Hou 'burned' his Causality, using it without control. Zhou Tian, on the other hand, used each usage of Causality in new ways, each reasonable. Still, though he could not be compared to *them*.
"My body is reconstructed from your Causality, it cannot be harmed from it's creator." he 'spoke' to the Causality cloaked around himself, ready to protect from anything, the blade that tried to harm him passed effortlessly through.
Until! *They* were not that easy to shake off. A whisper to that blade conjured by Causality, "That body was constructed by our Causality but that connection has been severed"
One figure came into view, "I swing the blade and cut their hand off, I am vulnerable in the open" they gave themselves a weakness, lowering the Causality used.
With a firm swing in the air, the blade swiped to Zhou Tian's left hand. He thought quickly, "By taking the Causality from Shi Lu, who practiced the Natural Phenomena Dao, my skin gained the ability to switch elemental forms. METAL!"
His skin turned into shiny metal, the blade deflected and Causality was consumed on both sides. In the end, it was whoever ran out first who loses.
***
Far from that battle, two of the five figures split off to attack the creatures of this True World. That would weaken the person who had entrapped them now.
However, as they arrived Hamar had already soaked in the advice from Zhou Tian passed on by Hou. They were both users of the same Causality, a duo inseparable.
However, that didn't meant hey were equal, Hamar was ultimately the greatest 'god' of this World. His control over Causality was more natural to him after being taught the basics.
"We work together, cutting off his head with a pair of scissors."
Hamar had two blades converging on his neck. A layer of Causality formed around the nape of his neck, "With aura, I can compress muscles and flesh."
A small amount of Causality was consumed, he activated the compression and he shrunk, the scissors blades snapped shut...but his neck was safe.
Hamar looked up, he could see the enemies. Two people. They didn't have any discernable features though, they were like a blurry silhouette wearing a black suit each.
He swung his blade at them, "Aura cannot be used on people not of the world, or subsidiaries, it came from." They whispered. For a time, they would be invulnerable to aura.
The aura dissolved as it came close to them, leaving only a metal blade which was pushed away physically.
Hamar could not hear their 'whispers' but they were in his world and everytime they activated causality he gained a little intuitive knowledge how they used it.
"Through my training with the sword, I am stronger physically than *them*" Hamar whispered, he charged forward and grasped one of them on the shoulder, throwing them down to the ground.
"My body becomes lighter the closer it is to ground level." They spoke to their Causality, as they become lighter and lighter.
The other figure which was not thrown whispered, "the scissors, now snapped shut, turns into a blade and launches into the city."
Hamar felt the blade start moving, he gritted his teeth and shot out Causality to it, "Because they were distracted from their partner falling, the trajectory is off and it misses."
***
Hou took in Zhou Tian's advice, "I have an intuitive understanding of the blades trajectory and can dodge." He felt a prickle on his skin and dodged, a blade hit where the prickle had been.
A rock flew from the ground towards Hou, he dodged easily. "His pre-emptive cognition of the blades path is only applicable to that blade specifically." In quick succession an enemy counters Hou's Causality, a shift occured and the rock hit his crotch area.
He held himself in pain, he felt another prickling sensation on his neck and ducked. A blade went past his neck, missing narrowly.
"He doesn't know we are two against one, his pre-emptive cognition was only applied to me." One spoke, the other fell down onto the blade as it passed Hou's neck.
They fell onto it, pushing it down, into his neck. It drew blood until–
"My body is Celestial Ink and has no blood to draw..." He should have been done but his intuition told him to continue, "the injury still works and my right arm is unable to move temporarily."
He added a condition, a weakness to the cause, he felt the Causality drop as it activated...but it was lower than before. Through the battle, he was learning how to use Causality best!
***
The scissors-turned-sword shot down towards the city of people, but then it moved off-course and crashed nearby.
"The sword caused an earthquake"
Hamar countered, "the sword caused an earthquake which opened up a ravine where the figure fell before"
The figure below, however noted, "I am lighter the closer to ground level, not at ground level I do not fall into the ravine but since get blow upwards by the wind erupting from underground." Then they shot upwards, inevitably growing heavier until they did something new.
"Cancel" they cancelled out the effect they had caused before, they retained their normal weight non longer tied to the ground.
Hamar flew backwards, he looked at the figures now together again. The three of them stared into each others eyes for a moment, thinking what to do now.
If they continued how they are, it would simply be a match of endurance...neither side knew exactly how much the other had in Causality nor how much they were using.
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Hamar bit his lips. He received a message from Hou.
"In three seconds, 'Consciousnesses can be attacked directly using emotions as strength', you get me?"
"Three..." Hamar responded.
"Two,"
"One."
The two of them, in unison, used Causality on the True World rather than their enemies. This was a part of the main plan to get rid off *them* permanently.
[Emotional Mind Synchrony] a final change onto the world, the power that defines this world, granted by the Sea of Worlds.
Hamar and Hou reached out with their minds to their enemies, "INITIATE!"