This was...
Chen Xing looked up at the moon overhead.
Mists from afar wafted in like wisps of smoke, gently cloaking the moon.
The hazy moonlight penetrated the clouds, mottledly reflecting the moon that was being slowly devoured behind the sky.
The obscuring entity seemed like an invisible gargantuan maw, or a massive hand, slowly shrouding the once brilliantly shining moon.
A trace of confusion passed through Chen Xing's eyes; he faintly sensed that what covered the moon was not merely darkness, but a deep and ancient blood-red, akin to age-old coagulated blood, dark and profound, exuding a mysterious and ancient aura.
"A lunar eclipse... has it come early?" Chen Xing murmured to himself, filled with doubt.
He pondered that perhaps due to geographical differences, the region he was in was experiencing the lunar eclipse phenomenon earlier than expected.