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Bleeding Horror

Blood Horror · The Blood Dread

Li Na's mana-hungry dread that turns a bloodied target's own blood against them, then sends it after her enemies.

Story so far

When Carl demanded to know what the blood dread did, Li Na explained: if someone with bloody hands comes near her while it is active, it turns their blood against them, and the freed blood then attacks her enemies. It costs a great deal of mana, and she had never pushed it past level two before because victims died within moments of approaching her.

Inside Club Vanquisher it ran unchecked. Rams and elves and fairies died with self-inflicted wounds while their own blood swirled around them like liquid mercury and forced its way into mouths and nostrils. A sentient pool of it rushed along a wall, leaving a long smear, and slurped around a corner into a fresh group of screaming victims. Li Na noted that even guards with aura protection would still be attacked by blood already under her control, and that mantaurs bleed when they extend their claws. The skill hit level 5 as Carl fled the stairs and level 15 by the time he reached the temple portal. Prepotente jarred a sample of the sentient blood into a pet carrier on the way.

Appearance

Loose blood moves like liquid mercury, swirling around victims, pouring into their mouths and noses, and travelling as a sentient pool that smears along walls.

Role

The skill responsible for the Club Vanquisher massacre and Li Na's rapid leveling.

Relationships

Li Na — Her dread, trained from level 2 to 15 during the raid.
Dreads — One of her set of dread auras.
Prepotente — Collects a sample of its sentient blood in a jar.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 60
  • The third dread Li Na plans to train next as she power-levels through the Club Vanquisher slaughter.
Chapter 61
  • Li Na's mana-hungry dread that turns a bloodied target's own blood against them, then sends it after her enemies.
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