Blood Frenzy activated.
A surge of power tore through me—
—and pain followed instantly.
Not dull.
Not distant.
Sharp. Violent.
Like my body was being pulled apart from the inside.
I looked down at my stubby hand.
Red veins pulsed through my jelly-like flesh, surging in patterns that didn't belong to me.
They moved with purpose.
With hunger.
That isn't my blood.
The wolf felt it.
It took a step back as the frenzy spread outward, a crimson pulse rippling through the forest like a living heartbeat.
Blood Frenzy: Activated
I checked my HP.
HP: 18 / 45
One HP every thirty seconds.
That was the price.
And if I took damage on top of that…
I didn't have much time.
No hesitation.
I launched forward.
The world collapsed.
Distance ceased to exist.
I wasn't running—
I wasn't even moving.
I was there.
The wolf's eyes widened as I crossed the clearing in an instant.
I raised my fist—
—and it stepped.
Gone.
But Blood Frenzy sharpened something deeper than speed.
Instinct.
I knew where it went.
Right.
I turned and lunged without thought.
The wolf stepped again, vanishing just as my punch came down.
My fist hit the ground.
The impact detonated.
Earth ruptured.
Trees tore free from their roots.
The land folded inward as a violent crater exploded beneath me.
That's—
That's absurdly strong.
I moved again, guided by instinct alone.
Behind me.
The wolf was behind me.
I fired Claw Slash.
The attack screamed through the air at impossible speed.
The wolf leapt midair as the slash tore past and erased a hill behind it, reducing stone and earth to debris.
But it didn't vanish.
It jumped.
It didn't step.
That's it.
It has to land to use the step.
If it's airborne—
—it's vulnerable.
I surged forward again.
This time, I didn't watch its eyes.
I watched its feet.
I threw a punch.
The wolf stepped—
—but I didn't stop.
I twisted the strike mid-swing, trusting the instinct screaming inside my skull.
The wolf reappeared—
—and my fist was already there.
The blow slammed into its back.
The ground collapsed.
A fresh crater formed with the wolf at its center.
I got him.
It's over—
HP: 13 / 45
Dust settled.
Then—
A step.
I spun.
The wolf stood there again—
limping now,
furious,
howling with rage.
It stepped.
Gone.
I turned—
—and it stepped again.
It's faster.
Before I could fully react, it moved again.
Then again.
Three slashes erupted from my blind spot.
I walked through them.
Effortlessly.
But as they passed—
They curved back.
Damn it.
I'm still tagged.
I darted between the remaining trees, my speed pushing beyond anything I'd felt before.
The slashes obliterated the forest behind me—
trunks snapping,
land tearing apart.
Those attacks were gone.
But the wolf—
Was nowhere.
Pain exploded through me.
HP: 10 / 45
Damn it… I'm running out.
Something was wrong.
My body moved.
I wanted to go right.
It went left.
What—
A crushing pressure tore through my head.
Something pushed back.
Feral.
Violent.
Hungry.
Trying to take control.
The wolf lunged, sensing the opening, and fired another slash—
—but my body moved on its own.
I wasn't in control anymore.
My flesh darkened.
Turned crimson.
My vision burned.
My thoughts fractured.
All that remained—
Was rage.
The body dodged effortlessly.
Faster than before.
Much faster.
It rushed the wolf.
The wolf stepped—
—but it didn't matter.
Again.
Again.
Again.
No matter how fast it moved, the distance kept closing.
As it prepared to step once more—
My body grabbed its leg.
Sticky, blood-red flesh locked around it with crushing force.
The wolf screamed.
It stepped—
—and both of us vanished across the field in an instant.
But I was still attached.
The wolf thrashed,
snapping,
clawing,
trying to tear free.
Pain flooded it.
Then—
Crack.
Bone snapped.
My grip released.
The wolf collapsed, unable to stand.
My body approached.
And punched straight through its torso.
Blood sprayed.
The wolf's eyes rolled back.
It was dead.
HP: 1 / 45
Blood Frenzy deactivated.
My thoughts unraveled.
My body lost cohesion, collapsing and spreading across the ground like spilled flesh.
What hap—
Pain spiked.
What's go—
I clawed back control for a single heartbeat.
Long enough to see the wolf's body lying still.
…Did I do that?
I didn't remember.
Everything went black.
My jelly-like body lay sprawled across the ruined battlefield.
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