Jurai grunted as the pain washed over him, but it didn't seem to bother him that much. After all, this was a man who had fought and won many a battle while impaled, clearly pain did not really have that much of an impact on him. However, he didn't want to draw this out much longer. The whip, while a very dangerous weapon in the hands of an expert, which Valentina certainly seemed to be, had one major disadvantage: it was not particularly effective in very close quarters. Therefore Jurai had an idea for how to defeat the demoness.<br/><br/>He kept up his assault, trying to keep her on the defensive. Then as it appeared that he was about to go in for another slash, he feinted, switching his sword to his left hand, leaving him free to slip in close, duck down, and deliver a devastatingly powerful elbow strike with his right arm, aimed right at her gut. Then he suddenly straightened up, rapidly throwing his head back in an attempt to catch her under the chin with a rising headbutt. Orcs had very hard skulls, and a sharp blow to the underside of the chin could knock a person out cold if it had enough force behind it, which was exactly what Jurai was attempting to do.