Blood surged across Blood Dripper's featureless face.
Though he had no facial features, every demon present felt as if death had fixed its gaze on them.
"Damn it, damn it! Don't be afraid. I can't!"
The Black-Robed Demon leader kept trying to bolster his courage.
But a demon beside him could no longer suppress the fear swelling wildly within him and collapsed to the ground.
"Tsk, tsk. You really shouldn't be afraid!"
Loxia spoke with a smile. She paid Blood Dripper no attention at all, looking instead at the demon on the ground.
"What?" The Black-Robed Demon leader froze, unable to make sense of it.
Loxia's reaction caught him off guard. Shouldn't she be afraid of Blood Dripper? Even if she had only just heard of his fearsome reputation, she shouldn't be acting like this.
Don't be afraid?
How could anyone face that freak and not be afraid?
"I said, rein in your fear. Otherwise, Blood Dripper won't be the only thing you'll have to fear!"
"Awooo!"
Suddenly, a beastlike howl erupted from the mouth of the demon on the ground.
"What's happening?"
The Black-Robed Demon leader's heart lurched. He looked down, and his expression changed drastically.
Black mist billowed around the fallen demon, countless dark patterns appearing within it. The mist bored into his body in thin strands like worms, and before the horrified eyes of the other demons, his entire body slowly swelled.
Huge claws. A thick tail. His head burst apart, then instantly regrew as a monstrous beast's head packed with rows of teeth.
Disgusting saliva dripped from its jaws.
Awooo!
The demon, now transformed into a black beast, howled. His crimson eyes swept the surroundings like lanterns, filled with nothing but Fear Power.
A Fear Mark appeared at the center of his forehead.
Fear Power radiated