James turned and saw Edward's energy blade closing in on him. He instinctively dodged leftwards but the blade sliced his forehead a bit. He jumped backwards to create distance. Everyone at the base was beyond shocked.
"You really did a number on me, you fucking brat!" Edward walked zombie-like out of the dust clearing. Half his body was already blown away, such that his spine and a few ribs were visible.
"How? There's... there's no way you could have survived that! " James' eyes beamed with confusion. He had no idea what more he needed to do to put Edward into the ground.
"Normally you'd be right, but did you all forget that I am a healing type "demon"? Well, I don't blame you for not remembering. After all, this man used my powers so efficiently that he never really needed to heal up much. "