Acai's Sky

The green light bursting out from the fragments of the Xuanwu scroll was like ghostly fingers, outlining a winding path of light on the surface of the deep dark river.

Everyone stepped carefully on the floating ice formed by the shattered star map, and drifted with difficulty in the undercurrent.

Suddenly, the golden raccoon dog's tail swung out like a steel whip and accurately wrapped around Ah Cai's ankle.

The cunning spirit beast's whiskers trembled violently, and its fur exploded as if struck by lightning. "There's dragon energy three feet below! It's the sunken treasure ship of the previous dynasty!"

Before he finished speaking, something strange happened.

The fire feathers that Brahma was so proud of suddenly dimmed, as if their vitality had been snuffed out by an invisible hand.

The entire underground river was instantly swallowed up by darkness as thick as ink, and the fluorescent algae ropes tied around everyone's waists made a teeth-grinding sizzling sound.

Those algae that should have been dead for thousands of years were now like a group of snakes that came to life, madly tightening their waists and leaving deep blood marks.

【Netherworld Ferry】

From the depths of the undercurrent came the groaning of rotting wood, like a sigh from hell.

Nine floating corpses wrapped in chains slowly emerged from the water. They pushed half of the moss-covered ship, creating strange ripples on the water.

The single eye of the Chiwen statue on the bow suddenly turned, and the terrified faces of the people were reflected in its cloudy pupils.

Jin Yuanbao was staggering drunkenly, stretching out his claws to grab the jade pendant on the waist of the floating corpse, but Feiyue slapped him back to the raft with one claw, and he fell upside down.

"It's the ghost soldiers passing through!" Ah Cai's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly sprinkled realgar powder into the water.

The water surface instantly boiled, and among the surging foam, the barnacles on the deck of the sunken ship burst one after another, revealing the dense curse inscriptions underneath.

Those ancient characters twisted as if alive, emitting a heart-pounding aura.

At the same time, the Jiao Su star on the Xuantian tortoise shell suddenly became bright, casting the reflection of the nine stars of the Big Dipper on the broken sail, mysterious and majestic.

【System prompt】Found the burial ship of General Zhenhai's tomb

(Oxygen value remaining 247 seconds)

Unable to contain his greed, the golden raccoon reached into the cracks of the cabin with its claws. "Golden wine cup! Night-shining pearl from the East China Sea! Ouch—"

Amidst the screams, a dead firefly the size of a palm hung on the tip of its claws as it retracted in a panic.

The strange insect's tail stinger was glowing with a faint blue light, and it was right against the tip of the golden raccoon dog's nose.

In an instant, the entire shipwreck was lit up with thousands of dark blue lights, and the dense flapping of wings sounded like the ringing of chimes, making everyone's temples throb.

【Corpse Firefly Queen】

With a resounding bang, the rotten planks of the ship exploded. The Corpse Firefly Queen's massive body was revealed, her abdomen swollen like a pregnant woman in her twenties. Beneath her translucent skin, countless larvae swarmed frantically.

It swung its tail stinger violently, and the venom it sprayed out ignited when it came into contact with water, turning the water area within a radius of ten feet into a boiling poisonous pool, and the pungent poisonous gas was suffocating.

【Sudden Battle】Corpse Firefly Queen (Lv.28)

★ Summon Firefly larvae (3 hatches per second)

★ Poison Needle Storm (Area-wide continuous damage)

★ Death explosion (triggered when HP reaches 10%)

"Brahma clears the area! Feiyue covers the rear!"

At A Cai's command, the copper coins in her hand were thrown out like meteors, and seven copper coins accurately nailed the base of the queen mother's wings.

The group exploded into a fur ball, desperately trying to block the queen's egg-laying hole. At this moment, a jaw-dropping scene happened - Jin Yuanbao suddenly jumped onto the queen's head, holding the poison needle catheter and drinking the venom!

The originally purple rat face instantly turned scarlet, and then the wine mist that was sprayed out spread like a flame. Wherever it went, the larvae were corroded into green smoke.

The interlaced patterns of the Hetu and Luoshu appeared on Xuantian's carapace, and a low tortoise-like cry rang out: "At three quarters of the Yin hour, the Kuimu Wolf will move!"

Under the starlight, the spell on the Queen Mother's carapace suddenly backfired. The golden raccoon dog seized the opportunity to steal the water-repellent bead beneath the scales on her chest. The entire sunken ship began to tremble violently, as if doomsday was approaching.

【Bronze Molten Core】

When the last of the poisonous fog dissipated, the keel of the sunken ship groaned under the heavy burden.

The planks beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, and they fell into the bottom hold filled with molten bronze.

In the roiling metal slurry, countless dead souls of craftsmen were struggling in agony, their finger bones still tightly grasping the unfinished basalt jars, their expressions frozen in a moment of despair.

"This is the technique of casting artifacts through human sacrifice!"

Ah Cai used a hairpin to pick up the chisel in the floating corpse's hand, her voice trembling slightly.

The words "Heavenly Creations·Year of Renyin" were engraved on the chisel tip, which was the mark of the first craftsman in Jiangnan who disappeared long ago.

Brahma's fire feathers swept across the surface of the copper slurry, reflecting the mottled murals on the cabin wall - it was Xuanjizi holding an astrolabe, coldly directing the craftsmen to push living people into the furnace. The scene was horrifying.

At the critical moment, Xuantian suddenly opened his mouth and grabbed the Xuanwu jar that was about to take shape.

The star map on the tortoise shell perfectly matched the cloud and thunder pattern on the body of the jar, and the boiling copper liquid cooled instantly.

When the wine jar automatically flew into Ah Cai's hands, three snake pupils opened at the bottom of the jar and a hoarse voice uttered: "With blood as a pact, you can control rivers and streams."

【Obtain】Xuanwu Zun (Legendary)

★ Absorb water spirit to restore the whole body's Qi and blood

★ Summon Xuanming heavy water to attack the enemy

(Curse: The bearer burps nine times every quarter hour)

[Secret Revealed]

When everyone surfaced with the unique cool touch of bronze, they encountered an even more bizarre scene.

The entire underground river was hanging upside down like a waterfall. Tens of thousands of copper coins flew along the water to the dome, flashing strange light in the darkness.

Just as Jin Yuanbao stole a handful of coins, the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins suddenly opened their mouths, revealing their sharp teeth, and pounced towards everyone.

"It's money Gu!"

Ah Cai swung her sword and cut off the string of money that was biting the golden raccoon dog's tail.

The broken copper coins fell into the water and turned into palm-sized copper babies, which sang weird nursery rhymes around the raft: "The Black Tortoise cries, the Azure Dragon is angry, the Vermillion Bird breaks its wings, and the White Tiger becomes thin..." The singing was eerie and terrifying, making people shudder.

Blood suddenly seeped from Xuantian's carapace, drawing a star pattern on the river's surface. When the Big Dipper's handle pointed toward the Xun position, the raft beneath their feet suddenly disintegrated and reformed, transforming into a bronze ray.

The moment the fish's tail swung, the entire inverted underground river returned to its original state, and the copper coin babies screamed as they were sucked into the whirlpool at the bottom of the river and disappeared without a trace.

【Xuanji Photo】

The bronze manta ray slowly moored in front of the shipwreck tomb chamber. The Taotie pattern on the stone door was actually made of human skin, emitting a disgusting stench.

The moment Ah Cai lifted up the Xuanwu jar, the wine in the jar automatically filled the groove in Taotie's mouth.

The stone door opened with a bang, and the shadow of Xuanjizi was standing in the center of the tomb, with a cold aura lingering around him.

"If you can get here, you are not a waste."

The star disk in the shadow's hand suddenly exploded, transforming into twenty-eight poisonous star darts. "It's a pity that the Black Tortoise Tear Crystal is destined to belong to..."

Before he finished speaking, the golden raccoon had already quickly removed the gold foil from the base of the star disk. The shadow suddenly twisted and dissipated, and let out an unwilling roar.

Deep in the tomb, nine mermaid lamps automatically lit up.

The lamp oil was corpse wax made from premature fetuses. Painful human faces would appear from time to time in the flickering flames, and shrill cries would echo in the tomb.

The jade slip on the altar suddenly unfolded, revealing a blood-stained warning: "Seven days from now, at midnight, the Tear Crystal will return to its place, and a great catastrophe is approaching."

【System Prompt】Dark River Change Progress Update

★ Obtain the key item: Xuanwu Zun

★ Unlock new area: Inverted Coin Waterfall

★ Xuanjizi's hatred value +30%

(Countdown to the next stage: 6 days, 23:59)

As everyone exited the tomb, the entire shipwreck began to collapse. The souls trapped in the bronze were finally freed, transforming into fireflies that circled the Xuanwu jar for three times. Before fading, they left a blood-stained mark on Ah Cai's palm: "Be cautious."

The dark river returned to darkness, and only Xuanjizi's final sneer echoed among the waves, foreshadowing that a greater crisis was about to come.