This scene...
This feeling...
Yang An was suddenly reminded of his last encounter inside the Earth Spirit Stele. He had been lost in the darkness then, too, facing an unknown, terrifying presence in the shadows.
He hadn't done anything this time. He hadn't even tried to explore its depths like before, yet the situation was identical to the last.
BZZZT!
Layer after layer of light erupted around Yang An, stacking on top of each other in an attempt to illuminate the surrounding darkness.
The Earth Spirit Stele was vanishing layer by layer, including the mirror-like reflection on the ground. It was as if he had been plunged into absolute darkness, unable to see a thing.
But a dangerous aura was rapidly approaching from within the darkness, drawing ever closer.
Everything around him seemed to crack and shatter, only to fall swiftly into a dead silence.
