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Chapter 97

Chapter 97

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The bronze mask sank into the depths of the abyss, and cracks suddenly appeared where the phantom of the fox glided along the inner walls. Star sand seeped through the cracks, condensing into the phantom of an armillary sphere. The copper rings of the Twenty-Eight Mansions interlocked and rotated, and the missing star position at its axis aligned precisely with the hollow in Su Jiuli's chest. The star sand on the seabed suddenly rolled backward, condensing into a giant bronze palm that hoisted the armillary sphere—the dark red bloodlines flowing across the palm prints were of the exact same origin as the tribulation mark! "The stellar orbits return to their place... the tribulation repeats..." The low murmur of the First Generation Patriarch seeped out from the friction of the copper rings. Su Jiuli channeled the remaining power of the Star Core, her tribulation mark condensing into a bronze sword that slashed toward the axis. The moment the blade touched the copper rings, the armillary sphere suddenly expanded violently. Miniature Star Palaces emerged between the rings, their palace walls covered in Wu Clan blood-script that wriggled like living snakes. The script gnawed at the sword body, and the falling fragments plunged into the sea, condensing into the remains of a Xuanwu—bronze tentacles protruded from the cracks in the tortoise shell, their tips piercing the gaps in Su Jiuli's spine to frantically drain away the star sand! The phantom of The Little Girl seeped out fr…

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