James continued moving as he could feel the bloodlust closing in, he swung his now once again frozen blade towards the swinging limb. He had his eyes shut this entire time, with all the smoke around seeing was a bother so he would have to rely on his ability to sense its bloodlust and also smell the damn thing. It reeked of death and decay, so it was rather easy to smell. Though the smoke did also make smelling it difficult as well.
Suddenly James felt himself be tugged downwards before disappearing into the pool of shadows instantly as he was caught completely off-guard and thus couldn't defend himself from his attack.
The creature's arm swung through midair as James was now gone from the spot he was standing.