The decaying log bridge in front of Lu Yun was thirty meters long and a third of a meter wide, permitting passage for only one at a time. The creature of darkness stood in the middle, blocking the way.

The bridge wasn’t part of the vacuum; there was an invisible barrier between the two. The endarkened had thrown itself against the barrier when Lu Yun killed its brethren, but failed to break it.

This one looked different from the previous one. Its form was humanoid and its height similar to a normal human, but a shell covered its body. Looking more like gray armor, bone spurs jutted out at various intervals. The creature was altogether a horrifying...