Born in Blood

Chapter 508  Blight

Liam nodded his head.

"So that's how it is," he said to himself. "As long as they're up and running, both Chaos and White Matter are restricted."

That was a good thing for one reason. Liam could send it to do errands and scout different areas. Pairing it with his shadow, he could make it even more dangerous than it already was. Not to mention, with his King's Eye covering the Abomination from head to toe, he could even hide the Chaos from showing!

Still, Liam had to be discreet when using these powers.

What if one of the powerhouses figured out that Liam had such an ability?

Liam had to be extra cautious.

The only bad side to having his Chaos and White Matter restricted, was the limited usage of his Chaos spells.

He wouldn't be able to use his vicious sword art, nor Touch of Anarchy or Focused Havoc - since his Chaos reserves had been diminished to such an amount. But oh well. Next, Liam looked at Hollow.

He didn't bother figuring out what Meathead could do.

He already exchanged blows with him.

However, that Chaos Abomination the Tribulation spawned was much, much more powerful than Liam's.

Liam wondered what the attacking style of the Hollow was.

One might think that, due to its overflow of Chaos, it was based upon exploding.

This was not the case.

In reality, that was Meathead's job, since he had the two balanced forces to explode successfully and fight physically. Hollow was too thin to explode. It wouldn't have enough impact. Of course, it wasn't to say that it wouldn't kill something.

It definitely would.

However, the explosion radius would be lesser than Meathead's.

So, what could Hollow do exactly?

Liam ordered the skinny Abomination to attack him. BRZZZZZZZZZ! n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Instantly, the surging Chaos in Hollow's chest blazed and slightly diminished. A bolt of Chaos-made lightning made a zig-zag line from his shoulder, down to his elbow, then shot from his arm. KRSH!

The bolt of lightning struck Liam in his shoulder.

KRK!

Liam smashed into the wall, crashing against a table and breaking it in half. Liam groaned and rose to his feet again, examining the wound. The bone beneath broke, then repaired, and the fleshy muscles healed right after. Liam hummed to himself. "So that's what you can do. You're the long-ranged wizard guy. Nice, nice, not bad, not bad at all."

Hollow's Chaos was a little less than before, which meant that after it was entirely diminished, the Abomination would be rendered useless. Next, Liam wanted to test out Hollow's durability.

He sheathed the odachi, then smiled. "Give me your lunch money!" Liam shouted, then punched Hollow in the face with an oversized, inflated fist.

BOOM!

This time, it was Hollow that was sent flying towards the wall, its body ragdolled through the air.

However, Liam's knuckles and hand crackled with pain, since Chaos was breaking down his skin.

It felt like punching a very spiky cactus. KRSH!

Hollow crashed into the wall, the sparks of its Chaos puffing out and disappearing almost instantly.

It was limp.

A moment later, it melted and shrinked in size, before puffing out of existence. Silence.

Liam scratched his chin with a finger. "Damn, he was weaker than I thought. Well… he is missing a chest."

Nevertheless, it wasn't weak in the least. Not if Liam could be wounded by it.

Had Liam gotten just this as a power, it would have been enough.

…But it wasn't just this.

A moment later, Liam outstretched both hands again, using Corruption on his left, and White Matter on his right. Just like before, the White Matter absorbed the Corruption and blended with it like a slushy. The White Matter rippled with a brown hue, then began stretching into a new shape. From its bottom, fleshy tendrils similar to a jellyfish emerged. Two, emaciated limbs grew from its sides. And its front consisted of just one, massive jaw filled with rows of teeth, paired with a vertical, diamond-shaped eye on its head. All the while, it dripped with brown liquid. It was the Corruption Abomination.

Liam smiled.

To allow his Chaos and White Matter to regenerate, Liam killed Meathead with a stab to the face. It didn't explode.

That was one of the Abominations' weaknesses. If someone killed them before their imminent explosion, the hollow Chaos would not collapse. It would just puff out. Then, as Liam's White Matter and Chaos slowly replenished, he made two more copies.

Just like before, for one, he put more Corruption than White Matter, and for the other, he put more White Matter than Corruption.

Except, unlike with his Chaos, the changes were not as drastic and deep. For the one with more Corruption, it looked more like a dying, rotten jellyfish. Its teeth were incredibly sharp and jagged, but quite thin and lacking any rigidity. Its claws were sharp and deadly, but anorexic and thin. However, a deadly cloud of noxious Corruption oozed from its skin. But it looked very, very weak. A simple spell could kill it. For the one with more White Matter… well, it looked more white than brown, and it almost looked cute. Its teeth were squishy and not sharp at all, like little nubs. Its hands were fat and pudgy, and its tentacles looked more like an octopus' and not a jellyfish's. In fact, both the extremes came out worse than the balanced Abomination, which had the best of both worlds. "Yeah… it seems like that imbalance is unique to Chaos only. Probably due to its volatile and unstable nature or something." Liam paused. His Pearl was basically empty now, except two-thirds of his Chaos was starting to come back to him.

Liam killed Meathead and two of the Corrupted Abominations just to free up some space in his Pearl. All that remained was the balanced Corruption Abomination, which also needed a name.

"What about… Blight?" Liam said. "What do you think?" Blight blinked once with its vertical eye, saying nothing.

"Blight it is."

Liam then paused with a pensive gleam in his eyes. "But… what about Void and Darkness?"