When the spiritual item triggered the first battle, the barrier shattered, revealing not an earthly paradise, but a treacherous space.
Translucent creatures floated within it, their eerie green eyes flashing with an unsettling light that flickered like ignis fatuus. Their gloomy green hue resembled a bottomless swamp, making anyone who looked at them feel as though they were about to be sucked in.
Their bodies were like smoke and mist, shifting unpredictably in shape, swaying like candlelight in the wind, impossible to pin down. They made a hissing sound in their mouths—a noise that crept into the ears like the cold friction of a venomous snake darting out its tongue, or the whispers of malevolent ghosts. The sound seemed to crawl along the ear canals straight into the depths of the heart, making one's hair stand on end.
Chapter 81