On hearing Evan's words, Byron's first reaction was not fear, but the instinctive skepticism of a researcher.
"Quit bluffing. You're a Demon Hunter, not a pure-blooded Bloodthirsty Species."
Evan could not be bothered to argue. The longer this dragged on, the more could go wrong. He would deal with Byron first, then handle everything else.
With that thought, Evan did not hesitate.
He drove a fingertip stained with his own blood straight into Byron's body.
Unable to resist, Byron felt the drop of blood enter his body and rapidly multiply and mutate.
It was like a Magic Seed taking root inside him.
It quickly sent out masses of Root Tendrils that pierced the blood vessels and muscles throughout his body.
As it did, Byron clearly felt the terrifying vitality contained in the blood, along with a degree of Bestiality he could scarcely comprehend!
It did not feel like a drop of blood. It felt like a living creature possessed of terrifying Bestiality!
The roots extending from that drop of blood gradually fused with his blood vessels and nerves...
A Good Person by profession, Byron understood the body's structure and functions intimately. He immediately sensed a new control system inside himself.
That system could take control of his body at any moment, and even his soul.
It had also formed a strange resonance with the black threads inside him, the ones that had filled him with dread moments earlier.
With the help of those threads, this second system had a higher priority over his body than he himself did.
It was as though Byron's will had been driven into a corner of his body, while a more powerful will had dropped in to control everything.
He was like a powerless owner, hiding in a corner and watching helplessly as someone else