In utter shock, disbelief, amazement, and at the same time bewilderment, the High Grade inspected her new body and smiled with a condescending expression on her face. She couldn’t believe it but, she was back to her former glory. And not just that, her entire body felt incredible. She felt unstoppable, capable of defeating a small army on her own. This energy that she felt in her body was intoxicating, so much so that she felt she could kill the Human there and then. Such a game changer it was for her because now, she felt she could easily, and without a doubt, put Ace down once and for all and then go for the other humans. This time, however, the High Grade wasn’t going to just use her vague energy-suppressing skill to do the job. Instead, she was going to do it with her bare hands. Nothing was holding her back and now, it was her time to complete her task; not just for herself but for her people, the Ethisian race. "I don’t know if I should thank you or constantly remind you of how stupid you are for giving me this strength." She mocked as her eyes took in the glorious sight of her new body. "I feel great, greater than anything I’ve ever felt in a really long while. Thank you for doing this, human. "It’s a shame I’m going to have to do this to take you down." "I’d like to see you try," Ace spoke but this time, another was speaking with him; another deeper, darker, and more malevolent voice echoing in the depths of his own words. "Try as much as you like, you’re not getting rid of me again." Googlᴇ search 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽 "Trying to cope, I see," the High Grade laughed as her body lit up with Eneraflux fuelling her, "very well. I’ll prove you wrong again." As the High Grade readied herself to charge, Ace’s body started to change once again. His flesh peeled, his muscles loosened, and the blood that came from his wounds warped itself around his body. His bones broke apart and restructured themselves together as his figure became more monstrous and disfigured, far from any human form that could be easily recognized. The Blood Bishop transformed into his Blood Mutant form, a new form that was distinct from the others. This time, there weren’t any eyes on his head, no nose on his face, and no distinguishable features showing that a human had turned into this. In addition, he was almost twice the height of an original Blood Mutant and twice the muscle mass. "New form huh," the High Grade taunted, acting as though she wasn’t terrified by this in any way, "doesn’t matter. It won’t be enough to..." "You talk too much." Ace sneered as he jerked his shoulder, shooting a Blood Tendril from his back into her shoulder. The tendril pierced through the High Grade’s body like a knife through butter. In pain, the High Grade grimaced as she was yanked to her feet. Nonetheless, it wasn’t enough to kill her, not just yet. As fast as the attack happened, the High Grade retaliated with one of her own. Using her other arm, she grabbed the tendril and ripped it apart. Her body quickly began to heal as she still held onto it. Then with all her strength, she pulled herself to Ace with her fingers pressed together. Long claws grew at her fingertips as she readied to plunge them into Ace’s body. However, as she inched closer to the Blood God, his body phased in and out repeatedly, leaving a faint, transparent image. The High Grade moved through said image and her eyes widened in disbelief. Looking behind, she was met by another tendril that pierced her left thigh, and then another that pierced her right kneecap. "Aaaargghh!!" she screamed but oddly enough, she smiled through the pain. As she did so, she looked at Ace and started laughing. "Is that all you’re going to do? Stick your tendrils in me? That won’t be enough, human!!" Again, the High Grade ripped the tendrils out from her body and instead yanked Ace’s body forward. The Blood Mutant tumbled forward and immediately, the High Grade leaped forward. Her fist connected with Ace’s face in mid-air, and then her foot landed on his chest, thrashing his body into the ground. As quickly as he fell, Ace was met by the full weight of the High Grade’s Eneraflux-charged body kneeing him in his gut. The full force of the impact created a crater and a small cloud of dust rose. The ground beneath them shook as a small seismic tremor moved outward. In quick succession, the High Grade shot from the ground and into the sky. Her body rose higher and higher, thanks to the new energy within. Once high enough, she came back down with a vengeance, her legs ready to crush through Ace’s body. With each second that passed, her body fell faster and faster, increasing the potential force of her attack. A large Blood Spike, one large enough to puncture a small spaceship, emerged from the ground and headed straight for the High Grade’s body. At the speed she was moving, there was no way she could avoid it in time. Because of that, the High Grade’s body pierced through the spike until she was nearly close to the ground. Her body, shattered and shredded from the inside due to the spike’s girth, bled uncontrollably as her throat filled up with volumes of her blood escaping. Her lungs filled quickly with blood and she started to drown. The pain from her shredded insides, the weight of her blood-filled lungs, and the anguish of her energy draining seemed like torture, a kind that the High Grade couldn’t endure. For the first time in her life, the High Grade wanted to die, and she was pleased that her feeble body was going to give up her soul. To her dismay... "You’re not escaping that easily," the Blood Mutant spoke as the Blood Spike imploded into a small lake of blood, filling the very crater the High Grade’s crushing impact caused, "death won’t save you this time, not yet."