His chakra was running hazardously low. It had taken little more than concentration to form Graceful Dahlia at first, but now it was growing harder. It had taken longer to form the scythe this time, and the previous effort had lost form faster.

He was tiring, but had forced himself to keep going a little longer. He didn't expect he'd be able to continue once the scythe lost its form again.

He defended against another strike from Lumi. He was doing more defending and less attacking now, too, finding less openings he could exploit.