Luis vs Ace, Part 2

Next, Ace then pivots his front foot and spins around, while saying; "Blacksmith: Battle Ax." After Ace finishes spinning around, rather than his puny lance, I'm faced with a giant, blunt battle ax being swung my way, which I attempt to duck under to counter, but fail when Ace slams his battle ax into the side of my face regardless. I see stars again, as I feel a warm, sticky substance trickle down the left side of my head, which I'm assuming to be blood.

"Extend-o-Blade: Crescent-Moon Blade!" I shout as I prepare my Wind Blade and slice my katana towards Ace, while extending its blend outwards, and holding onto its cloth.

Ace counters by picking a knee up and reinforcing it with Cursed Power, before slamming it back into the ground and using the momentum of his stomp to propel himself high into the air. "Blacksmith: War Hammer," Ace says as he brings his Cursed Power ax into the air above his head, which reconfigures itself into the shape of a giant war hammer.

"Oh…great!" I whine as I watch Ace swing his mighty Cursed Power hammer towards me. "Wind Control: Spirit Storm!" I shout as I aim my palm towards Ace, firing off a powerful blast of wind which I use to slow Ace's descent. But Ace's hammer still manages to swing through my wind and fall downwards towards me, which I counter by extending the blade of my katana and wrapping it around me like a shield, while also coating it in my Wind Blade. "Extend-o-Blade: Tornado Shield!" Ace's Cursed Power hammer slams into my Tornado Shield with enough force to cause my knees to buckle, but even still; I hold my ground. Eventually, Ace's Cursed Power hammer dissipates back into his light blue Cursed Power, which gives me the chance to retract my tornado shield.

"Wind Control: Sky God's Anklets!" I shout as I wrap my wind around my ankles and use it to fly into the air.

Ace reinforces the lower half of his body with Cursed Power, and uses it to leap into the air as well.

Once in the air, Ace and I exchange another fury of katana blows at each other until the both of us are forced to fall back to the ground due to gravity.

Once on the ground, Ace says: "Blacksmith: Chain and Mace," and a chain of Ace's glowing blue Cursed Power sprouted out from the separated hilt of his bamboo katana. Ace swings the long chain through the air before whipping it towards me.

"Wind Control: Spirit Storm!" I shout as I aim my palm at Ace's chain whip and fire off a powerful gust of wind in an attempt to blow it away, but fail when Ace's chain wraps around my ankle regardless.

"Uh-oh."

Ace then twirls the broken-off hilt of his bamboo sword through the air, sending me flying through the air in circles due to Ace's Cursed Power chain wrapped around my ankles, and slamming me back and forth between trees, and rocks, and the ground, forcing my to drop my katana thanks to the impact.

"Wind Control: Wind Blade!" I shout as I construct a sword out of wind and use it to slice through Ace's Cursed Power chain, freeing me from his grasp. As I drop to the ground, I allow for my Wind Blade to dissipate back into Cursed Power. But when I land back onto the ground, my legs aren't able to support my weight due to the damage sustained from Ace's attack, and I crumble to my knees. Meanwhile, Ace's Cursed Power chain dissipates back into his light blue Cursed Power as well.

"Hah...hah...hah…" I pant, gasping frantically for breath. The injuries that I had sustained from this fight are beginning to take a major toll on my body. I don't know how much longer I can go on.

Ace stands across from me, panting heavily as well. Both of us are soaked in blood.

"This fight won't last for much longer…" Ace begins to say.

"The next attacks will be our last…" I finish.

"Well then…I shall kill you with a bang, Luis Tramontana," Ace replies as he grasps the broken-off hilt of his bamboo sword tightly and brings it high above his head. A rush of light blue Cursed Power explodes out of the hilt of Ace's bamboo sword, rising into the air and flowing into the sky, before molding itself and taking shape into the form of a gigantic broadsword, one large enough to cleave the entire Temple of the Almighty Torch in half with a single swing. "With the power…of my awakened ability…"

"Blacksmith: Broadsword, Continental Crusher."

In response, I hobble over to my katana and strain my arm downwards, picking my katana off of the ground then peering up to face Ace's giant attack again.

"How…how am I supposed to counter an attack that big?" I croak, as I feel the grip on my katana loosen. I can barely move, hardly stand. So how…am I supposed to muster up enough strength to beat an attack of this magnitude…

"NO!" I then roar as I reapply the grip on my katana, so tightly that blood begins flowing from my calloused hands. "I've come so far, I can't give up now! Nick…Ella… Mr. Kittles…I've vowed to kill Ace to get revenge for them! For everyone!"

"And I've vowed to kill you to prove that my life means something, Luis Tramontana," Ace replies. "SO COME, DRAW YOUR SWORD! I'LL KILL YOU NOW!"

With a roar, Ace swings his giant broadsword downwards while reinforcing his entire body -each and every last muscle- with Cursed Power. As I watch Ace's giant broadsword fall towards me, I remember something; the teachings of my father. The "final attack" of the Extend-o-Sword, only able to be performed by achieving Rule Breaker status with my second Cursed Ability, which I wasn't able to master, before learning to control my Blue Demon form and heading home.

But now…I think I can.

A dual ability awakening

I clutch my katana tightly between both of my hands and bring it up horizontally in preparation to block Ace's attack. A rush of dark blue Cursed Power then bursts out of my body, a Burst laced with my bloodlust and desire for victory, flows into the blade of my katana with my dark blue Cursed Power, reinforcing it with more Cursed Power than I ever had before, as well as my hatred directed towards Ace, greater strengthening my blade. The blade of my katana then extends outwards, but not just lengthwise; width wise, as well. I then wrap my wind around my katana as well in the form of a tornado then condense it, my wind taking shape around my katana like an extra layer, an extra dark blue sword of wind, like my Sky God's Katana, but placed upon my Extend-o-Blade. I keep extending the blade of my katana outwards until it stands half as long and as wide as Ace's giant broadsword. It's nowhere near the scale of Ace's broadsword…but it's enough. It has to be enough.

"WIND CONTROL: DEMON GOD'S KATANA!

Ace's Continental Crusher then slams into my Demon God's Katana, in a giant explosion of dark blue and light blue Cursed Power, the largest burst of Cursed Power that I've seen or experienced to date, and one so strong and so powerful that it reduces the entire area around Ace and I to dust within seconds.

Ace roars as his Continental Crusher pushes down against my Demon God's Katana, and I roar back as I stand my ground against Ace's attack. Slowly but surely, I notice myself slowly getting pushed back, but even still; I hold my ground. Blood begins erupting from every pore in my body, and I feel each and every bone in my legs begin to snap individually, the snapping bones making their way into my chest then into my arms. I double over from the pain, but I hold on tight. Using this much Cursed Power isn't good for my body, and I can tell. But I have no choice right now. Even if I'm nothing more than a head by the end of this battle, I have to win.

Ace lets out another roar, upping the pressure and the potency of his Cured Power and pushing me even further back. Cracks begin to spread across the earth starting from where I'm standing, as a giant crater forms in the ground below me, one dozens of feet wide and deep. Ace's attack is so strong that it's splitting the earth, but my attack is so strong that the earth is shattering before me.

Ace lets out one final roar as I roar back. Dark blue Cursed Power explodes out of my body and wraps around Ace. And this time…I'm pushing Ace back. Slowly, Ace's Continental Crusher begins to fizzle out, while my Demon God's Katana grows even stronger and even larger.

"H-how can this be?!" Ace cries. "I'm stronger than you, how are you overpowering me?!"