: Perilous Passage and Mysterious Illusions
The group proceeded slowly through the passage. Every step felt as though they were walking on the thin ice of fate—cautiously, their nerves taut like fully drawn bows, as if a single careless move would snap them. The ceaselessly flickering runes around them resembled cunning and agile spirits, their eerie light dimming and brightening unpredictably as if they were quietly prying into the depths of everyone's souls, or perhaps delivering a silent warning from antiquity that sent a chill straight to their hearts.
Suddenly, an eerie and bone-chilling howl erupted within the passage. The sound seemed to issue from the darkest abyss of the universe, resembling the angry roar of a long-dormant ancient beast awakened from its slumber, causing the passage to hum and vibrate to the point where even space itself seemed to tremble. Immediately afterward, a patch of ink-thick darkness surged forth ahead. The darkness was so dense it felt tangible, as if it could swallow all light entirely. Amidst this darkness, ferocious and terrifying figures loomed indistinctly, baring their fangs and claws while exuding a hair-raising aura, as though they were struggling to break free from the shackles of the darkness and pounce forward to tear the group to pieces.
"Be careful! These are not real physical entities, but illusions, yet they can still disrupt our minds. We must not let our guard down!" Lin Yu's expression shifted drastically as he shouted a…
Chapter 458