Jurai was annoyed that she had managed to dodge his blow, he thought for sure he had been close enough that she couldn't dodge at that range. As she stepped back, her whip hit him across the face, drawing a line of blood on his left cheek, which only seemed to make him mad. Her aura was now focused entirely on him, and he gritted his teeth with pain and anger (the two being pretty hard to distinguish between with him), and decided he had had enough of this. Valentina was about to learn the same lesson Shizuru had learned when Jurai had fought her: an enemy who is not afraid of injury is exceedingly dangerous. Jurai ran straight at the demoness, not even caring as her whip left gashes all over him, using her own men to box her in so that she had no place to dodge to before he tackled her, attempting to force her to the ground. Valentina was indeed a skilled fighter, but in a grapple, Jurai had a nearly overwhelming advantage. He was bigger, stronger, and had mastered half a dozen grapple-based martial arts. He would have her pinned in a hurry.