Holding down and continuously attacking with Blade Fury displays odd mana consumption, it consumes a lot of mana (much more than it should consume) but then it “rolls back” some of the mana cost and your mana bulb refills a bit.
Video only available to subscribers. I tested Blade Fury with one of my single player characters with no gear and I had the same issue, so I don’t think it’s related to CtC at least in BF’s case.