One awakener could generate force fields, creating barriers that bullets couldn't penetrate.
A blood hound simply flowed through the barrier like water through a screen, its essence-based form unaffected by energy constructs designed to stop physical projectiles.
The awakener died screaming as the hound's jaws closed on his head.
Another awakener had super-strength, his muscles enhanced to lift cars and punch through concrete. He grabbed one of the hounds and tried to tear it apart, his enhanced grip compressing the blood essence form.
The hound simply dispersed into mist, flowed around his grip, and reformed inside his chest cavity. His enhanced strength did nothing against a threat that had no solid form to fight.
A third awakener could teleport short distances, blinking around the battlefield with frustrating unpredictability.
