[Island]
As the fight grew intense Vesper's movement becomes even more increasingly difficult to follow, as his attacks kept speeding up in every tempo. Due to this Akito is slowly losing his momentum, until Vesper manage to outpace him by one second, causing Akito to get smacked down and crash to the floor.
However not realizing his advantage, Vesper happily follow up his attack, as he chased after Akito with both of his dual swords.
Luckily Akito was still able to react in time, as he dodged the initial follow up attack and proceeded to block the following blows.
After that when both of their weapons got locked after the continuous clash, Vesper then took the lead to push Akito away, as he threw in a range attack, that sends multiple Crescent blood slash in his single sword swing.
"Blood Moon Claws!!!"
In response to this, Akito entered a stance of pure defense as he used his own aura to protect his whole body while making himself invulnerable to any type of attack.
"Tomura's First defensive sword form Tamari Mizu (Still Water)"
Making himself as still as water and invulnerable as water, Vesper's attacks simply passed by him, as none of them manage to hit Akito at all. While such a thing appear before their eyes, in actuality Akito used his own aura as a shield to redirect the attacks in a slight angle which is safe enough for his body to not get hit by the attack at all. That is the reason why it looks like the attacks simply brushed pass him like he doesn't exist.
On the otherhand this efficiency made Vesper even happier, as he charged towards Akito with crazed eyes.
"Blood burst!!!"
Quickly closing in and slashing down his sword, Akito felt the sense of dread from Vesper's sword as he instinctively dodge the attack only to prove his instincts correct.
The moment Vesper made his full swing, the space where it got slashed suddenly distorted before exploding, causing the surrounding area to shake and leaving a huge cut on the ground. If he were hit by this attack, even if he tried blocking it, not only would his sword be destroyed, but his whole body would be cut in half from that explosion itself.
Upon seeing this, Akito became wary of that skill as he started watching out for that attack.
In that moment when Vesper missed his initial attack, he then quickly glanced at Akito and swung the sword towards his direction whole using the same skill.
"Blood burst!!!"
Once more Akito dodged that attack by ducking down to the ground in order to avoid getting his neck cut off. However the space where Vesper's attack landed suddenly distorts, as it exploded and almost threw Akito off his footing.
When Vesper missed his second attack, Akito then finally made his counter as he slashed upwards, only to get blocked by Vesper's other sword.
Realizing that his attack got blocked, Akito veins then popped out, as he forced to break his momentum, in order to shift his attack to another angle.
Quickly pulling his sword away, as he did a light jump before making a spin on mid air, Akito then proceeded to slash downward with all his might.
"Tomura's First offensive sword form Wansutoraiku (One strike)"
Unfortunately this attack was also blocked by Vesper, as the impact of such an attack left him anchoring to the ground, causing a crater to formed beneath his feet. However Akito's assault didn't end there as he followed up his skill with another skill that caught Vesper off guard.
"Tomura's First Tactical Sword form Megakuramu kuroi karasu (Blinding Black Crow)"
In that moment Vesper saw a single black feather falling infront of him. The moment he saw this feather, his eyes suddenly turned blind, as he has lost his senses to even perceive his surroundings. He was completely blinded.
This was the first time that this has happened to him, so within that state, Vesper couldn't help but panic a little.
"You! What did you do? Tell me!!! What did you do to my eyes!!!"
However Akito stayed silent, as he slipped behind Vesper and drilled him with one attack after another.
"Tomura's First offensive sword form Wansutoraiku (One strike) + Tomura's Second offensive sword form Takai kinchō (High Strung) + Tomura's Third offensive sword form Ken no Nami (Sword Wave) + Tomura's Fourth offensive sword form 23-Pon no hakai no ken (23 swords of destruction)"
After Akito dealt with such attack that left Vesper completely wounded from the back, Lorius finally finished his spell as he aimed it towards Vesper.
"Holy magic: Sunshine Ray!!!"
In that moment a huge ray of light from the sky on the surface, suddenly broke through multiple layers of earth and struck down towards Vesper, completely rendering his vampires regenerative skill to be completely useless as he burns. As a monster who sided with the dark, such magic of light was like a natural counter to him, as the magic itself dealt a heavy blow on Vesper, causing him to scream in agony.
On the otherhand Lorius landed beside Akito and asked his status.
"Hey! How are you holding up?"
"Your seriously asking me that? I almost died multiple times here... throughout my life I've never faced death so many times before reaching this island... this land in the middle of a sea is literally made for monsters of such caliber"
"Looks like you've been through a lot"
"No kidding! First a samurai with destructive tendencies... second a swordman with overwhelming presence... and now this damn vampire... well his strength is somewhat inferior to the previous two monsters I've fought but his speed... I almost didn't manage to react from his attacks"
"I see... your situation sucks..."
"I know! By the way what tool you so long?"
"Well it's a holy magic... its a field I never even dared to touch before since it's magic formula is complicated"
"Then why did you use it now?"
"Well were fighting a vampire.... and holy magic is the only counter element to such creature, if we want to deal a lasting damage, we need to hit it with holy magic"
"Wait! Hold up! You said holy magic is complicated... then what's that?"
"Oh that? Well holy magic is indeed complicated since alongside mana you also need faith power... something that is vague to me since I don't believe in religion... however I manage to use that type of magic by tweaking some formula that needed faith and turn it into mana pure mana reliant spell... Basically even though I said that thing is a holy magic, it is actually its downgrade knock off copy of that spell"
"I don't know if I should be amazed or shock... however since it's a knock off, then it wouldn't be enough to literally kill that monster itself"
"Well yes! But it is strong enough to weaken it"
As soon as Lorius said that, the energy from his spell finally runs out, leaving a charcoaled Vesper kneeling on the floor. However despite in such state, he was still alive and breathing, as he weakly turn his head and glared at Lorius.
"You... dare...."
It that moment it was now then the final push, if they want to win this fight, they have to take this chance to kill Vesper while he is still weakened.