Chapter 979 – Skills Evolution
The Devourer roared again, but now the roar cracked halfway through. Water poured from its mouth. Its hollow eyes flickered in panic-bright flashes.
It raised both arms and slammed them into the ground.
The chamber answered.
Roots erupted in a circle around Lux, forming a cage of black wood and wet stone. The Devourer tried to crush him inside it.
Lux spun both daggers once.
Then stopped.
He didn't attack the roots immediately.
Instead, he looked up through the gaps at the Devourer.
"You know," he said, voice calm, "this would work better if I respected cages."
The roots tightened.
Lux's smile became cold. "I don't."
He drove both daggers into the floor.
[Dual Effect Triggered]
[Dominion Drain + Delirium Distortion]
Black-gold veins spread through the cage roots.
Crimson distortion followed.
The roots started absorbing from him.
Then forgot what direction hunger worked.
For one beautiful second, the cage tried to eat itself.
