Chapter 230 - Taming Desperation

Meanwhile, Liora and Luna's group...

The impacts against the containment wall intensified by the moment.

Shizu stopped, leaning against the wall of the tunnel she had been excavating for the past few minutes. Her breathing was labored, each inhalation a visible effort that made her shoulders heave. 

The earth wolverine she had fully manifested was beginning to show signs of exhaustion, its earthy form crumbling slightly at the edges as her control wavered.

"Need to... keep going," she gasped, sliding down until she was on one knee. Her face was drawn with fatigue, skin ashen beneath the dirt that smeared her features.

"We can't stop," Mako looked at her with concern but also urgency. "Those shadow stalkers will break through the wall soon. I felt them through the ground..."