The Ancient Bronze Mirror Fragment pressed tightly against his chest, sending out faint yet continuous waves of coolness like a clear spring flowing over scorching, scorched earth. It soothed the tiny yet stubborn "ice-crack" fractures torn across Qin Lie's Sea of Consciousness by the pressure of the Giant Wolf Phantom.
In the shadows of the quiet chamber, he slowly opened his eyes. The exhaustion settled deep within his pupils had not yet fully dissipated, but the shock and panic inflicted by the Wolf Spirit's will had been replaced by a deeper, razor-sharp chill.
His fingertips unconsciously stroked the cold Ancient Bronze Mirror Fragment at his waist. The suffocating terror of the altar with its blood-red light piercing the sky, the giant wolf looking down from above, and Tuoba Hong’s fanatically distorted face once again flashed vividly across his mind.
Chapter 186