On the other side.
"Ah..."
The Painted Skin demon, reduced to nothing but a remnant of tendril-like flesh, let out a brief, shrill scream.
Its blood-red, rootlike flesh twisted as it vanished into a crack. The Dark Curse Alliance elder hidden in the mysterious space within Dark Sparrow's left eye had dragged it inside.
Here.
A pale hand gripped Reilo by the neck.
An immense suction came from the hand, as if it intended to drag him into the mysterious space in the same way.
With his Sun and Moon Eyes fixed on the pale hand before him, Reilo instinctively struggled against the powerful, uncanny pull and the unknown space beyond it.
Gravity pressed in from all directions, layer upon layer, binding his body as it fought against the terrible suction from the crack.
Crack, crack.
The opposing forces caused the pitch-black crack to widen slightly. Instead, it seemed as if Reilo might pull the other party out of that mysterious, unknown space.
At the same time, behind the pale arm, a hideous old woman appeared.
The old woman gave a chilling laugh. She looked just like the devils described in holy scriptures. Green worms writhed across her skull-like head, all skin and bones. A few scraggly strands of dry hair showed beneath an ancient bronze crown, where countless twisted shadows could be seen writhing and wailing.
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss...
Her laughter was hoarse, and viscous liquid trickled from her mouth as she laughed.
"Stop struggling. I'll build you an entire paradise of hell right here, and make you my spirit weapon through fear and torment."
Her chilling words brimmed with excitement.
Her power had clearly surged!
Facing the true form of this mysterious and terrifying Dark Curse Elder, even Reilo in his current state