Ikenga felt the shift in Phantom ripple through his being, a tangible alteration in the very nature of his divinity. This change manifested not just in his awareness, but physically, in the network of cursed tattoos that covered his body.
But the most striking change occurred on Ikenga's back. There, where the story of his cursed creation began, it seemed as if a new chapter was unfolding.
The swirling patterns, normally a chaotic marking of dark purple ink, were now coalescing into a deliberate, evolving image. It began with a central vortex, a miniature maelstrom of purple energy that seemed to draw in the surrounding tattoos. From this vortex, new lines of ink snaked outwards, thick and pulsing, like veins of raw power spreading across his skin.
