Chapter 431: Battle of Origins
In the void, Aiden stood with his hands behind his back.
The pressure from his 10,000x critical hit was like countless divine mountains pressing down, locking the space within a thousand miles completely in place.
At the edge of the battlefield, the remaining Abyss Demons and fallen Miko could barely even breathe.
"Aiden, today, either you die, or I do!"
Morwenna looked completely insane. Her sharp scream echoed through heaven and earth.
Behind her, the nine-headed blood-red serpent roared wildly.
It was a forbidden Strength gained by burning away decades of her inherited source power.
"Secret Art of the Shadow Miko—Devour All Things!"
Morwenna formed strange hand seals, then slammed both hands down toward Rainn.
Buzz—!
In an instant, all light between heaven and earth was drained away.
Endless darkness surged like a tide, drowning the entire Miko City.
This was absolute darkness.
It did not only take away sight. It even swallowed Spirit senses and the flow of laws.
"Cheap tricks."
In the darkness, Rainn’s voice was cold and clear.
Buzz!
A bright nine-colored divine light suddenly lit up from the center of the darkness.
Above Rainn’s head, an ancient and holy Primordial Miko Crown quietly appeared, sending down countless chains of order.
At that moment, her Spirit power was boosted to a terrifying level.
Then, on Rainn’s forehead, an Eye of Origin wrapped in countless mysterious runes slowly opened.
No matter how wildly the shadows spread, nothing could hide from this eye that could see through all illusions.
"Die!"
Morwenna roared in anger.
She controlled the huge nine-headed blood-red serpent that covered the sky. With the shadow laws that could corrode everything, it rushed toward Rainn like a mad beast.
Rainn did not step back or dodge.
She gently raised her hand, and the power of Origin turned into endless divine light, striking back head-on.
Boom, boom, boom!
Shadow and Origin clashed in the void in the most ancient and violent way.
Space shattered inch by inch.
The terrifying shockwaves turned into a world-ending storm and swept wildly in all directions.
With a deafening crash, half of the ancient buildings in Miko City, which had stood for ten thousand years, were instantly reduced to dust.
"Hahaha! Rainn, you are still too young!"
In the darkness, Morwenna’s chilling laughter came from every direction.
After all, she was an old Primordial Miko who had trained for decades. Her battle experience was extremely sharp.
In every clash, Morwenna’s shadow laws were like poison sinking into bone. They appeared from the strangest and most impossible angles.
Bang!
With a dull impact, Rainn was struck head-on by a shadow viper.
Her body was forced back hundreds of meters, and a thin line of bright red blood ran from the corner of her mouth.
"Die!"
Morwenna pressed her advantage and gave Rainn no chance to breathe.
The nine-headed serpent attacked even more violently, forcing Rainn back again and again.
High above in the void, Aiden watched the scene, and his calm expression darkened slightly.
His hands, hidden behind his back, had unknowingly clenched into fists.
With just one raise of his hand, his 10,000x critical hit magic could erase Morwenna thousands of times over.
But he forced himself to hold back.
He believed in Rainn.
This was Rainn’s destined battle. It was also the trial she had to overcome before she could fully lead the Miko clan.
"Again!"
In the center of the battlefield, Rainn was knocked back once more.
But the fighting spirit in her beautiful eyes burned even brighter.
Each time she fell, she got back up at great speed.
And with every clash, her aura became purer.
Buzz—!
At that moment, the complete inheritance of the Supreme Miko fully resonated with her soul.
The Eye of Origin on Rainn’s forehead burst out with a light stronger than ever before.
In her sight, Morwenna’s shadow attacks seemed perfect and wildly powerful.
But suddenly, Rainn saw a tiny pause in them.
It was extremely small.
But it was a deadly flaw caused by Morwenna forcing herself to burn her inheritance, making the flow of her laws unstable.
"Found it."
A cold smile appeared on Rainn’s lips.
She pressed her hands together, and her sacred, clear chant rang through the sky.
"Secret Art of the Primordial Miko—All Things Return to Origin!"
Boom!
A pure white divine light, beyond words, exploded from Rainn’s body.
The light carried no violence, yet it had the power to melt away every law in the world.
Wherever the white light passed, the absolute darkness that covered the sky broke apart at once, like snow meeting boiling oil.
"No! This is impossible! What kind of Strength is this?!"
Morwenna let out a sharp scream.
To her horror, she found that the shadow laws she was so proud of were being changed and dissolved the moment they touched the white light, turning back into the most basic nothingness.
Even the nine-headed blood-red serpent behind her was wiped away inch by inch under the glow.
Pfft!
With her source power broken, Morwenna spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Her aura instantly fell to its weakest point.
Like a bird with broken wings, she dropped helplessly from a thousand meters in the air and crashed heavily into the ruined ground.
When the dust cleared, Morwenna’s meridians were completely shattered. She no longer had even the slightest power to resist.
The true line of the Miko clan had returned!
Dressed in white, Rainn slowly descended from the void.
Her supreme majesty made the remaining fallen Miko drop to their knees, trembling in fear.
Aiden’s figure flashed, and he appeared beside Rainn in an instant.
He handed her a holy healing pill, his eyes filled with approval.
Rainn took the pill, and some color returned to her face.
Then she walked coldly toward Morwenna in the ruins.
Morwenna lay in a deep crater, gasping for breath.
The blood-red flames on her body had already gone out.
However, as Rainn and Aiden approached, there was no fear of defeat on her face. Nor did she beg for mercy.
Instead, she showed a bitter, self-mocking, miserable smile.
"Cough... hahaha..."
Morwenna coughed blood while laughing like a madwoman.
"Rainn, do you think you won? Do you think I wanted to do these things and betray my ancestors?"
She stared hard at Aiden and Rainn, her eyes flashing with a terrifying madness.
"I... was only a pawn in someone else’s hands..."
Among the ruins, the wind howled, carrying the sharp smell of blood.
Aiden stood in the void with his hands behind his back. Faint waves of law trembled around him, making him look like a god looking down on all living beings.
Rainn’s white clothes were stained with blood. She looked down at Morwenna in the deep crater, with no pity in her eyes.
"A pawn?"
Rainn’s cold voice spread through the wind.
"Cough, cough..."
Morwenna spat out a mouthful of black blood mixed with pieces of her organs. She gave a miserable smile and stared hard at Rainn.
"Do you really think I could steal the inheritance of the Supreme Miko all by myself, without anyone noticing?"
"Do you really think those elders who opposed me back then all died overnight by chance?"
Morwenna’s eyes flashed with hatred and madness. Her voice was sharp and harsh.
"It was the Dawn Society!"
"They were the ones supporting me from behind the scenes!"
When he heard the words "Dawn Society," Aiden’s eyes narrowed slightly. A cold killing intent flashed through them for only a moment.
Rainn also frowned deeply. Of course, she had heard of this traitor group, infamous on both Earth and in the Abyss.
"Why would they help you?" Rainn asked coldly.
"Help me?"
Morwenna laughed as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world. She laughed so hard that bloody tears ran from the corners of her eyes.
"They only wanted to raise up a puppet, so they could fully control the entire Miko clan!"
"Control the Miko clan for what?" Rainn pressed.
"For... Project Dawn!"
Morwenna’s voice trembled slightly.It was fear coming from the depths of her soul.
"Our Miko clan is born with a gift for soul arts. In all of the lower Abyss, and even the middle Abyss, no one can compare to us."
"And the Dawn Society is building the Ark of Truth!"
"The Ark of Truth needs the highest-level soul defense. They need the Miko clan’s soul arts to complete the ark’s soul shield!"
Morwenna’s words struck like thunder over the ruins.
Aiden sneered inwardly.
Those traitors, all for their so-called Ark of Truth, were even willing to scheme with the alien races of the Abyss.
"If you knew all this, why did you still help them do evil?" Rainn asked, anger rising in her voice.
"Why?"
Morwenna gave a bitter smile. A look of memory and regret flashed in her eyes.
"Back then, I was young and arrogant. I was fooled by their false promises. I thought they could truly lead me to the peak of Strength."
"When I learned the truth and wanted to turn back..."
At this point, Morwenna suddenly tore open the clothes over her chest.
There, over her heart, was a strange black Skeleton mark. It gave off a sickening evil aura.
"A soul seal!"
Aiden recognized it at once.
It was an extremely cruel soul secret art.
"That’s right. A soul seal."
Morwenna closed her eyes in despair.
"Once you enter Dawn, you are a slave for life."
"As long as I have even the slightest thought of disobeying them, this seal will explode at once. My soul will completely collapse, and I will never be reborn."
"Rainn, you won. But I... am finally free..."
Morwenna suddenly opened her eyes.
A look of firm resolve flashed in them.
The magic inside her body suddenly began to flow backward. Her withered body started to swell slightly.
She was going to kill herself!
She would rather end her own life than be controlled by the Dawn Society like a dog ever again.
"Rainn, take this!"
Using the last of her strength, Morwenna struck her own forehead with her palm.
Buzz!
A glowing ball of soul light, shining with a deep blue glow, was forcefully pulled from the space between her brows. It turned into a streak of light and flew toward Rainn.
"This is the full list of all the hidden agents the Dawn Society planted inside the Miko clan!"
"They are hiding in key positions all over Miko City. If you do not remove them, the Miko clan will never know peace!"
Morwenna’s voice grew weaker and weaker, but the destructive energy inside her body became more and more violent.
She looked deeply at Rainn.
There was no hatred left in her eyes.
Instead, there was a sense of release, and even a trace of hope.
"Please... protect the Miko clan for me..."
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