[color=mediumorchid][i]He's relentlessly cunning... switching styles at a whim, from swiftness to precision to power, keeping me from adapting to any one style. I'll just have to rely on my advantages and pressure him in return.[/i][/color] Alvios took to the air, zipping to the side and away to avoid the upward swing of Vale's newly-gargantuan blade, and took the other hovering blade from above him. He had abandoned his halo of defensive blades in favor of two extremely powerful ones. He performed two slashes simultaneously, a cross-shaped sharp blast of Ki headed directly at Vale. He followed it, ready to strike up close again; if Vale was going to keep extending his blade to force Alvios back, he intended to keep harassing the vampire up close and personal.