However, one was intent on the fight, while the other was not.
One was prepared, the other hastily changed tactics.
Trying to slow down in sync was very difficult.
If it were just the opponent's sword moves slowing down, blocking an empty space would have been acceptable.
But as one blocked the air, the opponent's sword momentum suddenly accelerated infinitely. With changes in rhythm, they struck to kill with a single sword thrust.
Such changes in the speed and rhythm allowed the Blood Asura to shift tactics tens or hundreds of times within a single sword stroke.
And when paired with steps forward and back for evasion, launching attacks from various directions and distances, it became a hugely complex problem, as vast as the stars in the sky.
Coupled with the influence of spiritual power on the perception of time, as well as the sword's fusion with the void that altered the sense of distance...
