Pirate Kingship

As a crescent moon climbed the treetops, endless streams of blood-red light showered upon the Corridor of Truth, painting this continent with a layer of blood.

Occasionally, olive-sized light points could be seen dangling at the ends of the infinite blood threads. Once they touched animals, plants, or even stones, water, they would imbue them with intense vitality.

Although it was already night, when everything should be silent, the forest was filled with restless life energy everywhere.

The chaos was far more severe than on the Southern Continent.

"Everyone, don’t look directly at that moon; it’s not just an ordinary moon; it’s also a projection of a powerful Old God.

During the beginning and end of the month, the impact isn’t significant; you can only see a profile. If any mortal dares to gaze at the moon during a full moon and sees its full face, they will undoubtedly become a lunatic."

Even though it had been mentioned many times before, Heather still couldn’t help but remind everyone to be cautious.

Byron almost had close contact once with the incarnated arrival of the Mother of Monsters, not minding the mere side-face of an Old God in the sky.

He only found this seemingly abstract yet stunningly gorgeous female face strangely familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

He’s not the kind to say to a beautiful girl: "I seem to have seen you somewhere" like a playboy; when he feels it’s familiar, it means he has genuinely encountered it before.

After pondering for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, exclaiming in his heart:

"I remembered, that’s... the Ancestor of the Night Demons, [Mother of Creation] Lilith!"

His heart stirred, and in his mind appeared the figure of the goddess he had seen when entering the Blood Source Secret Realm of the Bloodthirsty Cult.

Overall, it resembled a somewhat disproportional distorted queen ant.

The lower body was a plump, translucent abdomen; the upper body had a pair of blood-colored bat wings folding up, concealing the naked female body, and a face that could be described as "beyond beautiful."

After the Old Gods were devoured by the creator, leaving behind their corpses, most of them were in a half-human, half-beast form, handing over the [rudder] to the deep sea, with a chaotic foundation, no longer self-aware and retaining human nature.

That’s why the style remained consistently peculiar.

Back then, Byron had already concluded from the body of the recovered "Master’s Wife," [Chǐ God]:

"When the Old Gods restored their human heads and beast bodies, it meant they had initially achieved a balance between divinity and beastliness.

They would gradually regain their sanity, recover a conscious awareness, and realize the miracle of resurrection."

Mother of Creation, Lilith, had already restored a perfect human upper body, only her left eye and left forehead covered with a shell resembling that of a bee.

Based on her future consumption rate, quality, and frequency, as well as the intensity of the Source Tide, Byron judged she might fully regain sanity like the Mother of Monsters, Thousand-Faced Serpent, Wolf God in just decades or even years.

By then, the attitude towards Byron and these "knowledge thieves" who maintained human nature and didn’t convert from the Bloodthirsty Cult would be obvious.

In the past, Byron continuously strengthened his own anchoring, desperately climbing upwards, and even concocted a soul sold to three parties: Mother of Creation, Worm of Greed, Slumbering God, in a "God-Human Covenant" with Faust...

Simultaneously supporting [Leech Lady] and [Homicidal Doctor] to establish their own school, largely to counter this terrifying existence.

"Though Lilith was born later than the Mother of Monsters, she embodies all feminine powers in the world, and the concept of the Immortal Stairway is higher than that of the Mother of Monsters.

Her symbol is none other than the moon, which contrasts with the sun. As the Ancestor of [Night Demons]..."

Byron raised his hand gently, a large swathe of blood-colored moonlight urgently converged into his palm, forming a glittering dewdrop.

A faint fragrance diffused, enticing the noses of the [Half-Night Demons] in the team to twitch, almost triggering their "Bloodthirst Syndrome" on the spot.

After condensing, the blood-colored moonlight over their heads showed an extraordinary attraction to them.

"Glug, Captain, this... what is this thing?"

Bruh, Eight Fingers, and others were among the first to receive Byron’s First Embrace, resulting in stronger perceptions.

Although far from Byron’s own [Panacea], it carried a somewhat similar scent, prompting involuntary gulps.

Byron didn’t elaborate much to them, only smilingly said:

"Consider it a good thing. Though our Night Demon and Half-Night Demon are outsiders, they enjoy half a home-field advantage.

If you abide by the rules, ignore the whispers you hear, just do your tasks as usual."

Facing the Blood Moon on the Southern Continent, the feeling wasn’t particularly strong.

But here, Byron could clearly perceive a very significant boost in abilities while bathing in the blood-colored moonlight.

The taboo under the Blood Moon:

"Under the rule of the Blood Moon at night, Night Demons of Lilith’s line, Beastified Humans, and other kin would receive the Blood Moon’s blessing. Their strength, speed, and recovery ability collectively enhanced by 5%.

Instantly granting them home-field advantage.

If they open their hearts, actively allowing the divine aura mixed in the blood-colored moonlight to infuse their spirituality, falling towards their beastly side, they could permanently increase their power by twenty to thirty percent based on the original strength.

While not as exaggerated as tenfold power increase upon blackening, for Byron, the [Night Demon Monarch], it would boost his power of at least one ordinary Fifth Order Legendary level, which was already excessively exaggerated."