Chapter 1283 Opening the Path
It was as if time had frozen for the both of them as they stopped moving within the bubble that Kisuke created. Even Kisuke stopped chewing and just kept drinking Ichibei's blood since he stopped struggling while also completely ignoring the hundreds of fangs that were stuck and drinking his blood back.
Tiamat saw things on a deeper level and noticed that Kisuke was being drained way faster than he could drain Ichibei. At this rate, Kisuke will disappear first before he can hurt Ichibei.
However, she's not actually worried and is surprised that Ichibei would choose this option, 'Isn't this way too convenient?'
While it looks like they are both stealing from each other, they are fundamentally eating different things.
In Ichibei's case, he would be eating one's energy and when that's depleted, he'll be eating his victim's soul which is where an individual's core is located.
Kisuke, on the other hand, was eating everything that 'Chaos' had tainted and the energy he was getting was just a nice little bonus.
Absorbing 'Chaos' is actually Chaos' main ability that Tiamat managed to get after the former tried stealing her authority and existence. By tainting someone with his own attribute, Chaos could quietly consume them from the inside.
However, there's a big problem with his ability. As strong as it is, it takes too much time. In addition to that, the victim has to be unaware that they are already tainted to a certain point.
Chaos almost succeeded when he worked closely with both Tiamat and Null, gaining their trust. In the process of creating a world, Chaos would insert his own attributes into them slowly but surely and when there's no way for them to extract the poison, he backstabbed them.