Nibo moved forward to meet it, weaponless now, but with enhanced strength that turned his body itself into a weapon. He caught the opponent's axe strike with his bare hands—didn't try to stop it but redirected it, turned the momentum against itself, and drove his fist into the existing chest wound while the creature was recovering from the deflection.
His enhanced fist punched into the wound like a spear, driving deeper than the axe had gone, breaking whatever internal structures had survived the previous damage.
The opponent's counter came automatically, reflexively, the double-bladed axe reversing course to catch Nibo while he was extended. One blade caught him across the back, carving a line that went deep enough to expose spine.
{HP: 43/100}
