Beams of light streamed through the gaps in the tree canopy above, and shot down to the ground, everywhere. They broke apart the shadows that the trees created, and danced across the grassy, mossy, or bare ground.
A number of them shone down on Freya and Lucifer, even as the two of them exchanged blows with increasing fervor.
The two poured more energy into their strikes, more than enough to cause fallen leaves to whip around, and loose dirt to get tossed away.
Lucifer raised hir arms and blocked Freya’s heavy tornado kick in the nick of time. Though ze stopped most of the damage, there was more than enough force in her blow to push hir back.
Despite staying upright, hir body slid a half dozen meters backwards before ze stopped.
The shock of Freya’s kick caused hir arms to shake and shiver wildly. Ze whipped them outwards to still them, then pulled them back inwards and re-entered hir stance without blinking an eye.