617 Hybrid (Part 3)

Life Suppression, however, was a tougher client. It conjured a black five pointed star inscribed in a red circle which allowed the person at its center to feed on the energy the array drained from everything inside its area of effect.

Scarlett inwardly cursed as she realized that both her array and her life force were being turned against her, making the Nue even more powerful.

"Yes! I knew it! You are the key to my research." Xacha said as the flood of nutrients made the hunger that had tormented her ever since her metamorphosis disappear.

Black flames erupted from her neck, enveloping her skull as her body started to mutate once again.

"What goes around comes around, pal." Scarlett reacted quickly, turning her Light Sovereign into its darkness magic counterpart. Normally she would have suffered from its deadly effects as well, but thanks to Life Suppression, all of its energy was redirected to the Nue.