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257: Chapter 257 Holy crap, the spirit that was pushed down is about to break through!

The previously unrestrained Artifact Spirit's voice finally carried a hint of irrepressible shock and anger.

She struggled, the fox tail phantom behind her suddenly becoming more solid, emitting powerful fluctuations of illusion power as she tried to shake Xu Ruyu off or even drag him back into a deeper illusion.

However, the strange Physique within Xu Ruyu's body, now fully ignited, resonated with the Haotian True Qi, seemingly forming a unique suppression field targeting "spiritual bodies" and "energy"!

Most of the illusion power impact released by the Artifact Spirit was actually neutralized—or even... absorbed—by the layer of invisibly fluctuating energy on his body's surface?

Instead, it stimulated the flames within him to burn even more vigorously!

"Ugh—!"

Xu Ruyu let out a low growl of pain and pleasure, as if some floodgate in his body had been completely burst open.

He leaned down, his scalding breath spraying over the hazy contours of the Artifact Spirit's cheeks, his burning lips nearly touching her translucent skin.

Within the ancient forest, there was a dead silence!

Every member of the Taihu Clan watching this scene through the yingxi stone light screen felt as if they had been struck by the Nine Heavens Profound Lightning; their Souls emerged from their bodies, and their worldviews were shattered!

What... What was he doing?!

He grabbed the Artifact Spirit's wrist?!

He... pinned down the Artifact Spirit?!

Looking at his posture... Does he, does he actually want to... push down the Artifact Spirit?!!

This is bloody... too unreasonable?!!

Hadn't he already fallen into the illusion of lust and been unable to free himself?! How did he suddenly become so... fierce?!

He even accurately found the hiding place of the Artifact Spirit's true form?!

How is this possible?!!

"Audacious rogue! Stop!!!"

Elder Mo Feng was the first to react; trembling with rage and his eyes nearly bursting, he roared and was about to rush over recklessly to stop it.

The Artifact Spirit was the Soul of the Illusory Moon Well and one of the Taihu Clan's holy spirits; how could she be desecrated like this by an outsider?!

Elder Lan Yi also paled, covering her red lips in shock.

Lady Qingli covered her forehead with a helpless expression that said, "As expected" and "I knew it would be like this," but deep in her eyes, a tiny, strange light flashed—one she hadn't even noticed herself.

However, just as Elder Mo Feng and other indignant clansmen were about to act—

The yingxi stone light screen suspended in mid-air suddenly went black!

All images and sound were instantly cut off!

A gentle yet irresistible great power swept through the ancient forest, suppressing all the commotion.

The voice of the Grand Mage, old and peaceful yet seemingly carrying a tiny tremor at this moment, echoed in everyone's hearts:

"Everyone, do not move from your spots."

Before the words had even faded, the hazy moonlight figure above the ancient forest "moved" for the first time in a true sense!

Transforming into a streak of light, she instantly plunged into the billowing milky-white illusory mist of the Illusory Moon Well and vanished!

The Grand Mage... has personally entered the Illusory Moon Well!

Inside and outside the ancient forest, a strange dead silence fell once again.

Everyone looked at each other, seeing the horror and endless speculation in one another's eyes.

What... exactly happened inside?

Time passed bit by bit in the suffocating wait.

Half an hour later.

Outside the Illusory Moon Well, two figures quietly emerged—the hazy figure of the Grand Mage and the frowning Grand Elder.

The two stood ten feet away from the well's mouth, their eyes fixed on the continuously erupting illusory mist!

The runes around the well's mouth flashed wildly, and the octagonal jade emitted an overwhelmed buzzing sound!

The illusory mist of the entire ancient forest began to converge and compress toward the well's mouth, forming a visible energy vortex!

An increasingly powerful and terrifying fluctuation of illusion power spread from within the well!

"Grand... Grand Mage," the Grand Elder swallowed, his voice somewhat dry, "I, I somehow feel... as if this Illusory Moon Well... is... about to Break Through?"

He used the word "Breakthrough" to describe a Magical Artifact, which sounded absurd, but given the scene before him—the rising tides of illusion power within the well—he truly couldn't find a more suitable description than "Breakthrough"!

The Grand Mage fell silent for a moment, and her hazy figure also seemed to fluctuate slightly.

She didn't look at the Grand Elder but continued to stare at the boiling mouth of the well, speaking slowly. Her voice remained flat, yet it seemed to hide deeper ripples:

"Remove the 'as if'."

"This Illusory Moon Well is indeed undergoing a Breakthrough."

"Or rather... it is the Artifact Spirit who is undergoing a Breakthrough."

"What?!"

Even though the Grand Elder had his suspicions, hearing the Grand Mage confirm it personally made him cry out in shock.

"The Artifact Spirit... a Breakthrough?! How... how is this possible?!

An artifact spirit is the Soul of a Magical Artifact. Its power limit is restricted by the artifact's physical body and the refiner; it should have been fixed long ago!

Unless the material of the body is upgraded or a great power re-refines it... how could it break through on its own?!"

"An ordinary artifact spirit naturally cannot," the Grand Mage's voice carried a hint of indescribable complexity, "but the Artifact Spirit of the Illusory Moon Well... was always special.

Its core, the 'Illusory Moon Divine Jade', is a treasure of heaven and earth, containing a sliver of Innate moonlight and the dream Origin.

The Artifact Spirit was born with it, possessing natural spirituality and unfathomable potential. It was only trapped by the Laws of heaven and earth and our clan's refining framework that it could never truly 'Awaken'..."

She paused, seemingly sensing even finer changes within the well. "Today... that boy in the well, his Physique and aura... are extremely strange.

It seems... he can just happen to trigger, or even supplement, that sliver of 'Innate Opportunity' required by the Artifact Spirit's Origin?

Just now, while their spiritual bodies were entangled... no, under the intense conflict and resonance of their auras, he actually stumbled into prying open a sliver of the shackles for the Artifact Spirit, igniting the Origin light that had been dormant for ages!"

The Grand Elder listened, dumbfounded.

Triggering the Artifact Spirit's Origin? Supplementing the Innate Opportunity? Prying open the shackles? Just who on earth is this Xu Ruyu?!

What kind of monster is his Physique?!

"Then... is this a good thing?" the Grand Elder said hesitantly. "If the Artifact Spirit breaks through and Awakens, the power of the Illusory Moon Well will increase greatly. That would be a massive Opportunity for our clan!"

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