Opening Doors Properly Was Out of the Question, an Octopus with Astonishing Defense Stats

The two walked up to the stone door and saw its surface covered in intricate runes. Eroded by the black mist, the runes had grown dull, yet they still emitted faint energy fluctuations, as though recounting the Divine Temple's former glory and sanctity.

Yun Che reached out. The instant his fingertips touched the stone door, a bone-chilling cold spread through them. A powerful, bizarre force seemed to reside within the door, preventing outsiders from forcing their way inside.

Ye Qingshuang asked, "Well? Can you open it?"

Yun Che shook his head, then nodded and said with a smile, "Ordinary methods probably won't open it, but if I do this..."

With that, Yun Che gathered a little strength and slammed his fist into the stone door.

The next instant, a violent surge of golden divine power erupted from his fist, like a miniature sun suddenly rising within the Divine Temple.

Before the force of his punch reached it, the black mist on the stone door receded like a tide. Under the impact of his divine power, those dim runes actually glimmered with faint red light, as though putting up one final resistance.

With a thunderous boom, the heavy stone door split apart. Countless fragments of stone flew in every direction amid the spreading black mist, revealing a deep, dark passage beyond.

The faint sound of trickling water came from the depths of the passage, accompanied by a nauseating, sickly-sweet bloody odor. Clearly, that was where the polluted Holy Spring lay.

"Let's go!"

Watching Yun Che's retreating figure, Ye Qingshuang shook her head, somewhat speechless. Was such strength truly something a cultivator could possess?

She had clearly sensed earlier that those lingering runes, which even a Heavenly God might not have been able to break, had actually been shattered by a single