Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 151

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 151】

151. Sky Arena (3)

“I’m sorry.”
Sasha Babel spoke toward the scattered participants around her.
What on earth had happened to them? All five had broken limbs.
“The passage condition was that only one person could survive, so there was no helping it.”
The moment her words ended, a message appeared.
【First Match Cleared!】
【Next Match Beginning.】
【Second Match: Reach the center of the Maze!】
One of the four walls that had been blocking the space vanished. Sasha Babel stepped through the gap and exited. A massive maze suddenly materialized before her eyes.
With towering walls obstructing her view, it was all too easy to lose one’s way within the labyrinth.
“It would be easier if I could just break through.”
Sasha Babel tested her theory, channeling aura into her fist and striking the wall. But the wall neither crumbled nor even trembled.
“…That hurts.”
Sasha Babel couldn’t help but shed a few tears.
Breaking through was impossible. That left only one option—to navigate the maze on foot with her own two legs.
First, she needed to understand the maze’s structure.
Sasha Babel slowly closed her eyes. The Dragon Heart’s mana swirled around her.
“La hu reta.”
Ancient draconic words flowed from Sasha Babel’s lips. The dragon’s mana responded to the primordial language.
Like echoing reverberations, mana scattered in all directions. As it spread, the maze’s structure materialized vividly in her mind.
“Ah hu re.”
Sasha Babel chanted the draconic words once more. The earth beneath her feet lifted into the air, moving in the direction she indicated.
The clod of earth moved at tremendous speed. Sasha Babel traversed more than half the maze in an instant. Fortunately, she hadn’t encountered any other participants along the way.
“Or rather, the other participants were the fortunate ones.”
Had they met, they would have been defeated without landing a single blow against Sasha Babel.
Soon, Sasha Babel drew close to the maze’s center. At this rate, she would be the first to clear the second match.
That was when it happened.
The scent of blood permeated the air. Sasha Babel halted the clod of earth.
“…Who is that?”
The stench of blood was overwhelming. It wasn’t just one or two people bleeding—it was far more. And alongside the odor came a chilling, murderous intent.
She could have ignored it and continued. But her pride as a member of the Babel Family wouldn’t allow it.
Sasha Babel moved toward the source of the blood scent.
And she witnessed a horrifying sight.
Four or five participants lay dead, their bodies mangled beyond recognition. The brutality of the wounds was so savage that it seemed impossible a human could have inflicted them.
“Aha, aha-ha.”
Among the corpses, a woman repeatedly raised her arm high and brought it down in sharp strikes. Looking closer, I could see a dagger clutched in her hand.
“Get up already. You planning to just lie there forever?”
Each time the dagger struck a corpse, blood droplets scattered. The woman paid them no mind.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, the woman turned her head and looked at Sasha Babel.
“Well, well. My intended prey has arrived.”
The woman hurled the corpse aside. She straightened her hunched posture and fixed her gaze on Sasha Babel.
Sasha Babel opened her mouth, her face tense.
“…Mano Stonlight.”
The woman’s lips curled into a smirk.

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“…What exactly are you doing?”
“Hm? What do you mean, what am I doing?”
Mano Stonlight hooked her finger through the ring on the dagger’s pommel and twirled it casually as she replied.
“They said only one person could pass, so I killed them all.”
“…You didn’t have to kill them to pass through.”
At those words, Mano Stonlight grabbed her belly and laughed.
“You’re being naive. Did you think this was a sporting event? This is a legitimate Dungeon. No one can stop anything that happens here.”
“The Sky Arena is being broadcast worldwide. What you’ve done is already being aired.”
Sasha Babel gestured toward the corpses as she spoke.
“Do you really think the Guilds these people belong to will let you walk away?”
“You know what my master told me?”
“How would I know that?”
“She said anyone who can’t even escape from me and ends up dead probably doesn’t belong to anything worth mentioning anyway. So kill without hesitation, she said.”
Mano Stonlight added with a laugh.
“Sasha Babel. What about you? At least you might be able to escape from me, right?”
Sasha Babel’s brow furrowed slightly.
She was of Babel bloodline. She had merely been caught off guard by the sudden situation—she never once considered herself to be in actual danger.
“Mano Stonlight. How presumptuous.”
“Don’t know my Gift? From where I’m standing, you’re the presumptuous one.”
Mano Stonlight gripped the dagger she had been twirling and charged toward Sasha Babel.
【Enemy Dragon Star’s aura detected!】
【Dragon Heart Blood is suppressed!】
【All stats decreased by 10%!】
Sasha Babel felt her body grow slightly heavier. But she remained unflustered.
She had heard exhaustively from the family elders about what Gift the Enemy Dragon Star possessed, and how to counter it.
“La fu ta.”
Sasha Babel uttered the dragon language with composure. Her body soared into the sky. Mano Stonlight gazed upward and cried out in frustration.
“Ah, how cowardly!”
Sasha Babel didn’t bother to respond.
The first countermeasure against Enemy Dragon Nature that the family elders had taught her was to create distance first.
As she flew higher into the sky and distanced herself from Mano Stonlight, her body felt lighter again. It was proof that she had escaped the influence of Enemy Dragon Nature.
“Al me der sed.”
Suspended in the sky, Sasha Babel spoke another dragon language incantation.
Flames erupted around her. The fire formed rings that circled around Sasha Babel.
“You’re not planning to throw those at me, are you?”
Mano Stonlight asked. Instead of answering, Sasha Babel flicked her fingers downward.
The rings of fire transformed into arrows and plunged toward the spot where Mano Stonlight stood.
“An ter mada.”
Sasha Babel manifested another dragon language incantation without even confirming whether Mano Stonlight lived or died.
Blue lightning bolts struck the ground. Not just one, but dozens in rapid succession.
“I fe tera.”
The battlefield was already in ruins, but Sasha Babel didn’t stop. She manifested a third incantation.
An invisible hammer crashed down upon the earth. The shockwave alone caused the surrounding walls to tremble and cracks to spider across the ground.
“…Phew.”
Sasha Babel steadied her breathing. Even so, she maintained her vigilance.
The second countermeasure against Enemy Dragon Nature that the family had taught her was to overwhelm with relentless power, allowing no opening for counterattack.
That was when it happened.
Mano Stonlight burst through the flames. She ran up the wall toward Sasha Babel.
“…This can’t be real.”
Contrary to her words, Sasha Babel responded immediately. If she did nothing, Mano Stonlight would reach her by scaling the wall. Sasha Babel manifested a dragon language incantation to increase the distance.
Or rather, she tried to.
Mano Stonlight threw a dagger. Whether she had used a skill or not, the blade flew toward Sasha Babel with the speed of a shooting star.
“El rada.”
Sasha Babel calmly used a defensive dragon language incantation. A translucent barrier blocked the dagger.
But the moment the blade touched the barrier, it dissolved like a soap bubble.
“What?”
Before she could respond, the dagger grazed past Sasha Babel’s neck.
【Enemy Dragon Nature’s aura is penetrating!】
【Dragon Heart Blood is severely weakened!】
The power of the dragon language incantation that had been keeping Sasha Babel aloft vanished. She plummeted to the ground helplessly.
“Ugh!”
The moment she hit the ground, a violent impact struck her entire body. For a frame weakened by Enemy Dragon Nature, it was catastrophic.
Though the pain was excruciating, Sasha Babel suppressed it by sheer force of will. Mano Stonlight was still above her.
She had to buy time until her Dragon Heart Blood’s power recovered, no matter what.
The instant that thought crossed her mind, Mano Stonlight fell from the sky. She brought her foot down in a crushing stomp toward Sasha Babel’s back.
“Kyaah!”
This time, she had no choice but to scream. Mano Stonlight seized her hair, wrenching it back as she writhed in agony.
“Hahah, finally got you.”
Mano Stonlight’s face, flushed with exhilaration, loomed before her. Through gritted teeth, Sasha Babel managed to speak.
“…How did you nullify the Dragon Heart Blood’s power?”
“When the Red Dragon Star’s mana penetrates directly, that’s what happens. You didn’t know that?”
“What are you… I’ve never heard of such an ability….”
Mano Stonlight suddenly drove a dagger into her thigh.
“But I don’t like this. Why do only you get to ask questions? From now on, I’m the one asking. Understand?”
Sasha Babel clamped her mouth shut. Pride and stubbornness kept her silent.
Mano Stonlight slashed across Sasha Babel’s forearm with the dagger. Another scream tore from her throat.
“This is why I love you people.”
Mano Stonlight’s lips curved upward.
“Dragon bloodline this, Dragonslayer bloodline that—acting all noble, all superior, all dignified. But the moment that bloodline disappears, you become this helpless.”
Mano Stonlight raked the dagger across Sasha Babel’s back. Blood erupted from the wound.
“You were so cocky before, so talkative. Why are you silent now? Hm? I’m asking you. Answer me.”
Mano Stonlight raised the dagger again.
That was when it happened.
A tremendous explosion thundered through the chamber, and the wall came crashing down.
Both Mano Stonlight and Sasha Babel could only stare at the collapsing wall in shock.
“That… was it collapsing?”
Mano Stonlight muttered blankly when a figure burst through the rubble.
“Huh?”
Mano Stonlight’s eyes narrowed as she glared at the sudden intruder.
“Where have I seen that face? Ah, Kwon Han-ul? It’s Kwon Han-ul, right?”
Kwon Han-ul’s face registered shock. His gaze fell silently upon Sasha Babel.
That displeased Mano Stonlight immensely.
So she drove the dagger into Sasha Babel’s shoulder.
“Why won’t you answer? Aren’t you Kwon Han-ul?”
“Aaah!”
Kwon Han-ul’s pupils dilated slightly. Only then did he slowly open his mouth.
“Mano Stonlight.”
“Correct.”
A smile played at the corners of Mano Stonlight’s mouth.
“My final prey walks right in on its own?”

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“My final prey?”
Kwon Han-ul tilted his head, as if he’d heard something incomprehensible.
“Before entering the Sky Arena, I made a vow. I didn’t care about the others, but you and Sasha Babel—I swore I’d kill you both.”
Mano Stonlight yanked the dagger from Sasha Babel’s shoulder. Sasha Babel screamed, but she ignored her.
Right now, Kwon Han-ul was far more important.
“I like you two.”
Mano Stonlight’s face lit up with exhilaration.
“Trash without bloodlines strut around acting like big shots. And people worship them for it. But your bloodlines don’t work on me.”
Mano Stonlight intensified the aura of the Red Dragon Star.
“In this world, only my master and I can expose what you really are.”
Mano Stonlight advanced toward Kwon Han-ul. Blood dripped steadily from the dagger in her hand.
“Nothing to say?”
Mano Stonlight spoke with eager anticipation. The pleasure of subduing him would be far greater if he boasted arrogantly here.
Kwon Han-ul paused briefly before speaking.
“What makes you so confident?”
A smile formed at the corner of Mano Stonlight’s mouth. This was exactly what she’d been waiting to hear.
【The influence of the Red Dragon Star intensifies!】
【Drastically reduces the stats of all dragon-type beings within range!】
【Impedes the actions of all dragon-type beings within range!】
Mano Stonlight charged forward in a straight line.
The Red Dragon Star didn’t just reduce stats—it affected movement itself.
Right now, Kwon Han-ul should be crushed under immense pressure, barely able to turn his body.
‘Start with the knees.’
She’d sever just the ligaments. That would cripple his legs, prevent escape, and amplify his fear.
Mano Stonlight bent at the waist, swinging her dagger toward Kwon Han-ul’s knee.
In that instant, Kwon Han-ul drove his knee upward into Mano Stonlight’s face. Her head snapped back, and her body was hurled away.
“Gack! Ugh!”
Mano Stonlight screamed, clutching her face. Her nose was crushed, and several front teeth were missing.
“Kwon Han-ul!”
She roared in fury. But in the next moment, Kwon Han-ul was directly above her.
A chilling killing intent descended from overhead. Mano Stonlight scrambled desperately to the side.
Where she’d been standing, Kwon Han-ul landed. He drove his foot down into the ground.
In that instant, cracks radiated outward from the point of impact. The fissures consumed the earth, and the surrounding walls collapsed.
“…What?”
Mano Stonlight stared at Kwon Han-ul in utter shock.
She’d definitely used the Red Dragon Star. The Black Dragon Bloodline’s power should have been severely diminished.
So where was this destructive force coming from?
“Hey.”
Kwon Han-ul called out to Mano Stonlight. She jerked her head up in alarm.
“What did you just call me? Prey?”
My tone was sharp with irritation.
The insult from Mano Stonlight stung, but there was another reason for my anger.
【The Black Dragon Bloodline surges with great fury! The dragon’s instinct grows even stronger!】
【Assimilation rate 52% -】 58%>
【All influence of the Enemy Dragon Star is expelled!】
The Black Dragon Bloodline was seething with rage as well.
It was already furious at being overwhelmed by the Dragon Slayer’s Enemy Dragon Star. And now his disciple had appeared—of course it was enraged.
“I understand the confidence overflowing from what happened in the Party Hall, but…”
I glared at Mano Stonlight with eyes burning with exasperation.
“You’re not the Dragon Slayer, after all.”

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