Shadow Slave

Sunny... come here! I'll... I'll only kill you a little..."

"Get the hell away from me, you demented zombie!"

Sunny took a few steps back, easily avoiding the grasp of the shambling corpse of Master Jet. Fortunately, she was not too fast - in fact, she could barely crawl. Her nails powerlessly scratched against the alloy, and Soul Leaper let out a hoarse, disappointed hiss.

"Damn it..."

Sunny shook his head. Despite Jet's weakened state, avoiding her clutches was a tiresome task - mostly because there was nowhere really for him to run. Currently, the two of them were trapped on an alloy raft that was drifting slowly across the strait between the Antarctic Center and the vast landmass to the east.

When Jet lost control of herself, all Sunny could do was endlessly circle the raft and wait for her to come to her senses.

"Come here, Sunny! I won't bite..."

but for Soul Reaper, that was a vast distance right now. She stared at him for a

remained still, she really looked like a corpse. And technically, she was... but at least

than that, her soul core was shattered and constantly leaked what little essence she had left. Once the essence completely ran out, Soul Reaper would truly

Ability allowed her to bypass all forms of physical defense and strike

terms of size and capacity. It also removed the natural limit of essence infusion that the flesh of most living beings had, allowing Jet

was a

no essence to spare on strengthening her body. She barely had enough to keep it from collapsing entirely, and even that last reserve was slowly

dire influence remained. Neither Sunny nor Jet had been able to access their Dream

ocean to leave the area of influence of the Corrupted Titan, which would allow both to return to the Dream Realm. That would still be dangerous, but not as dangerous as remaining in the Winter Beast's

left intact in Falcon Scott. In the end, Sunny had

raft they were currently drifting on... was not just a random sheet of

of inanimate objects. Additionally, the size and intricacy of the simulacrum were dependent on Sunny's Shadow Core capacity. By now, he was very close to becoming

was much larger than the alloy chest the Coffer usually looked like, at

even the strongest alloy would have been. If something attacked them from below... which had already happened a few times... the raft was