In a blink, they both vanished from the chasm as even the chasm itself began to collapse inwardly, unable to withstand the madness they had wrought with their bodies and attacks. Space trembled as though reality itself had grown unstable. An instant later, they reappeared above, their feet kissing the familiar sand of the desert once more, grains scattering beneath them as if startled by their return.
But even as they resurfaced, neither gave the other even a fraction of a second to breathe or think. There was no pause, no hesitation, only motion. They bled into action as their bodies blurred into streaks of golden and blue light, tearing across the desert at incomprehensible speed. Sand erupted wherever they passed, dunes collapsing like fragile, waterlogged paper beneath invisible pressure.
