Cain stared upward speechlessly.

Absolutely speechlessly.

The transformed blood tentacles were literally protecting the vampire realm.

Protecting the three cocoons.

Protecting everyone below from the humanoid intruders that descended from the dark heavens.

Yet now—

Not just the surrounding races—

Even portions of the vampire race itself remained hesitating.

Watching.

Observing.

Fearful of the blood tentacles rather than grateful.

Cain genuinely could not understand it anymore.

"...Idiots."

His expression darkened further.

The surviving intruders invaded their skies.

Attacked the cocoons.

Tried killing Faith, Ivira, and Cornelia repeatedly.

Yet now the gathered Ascendants from other races had decided cooperating together against the blood tentacles instead.

Completely absurd.

Meanwhile the vampire race itself remained exhausted from earlier battles.

GrandLord Dreath.

Lord Vord.

Elder Achilor.

Even the emperor-level vampires.

All drained heavily already.

The Moonshade family too remained exhausted and confused after everything that happened earlier.

And because of that—

Very few moved immediately.

Very few opposed the gathered Ascendants directly.

That only irritated Cain more.

The transformed blood tentacles above twisted slowly throughout the heavens while the surviving humanoid intruders gathered behind the race Ascendants carefully.

Temporary allies.

An utterly ridiculous sight.

Kael’s wolf aura surged violently.

The ancient elf Sylvera’s nature authority expanded across the heavens.

Winged race leaders floated upward beside them.

Even several surviving emperor-level leaders from other races joined together now.

Their combined pressure shook the entire vampire realm heavily.

Below—

The vampires themselves finally began panicking again.

"What are they doing?!"

"Are they seriously attacking the cocoons?!"

"That thing protected us!"

Several emperor-level vampires immediately looked toward GrandLord Dreath anxiously.

Because now—

The situation had become dangerously unstable.

Very dangerously unstable.

Meanwhile—

Cain silently clicked his tongue.

Then—

Quietly—

He moved another finger.

Instantly—

The transformed blood tentacles above convulsed violently.

BOOOOOOM!!!

The heavens exploded.

A terrifying blood aura erupted outward suddenly from the giant appendages while countless crimson eyes across their surfaces opened simultaneously.

The surrounding Ascendants immediately froze afterward.

Because the blood monstrosities—

Had become stronger again.

The giant appendages twisted violently throughout the sky while blood mana surged endlessly around them like oceans swallowing the heavens themselves.

The surviving humanoid intruders immediately panicked afterward.

Several pale-eyed creatures screeched in terror.

Because they recognized the change immediately.

The hidden controller had become serious again.

Meanwhile below—

GrandLord Dreath suddenly stepped forward.

His overwhelming blood aura exploded outward instantly afterward.

"STOP!"

BOOOOOOM!!!

His voice shook the heavens violently.

The gathered Ascendants from other races paused briefly afterward while turning toward him.

GrandLord Dreath’s face had become extremely dark now.

Not angry at the blood tentacles.

Angry at them.

At the gathered Ascendants.

At the stupidity unfolding before his eyes.

His blood mana surged heavily around him while ancient crimson runes spread across the skies.

"Have all of you lost your minds?!"

Kael narrowed his wolf eyes immediately.

"That thing is dangerous."

GrandLord Dreath roared back instantly.

"And those things above are not?!"

His finger pointed directly toward the surviving humanoid intruders.

The pale-eyed creatures stiffened afterward.

GrandLord Dreath’s expression became colder and colder.

"That blood creature attacked only the invaders."

His voice thundered throughout the realm.

"Only THEM!"

The surrounding races fell quieter afterward.

Because honestly—

He was right.

The transformed blood tentacles had never attacked the gathered races below.

Never attacked ordinary vampires.

Never targeted the realm itself.

Only the humanoid intruders.

Yet fear had already spread too deeply now.

Kael growled heavily.

"It’s uncontrollable."

GrandLord Dreath sneered immediately.

"So are Ascendants when desperate."

The ancient elf Sylvera frowned slightly afterward.

"...GrandLord Dreath..."

But he interrupted immediately.

"If you leave."

His blood aura surged harder.

"The tentacles will stop attacking."

The surrounding races widened their eyes faintly.

Because the logic became increasingly obvious now.

The humanoid intruders invaded.

The blood tentacles hunted them.

The races interfered.

The blood tentacles responded.

Cause and effect.

Simple.

GrandLord Dreath’s eyes swept across the gathered Ascendants coldly.

"It is your fault for coming here uninvited."

His voice became increasingly dangerous.

"You arrived."

"You interfered."

"You attacked the cocoons."

"And now you want to blame the thing protecting this realm?"

Silence spread heavily afterward.

Even Kael hesitated faintly now.

Because honestly—

The argument made sense.

Very uncomfortable sense.

The transformed blood tentacles above floated silently now while countless blood tendrils drifted throughout the heavens ominously.

Watching.

Waiting.

The surviving humanoid intruders themselves had retreated slightly behind the gathered Ascendants already.

The surrounding vampire forces slowly regained confidence too.

Several emperor-level vampires stepped beside GrandLord Dreath afterward.

Lord Vord finally gritted his teeth.

"The GrandLord is correct."

Elder Achilor’s blood aura expanded next.

"Leave our realm."

His eyes narrowed dangerously toward the gathered races.

"And this ends."

The atmosphere throughout the heavens became extremely tense now.

Because the gathered Ascendants hesitated.

Actually hesitated.

Several began exchanging uncertain glances afterward.

The ancient elf Sylvera slowly lowered her staff slightly.

Even Kael’s wolf instincts felt conflicted now.

The blood tentacles terrified him deeply.

Yet GrandLord Dreath’s logic remained difficult to refute.

The transformed blood creatures had indeed protected the vampire realm from the beginning.

Then suddenly—

One of the surviving humanoid intruders screeched loudly.

A distorted horrifying sound spread across the heavens afterward.

Immediately—

The gathered Ascendants turned toward the three cocoons again.

Toward Faith.

Ivira.

Cornelia.

The crimson dome surrounding them pulsed quietly beneath the dark skies.

And slowly—

Fear returned.

Not toward the blood tentacles.

Toward the future.

Because now the surrounding Ascendants truly began thinking deeper about the situation.

Those three sisters—

Had not even awakened yet.

And already—

A hidden existence summoned blood monstrosities capable of slaughtering Ascendants to protect them.

If they hatched—

If they matured—

If they fully grew into whatever terrifying beings they were becoming—

Then what would happen to the balance between races?

Kael’s expression slowly hardened again.

The ancient elf Sylvera’s eyes narrowed.

The winged race leaders clenched their fists tightly.

Fear.

Not immediate fear.

Future fear.

The kind that led races to war.

GrandLord Dreath immediately realized it too.

His expression became ugly afterward.

Because now—

Logic no longer mattered.

Fear had already rooted itself.

And finally—

One of the gathered Ascendants spoke coldly.

"...If those cocoons hatch..."

Another slowly tightened their mana.

"...our races are finished."

And despite GrandLord Dreath’s warning—

The gathered Ascendant realm beings did not listen.

Cain quietly stared upward while the gathered Ascendants continued preparing their combined attack.

His expression remained calm outwardly.

But internally—

His irritation had already reached its limit.

The surrounding races truly intended attacking the cocoons.

Attacking Faith. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Ivira.

Cornelia.

Even after the blood tentacles protected the entire realm repeatedly.

Even after GrandLord Dreath himself warned them.

Idiots.

Absolute idiots.

Meanwhile—

The vampire race itself had already become exhausted from nonstop battles earlier.

GrandLord Dreath remained heavily drained after using Ultimate Blood Magic.

Lord Vord’s blood mana fluctuated continuously.

Elder Achilor himself had not fully recovered either.

Even the emperor-level vampires looked visibly weakened now after maintaining formations and defenses throughout the chaos.

The Moonshade family themselves remained mentally and physically exhausted too.

If the gathered Ascendants truly attacked together now—

The vampire race would struggle heavily.

Cain slowly narrowed his eyes afterward.

"...Troublesome."

He genuinely wanted rest already.

Yet things continued escalating endlessly.

And because of that—

Cain finally decided to help directly.

Not openly.

Never openly.

But enough.

Quietly—

Without drawing attention—

Cain lowered his gaze slightly.

Then softly—

Only loud enough for himself—

He whispered.

"...Blood Moon."

Instantly—

The heavens changed.

RUMBLE!!!

The entire vampire realm trembled violently afterward.

Everyone froze.

The gathered Ascendants immediately looked upward again.

The dark clouds above twisted unnaturally while the transformed blood tentacles suddenly stopped moving entirely.

Then—

The moon appeared.

Or rather—

Something replaced it.

The crimson moon hanging above the vampire realm slowly darkened from the edges inward.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three.

Then suddenly—

The moon became blood red completely.

A giant Blood Moon.

BOOOOOOM!!!

An ancient blood aura descended across the entire realm instantly afterward.

The surrounding races widened their eyes in horror.

Because the atmosphere itself changed immediately.

The air became heavier.

Hotter.

More violent.

The blood mana flowing throughout the vampire realm surged uncontrollably afterward like an ocean erupting from beneath the world.

Every vampire present suddenly stiffened.

GrandLord Dreath’s eyes widened faintly.

"...What?"

Lord Vord looked upward in shock.

Elder Achilor’s expression changed instantly.

Because the Blood Moon—

Affected vampires directly.

The blood flowing within every vampire body suddenly began boiling violently afterward.

One emperor-level vampire clutched his chest immediately.

Another’s eyes turned crimson.

Another released a low growl involuntarily.

The surrounding races immediately sensed something wrong.

Very wrong.

Meanwhile—

The Moonshade family suddenly reacted hardest.

Former Patriarch Rivik trembled violently afterward.

Zenaya’s Blood Owl screeched loudly.

Several Moonshade nobles suddenly grabbed their heads while blood mana exploded around them uncontrollably.

And then—

The transformation began.

One by one—

The vampires’ eyes turned completely crimson.

Blood vessels spread across their bodies.

Their skin slowly darkened slightly while violent blood mana erupted endlessly from inside them.

The surrounding races widened their eyes further.

"What’s happening to them?!"

The vampire race itself began panicking slightly too.

Yet—

The panic quickly transformed into something else.

Frenzy.

Pure frenzy.

The Blood Moon above intensified further afterward.

BOOOOOOM!!!

A gigantic pulse of blood authority spread throughout the entire realm.

Every vampire present roared painfully afterward.

"RAAAAAAAARGH!"

Their bloodlines awakened violently.

Their instincts sharpened instantly.

Their exhaustion rapidly vanished beneath endless surging blood energy.

GrandLord Dreath himself stiffened afterward.

Because even he—

Even HE—

Felt his drained blood mana restoring rapidly beneath the Blood Moon.

His eyes widened slightly.

Impossible.

This level of blood authority...

Lord Vord’s exhausted aura exploded upward violently afterward.

His blood mana surged harder and harder continuously while his body entered a heightened vampiric state instantly.

Elder Achilor himself released a low growl afterward while ancient blood runes spread across his body.

The surrounding races immediately retreated instinctively now.

Because the vampire race—

Was changing.

The exhausted weakened atmosphere from earlier disappeared completely.

In its place—

Rose violent bloodlust.

The surrounding vampires began breathing heavily while crimson mist leaked continuously from their bodies.

Their eyes glowed brighter and brighter beneath the Blood Moon overhead.

Even weaker vampires suddenly began radiating far stronger pressure than before.

The surrounding Ascendants from other races looked increasingly alarmed now.

Kael growled deeply afterward.

"...This isn’t normal..."

The ancient elf Sylvera gripped her staff tightly.

"No..."

Her emerald eyes reflected the Blood Moon overhead.

"...it’s ancient."

Meanwhile—

The transformed blood tentacles above slowly resumed moving again.

Only now—

Their pressure synchronized perfectly with the Blood Moon.

The heavens themselves seemed to pulse alongside the blood monstrosities now.

The surviving humanoid intruders immediately panicked afterward.

Several screeched loudly while retreating instinctively.

Because suddenly—

The entire vampire realm had become hostile.

Not just the tentacles anymore.

Everything.

Every vampire.

Every blood current.

Every formation.

Everything strengthened beneath the Blood Moon.

The Moonshade family themselves transformed heavily too.

The ordinary members who once entered strange reddened states earlier now began radiating even more violent blood authority than before.

Several aristocratic members released monstrous growls.

Even the ten ancestors felt terrifying surges of strength flooding their bodies continuously.

Former Patriarch Rivik looked down at his trembling hands in disbelief.

"...What... what is this power..."

Zenaya’s crimson eyes glowed intensely now.

The Blood Owl above her had become larger and fiercer beneath the moonlight.

Meanwhile—

Cain quietly observed everything while remaining hidden among the crowd.

Finally.

Now the vampires could fight properly again.

The gathered Ascendants from other races slowly backed away instinctively afterward.

Because the atmosphere throughout the vampire realm had become terrifying.

Every vampire present—

From weakest to strongest—

Now radiated dangerous bloodlust beneath the Blood Moon.

Then finally—

GrandLord Dreath slowly raised his head toward the heavens.

His crimson eyes glowed violently now while blood mana exploded endlessly around his body.

And all across the realm—

The vampire race raised their heads upward together.

Then—

They roared.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAR!!!"