"Captain..."
Silver Fox's voice from behind made Dragon Soul pull his gaze away from the patch of "black domain" in the sky.
He turned around, his eyes lingering for a moment on the emptiness beneath Silver Fox's right shoulder. "Why are you back? Where's Chen Na?"
"I told her to hide. What's going on? That pitch-black thing is..."
Silver Fox stared at the enormous, constantly shifting black entity in the sky, a chill running down her spine.
"It was created by Shadow. I don't know what it is either." Dragon Soul guessed, "He has Lucifer trapped inside now. We don't know the situation."
Silver Fox was astonished. "Shadow showed up?"
"Yeah. I don't know how he found this place, but his arrival was crucial."
"Captain, you..."
Only after walking up beside Dragon Soul did Silver Fox notice the horrifying long wound across his chest and abdomen.
"I'm fine. You Hao... was killed by Lucifer."
Silver Fox looked toward Jiang Lanying in the distance, undisguised killing intent in her eyes.
"Don't act rashly." Dragon Soul reminded her. "Our mission is to bring the target back."
"...But Captain, Shadow is the one restraining her now, right? Will he agree?"
Dragon Soul did not answer, because he did not know the answer.
Inside the Shadow Domain, Lucifer hovered in the darkness, panting heavily and drenched in sweat.
He had been sprinting continuously for who knew how long, changing directions several times along the way, yet he had never reached the end or touched the tangible layers of shadow.
He found it hard to believe, and the confidence in his heart began to waver.
This seemingly endless darkness made him feel as though everything he did was futile.
Worst of all, he had little Mind Power left.
After developing the Wings of the