Asher watched the katana screaming towards his shoulder; he hadn't heard the air screaming as the katana blurred towards his shoulder. This was usually the method he used to sense attacks that were far too fast for the Omni Perception, yet even so, he had still managed to at least catch a fleeting flicker with Star Energy Sense, a faint, almost imperceptible glimmer that barely registered within his perception yet proved enough to warn him of the incoming danger.
Asher's rapier screamed upwards to meet the incoming attack; the moment the two blades kissed, concurrent rings of air tore outward like an overfilled balloon bursting under pressure. The surrounding atmosphere warped violently, pressure waves rippling outward in layered distortions as if space itself had been struck.
