Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 139 The Disgusting Dark Room

Wuzhan had encountered an earth-devouring beast before, and he still had its mysterious power in his body. However, it was far inferior to this poisonous earthworm. However, he had never heard of an earthworm that could grow so big, move so fast, and be so poisonous.

The lifespan of an earthworm is not very long. There is only one possibility for it to grow to such a big size: it has absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy. In this case, there must be something strange under this Taoist temple.

Walking around the corpse that was almost burned to ashes, Wuzhan searched the ground carefully. As a result, he found a snake-shaped dirt mark not far away, winding its way into the rocks. Presumably, the poisonous earthworm came out from under the rocks and sneaked onto the eaves of the mansion.

Wuzhan followed the dirt trail to the rocks and saw that the trail disappeared under a stone pillar with a diameter of more than one foot. Next to the stone pillar was a small pile of wet soil that gave off a fishy smell. Wuzhan said to Jin Xingzi in a deep voice, "Move this stone pillar away. I want to see what's underneath."

Jin Xingzi came to the stone pillar, hugged one end of the stone pillar, let out a low shout, and inspired his demonic power. He exerted force with both arms, lifted the stone pillar, and tried to move it away.

"There is an evil spirit!" Miaoxin shouted, and immediately drew his sword. He leaped in front of Wuzhan, holding the sword in his hand, concentrating and alert to his surroundings.

"Ah...!" Jin Xingzi stood there in a daze, screaming. His demonic power stagnated, and the stone pillar was almost out of his hand. He hurriedly asked, "Where is the monster?"

Miao Xin was concentrating on her surroundings, obviously not doubting him, "I just sensed a strong demonic aura around here, be careful under the pillar!"

Jin Xingzi was most worried about someone saying this. Miaoxin must have sensed the demonic power released from his body, which was why she said that. Fortunately, she mistakenly thought that there was a monster below.

As soon as the stone pillar was moved away a little, a bowl-sized cave was seen underneath. There was a foul smell and a faint hissing sound could be heard coming from inside.

Jin Xingzi pushed the stone pillar away with all his strength. With a "dong!" sound, it fell heavily to the ground, making a ringing sound. The surrounding soil was shaken up. Wuzhan frowned slightly. This sound was obviously made by hitting the stone slab below, and there must be nothing underneath.

"There must be some dirty stuff underneath!" Miao Xin said doubtfully.

Wuzhan said to Jin Xingzi, "Move away all the stones above. We will see tonight if there are any monsters underneath."

Jin Xingzi complained, "Master, let's move it tomorrow. It's so dangerous to do this in the middle of the night when we can't see anything!"

"It will be the same tomorrow. We still won't be able to see anything when we get inside. We might as well hurry up."

Jin Xingzi was carrying stones, muttering, "Look, little face is not here, the little master is making me do hard labor!"

Miao Xin put away her sword and said softly, "Let me help you!" Then she stepped forward and reached out to move the stone.

Jin Xingzi exclaimed: "Miao Xin is really kind. She is beautiful, kind-hearted, and has high cultivation. I think Miao Xin must be a fairy from heaven!"

Miaoxin's face flushed when she heard this. She secretly glanced at Wuzhan who was also moving stones, and wondered, "Does he think so too?"

Before going down the mountain, the master only told her what to do but didn't tell her the reason. She didn't ask much and thought it was an old minister in the court who was terminally ill. However, she didn't expect to meet a handsome young man in his prime. Unfortunately, this young man had a terminal illness and would die soon. She didn't know how the master knew him and why he treated him like this, spending so many precious herbs to maintain his life and protect his safety, and on the other hand, ordering her to secretly monitor his every move. Isn't this very contradictory?

Seeing Wuzhan also carrying stones, Jin Xingzi said with a smile, "Little Master, I was just joking just now. Please don't get too tired. I can't bear it!"

Wuzhan ignored him and continued to move the stones with great effort. Jin Xingzi hurried over to his side and took away whatever stone Wuzhan wanted to move. Wuzhan had no choice but to stop and watch.

After a while, they cleared out a flat ground more than three meters wide. The cave was located at a crack in the ground. Miao Xin drew out his long sword and said to Jin Xingzi, "I'll break this stone slab!" He circulated his true energy, and the long sword shone brightly. He waved the long sword at the ground, "Shua... " and chopped out eighteen colorful sword lights in a row, "clang! clang! ... " hitting the ground, stirring up a gust of wind, and lifting up dust to fly around.

Wuzhan saw this move and knew that it was Taishan's unique skill "Eighteen Bends Sun". Miaoxin's cultivation was not as good as his master's, but he had mastered this move to perfection. Jin Xingzi praised it repeatedly.

After the sword energy subsided, a stone slab ten feet square appeared. Miaoxin had made eighteen deep sword marks on it, but the stone slab was still not broken. The previous cave was right in the gap at the edge of the stone slab.

"What is this stone slab made of? It's so hard that the fairy's sharp sword moves can't break it!" Jin Xingzi said in surprise.

Wuzhan walked up to check and saw the metallic luster on the sword mark. He said calmly, "This is black iron stone. It is difficult to break. There should be a mechanism. Look around. It shouldn't be too far away."

As expected, Miaoxin used the sword to probe and found a slightly raised round object with a diameter of about one foot on the ground half a zhang away from the black iron stone. After removing the dirt, he saw that it was a copper plate, but the rotating handle had rotted away. Miaoxin twisted it several times but it didn't turn, so he thought the mechanism must have rusted.

Jin Xingzi was very strong. He walked forward, grabbed the disc and turned it with force. Surprisingly, the disc moved a little. He quickly mobilized his demonic power again, poured it into his arms, and twisted the rusty disc with force. There was a creaking sound from under the stone slab, and a palm-width of it fell down.

Jin Xingzi was overjoyed. He paused for a moment and exerted force again. This time, the stone slab went down more than a foot, revealing a gap. There was a dark room below, and a fishy smell was emanating. Jin Xingzi worked hard and turned the disc until the stone slab tilted completely vertically, revealing a black and wet step. A "chirping" sound came from the dark room, from far to near, and then several black shadows flew out from it. Miao Xin had already prepared for it. He danced with his long sword and cut off all the flying black shadows. The dirty blood splattered everywhere. The black shadows fell around the entrance of the dark room. After careful inspection, they turned out to be several huge bats.

Jin Xingzi took a deep breath and said, "Is this a bat? It's even bigger than a vulture. Little Master, I think we should not go in. Who knows what kind of monsters there might be down there. Let's take a team of soldiers down there tomorrow to see for ourselves!"

Wuzhan said: "If you can't do it, those soldiers will die if they go down. Go back and get the torches, and tell them that the monster has been killed, so that they don't panic anymore."

"It's really impossible to pull it back even with nine oxen!" Although he muttered, he did not slow down and ran back quickly. In a moment, he brought back three torches.

Wuzhan held a torch in his hand and said to Miaoxin, "Thank you for your help tonight, young lady. It's too dirty down there, Jinxingzi can handle it himself, so you don't have to go down."

"No, I have to ensure the safety of the adults. Since he doesn't want to go down, let him stay here. If any monster jumps out, he can kill it to prevent the monster from flying out and hurting people." Miaoxin said as she walked down the stairs lightly.

Wuzhan had no choice but to let Jin Xingzi guard the entrance and followed Miaoxin. As soon as they entered the dark room, a gust of cold wind mixed with a fishy smell blew in their faces. Wuzhan covered his mouth and with the help of the firelight, he saw a secret passage about ten feet wide below. On both sides were dark and damp stone walls, and the ground was covered with a layer of sticky and smelly liquid. When he stepped on it, his soles left long sticky saliva.

Miao Xin held a torch in one hand and a long sword in the other, walking cautiously, and whispered, "Master, follow Miao Xin closely. There must be more monsters here, and perhaps even more ferocious!" As soon as the voice fell, a "chi chi" sound was heard. Miao Xin followed the sound and slashed forward with a sword. With a "swish", the black shadow in front was hit and fell to the ground. It squeaked a few times and moved its legs in disorder. When I approached to check, it turned out to be a three-foot-long centipede. Miao Xin frowned and said, "Why are the creatures here so huge?"

"Perhaps some cold and gloomy substance was absorbed by them, which is why they have grown so huge."

Miaoxin scanned the area with his mind power and indeed felt a chilly aura coming from the front. "It seems like there is something like this in there!"

The two men walked through the secret passage, one in front and one behind, and came to the door of the dark room. They looked inside and their scalps went numb. They saw that the floor, walls and ceiling of the dark room were covered with centipedes, cockroaches and other huge insects, which were black and wriggling. After seeing the firelight, countless green eyes glared at them, "chi chi chi..." as if they were about to rush over to bite them.

"Back off!" Miao Xin shouted, and the long sword shone with green light. At the same time, those huge insects swarmed over, buzzing loudly, like a green hurricane.

Miao Xin danced with the sword in her hand. The sword light in front of her was brilliant. "Crackling..." She chopped down the flying insects like chopping watermelons. Green liquid flowed out. In a moment, hundreds of corpses piled up in front of her, which was extremely disgusting.

But in this dark room of ten meters square, there were thousands of such insects, rushing towards him one after another. Although Miaoxin's sword moves were fast, there were always some that slipped through the net. He had no choice but to kick them away. His clean clothes were gradually stained with green liquid, and for a while, a lot of his true energy was consumed.

Wuzhan was holding a torch, keeping watch on all sides, when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, as something sticky instantly entangled him. Before he could look up, his body was lifted up. Wuzhan screamed, and while his body was still in the air, Miaoxin slashed out a sword with a swish, cutting the spider silk, and Wuzhan fell back to the ground.

Looking up, I saw a black spider as big as a millstone. It had attached itself to the stone wall above my head at some point. When it saw its silk being cut, it hissed strangely, spread its eight claws, and pounced towards the obstacle.

With another "swish" sound, the giant spider was split into two halves by Miaoxin's sword before it fell half a foot. Wuzhan was about to say "thank you!" before the words were still in his mouth, when with a "splash", a fishy liquid splashed all over Wuzhan, and the two limbs fell to the sides.

"Oh my God, what the hell is this place? There are so many disgusting things!" Jin Xingzi followed Wuzhan in with a torch in hand. Seeing Miaoxin killing insects, he hurriedly said, "Little fairy, let me help you!" He took a few quick steps and came to Miaoxin's side. He blew a mouthful of flame at the insects flying towards him, burning them instantly. The giant insect chirped, curled up into a ball, and rolled to the ground.

Seeing this, the other giant insects dared not move forward. Miao Xin was able to rest. She was sweating profusely and said, "Thank you!"

Jin Xingzi chuckled and said, "This is called 'every inch has its own merits'. Although my cultivation is not as good as that of the fairy, my unique skill is just enough to deal with these bugs!" As he spoke, he puffed up his belly and spurted out long tongues of fire, sweeping back and forth between the walls, the ground, and the ceiling like a giant dragon swinging its tail. After being burned by the flames, the giant bugs burned into a ball, with burnt smoke hissing up and strange cries rang out.

Seeing what was happening, the giant insects in the distance quickly retreated inside, leaving only charred and smelly insect corpses all over the floor of the dark room.

Wuzhan and the other two raised their torches and looked around. They found two piles of bones under the stone wall, which had been dyed dark green by the mucus. Miaoxin asked, "Why are there human bones here?"

Wuzhan said, "There used to be a Taoist temple up here, but it was burned by a fire. None of the Taoists inside escaped and were burned to death. Perhaps the fire started from the dark room here. These bones must be from the Taoists who died here at that time."

"How could a fire occur in this secret passage which is so damp? And the entrance is closed, how could flames burst out and set the entire Taoist temple on fire?" Miaoxin asked.

"There was a gap in the stone slab at the entrance, and the flames could have easily burst out and ignited the house, and it might not have been damp inside at that time!"

"What kind of fire could be so powerful that it could come out from inside, spread so far, and set fire to the houses above?"

"The answer should be in there!" Wuzhan said lightly.

(End of this chapter)