Fortunately, the Blood Flowers are already low in mana and the bandit wasn't able to absorb much from them. Even then, mana is mana and the bandit continued to attack Cairo with more ferocity than before
The bandit slammed his foot on the ground and bandages rose from the ground all over Cairo. There was almost no room for him to dodge
Without a choice, Cairo controlled the sands below him and a pillar of sands appeared with him on top of it. Too bad that some of the bandages absorb the mana from the pillar while some continued to attack him
The sand pillar immediately crumbled causing Cairo to almost lose his balance even though there are still attacks coming at him
Luckily, the transformation brought by the hydra's power gave Cairo a fast reaction time, faster than even when he uses his blood magic - Boiling Blood
Cairo jumped away from the crumbling sand pillar before waving his hand. Blades of sands spread out from him that cuts the bandages