For a moment, Karl was forced onto the defensive, as the Clan Leader of the Divine Fist Devils started to use short ranged skills to avoid blade on blade contact that would cause him to lose more conjured weapons.
But only for a moment.
Once he missed a parry, and realized that the strikes were not dealing enough damage to get past his basic damage ignore effects, Karl saw no reason to go all out protecting himself. With his gear, he had nearly as much health as a low Supreme Ranked dungeon boss, and lacking the Blessing of the Supreme didn't increase the damage he took, it only reduced the amount he dealt.
So, while Karl parried most of the attacks, he also began to fight back using [Spatial Quake] to prevent his opponent from simply dodging, and the battle turned into a brutal slugfest.
Then Karl remembered that there was a new skill from Skadi that he hadn't tried yet.
