Hao Xuan walked over to the Death Mold and took the light from its leafy embrace to point it towards the sea of shadow beasts blocking his path.
"How long will the charge last on the battery?"
"Approximately two hours if you depart within the next five minutes."
"It took me what, 8 hours to get here? How am I gonna make it back in two?"
"There is no other option. The only way out is through them."
The entire mountain was beginning to splinter and pull apart so it was only a matter of time before the land Hao Xuan was standing on would be gone too. And if the material plane didn't collapse in on itself then the monstrous beast trying to come through the shadow world would lay everything to waste nearby.
"That's...easier said than done. These shadow beasts are not that strong but there is no end to them. And what happens if I run into one of the big ones I saw on the way over? It will be impossible to fight them alone."