Chapter 181 Blood Battle (1/2)

As Arran's lungs filled with blood, an instinctive panic rose within hi he could do — his body had been paralyzed by the Blood ic that tore at his life force, the violent force of it tearing any control he had frorasp

He could Sense the poithin the blood that surrounded hiuely felt that if he could only grasp it, there ht be a way to solve the crisis

But it was too late — the Bloodhim, and he had lost the control he needed to resist it Despite the power all around hith to reach for it

His consciousness was on the verge of slipping, and any moment now, it could disappear entirely

As he felt death approach, a sense of calrew clear

In that brief instant of clarity, he gained so his body

He had believed he controlled the Blood ic, but now, he knew he had ic wasn't part of hith it had given wasn't truly Arran's — it was a er

And driven wild by the power in the dead dragon's blood, the parasite had now turned against its host

The realization filled Arran with anger

His body belonged to hiic had been forced on him, but he had refused to yield to it, forced it to accept his control That it now tried to devour hi he could not accept and would not allow

A violent hatred rose within him Even if he died, he would not yield to the alien force within hi body held, he resisted the devouring force, cutting it off froht he could not win, like an ant trying to resist an avalanche, but if he died he would die fighting

For a fraction of aforce He knew he could not last for le breath's time, but it didn't matter If this was his last moment, then he would use it to battle the foe within him

Theforce fro out with a blind hunger to consume whatever it could find And in that instant, it pulled in the nearest source of power that wasn't blocked — the dragon's blood within Arran's lungs

The Blood on's blood into Arran's body, greedily devouring the power it held Then, it pulled in ed into Arran, and the Bloodon its overwhelth

Yet for all its voraciousness, it could consume only a fraction of the power that bore down on it There was simply too h Arran's body

Had it been normal Natural Essence, Arran would have been unable to absorb it in his current state But this poas anything but nor for Arran to take it, it i hith

Arran was shocked at the sudden effect He had been on the brink of death only moments earlier, but now, he recovered almost instantly And it didn't stop there — erly fused with his body