186 THE END….
Dan realized that only by becoming stronger could he resist Sienna's psychic control… but he was clearly weaker than her in that realm.
Even with the Core of Blood active, he couldn't break free completely.
His thoughts raced. "I need sothing stronger than her psychic to override it… sothing that can dominate her mind before she dominates mine."
He scrolled through his phone again, scanning every function, every hidden command. There was nothing. No system upgrade, no override protocol.
Then a wild idea hit him. "What if I use my alien curse—the bloodlust? If the Core of Blood can restrain both bloodlust and psychic power, then maybe I can make them fight each other."
"If I increase my bloodlust… can I break free from her hold?" he muttered.
But execution was the problem.
He couldn't increase his Blood Rank here… he was still trapped inside the nightmare, and his bloodlust was already capped. Killing creeps like the at Heap wouldn't increase his blood by much.
"What if I deactivate the Core of Blood?" he brainstord aloud.
That wouldn't work either.
Deactivating it would lift both blood lust and psychic control restraints, canceling any gain. He needed to raise his bloodlust without losing psychic resistance.
Then he rembered sothing.
His hand searched his pocket. To his shock, his fingers brushed against sothing cold and hard… his Bloodstones.
"I can still reach them… even from inside the nightmare."
Subconsciously, his real body was responding to his will. What he did here would echo into reality.
The Bloodstones were crystallized blood extracted during past infusions…. relics of his own blood essence. He'd kept them for no special purpose or reason.
These Bloodstones were the stores of his corrupted blood in crystal form.
Now, they might be his salvation.
"What if….
Reviews
All reviews (0)