Acai's Sky

When the women on the nine bronze pillars opened their eyes at the same time, huge waves rose from the pool of blood.

The umbilical cords connected to the woman's abdomen twisted like living snakes and instantly wrapped around the golden raccoon dog's limbs.

The Beidou curse seal on Ah Cai's wrist burned like a branding iron, and amidst the surging waves of blood, it reflected the words: "Open your heart and take your blood, and you will survive this calamity."

The Anti-Big Dipper Formation at the bottom of the blood pool began to rotate, and the half-broken Yuchang sword at the center of the formation hummed.

The fetal hair wrapped around the hilt of the sword suddenly caught fire, and the secret of the seventeenth year of Yongtai emerged in the flames: on the memorial reviewed by Emperor Ming with his red brush, the imperial edict of "execution of the nine clans of Xuanji's son" was soaked in blood.

On the back of the memorial was a piece of swaddling cloth from the fantasy world Ah Cai!

"It turns out that the me in the illusion is the heir to the throne..."

Ah Cai's dagger stopped three inches from her heart.

The pool of blood suddenly solidified into a mirror. In the mirror, Xuanjizi was pushing a crystal coffin into the alchemy furnace. The woman in the coffin had a complete Yuchang sword stuck in her heart.

The fire illuminated his crazy smile: "Good disciple, your mother's soul can still burn for another quarter of an hour!"

[Countdown to the final decision: 30 seconds]

A. Break the blood array to save the tear crystal (triggering the heavenly punishment thunder tribulation)

B. Go straight to Feixing Pavilion to save mother (time limit 3 quarters)

C. Enable the Xuanwu Zun sacrifice (randomly kill team members)

The golden raccoon dog suddenly bit off the umbilical cord and said, "I choose Ding!"

The "fair scale" stolen from the pawnshop rolled out of his arms, and he smashed the dead weight into the pool of blood.

Amidst the surging blood waves, the scale skull automatically flew to the center of the formation and combined with the Yuchang sword to form a complete Big Dipper handle!

The entire pool of blood suddenly stopped.

Nine copper pillars sank to the bottom of the pool, and the Xuanwu constellation map rose from the pool.

The birthmark on Ah Cai's back glowed brightly, echoing the distant star map. When the tear crystal merged into the Celestial Point of the star map, the entire formation suddenly reversed—the pool of blood transformed into crystalline wine, and the wounds on the nine women's abdomens solidified into amber.

"This is the real soul-nourishing wine!"

Xuantian dipped the tortoise shell into the wine pool.

A jade coffin floated up from the bottom of the pool. The woman in the coffin had a peaceful look on her face, and the Yuchang sword stuck in her heart was turning into a point of light and dissipating.

The moment Ah Cai touched the coffin, the entire wine pool suddenly shrank and all the wine poured into the Xuanwu jar.

The newly added turtle-snake pattern on the bottle wall opened its eyes, and a dark blue soul fire danced in its pupils.

【Evolution of the Black Tortoise】

★ New skill: Soul Brew (revive fallen teammates)

★ Wine spirit space upgrade (can accommodate souls)

(Price: Each person resurrected will have their life span reduced by three years)

When everyone rushed out of the underground, the sound of the clappers at three quarters past midnight shattered the night sky.

The alchemy furnace on the top floor of Feixing Pavilion was already burning red. Xuanjizi's Taoist robe was soaked in blood, and he was throwing the last talisman towards the furnace wall.

A woman's shrill scream came from the furnace, and the voice was exactly the same as the mother in Acai's memory in the illusion!

"Stop!" A Cai threw the Xuanwu Bottle.

The moment the wine dragon in the jar crashed into the alchemy furnace, dragon-trapping stakes rose up at the four corners of the attic.

The black iron chains entangled the wine dragon, only for the fire to burn brighter. Xuanjizi tore off the human skin mask, revealing a scaly face: "My dear disciple, I am waiting for you to add the final fuel to the fire!"

"Bah, shameless!"

【Environmental Changes】

★ Four Symbols Dragon Trapping Formation (suppresses water spells)

★ Fire Wind (burns everyone every ten seconds)

★ Countdown to the Soul-Small Scattering (03:00)

Brahma tried to spit out Nanming Lihuo to break the formation, but the flame was absorbed by the trapped dragon pile.

Jin Yuanbao climbed up onto the beam drunkenly and urinated on the Liwei trapped dragon pile - the urine actually caused cracks to appear in the black iron!

Feiyue took the opportunity to crash into the crack, and the dragon-trapping pile collapsed.

The moment the alchemy furnace exploded, Acai flew over and caught the falling crystal coffin.

The woman in the coffin suddenly opened her eyes, but her pupils were like those of a cold-blooded animal: "My son... is finally here..."

Her nails grew as big as knives and pierced Acai's eyebrows!

At the critical moment, the remaining soul of the mother in the Xuanwu jar suddenly appeared and overlapped with the woman in the coffin.

Two similar faces were torn apart in the golden light, and finally the horrifying truth emerged: the "mother" in front of him was actually a puppet made by Xuan Jizi using the inner elixir of a snake demon!

The real mother's soul had been refined into the Black Tortoise Tear Crystal for twenty years.

The tear crystal suddenly burst into bright light.

The entire scene of the Xuanwu altar at that time emerged in the halo: Xuanjizi disguised the snake demon puppet as a woman in labor, and the real mother was chained under the altar.

When the Yuchang sword pierced the puppet, the mother under the altar activated a forbidden technique and injected her lifelong soul into her daughter's birthmark!

"No wonder..."

A Cai stroked the burning Xuanwu Swallowing the Sun pattern on her waist.

The birthmark suddenly emerged from the skin and turned into light armor covering the entire body.

Xuanjizi laughed wildly upon seeing this: "Great! The Xuanwu Holy Armor is finally complete!"

The tiles in the attic exploded, revealing a huge basalt altar underneath.

Xuanjizi cut his wrist and splashed the blood on the forty-nine soul-guiding lamps.

Where the lights converged, the mother's soul in the tear crystal began to dissipate!

"Mother——!"

The light armor behind Acai suddenly extended a snake-shaped tail blade.

When the tail blade pierced Xuanjizi's chest, the Taoist's body suddenly swelled up - tentacles covered with talismans emerged from under his Taoist robe, and a golden elixir hung on the top of each tentacle.

【Final Form】Evil Path·Xuanjizi (Lv.???)

★ Tentacles of Ten Thousand Symbols (each tentacle carries a different curse)

★ Star Absorbing Technique (Drains player's spiritual power)

★ Soul Explosion (Self-explosion at 10% HP)

The tentacles wrapped around the golden raccoon and pushed it towards the alchemy furnace. The Brahma Fire Feather was turned into green smoke by the Star Absorbing Technique.

When Xuanjizi's tentacles pierced the tear crystal, Acai suddenly removed the holy armor defense.

With a "puff", the tentacle pierced through her chest - the blood splattered on the tear crystal, and actually activated the Black Tortoise True Spirit sleeping in the crystal!

The entire Feixing Pavilion suddenly collapsed.

The Big Dipper in the night sky fell to earth and formed a giant basalt star map on the ruins.

A shadow of a turtle and a snake entwined rose from the tear crystal, the left eye of the mythical beast reflected the bright moon, and the right eye was filled with the scorching sun.

"Four hundred years..."

The voice of the Black Tortoise Spirit shattered the mountains, "The life thief must pay his debt!"

It opened its mouth and spit out a galaxy of stars, and Xuanjizi's tentacles turned into ashes in the star sand.

The Taoist roared unwillingly, and nine Yuanying flew out from the broken part of his body - each Yuanying was wrapped in bright yellow dragon energy!

The snake tail of the Xuanwu True Spirit swept across the night sky.

The eight Nascent Souls screamed and were annihilated, leaving only the last one to escape towards the palace.

The True Spirit turned and stared at Ah Cai, tears of blood streaming from his eyes: "My descendants, the Black Tortoise Tribulation has just begun..."

After saying this, he turned into a point of light and merged into the holy armor.

【system notification】

★ Black Tortoise Holy Armor Awakening (All Attributes +500%)

★ Obtain the blessing of the divine beast (absolute defense three times a day)

★ Emperor's Hunting Order (Wanted Territory-Wanted)

As the morning light pierced through the clouds, Ah Cai knelt among the ruins.

The jade earring left by her mother suddenly melted in her arms and condensed into a scale in her palm - the back of the scale was engraved with the star map coordinates of the secret passage of the imperial study.

(Twelve funeral bells sounded from the direction of the Imperial City. Emperor Yongtai has passed away.)