It was fair to say that Raze was struggling quite a bit with his fight against Gizin. His attacks were performing noticeably weaker than his opponent's, and even when he relied on the advantage of his superior speed, nothing he did seemed to have any real effect. Every swing, every technique, every attempt to pierce through Gizin's body ended with the same result, his opponent standing there completely unaffected.
As Raze continued to use the abyssal strike formation, he was doing everything he could think of to try and take out Gizin. For one, he had altered the formation so that his Abyssal Strike now mixed together with his dark magic. Whenever he ran through the open space, a trail of darkness remained behind him, lingering in the air like a midnight scar carved across the battlefield. He quickly moved through the rubble-filled area, circling Gizin, observing, trying to understand.
