His sword swept horizontally, aimed at the woman's exposed mid-section. But instead of evading the blow, Phoenix spun the glaive like the blades of a windmill, and slammed the blade against her opponents, producing a deafening sound.
The feeling of the collision took aback Ulrick. This was fire, yet it felt like his sword had hit steel.
'How condensed did she get those flames?!' he wondered, bewildered.
But he didn't have much time to ponder. The glaive was already on the move again, rotating from vertically to horizontally, in a collision course with his neck.
Ulrick was fast enough to bend backward, escaping from the weapon, but he felt the flames lick at his face. Even just the proximity of the weapon shaved a bit of his health away.
"Good! This is great!" Ulrick shouted, spinning on his back foot, before launching a kick at Phoenix's stomach.