Lin Xu had already told Xiao Yu to turn the island around.

There is a golden relic at the place where Chen Shaojie was killed.

Lin Xu then guessed that the rewards from the Golden Ruins might be related to the ranking of newcomers, and this ruin would be a good test case.

At this moment, the island turned around, but Lin Xu did not stop what he had been doing.

He needs to wait for the Fountain of Life to nurture the crystal into life before he can consecrate it.

Sure enough, bubbles began to rise from the Fountain of Life, the water crystal began to dissolve little by little, and a whirlpool grew larger and larger within the Fountain of Life.

The Fountain of Life has now been expanded twice and is now 5x5 in size.

Therefore, the spring covers a large area, and once a whirlpool appears, it looks quite impressive.

Lin Xu, Tao Yao, and Mei Ying watched with anticipation as the vortex appeared.

Then they saw a figure gradually rising upright in the vortex.

This is a very strange creature.

Its body is made up of constantly rotating streams of water, and although it has facial features, it looks blank.

After this creature appeared, the water-based crystals completely disappeared, and no new whirlpools appeared in the Fountain of Life.

Lin Xu stared at the new creature for a moment, then waved.

The next moment, the vortex creature glided across the spring water and quickly arrived in front of Lin Xu.

Even after the creature saw its master, its expression remained blank, making it look like a dead thing.

Lin Xu reached out and poked the vortex creature, discovering that his hand could easily pass through the creature's body, as if passing through a stream of water.

According to the characteristics of the Fountain of Life, the main ability of this whirlpool creature is to manage the flow of the spring water and to use the spring water to irrigate objects.

In retrospect, this thing is less a living organism and more a kind of natural phenomenon with a human form.

Lin Xu tried to communicate with the vortex, but the thing just stared at him blankly without responding.

"Let's try the enchantment."

Lin Xu knew that the Enlightenment ability could annihilate shadow creatures, but he didn't know what the effect would be if it were used on other creatures.

Previously, the spirit-enlightening techniques were used on creatures without sentience, such as gems and peaches.

This vortex in front of us can't be said to be sentient, but it's certainly not like an ordinary inanimate object.

Lin Xu decided to be cautious and use his Enlightenment ability slowly to avoid any abnormalities from the vortex.

With that in mind, Lin Xu gathered his life force and began to search for the feeling of enlightening a creature, then pressed his finger on the head of the vortex creature.

The next moment, the vortex creature began to emit golden light.

Beside her, Tao Yao stared wide-eyed at the initiation process, recalling how she herself was born.

Phantom, on the other hand, had her pupils contracting repeatedly.

"This is truly the power of enlightenment! This human master actually possesses such an incredible ability!"

"I remember that only that great figure possessed such pure enlightenment power. Even if other humans had this kind of ability, it was very weak... Just who is my master...?"

Thinking this way, the Phantom felt something was wrong:

"Who was that important figure with the ability to enlighten others? I remember his identity was..."

Phantom felt like he was about to grasp some important news, but then his expression became blank, revealing a silly look as if he was drooling.

The Shadow Princess has once again fallen into a state of amnesia.

Lin Xu ignored the two girls beside him and slowly controlled his enlightenment ability.

Then, he saw the vortex of life before him begin to transform.

The body of the swirling water began to swell.

Strands of long blue hair emerged from the water, and a delicate, slender body slowly materialized from within it.

As the light faded, the whirlpool suddenly burst open, revealing a petite, blue-haired beauty who was over a meter tall.

Lin Xu's eyes lit up, knowing that the enlightenment had been successful.

Before Lin Xu could speak, he suddenly felt a strange soul fluctuation emanating from the blue-haired beauty and flowing into his mind.

This feeling is very strange.

It's somewhat similar to when the Phantom used the Soul Fusion Potion on him.

However, at this moment, the soul fluctuation was very pure. After circulating in Lin Xu's mind, it presented a human figure in front of Lin Xu.

It was that blue-haired beauty who had transformed from the vortex.

"You are...the master?"

The words of the pretty girl appeared in Lin Xu's mind.

He was somewhat surprised:

"You're an elf, how did you suddenly appear in my mind?"

The elf pressed one hand to his lips:

“I’m not quite sure either. But I was originally just a chaotic consciousness, sinking in that vortex body before. But after Master enlightened me, I was like being absorbed by your soul and awakened in your consciousness. Master can now tear me apart with your soul, so that you can have my abilities and obtain my innate power.”

Lin Xu was shocked:

"Tear you apart? Wouldn't that be killing you?"

The blue-haired elf tilted his head:

"But if I die, I can provide my master with abilities, which is also helping my master. I'm willing to do that..."

Lin Xu let out a breath.

This was a situation he had never seen before.

To be honest, if what the water spirit said is true, a water-type spirit with the talent and ability of a Peach Blossom level must be quite powerful.

If tearing this spirit apart grants this ability, it's a pretty worthwhile move.

But he would rather have a powerful ally than kill the water spirit like this.

Especially considering the water spirit's unwavering loyalty to him, killing him outright would be incredibly heartless.

Lin Xu also had doubts.

Why didn't this happen when Tao Yao and the others were enlightened before?

Tao Yao and the others were born directly; they didn't enter his soul at all, nor did they offer any advice on how to kill them to gain power.

Lin Xu thought for a moment and asked:

"Do you see any difference between yourself and Tao Yao and the others?"

The blue-haired elf blinked:

"Tao Yao? Is she that short girl with pink hair outside? I'm about the same size as her. The only difference is that I was born with some intelligence, and now I've merged with your soul, Master, so I have even more wisdom, right?"

"Born with intelligence!"

Lin Xu suddenly understood why the blue-haired elf was so special.

Because this elf was created from a living being.

Although the vortex creatures look similar to inanimate objects, they do possess a certain degree of intelligence.

It turns out that after being enlightened by this intelligent being, the soul born from it will be absorbed into his body, and then he can destroy it to gain power.

This is practically some kind of forbidden ability!

If he were even more ruthless, and specifically sought out intelligent beings to enlighten him, wouldn't that allow him to strengthen himself like cheating?

However, Lin Xu looked at the pure, blue-haired elf in front of him.

If every time he strengthens himself, he has to sacrifice a spirit that cares so much about him, then he shouldn't use this method to strengthen himself.

If he continues to grow stronger by relying on this method, he might become worse than an animal in the future.

In addition, he also realized that the blue-haired elves were able to be born because the souls of the vortex creatures were incomplete.

Only creatures that resemble natural phenomena can be directly enlightened and transformed into spirits.

If a complete human being receives enlightenment and doesn't immediately collapse and transform into a monster, then that's incredibly lucky.

Lin Xu shook his head at the water sprite:

“I don’t want to tear you apart. Can you go back into your body? I need you alive to be my companion and helper.”

The water sprite glanced at Lin Xu, clapped her hands together, and then said:

"Since it is the master's request, I will certainly obey."

As he said this, the water sprite's soul rippled, and Lin Xu felt the sprite's soul fly out of his mind and return to the water sprite's body in front of him.

The water sprite slowly opened its eyes and then saw Lin Xu.

Completely disregarding the fact that her cleavage was exposed, she went up to Lin Xu without hesitation and pressed her incredibly voluptuous body against his arm:

"Master, I have successfully returned to my body. What do you need me to do now?"