As Sphinxer holds Veliona in his sand feet, he then prepares himself to stomp both Martin and Veliona down as he then hears something coming from far away.
" This voice .... " he says as he sees Lich coming with the other Deviants as they attacked him with all of their powers.
[ Acid Shooter ]
[ Moonburst Flower ]
[ Tree Trunks ]
[ Fire Ball ]
[ Fire Bolt ]
As the Deviants attacked him with their power, Sphinxer then responded as he accidentally releases Veliona who then retreats her hold over Martin's body, changing it back to its normal state.
" His hand is so powerful .... !!!! " Martin says as he sees his body is covered by the blood.
" But still, it seems I can get hold of his sands .... " Martin says as he plans to recover while Lich and the others decide to attack him Sphinxer first.
" Sphinxer you're predatory over the Deviants is over !!!!! " Lich says as he then summons a giant skeleton from the ground.
" Whoa ... what is that? " Martin asks as Veliona tells him that is the bones of the dead inside the desert sands.
" Lich has necromancy magic so don't be surprised if his power is mostly related to bones just like himself. " Veliona explains while Martin gazed upon the giant skull that Lich created.
" Sphinxer !!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Lich says as he controls the giant skull titan.
" I'll destroy you with the bones of our fallen comrades !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Lich tells Sphinxer as both of the giant deviants then battle each other, hitting each other with their weapons and fists as they created using their elements.
" Your bones are nothing, Lich !!!! " Sphinxer tells him as he tells Lich that with his power he can flood him with the sands of this very desert.
" Nice talk, you sand cat !!!!!!!!!! " Liich says as he creates a gigantic skeleton sword to cut Lich down.
" Don't brag yourself just because you had the power of the Divine within your coarse veins !!!! " Lich commented him as he brags that in his time, he killed many Diviners as he then summons another Bone Army as the bone army then quicky shoot at Sphinxer with their light arrow.
" Those bones .... aren't they? " Sphinxer says as he sees an army of bones with bird-like wings behind them.
" Oh yes, they were ..... " Lich says as he introduces Sphinxer to his Diviner Undead Army he then orders the army to attack him with their Divinely Rain of Arrows.
As he ordered that, the Divine Undead begins to rain their Divine Arrow towards Sphinxer as he then blocks it with his [Sand Mountain] while the Undead shoots more explosive arrows at him.
" There is no escape now Sphinxer ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Lich says as he then orders the remaining Deviants on his side to shoot Sphinxer at the moment before the moon passes away.
" Yes just like that .... " Martin says while recovering with his [Regeneration].
" Shoot him to dust before the moons go away .... " Martin says since he knows that if the moon goes away, the day will come into dessert and at that moment, Sphinxer's Divine Father will know what is going on.
" C'mon regeneration ... faster !!!!! " Martin says as he then regenerates his broken arms and legs completely.
As he grunts, while his regeneration do its work, he then calls Veliona if she can use her ability now as Martin asks her to do ...
" What did you say? " Veliona asks him.
" Use my magic to armor your body ....? " she asks while Martin tells her that she needs to do it as that is the only way for now.
" Hmmm ... you're right ..." she says as she remembers that to defeat Sphinxer they must destroy the Deviant and Diviner Core inside his body.
" But are you sure you can locate it? " Veliona asks him.
" I'm not sure .... " Martin tells her.
" But before we do that, we must wait for our alliance to blast him completely ... "
" Look !!!! " Martin points at the alliance as they all shoot at Sphinxer, as they all shoot, Lich then decides to flood the sands with the Acids he has in order to prevent Sphinxer from taking shape.
" Quickly everyone .....!!!!! "
" We must find his Core and destroy it !!!!! " Lich says as he orders his bone or skull giant to smash Sphinxer as fast as he can in order to make him lose the hold over his body.
"( We must do this fast ... )" Lich says while looking at the very skies as he looks at skies where the day will come.
"( Before the day, makes his 'father' know what's happened ... )" Lich says as he continues to flood Sphinxer with every attack he had.
" DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Lich shouts in his anger as he wonders how long will it take the destroy Sphinxer's sand.
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While Sphinxer is being destroyed by the Deviants, Martin sees this as he then quickly sees the two balls of cores revealing themselves in midst of Sphinxer's sand body.
" There it is .... !!!! " Martin says as he then orders Lich to continue his attacks as he runs towards the cores.
While running, Martin remembers his past conversation with Lich as Lich tells him that in order to defeat Sphinxer, they must destroy his core.
" Core .... you said? " Martin asks them as both Lich and Veliona reveals that every Deviants and Diviners had a 'Core' in their body went they were born, this 'core' is the source of their long life and powers which they acquired by absorbing the Mana from Nature or due to their physical evolution.
" So basically these core that you have works just like the Metagene Core huh? " Martin asks them as he tells them about the Metagene to the two Deviants.
" You could say like that .... "
" After all, without the core ... "
" Every being could not have their powers and exist, " Lich tells Martin as he retells the common knowledge about the cores to Martin.
As he tells him, Martin then asks Lich why did he reveal to him such knowledge while Veliona replies to him that the knowledge that Martin just here was just basic knowledge that all being should know, even in their youth.
" But it seems, you're society hasn't taught you things like this huh? " Veliona asks as she looks at Martin which he replies with a simple nod while the scene then changes to the current time where Martin then jumps into the sand body as he holds Sphinxer's two cores.
" I got it ... Woa ...!!!! " Martin says as when he touched the cores, the sand quickly recreates itself as it prepares to protect and take away the core from Martin's hands.