Under the starlight, eight ferocious fish demons lunged toward them.
These fish demons walked upright, bone forks in hand, and were enormous. Even the smallest stood two heads taller than an ordinary person, while the tallest was fully eight feet high.
Some fish demons were entirely blue-green, some bore black-and-white patterns, and some were covered in spines. Their fish heads were huge, their eyes blazed like torches, and when they opened their mouths, they revealed rows of razor-sharp teeth. They were utterly terrifying.
The fish demons shouted as they ran.
"Chitter-chatter, yah-yah, ang-ang, ah-ha..."
Fang Yun could understand only a few simple words, such as "human flesh" and "delicious."
Ma Yuan and Luo Tianqi had already begun writing. Both used cursive script, the fastest style to write, while the ambient vitality of Heaven and Earth was stirred by their Literary Qi and carried onto the paper with their brushstrokes.
Ma Yuan was writing Tao Yuanming's famous Ode to Xing Tian.
Fang Yun glanced over and saw that Ma Yuan was halfway through.
"Jingwei carries tiny twigs, seeking to fill the vast sea. Xing Tian dances with shield and axe, his fierce resolve forever remains..."
Jingwei filled the sea generation after generation, while headless Xing Tian still fought to the death. The spirit of these two figures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas endured through all ages, becoming a powerful Rousing Poem beneath Tao Yuanming's brush.
When the poem was complete, it ignited without fire and turned into specks of white light that fell into everyone's bodies.
Fang Yun immediately felt his fighting spirit soar. There was not the slightest trace of fear in his heart, while his mind became crystal clear. As he watched the fish demons, methods of attacking their vital points and weaknesses continually flashed through his