"This again…" Leng Yue muttered, her tone laced with irritation as she stepped beyond the edge of the cavern where the glyphs had been bound.
Before them stood another band of the corrupted—wretched figures half-melded with shadow and ruin. Their bodies twitched with the same unnatural rhythm, and their hollow mouths parted in unison.
"LEAVE THE GLYPHS!!!" The words rang like broken bells through the ravine.
Leng Yue wasted no breath. "If I must cut more of you down… then so be it."
Her blade flashed—gleaming like moonlight drawn into steel.
~SHHHING~
With one stroke, she severed the nearest creature across the midsection. It shrieked—an awful, wet keening that echoed in the bone.
~KRRHHHH~
The others surged forward.
Li Wei, unmoved, stepped behind her. He drew two talismans from his sleeve, letting them hover before him. His third eye flared to life, a pale glow illuminating his brow.
His voice echoed with weight. "Bound spirits of the Waking Ash… be still."
