Newborn Taboo roared inwardly.
Though it had only just been born, facing the little thief who had stolen its power instantly kindled the fury in its heart.
It completely abandoned that lingering obsession with the Tower of Erudition. Its massive body slowly turned in the center of the Sea of Blood, facing the Sea of Worms surging toward it from all directions.
With that turn, all the flesh and blood throughout the Inner City shuddered.
The nine gazes upon the Crown of Flesh atop its head lit up in unison.
Black-and-white patterns streamed down from the crown, spreading along that half-human, half-tree body and pouring into the Sea of Blood beneath its feet.
Everywhere they passed, the churning dark-red flesh fell still, dyed through by black and white. Even the void above it twisted into searing distortions.
That was its domain.
With every inch the domain spread, the weight pressing down grew heavier.
Lu Yuan hovered in midair, feeling that aura become so heavy it was nearly tangible. Even from so far away, it pressed down until his breathing nearly stopped.
Oden shrank within Lu Yuan's leg, and for once, he did not dare utter a single unnecessary word.
Newborn Taboo raised an arm twisted together from flesh and roots and pointed from afar at Leike's Sea of Worms.
The interwoven black-and-white domain instantly spread toward Leike. In the next moment, a crushing force came crashing down.
It was a will that sought to force everything beneath it to its knees and tame it into slaves.
Swathes of Swarm Insects at the forefront of the Sea of Worms suddenly stiffened beneath that force. The gold-and-black insects piled atop one another as they fell, on the verge of turning to ash and slipping free of control.
If it had been the