Acai's Sky

Chapter 1073: Treasures of the Star Ruins: Jade Tripod Relics (22)

Branch 2: Purify the remaining spirits of the star

Day 1: Searching for the Star Grave and the Phantom of the Spirit Spring

The team arrived at the "Silent Star Tomb" on the small shuttle "Qingxin" which was modified with a mental barrier.

This place seems like a war graveyard forcibly frozen in time and space.

The huge star debris stands like a tombstone, with a twisted and strange shape.

The air was filled with cold dust and an indescribable smell of rust mixed with the sweet smell of decay, which was nauseating.

The light was extremely dim, with only the shuttle's beam piercing the darkness, illuminating the dark red stains on the rock wall that looked like dried blood.

Deathly silence is the main theme here, but beneath this deathly silence, there are countless tiny, twisted, malicious spiritual whispers surging, like billions of mosquitoes buzzing in the ears, trying to drill into the mind and evoke the deepest fear and despair in the heart.

"Woo..." As soon as Tuan Tuan got off the shuttle, he couldn't help but let out a painful whimper, and his body trembled slightly.

Those ubiquitous negative spiritual shocks are like cold needles, constantly piercing its pure origin.

It tried hard to hold up the auspicious white light, forming a small light shield that could only cover itself, stubbornly resisting the erosion.

Feiyue followed closely beside it, the silver moon mark glowing and relieving its mental stress. Glutinous Rice Ball, like a mobile purifier, devoured the fragments of resentment that escaped the air.

"Star Soul Grass needs a pure and cold place to grow... The pollution here is too serious. I'm afraid it can only be found in the deepest places, close to the nodes of the earth veins that have not been completely polluted." Tong Shishan looked at the chaotic data on the detector with a frown.

"Tuantuan, can you feel somewhere... a little cleaner?" Ah Cai asked softly.

"Wow... over there... there's a faint... cool smell..."

Tuantuan closed his eyes and tried to distinguish, pointing his little paw at a narrow, upward-sloping crack deep in the Star Tomb.

From the depths of the rift, there seemed to be an extremely faint, minty-like cool scent emanating, which was almost unnoticeable due to the thick pollution.

"Okay! Target the rift! Forward!"

Ah Cai gave the order. Madam Rong and Madam Gu, holding soul-guiding banners and jade chimes, led the way, silently chanting ancient soothing mantras. Their gentle spiritual fluctuations spread like ripples, temporarily calming the restless spiritual pollution around them.

The secret guard team stood guard vigilantly on the side.

Following the vague guidance of Tuan Tuan, the team struggled through the maze-like Star Grave. The deeper they went, the heavier the spiritual pollution became.

A gray-black mist began to materialize in the air, and from time to time, distorted humanoid or animal figures condensed in the mist, emitting silent screams and rushing towards them! These were low-level "resentment bodies" condensed from mental pollution.

"Hmph! How dare you get close to me, you evil spirits!"

Nanny Gu snorted coldly and waved the soul-guiding banner in her hand. The runes on the banner lit up, and a soft but tenacious force to exorcise evil spread out, blowing away the resentful body that was rushing towards her like smoke.

Rong Mama struck the jade chime. The clear and melodious sound carried a peculiar rhythm that could shake the soul and make the movements of those more solid resentful bodies become sluggish.

"Eclipse Moon: Exorcism!"

A silver light flashed across Feiyue's forehead, and a condensed beam of light shot out accurately, purifying and annihilating the resentful body approaching Tuantuan.

"Roar!" The glutinous rice dumpling was even more direct. It opened its mouth wide and sucked the scattered, more intense fragments of resentment into its stomach like snacks. The soul fire seemed to become more vigorous as it was swallowed.

Under heavy protection, Tuantuan finally led the team to the end of the rift - a relatively open small cave.

In the center of the cave, there is a small pool with a diameter of no more than two meters.

The water in the pond is crystal clear and emits a very faint chill.

Around the pond, several strange plants are growing tenaciously.

These plants are translucent ice blue all over and look like slender orchids. Tiny, stardust-like ice crystals are naturally condensed on their leaves, exuding a pure and cool breath.

It’s the Star Soul Grass!

Their existence, like a few white lotuses in a filthy quagmire, is the only pure coordinate in this hopeless land.

"Found it! It's the Star Soul Grass!" Tong Shishan said in surprise.

"Squeak! It's cool! It feels good!"

Jin Yuanbao curiously approached a plant of Star Soul Grass and sniffed it with his little nose, his ruby ​​eyes sparkling.

However, just when everyone was rejoicing, something strange happened!

"Be careful! There is a high-energy reaction underwater!" Tong Shishan's warning sounded quickly!

Wow——!

The calm pool of water suddenly exploded!

A column of water, composed entirely of sticky, turbid black water and countless struggling and twisted faces of vengeful spirits, rose into the sky like a poisonous dragon!

At the top of the water column, a vague shadowy figure of a woman in a tattered Taoist robe condensed! Her face was distorted, two balls of flickering green will-o'-the-wisp flames in her eye sockets, and she let out a shrill scream that pierced her soul!

This scream is not a sound, but a shock wave that directly affects the mind!

"Ahh-!"

Tuan Tuan, who was the first to be hit, let out a scream of pain!

The auspicious light shield it had stretched out flickered violently, becoming extremely thin in an instant! The pure essence seemed to be doused with scalding dirty oil, and the intense pain caused its small body to curl up into a ball and tremble!

This residual spirit is obviously much more powerful than the resentful body outside, and its polluting power seems to have a special corrosive effect on Tuan Tuan’s auspicious power!

"Protect Tuantuan!" Ah Cai shouted, and golden light burst out from his body instantly, and a layer of God of Wealth shield enveloped himself and Tuantuan!

"Evil creature! Don't hurt anyone!" Rong Mama shouted angrily, and the dragon-headed crutch with a golden light that could break evil smashed towards the water column!

Nanny Gu struck the jade chime rapidly, trying to interrupt the spiritual scream!

Feiyue's Eclipse Fang and Glutinous Rice Dumpling's Devouring Whirlpool attacked the water column at the same time!

Boom! Chichichichi!

Various attacks fell on the dirty water columns and the residual soul shadows, causing a violent energy conflict to erupt!

Most of the water column was broken up, and the shadow of the remaining spirit was distorted and faded, but the terrifying mental scream did not stop!

Instead, he became even more manic because of the attack!

The entire cave was shaking with screams, and the stains on the rock wall were wriggling like living things!

"Ouch...it hurts...it hates...everyone..."

The sound of pain echoed in Ah Cai's heart, and its pure eyes were filled with empathy for the source of the remnant soul's pain.

"It's been polluted too deeply! The core is that spiritual spring! The spiritual spring is polluted, which is why it has become like this!" Tong Shishan quickly analyzed, "We must purify the spiritual spring! Or... let it temporarily leave the spiritual spring!"

Ah Cai looked at Tuan Tuan who was in great pain in her arms, and then looked at the shadowy remnant soul that was struggling and roaring in the attack but was guarding the filthy spiritual spring with all its might. She understood in her heart: this remnant soul might have been a cultivator who guarded this spiritual spring in his lifetime. After his death, his obsession merged with the spiritual spring. Now that the spiritual spring was polluted, it was also distorted and turned into the most painful guardian.

"Shi Shan! Powerful freezing bomb! Target the surface of the spiritual spring! Golden Raccoon! Prepare for 'Turning Stone into Gold·Freezing'! Temporarily freeze the water surface and cut off its connection with the remaining spirit!" Ah Cai quickly gave the order.

"Roger that!"

"understand!"

call out!call out!

Two special bombs emitting a chilling cold air were fired by Tong Shishan and landed precisely on the surface of the spiritual spring!

boom!

The extremely cold ice fog suddenly broke out!

"Turning stones into gold, freezing everything!" The golden raccoon dogs cooperated tacitly, and a beam of khaki light with extreme chill shot into the center of the ice fog!

Kakakaka——!

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the entire surface of the spiritual spring was completely frozen by a thick layer of ice with a metallic luster!

"Ow—!"

The female ghost let out a shrill wail, and like a plant with its roots cut off, its body instantly became illusory and unstable!

The obsession of guarding the spiritual spring was forcibly interrupted, and its mental scream also stopped!

"Now is the time! Feiyue! Mental shock! Glutinous rice dumpling! Devour its core of resentment!" Ah Cai seized this fleeting opportunity!

"Ouch——! Eclipse Moon·Soul-Calming!" The silver moon mark on Feiyue's forehead burst out with unprecedented light, and a condensed silver-white beam of light with icy soul-calming power slammed into the head of the remnant spirit's phantom!

"Roar!" The glutinous rice ball opened its huge mouth, and the swallowing vortex locked onto a violently beating, most filthy and dark energy core in the chest of the remnant spirit!

Under the double blow, the remnant spirit's shadow twisted and struggled violently, and finally let out a sigh full of relief, turning into countless points of light and dissipating.

The suffocating mental pressure in the cave was instantly relieved by more than half.

"Tuantuan! Hurry! Collect the Star Soul Grass!" A Cai carried the weak Tuantuan to the frozen spiritual spring.

Tuantuan endured the pain, stretched out his little claws, and carefully touched the ice-blue star soul grass.

Under the guidance of its pure breath, the Star Soul Grass seemed to have a spirit, and actively handed the leaves containing pure cold power to Tuantuan's claws without damaging its roots.

The Star Soul Grass was successfully collected, but the price was that Tuantuan suffered a severe backlash.

It nestled in Acai's arms, its breath weak and its auspicious white light dim.

"The Purifying Dew...needs the moonlight and fresh air...There is no moon here..." Tong Shishan looked at the thick stardust cloud that shrouded the outside all year round, and said in a heavy tone.

"No... yes..."

Ah Cai looked towards the endless darkness above the Star Grave, a flicker of determination in her eyes, "The real 'Moonlight' is in my heart.

"Madame Rong, Madame Gu, prepare the 'Moon Prayer Ceremony'! Let's create our own 'moonlight'!"