"—All right, Professor Yao!"
Madam Shi Hui's slightly cool voice rang out, interrupting Old Yao's teasing and putting an end to the unsettling topic. She stepped forward and steadily raised her wand, its tip aimed at the quiet Magic Egg. Her tone was grave. "Now is not the time to discuss such trivial details. Our top priority is to stuff this monster into the Tarot Cards, complete the first seal, and give Zheng Qing a clear understanding of his task... Zheng Qing, focus!"
Before she had finished speaking, a profound spell-light suddenly flared from the tip of her wand. Ancient, obscure syllables spilled from her lips, carrying the aura of primordial times and an irresistible power of law:
"—Where doubt does not linger, where do the clouds depart?"
The spell-light of the Languid Charm was instantly swallowed by that deep darkness. A peaceful aura spread through the secret chamber. Countless semi-transparent soul chains, covered in sharp barbs and gleaming with a cold blue light, appeared out of nowhere. Ignoring the tough eggshell like phantom ghosts, they passed directly through it and precisely coiled around the limbs, torso, and thick serpent tail of the half-human, half-snake monster inside!
"—Pacify a Hundred Gods, reaching rivers, lofty peaks!"
The blue light on the transparent chains already wrapped around the monster blazed brightly. They tightened again, transforming into countless tiny Runes that burrowed into the monster's body along the chains like living creatures.
Icy barbs sank deeply into the "flesh" of the monster's soul!
The energy currents within the Magic Egg, which had been relatively calm under the Languid Charm, violently churned again the instant the chain-runes invaded. Yet they were immediately smoothed and suppressed by an even greater force, like a raging river tamed by an invisible dam.
Though the monster within the