She clasped the Spirit Pendulum tightly, eyes lowered, saying nothing.
Viscous pitch-black seeped out from between the grains of sand, coiling around her feet and creeping upward; wherever it passed, her toes began to crumble, turning to fine sand and gravel that pattered down, returning to the tray.
Like a candle being lit and consumed, she withered away bit by bit.
"There's no time to lose, move at once!"
Jiang Tongguang nodded, gave her one last look, and led the team forward.
This was the first time Ji Jue had seen the full view of You Sui.
Passing through the phantom-like ruin walls, they wound their way through narrow alleys; the air reeked of burning, so acrid it stung, while pale ash drifted down from the firmament like falling snow.
Verdant flames surged across the sky like tides, sending out ripple upon ripple, resembling shifting auroras and neon lights, so dazzlingly bright.
Yet they still could not illuminate this shadowed world.
