Chapter 304: The Battle of the Five Elements Stone

The air in the abandoned mine was stale with the scent of decay and ozone. It wasn't the natural dampness of rock and earth, but a manufactured corruption that clung to the back of the throat. The vast central cavern had been horrifically transformed. What was once a chasm carved by miners was now a grotesque amphitheater of sacrifice, its floor dominated by a circular altar etched with spiraling, pulsating glyphs of shadow energy. The light they emitted cast long, dancing shadows that made the...