A figure fell from the lightless sky, streaking across its dark expanse like a star woven out of impenetrable darkness. It collided with a towering dune of obsidian dust and obliterated it, sending countless tons of black sand into the air.
As a billowing black cloud spread, swallowing a vast swath of the desolate land, the roar of the terrible impact rolled outward.
Soon enough, however, there was silence once more.
The billowing dust slowly settled, revealing a shallow crater. Shadow was lying there, his body battered and covered in harrowing wounds.
Nevertheless, not a single drop of blood seeped from them into the obsidian dust.
He exhaled slowly.
As several sparks of light drifted from his body into the dark aether, he rose to his feet, swaying lightly, and looked around.
Before him lay the endless expanse of the Shadow Realm.
