Air whizzed as Lidien streamed, sprinting and skidding amidst the bloodied floor... slashing whips of blood at the Matriarch--splattering it, not slicing it--in between dodging the hair-like tentacles now slowly thickening like fingers.
The destroyed flesh and organs that had scattered from Lidien's Blood Explosion slowly assembled back onto the Matriarch, forming her once again into her gigantic form.
"Old man! No matter what I do, I can't solidify the blood to form a weapon!" Lidien shouted over the onslaught of tentacles while deflecting most of them with blood control.
Then, instead of an answer, he heard the Monarch of Blood laugh in his mind.
'The Path of Blood only needs to learn a few things. To control one's own blood and that of others... and with it, you need to make your own ability to ascend toward becoming an Angel.'
