Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 71 - A soul reawakens
Just his aura alone gave Cias reason to run, but he wouldn't, he wouldn't back down after training this hard. ,"COME AT ME YOU STUPID ASS KING!!!" ,"As you wish, child." Tinser charged at him and slipped the spear, he was going to slice Cias's stomach but was intercepted by a wall of flames, Art: Flame Barrier. ,"Oh, that's a nice a move there. BUT IT'S SIMPLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH." Tinder put more power into his scythe and cut right through the fire. Cias stepped back just in time.
Cias imbued Art: Flame into his Onyx (The name for his spear if you forgot). Flames brimmed to life, he condensed the power to just barely escape the weapons confines to increase and not waste his energy. ,"That's a highly controlled flame, your teacher must have been excellent, maybe I'll fight him myself one day," ,"You won't, because there's no way that I'll let you get past me." Cias circled around till he was in range and attacked Tinser. TING TING TING TING TING TING TAKOOM The blades rung with an ever loud noise that would cause even a highly trained person to go deaf.
Tinser swung with the intent to cut Cias in half, BOOM only to be blocked again by Cias's handle (Who is this kid?) he thought to himself. Cias smiled ,"Is that all you got," Tinser smiled back, Tinser swung his scythe around his body, making nearly unpredictable movements TITITITITITITITING. With another swing BOOM, Cias was flying room through rooms, the strong ice walls doused in Tinser's energy smashed against his back, causing the skin to break open BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. When he looked back, Tinser was right in front of him ready to attack again just as he was regenerating from the previous attack, directed at his neck. Cias used telekinesis to move his body side ways and finally hit Tinser by stabbing him in the gut SHINK. Cias was excited until he realized how little damage he had done ,"A flesh wound huh, I would have thought you could do more." Tinser threw up his scythe and grabbed Cias by the throat, crushing it and then flinging him through the wall and outside of the palace.
Cias spun through the air and used the ki in his body to manipulate it's position, Art: Flight. He then activated his art he had gained and had been refining, Art: Flame Skin. He had gained more information on how to use it from his opponent in fact. His newfound confidence fed into his power. But he wouldn't be stupid, he needed to use his fighting technique to the upmost of his ability. Tinser flew at Cias ,"So you can fly, very good," BAM, TING TING Cias was analyzing his opponent's fighting ability and adding the technique he could use for his own.
But it wasn't enough, the gap in skill and power was too high, he needed a way to come over top. As the scythe evaded his defenses and closed in on him he heard a voice (Cias…). His mind rang with someone calling his name, but who. He felt an aura getting released from his spear (Onyx, is that you) , it tried to find the words(Yes… master). A spiritual hand reached out from his spear, just then Cias escaped into his mind. His soul was right next to him and he was face to face with the mantis that he'd defeated, glowing in a blackish green aura. He reached back and grasped the hand, a giant beam of light engulfed him. ,"What is happening with that one. Something interesting?" (Master, I wish to connect our souls. So that we can fight, will you allow me to do that?) (Never thought I'd be teaming up with a mantis for real, but yeah, let's do it).
A tube connected the two made of spiritual energy, their souls were connected and they became one, instinctively the both of them used Art: Soul Link. The light dispersed revealing Cias, doused in energies of both himself and the mantis, green and gold, his eyes blacked out with only golden pupils remaining. 2 voices spoke at once ,""Let's fight,"" Tinser sliced a layer of skin off his arm and regrew it ,"Now it's getting interesting, I'm not sure I've seen THIS before." Cias dashed at him, pulling his spear back before thrusting it at Tinser. Tinser moved back at just the right distance to not be impaled, the attack was a lot faster than he'd thought it'd be. He then felt a sharp pain on his right pec STIK. The spear had impailed him (But how) he thought to himself slightly irritated (The handle of the spear grew in length!!!). 5 flaming spears appeared behind Tinser, Art: Flame Spears. They all converged on Tinser and stabbed him from multiple angles STIK TINK STIK STIK. Cias fled backwards, satisfied with the damage that he'd delt. Tinser chuckled and dispelled the spears with a blast from his ki, silence fell over the area, space distorted. He held his scythe out in front of him and ran his hand over it, imbuing it with ice and transforming the blade ,"Spirits of frost, bless me with the power of primordial ice, imbue my scythe with the ability to freeze even souls." Tinser's scythe was now ice incarnate, which even caused the air to freeze ,"Let us see how you handle this," Art: Primordial Ice.