When the crystals exploded, they didn't release the same flames as before.
There was one crystal that rained lightning down in one area.
There was one crystal that released a chilling wave of ice that froze another area.
There was one crystal that cracked the ground before creating large pillars of earth that smashed through everyone standing there.
All of these crystals did different things, but there was one thing that they had in common.
Their destructive might.
There was no one that was able to resist the might of these crystals as they were all blown away by them.
Those that weren't killed by the explosions that these crystals created were all seriously injured.
But they could be considered the lucky ones since death was clearly the worst of the two options.