Saying this, Vance, with great speed, flew towards Kane.
As he did so, he coated his fists with a layer of earth and water to add more nonlethal power to his punches, sending a look to Ryoko as he did so, to show her that he remembered not to kill them.
Noticing the exchanged glances, Kane furrowed his brow and began to charge up to shoot more lightning bolts.
Closing the distance, Vance swung his fist at Kane. Simultaneously, Kane shot out another lightning bolt. As the two attacks grew closer to each other, Vance created a wall of sand in front of the lightning, turning the sand to glass and stopping the lightning. As this happened, Vance's fist grew close to Kane's head. However, Kane began generating a static charge to repel the blow.
Feeling his punch be repelled, Vance smirked and began to move faster. He zoomed behind Kane, grabbed his tail, and with great power, swung him towards the ground, letting go to throw him.
Not one to let go of an opportunity, Vance released his flight and using Gravity Magic, increased his weight. As he quickly fell towards Kane, Vance lifted his leg, preparing to deliver a hammer kick to Kane.
*BOOOOOOOOOOM*
Kane hit the ground first, leaving a small crater...
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
Vance's kick swiftly followed, deepening the crater further.
Kane was extremely banged up after the blow, scales fractured across his body, blood pouring, barely breathing.
"Oh please don't be done yet!" Vance said with a vicious tone.
Simultaneously he released a healing spell on Kane, quickly pulling him back to near perfect condition.
Feeling his body recover, Kane struggled to stand up for only a moment before speaking.
"T-the princess. Hand her over. My life is incomparable to her safety. And I will die to protect her."
Sparks flickered all across his body. A strange symbol near his left eye began to glow an eerie blood red. It resembled a cross with a chain of lightning streaking through and around it.
"Oh? How interesting. Your lightning seems to have changed color, must be correlated to the mark. Hopefully it got stronger." Vance remarked.
Kane's body began to shrink into a semi human form. His tails, claws, and wings remained, along with the sparks of lightning on his body. He began to crouch down and...
*ZIP*
He disappeared, at least, from Vance's sight.
Suddenly, Vance was grabbed by his right arm and slammed into the ground.
"FUCK!"
As this happened, Vance felt electricity start to flow into his arm.
*BANG*
Kane released Vance, slamming him into the ground and leaving a crater.
Quickly recovering, Vance stood up in the posture of a sprinter, taking off.
Kane did the same, rushing to meet Vance head on.