Draxus immediately closed in his position to Serkyrio and began the battle by endlessly overwhelming him with attacks using [Kessaku] in gauntlet form. Draxus avoided the attacks that brought along major shockwaves from Serkyrio. He took two swords which are colored purple and cerulean, distanced himself, , and started sending waves of ice and lightning towards Serkyrio without stopping at all. Serkyrio began to dodge swiftly after dispersing a few of the shockwaves Draxus sent. After a few seconds of dodging, Draxus immediately figured out that it didn't do much. He decided to change up his ideas and enter close quarter combat. Serkyrio smiled as he got Draxus to move closer into his range of attacks and began channeling energy into his body smoothly with perfect hand movement. After gathering a bit of energy that could damage Draxus, he looked for the timing to unleash it while blocking the endless attacks. Draxus noticed the idea and immediately used a copied ability to disappear from his position and began slashing at very high speeds. It was the same exact ability that he used against Ulysses and his party but with a major twist. The lightning slashes that spread out within the magic circle had a large swirling frost storm in the center of the magic circle, constantly giving light cuts to Serkyrio. Serkyrio moved away from the area and avoid the final strikes of two ultimate attacks from two different sword styles.
"What beautiful mastery by Draxus!!!" Richard, who was acting as a commentator shouted into the sound amplification device so that the audience could understand what was going on. Andreus began his explanation of the current state of the battle. "It seems here that Draxus copied two different sword styles at once and utilized both with perfected mastery. Without his [Wheel of Fortune] card, it would've been impossible to fight using two things at once but he was more than capable of handling it quite nicely. Wheel of Fortune allows him to master any kind of weapon and fighting style so his Hermit card can be used twice in one go. Serkyrio however, seems to be looking for a good opportunity here." The crowd was cheering quite loudly due to the intense battles brought down by Draxus and Serkyrio. It was then that Draxus changed his weapons and returned to the orbiting circle that's moving up high. He then calls down three claymores, one landed on his hand which had the red color. The other two were cerulean and purple once again. The three claymores combined together to form a white claymore which gave Serkyrio bad premonitions. Serkyrio smiled lightly and brought out a diamond-shaped jade and began an extravagant chant while Draxus was channeling his mana to unleash an unavoidable attack. "[The gemstone of divine protection, I beseech the creation of the ultimate barrier. One that transcends the powers of the divine, one that bends the will of deities, one that defies the law of time, one that exceeds and seals in complete protection]!" Draxus was struck by lightning which fully charged the glowing claymore on his hands. He then raised the sword up high as an ice comet fell down straight to Serkyrio's barrier which was created. After the ice comet froze one layer of Serkyrio's barriers, a large, burning phoenix was created up in the sky spreading its wings. Draxus swung down the sword which got the phoenix to perform a nosedive stright to the frozen barrier, causing the iced barrier to begin melting. The phoenix continued trying to pierce Serkyrio's barriers but was electrified from the charged claymore, causing it to explode violently. In the ten barriers Serkyrio created, only three were broken in total. The audience became speechless after that extreme display of power and the absolute difference between Draxus and Serkyrio. Serkyrio was secretly charging up his qi energy which gave Draxus an extreme premonition and immediately changed [Kessaku] into a gigantic shield with the size of a coffin. "Ooh?! Draxus suddenly switched to defense! Is Serkyrio maybe hiding something inside that barrier while the smoke is rising?!" After the smoke from the melting ice and explosion resided, Serkyrio became visible with a thick amount of energy that was gathering on his hand. Draxus who knew what he's going up against went through his instincts and activated every single bit of defense magic he knew while shouting. Serkyrio launches the energy forward with a single thrust of his fist filled with a yell of fighting spirit. "Haa!!!" In that instant, twenty layers of ice shields deployed by Draxus were destroyed without resistance. Point barriers were broken with little resistance while Draxus amplified his body strength by tenfold using a huge amount of mana. He did the same thing to [Kessaku] in shield form but it was still clearly damaged heavily from the single shockwave. The amount of force that was brought to it was too overwhelming that Draxus got pushed back to the wall quickly after the energy was unleashed. Draxus grit his teeth while enduring the huge amount of force, which eventually faded away after Draxus resisted it with [Kessaku]. He kneeled down due to using a huge amount of mana unnecessarily and looked up to Serkyrio who was still standing unscathed. Draxus stood up and reformed [Kessaku] into a pair of twin white swords. "[Hermit's Wisdom: Dual-Wielding Hero]..." Draxus stood up while having himself get supported by the two swords. After forming a stance, Serkyrio smiled and brought out a regular staff as his weapon. With a loud and strong fighting spirit, Draxus charged in and began chaining all of his attacks. "[Kingfisher Bladework Fantasia: Mirror's Edge: Renzuru]!" Draxus merged his [Kessaku] into a single sword and began chaining multiple sword techniques that he had learned on his entire life. Serkyrio continued to block and dodge the attacks carefully without taking damage, after Draxus realized that his chained attacks were about to end, he smiled and twirled while taking out the [Devil] card. "[Reversal! Fortune Card XV - Devil Reversed]!" In that split second of channeling the mana into the card, Serkyrio spaced out for less than a second. "My chance!"
Serkyrio never expected for Draxus to use a reversed fortune card which got him affected by the card. "What was I doing again?" It was only for a split second of time which he suddenly received a large cut on his front just as he lowered the staff. He snapped back to reality and saw Draxus smiling fearlessly after finally landing a clean hit against him. Serkyrio smiled as blood started to drip out from his lips and gush out from his body. He was stepping back from the unavoidable attack but he managed to get out with minimal damage. Draxus tried to make a follow up by attempting to activate the reversed devil once more however, Serkyrio prevented that by grabbing the hand that was holding the card and sucked out the mana that was loaded into it. "[Mana Collapse]." Now that Draxus is restrained, he knew that he is about to receive a dangerous level of damage after landing a great hit on Serkyrio. With his left fist, Serkyrio gathered energy taken from the card and launched an uppercut on Draxus's gut, causing him to be blown up to the sky. Draxus coughed up blood from the unavoidable impact from Serkyrio and noticed that Serkyrio was about to reach him. Draxus tried to move a little bit but it was too late as Serkyrio jumped up to his back and grabbed him by the neck. Serkyrio twirled once and threw Draxus down to the other side of the arena. After landing on the wall, Draxus coughed out more blood from the impact. The girls on his side shouted his name in worry but the crowd was too loud for it to be audible. Draxus then noticed immediate danger to him as Serkyrio was preparing an echoing fist as his landing. He dashed down to Draxus's position which got Draxus to roll away from a direct hit. But that was his mistake as it was simply a faint done by Serkyrio to make him move. With that chance, Draxus was once again launched up to the air as Serkyrio caught up to him. He then charged his fist and jumped up high to strike Draxus down with a powerful strike with a twist on his body. After reaching the same height as Draxus, he twisted his body to strike Draxus straight in the gut with the energy gathered up on his right hand. With a shockwave, Draxus was launched back down to the ground with tremendous force in the center of the arena. A large web-like crack was formed on the ground as Draxus received extreme injuries and lost consciousness. Serkyrio landed down on the ground and took out a diamond-shaped turquoise. "[Let the energy of the absolute nature bend the will of the deity and repair us without fail]" In that instant, both Serkyrio and Draxus were instantly healed back up to the perfection of health. Draxus remained unconscious as his friends and fiance(s) picked him up to be brought to the [Hall of Sentinels].
Serkyrio laughed a little as one of his disciples finally managed to deal a decent amount of damage one versus one. He had high hopes against Remuel and Arlesk and brought out a spear this time. Remuel went down the arena while smiling, he prepared his scythe and formed a stance of rushing down on Serkyrio.