Almost the moment Silvanus finished speaking, a violent tremor suddenly erupted, like an earthquake.
The walls behind him abruptly collapsed. Thick black smoke surged upward, twisting and converging as it began to take shape, forming a colossal figure with eyes and a mouth like bottomless pits.
Its body writhed sinuously. It let out a long, piercing shriek, then lunged straight at Silvanus, its fingers stretching out like hooked claws.
Silvanus knitted his brows. A fierce gust of wind suddenly rose and blasted him away, so fast that only afterimages were left behind.
The thing roared in fury. The path ahead seemed to grow narrower as well, while the echoing vibrations rolled far into the distance.
Nick had no idea how long he had been running. He only felt that the passages ahead were endlessly long. The sensation that something was chasing him from behind left him with no choice but to run at full speed, as fast as he possibly could.
He had no idea how the others were doing…
