Szeth - Pillar Slice

He began slashing through columns as he passed, the Shardblade cutting chunks from the stone—but each soon resealed. Then more columns launched, trying to catch him. When they missed, they left behind another obstacle. Sweating, he drew in more Stormlight from the pouch at his waist. Where was Rit getting this kind of strength? When he’d trained with the Willshaper Blade, he’d been able to affect an area of stone only two or three feet wide.

“Can you see her?” he asked the spren.

No. Prepare for the stone to capture you.

“That will be the end.”

Will it? You would give up your quest so easily?

“I …” Szeth Lashed himself to the wall, changing gravity so he could run along it as if it were the floor. He ducked beneath columns, then leaped—enhanced by a Lashing—over a flowing section of stone that tried to cut him off.

“I will fight until I am dead,” he whispered.

No.

“I will fight,” Szeth revised with a grunt, restoring gravity and dropping down a column of stone—scraping it with his fingers—to reach the undulating floor of the chamber. “I will fight until you tell me otherwise.”

Excellent.

He plunged his sword into the ground, then Lashed his body upward just enough to hover, before continuing to zip through the room—slicing the ground in large swaths. She would need to be near the surface somewhere to watch where he was.

It quickly became clear this method would not be effective. She could be hiding in any of the columns, and each new one created left more surface area to search—plus, being so low to the ground didn’t give him as much time to react to new columns.

Wind and Truth Chapter 41