Chapter 473 - Taming the Golden Light - 2
Bloodwyn’s corruption manifested like a storm.
Three out of his six beasts fused with him simultaneously. Dark wings spread from his back while his hands grew elongated claws designed for more than simple combat.
The absorbed power from the Deep Leviathan Worm flowed through him, and when he released it, the very air seemed to recoil.
The corruption struck the mushroom field like a tidal wave of darkness.
Where the golden fungi had pulsed with gentle light, now there was only withering shadow. The creatures of light dissolved on contact, their radiance extinguished as if they had never existed. The mana they had consumed was canceled by the one in the darkness, leaving behind only scorched earth.
"Effective," Hagen commented, watching the destruction.
But as the corruption cleared the field, something unexpected happened.
The claw-shaped tree, which had been fully covered in the golden mushrooms, didn’t lose all of them. Instead, the remaining fungi began to glow with higher intensity, their light becoming so bright it was painful to observe directly.
And then the claw closed.
The gnarled branches, which had been spread wide like an open hand, contracted. The movement was smooth and purposeful, clearly the action of something ’alive’ rather than the random falling of a dying plant.
"That’s not a tree," Hagen said.
"No," Bloodwyn agreed, his enhanced senses analyzing the structure with growing interest. "It’s clearly not."