The 2 fighters met once again, in the centre of the ring. Colbert began with his same, telegraphed right slash. This allowed Brandyn to slip right under the attack with the use of his abs and gravity. As he saw his body, he noticed that this extended arm caused the majority of his right side to be exposed. So, ambitiously, he swung his torso in an anticlockwise manner and slammed his fist into his liver.
*whoosh*
Brandyn swung his left arm around and forward more to change his positioning but also to prepare himself for his next attack. His claws elongated again and he slashed across his trap and neck muscles. Due to the minor piercing of his jugular vein, blood was released at a somewhat high pressure from his neck. Luckily, his ability allowed him to seal the attack with a bone that acted almost like a shield.
The wounds felt like they were on fire and it made it surprisingly uncomfortable to even just move his head around.
In a flash, he was already off and aiming for Brandyn. The distance between them closed swiftly and Brandyn could barely analyse the intention of such an attack before the first attack came for him. Colbert swung his body around with explosion and slashed across his chest.Blood sprayed out the wound and the pressure was high as he had severed parts of his lungs. Next, he landed a punch to the face, that caused Brandyn to step back multiple times. He felt slightly stunned from this attack and this was a terrible circumstance as it left him completely open.
Colbert saw this and immediately capitalised. Swivelling his entire body around, he whipped out his tail and allowed the end of this tail to slap right into Brandyn's face. The tough, intricate part of the tail broke his nose and slammed his brain into the opposite side of his head, promptly dropping him.
*ringgg*
His vision swayed from side to side and the rim of his view was darkened. He slowly crawled away from Colbert, barely able to even make out the location of his opponent.
[HP: 7/20]
The archdemon raised to his hands and feet and exhaled slowly, growing 2 sharp elbow bones in the process. His claws grew even longer than before and his face scrunched up from his fury. The fighter couldn't even control the power that flowed through his veins and befire he knew it, he snapped.
"GRAAAARGH!!" He roared, exploding with rage.
He desired this next quest and wanted to fight to the very end but this wasn't the source of his power. His mind was devoid of reason as he saw the tables turning away from his favour in the bout. Colbert, meanwhile, didn't let this little shout affect him.
Smartly, he grew a long appendage of bone that had a sharp edge. It resembled a long, sword blade and he severed it to wield it as a weapon of his own. Making a hanging stance with the sword, Brandyn charged at him with speed that he had never showcased before.
*fwoosh*
A cloud of sand lifted behind him and spread across the arena floor with his fast, heavy strides. As he came close to Colbert, he managed to swing his bone sword straight towards his abs. This Brandyn didn't seem to have much technique at all and he was forced to take the slash. However, he didn't even make an expression of pain or give off any impression that he was affected by the slash.
The gash was certainly deep and it was bleeding profusely, but the attack didn't seem to affect Brandyn at all.
He drove himself off his back foot explosively, clenching his right fist. His movements were simply too fast for Colbert to handle and he was able to land a right punch on his jaw.
*BAM*
Colbert's entire body fell to the side and forced his knees into bending, as if he had been pushed down by the shoulders. Before he could even counter with another attack of his doing, Brandyn had sent his left knee right towards his stomach. This felt the weight of an anvil only spread across the size of his knee.
Air was forced out of his lungs from the attack and he also felt an uncomfortable heaviness to his abdomen. It felt like he was getting grabbed and pulled to fall to the floor but he felt the ultimate pressure of losing to a previous regular-born. The insults and ridicule ringed around in his head and he even remembered the incident with Saru and how he was heartlessly scorned.
Brandyn made a primal snarl, charging right at his opponent with his arms waving with every stride. He clumsily charged at Colbert but his speed was truly impressive. With his sharp bone sword, he awaited this moment and pulled it back in a close right stance. (A sword stance where the legs are in an orthodox boxing position but basically having the sword at the lower abdomen, aiming forwards at an angle.)
Once he was in range, he swung out his claws and instinctively used his Rejuvenating Slash skill. This slash right to the neck sapped Colbert of his remaining stamina and willpower, making his eyes droopy and his legs wobbly. Brandyn just grabbed the neck of his shirt and swung his entire body leftwards. As his body swung, he hurled Colbert away at full force, launching him a good few metres.
*thud*
Colbert's eyes were wide open and red in colour. His stamina had dropped to alarming levels but Brandyn seemed to have gotten stronger from the slash. He didn't care about this, though, and his only will was to survive this attack. The boney warrior crawled away with feebleness and fear. As he crawled away, Brandyn ran at him then leaped, blocking the sun from Colbert's view.
His arms were wide out and his knees were bent, and the blocked sun gave him the appearance of a demonic silhouette.
"No.. No! I can't lose like this!" Colbert ordered to himself, growing a long, very sharp bone from his left forearm that was tucked in the sand.