Water Dance

With waves surging from his sword he charged towards me. His movements became really strange, it seemed that he was surfing, following waves of the domain that changed at his order, he was riding them, obtaining a great speed.

He was surfing forming multiples S, the waves from his sword increasing its size and strength "<Sword Intent: Raging Water>" He swung his katana to me.

I concentrated intent at my sword and clashed with him. The water following his katana tried to push me, but my intent canceled it, dispersing the water in nothingness.

"Oh, it's really strange to have a death intent or a devouring one" a wave formed in his feet and he rode it, twisting his body until he was head down, he freed his katana from my sword and swung it downwards, for me seeming upwards "<Sword Intent: Rising Cascade>".

I noticed somewhat at my feet, I quickly jumped backward. At my previous position surged a powerful torrent from the ground. The torrent was wide enough that I couldn't completely evade, I blocked it with my sword, nevertheless, I was pushed away.

Landing safely I looked at my opponent. He smirked "You have a powerful concept, but it's obvious that you're not used to sword fights. You have talent, but talent not always win against experience" He was accumulating waves in his sword, he swung it "<Sword Intent: Water Dragon>" and three water dragons manifested and charged to me.

My sword exuded black aura, with a swing I extinguished the three dragons. I twisted my body turning around and I parried a slash. The dragons were simply a decoy, he surfed to my back while being hidden by the dragons.

He continued surfing around, slashing me from time to time, blocking me in my position. He didn't stop, each slash was swift and quick, only grazing me, each time he attacked was faster and stronger than the last. "<Water Dance>".

[Fuck! Even if my intent is powerful, it can be used in great quantity due to it even affecting me, nearing me to death. A great contrast with his water one that has great quantity] I calmed myself. a little black drop, seeming water, left the tip of my sword.

He continued with his dance, I having difficulty to keep it up. Only guarding, I could see how the slashed that cut me increase, blooding me.

"Hahaha. This is my win!" he laughed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes shocked, the Water Dance stopped, he banged in nothing noticeable and crashed to the ground, he reacted in time swinging his katana creating a wave that slowed his crash. He stood up and touched his right knee, then turned to me shouting "How you dare!?"

Having discovered my attack I grinned "It may be difficult to attack you, but with how much you move around there's no need" I black drop dropped from my sword "<Sword Intent: Death Tear>. Leaving in your course, I didn't need to much time for you to receive it. One-touch at your knee and it's dead"

He clenched his teeth, he sheathed his katana and positioned in an unsheathed stance "You're really unlucky. If it were another match, using this will make me unable to fight causing my death when I leave the Arena, but being my last match I don't have that worry. In all this time I couldn't control it, take it!"

All the waves from the domain started surging toward his katana, his domain was dispersing, only leaving mine, while a thing blue layer was around him. I could sense a great power from his sword. In less than a second, there wasn't any trace of waves, but even with that, my domain couldn't penetrate him. He held tightly the handle of his katana and unsheathed it quickly. As the blade was leaving the sheathed, powerful waves, much more than anything before were surging in every direction.

He finally finished unsheathing and shouted "Sword Heart: WATER!". A sword made by countless waves shot to me, the pressure was so strong that it would be impossible to try to evade it.

Looking at the sword I couldn't help to smile, I knew that it could kill, but fighting my first true opponent, my first true life and death fight, it exited me "I may lack true opponents. I will walk over you and eat you alive!" I shouted.

It was no time to try to evade or block it like normal, my usual intent will be useless against it. I put all my strength in my sword, it didn't matter Death or Killing I put it together. "If I'm gonna die what importance have dying exploding!" I laughed.

Red and black aura surged from my sword, at my command they were clashing between them. It will be easy to use them at the same time as sword energy coexist like the cause of different domains. But this won't change anything, I needed to fuse them. The auras clashed, the blood vessels of my arms were exploding and I was losing the sensation from my fingers. I gritted my teeth, with all my strength I swung my sword toward the water sword.

Even without fusing yet I didn't have time My sword clashed with the water one. I knew that I couldn't resist even a second of it, the moment they clashed, a tremendous force tried to smash my body, uncountable cuts were made on my body by the mere collateral energy of the sword.

I looked at both my aura and my sword, finally realizing [Of course, the Killing was a mere imitation of the City, it wasn't mine] At that moment the red color turned black, the sensation was wilder than the usual cold and peaceful one, this one was my own Killing Intent! Both black auras fused together. This was cold, but warm, raging and calm, this was Death and Killing!

The aura resultant was incredible stronger than the one before, clashing with the water sword it caused an explosion. I was pushed like drag, by its aftermath. Crashing multiples time to ground, without being able to stop, until my own speed lowered by each crash. With my only strength, I unconsciously grip my sword.

I was exhausted my body refused to move. My face fell directed at Ripper. He was laying on the ground, a lot of blood around his mouth and seemed immobilized. The most probable due to the exhaustion of the attack plus the backslash of the destruction of his technique.

"Both contenders are very injured. But we detect that both are alive. Who will be the first one to stand up and kill the other!" Shouted the black-masked man "Following the rules of the Arena, if in 20 minutes they didn't move we will dispose of them. This is to prevent people from resting"

[Fuck! Move!] I ordered my body that refuses to even the minimum movement, to busy keeping my heart beating.

My trashy old life passed through my eyes. No family, no friend, living in the orphanage with the fucking same monotony of fucking every day! Then changed for the first 6 years of this life, the warm of my new family, a world full of adventures, being caged by a fucking coward! I could see Bai, with his white hair smiling. [How could I die here!? Even that naive and trashy coward keep alive, how could I die now that start my life!?]

I clenched my teeth vomiting blood, putting all my strength in moving my body. Little by little my body finally reacting. I used my sword as a support to finally standing. Slowly I approach Ripper, step by step, all my body weight at my sword. Each step was torture and my mind seemed to fly away with each one.

After I didn't know how much time I arrived at Ripper who didn't move at all. I was too tired to even listen to the voices of the audience. I lifted my sword like if I was doing another step, this time instead of the ground a put it on Ripper's neck. Letting my body fall, the sword pierced his neck by the force of my weight, killing him.

I collapse on the ground exhausted "The contestant Blanch had finished the winning favorite with 99 victories! Let's congratulate him! This is the first time in the history of Slaughter City!" The black-masked woman announced causing the audience to shout.

[Fuck! I won't leave alive in this state] I though.

Suddenly Ripper's body started shining, with a sea blue color. After a blinding light, he disappeared only leaving his katana there. The katana that was shining started dispersing in blue dots of light. The dots were attracted to me, especially to my sword. As they were going, their blue color changed to black and was absorbed by my sword. Once the dots were absorbed and unknown strength surged in me. I was still injured, having difficult to move, but with this new energy at least I could keep standing.

This wasn't normal energy, as it was absorbed I could sense my comprehension in my intent improving. I looked shocked, like everyone there, not knowing what had happened [WTF is that!?]

I put it aside having more important things to worry about like being alive. I dragged myself to the exit, I took a Bloody Mary that made me feel better. I need to hurry. One thing that I learned from the Arena is that to the audience, they have time to leave the Arena, greater than the participants. So the audience usually didn't attack the winner. Being today a 100 victory match I don't think that there will be many people waiting for me. If I was fast enough I could evade the people that knew my condition at the Arena.

Leaving the Arena while using my sword as support demonstrated that my theory was wrong, more than 30 scavengers were waiting for the winner to leave.

"Oh, we're lucky, it seems that an almost death was the winner" One the grunts said grinning.

If it weren't for that strange energy, I would undoubtedly die here. I breathed very profoundly. A black, raging aura surged from me creating a Killing Domain! I looked at them grinning "Let luck and my instinct act" I blackout, sensing my body charging to them swinging my sword moved by my pure killing instinct feed by my domain.