Although in relying mostly on the vibrations felt through the earth to find out where people were, this put him at a great disadvantage, especially with his disrupted view. Just then, he felt one of the small explosions come up from under him, withought enough time to react, he was thrown slightly into the air and onto his back, he then felt something cut across the lower part of his legs, he soon felt blood trickling. It was a blade, he dismissed the though as saw a figure rushing toward him in the midst of the dust and rock, he was unsure if he knew if he'd fallen or not, so he decided he'd attempt to use this to his advantage. He moved his right hand quickly in the direction of the rushing shadow, for his left was holding the nodachi, and shot, one of the blades from his wrist, the loud sound of a chain rattling could be heard as the blade flew at it's target. In the midst of this, he was already jumping to his feet, keeping his arm steady and nodachi held in his other hand. He had elemental powers of his own, but he didn't want to wear himself out right away, he may be in the batch of matches after this after all. Well, he hoped he'd be.