"My emperor, we've made our choice. In the end, I'll be the one helping you complete the tasks ahead."
Ross finally came before Lin Hao covered in blood, his voice breathless.
The tailcoat he wore had also turned blood-red.
Lin Hao opened his eyes and glanced at him. That tailcoat was the anomaly he controlled, and among Class-A
anomalies, it probably wasn't weak.
It offered both physical offense and defense, and could leave his body to wrap around others and drain their flesh and blood.
The red on the clothing wasn't blood that had stained it, but a backlash from Ross overusing its power.
Blood could be seen dripping constantly from the tailcoat's hem, and the bloody glow on its surface seemed to flow.
Ross's chest heaved as he panted. Partly, he really was exhausted; partly, it seemed the tailcoat had come alive and was making him pant along with it.
"Heh, pretty efficient. You really didn't hesitate at all-"
The plump, blood-colored worm crawled out of Lin Hao's hand.
"Eat it."
"Yes." Without the slightest hesitation, Ross took the Weird Insect and swallowed it.
He could feel it dissolve in his mouth, and a cold power seemed to burrow into his soul.
As Lin Hao withdrew the Blood Moon Ghost Domain, Ross hurriedly used wish power at the Teleportation Point to heal himself.
The blood-red tailcoat he wore rapidly faded back to its ordinary appearance, and his aura stabilized.
What left Ross feeling somewhat bitter was that the anomaly behind that blood worm belonged to an "ally," and he had swallowed it willingly, so the World Will's treatment hadn't eradicated it-
"As you said earlier, White Eagle's mainland only has four S-Rank Ghost Tamers, and the Storm Lord might head to Great Jin. So when the rotation comes on