Dmitri watched as his opponent a sword about the same size as his DragonWhisker, maybe a bit longer? It was hard to tell from this angle. But what he saw clearly was a greyish mist, almost appearing solid form infront of his foes hand. "Hmm i wouldnt guess i had much time to counter this." He thought.  He waited about a second to open a portal about 10 feet behind his opponent, 1 foot infront of himself, giving them time to stabilize, he then quickly crouched low behind his portal, conceiling all of his body except his GuanDao. He then prepared himself to leap at his enemy as soon as he felt the attack enter the portal.