Acai's Sky

Chapter 980: Moyun Academy Shock 3

The damp, musty smell suddenly became pungent, as if someone had poured thousand-year-old ink into a pile of rotten leaves.

As a soldier's iron boots crushed the humus layer on the ground, there was a crisp sound of dead branches breaking, and half of a pearly-looking broken leaf emerged from the soil.

The edge of the torn page was shimmering with a translucent halo, like a cicada's wing that had been soaked in moonlight for a thousand years. The words on it were like ink-colored fish swimming around, sometimes gathering into the seal-style "mountains and rivers", and sometimes scattering into star-like dots.

When everyone gathered around, the breeze brought by their sleeves made the remaining pages tremble slightly, and fine golden spots of light seeped out of the edges, like a soul that was about to dissipate.

"This should be the remaining page of "Mountains and Rivers Scroll." When Ah Cai squatted down, the jade pendant on her waist hit the green bricks and made a clear sound.

Before her fingertips touched the torn page, the seemingly fragile paper suddenly burst into a dazzling golden light, like a ball of burning stardust.

The moment everyone subconsciously closed their eyes, the torn page turned into a stream of light and sank into the wall. The brick and stone surface was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks, and sticky ink seeped out of the cracks, condensing into a hideous ghost face in the air.

"Oh no, this is a trap!" Before Ah Cai finished speaking, the entire library let out a dying groan.

The sandalwood bookshelves were like dominoes being shaken by an invisible giant hand. First, the ancient books on the top layer poured down like a black rain curtain, and blood-red runes appeared on the cover of each book;

Then the scriptures in the middle layer turned into flying catkins, and each page grew sharp claws;

The heavy tomes on the bottom floor fell like a battering ram, splashing black dust on the ground.

The black gauze hat of Ming minister Xie Jin was smashed to the ground. Ming minister Yang Rong waved his sleeves to roll up the scattered pages of books, but saw that the papers twisted and deformed in the air, turning into ferocious monsters of words with bared fangs and claws.

The cursive character "杀" is as sharp as a knife, the official script character "困" is shrouded in black mist, and the seal script character "死" exudes fishy mucus.

Ming general Qi Jiguang chopped the oncoming "砍" character with his long sword, but the blade was corroded by ink, leaving fine lines.

He shouted loudly: "Form a circular formation! Civil officials should be in the center!" The soldiers' spears immediately formed a forest of spears, and the tips of the spears were condensed with light golden Taoist patterns.

Ming Wang Zhu Gaoxu swung the whip from his waist, the tip of the whip entwined with the fragments of Sun Tzu's Art of War. With each blow, a phantom of an ancient battlefield emerged.

When the folding fan of Emperor Ming Zhu Zhanji unfolds, the flowing water of the Bian River in the painting turns into a solid entity, washing away the approaching monsters.

A Cai rolled over amidst the flashing swords and sabers, dodging a black blade, and her back hit the cold wall.

At this moment, she caught a glimpse of the cloud and thunder patterns engraved on the wall, which were flickering with the rhythm of the battle. Those seemingly decorative patterns actually formed the trajectory of the Big Dipper. The seal characters extending from the end of the spoon handle were clearly the Taoist "Star Spell".

She suddenly remembered the record in the Sutra Library of Xuming Temple: Wenquxing is in charge of literature and is in charge of all the classics in the world. It needs to be summoned by the method of "Tianshu to guide the soul and Yuheng to stabilize the spirit".

"Everyone hold on for now, I'll try to summon the phantom of Wenquxing!" Ah Cai quickly took out his talisman pen and took out a bottle of the golden raccoon's blood.

The blood dripped onto the blue bricks and turned into golden runes, climbing up her arm along her fingertips and outlining a brilliant star pattern on her skin.

When the last stroke was completed, the darkness of the entire library was instantly dispelled, the dust on the beams turned into fireflies in the golden light, and the shadow of the Big Dipper hung from the roof, echoing with the star seals on the ground.

The sound of bells and chimes rang out in the void, and a huge shadow slowly appeared.

Wenquxing is dressed in a wide-sleeved Taoist robe with cloud patterns, with stars adorning his sleeves. He holds a jade scroll engraved with ancient tadpole-shaped characters.

There was a majesty that penetrated the past and present flowing between his brows, and he took the Seven Star Steps, leaving burning stars on the ground with every step.

Those arrogant word monsters screamed shrilly under the starlight. Some turned into ashes on the spot, while others fled frantically but were illuminated by the starlight, revealing their true forms, revealing the faces of vengeful spirits hidden in the ink.

Wenquxing waved the scroll, and a soft light swept across the ancient books scattered on the ground.

The torn pages of the book were automatically stitched together, the blackened paper returned to its snow-white state, and even the bookshelves stained by ink lost their decay and regained their sandalwood luster.

What's more, the broken pages on the ground flew up and formed the outline of the "Mountain and River Scroll" in the air, but the outline was still shrouded in black fog and could not condense into a solid entity.

However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a dull roar came from deep within the academy.

The floor tiles undulated like waves, and inky black mist seeped out from the cracks.

A huge black shadow emerged from the fog - it was a monster made up of countless twisted characters. Ominous words such as "disaster", "calamity" and "robbery" were rolling on its surface, and every stroke was flowing with sticky black blood.

The black shadow opened its huge mouth formed by the word "噬" (devour) and swallowed part of the light of Wenquxing.

The scholar's ghost reappeared at some point, his once pale face now as pale as paper. He spoke in a trembling voice, "It's the culprit who stole the 'Mountain and River Scroll'! This monster is the sealed 'Literary Robbery Beast', feeding on the world's resentment and intent on destroying the cultural heritage of classics!"

Acai felt the star map in her palm begin to heat up, and the shadow of Wenquxing also made a low sound. The sound was like a tuneless chime, foreshadowing a powerful threat.

"General Qi, fellow civil officials, we must work together to defeat it and take back the "Mountain and River Scroll"!" Ah Cai clenched his fists, and his nails left crescent-shaped blood marks on his palms.

Ming general Qi Jiguang plunged his curled sword into the ground, formed a Taoist seal with his hands, and chanted: "Heaven gives birth to water, and earth completes it!"

A curtain of water suddenly surged up from the ground, diluting some of the ink; Ming minister Xie Jin and others chanted the demon-suppressing spell from the "Yongle Encyclopedia". Their voices turned into golden runes floating in the air, trying to restrain the black shadow's movements.

The black shadow launched the first attack. It waved its giant claws formed by the word "crack", and black cracks were instantly torn in the air.

Ming general Qi Jiguang blocked the attack with his sword, but the powerful impact made his palm numb, and he plowed two deep marks on the ground as he retreated.

Ming minister Yang Rong waved his official tablet, and verses from the Tao Te Ching emerged from the tablet, forming a golden shield.

Ming Wang Zhu Gaoxu swung out a soft whip, and the tip of the whip wrapped around the black shadow's arm in the shape of the character "disaster", but the whip was quickly corroded by ink.

Ah Cai used all her strength to drive the phantom of Wenquxing, and the star map spun wildly around her, the light becoming brighter and brighter.

The scroll in Qu Xing's hand unfolded, and countless golden words flew out from between the pages, forming a light shield to resist the attack of the black shadow.

The black shadow let out an inhuman roar, and the evil words on its body suddenly turned into sharp arrows and shot towards him. Zhu Zhanji threw out a folding fan with a painting of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". The Rainbow Bridge over the Bian River in the painting suddenly extended out, blocking all the ink arrows in mid-air.

However, the moment the Rainbow Bridge came into contact with the ink, the shadows of the pedestrians on the bridge began to distort and scream.

The battle entered a fierce stage, and the black shadow suddenly split into three clones, each with a different evil aura:

The left clone is composed of the word "kill", emitting a bloody and murderous aura;

The right clone is composed of the Chinese character "Prisoner", wrapped in chain-like black mist;

The huge black shadow in the center continued to devour the surrounding ink, and its size became larger and larger.

Ming general Qi Jiguang led half of his soldiers to fight against the clone on the left. He shouted, "Mandarin Duck Formation, change!"

The soldiers instantly formed a Sancai formation, and thrust their spears at the enemy like a forest; Ming minister Yang Rong waved his official tablet to defend the right side, chanting scriptures from the "Taiping Yulan". With every sentence he recited, a golden light shone from his official tablet.

The huge black shadow in the center rushed straight towards Acai.

At the critical moment, Wenquxing's shadow turned into a stream of light, protecting Acai in it, and at the same time swung out the star chain to temporarily trap the black shadow.

But the moment the chain touched the black shadow, it began to disintegrate.

Ah Cai felt her strength was about to run out. She bit her tongue and sprayed the blood onto the star map, chanting, "The Northern Dipper determines death, the Southern Dipper determines life. I, under the command of Wenqu, command all spirits!"

Wenquxing holds up the scroll, and the words on it turn into a brilliant galaxy.

Finally, it condensed into a golden beam of light that penetrated the sky and the earth.

The moment the beam of light hit the black shadow, the entire academy shook violently, and the words that made up the black shadow began to disintegrate, emitting shrill screams.

However, just when everyone thought victory was in sight, the black shadow suddenly exploded, and countless inky fragments poured down like a rainstorm.

Qi Jiguang opened his cloak to protect Acai under him, Xie Jin used his body to block the flying ink blade, and Yang Rong's official robe was torn into strips, revealing the Bagua diagram painted with cinnabar on the back.

When the dust settled, more fragments of the "Mountain and River Scroll" were scattered on the ground, each emitting a soft glow.

These fragments of pages slowly rotate in the air, attracting each other, as if piecing together some ancient secret.

The shadow of Wenquxing gradually dissipated. Before leaving, he tapped the jade scroll lightly on the ground. A ray of starlight poured into the remaining pages, and those pages instantly turned into streams of light, flying towards the depths of the academy...