Chapter 43: Abyssal Requiem

The air inside the spire was suffused with an oppressive force, heavy and stifling, as the shadowy entity materialized. Its form was a chaotic mass of writhing tendrils, each tipped with glowing, jagged shards of obsidian. Two piercing eyes, radiant with Abyssal energy, emerged from the center of its formless body, locking onto Daniel and Mira.

[Hostile Identified: Abyssal Revenant.]

[Threat Level: Cataclysmic.]

The Abyssal Fragment in Daniel's grasp pulsed violently, its resonance amplifying the tremors in the spire.

Mira tightened her grip on her blade, her voice cutting through the mounting tension. "We need to move, Daniel. Now."

Daniel didn't need convincing. "System, any weaknesses?"

[Analysis in Progress…]

The Revenant let out an ear-piercing wail, the sound reverberating through the chamber. Daniel and Mira were thrown back, their movements sluggish as the Abyssal energy sapped their strength.