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Chapter 181: Shadows That Have Yet to Fade
Author: Jajajuba
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The scorched ruins of the forest stretched beneath the gray sky. The air still carried the sharp scent of ionized energy, remnants of the epic battle between light and darkness. Zhi Hao sat on the edge of the crater, his breathing heavy, his hands trembling as he gripped the now-dim Qianlong.

"Are you okay?" Ling Xue knelt beside him, her hand glowing blue as she ran it over his wounded shoulder. Tiny ice crystals formed on Zhi Hao’s skin, sealing the bleeding.

He nodded weakly. "Qianlong… it feels like it's draining my energy."

In the distance, Black 3 sifted through the debris, pulling out a shard of cracked silver. "Look at this," he called out, holding up a broken piece of Jing Wu’s mask. "The dark energy is still lingering."

Xiao Han suddenly dropped to his knees, pressing his hands into the ground. "There’s something down here." He dug into the mud, pulling out a metal chain engraved with an inverted sun symbol. "The insignia of the Eternal Night Sect..."

Creak!

A sharp cracking
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