Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2310

'I'm going crazy.'

How had he not sensed a thing?

Sunny had sharp senses, and they had only grown sharper after he attained Supremacy. All Awakened could feel certain things - presence, power, the subtle flow of soul essence... Corruption. And the stronger they grew, the more sensitive they became to the hidden side of the world.

Especially so when it came to beings who were twisted by the corrupting influence of the Void. Just like nightmare creatures could sense the scent of human souls, Awakened responded to the presence of their sworn enemies - Nightmare Creatures.

And yet, Sunny had felt nothing until he gazed into the depths of the gorgeous jade board.

Inside the Death Game...

Was a sea of Corruption so vast and dark that it made his blood run cold.

It was contained flawlessly, with not even a drop of it seeping out, but he could see the bottomless well of appalling darkness moving subtly. Surging, straining... waiting.

He had never witnessed anything that malignant and pestilent before - not even when gazing at the corrupted deity, Cursed Tyrant Condemnation.

'How the hell...'

How had he not felt it?

Sunny should have become covered in cold sweat as soon as he entered the Toy Room.

'That damned daemon!'

What the hell had Ariel been thinking, leaving something like that lying around?

"Everyone, get away from that thing."

The rest did not know it yet, but they were standing near a bomb. A frightening, inexplicable bomb full of Corruption.

No, come to think of it, Death Singer had reacted to the jade board peculiarly. Seishan had covered her nose, as well, as if overwhelmed by the stench of blood. Sunny had noted their reactions, but having sensed no immediate threat, chose to question them later.

At the moment, he was closest to the jade board. Kai was directly behind him, while Slayer was on the other side of the game table. The Song sisters were closer to the door.

Hearing the tension in his voice, they backed away slowly.

Sunny took a careful step back, as well.

When he did, though, he noticed something...

There were four runes carved into the jade board, one on each side.

'Snow. Ash.'

His eyes narrowed.

'Fear...'

He did not see the fourth rune from where stood, but could sense its form in the shadow cast by the jade board.

'...Truth?'

And just as Sunny read the fourth rune...

The world suddenly shifted, dissolving into darkness.

"Dam..."

"...ation!"

Sunny fell, his knees sinking into the soft ash. A cold wind suddenly blew across his face, making him squint.

The first thing he felt was that he was not in the small underground chamber anymore, surrounded from all sides by white jade. Instead, he was in a vast open space... standing on his knees under a boundless sky.

'What the?'

Sunny jumped to his feet and reached into the shadows, manifesting a black odachi from them. The Jade Mantle revealed itself, covering his body like a black carapace. His shadow sense shot outward, searching for any sign of immediate danger.

However, nothing around him was moving. The world was still, with only the wind blowing across the desolate expanse.

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