Raylon sent out a blast of fire but Erik dodged by surfing on a pool of blood to enhance his speed. He then altered the shape of the blood and turned it into a whip.

He tried to thrash Raylon with it, but Raylon caught it.“You're not as bright as you think,'' said Erik as spikes emerged from the whip, piercing Raylon’s skin.

Erik then altered the weight of the blood, causing Raylon to be off balance and allowing him to land a backfist to his fast.

Raylon went flying back due to the impact, but he was not disheartened at all. Instead he dusted himself off and smiled at Erik.

“It's been a while since I had some fun, surely you can do more than that” said Raylon.

Erik turned into a bat and began flying in an unrecognisable pattern, throwing Raylon off. He then hit him out of nowhere. The impact felt like a bullet. Even though his size was smaller, his power did not decrease.

Raylon formed a fire tornado, engulfing the surrounding area in flames and high winds. He had hoped that it would finish the job, but Erik survived and hit him again.

The impact rattled Raylon but he still did not look defeated in the slightest. As Erik charged at him again, Raylon unleashed a shockwave that shocked Erik and momentarily paralysed him, allowing Raylon to hit him with a spin kick.

Erik returned to his original form and coughed out blood.“You can use fire and electricity. You tricked me” said Erik as he regenerated.

“Sorry, I just do what needs to be done,” replied Raylon.Erik laughed uncontrollably. He believes that Raylon is as crazy as he is.

Raylon tried to shock him again, but Erik used his compulsion technique on him. Just staring into his eyes is enough to use it. He also controlled his blood, preventing him from moving.

“My blood manipulation is preventing you from moving, but my compulsion failed. I assume it is because you're half demon, cause your mother is one” said Erik.

Raylon was unable to control his body, but he was still able to pour enough energy into his hand to summon the firefly dragon momentarily. It hit Erik with its tail, breaking his ribs and undoing the blood manipulation.

The firefly dragon disappeared after a few moments because Raylon had not bonded with enough to tame it.Erik healed himself and prepared himself for round 2.

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Meanwhile Rusalka decimated her opponents by thrashing them with her massive club. Their fangs were unable to pierce her skin and no attacks did any damage to her.With a mighty strike from her club, the remaining enemies were blown away. She then joined Raylon to fight Erik.

Erik enveloped the area in blood. It was like they were in a sea of blood. Rusalka split parts of the ground to create a drainage system to send the blood down.

That was when Erik emerged from the sea of blood and drop kicked both of them. Rusalka received no damage, but Raylon's shoulder was dislocated!

“You okay?” asked Rusalka.“I'm fine, mother. Just focus on getting rid of this guy” said Raylon.Rusalka had a pact with the iron dragon, allowing her to control the metal within the Earth.

She moved the ground apart causing all the blood to seep into the ground. Erik unleashed a flurry of strikes using blood whips to strike at them.

Rusalka punched the ground, shaking it, and then she sent multiple chunks of the ground flying at him.

Erik compressed his blood and then infused it with his energy in order to slice through everything. He used his blood as a malleable long sword, swinging it around wildly and altering its shape.He swung it at Raylon, but he jumped into the air while Rusalka shifted the ground.

As Erik was off balance, Raylon blasted him with a fireball. He then sent a pillar of fire off the ground, using the previous flames. This sent Erik flying into a lariat from him. As he spun from the impact, Rusalka smashed him with the club, sending him flying through remnants of the castle.

She then shook the ground, causing the castle to collapse on him.“Do you think we got him?” asked Rusalka.

Before Raylon could respond, Erik sent out blood bullets everywhere. These tiny compressed spheres of blood were extremely impactful.

“Let's see how long you can survive when it's raining bullets!” said Erik as countless amounts of blood bullets were rained down on them. Rusalka used chunks of the ground to build them a fortress as she began destroying the ground that the castle was on.

After the castle fell into the earth, she had thought that this was over, but Erik used his blood manipulation to prevent them from moving.

“I just need to stop their heart from beating from a range where they can't summon their dragon to attack me” thought Erik. Unfortunately for him, Rusalka had fully bonded with her dragon so she summoned it and destroyed a massive amount of the Earth surrounding them until Erik's location was revealed.

The iron dragon charged at him. He sent out a laser of blood but it could not pierce its armour and it tackled him, breaking every bone in his body. As he regenerated, it trapped him with its foot and continued to crush him.

“I give up, come on,” pleaded Erik. Rusalka and Raylon showed him no sympathy.

They were convinced of their victory, so they did not expect the person they captured to be a blood clone!

Rusalka had a cut on her right hand, and from that cut Erik emerged and hit her with a blood laser to her head at point blank range. It went through her head and she was knocked out.

Raylon did not know whether she was dead alive as the iron dragon disappeared.

“Looks like you're all alone now. You're dead” said Erik as panic began to set in for Raylon. He could not believe what was happening.

“No, I have to give this my all to avenge my mother's loss. I'm going to give this my all. If I die, I'm taking you with me” said Raylon as the battle entered a deadly round. It's all or nothing!