Asher's eyes tore wide open as the wind shrieked in his ears, his Omni Perception barely tracing the trajectory of the incoming katana. His Instinctive Adaptation flared instantly, a primal surge of instinct coursing through his mind as his speed peaked to its very limit. In the same heartbeat, his rapier, Virelass, rose in a blur of silver, tearing through the air with a streak that seemed to outpace sight itself.
The moment their blades met, a sundering shockwave exploded outward. The atmosphere itself felt as though it had bloated and ruptured under the pressure of their clash. The roof beneath Asher's feet shattered with maddening force, wood splintering apart as shards of zinc and debris blasted outward like a storm of shrapnel. Sparks erupted into the air in bursts of radiant brilliance, scattering like confetti in macabre celebration of violence.
