Black to when Ace opened the sealed on the Sin Trial…
The first quake tore through the Black Hermit Mines like a heartbeat from the abyss itself, and then came the screams.
Crimson mists erupted from the deepest shafts, rolling upward in waves as if the abyss had begun to bleed. The very ground convulsed underfoot, and a stench of molten corruption flooded the air.
All the abyssal beasts within the mines went mad, and for the first time since the mines' discovery, they left their territories, causing a massive stampede.
The miners, cultivators, and guards, who had long grown numb to the groans of the underground, froze as those groans became roars filled with raw fury and madness.
From every tunnel and fissure came the sound of chains snapping, walls collapsing, and monstrous bellows that clawed at the soul. The formations meant to suppress the corrupted abyssal Qi shattered one after another, each detonation echoing like war drums.
