Battle of Self - 3

In his right hand, a blood-colored Nine Treasure Sword appeared. He pointed his sword at me "Show your grudge!". All the blood around seemed to react, multiple amorphous human figures made of blood rose from the river.

"Aaahhhhhh!" The figures shouted in pain and resentment. The personality thrust his sword at me and the figures followed his command. They started floating and shot towards me like angry wraiths.

I covered my sword in Protection Intent and faced them. Maximizing my Mind Eye, I could sense each of their movements. I started slashing them while jumping around evading the others. The wraith when slashed became splats of blood but they didn't need much time until they recover their form and started charging again. Even if they were week with low attack power, they seemed immortal, trying to get me tired.

I could sense their sadness and death from them every time I cut one. Rather than try to destroy them, the most effective way would purify them, destroying their dark feelings.

My sword glowed with green color, I held it with both hands "<Swort Heart: Life and Wood>" and leaned to my chest "<Heart Beat>". A wave of Life and vitality was emitted from my sword and washed all the wraiths. Facing such a pure Life they couldn't keep their form, being released from their grudges and purified, turning blood puddle that wouldn't rise again.

When they wave hit the Blood personality, his grin disappeared from his face replaced by a disgusted face "What a gross power" he spatted.

He jumped from the blood river landing at the platform facing me "It seems they are useless. I'll kill you myself". He lifted his sword pointing up, an ominous aura exuded from his sword followed by a black ring that started shining, blood seemed to flow around it "Raise!". Like before the blood around reacted, this time jets of blood resembling snakes shot from the river, all of them were attracted by his sword.

"<Sword Heart: Blood Transfusion>!". All the blood was absorbed by his sword. A red aura surged around him, his muscles grew, his veins bulging making his blood flow visible, his eyes became pitch black with blood-shot pupils.

"Perish!" He charged towards me, he swung his sword sidely. I held my sword with both hands and lifted my arms, making a guarding stance with my sword pointing down. The swords meet"ch!" his strength was so great that it made me flinch, my hands trembled due to the recoil.

He didn't stop and quickly chained his attack, thrusting at me. From my sword white flames surged, increasing my strength. I twisted my sword, the side of my sword perfectly stopping the tip of his sword.

He backed his sword and made consecutive thrusts at me, his speed was so great that it seemed that he was using a rapier rather than a sword. White Lightning exuded from my sword in combination with the flames, increasing my speed. I continued blocking his barrage of attack.

With his skill, he experimented a great increase in all his attributes, forcing me to use my newly obtained comprehension to keep up with him. Of course, I could try pushing him aside and face him with my strongest skills at a distance as he lacked in that aspect, however, this was a perfect training to familiarize me with the absorbed personalities' strength, facing a strong enemy.

It didn't pass a long time until Blood's lack of experience showed up, creating an opening. I thrust my sword at the opening, targetting his heart, forcing him to hurriedly, for the first time, trying to block my attack.

"Wrong move!" the flames and lightning disappeared "crack!" the air cracked, the tip of my sword passing through the crack and appearing at his side completely unprotected. My sword pierced through him, but it couldn't go beyond a centimeter before being stopped.

Blood used the momentum of my sword and backed, creating distance between us. From his wound, blood surged, creating threads and keeping the wound closed. This injury wouldn't affect him at all, good for me.

I am not familiar with this new power, especially flames and space. Lightning is easy to use and I won't need too much training. Flames were easy to use, but I was too unfamiliar with offense strength, not being able to use most of its power, in this fight little by little I could improve my strength. On the other hand, Space was truly difficult to use and deepen, intent the most I was capable of it now, and even with it I needed my full attention, not being able to use others, but I will improve.

As I was prepared to charge again, a voice was heard "Let's stop this bullshit" the voice contained power, it reverted to all the space and was cold and deadly.

Blood stopped still "Haaaaaaa!" he started contorting, his bones cracking while he shouted in pain. I looked shocked as his upper body fell like death. Then, he slowly started standing becoming stiff, his eyes fixed at mine.

His pupil focused, becoming smaller, and he made a little movement, I could see it as in slow motion, a strange momentum was created by this little movement, as he passed his sword to his left hand.

"BOOOOM!" black aura exploded, forcing me to cover me in Protection Intent to block it. The black aura was vicious, death and killing mixed in it. Cracks appeared around Blood "crack!" Blood skin broke in pieces, being replaces by a similar one, without so developed muscles. His hair was pitch black, death could be reflected in his black eyes. It was Paul.

Paul grinned "Did you miss me?"