The first to make his move as Scarlet, utilizing such speed that the scenery before his view seemed to contort, seeing everything around him as a blur as he pushed his physical capabilities high enough to match the seemingly unapproachable swiftness of the Dread.
Blood heated, flowing faster as Scarlet kept pace with the shadow-skinned being as the white of his eyes reddened in that moment in which he drove past the limits of his body.
["Blood-Red Dance"]
The Dread clearly did not expect anybody to come close to its own speed, to which the experienced member of the Nihilum Core used this to his advantage: Scarlet summoned a sword forged of blood before swinging it forth.
A result of the sword slash came as a scathing wind pressure infused with a cut of blood that allowed the range of the attack to slash far and wide through the valley, further turning the trees beyond into firewood as the Dread raised a split-second defense.