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"Captain Xie, should we follow them?"

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were few.

An open space beside the road leading to Ghost Lantern Temple.

A captain from the Demon Slayer Division looked at Xie Xu and hesitated in a low voice.

"What's the panic? We're just going along to investigate, not to attack Hozukiji Temple."

Xie Xu rolled his eyes at the man and continued, "Even if we were to actually fight, with Lord Mu and Senior Lei there, we can just watch."

Because Ghost Lantern Temple involves Ge Feiwu and Fu Yu, Xie Xu's team, which was responsible for investigating Fu Yu's whereabouts, also went to Ghost Lantern Temple with Mu Yang and Lei Xing.

Although Xie Xu was worried that Ghost Lantern Temple would not cooperate, even if they did not cooperate, at most they would just turn them away.

He didn't believe the other party would dare to attack them in broad daylight.

After all, Ghost Lantern Temple is a large temple, and many of the people in the surrounding area are its worshippers.

If they really want to take action, they can't hide it from anyone unless they kill them all.

"Indeed, Captain Xie is right. Although the Ghost Lantern Temple has a sinister name, it is still a large temple with good incense offerings. It's impossible for them to actually do anything. At most, they'll just pass the buck and try to gloss over the issue." One of the captains said casually.

"Speaking of which, where is Lord Mu?"

"According to Senior Lei, it seems they went to investigate whether there were any monsters in the surrounding area," Xie Xu replied.

Almost as soon as they had chosen a resting place, Mu Yang left the group alone.

I don't know how they find monsters so late at night.

at the same time.

On Muyang's side.

"It's about here."

Mu Yang found a secluded spot, randomly selected a thick enough tree branch, and leaped onto it.

He came out alone in the middle of the night, certainly not to look for monsters.

It's not that I don't want to, but time is limited, and without a map to guide me, blindly searching for monsters is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The reason for coming out was naturally to equip the corpse of the Green Snail Demon in the sleeve pocket space.

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[Equipable Item: Green Snail Demon Corpse (Complete)]

[Rank: Rank 6]

【①Strong Physique (Blue): Physique is greatly improved (physical strength, total physical strength, and reaction speed are all improved).

② Abundant Qi and Blood (Blue): The total amount of Qi and blood has been greatly increased.

③ Azure Snail Shell (Blue): Consumes true energy to actively condense a layer of defensive snail shell on the body surface, which can resist attacks of level six and below.

④ Swift Water Arrow (Blue): Consumes True Qi to release several water arrows for attack. If activated with water-attribute True Qi, the True Qi consumption is greatly reduced, and the power of the move will be greatly increased.

⑤ High-Speed ​​Spiral (Blue): Consumes true energy to coat the user's surface with a layer of spiraling true energy, possessing a powerful armor-piercing effect.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for 100 days, or slay any sixth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

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The corpse of the Green Snail Demon has five entries, all of which are of blue quality. Although it cannot compare to the Mirage Serpent, it is still stronger than ordinary demons.

Most importantly, as a sixth-order demon, the blood and energy it provides are enough for Mu Yang to continue opening his spiritual apertures.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe one last time, Mu Yang immediately recited in his mind:

"Equipment: Green Snail Demon Corpse"

[Ding! The Green Snail Demon Corpse has been equipped!]

The surging blood and qi surged forth once more like a burst dam, washing over Mu Yang's limbs and bones.

Despite the surging of massive amounts of blood and qi, it was firmly locked in front of his powerful physique, obediently following Mu Yang's mental guidance, flowing through his meridians and dantian, transforming into strands of pure, high-grade true qi.

Then, they converged on the head without stopping.

That is the opening point of the third spiritual aperture, the nasal aperture.

It still begins with the first point of light emerging from the darkness. The number of points of light gradually increases, transforming from a blurry outline into a solid sphere, and finally solidifying completely.

The third spiritual aperture—the nasal aperture—is complete!

Mu Yang's spiritual power increased once again.

Although the amount of spiritual growth in each spiritual aperture is the same, the increase in spiritual growth this time is not significant due to the previous opening of two apertures and the strengthening of spiritual energy from the mirage serpent.

It feels like only a little over half a percent.

If the increase in spiritual strength from opening a spiritual aperture is taken as 10, his current spiritual strength is approximately 180.

In addition, with the opening of another spiritual aperture, Mu Yang's physical strength increased by another 20 jin.

The strength of a single arm reached 1263 million jin.

But this is not the end. As the remaining Qi and blood continue to transform, the fourth spiritual aperture is also successfully opened.

Another half hour passed.

The fourth spiritual aperture, the mouth aperture, has been opened!

His spiritual strength increased again, and his power also increased by 20 jin.

At the same time, Mu Yang's sense of smell and taste also improved significantly.

It's almost equivalent to turning the blue term "keen sense of smell" into a passive ability.

If one mobilizes their true energy and actively activates their keen sense of smell, the effect can be greatly enhanced, probably not much worse than that of a dog demon of the same level, which is also skilled in smell.

After his breathing stabilized, Mu Yang felt the boost from the "Strong Physique" attribute.

The effect was the same as that of the mirage serpent, increasing its strength by 300 million jin.

Currently, his single-arm strength has reached an astonishing 1583 million jin (7.55 tons).

This brings us one step closer to defeating a sixth-tier martial artist purely through physical strength.

"I wonder when my physical strength will reach the level of strength enhanced by true qi."

Mu Yang stretched his limbs and thought to himself.

He now has approximately 102,000 strands of high-grade true qi, which is equivalent to a power increase of 40.8 million jin.

In comparison, physical strength is less than half the strength enhanced by true qi.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long!"

After exclaiming, Mu Yang tried the other three entries.

The defensive effect of the Green Snail Shell is quite good. Although it is only of blue quality, it is almost as strong as the shell of the Green Snail Demon. At least the Black Gold Four-sided Mace, which is supported by physical strength, cannot break through it.

In other words, an ordinary sixth-level martial artist, that is, a martial artist in the Opening Aperture Realm with only mid-grade true qi, even if he opens the five major body apertures and the five major spiritual apertures and unleashes all his power, cannot break through his defense.

Only martial artists at the Opening Aperture Realm who have cultivated high-grade true qi can break through it.

It's no wonder the Green Snail Demon is so arrogant; with its defensive capabilities, it's practically invincible in a small place like Anshun County.

After putting away the Green Snail Shell, Mu Yang tried out the Swift Water Arrow.

This ability is similar to the water jet attack of the Turtle Demon; both are attacks that condense water, but their power is only mediocre and is overshadowed by the water control ability.

Its only advantage is that it can create water out of thin air, which is also an entry that can be combined with the ability to control water.

As for the high-speed spiral, it achieves greater destructive power by rotating true qi at high speed.

The effect was not bad, but it overlapped somewhat with the effect of the Seven Injury Fist.

Although the Seven Injury Fist is only a fifth-tier martial art, it places more emphasis on technique, that is, the control of force.

Its power mainly depends on the amount of force applied, that is, the strength of the physical body.

The stronger the physical body, the greater the power.

In other words, as long as Mu Yang's physical body is strong enough, the power of this martial art will not be bad.

The only drawback might be that the Seven Injury Fist is only a fifth-tier martial skill, and its amplification effect will gradually weaken as Mu Yang becomes stronger.

In the end, its power depended almost entirely on Mu Yang's own strength.

However, this is not a big problem.

After all, his physical strength can increase indefinitely!