Chapter 620: Mie Mie's Secret, Hunting the Shadow Wolf, Wolf Howl

Green grass, fresh flowers, and a gentle breeze brushing by.

The civilization relic presented such an environment.

Yu Yuan listened to the barely perceptible sacred song at his ear and watched phantom figures with smiles walk into the light gates in the air.

He suddenly realized that Mie Mie might have triggered something extraordinary during the recent purification.

Because on the virtual light screen, Mie Mie’s info panel had begun to emit a golden glow.

This was very unusual.

Expectation swelled inside Yu Yuan.

And the commotion here was also rather intense.

So much so that the Shadow Wolf, who had only just stabilized his wounds, also noticed the activity over here.

But when he saw that light gate and the golden, shining sheep in the air,

even his brain briefly glitched.

“What... what the hell is that? Are there people from the Hall of Fate here?”

As the stronghold of the Sacred System, the Hall of Fate had been on passive defense since the mysterious fall of the Lord of Dawn.

They seldom appeared in special events, because if the Fallen Abyss discovered them, it would mean being surrounded and killed.

So what was going on now...

Which big shot’s people have come?

But soon, the Shadow Wolf sensed something amiss, because he recognized the aura of that light gate.

Like... like...

His eyes widened.

“The Dawnlight’s flame! That light gate actually carries the aura of Dawnlight!!!” Then a remembered term surfaced in his mind.

“This is the Dawn Gate, the Dawn civilization’s guide gate!!!”

“This... how is that possible!”

Since the Lord of Dawn fell, His civilization had collapsed and degraded into scattered mini-worlds.

Even the Hall of Fate’s gold-rank big shots couldn’t wield Dawnlight’s power.

Let alone this legendary civilization gate that connects to the Dawn Divine Realm.

“Wasn’t it lost along with the Lord of Dawn?”

The few Dawnlight flames the Shadow Wolf possessed had come from an accidental one-time teleport card; he had been transported to a special world and found a ruined altar of the Lord of Dawn there.

Those Dawnlight flames were loot taken from that altar.

Now suddenly seeing the legendary Dawn Gate dealt a crushing blow to the Shadow Wolf.

“Could the ancestor’s message all be true?”

The Shadow Wolf didn’t notice that while he was stunned by the light gate,

a little black shadow rat had already appeared not far away; upon spotting him it shrank back, furtive and twitchy.

Its thin tail wagged back and forth!

Soon, one shadow rat after another emerged behind it.

Perhaps because they had been discovered by the Silver Wolf before, this time they all waited silently.

They glanced at each other, nodded, confirmed, and then… reported, shake down!

“Master, the Shadow Wolf is watching our side, but he looks extremely shocked.” Zhi Zhi continued reporting upward.

“Shocked? Of course he’s shocked!”

Yu Yuan chuckled softly.

Up in the sky, as the last phantom walked into the light gate,

Mie Mie—

Mie Mie’s crisp bleat rang over the civilization relic.

Strangely, since the light gate had appeared, the rotten eyeball that loomed over the relic had become hidden.

Although Yu Yuan found it odd, he thought about it a moment and let it go.

In the sky, with Mie Mie’s bleat, the golden light gate began to turn ethereal.

All the gold light condensed and flowed as streaks, imprinting onto Mie Mie’s brow.

Brilliant radiance lit up across Mie Mie’s body; especially on its golden horns, where golden runes appeared.

Seeing this change, Yu Yuan’s eyes filled with both surprise and joy.

“Never expected this! Killing Artus still brings perks like this!”

After watching the previous scene, even a slow-reacting Yu Yuan understood.

Those phantoms had been the resentful spirits previously bound by the death aura.

Dawnbreak’s light had not only purified Artus and the death aura he controlled,

it also purified those resentful spirits, freeing them from their bonds and granting them redemption.

Mie Mie’s transformation was the result of those redeemed spirits.

By now Mie Mie had returned to Yu Yuan’s side.

Yu Yuan stared at the gate-shaped mark on Mie Mie’s forehead and the runes on its horns.

On the virtual light screen, Mie Mie’s info had changed as well.

Overall it was similar, but two new abilities had been added.

—Dawn Avatar: All attributes and ability effects increased by 300%;

Skill [Dawnbreak] gains holy effect, providing redemption and purification. When used against a race or civilization labeled as [Dark], they will additionally suffer [Soul Scorch] damage under Dawnbreak’s light.

Cooldown: 30 days.

—Dawn Gate: The Dawn Gate acts as the guide gate to the Dawn Divine Realm and requires the infusion of pure souls. Once a certain threshold is reached, the Dawn Divine Realm can be manifested into the real world.

Dawn Divine Realm manifestation requirement: 100,000 pure souls.

Current pure soul count: 14,242

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“Dawn Avatar? Dawn Divine Realm?”

Yu Yuan’s gaze toward Mie Mie turned odd.

“No way, Mie Mie can’t really be linked to the Lord of Dawn, right!”

Mie Mie noticed Yu Yuan’s stare and blinked, cocking its head.

Yu Yuan slapped his forehead and comforted himself:

“Eh, I must be overthinking. At most it inherited the Lord of Dawn’s power; Mie Mie’s emergence is the Fate Cards’ handiwork, that should be fine.”

“Anyway, now I should go find that werewolf.”

He turned to look in the Shadow Wolf’s direction.

Unknown to him, after he turned, a flash of excitement and... joy flickered in Mie Mie’s originally dopey eyes.

It passed quickly, returning to its usual blank look, but with a hint of liveliness.

“Mie Mie, equip!”

As Yu Yuan’s voice dropped, Mie Mie dissolved into streaks of light and fused with him.

The Fate Gloves began to transform, and the Rail Kinetic Pulse Sniper Rifle materialized in his hands.

In a few blinking moments, Yu Yuan had already appeared several hundred meters away in a shadow.

His eye pressed to the scope, and he quickly saw a figure peeking from the shade toward the spot where he had been.

It was the Shadow Wolf.

Shock, confusion, and hesitation still lingered on the Shadow Wolf’s face.

Yu Yuan doubted whether this guy had some sort of problem.

But now the relic held only the Shadow Wolf—taking him down would allow Yu Yuan to head to the Place of Divine Rest. He really wanted to see what Mortarian had left there.

Distance: 3,134 meters

Wind speed: Level 1

Humidity: 23%

The Rail Kinetic Pulse Sniper Rifle’s projectile initial velocity: 3,000–5,812 m/s.

Yu Yuan set the power to maximum.

Inhale... exhale... hold breath...

Yu Yuan forced his heart to absolute calm, avoiding stray thoughts.

He also tried hard not to reveal any killing intent.

At the instant the reticle aligned with the Shadow Wolf’s silhouette,

he pulled the trigger.

Hum... puk...

Inside the scope, a tungsten alloy projectile wrapped in plasma energy appeared, almost simultaneously, in front of the Shadow Wolf’s chest.

Yu Yuan did not expect this shot to finish the Shadow Wolf—he wasn’t that foolish. He only hoped to wound the Shadow Wolf and create better conditions for the upcoming fight.

The Shadow Wolf’s battle instincts were terrifyingly sharp; he reacted as Yu Yuan attacked.

But the projectile’s speed far exceeded his expectation. By the time his body moved, the plasma already reached him.

Yu Yuan watched the fur on the Shadow Wolf curl, turn dry yellow, even char, under the plasma’s high temperature.

Just as Yu Yuan thought the tungsten alloy projectile would pierce through the Shadow Wolf’s body—

A wolf howl full of age, ancient solitude, and loneliness echoed through the relic.

Along with it emerged a wolf-shaped phantom on the Shadow Wolf’s body...