A deathly silence descended upon the chaotic battlefield, leaving only the sound of footsteps.
Despair rose in every heart as darkness spread, diffusing with those heavy footsteps. It wriggled like a living thing, covering the deck, the cabins, and every place in between!
Amid the fervent hymns of countless iron crows, darkness rose from the shadows and became a bottomless mire.
From within that mire, blurry tentacles like hands stretched out, winding around the invaders' bodies, pulling, tearing, grinding them into pieces before swallowing them into the darkness.
Hungrily devouring everything!
Like a waking beast beginning to enjoy breakfast.
"Holy! Holy! Holy!!!"
Within the darkness, soaring songs of joy rose into the sky and resounded across the earth.
In an instant, the Darkness of Guixu had blanketed and swallowed the entire Solar Ship, yet it was not satisfied with the food that had willingly leaped into its mouth.
It even extended outward along the chains nailed to the ship.
Aboard the light-forged warship, the axe-wielding commander's pupils contracted sharply and his face changed. "Cut them—"
"Too late."
At that instant, behind him, a small, slender figure appeared out of thin air amid shattered light. Behind her, the shadows shifted eerily, revealing the savage silhouettes of countless monsters.
She casually leaped from the void, crossing the two slender daggers in her hands as she slashed them toward the commander's neck!
Insolence!
In an instant, the commander retreated and tried to abandon his axe for his sword. Yet he immediately discovered that the distance between them had not widened at all!
It had even become closer!
In that fleeting daze, the blades had already swept across his neck. He froze where he stood.
Utter blackness spread from his soul.
Only then did the attendants beside the commander finally react, instinctively reaching for