User blog comment:Marcus Junior/World Trinity Tournament: Opening Fight/@comment-4004918-20150825093442

Turn 6: Nerve Path

Marcus is still airborne, looking down on Magnus from high above. Magnus falls down, after getting unstuck from the wall, and proceeds to stand up, wiping the blood off his mouth too.

Magnus: Dangerous. I love it.

Magnus looks at Marcus as he uses his telekineses to bring his swords back to him. He grips them tightly, and sighs.

Magnus: I honestly never thought that I would see such a strong man in the beta test round... I thought I'd be able to clear the way quickly and effortesly, but it seems fate had other plans.

Magnus, with a few quick steps, aided by his telekinesis, reaches up to the middle arena.

Magnus: It seems like I won't be able to get out of this if I don't use my system properly.

Marcus is still leaping in the air, like a bird enjoying its freedom of flight.

Marcus: So what will you do about it?

Magnus: What else would I do? I'll strike you down.

The crowd starts cheering and shouting at the bold claim.

Announcer: What's this?! A strike-down claim? C'mon then Magnus! Shoooooooooow us what you're made off!

Magnus: I could crush you 40 times now.

Marcus: Hmm?

Magnus: Don't tell me you were expecting to be the only one to quote songs.

Marcus chooses to take the initiative this time as well. He dashes in the air, and glides his way towards Magnus.

Magnus sheathes his sword... The air around him feels more dense.

He closes his eyes, and the "camera" fades out. All we see now is darkness. A light is lit, and we are view what seems to be a control panel. The are thousands of buttons, small lights of various colours, and multiple screens.

A man approaches the control panel. He is wearing a white robe, and his face cannot be see. It is shadowed. We can, however, distignuish his grin...And it is a very familiar one.

The man reaches out for the console, and he places his hand on a lever, a switch of the type that you have to push the lever in order for it to activate the system.

Back in reality, Marcus starts picking up speed, while also leaping around the air. He appears in several places at once, giving the illusion that there are actually multiple people flying in the air. It's apparent that he is gathering his orange Chi aura around his hands, preparing to strike Magnus down himself.

Back in the "control room", the hand grips the lever tightly, and then pushes.

Magnus still has his eyes closed, but he draws one sword. It's the metal-coloured blade, the one named Kami Kitetsu, or God Demon-Splitter.

He takes up a raised position, holding the sword with both hands, and pointing it at the sky, above head level.

Announcer: Now this is a suprise! Not only does he use only one sword, but he's using a reverse grip!!! Does it mean he has so much confidence?! He's implying that if he used the edged side of the sword, he'd kill Marcus!?

Marcus finally decides it's time to act. He dashes one last time, mid-air, and appears to Magnus side, in a very weird angle that would be impossible, had it not been for flight.

(Nerve Hammer.)

Marcus's palms are a few inches away from Magnus' body... Magnus is still facing towards the wrong direction, with his eyes closed.

At that moment however, everything happens so quickly, we are forced to watch it in slow motion. Magnus turns his whole body around, opens his eyes, and brings his sword down at Marcus with never-before-seen speed and power. The blade's dull side hits Marcus on the head, and instantly plants him on the floor, leaving cracks on the rock that breaks upon impact!

The whole crowd goes into mayehm as everyone witnesses the birth of another amazing mode, this time from Magnus.

Announcer: AND HE DOES IT! MARCUS HAS BEEN CLEARLY SHOT DOWN FROM ABOVE! SUCH ACCURACY! SUCH SPEED! WHAT DID MAGNUS DO?

Marcus takes no break, and instantly pushes with his arms. His whole body is lifted up, and he is launched into the air.

He's five meters above the ground, when he finally realizes that Magnus dissapeared from sight.

Marcus gets cold sweat all over his body, as his animal insticts tell him to look behind him.

He does so, only to find Magnus, with both swords at hand, and his arms raised. He's above Marcus, with his black and golden Chi aura enveloping his arms and swords, and he simply attacks. He brings the twin blades down, and hits Marcus on the body, sending him crushing down to the arena.

Magnus also lands smoothly, using his telekinisis to aide him. He approaches Marcus, who has trouble standing up due to the fracture of some ribs and the immense headache he has.

Magnus: I'll spare you all the details. In short, what I've done is that I've followed a very specific diet plan to keep some very usefull "materials" inside my body... With my Ten powers I can hold more supplies than the avarage human. For now, what I've done is I've tempered with my nerve system by raising the ammount of chemicals on the nerve paths that are need for the signals to pass from one cell to another. In short, the part of my nerve system that is responsible for my movement has been upgraded to the point that my reaction speed is a 100 times quicker than the avarage martial artist's.

Marcus finally stands up, and looks at his opponent, ready to begin counterattacking.

Magnus: Don't waste your time by the way, I've learned from past mistakes. I've also used my brain control powers to down the pain signals to normal levels. *grin*

Marcus: You still are in for a world of pain. *grin*