[@Xavier Bloodbayne] [i]Xavier's eyes might have been able to burn blood, but unless it vaporized or atomised the fluid, it'd likely leave a stiff, troublesome residue of toasted plasma. Even then, how fast could the energy torch what was before it? One last race to the finish, and this one lilted in Auz's favor. The coil of Xavier's left sword succeeded in wrapping over Auz's torso, but there'd be no sign of his left arm hanging there. Given a heads up, he might have had time to process this. As it were, the instant the blood met Xavier's eyes, Auz had gone off like a starter pistol. Not to pick up his gauche on the ground, no. [img]https://s12.postimg.org/5k5wgyvzh/Auz_3.png[/img] He still had a spare stiletto on his left flank, which would have been drawn out in the same motion Auz had used to bring his left arm up. A good old Wild West quick draw. His movement could easily be interpreted as more futile attempts at trying to jerk his sword out, which had been on Auz's part, a ploy to disguise his plan. With Auz's sword fused to his upper body and his neck wounded and stiffly reinforced, Xavier would find it exceedingly difficult to dodge the attack even /if/ his eyes weren't being obscured for a moment, which would be all Auz needed to cleanly thrust the length of sturdy steel deep through his opponent's right temple and into the brain.[/i]