Looking at the retreating human, the Qilin slowly sat down on the water's surface. It watched the glowing runes hovering above the Bone Flute, sensing that shackles were breaking away from deep within the young girl's body. A surge of Spiritual Power began to spread outward, arousing a sense of shock even within the beast.
Just as the Qilin prepared to raise its forepaw and touch the runes to seal the pact, the lines within the symbols began to shift slowly. The movement accelerated by the moment, and the runes started to spin, growing ever brighter and expanding rapidly.
Before long, they grew so large that the Qilin's forepaw was quickly enveloped by the expanding runes.
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