice.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

From the first explosion till now, only a few breaths had passed, but it had been a chain of explosions, spreading outward from the tomb chamber.

Qin Yuesheng paid no heed to looking back, running faster than the blast. His only concern was the unpredictability of when the underground space might completely collapse.

If the Nine-Layered Slaughter Tower collapsed and its 'elevator' function became unusable, Qin Yuesheng would truly have nowhere to go.

After all, they were dozens of feet underground.

"Young hero! Save me!"

Just as he ran past the pool and was about to enter the passage once filled with traps, a desperate plea for help caught Qin Yuesheng's attention.

He instinctively glanced that way, spotting Luo Changbao trapped under a pile of uneven-sized falling rocks, his lower body completely buried.

With a strong pull, Qin Yuesheng used the Star-Picking Hand to extract Luo Changbao from the pile of rocks entirely.

Luo Changbao hadn't yet reacted, suddenly feeling himself airborne, floating lightly in the midair.

Qin Yuesheng was controlling his body with the Star-Picking Hand, leading him forward.

Seeing the Nine-Layered Slaughter Tower coming into view and getting closer, Qin Yuesheng's heart leaped with joy, and he immediately exerted more force, charging into the Four Symbols Room.

Clap!

With a slap on the golden orb, the entire room reverberated with a boom, slowly ascending upward.

But in this urgent crisis, the speed was unbearably slow.

Qin Yuesheng roared, shattering the room's ceiling, revealing the vertical stone passage above.

He kicked forcefully against the wall, surging several feet upward, then bounced rapidly towards the stone passage's top.

Boom!

Suddenly, with a deafening crash, the stone passage shattered, with a massive boulder weighing at least a thousand pounds toppling down, bearing down on Qin Yuesheng.

Had the stone impeded his speed, the consequences would be dire; Qin Yuesheng immediately deployed the Six-Armed Exoskeleton, furiously attacking the boulder with his six arms.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Qin Yuesheng drilled through the boulder's center like a drill, continuing to climb upwards.

The collapse momentum of the underground was intensifying, with stones of varying sizes and weights continuously falling. Qin Yuesheng could only forcefully confront them head-on, as avoiding would reduce his speed and waste valuable time.

At this moment, the stone passage beneath Qin Yuesheng suddenly completely collapsed, blocking it thoroughly with falling rocks, turning it into a dead end.

Qin Yuesheng felt a sudden lightness in his hand, having lost contact with the Star-Picking Hand that connected him to Luo Changbao.

Now, this person was eternally trapped beneath the ground.

With a helpless sigh, Qin Yuesheng continued ascending without reducing his speed.

...

Crash!

Observing the ancient temple collapse amidst a cloud of dust, the great bell at its top tilted and fell into the nearby cliff, followed by a cascade of rocks in a significant commotion.

Qin Yuesheng stood disheveled beside the suspension bridge, not sparing a glance at the collapsed ancient temple, his focus entirely on the mountain in the distance.

It was truly a shocking sight.

He saw a three-clawed golden dragon lying on the ground, its body as massive as a mountain, clutching the peaks of three mountains with its claws, with its head roaring towards the sky.

The formidable dragon's presence spread in all directions, instilling terror in those who beheld it.

"Could this be the dragon vein?" Qin Yuesheng glanced at the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand, still stained with golden fluid.

Under Qin Yuesheng's gaze, the three-clawed golden dragon suddenly fell weakly to the earth. The earlier roar seemed to be its final struggle before the end.

The entire body of the three-clawed golden dragon exploded amidst the mountains, transforming into a torrential golden downpour.

It appeared that the dragon vein in this location had indeed been severed by Qin Yuesheng.

In the golden downpour, a golden orb floated in the sky, which divided into seven and sped away in different directions like meteors, vanishing into the distant sky in the blink of an eye.

Hidden by the golden downpour, Qin Yuesheng did not notice this anomaly.

However, he clearly felt the spiritual qi intensify several times over after the three-clawed golden dragon disappeared, prompting him to sit cross-legged and begin practicing the Profound Celestial Scripture.