Kill the Sun

Nick walked over to the Containment Unit that was across from the Blood Hawk's Containment Unit.

After fiddling with the console for a bit, Nick jumped through the entrance again.

Nick immediately saw a big figure in the middle of the Containment Unit.

Just like the Blood Hawk, this one was also made of blood and flesh.

Except that this one was a horse without a head.

Nick had never seen or heard of horses before, but the city had dubbed this Specter the Blood Horse, which probably meant that horses existed.

The Blood Horse's tail was made of strings of meat, and its hooves were also made of some kind of hardened meat.

At the place where its neck should be was just nothing.

Its front looked just like its back, minus the fleshy tail.

Nick immediately had to evade to the right as soon as he entered.

BANG!

One of the horse's hooves hit the closed employee entrance with an explosive sound.

The Blood Horse was quite a bit faster than the Blood Hawk, but that was to be expected.

After all, this one was a Late Hatchling.

Just like with the Blood Hawk, Nick watched the Blood Horse attack for a couple of minutes.

Its attack pattern was about as complex as the Blood Hawk's attack pattern.

Most of the time, it just tried to kick Nick with its hooves.

Sometimes, it charged at Nick with its front, trying to barrel through him.

Whenever it did that, though, it hit the wall with quite a lot of force and fell to the ground.

It even got injured a bit during the process.

However, there was one time when Nick nearly got hit.

Sometimes, the Blood Horse straightened its weird fleshy tail and tried to cut Nick with it by swinging its ass towards him.

But that was the only surprise.

For several minutes, the Blood Horse showed no other attacks.

Although its size and power were already very dangerous.

After all, the Blood Horse, even without a head, was already as tall as Nick, and since the base level of a body was also relevant to one's power, the Blood Horse was definitely not weak.

The Blood Hawk would probably need to become a Peak Hatchling if it wanted to rival the Blood Horse's physical power.

But in exchange, the Blood Hawk was nimbler and more flexible.

BANG!

Nick kicked the horse against the wall, and the entire Containment Unit shook.

The Blood Horse was HEAVY!

Within two seconds, it had already stood up again, and its surface barely moved, which meant that it didn't need to recover a lot.

The defense of the Blood Horse was quite strong.

BANG!

Nick kicked himself off the wall of the Containment Unit and kicked the Blood Horse with his other foot.

BOOOOOM!

The Containment Unit shook quite a bit as the horse was thrown against the wall with an insane amount of power.

This time, the horse needed around 20 seconds to recover, which meant that it had been severely injured by that impact.

However, that was to be expected.

Nick had used around 50% of his power with that kick.

The fact that the Blood Horse could survive such a hit from Nick showed how strong its defense was.

Most likely, not a single Newbie in Dark Dream could force the horse to move in a direction it didn't want to.

Its body was massive and strong.

However, one had to remember that humans fought with weapons.

While the Blood Horse's defenses were very strong, a strong hit with a sword would still cause severe injuries.

Due to its mass, the Blood Horse was very resilient to blunt force, but its defense against cutting and piercing weapons was just average.

If the Newbies just kept stabbing and cutting it, its Blood Core would become overheated at some point.

Even more, the horse was also sometimes injuring itself by running against the wall.

After punching and kicking the horse for a couple of minutes, two things happened.

First, the horse's recovery slowed down tremendously.

Second, Nick felt quite energetic.

Kicking this Specter was fun!

Eventually, Nick left the Containment Unit and looked at the Zephyx that had been produced.

'15 grams,' Nick thought. 'Not bad.'

'I get why so many Manufacturers are buying these Blood Specters. I bet Ghosty's Lab is probably raking in loads of credits with the Blood Ancestors.'

Specters were all unique, and yet, the Blood Specters were so very similar.

Why?

The reason was that they were not Specters that had been created by "nature".

In fact, Blood Specters were Specters that had been created by another Specter, namely the Blood Ancestor.

The Blood Ancestor was the most powerful Specter that Ghosty's Lab owned.

It was a Fanatic, a level five Specter, and the only level five Specter that Ghosty's Lab owned.

The Blood Ancestor was a huge blob of blood, and it could create Blood Specters.

First, the Blood Ancestor gathered Zephyx by killing people.

When it had enough Zephyx, it spat out a Blood Core, which would then turn into a Blood Specter.

Whenever it produced a Blood Core, a huge amount of Prephyx would be absorbed by it, and it would advance a level.

So, for every Blood Specter that was produced, the Blood Ancestor became more powerful.

Even more, the Blood Specters that the Blood Ancestor produced also became more powerful with time.

The Blood Hawk and the Blood Horse had been one of the earliest, which was why they were so weak.

But by now, the Blood Ancestor was already producing Adult Specters.

Naturally, Ghosty's Lab got a shitload of money whenever the Blood Ancestor advanced a level, but they also got another shitload of money by selling the Blood Specters to other Manufacturers.

The Blood Specters were great training dummies, and Manufacturers wanted them.

The Blood Ancestor was probably the most profitable Fanatic in all of Crimson Fungus City.

Luckily, it was already contained.

If it were free…

Things could become very troublesome.