After obtaining Old Constance's permission to read the City of Breezes' collection, Su Wen had, at the very least, made progress.
But as a Scholar,
he preferred to call such achievements learning.
And so, facing the Gene Modification Body that had been completely locked down and frozen in place, even as he heard the "This is impossible!!!" mixed with a monster's roar,
the handsome Scholar finally looked directly at the monster, though there was not the slightest trace of pity in his words:
"Your greatest mistake,"
in an instant,
as his right hand slowly rose,
boundless dawn glimmers seemed to gather in his palm. Even those slowly flowing motes of light ultimately condensed into a spear of light:
"was underestimating the purity of Genetic Ascension, the complexity of Spiritual Ascension, and the vastness of this world."
Extraordinary Trait: Dawn Knight—Judgment—Purge Filth
He gripped the spear tightly,
then drove it straight into the girl's brow. Yet the half-ethereal spear did not harm her body. Instead, it seemed to have pierced something utterly disgusting.
Su Wen heard an agonized shriek,
but he did not stop. Instead, the Dawn Spiritual Energy surging from his right hand became even more majestic.
As the half-solid spear stirred, some contaminated energy within the girl's body was directly extracted, evaporated, and turned into purple smoke.
But that was not the end,
for through Storage Box Operation, a lantern shimmering with faint light appeared in his left hand.
At that moment, although several streetlamps still stood on the platform, and although they had once been incomparably bright, they were now completely eclipsed by that sole glimmer:
And Su Wen finally heard another oath entirely different from the former Mythical Trait: Glimmer of Lamplight—Lamplight Leads the Way:
When Eternal Night devours the last dawn, I shall remove the crown