Bruce slashed vertically with his blade, sending out a wave of Ki, not for harm, but to vibrate the air and disturb the spear's path, the Ki dissolving quickly as Nexus passed through the second gate. 

Already Bruce had taken a step forward, back foot over his front. He leaned his head back as he brought his front foot up and in an arc, pivoting on the foot holding his weight. The aura condensed in his body surfaced about his shin into the familiar form of his mace, bearing down for where Nexus' hip would be for his attack. 

Bruce kept his blade behind him in his lowered right hand, his left arm covering his face, new material swirling beneath his robe sleeve.