What... was this?
The Blood Moon, which had poured all its strength into trying to devour and assimilate Yu Xing completely, "stiffened" the instant it touched the mark on his abdomen—a pattern flowing with profound darkness, as if it contained a writhing universe. A terror unlike anything it had ever known suddenly seized it.
"VMMMM—!!!"
A wail of utter terror and submission erupted from the Blood Moon's core, resounding directly through the soul!
The surging, unstoppable crimson moonlight froze as if it had met its natural enemy, then began to tremble violently and disintegrate beyond its control.
The maddening knowledge, twisted intentions, and primordial power linking the moonlight to the Old Gods instantly lost all aggression when they sensed the absolute pressure of an existence far more ancient than they could comprehend. All that remained was the most primal urge to tremble and flee.
"No... Impossible... This is..." From "Emily's" shattered body came the hybrid's disbelieving, horrified, broken snarl.
Even as a massive celestial body among the stars, it now felt something even more vast and incomprehensible.
The fervor and sense of control in its voice had vanished, leaving only despair in the face of an absolute superior.
It tried to withdraw its power, to flee, but it was already too late.
The brand on Yu Xing's abdomen seemed to come alive. Its dark pattern opened like the maw of an abyss, radiating a terrifying suction. The collapsing Blood Moon energy was no longer nourishment that needed to be laboriously "digested." It had become an offering forcibly seized, drawn helplessly into the pattern like countless rivers flowing into the sea!
Yu Xing felt the pattern on his abdomen grow faintly warm, as if it, too, had become "excited" in a distinctly human way.
[He] was the source of the eldritch