Corey and Benjamin both lunged at Azriel at the same time. Corey slashed his scythe from the left while Benjamin slashed with his sword from the right.
Azriel blocked both of their attacks with his bare hands. "Teaming up on me?" he said, smirking. Azriel blasted them both back with energy barriers. He turned to Benjamin.
"You should be on the ship," he said, raising his eyebrows. Corey took the opportunity. To ambush Azriel from behind.
Corey slashed him across his back. Azriel didn't flinch, however. Azriel just released a wave of energy that pushed Corey back.
Corey threw his scythe as he was being pushed back. The scythe flew right up to his face. Corey teleported to the scythe and tried to slash Azriel's face.
Azriel grabbed Corey out of midair. Azriel spun around and threw him. "Energy coffin," he yelled. Corey's coffin jolted to his sides and his legs went stiff.
Azriel held out his hand and closed his fist. Corey began to be crushed. In an instant, Corey and Azriel swapped places.
Azriel looked back at Corey, who had a smile on his face.
The slightest hint of a blue-gray glow was visible from his eyes. Azriel didn't have much time to think about it.
He was hurtling toward Benjamin. Benjamin had been pulling shadows from the asteroid and was using them to enchant his sword.
Benjamin ran forward and yelled, "Cross slash!" Benjamin slashed his sword five times, leaving a trail of black mist.
Azriel was frozen in place until he freed his arms and legs. Benjamin was blasted back into several rocks. Azriel turned to Corey who had been making clones. The clones all rushed towards Azriel and hurled their scythes at him.
All of Corey's clones teleported at the same time. Azriel was unfazed. He blasted them all back with a single wave of his hands.
Corey's clones all shattered, obscuring Azriel's vision. Corey jumped forward and punched Azriel in the face.
Azriel ignored the punch, however, he couldn't ignore the scythe that had stabbed him in the gut.
Corey swung his scythe around, picking Azriel in the process.
Corey slammed Azriel into the ground. After taking that devastating blow, Azriel grabbed the back of Corey's head and slammed him face-first into the ground, causing the clone to shatter.
Overhead, Corey lept down towards Azriel. The blade of his scythe was glowing. "I'll shatter you into a thousand pieces," Corey said.
"Mirrored slash!" Corey brought the scythe down onto Azriel. Under Azriel, a clone was doing the same thing. Azriel blocked the attack with two energy barriers.
"You can't hold off this attack," Corey said, gritting his teeth. "You have no idea how much power I hold," Azriel snarled back.
The energy barriers suddenly began to glow. Azriel was beginning to stand up and was booking at Corey with pure rage in his eyes.
Cracks were beginning to appear in the scythe. "You don't understand our purpose," Azriel said, sneering at Corey. Azriel thrust his hand forward, flooding the barrier with even more power.
Corey's scythe then shattered. Corey only had a split second to see this event unfold before the resulting explosion sent him flying.
Corey slid across the ground, the handle of his scythe still in his hands.
Corey stood up. With his scythe gone, Corey had no chance of fighting. Benjamin smacked him on the shoulder.
"C'mon man we need to focus," Benjamin said. Benjamin had bruises on his face and a gash on his arm. "We can win this," he continued.
Corey stood there paralyzed while Benjamin went off to confront Azriel.
Azriel looked at Benjamin and smirked. "I guess I'll just have to knock you out and carry you back myself," Azriel taunted.
"I won't be defeated so easily," Benjamin retorted. Azriel plunged his hands into the ground. Several geysers of energy erupted out of the ground around Benjamin.
Benjamin lept around to dodge the geysers. While in midair he screamed, "Arise!" Several shadows slunk up from out of the ground.
The shadows dashed straight through the torrents of energy directly at Azriel. Azriel unveiled a bow that he used to shoot straight through the shadows.
The shadows were pierced but immediately began piecing themselves back together. Azriel readied another shot and fired it at Benjamin.
The arrow moved slowly at first and Benjamin moved out of the way. In the middle of the arrow's flight, it suddenly sped up.
Benjamin wasn't expecting this and got a slight scar on his cheek. Benjamin didn't falter. Benjamin rushed for Azriel and slashed his sword.
Azriel blocked it with an energy barrier. Benjamin called one of his shadows to him. The shadow threw Benjamin its sword.
Benjamin used the sword to empower his own, unleashing a slash that sent a shockwave through the barrier.
The shockwave hit Azriel, knocking him back. Azriel launched an energy arrow while he was in midair. Benjamin braced himself and blocked the hit with his sword.
Benjamin rushed towards Azriel, slashing his sword to send out more shockwaves. Corey watched in shock. He couldn't believe that Benjamin would throw himself towards the enemy like that.
Benjamin is a prisoner and he's still helping me. I'm supposed to be the one saving him, Corey thought. Corey picked up the wooden stick that had been the handle of his scythe.
The blade was completely gone. Corey materialized several mirror shards that formed into a blade. Corey attached the blade to the handle and made a spear.
The blade of the spear glowed blue-gray. Corey's aura began to form around him, glowing even brighter than before. "Don't worry Benjamin, I'm coming," he said.