Chapter 575 - 575

Under the perpetual twilight of the corrupted lands, Kaelen and Rattan moved with a purpose that cut through the dark miasma of fear. Their target was the Abyssal Heartwood, a pulsating, vein-like material that snaked through the deepest, most corrupted pockets of the earth, often near the gnarled roots of blighted trees or within oozing fissures. This wasn't a simple excavation. The Heartwood writhed with raw, unrefined Abyssal energy, its mere proximity causing the air to grow heavy, the ground to tremble, and whispers of madness to claw at the edges of their minds.