The place where Fang Yun stood suddenly became a human silhouette of blood mist.
The poem released by the Living Bookcase was "Red Dust Kill."
With hair first bound, I knew not worldly affairs; all my companions were heroes bold.
I drove back Qin, yet took no reward; I struck at Jin, yet claimed no merit.
I cast myself among naked blades, killing amid the red dust.
The court bowed to lofty righteousness; the whole world revered heroic valor.
The poem's core power lay in "I cast myself among naked blades, killing amid the red dust." It allowed a scholar to cross a certain distance instantly to assassinate an enemy, then either remain at his destination or swiftly return.
Fang Yun had written this poem beforehand, even using a Sage Page and sacred blood. All its power had been sealed within the Living Bookcase. This was a War Poetry piece containing every layer of treasure radiance, including that of a Grand Academician's Literary Treasure.
It was already a dual literary-rank battle poem for Metropolitan Graduates and Hanlin Academicians. Now that Fang Yun was a Hanlin Academician, it functioned as Hanlin-level War Poetry. With sacred blood added, it formed a second-realm poem soul, giving it power equivalent to a Grand Academician's War Poetry!
Enough to kill a Newly Advanced Demon King!
At that moment, the poem unleashed its full might.
A white silhouette crossed space, blood-red light swirling around it, a three-foot length of cold steel in its hand.
Like thunder from a clear sky, the white silhouette swept past the Bear Demon King's shoulder and landed behind him.
In Fang Yun's hand, the white sword gleamed like snow. A drop of Demon King blood slowly fell from its tip.
The white-robed Hanlin Academician and the black Bear Demon King stood