Chapter 263: Release
"What is that?" Grim asked aloud, pressing both hands to his chest as the sensation intensified beyond anything he had experienced since Húxiān’s containment training.
[Something catastrophically dangerous,] Caius replied with unprecedented urgency. [Someone is channeling power far beyond their ability to control. If it continues unchecked, the backlash could devastate not just this realm, but potentially breach the barriers that separate it from human territory.]
"Grim, what’s wrong?" Ruxi asked, her face showing immediate concern as she watched purple energy crackling around his scar.
"Someone’s performing a ritual that’s gone out of control," he said, already turning toward the source of the disturbance. "I have to stop it before it destroys everything."
Without waiting for her response, Grim sprinted toward the forest. Channeling mana into his lower body to run faster than before. His cultivation allowed him to cover ground at a pace that left palace guards struggling to keep up.
The energy signature was unmistakable—fox spirit magic pushed far beyond its safe limits and spiraling into complete chaos.
"Wow, it’s been almost a month and it feels easier to move mana around. I’m also alot faster than before."
[Yes you are. This is a good thing. Just don’t go overboard with the mana. We don’t need a Jiaolong incident again.]
"Hah, you dont need to worry it won’t."
As he ran, he could see the effects spreading outward from the ritual site like ripples in a dark pond.
Trees in the distance were beginning to wither and die, their life force being consumed by whatever was happening at the epicenter.
Even the palace’s protective enchantments were starting to flicker as the chaotic energy interfered with their delicate magical foundations.