Berserker vs Berserker!

I was able to figure something out about this humanoid being, and because of that, I was able to dispel the fear that I had contained in my very soul. When I was able to get rid of my fear I was finally was able to focus on the humanoid who stood before me, but first I needed a weapon to fight with him, if he was a Berserker this battle would be near to impossible, but I trusted in everything that I have had learned so far, I spent all of my youth training with a spear, so it was the weapon that I could handle best at the present time.

He had summoned a weapon with the black fog, and I wondered "Could I do the same with my Blood Qi?" I wouldn't hurt to try anyways; without a spear, I am only seeking death by facing a Berserker with no type of weapon in my possession at all.

I started collecting my Blood Qi in my right hand, I closed my eyes imagining the shape of the spear and trying to mold the Blood Qi into its own shape, to make it simpler I thought about the spear that the uncle of Rin lent me, I had used it recently so the details were still fresh in my memory.

I knew I couldn't spend much time with my eyes closed trying to concentrate, the attack from dark mist would land on my body at any moment, so I accelerated the process as much as I could, the most important thing was to define the balance of the lance, a balanced lance would increase its strength and speed sevenfold.

After half a second I opened my eyes, I had already finished the spear, although it was not perfect it was totally balanced and allowed me to defend myself at least, the axe had almost reached my forehead, instinctively I took a step backward and I launched a lunge with my spear, if he had to defend himself I could not attack.

But the reality was not like that, the axe made a cut between the shoulder and the chest, it was not too deep because I had withdrawn quickly, but the cut bled without signs of stopping, at the same time my spear penetrated in its leg, but the fog simply melted letting pass the spear.

After this exchange I realized how formidable the enemy was, besides being a Berserker and having battle instincts above average, he could change the shape of parts of his body avoiding my spear, but his physical fitness was not much greater than mine so at least I could defend myself from his axe without having too many wounds.

After exchanging a series of hits I had hope, the axe was difficult to block but not impossible, although I could not harm him he could not inflict serious damage, if he continued to accumulate slight wounds he would end up dying, I could not recover Blood Qi here unless I wounded him which is next to impossible, although I was slowly getting used to his battle style, an axe was slow and predictable but if a hit landed on my body everything would be over.

I needed a tactic to eliminate his special ability, if he could freely turn into gas I couldn't hurt him at all, while dodging consecutive axe hits I came up with a possible solution, but I wasn't sure if both principles worked in this world, but as no other idea occurred to me I decided to bet it all at this point.

I stopped dodging and faced the diagonal cote of the axe with my spear, when both weapons collided, the axe lost some strength but my spear dispersed, surrounding me with the residual Blood Qi, with a smile I prepared myself for the incoming blow, the strength of the axe was still dominant, It penetrated my leg touching the femur, but could not break it, the Strengthening of bones had made my bones as hard as steel, taking advantage of the blood coming out of the wound I drew the structure with my blood and emptied all my Blood Qi while breathing heavily, this was my last trick, one which Rin taught me.

The humanoid laughed at the sight, he had already been a witness of this spell and I could not hurt him, his face revealed the disdain, he knew that his defense was perfect because he could return each part of his body gas while avoiding the lances widely.

I hoped the plan would work, if not my destiny was already sealed, I could never defeat this Berserker with my present abilities, I left a small splinter of Blood Qi around my heart, it was all I needed, spears began to emerge from the ground, surrounding us one after the other.

The lances this time were cutting the escape route of both, we were trapped in a square meter, surrounded by spears. This is the most sensitive part of the plan, if it turned into gas and escaped from the fence it would all be over.

When the humanoid made of dark fog saw the spears he laughed uncontrollably, in his eyes he was looking at a corpse trying to survive desperately.

I knew what I was thinking, the strong would always sharpen their claws and the weak would improve their wisdom, that is what differentiates humans from beasts in my previous world, you always had to have absolute respect for your rivals, or you could get some surprise.

The spears continued to emerge within the square meter making the space smaller, the shadow could not move the axe in such a closed space, so he undo the shape of the axe and turned it into a dagger, he was determined to give the final blow.

Immediately I detonated the splinter of Blood Qi in my heart producing a dull blow, my heart stopped beating for a moment, but a second later it started beating again but something had changed.

During the combat I had understood that I was not the only Berserker in the universe and that each Berserker had different abilities, he could change his body freely and fuse his Qi with others to appropriate them, then I understood that my only ability was to control the blood and the heart had to be my special ability, I could make myself stronger through the blood but I had not discovered any application other than to use the Blood Qi by disentangling it freely in the attacks or in the spell that taught me Rin.

To have a chance against the Berserker I had to override his power at least to be on an equal footing and this movement was the only one I could think of.

When the dark fog of the axe melted to form a dagger, I knew that the Berserker was going to make his final blow, the lances that caught us began to blink with a crimson glow following the same rhythm of my heart, their glow was increasing, until both of us were covered with crimson light, the Blood Qi in the area increased madly causing the pressure to increase, the more time passed, the stronger the crimson light became.

The humanoid shadow hurled itself quickly to stab my heart, he had already noticed that something strange was happening with the spears and this small space, seeing the movement of the humanoid shadow, I smiled slightly, this time I had the advantage.

Halfway down the road the dagger melted, the dark fog returned to the humanoid form, and a few seconds later I took a step forward, I was not afraid of being attacked, I knew that my plan had been successful just seeing the dagger melt.

Without wasting time I made a blow with my hand towards his chest, my objective was his heart, the hand this time did not pierce the air, instead I could feel the beat of a heart in the palm of my hand, next to his look full of terror in the eyes he murmured a single word before dying.

"Domain..."