The colossal chalice mimicked a dying heartbeat.
Necrotic sludge spilled over its enormous brim, melting the sacred earth beneath it. Then, the true horror of the Unholy Man's Grail activated.
From the mouth of the vessel, a suffocating vacuum of dark magic erupted.
Buzz!
It specifically targeted pure, divine life force.
The golden rivers flowing through the central continent instantly boiled and turned black. The ambient holy mana, which had nourished the Saint Lands for tens of thousands of years, was forcefully dragged into the sky. Rivers of golden light ripped themselves out of the ground and flowed upwards, pouring directly into the gaping maw of the demonic chalice.
