BOOM!
A second black sphere detonated behind him, stopping his momentum and slamming him into the ground with a deafening crash.
Jack coughed, blood spraying from his lips as his body twitched.
Yet, before he could even catch his breath—
Asha was already above him.
Her black flaming foot descended like a meteor.
BOOM!
Jack's body sank into the stage, the tiles beneath him shattering like glass.
"GAAAHH!!"
He let out a hoarse scream, but his blood energy did not weaken.
Instead, it flared even stronger.
Jack twisted his body unnaturally, bending in ways no human should be able to, avoiding Asha's follow-up strike as he slashed his blood-coated sword upward—
CLANG!
A black sphere caught his sword before it could touch her.
Then, before Jack could pull away—
SQUELCH.
Asha's hand pierced through his shoulder.
Jack's entire body froze.