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He runs right towards the skeleton and shows no sign of fear. He dodges past a stomp then leaps up and scrapes some of the bone off of its sternum. He lands then forms his screeching fire into a condensed fireball. This fireball zooms at the skeleton and slightly stuns it. Alden then leaps up and punches it right in the chest. To follow, he connects with a double drop kick to the spine.
He flips off of it then Tanji reveals his new crystallised arms. "I'm ready for action!!" He says confidently. Blue lightning crackles across his new arms and he runs forward to meet with Alden's level. Silvan arrives there too and they all prepare for battle.
The skeleton's head twitches and it runs right at the 3. They divert from its line of motion and all dodge a deadly punch. Tanji runs under its legs then leaps up from behind. He throws its body forward to get hit by a fiery fist from Alden. He then holds up its skull to allow Silvan to stab in a long arrow into its eye socket. The skeleton snarls and throws Silvan off of it. It then grows sharp bones that stab into Tanji and keep him stuck. "No!" Alden says in reaction. Tanji screams in agony and flails around to try and release himself. He launches a heated fireball into the bones and slightly weakens them. Tanji then throws a flurry of hits to release himself. He falls to the ground below and waits momentarily for his wounds to heal.
The stare that is given towards his grave wounds emit fear and severe discomfort. The pain is almost too much to handle but his lycanthropy quickly picks up the pieces and heals the wounds.
Alden throws a flurry of attacks at the skeleton. They prove to be quite futile. The skeleton falls back a step from the high force but begins healing from its mere scratches and dents.
"How is this possible?!" Alden says in surprise. He is knocked away by a backhand from the skeleton and hits the coarse ground. He can barely raise himself up to his feet from being completely destroyed by that single attack. However, he uses all of the willpower that he can muster and he raises up.
Tanji, now being back on his feet, analyses the battle. "This skeleton is stronger than Alden, faster than Silvan, more durable than any of us and can fight with all of our best attributes combined. If this isn't one-sided I don't what is."
The skeleton rushes in and lands a strong punch on Tanji. He puts up both arms and takes the punch head-on, while being slowly pushed backwards by the overwhelming force. With all of his explosive force, he jerks his body forward and pushes the skeleton's firm arm back.
He then swerves to the side and strikes the side of such arm with his tough and crystal fists. He then advances forward for further action, only to be shut down by a clean kick to the stomach. He is hurled right over Silvan's head and into the ground behind him.
The hit leaves Tanji on the ground for 5 seconds or so, just waiting for the almost unbearable pain to subside.
Alden also resurfaces and seems pretty shaky and beaten up. Tanji stands after the pain begins to slowly but surely dwindle and says "We won't win like this! We need more strategy!" Alden dodges a strike from the skeleton then leaps into the air to get even further away. "Then what shall we do?" He says while mid-air.
Silvan swivels past a punch only to be kicked to the ground but such kick wasn't too impactful so he is able to get up in only 2 seconds. "I don't know, yet. I need to form a strategy but it'll take some time." Tanji says while preparing for an incoming projectile.
Silvan kicks such projectile to the side then hurls it into the skeleton's open ribcage. Alden then follows with a condensed double-hand fireball that causes some significant damage. The skeleton waddles back and rips the bone from its side. It then stabs the bone into the ground with a simple throw.
"Some time?! We can't give you time right now!" Silvan leaps up with his powerful legs and goes in for a strike to the skull. However, he is grabbed before he can reach the skull and thrown into the ground.
He rolls a few times and says "You see?!"
Tanji then looks back at the battle and tries to pick apart different things. "Yes! Our powers! Whenever our powers combine, we do better! These crystallised arms actually allow me to push back punches and cause some damage with my very own punches. When I threw Silvan's blood spear enhanced with lightning qi, it was way better! We need to fuse all 3 powers into an ultimate spear! Something never seen before!"
Now, with his new strategy, he signals to his friends to listen. "We need to fuse all of our three powers! Fire, lightning and blood crystallisation!" Silvan dodges a swing from the skeleton and pulls on its leg. Alden then lands a perfectly-timed uppercut to its falling forehead.
Silvan pulls back and nods. "I'll begin making the spear!" He says confidently. Tanji picks up a bone projectile and chucks it at him. "Build it on that." He says calmly. Silvan nods and eagerly gets on to making the spear. Alden and Tanji then stand side-to-side, forming a plan. "Alden, you're throwing the spear so you're doing your part last." Tanji says. Alden nods and throws a fireball at the skeleton's skull. Tanji then unsheathes his sword and holds it tight. Red lightning qi forms around the blade and forms a strong, cloak of red lightning qi.
He swings it around violently and says "Come on!!"
Then, he uses Brownout to further enhance his already extraordinary powers. Alden cloaks his fists in blazing fire. Much more fire than he's used to. Tanji even notices this and Alden's veins stem up across even his ankles and neck from his forearms.
They both begin a quick run forwards, and Tanji displays a superior level of speed. He slides under the legs of the being and cuts open its leg bone. He returns to his feet behind it and sees Alden hurl a fireball at its head. "What shall we do?!" Alden says before dodging a punch down to the ground.
The 2 arms of the skeleton on each end then fuse at the ends. The two arms end with just a single, larger fist. Tanji examines and begins to at least try at analysing the situation "This is bad! Those punches will be devastating!"
Alden focuses and grows a bone right above his fist. He swings it around and fire flows right up it. He roars and rushes forwards with all of his speed. He leaps up, only to be punched in his side and hurled across the battlefield. He thumps into the ground and Silvan hurls the spear to Tanji. He grabs it mid-air and lightning qi already begins to flow right through it.
Silvan has blood crystal up his arms and has bundled it up across his fists.
Alden shouts "Let's kill this thing!!" Silvan nods and says "Agreed!"