Lucifer dropped to one knee across the dark glass platform, driving the core in.
The moment it went beyond the edge of his chest the world narrowed to white pain and crushing density; the core was not an easy resource, but a compressed lattice of high order authorities, residual Loom fragments, and refined potential that refused to be quietly absorbed - it tore through the Divine Blood Core's outer layers and began rewriting the foundation underneath by forceful means.
Aeloria's voice cut across the platform with tight control. "Stabilize the first lattice or it will fracture your Vein Authority."
