Acai's Sky

Chapter 995 Huangquan 1 Street 2

Qin General Bai Qi stepped forward like an iron tower to block Ah Cai. The netherworld energy condensed on the Zhu Xian sword blade turned into frost flowers, and the sword pointed directly at the trembling little ghost: "Shut up!"

The sound seemed to carry the murderous aura of millions of Qin soldiers, causing ripples in the air around them.

The little ghost was so frightened that his soul left his body. His grayish-blue skin instantly turned pale. As he jumped back, he knocked over the spirit-calling banner on the side of the road. As he ran away, he kept shouting, "God of War is so great! If you have the guts, don't ask me to write a letter of challenge!"

"hiss……"

Ah Cai looked in the direction the little ghost fled, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the hilt of the sword, "How could this little ghost from Huangquan know the reputation of General Bai?"

She turned around and looked at her subordinates who were standing in neat formation behind her. The blood rust on Qin General Bai Qi's armor glowed dark red in the dim light. Qin General Wang Jian stroked his beard with the calmness of someone who had experienced hundreds of battles. The body of Tong Jiayuan, the patriarch of the mechanical tribe, was flowing with a cold blue light.

The aura surrounding the crowd was incompatible with the gloomy Yellow Springs Street, but it inexplicably gave rise to a sense of oppression that wanted to break the deadlock.

The team continued to move forward, and the bluestone slabs under their feet suddenly made a teeth-grinding twisting sound.

The shops on both sides were like melted wax figures, distorted in the black fog.

The phosphorescent light of the neon sign flickered strangely, and eventually turned into ghostly flames that drifted away.

When the fog cleared, a giant bronze scale ten feet high appeared before his eyes. The seal characters on the scale bar glowed with blood, and words such as "greed", "desire", and "obsession" twisted like living things.

The scale pan was filled with glowing objects - a blood-stained wedding ring was still dripping black liquid, an unfinished love letter was engraved on the inside of a broken jade bracelet, and the remaining flesh on a half-broken wolf fang was being gnawed by an invisible force.

"Is this... the manifestation of the soul?" The veins on Qin General Meng Yi's sword-holding hand bulged, and the runes on the tortoise-shell wristband jumped restlessly.

Just as Ah Cai was about to reach out and touch the scale, the bronze scale suddenly emitted a deafening buzzing sound, and a hoarse voice seeped out from every line of the scale bar: "Want to pass? Leave something precious for weighing..."

The sensors of Tong Jiayuan, the leader of the Mechanical Clan, suddenly erupted with a shrill alarm. A blue light flashed wildly on his facial display: "High-intensity mental pollution detected! Energy fluctuations have exceeded the critical value!"

Before he finished speaking, the half wolf fang on the scale suddenly floated in the air and turned into a giant transparent wolf.

Its skin and flesh kept peeling off, revealing its white bones, but it always maintained the posture of howling towards the sky - the silent howl seemed to pierce everyone's eardrums, and even Bai Qi's warhorse was paddling its hooves restlessly.

Qin general Li Xin was the first to swing his sword, and the cold light split the black fog but went straight through the wolf's body.

A dark green beam suddenly shot out from the giant wolf's empty eye sockets, pulling Li Xin towards the scale.

At the critical moment, Qin General Wang Li swung out the Dragon Binding Rope to wrap around his companion's waist. Amid the sound of friction from the rough rope, Qin General Meng Wu immediately added sword energy to cut off the beam of light.

"Brute force is useless!" Wang Jian stepped forward hastily, flipping the ancient "Records of the Netherworld" open in his hands. Fluorescent words appeared on the yellowed pages. "The book states that the Yellow Springs Soul Scale only recognizes equal exchange. You must exchange your thoughts for the path forward."

Acai's fingers touched the jade pendant on her waist. The warm mutton-fat jade still retained her body temperature.

It was given to her by Master Fusheng. The corners engraved with the word "peace" had long been rubbed to a shine.

The moment the jade pendant fell on the scale, the entire space shook violently.

The bronze scale roared unwillingly, and the bloody words on the scale bar shattered and turned into ashes.

The soft light emitted by the jade pendant split the thick fog like a sharp sword, revealing a black and red building looming behind the fog - it was the Huangquan Pawnshop.

...

In front of the pawnshop, two little kids in overalls were playing tug-of-war with a chain, and at both ends of the chain were tied miniature versions of the sun and the moon.

Seeing everyone approaching, the ghosts immediately put on professional smiles. The ghost on the left showed his missing front teeth and said, "Welcome! Our store accepts payment in gold ingots, ghost money, and life money. Register now and get a free [Evil Ghost Repellent Talisman]!"

Before he could finish his words, the little devil on the right suddenly pulled the chain, and the sun and the moon collided with a deafening sound, which scared Bifang Brahma so much that the feathers on his back exploded.

Pushing open the ice-cold black wooden door, the hanging human skin lantern rustled automatically without wind, making a creepy rustling sound.

The space inside the store extends strangely, and the shelves wind like a giant black python to the end of the sight.

The swearing skull was sticking out its tongue at the passing animals, the star-filled glass bottle imprisoned the dying fireflies, and every drop of the mermaid's tears in the formalin tank would gather into tiny fish-man tears at the bottom of the tank.

The old woman behind the counter had white hair like a waterfall and blood-red eyes embedded in her bark-like face.

The sewing machine pedal under her feet was made of human bones, and the needle was not moving with thread, but with black hair that glowed with phosphorescence.

"Left attack, right support, innermost..."

The old woman suddenly looked up, her mouth grinning from ear to ear, "You need VIP privileges to enter."

As Ah Cai approached the shelf labeled "Offensive Props," the jar labeled "Brand New, Unopened" suddenly shook violently.

"Let me out!" an angry male voice came from the altar, and the sealing talisman on the surface of the altar flew out with sparks. "That female ghost said she wanted to practice dual cultivation with me, but she ended up stealing my demon pill!"

The golden raccoon dog curiously slapped the jar with its claws. With a crisp "bang bang bang" sound, the red-haired man wrapped in his bellyband fell out.

He shook his long hair that covered his eyes, the seal on his butt still sizzling and smoking: "I am the Black Mountain Demon!"

He suddenly froze, looking at the Qin generals standing around with spears in hand and the mechanical tribe flashing blue light, "Wait, is it popular to form a group to clear dungeons now?"

Qin general Bai Qi raised the Zhuxian Sword without saying a word, and put the tip of the sword against the throat of the Black Mountain Demon.

Ah Cai quickly reached out to stop him, but the old demon's eyes suddenly lit up. "Buy me, buy me! Although I only have a tiny bit of mana left, my self-destruction power is definitely strong enough! It can be used as an A-level bomb in a critical moment!"

"Biological energy fluctuations have been detected that match the description." Ada's mechanical eye projected the analysis data, and a red warning box flashed around the old demon.

The old woman spoke at the right time, the bone needle spinning in a strange arc at her fingertips: "One hundred thousand Netherworld Coins, installment payment supported - but if you breach the contract..."

She giggled and showed off the human skin lanterns on the wall. "Our recycling business is very comprehensive."

At this moment, the dog Feiyue suddenly stood up and barked, pointing its claws at the shadow of the shelf.

When everyone looked over, they saw a girl in school uniform curled up, with a stuffed bear in her arms oozing black liquid.

Tiny spiders crawled out of her empty eye sockets, but her voice was like a clear spring in the forest: "Sister... can you pawn my eyes? I don't want to see those things anymore..."

The old woman floated behind the girl at some point and pierced her wrist with a bone needle with precision.

The moment the blood droplets fell on the abacus, the temperature in the entire store dropped sharply.

"New arrivals—"

The old woman licked her dry lips. "A living person's eye is worth three Nether Coins." She suddenly ripped a lock of the girl's hair, which transformed into a venomous snake in mid-air and burrowed into the ground. "Considering your poor condition, three at most."

Bifang Fantian was furious, and the flames from his tail feathers ignited the nearby shelves: "Three coins can't even buy a demon lollipop!"

Ah Cai calmed down the restless beasts and took out the moonstone from her arms. This gem, formed from millennia of moonlight in the world of immortal cultivation, now emitted a soft silver glow.

The old woman's bloodshot eyes instantly lit up with greed. As soon as her withered fingers touched the moonstone, the girl turned into thousands of fireflies and disappeared, leaving only the stuffed bear rolling on the ground.

The stuffed bear suddenly opened its button eyes and let out a childlike laugh.

The moment Ah Cai bent down to pick it up, the bear's belly cracked open, and a [Ghost Pawn Ticket] engraved with "Obsession" fell out - one of the key props to complete the task.

The old woman was already approaching, shaking her abacus. Amid the clatter of beads, the shelves of the entire store began to twist and deform, transforming into countless gaping, bloody mouths...