Being teleported to a different location and having our team separated was not what we had in mind.

But on the bright side, I have Lucas, Jungwoo, and Luoyang with me in our new location.

But as soon as I saw our new opponent approach us, I instantly changed to my war god form.

Just by his looks, I can tell that we're gonna have a bit of a challenge dealing with him.

"Take it easy Taeyong. Don't act out on your emotions"

Luoyang warned, gently petting my head to calm me down.

"Right... Sorry"

"Since you all won't make it out of here alive, I'll leave you with a little explanation. I got by the name Jinx, and my powers are none of your business. I'm here to win, and that's the end of it!"

He suddenly came to attack me, but before he could cut me with one end of his two-sided axe, I swiftly dodged it.

I managed to touch one of the blades, and it evaporated into dust.

"Not bad"

He complimented, examining his axe.

Lucas took that opportunity to launch multiple spikes at him, but Jinx swung his flail to knock them back at us.

Lucas and I easily dodged them, and Jungwoo and Luoyang flew up high to dodge them as well.

"Impressive"

He complemented again.

But after he took a single step forward, a sandstorm suddenly kicked up, covering the whole room and impairing our vision.

Sandstorm must be one of his powers.

Jungwoo thought it would be a good idea to try and light up the room with his power, but it only made it harder for us to see.

We decided to rely on sound to dodge incoming attacks that we couldn't see. But knowing my regalias, I can sense that Jungwoo is panicking.

He won't be able to listen for the attacks if he doesn't focus.

Before I could try to help him, we heard the sound of Jinx's flail being thrown his way. Lucas acted fast and launched a spike that hit it head on, to knock it off course.

But, the flail still cut Jungwoo anyway.

The storm disappeared, and we could see the large cut on Jungwoo's arm. We also saw Jinx in the distance holding the spiked ball of his flail, with Jungwoo's blood dripping from it.

"You just made it too easy for me"

He pulled down the scarf over his mouth to reveal his widely slit mouth. There was a gaping hole where his nose should've been as well.

"I wonder what your blood type is~"

He smiled menacingly and licked Jungwoo's blood with his unnecessarily long tongue.

"W-What the?!"

Jungwoo suddenly questioned in a panicked tone.

"What's wrong Jungwoo??"

Lucas worriedly asked.

"I c-can't move!"

That's strange.

Did something happen after Jinx licked his blood???

While Lucas and Leiyong were trying to figure out what happened to him, I saw Jinx preparing to throw his flail again.

I moved quickly and pushed him out of the way of it, but it cut me this time. I landed on top of Jungwoo, but when I tried to get up, I couldn't move either!

"What the hell?!"

"Surprised? You should be. My power is cool isn't it~? You can't break free of your paralysis no matter how hard you try. As long as I can get a taste of your blood, you're all at my mercy~"

It was then that I realized what his other power was.

Bloodcurdle.

He's able to temporarily paralyze anyone by ingesting samples of their blood. He's right then. We can't do anything against him if he keeps getting samples of our blood like this.

If Lucas and Luoyang can't beat him, there's a very little chance that we'll get out of this alive...

-

Luoyang informed me of what that power was while Jinx was busy monologuing.

That power really is incredible. Even so, I can't forgive him for doing this to Taeyong and Jungwoo.

"Lucas, I can turn their bodies back to the point when they weren't paralyzed. But to do that, I need time..."

She informed me.

"So you need for me to hold him off until then? I can do that. But, I'll do more than hold him off"

I agreed.

"Thank you. Good luck"

She smiled before going to tend to the others.

"You've hurt ones that are precious to me. Now I'm serious"

I silently mumbled, shapeshifting my upper arm into a singular spike.

I did the same with my other arm and closed my eyes, calming myself and my mind.

There was silence for a moment, until Jinx started laughing.

"What's the matter Spiky~? You tired from doing those feeble alterations to your arms? Or are you just so afraid of me that you've given up and realized your place~?"

I could hear when he threw the flail again, and I dodged it before it reached me.

"You're fast, but not fast enough~!"

He yanked the chain of the flail, making it swing back around to hit me from behind.

I made one of my spikes rotate at high speeds, and abruptly turned around and punched the base of the ball. It shattered almost immediately.

"W-What???"

Jinx stuttered.

I began to walk towards him, and he threw his now one sided axe at me, out of fear.

I punched it too, and it shattered as well.

"T-That's impossible!!"

Jinx then ran up to me and tried to slice me with the sharp bladed tips of his gloves, but I dodged every single one of his attacks.

"This is getting old. I'm tired of you"

Getting tired of his failed attempts to cut me, I sawed his forearms off completely, and kicked him into a pillar.

"Rot in hell you bastard"

To finish him off, I fired both of the spikes on my arms at him, both rotating at high speeds.

One of them impaled his face and the other impaled his chest, making both his head and heart explode, killing him almost instantly.

Knowing that I had won, I finally opened my eyes.

It seemed that Luoyang had just finished restoring Taeyong's and Jungwoo's bodies back to normal.

They both ran up to me and hugged me, while making sure that I was alright.

"I can't believe you did all of that with your eyes closed!! You're so cool Lucas~!!"

Jungwoo excitedly exclaimed.

"I expected nothing less from one of my regalias~. I knew you could do it~"

Taeyong happily praised.

"You were right. You really did do more than hold him off. I'm impressed~"

Luoyang complimented me.

All of their praises and compliments made me smile and blush a little.

"B-Back to the matter at hand! We have to find Renjun and help him! He's gotta be having a hard time with Seifer right now!"

I quickly changed the subject.

"Right you are!"

Luoyang agreed.

"In that case. Come, Xuxi and Tingyou"

Taeyong quickly called us back to our regalia forms, and the four of us immediately left the room.

I hope we won't be too late.