Without hesitation, he reached into his inventory and pulled out a small, gleaming crimson gem...
The Blood Crystal.
Without a second thought, he crushed it in his palm.
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]
[Mana and Health are slowly replenishing.]
[Blood Regeneration has increased by 10%.]
A faint warmth spread through his veins as his injuries nded at a sluggish but steady pace.
However, Adam didn't stop.
Another.
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]
[Mana and Health are slowly replenishing.]
[Blood Regeneration has increased by 10%.]
And another!
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]
[Mana and Health are slowly replenishing.]
[Blood Regeneration has increased by 10%.]
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]...
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]...
[Blood Crystal has been consud.]...
He crushed every last Blood Crystal in his inventory.
The system chid repeatedly, confirming his reckless actions.
To anyone else, this would have been an absolute waste.
After all, while the crystals did restore so mana and health, their true effect, the ability to stack blood regeneration, was almost never exploited!
But for Adam?
This was a trump card!
Blood Crystals had beco a must-buy for him ever since he discovered this loophole.
While others dismissed the stacking effect as useless, he had turned it into an unstoppable weapon.
His heart pounded wildly, pumping faster and stronger.
The blood coursing through his veins felt alive.
Adam inhaled sharply...
Then slashed open both of his arms!
Blood gushed out, but instead of splattering uselessly onto the ground, it moved.
It didn't spill away from him.
It clung to the air, floating in slow, undulating waves.
More and more poured out, pooling beneath his feet.
The ground turned a deep shade of crimson, the pulsing liquid spreading outward like an expanding lake.
Kravash's eyes narrowed.
"Foolish... human!"
Adam didn't answer.
He had already begun to move.
[Surreal Creation.]
At once, his figure shimred.
Then... it split!
Illusions blood around him, copies of himself appearing all at once.
So stood frozen, seemingly paralyzed by their own injuries, while others moved erratically, staggering as if near death.
Among them, Adam's real body blended in seamlessly.
And then... he layered in another deception!
He added goblins to the illusion.
Small, hunched figures flickered into existence, their green skin sared with dirt and blood.
They scurried chaotically, so running toward Kravash, others collapsing as if injured.
It was chaos.
A scene of panic, wounded bodies, and movent.
And right in the middle of it all... was the growing blood pool.
Kravash's gaze flickered between the illusions.
He clicked his tongue.
"Cowardly... Tricks!"
Then, he dashed forward....
However...
It was straight into the trap!
The mont Kravash's feet touched the blood pool, Adam acted.
His eyes glead coldly.
[Body Blood Magic]
The blood at Kravash's feet rippled... then surged upward!
It latched onto his legs, then his waist like living chains.
"What—?!"
Kravash snarled, his muscles tensing as he tried to move.
But the mont he struggled, the blood constricted.
The more he resisted, the tighter it beca!
Adam exhaled sharply.
His fingers curled into a fist...
And the blood obeyed!
The once-liquid mass hardened.
It once again changed its form...
From a writhing, flowing pool… into hundreds. No, thousands.
Thousands of crimson spikes!
SHLKT! SHLKT! SHLKT!
The air filled with the sickening sound of flesh being pierced.
Each spike drove itself into Kravash's body.
Through his arms, his torso, his legs...
So impaled straight through his limbs, while others only grazed the surface, leaving deep, bleeding wounds.
The goblin howled.
His golden eyes widened in shock and in pain.
His body convulsed as he tried to blink away... but he couldn't!
His ability wouldn't activate!
Adam twisted his fist.
And the spikes drove deeper.
Kravash coughed blood.
His form trembled, his once-confident expression now a mask of disbelief.
His fingers twitched toward his weapon, but Adam simply clenched his fist one final ti.
And the remaining spikes exploded outward.
SHNK!
A final burst of crimson.
Kravash's body jerked until he went completely still.
For a mont, silence.
Then, his body collapsed.
Adam let out a shaky breath, his vision spinning from blood loss and exhaustion.
But even as he swayed, a notification pinged in his mind.
[You have defeated the Floor 1 Boss.]
[Hobgoblin Chieftain, Kravash the Club-Breaker has been slain.]
[Calculating rewards…]
Adam exhaled sharply, his heart still hamring in his chest.
[Hidden Condition:
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