Chapter 126: The Ultimate Weapon

I awoke to a disorienting blur of darkness and swirling colors. My body felt heavy, as if I were submerged in thick, inky water. I blinked, trying to make sense of my surroundings.

I felt a dull ache in my head, and my muscles burned with the effort of movement. Slowly, the world around me began to come into focus.

I was still on the battlefield, but everything had changed. The ground beneath me was scorched, the earth blackened and cracked as if seared by an intense heat.

The sky above was a swirling mass of dark clouds and flickering lightning, casting an eerie glow over the desolate landscape.

The creature stood a few paces away, its shadowy form flickering like a dying flame. It was monstrous, a twisted amalgamation of shadows and fire, its body constantly shifting and changing. Its eyes blazed with a bright, fiery intensity that seemed to pierce straight through me.

I pushed myself up, gritting my teeth against the pain. “What are you?” I demanded, my voice rough and strained.