Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2242

As Nephis felt the indescribable agony of her soul cores shattering and the ocean of flame contained within them escaping like an incinerating white inferno, she opened her mouth to scream.

However, what escaped it was not a scream, but a thunderous melody of True Names being evoked by a Shaper to bend the world to her will.

The True Name of Fire, the True Name of Destruction…

Her own True Name, as well. The name of Changing Star, the Star of Ruin.

And the name of the Queen.

Ravensong.

A brilliant star suddenly ignited in the dark sky above the snowy chasm.

It was so bright and pure that even the soldiers in the distance could not help but turn their heads and look, her light reflecting in their frightened eyes.

Then, a pillar of flame escaped the blade of the Blessing and plummeted into the vast expanse of swirling snow, burning a hole in it. The snow melted into water, the water evaporated, and the steam was overheated, turning into plasma. The air itself was burned away, creating an area of absolute vacuum.

All of it happened in an instant.

Then, the pillar of flame disappeared, extinguished by the darkness, and for a moment, everything was still.

And then…

It was as if a sun was born under the fractured battlefield.

Suddenly, the billowing cloud of snow veiling the depths of the vast chasm shone with beautiful white light. The same soft light rose from the countless jagged cracks that marred the surface of the shattered bone plain, chasing away the darkness.

The Hollows became a source of pure radiance. It was as the dark depths of Godgrave had somehow switched places with its blinding sky, with light pouring from below and darkness looming far above.

Everything was still for a brief moment… and in that moment, the soft radiance pouring from the cracks in the ancient bone gradually turned more intense, and then more intense still, until it was almost violently bright.

The world shuddered.

A terrifying roar rose into the sky,making the Awakened soldiers stumble and press their hands against their ears. The Nightmare Creatures faltered. The swirling snow was instantly obliterated, and towering walls of white flame shot from the jagged cracks into the black sky.

The bone itself was blackened, entire swaths of it plummeting into the white inferno below.

The abominable jungle, which had been frozen by the lethal snowstorm, was now set aflame and turned to ash. The great vertical bridges of twisting vines all collapsed into whirlwinds of embers, and countless Nightmare Creatures perished in the explosion, either annihilated by the obliterating shockwave or burned to death by ferocious flames.

By the time the world stopped quaking, the Hollows were a radiant hell of white fire and incandescent embers. The snow was replaced by swirling ash, which rained down from above. Smoke veiled everything in sight.

…And from that smoke, something rose, stretching its tendrils toward a small, radiant star burning in the black sky.

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Sunny had carried a Corrupted Titan through the shadows once. The weight of its vile soul had been both crushing and immense…

But the weight of Anvil's soul was simply unbearable. Or rather, his soul seemed immovable.

And yet, Sunny did move it.

In that moment — for a moment — his will tramped that of a Supreme, perhaps because he had caught the King of Swords by surprise.

As the two of them submerged into the embrace of shadows, though, Sunny did something that he had never done before, and had never been capable of doing before.

Instead of stepping through the shadows while carrying another living being to emerge from them someplace else, he simply pulled both Anvil and himself into the familiar cold darkness.

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