It wasn't much of a surprise that it had some form of intelligence, but the ability to speak meant it was of a higher level than initially thought.
After it evaded his initial strike, he pivoted around, relinquishing the devilish-made sword and instead turning it into a hammer made out of the same, dark energy.
'I need to expand my range!' Asher thought.
As he slammed the hammer down against the ground, a repeating shock wave emitted, ripping the grass from the soil and blasting the Speed Demon back. It was a property infused into the hammer that embodied far-reaching power: "Sonic Impact".
The only problem with using such a powerful property with his Devil Force was that a portion of it bounced back to Asher, causing his arms to bounce up from the aftershock.
"Ngh!"