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The moonlight filtered through the lattice, casting the shadow of a Griffin on the ground, while Aelia's fingertips brushed against the icy cracks along the edge of the altar.
Luna curled up in Qin Si's embrace, her grape-like eyes reflecting the shattered magic circle at the center of the altar.
"This is the ninety-ninth time." Brother San tore off his sweat-soaked Xuanbing Bracers, the scorch mark from the magic backlash spreading from his wrist to his collarbone.
Suddenly, the crystal horn of the floating Unicorn on the altar emitted a piercing shriek and split in two amidst gasps from the crowd.
Aelia caught the falling crystal shard, and her starry hairpin nestled among her silver hair buzzed unexpectedly.
Luna suddenly waved her arm like an Oujie, her fingertip, stained with Blood Pearl, precisely touching the crack in the shard.
The previously dim magic patterns burst forth with an ice blue glow, diving into the underground through the crevices of the altar.
"The guardian of the Magic Castle..." Aelia gazed at the peeling mural of Xing Hui on the dome, tracing the incomplete emblem of the Unicorn's tail feather with her fingertip. "A hundred years ago, they could still manifest on a full moon night; now even their crystal horn..."
Lucius suddenly pressed down on Mother’s trembling wrist.
The young mage's silver ring lit up with a detection magic pattern, and a muffled sound of gears turning echoed from beneath the altar.
Luna's ear spiraled out light spots like Xing Xu, intertwining with the ice blue glow surging from underground to form a chain.
"Mother, look at this!" Lucius raised a Night Owl feather stained with Luna's blood.
As the ice blue chain touched the tip of the feather, translucent paw prints began to emerge around the altar, each imprint leaving behind charred magic burn marks.
Aelia's heart shield suddenly erupted with Luna.
The reflection in the mirror no longer showed her face, but rather a young beast curled up within a magical cocoon.
Luna suddenly let out a muffled sound, and the altar erupted with seven layers of radiant light, each center revealing a Chain Totem severed by sharp teeth.
"These claw marks..." Qin Si abruptly tore away Luna's swaddling.
The totem of Silver Thread and Embroidered Shoes was devouring the moonlight, and upon closer inspection, countless miniature beast heads were gnawing at the Magic Shackles.
When the second call of Luna echoed, the Griffin Relief of Liujin Lattice suddenly shed a century's worth of dust. Beneath its claws, Mercury formed a mirror-like surface, reflecting the massive dark shadow curled up within the Underground Sealing Array.
Aelia stumbled and grasped the edge of the altar for support.
Her Heart Shield from Leonard Twenty Years was as hot as molten iron, and she noticed that the third tail feather of the phoenix on the mirror's back had transformed into a claw shape—perfectly matching the pattern of the broken Jade Pendant her father had clutched in his final moments.
As the moonlight shifted, Shan Na, Luna grasped the last Crystal Shard on the altar.
The soft Palm of an infant made contact with the sharp edge, suddenly blooming into an Ice Crystal Rose.
When the Magic Rune within the flower's core projected onto the Dome, everyone witnessed the Unicorns in Xing Hui's mural collectively turn their heads. Their broken horns perfectly overlapped with the outline of the dark shadow in the Underground.
Qin Si suddenly covered her mouth and took two steps back—the Roots of the Ice Crystal Rose were wildly growing, burrowing into the Underground through the Ice Cracks of the altar.
Luna tilted her head to look at her bloodied fingers. No one noticed the fleeting beast Shu Tong deep within baby Luna, just as no one saw that among Lattice Griffin Relief's claws, there was an additional cluster of Golden Hair shimmering with Silver Light.
The Roots of the Ice Crystal Rose emitted a crisp sound like Jinshi colliding in the Underground. Luna gazed at the still-drying bloodstains on her Fingertip and suddenly reached out her chubby Palm to press against Aelia's Heart Shield.
The tip of the Mirror Young Beast's tail trembled twice, casting a translucent Scale Pattern onto the infant Hand Back.
"Yee... Ah!" Luna suddenly grabbed Aelia's flowing silver hair, her grape-like eyes fixated on a severely peeling section of the Dome's Nebula Mural.
What was once depicted as Moonlight Vine now twisted into a bizarre Question Mark shape, resonating subtly with the grinding sound of gears from the Underground.
Brother San suddenly clutched his Heart and stumbled back two steps, his Magic Pointer hanging at his Waist spinning wildly. "The Magic Crystal Vein beneath the altar..." He traced the surface of the Pointer with his ash-stained Fingertip, only to be yanked back three meters by Second Brother.
The ground where he had stood cracked open in a Spider Web-like Gap, and Ice Blue Liuguang surged forth, entangled with Black Rose Roots.
Luna anxiously patted Qin Si's arm, her chubby little finger pointing towards the Teleportation Circle in the Southeast Corner of the Altar.
There lay a pile of Moonstone for repairing the Magic Circle, now rolling down in response to the tremors from the Underground.
"Miss, are you trying to..." Qin Si suddenly widened her eyes as the infant in her arms began to draw a rudimentary Evacuation Route on its swaddling with drool.
The crooked lines bore an uncanny resemblance to the Magic Castle Structure Diagram Aelia had reviewed that morning, even marking the direction of the Ventilation Duct leading to where Big Brother was in the Healing Room.
Aelia's Starry Hairpin suddenly sparked, and she gazed at the gradually fading young beast within the Heart Shield before kneeling on one knee before Luna.
This action caused her silver hair to sweep across the altar's Ice Cracks, and the Tips of her Hair instantly formed tiny Ice Spikes. "Last time Xiao Luna made the wilted Moonlight Rose bloom again, she also tugged at my hair like this." She pressed a blood-stained Crystal Shard against the infant's Palm, her voice taut like Qin Xian. "If you truly have a way... please protect this castle that is about to lose its magic."
Luna abruptly stopped kicking her chubby legs, and from her Ear, a Spiral Pattern oozed out forming a Micro Sandglass made of Xing Xu.
As the upper half of the sandglass filled with Xing Xu fell into the lower half, all of the Altar's Magic Patterns suddenly reversed—what had been a disintegrating Magic Circle began to Reverse Rotation, gathering the splattered Ice Blue Liuguang into a beam of light.
"Third Young Master Lucius, look at the Geomancy Instrument!" Qin Si exclaimed, pointing at a Copper Compass in the corner.
The Emerald Pointer, representing the lifeblood of the Magic Castle, slowly shifted from a dangerous deep red to an orange-yellow. Suddenly, the Drool Map on Luna's Swaddling glowed, precisely indicating the collapsing Magic Crystal Vein beneath the Healing Room.
Lucius tore the hem of his Robe and quickly dipped his Silver Ring into Luna's Fingertip blood to sketch a Detection Magic Pattern.
As the Blood Pearl touched the Azure Wind Antelope, the entire altar's Ground became transparent, revealing the intricate Underground Magic Pipeline. The Azure Blood Vessels, which should have been flowing with magical energy, were now being voraciously drained by the Roots of the Ice Crystal Rose.
"It turns out it's not a depletion of magic..." Aelia's Heart Shield suddenly reflected her Father's final moments, his withered hand pointing at the same Beast Head Totem on her Jade Pendant. "Someone has transformed the lifeblood of the Magic Castle into an Extraction Device!"
Luna suddenly emitted an urgent Yiya Sound, her small hand desperately patting Qin Si's Hand Back.
The baby's Pupil flickered between Emerging Magic Runes and clarity before finally grasping Ailya's Silver Hair and tying it in a knot at the altar's Ice Cracks.
When Shan Na's Hair made contact with the Ice Crystal Rose, the entire Dome's Nebula Mural came to life, with Stars transforming into Silver Arrow Rain that shot towards the Underground shadows.
"Get everyone to the West Wing Corridor!" Aelia pressed her Heart Shield onto the center of the altar. The Claw Emblem of the phoenix on its back collided with the Starlight Arrow Rain, creating dazzling sparks. "Qin Si, go inform Eldest Son; the Support Magic Pattern beneath his room is the first to be eroded!"
As Qin Si rushed through the swaying Pillar with Luna in her arms, the baby suddenly grabbed hold of the maid's Pearl Earrings.
The lustrous beads revealed a Magic Circle emerging beneath Eldest Brother's Wheelchair—what should have been a Healing Rune array was now coiled around a Mist-like Creature originating from the Underground shadows.
"Miss has known all along..." Qin Si gazed at the East Tower outside, which was beginning to collapse, and suddenly noticed that Luna’s marked Evacuation Route on the Drool Map was heating up.
Those Fluorescent Lines resembled living Star Trails, guiding each fleeing Servant to avoid falling Reliefs.
Inside the Altar, Aelia inserted her Starry Hairpin into her Palm.
Blood dripped from the Unicorn Emblem into the Reverse Rotation Magic Circle, creating a delicate balance with the suction force emanating from Underground.
When Luna appeared in the embrace of Qin Si at the West Wing Archway, the infant suddenly stretched out its five fingers towards Mother.
At that moment, the moonlight refracted in a strange way, causing all Starlight Arrow Rain to abruptly change direction before reaching the shadow underground, gathering into a Light Cocoon under Luna's palm's invisible pull.
Ailya's Silver Hair moved without wind. She saw her father's Xu Ying nodding at her from within the Heart Shield, and behind the mirrored reflection of Luna, a transparent figure holding the Star Moon Staff faintly emerged.
The Ice Crystal Rose let out its final sob from underground, and suddenly, all the Magic Patterns of the Magic Castle lit up simultaneously.
The Blood Pearl in Luna's palm floated in mid-air, while the dissipating magical energy converged towards that crimson point like rivers returning to the sea.
As Ailya's Silver Hair completely merged into the Ice Cracks of the altar, the infant's curled fingers suddenly made a gesture as if grasping for stars—a dim Main Star in the Dome, which had been dull for a century, erupted with a Needle Tip-like Yin Mang in that instant.
When the Roots of the Ice Crystal Rose let out their last sob underground, a sevenfold Star Ring suddenly burst forth from the Spiral Pattern in Luna's ear.
The Blood Pearl suspended in the infant's palm began to vibrate at high frequency, rearranging the scattered fleeing Magic Particles into a crescent shape.
Ailya's Silver Hair crystallized into an ice totem on the altar, forming a Subtle Resonance with the awakening Main Star in the Dome.
"Look at the lady's hand!" Qin Si exclaimed as he took a step back.
From the center of Luna's chubby palm emerged a complete Star Moon Pattern, and those flowing Magic Light poured down like a living galaxy along her outstretched five fingers.
The disciples of the Magic Castle suddenly covered their hearts—they felt Leonard's magic badge heating up, and the totem of Guardian Beast engraved on its back perfectly overlapped with Luna's palm print.
Lucius suddenly cut his fingertip with a Silver Ring, sending the Blood Pearl flying towards the floating Star Moon Pattern.
When the two Blood Pearls collided with a Shan Na, an ear-splitting Roar erupted from the Geomancy Instrument of the entire Altar.
The Emerald Pointer spun wildly, piercing the dial and tracing a track on the surface of the Copper Compass that perfectly matched the saliva pattern of Luna's Swaddling.
"Geomancy is overloading!" Brother San shouted as he supported the body of Magic Backlash and lunged toward the Observation Window.
The Crystal Mirror reflected the Magic Crystal Vein, which was crystallizing at a visible speed. Those eerie blue magical Blood Vessels suddenly swelled into a dangerous purplish-red. "Luna is forcibly infusing the magic that has been lost over the century back into..."
Before he could finish, the entire sacrificial altar's Gilded Column was suddenly covered in spider web-like light traces.
Aelia's Heart Shield erupted with a brilliance more blinding than the sun, and Mirror Young Beast Xu Ying finally broke free from the magical cocoon, its transparent claws pressing against the Star Moon Pattern drawn by Luna.
An Ancient Dragon's rumble echoed above the Magic Castle, as the dissipated Starlight Arrow Rain reformed, weaving into a Silver Giant Net above the collapsing East Tower.
"Mother, be careful!" Lucius suddenly threw Aelia to the ground.
The Crystal Dome above them shattered with a thunderous crash, but the countless falling shards of crystal froze in mid-air upon touching the Star Moon Pattern.
Luna's grape-like eyes swirled with a galaxy vortex. With a gentle wave of her small hand, those deadly fragments gathered like returning Ying Huo insects to form a Spiral Staircase.
The baby in Qin Si's arms suddenly let out a giggle, falling onto the swaddling cloth with Xing Xu's saliva.
Those Fluorescent Lines detached from the Fabric and floated in mid-air, intertwining above everyone to create a three-dimensional Magic Castle Structure Diagram.
Each collapsing area was marked with flashing Escape Routes, while the blue dot representing Big Brother's Healing Room rapidly approached the West Wing Corridor.
"The young lady is reconstructing the Magic Fortress Leyline!" Second Brother's close friend suddenly pointed at his detection Magic Artifact and exclaimed.
The instrument showed that Luna's Star Moon Pattern was devouring the chaotic energy generated by the collapse, transforming it into Pure Magic to repair the Magic Circle.
The pipes damaged by the Ice Crystal Rose were now being forcibly corrected by a glowing path drawn by the drool of a baby.
Suddenly, the entire castle shook violently.
Luna's Palm Star Moon Pattern unexpectedly split into twelve miniature Magic Vortices, reassembling the suspended Crystal Fragments into a Star Trail bridge.
Ailya's Silver Hair began to melt into Liquid Starlight, seeping through the Ice Cracks of the altar into the Underground Sealing Array.
As the first ray of starlight illuminated the true form of the shadow, all the Mages' staffs resonated simultaneously—revealing the Ancient Guardian Beast Group, torn apart by sharp teeth!
"The Lord's Study has collapsed!" A dust-covered servant stumbled into the West Wing.
He clutched a blood-stained Feather Pen in his hand, its tip still bearing the unique Wisteria Fragrance dust from the study's secret compartment. "The Second Young Master is trapped in the Mirror Corridor, and Third Young Master Lucius is holding up a Protective shield with Backlash Magic..."
Luna suddenly let out a sharp Loud Cry.
The Scale Pattern on the baby's Hand Back glowed brightly, directing the Magic Torrent of the Star Moon Pattern toward the Southeast.
Everyone saw a distorted space emerging from thin air—Second Brother was desperately tearing at a Mist-like Creature attached to a Magic Tome, while Brother San's Protective shield was covered in Tooth Marks that gnawed at his magical energy.
Aelia's Starry Hairpin suddenly flew up on its own, puncturing seven Light Spots on the three-dimensional map drawn by Luna.
As the pin touched the marked location of Eldest Brother, an Emerald Color beam shot up from the direction of the Healing Room—Eldest Son, seated in a Wheelchair, had actually used Backlash Magic to draw a Teleportation Circle, with its center being the moonstone toy Luna had played with last night.
"Follow the Star Sand!" Lucius waved his Robe, swirling up a Magic Turbulence.
The glowing particles scattered from Luna's Drool Map transformed into guiding Star Sand, illuminating an escape route through the collapsed Pillars.
The disciples suddenly began to chant the Ancient Incantation in unison, their Leonard badges projecting the Guardian Beast Xu Ying, intertwining with the Star Moon Pattern in Luna's palm to form a Defense Formation.
As the last person rushed out of the Altar, Luna suddenly grabbed Qin Si's Pearl Earrings and yanked them hard.
The scattered pearls in the air formed a complete view of the Magic Circle beneath Big Brother's Wheelchair—within the Rune Array that was supposed to heal the backlash, a Mist-like Creature was siphoning energy through a Magic Crystal pipeline.
At the moment when the bloodied fingers of the infant poked at the focal point of the formation, all the pearls suddenly burst into Stardust, dyeing the Emerald Pillars where Big Brother stood in a sacred Silver White hue.
"Miss!" Qin Si suddenly noticed that the swaddling was starting to heat up.
From Luna's Golden Hair emerged a nascent Crown formed from Xing Hui, and those fragmented lights were resonating with the Star Moon Pattern on her Palm.
The Silver Giant Net swirling above the Magic Castle suddenly contracted, compressing the rampaging Magic Turbulence into a sphere of light, which was then injected into the Underground Sealing Array along the beam of light projected by the Main Star.
Aelia gazed at the increasingly clear Guardian Beast group within her Heart Shield and suddenly knelt on one knee before Luna.
Her bloodied Fingertip gently touched the infant Mei Xin's Xing Mang, and for the first time in twenty years, she felt the steady and powerful pulse of the Magic Fortress Leyline.
When the moonlight shifted to a particular angle, everyone was shocked to discover that Luna's shadow was not that of an infant—it was clearly that of a Great Mage holding the Star Moon Staff. Beneath that shadow lay the Holy Maiden Altar of the Magic Castle Sanctuary, which had been worshipped for millennia.
Twelve Elemental Crystal Lamps flickered uncertainly around the altar, and Aelia's hands cradling the Family Crest trembled slightly.
The Silver Blue Radiance that should have filled the Magic Circle at moonrise now resembled a dried-up Fountain; she could even hear the mournful cries emanating from underground Magic Veins.
"Father, the Third Step Resonance Spell has failed." Lucius knelt at the focal point in the Southeast Corner, as moonlight glided over his forehead, refracting with a brilliance akin to Broken Diamond.
The usually composed Third Young Master Lucius spoke with a metallic tremor in his voice, "The Magic Web is resisting our call."
Leonard stood before the Altar, his Dark Red Magic Robe fluttering in the night breeze, revealing the jade Adornment gifted by Leonard's Concubine hanging from his Waist.
He raised his hand to perform Jie Yin, but his movements were a beat slower than usual, allowing the Magic Vortex of the Magic Circle Core to dissipate into Stardust at his Fingertip. "Continue to infuse magic," he said, his gaze sweeping over the swaddled infant nestled in Qin Si's arms. "The Glorious Demon Fortress will never..."
Suddenly, a Loud Cry from the baby pierced the night sky.
Luna kicked against the Silk Satin swaddling on Qin Si's warm chest, her instincts as a Mage making her acutely aware that the magical structure of the entire castle was collapsing.
The ineffective Curse floating above the altar transformed in her eyes into countless broken silver threads, while deep underground, a viscous darkness began to creep up along the Magic Vein.
"Yi Ya!" She reached out with her tiny hand resembling an Oujie towards the starry sky.
Twelve Rays of Xing Hui suddenly pierced through the clouds, merging into a Stream of Light amidst gasps from the crowd, flowing into the Magic Circle Core along her waving Track.
The altar Ground emerged with a Star Totem, and those dissipating silver threads instantly reconnected, creating a beam of light more brilliant than ever that shot skyward.
Leonard's Adornment cracked under the Strong Light.
"We did it!" Second Brother leaped up from the West Side formation, nearly knocking over a candlestick.
However, his disabled brother suddenly pressed down on the edge of the formation, his left hand marked by Magic Backlash digging into the stone slab and drawing blood. "No... There's impurities in the Magic Flow..."
At that moment, the entire castle shook violently.
Luna saw that within her summoned Xing Hui, several strands of Black Line had intertwined like venomous snakes around the beam of light.
In the center of the altar, the Magic Vortex suddenly collapsed into a black hole. My brother's Wheelchair was overturned by the shockwave, and Brother San's Vine Curse ignited in mid-air just in time.
"Protect the lady!" Qin Si shielded the infant in his arms, his back colliding with the toppled Bronze Candelabra.
Luna struggled to concentrate her Divine Sense amid the chaos and discovered that the Black Lines resonated with Leonard's shattered Adornment—what seeped from the Emerald Rift was unmistakably the Outsider Family's unique Night Blooming Jasmine Sap.
The Peacock Stone Tiles began to shatter one by one, and Second Brother's exclamation came from the Southeast Corner: "The Magic Vein Node has been marked for inversion!" His Detection Coin was already molten crimson, a Detection Spell taught to him by a dear friend, now turned into a death warrant.
Meanwhile, the Lord, who was supposed to oversee the barrier, stood at the collapsing altar with a contemplative expression.
Luna felt her Lingzhi begin to dissipate; the infant's body could not withstand the Great Mage's Soul Power.
Before slipping into unconsciousness, she saw Brother San tear open the closing Space Rift with his bare hands, his seemingly wasted talent transforming into a Crimson Gold Blade. My brother drew an Inverse Pentagram with his damaged right hand, temporarily sealing away the impending explosion of Magic Turbulence into the Otherworld.
The last sound she heard was Lady Aelia’s tears falling from her collar as she lifted Luna: "The Calamity foretold... ultimately brought by Leonard."
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