The Real Plan

Lucius hovered in mid-air, his eyebrows knitted into a frown while Excalibur levitated behind him.

His gaze was on the blackened, cracked wasteland, covered with jagged bones and rotting corpses partially buried beneath its surface.

Eerie, pale-green mist seeped from the cracks, and spectral figures flickered in and out of existence, whispering unintelligible words that unsettled the mind.

An emerald green moon hung low in the pitch-black sky, casting a green glow over the entire realm. Time and space felt warped, with distances stretching or shrinking unpredictably, disorienting anyone but Lei Fei.

The air was heavy, infused with an oppressive aura that drained life force and Aether energy from all living beings within it, except for Lei Fei.

This stolen energy fueled the cursed melody, amplifying its effects.

"Domain: Land of the Dead… The final lesson, I never got to teach you." Lei Fei's voice rang from a distance.