But a closer look revealed it was no blood moon.
They were two cold, sinister, Crimson pupils, like a serpent's, radiating a bone-chilling, spectral light.
Before anyone could recover from their utter shock, a web of fine cracks rapidly spread across the dim sky.
Then, an immense face that blotted out the sky slowly emerged.
It was like a Giant from beyond this world, leaning down to force its way inside.
The pressure it exuded was as crushing as a mountain, suffocating and driving all to despair.
With every fraction it pressed down, the sky cracked like a fragile, overburdened mirror, innumerable fissures spreading from the contours of the face.
An accompanying CRACKLING sound rolled across the heavens like muffled thunder.
The sky was mercilessly stained by Karmic Fire from Purgatory, instantly transforming into a vast expanse of fiery, crimson clouds.
The fiery clouds churned madly across the horizon, a surging sea of flames.
