Acai's Sky

Chapter 940: Star Array Shakes the Sky: Heroic Spirit Breaks the Game

"Look at how lively these old bones are!"

On the dome, an old man with a crutch suddenly chuckled, his pipe sparking on the stone railing. "Back then, you killed people without blinking an eye on the battlefield, but now you're like an old tea drinker in the market, always enjoying a quarrel."

The middle-aged man in the python robe snorted, "If they weren't trapped in this dome, they would have followed the little girl back to the human world long ago. Why would they be here making up stories about each other's past?"

Before he finished speaking, a spirit below suddenly looked up, clasped its fists towards the void and said, "Old immortal above, please hurry up that young lady. I, Cheng Yaojin, have been itching to use my three axes!"

As the souls in the room roared with laughter, the names on the blue panel flickered in succession, like a galaxy blown by the wind. Faint shadows of weapons and horses could be heard, mixed with a few jokes and curses in different accents, creating imperceptible ripples at the junction of yin and yang.

Ah Cai was gritting her teeth. The soul on the transparent blue panel was bright. If you were quick, it would appear, and if you were slow, it would be gone.

It took a long time before I clicked on "Martial Soul·Qi Jiguang" and then looked for the next one.

"Oh my god, how can we pack up the twenty-four Lingyan Pavilion civil and military generals and take them out? I need someone who can lead them!"

"Pack it up! Pack it up!"

Ah Cai's fingertips drew a translucent trajectory on the panel, trying to circle all 24 names into her palm like catching fish, but those names were slipperier than the Qiantang tide. As soon as "Gao Shilian" touched her fingertips, it turned into a jade pendant and shattered light. The shadow of "Li Jing's" seal of command did flicker in front of her eyes, but was knocked to the corner by "Hou Junji" who suddenly jumped out.

The most infuriating thing was "Wei Zheng." Every time that name appeared, it carried the azure aura of a censor. Just as I was about to catch it, the words "Don't worry, my lord. We need to take a long-term view" floated out. This infuriated Ah Cai so much that she slammed the control panel: "What the hell are you talking about?! If you keep talking about it, your name, Wei Zheng, will be overshadowed by Zhang Liang's rebelliousness!"

Suddenly, a faint laugh came from deep inside the panel.

Ah Cai caught a glimpse of a half-volume of The Essence of Writing floating next to the name "Yu Shinan", and on the paper where the ink had not yet dried was a small picture of her stomping her feet.

The name "Tang Jian" next to her was laughing with his beard shaking. Even the usually serious "Li Ji" nodded slightly in the shadow of the military formation, as if laughing at the young lady's impatience.

What was even more infuriating was "Cheng Zhijie". Every time that name appeared, it carried the sound of a fierce axe. Once, it almost hit the tip of her nose, startling her so much that she staggered back half a step, and the bronze animal head pattern on her wristband became hot.

Above the dome, the pipe of an old man on crutches clanked to the ground. "This little girl actually knows how to trigger the 'Sovereign-Minister Covenant' bond! Back when the Lingyan Pavilion portraits were formed, it was based on the idea of ​​harmony between the monarch and his subjects. But she's using names as chains!"

The middle-aged man in the python robe stared at the small formation gradually taking shape on the panel. Suddenly, he saw Ah Cai's fingertips quickly hit the name "Cheng Yaojin" three times. The name suddenly exploded like a lit firecracker, revealing the ghost figure holding the Xuanhua Axe inside, winking at her: "Young lady, you have good skills! Your hand speed is even faster than when I robbed the imperial treasure!"

"Where is your Tang Emperor? Can he break through the ban of the dome?" A Cai asked unwillingly. If he could take Li Shimin out, he could take out all the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty by himself!

The spirit of Tang General Cheng Yaojin flickered for a moment, and after a moment he whispered to A Cai, "I can't get out at the moment. The resistance is too great, I can't break out!"

Ah Cai's eyes were bigger than copper bells, and she grabbed the collar of Cheng Yaojin's phantom tightly, "General Cheng! Don't lie to me! Your Majesty is the General of Tiance. He can fight his way out of Xuanwu Gate, so why can't he break through this broken dome?" She stamped her feet in anxiety.

Cheng Yaojin's soul was dragged here and there, and the shadow of the iron whip left an afterimage in the air. "Auntie, spare my life!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, his beard trembling as he did so. "Your Majesty is trapped in the deepest part of the 'Nine Heavens Dragon Abyss Formation.' That formation uses the twenty-eight constellations as chains. Even Second Brother Qin's twin maces have been broken!"

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden sound of breaking metal in the distance, which frightened Ah Cai so much that he shuddered all over.

"Did you see that?"

Cheng Yaojin seized the opportunity to break free from her grasp, wiping away a nonexistent sweat. "The other day, Yuchi Laohei refused to believe in evil and insisted on imitating Your Majesty by using the 'Qin Wang's Formation Breaking Music' to charge into the enemy lines. As a result—" He pointed at the shattered piece of armor floating in the air, "he ended up completely naked!"

Ah Cai put her hands on her hips and turned around three times, her ponytail swinging in an angry arc.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she pulled out a Lingyan Pavilion jade tablet from her bosom, shaking it at Cheng Yaojin. "What do you think? If we collect all twenty-four jade tablets and add Qi Jiguang's martial spirit, can we form a super formation? Just like the one your Majesty set up back then... what was it called?"

"The Thirty-Six Layers of Heavenly Strategy Formation?"

Cheng Yaojin scratched the back of his head, his iron whip unconsciously hitting the phantom armor, "But that formation requires the combined efforts of ten thousand people. With our limited souls, I'm afraid we can't even gather the core of the formation..."

Before he could finish his words, his eyes suddenly widened - Ah Cai took out an abacus from somewhere, and started clacking the beads with a deafening sound. Spiritual energy condensed into golden runes along the beads, forming dense formulas in the void.

"The twenty-four ministers correspond to the twenty-four solar terms. Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation transforms into the five elements of life and death, and I use my spiritual energy as a guide..."

Ah Cai bit the tip of her pen and muttered to herself, then suddenly slapped her thigh, "It's done! Old Cheng, quickly gather the souls, let's use a 'Mini Tiance Formation'. Let's bet on whether your Emperor Tang is clever enough to seize this crack!"

On the dome, the pipe of the old man with a crutch fell to the ground for the third time. The middle-aged man in the python robe looked at the group of souls running around below, and suddenly felt that the jade pendant with python pattern on his waist was incredibly hot.

Ah Cai was already standing in the center of the makeshift formation, her long hair blown upright by the spiritual energy, like a phoenix with its feathers blown to pieces. She shouted into the depths of the dome: "Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty! If you still think you are the Khan of Heaven, then seize the opportunity—break it!"

"Buzz..."

The dome's restrictions flickered violently.

The restriction was like boiling molten iron, and the dazzling purple light and the golden light bursting out from Acai's body were entangled into a ball.

Tang General Cheng Yaojin shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing across the dome: "Old brothers of the Lingyan Pavilion, grab your weapons! Position yourself according to your constellations!"

As soon as he finished speaking, twenty-four souls transformed into streams of light, outlining the outline of the twenty-eight constellations in the sky.

The shadow of Changsun Wuji's jade pendant hung at the center of the formation. The figures of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui flickered like twin stars. When the scrolls in their hands were unfolded, they turned into a flowing galaxy.

Qi Jiguang's martial soul suddenly let out a dragon roar, and the shadow of the Mandarin Duck Formation spread out from his body. The outlines of wolf-whips, rattan shields, and spears were faintly visible in the spiritual energy.

"My dear, watch how I lock the formation with the Mandarin Duck Formation!" His voice was steady and powerful, and his martial spirit transformed into twelve golden lights, embedding into the cracks of the formation like a steel nail wedged into a huge rock.

Ah Cai moved the abacus beads faster and faster, and the spiritual energy flowed along the runes formed by the beads and wove into a net in the air.

"The time has come! General Cheng, have General Qin Qiong and General Yuchi Gong guard the gate!"

As soon as she finished shouting, the shadows of Qin Qiong's double maces collided with Yuchi Gong's iron whip in the air, and the sparks fell like meteors.

Deep within the dome, the shadowy figure of Li Shimin, his black armor and golden spear, finally stirred. His dragon eyes blazed with a fierce fighting spirit, and the incomplete Heavenly Strategy General Seal suddenly blazed with a powerful light.

"My dear ministers, follow me to break the formation!"

With a roar, his figure turned into a golden lightning and rushed towards the crack in the restriction.

The twenty-eight constellation chains sensed the movement and immediately retracted, trying to trap Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Wei Zheng's soul suddenly turned into a green light and rushed into the chains.

The shadow of his memorial unfolded in the air, each word like thunder: "The laws of nature are unpredictable, how can we allow them to be imprisoned!"

The power of the letter of remonstration actually withstood the oppression of the star chains and won a glimmer of hope for Li Shimin.

Seeing the opportunity, Ah Cai bit her tongue hard and sprayed a mouthful of blood into the center of the formation.

"Open it for me!"

The entire formation vibrated violently.

Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation and the Lingyan Pavilion Star Formation merged perfectly, forming a powerful vortex that gradually devoured the power of the ban.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty seized this opportunity and thrust the spear in his hand fiercely into the crack of the restriction.

"Break!" With a loud bang, the crack began to expand and golden light poured out from the crack.

"Your Majesty! We are here to help you!"

The souls of the ministers in the Lingyan Pavilion shouted in unison and injected their own power into the body of Emperor Li Shimin of Tang.

Ah Cai also tried her best to input the last of her spiritual energy into the formation.

With the joint efforts of everyone, the crack was finally torn open completely, and the figure of Emperor Tang Li Shimin broke through the ban like a meteor.