Yan Jin's voice cut through the chaos like a blade. "Catch!" he called, hurling the ornate box through the air toward Nie Li. The box spun rapidly, catching the corrupted light in flashes of gold and red, and for a split second, all eyes followed its trajectory. Nie Li's instincts kicked in as he reached up, snatching the box mid-air, his expression a mix of surprise and confusion.
But Yan Jin's next move was even more shocking. Without hesitation, he turned and leaped directly into the maelstrom of corrupted energy, vanishing into the seething darkness below. The swirling vortex of corrupted plasma and dark energy enveloped him, distorting the air around it, and swallowing Yan Jin whole.
"What are you doing?" Nie Li shouted after him, but Yan Jin was already gone, lost in the churning sea of corruption.
