Acai's Sky

The moment all five spirit vein nodes were activated, the entire Yunhai Xianmen ruins seemed to come alive.

Brilliant light shot up from the node into the sky, interweaving into a light net in the air, covering the collapsed spiritual vein hub.

Acai and the others bathed in this sacred light, the surging power in their bodies kept surging, as if it could break through the sky at any time.

However, before everyone had time to feel the transformation brought about by the blessing of immortal power, a shrill buzzing sound suddenly rang out, and the entire space began to vibrate violently.

"Oh no! Something is interfering with the stability of the spiritual vein!" Ah Cai's face suddenly changed, and he looked up in the direction of the spiritual vein hub.

The core area, which had been gradually returning to calm, was now filled with strange black mist. The black mist seemed to have life, madly corroding the light of the spirit vein node that had just been activated.

"Everyone be on alert!" Emperor Ming Zhu Di shouted, and the imperial sword in his hand was instantly unsheathed. The dragon-shaped shadow lingering on the sword made bursts of dragon roars.

The other team members also summoned their magical weapons and prepared for battle. At this moment, a dark shadow shot out from the black fog like lightning and rushed towards the nearest Qin general, Li Xin.

Li Xin reacted very quickly and immediately swung his sword to block. There was a loud "bang" and sparks flew everywhere.

When everyone looked closely, they saw that the black shadow was actually a giant scorpion covered with black scales. The stinger on the scorpion's tail was flashing with a dark green light and emitting a disgusting stench.

The giant scorpion let out a sharp hiss, and dozens of similar monsters emerged from the black fog behind it, surrounding everyone.

"Everyone, don't panic, form a formation!" Acai commanded calmly.

Everyone quickly took their positions according to the formation they had practiced beforehand, forming a defensive barrier.

Mohist Zhao Qiao quickly formed seals with his hands, and shields and spears transformed from Mohist mechanical techniques appeared in front of everyone; while Tuantuan was in the center of the formation, constantly casting healing spells to replenish everyone's physical strength.

The battle is about to break out.

The giant scorpions brandished their enormous pincers and launched a fierce attack on the barrier.

Every impact caused ripples in the barrier, as if it would break at any moment.

Ah Cai held the [fake] Tai'a sword in his hand, the sword light flashed, and each sword strike accurately hit the giant scorpion's vital point.

Her swordsmanship is as smooth as flowing water, and her cooperation with her teammates is seamless.

However, the giant scorpions' attacks became more and more fierce. What was worse was that a low roar came from the black fog, and an even more terrifying aura was approaching.

"Be careful! A stronger monster is coming!" Qin general Bai Qi warned loudly.

Before he finished speaking, a giant creature several times the size of an ordinary giant scorpion slowly walked out of the black fog.

This giant scorpion is covered with dark red scales, and its eyes are like two blood-red lanterns, emitting a breathtaking light.

"It's the Scorpion King! Everyone, concentrate your firepower on its abdomen, which is its weak point!" Acai shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, everyone focused their spells and attacks on the Scorpion King's abdomen.

All of a sudden, spells such as fireballs, ice cones, lightning and so on rained down on the Scorpion King.

The Scorpion King roared, and swept across with his huge tail. The powerful air wave blew everyone away.

Ah Cai steadied herself, took a deep breath, and mobilized all the immortal power in her body. The [pseudo] Tai'a sword shone brightly, and a long golden dragon of sword energy surrounded the sword body.

"The sword breaks the sky!"

Ah Cai cried out, and the long dragon of sword energy roared and rushed towards the Scorpion King. With the cooperation of everyone, the long dragon of sword energy successfully hit the Scorpion King's abdomen, leaving a deep wound on it.

The Scorpion King felt pain and attacked everyone even more frantically.

Just as the battle entered a white-hot stage, Acai suddenly discovered that the rhythm of the Scorpion King's attacks seemed to have some connection with the fluctuations of the black fog at the spiritual vein hub.

An idea struck her, and she shouted, "Everyone, hold the Scorpion King back first. I'm going to check out the Spiritual Vein Hub!"

After saying that, Ah Cai used his lightness skills to fly towards the spiritual vein hub.

Along the way, she kept encountering various monsters emerging from the black fog, but she defeated them one by one with her sharp sword skills.

When she approached the spiritual vein hub, she finally saw the source of the black fog - a huge black vortex, with a pair of eyes emitting evil light faintly in the center of the vortex.

"So it was you who was causing trouble!" Ah Cai shouted angrily and swung his sword towards the whirlpool.

However, her attack was like a drop in the ocean and was easily swallowed up by the whirlpool.

At this moment, a sinister laugh came from the vortex: "You ignorant ants, trying to sabotage my plan? The spiritual vein hub is mine, and the entire Yunhai Immortal Gate is mine!"

Ah Cai snorted coldly: "Don't even think about it! You are so beautiful! We will never let you succeed!"

She calmed down and carefully observed the pattern of the vortex.

Suddenly, she discovered that the direction of the vortex's rotation was subtly related to the Bagua pattern she had used to break the ban.

She was delighted and quickly drew runes in the air according to the directions of the Eight Trigrams.

With the appearance of the runes, the vortex's rotation speed gradually slowed down and the black fog began to dissipate.

However, just when Acai thought she was about to succeed, the Scorpion King seemed to sense something was wrong, gave up fighting with everyone, and pounced towards her at a rapid speed.

Ah Cai felt a strong pressure from behind and knew it was too late to dodge.

At the critical moment, Emperor Ming Zhu Di and Emperor Ming Zhu Zhanji attacked at the same time, and two golden sword energies blocked the Scorpion King's way.

"Master, please concentrate on breaking the vortex, and leave this to us!" Zhu Di shouted loudly.

Ah Cai felt warm in her heart and focused more on drawing the runes.

Finally, with everyone's concerted efforts, the vortex shattered and the black fog completely dissipated.

Without the support of the black fog, the Scorpion King and the group of giant scorpions suddenly lost their strength and collapsed to the ground.

The spiritual vein hub returned to calm, and the brilliant light once again illuminated the entire site.

Everyone sat on the ground exhausted, but their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

Ah Cai walked over to the crowd and said gratefully, "Thanks to everyone, we were able to survive this crisis."

"Haha, you're right! But this is just the beginning, there are more challenges waiting for us!" Ming Emperor Zhu Di said with a big laugh.

Everyone nodded, fighting spirit rekindled in their eyes.

At this moment, the system prompt sounded again: [Ding, congratulations to the player for successfully resisting the crisis at the Spiritual Vein Hub. Extra rewards: 10 Ancient Spiritual Vein Crystals, 5 Immortal Power Amplification Pills.]

[Ding, new quest released: Search for the Five Elements Spiritual Pearls scattered throughout the Yunhai Immortal Gate. Gathering all the Five Elements Spiritual Pearls will activate the ultimate power of the Spiritual Vein Hub and completely repair the Immortal Gate.]

Looking at the new mission prompt, Ah Cai clenched her fists. "Everyone, take a break, then we'll continue on our journey. The Five Elements Spiritual Pearl must be hidden in a more dangerous place, but I believe that as long as we work together, there will be no difficulties that we cannot overcome!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Okay!" The sound resounded through the sky, full of fearless courage and firm belief.

After a short rest, they set out on their journey again, heading towards unknown dangers and mysterious treasures.