Bab 180: Blood Crisis

The dragon blood contained a power unlike anything Arran had felt before, the Natural Essence within it so strong he trembled just Sensing its potency.

The thought of absorbing it all filled him with both awe and excitement. He knew the experience would be painful, but equally clear was that it would benefit him greatly.

As the power within the blood spread through his body, he quickly focused his mind, then began to use a Body Refinement technique. The only way to make the vast tide of Natural Essence in his body subside was to absorb it, he knew.

Even as he attempted to absorb the power, he felt it course through his veins, violently raging through his body while he tried to control it.

The pain might have driven someone else to despair, but Arran's mind remained steadfast. He had faced worse both in his Tempering and while training in the Eidaran city, and this time, it was clear that it was a simple matter of enduring until he absorbed all the power.