Black-and-white clouds and mist churned and boiled. Countless things that should have sunk into the depths of history surfaced once more; enormous outlines continuously emerged from the void, then vanished again.
Some resembled shattered mountains, some were silent warships like corpses, and some were simply independent spaces...
Spectral shadows overlapped, countless illusory things intertwining.
The silent, lonely Shadow Realm seemed to have become the focal point.
1579 watched the scene in the heavens, a faint smile on her face.
Their vigil through endless years had not been meaningless. At last, they had waited for a time of change.
Bai Yu reached out and pinched her cheek.
"What are you doing?" 1579's wandering thoughts drifted back to reality. She did not quite understand Bai Yu's action.
"Checking whether you've gone stupid." Bai Yu withdrew her hand with a grin, feeling quite relaxed.
1579 ignored Bai Yu.
She stood up and drew out a wisp of mist from her arm. It transformed into a longsword in her hand, black radiance flowing around it as though it could cleave through time and space.
The other Shadow Dwellers moved as well. Staves, long spears, bows, crossbows... all kinds of weapons slowly emerged through the black mist.
In the distance.
Half the sky had fallen completely into darkness. Wave after wave of roaring tides echoed between heaven and earth, darkness turning into a surging sea that rolled across the horizon.
The next second, something emerged from the darkness and swiftly transformed into bizarre figures.
These lifeforms from an unknown dimension staggered out of the darkness, releasing hoarse howls and roars like sleep talking. Strange strips of cloth bound the darkness together, condensing into their twisted, grotesque bodies.
1579's expression turned cold.
She watched the dark tide slowly sweeping toward them in silence.
These creatures resembled