Spider-web cracks split the bronze helm of the Tribulation-End Ark, and dark red astral pith oozed from the carved patterns of the Celestial Fox Tail Bone. As the Female Infant's bare feet touched the fractured deck, the moment her palm's bloodstain resonated with the bone carvings, ten thousand battle-bones in the abyss let out a sudden, simultaneous roar. The torrent of star eclipse bursting from the tips of their shattered weapons surged upward into the Nine Heavens, tearing the sun-eclipse battle flag on the ark's mast into shreds.
The roar of the First Generation's lingering soul exploded from deep within the cabin.
Three thousand expeditionary ghost-soldiers suddenly whipped their battle-halberds around, their sharp blades piercing the keel of the ark. From the punctured gaps poured bronze quicksand, the grains condensing into Jiuyi Star-Locking Chains that coiled around the Female Infant's ankles. As the tails of the chains plunged into the abyss, a shattered corpse within the torrent of battle-bones suddenly raised a broken sword aloft—the fox-head totem with its broken hilt was resonating with an ancient altar deep within the Qingqiu Leylines.
Chapter 288