16: Temple Keeper Bilith
The beautiful receptionist watched as Qin Yun vanished into the vortex entrance, her face full of suspicion.
At this moment, Qin Yun had already appeared inside an ancient, dilapidated temple.
This temple was huge, so massive that it was in no way inferior to the Trial Grounds. The surroundings were filled with ancient stone pillars, upon which torches that seemed to burn eternally flickered, casting a dim, eerie light throughout the temple so it was not completely dark.
Qin Yun looked up at the starry sky, which resembled an abyss, and then opened the map.
The map, however, was shrouded in mist, with all the names displayed as question marks.
Could this be an unexplored, unknown map?
Under normal circumstances, when entering the dire beast world, opening the map would display the location name and general terrain.
However, Qin Yun could be certain that this place likely belonged to some map within the dire beast world, but because it involved deities, it was probably a map of a forbidden zone in the dire beast world.
Qin Yun did not know much about Death God Level tasks, but the difficulty of a task at this level was immense. It could be described as a level with a nine-in-ten chance of death, and in most cases, it resulted in certain death.
Once, a legendary peerless Genius refused to believe it, wanting to challenge a Death God Level task while broadcasting it to the whole world, but the result was that they died miserably in the task, leaving no remains.
After this incident, the country strictly forbade domestic Geniuses from challenging Death God Level tasks; this kind of task was already considered an impossible, forbidden mission!
"Could Death God Level tasks be related to deities? Do deities really exist in the dire beast world?"
Qin Yun looked at the deity stone statue in front of the temple and fell into deep thought.
At this moment, a task notification sounded:
【Task Name: Beast God's Trial】
【Task Difficulty: Death God Level】
【Task Requirements: This is an ancient temple that suppresses the remnant spirit of an evil Alien Beast God. You must defeat this remnant spirit of the Alien Beast God within three days. During the task, you cannot leave the temple area. If the time limit is reached without completing the task, and you have not died, you will be directly teleported back and will be unable to accept tasks of this difficulty for three years.】
【Hint ①: A temple keeper is hidden within the temple. If you can find her, she might be able to provide you with some help.】
【Hint ②: This remnant spirit can create Clones. You need to kill the real remnant spirit to complete the task.】
After the prompts ended, a task countdown appeared, with a duration of ten minutes; these ten minutes were likely left for the person accepting the task to find the temple keeper.
Qin Yun looked around but did not see the temple keeper. It seemed she must be hiding in some secret corner.
However, Qin Yun did not intend to look for this temple keeper. With the Golden Toad Divine Beast present, as long as this so-called Alien Beast God remnant spirit did not exceed Rank 30, he could instantly kill it!
At this moment, behind a stone pillar, an enchanting fox-woman was revealed, wearing clothes engraved with divine patterns, similar to sacrificial robes, and possessing a fluffy tail, though her appearance and body were identical to a human's.
If Qin Yun discovered her, he would certainly recognize that this was an NPC!
All task-related NPCs were basically in human form; they did not belong to the Alien Beast race and were considered special existences, similar to monsters.
NPCs were also living beings and could reproduce, but they needed to follow their own contractual rules in their actions; otherwise, they would be erased by the rules!
It was said that the wife of the general manager of the Zhao Cai Mao Beast Firm was an NPC, but this had not been verified.
"Should I go out on my own initiative? Without my help, he will be killed by the evil Alien Beast God, right?"
The fox-woman Bili Si's enchanting fox eyes revealed a trace of worry.
【Master, the temple keeper is watching you from the shadows. Do you want to drag her out?】
A sentence suddenly popped up above the Golden Toad Divine Beast's forehead.
"Eh? Golden Niu, you can detect hidden NPCs?"
Qin Yun was slightly surprised.
The Golden Toad Divine Beast originally wanted to complain: "Master, are you bad at naming things? How could you call me Golden Niu?"
But then it thought better of it. Forget it. It had accepted this unreliable Master.
【Of course! I am a one-of-a-kind Divine Beast, so what's so strange about discovering a hidden NPC?】
"Uh!?" Qin Yun's eyes lit up.
It seemed this Golden Toad Divine Beast still had many hidden abilities! He needed to find some time to explore them properly.
Since that was the case, Qin Yun let Lao Jin drag that hidden NPC out; it just so happened that he also wanted to see what a task NPC looked like!
Thump! The Golden Toad Divine Beast suddenly leaped and jumped behind a stone pillar.
"Ah!" Bili Si was startled, let out a scream, and ran out in a panic.
"Eh? Daji?" This name instantly popped into Qin Yun's mind.
This was simply because the delicate fox-woman before him really looked like Daji, and her pink fox tail was also very cute.
This fox-woman was 1.6 meters tall, not very tall, but the key was that she had a face that could bewitch all living things, and her figure was a perfect S-curve; her eyes were filled with infinite temptation.
Additionally, there was a strange fragrance on her body. Just now, she was in a hidden state, so it hadn't wafted out, but now that she had appeared, this fragrance rushed into Qin Yun's nasal cavity.
【Name: Bili Si】 【Identity: Temple Keeper NPC】 【Race: Fox-people】 【Talent: Heavenly Charm Eyes (Mythic-level)】 【Innate Beast Skill: Pink Charm (Mythic-level)】 【Rank: Tier 1 LV30】
【Description: As the Temple Keeper, Bili Si is in an invincible state within the temple grounds; she cannot launch attacks, but she will not receive attack damage either.】
Although Bili Si's attributes were not displayed, Qin Yun could be 100% sure that the opponent's attributes were absolutely insane; one could guess a thing or two just from the fact that her talent and innate Beast Skill were both Mythic-level.
Moreover, her clothes were not simple either; the divine patterns flowed with a seven-colored luster, and this seven-colored luster was unique to Mythic-level, indicating that her clothes were very likely Mythic-level equipment!
At this stage, a piece of Mythic-level equipment made even Qin Yun, a cheater, envious.
However, he also knew that it was impossible to obtain this divine garment from Bili Si.
"How did you discover me?" Bili Si spoke in fluent Human Race common language. Her tone had a slight pant, and her voice was as crisp as silver bells, making one's bones feel somewhat numb upon hearing it.
Qin Yun unscrupulously sized up the other party and said, "If you are willing to answer one question for me, I will tell you."
"What question?"
"I heard that task NPCs might be able to follow us Beast Tamers. I want to know, what conditions must be triggered for you to come with me?"
The person before him was a Divine-Grade NPC; if he could subdue her, she would definitely be a great help. Furthermore, since this NPC was a Temple Keeper, her background must not be simple. Plus, she possessed an enchanting beauty that was in no way inferior to Su Taner!
"Talk about that after you have the life to leave here alive! This Alien Beast God remnant spirit is very powerful! At the same Rank, you Human Race Beast Tamers cannot possibly be its opponent!"
"However, since you were able to find me, I will also provide you with some help, assisting you in finding the true form of the Alien Beast God remnant spirit, and incidentally, I will help you charm the Alien Beast subordinates it summons!"
Bili Si had also seen through Qin Yun's thoughts. She did not think highly of the Human Race youth before her because no one had ever passed a Death God Level task!
"Then it's a deal. If I take care of the Alien Beast God remnant spirit, you come with me!"
"Hey! Did you even understand what I said? If you continue like this, I won't help you."
"It's just a mere Alien Beast God remnant spirit. Even if it were a complete Alien Beast God deity, it would not be my opponent!"
"..." Bili Si was completely speechless and said indignantly, "Hmph! Fine! Then I will stand by and watch. If you can truly defeat the Alien Beast God remnant spirit without my help, I can go with you!"
"It's a deal!" Qin Yun was wild with joy.
Ten minutes passed quickly. Suddenly! The entire temple shook, and the enshrined deity stone statue burst forth with seven-colored divine light.
The Alien Beast God BOSS appeared!