บท 148: Chapter 148: Elder Gods [1]

One of the two remaining massive Dimensional Rifts had undergone a haunting transformation—its usual swirling void of shifting colors suddenly turned a deep, blood-red. The pulsing pillar of cosmic energy now cast an eerie crimson hue over the landscape, bathing everything beneath it in a suffocating, otherworldly glow. The world itself seemed to hold its breath, as if sensing the unnatural shift that had just occurred.

This change wasn't just visual. The Rift now exuded an entirely different kind of pressure, a force more intense and malicious than anything felt before. The Mana, which had always leaked steadily from the Rift, had suddenly spiked to nearly four times its usual output. The very air around the Rift seemed to thrum with volatile power, making the hairs on the neck of anyone nearby stand on end.