As soon as the blood portal opened, he rushed directly into it. The massive dragon body seemed to be scraped by countless invisible blades as it passed through, with dragon scales, muscles, and wing membranes shattering and falling off. He gritted his teeth and pushed forward desperately, finally crashing out of the contracting web of space.
But at the last moment when his dragon body passed through, the blood portal closed abruptly, precisely severing his left front claw.
Dark golden dragon blood spurted out from the severed end like a fountain, and a complete dragon claw covered with dragon scales fell heavily onto the stone slab. The claw tips still reflected a cold metallic sheen, twitching slightly before completely stiffening.
Valentine let out a wretched howl and fled deeper into the maze without looking back.
