The more recent rage that Murkel carried was directed at Enaxx in the first place, and seeing how Enaxx had attacked him first, he was the prime target for using the full strength of his powers.

"The result won't be the same as last time!" Murkel said as he ran toward the four Enaxx's.

They had already gathered together in one place, but seeing the man charging at them, they had spread apart relatively quick. The Wind Mage Enaxx used his powers to push them all away, and as they moved, they were using an array of spells.

A thunderbolt struck from one side, aiming to hit Murkel's body. It was good aim, but the moment it hit, he just lifted his arm. There was no crystallization like before.

Instead, only part of his skin turned red where the lightning hit, and it didn't slow Murkel in the slightest.

Right after that, a large wall was created from the ground and shoved right into Murkel, but like a wild beast out of control, he ran right through the earth wall, breaking it.

There was still some distance between where Murkel and Enaxx were, but stretching out his hand, Murkel's arm started to crystallize, and the crystallization grew out and expanded into a sharp jagged object heading straight for one of the Enaxx's.

The Wind Magic Enaxx lifted himself in the air and threw his hands, trying to attack the red jagged object, but it ended up hitting nothing.

As Murkel reached his position, a giant circular ball of ice was ready to hit him. He swung his crystallized hand right through the ice ball, breaking it apart. Without realizing it, his entire arm was now encased in ice, but he didn't worry about that for a moment.

Small crystallizations started to grow out from every part of his skin, and as it grew, it smashed the ice apart as if it were nothing. Right after, a tunnel of flames erupted from underneath Murkel's feet.

It encased his whole body to the point where no one could see him from the outside.

As the flames encased Murkel, the Lightning and Wind Magic Enaxx did their best to constantly throw attacks into the center of the flames, adding to whatever damage was already being done.

Until the uprising tunnel of flames finally came to an end. When it descended, they had expected to see Murkel on the floor, no longer able to fight.

Instead, they saw Murkel's body covered in red crystallization. He was almost twice the size of his completely human form and looked more like a creature created out of red rubies.

They started to shrink down, and the crystallization was just fine.

'Damn it!' Enaxx thought. 'He used this strange power before, and the crystals were hard back then, but it seems like they've gotten even stronger. Is there no way to destroy them?'

Thinking about what to do, there were only a few options left for him.

'If that's the case, then only the bigger and larger spells will work.'

It was then as well, that five Enaxx's were now present. Two of them stayed back while three of them moved in.

The Wind, Ice, and Earth Enaxx were ready to use their spells to keep Murkel at bay. As he chased after one of them, he would use all of his powers to force them to move away from each other.

Meanwhile, the Flame Enaxx and the Lightning Enaxx were conjuring up the largest spells that took time to cast and more mana.

Watching all of this were the three individuals that had been chucked into the middle of it all.

"Murkel, he's fighting completely different than he fought before," Amir commented. "He's using more of the beast's powers and less of his own martial arts. It's almost as if he's given up on his own martial art power."

In some ways, for Amir, who had been around Murkel for a long time, it was sad to see. Murkel, despite who he was or what he had attempted to do, was a great martial artist.

A once-in-a-lifetime martial artist who knew how to even bring out the effect of the Dark Qi. Yet he hadn't used any of that in his fight so far.

"We can't just keep admiring this fight. Right now, both of them are going head-to-head with each other, and it doesn't look like there's a clear winner between the two," Lince mentioned. "This is our chance to get out of here. Raze, let's take you back where you said."

Raze was staring at the fight intently as it went on, because he was worried about something. He wasn't worried about losing his fight. What he was worried about was that Murkel might very well be the victor against Enaxx.

'I can't let him take my revenge, I can't. I've come this far, I have to do it with my own hands,' Raze said, but he knew he couldn't do it in the condition he was in.

Since Raze was still weak, he allowed Lince to use his strength and was carried on his back. At the same time, Amir had left with him.

They were running past some of the fights that had taken place, until they had reached the very back of the area, where the carriages were set up. Not only the carriages, but Aurora was also there, who had been staying out of the battle.

"Are you okay, Raze?" Aurora said, coming over. "I can't believe what I just saw... I'm not sure if it's real or not."

"I'm fine. You two, bring me all of the crystals that we gathered!" Raze ordered.

After Lince placed him down, Amir and he had quickly gone to get the crystals out of the other carriages and placed them right in front of him. Wasting no time, Raze placed his hand out and used the extraction technique on the crystals.

'I'm going to reach the seventh star... and get back in this fight!'

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