While Tessa, Leon, Seraphine, and Roxanne were occupied with Alex's clone, the original Alex's transformation was already done.
Just like how he began transforming after activating the First Formation of the Element in that forest, it was also the same now, but this time, it was the Second Formation of the Elements.
A bright golden light enveloped the right side of Alex's body, and at the same time, an eerie darkness enveloped the left side of his body.
This was similar to the transformation of his First Formation of the Elements, but since this was the Second Formation, there were bound to be differences.
The golden light on his right side suddenly began hardening, and the same thing was also happening to the darkness on his left side.
Both energies hardened, and finally, Alex looked like he was wearing a golden and dark armor. This armor covered his entire body from head to toe, including his face, leaving only his blue hair exposed.
Immediately after that, the left side of the armor, where Alex's heart was located, suddenly opened, but even after opening, Alex's chest couldn't be seen. Instead, only golden and dark light could be seen. If one looked closely, they would even notice that the golden and dark light seemed to be in a strange liquid form, almost as if it wanted to pour out from the opening.
His mana was still raging, and this time, it was specifically focused on Arin.
'Shit... He's really trying to keep me in one place so that his transformation will finish,' Arin thought, realizing what Alex was doing.
Alex knew that he wouldn't be able to fight properly if he was still transforming, so he focused his raging mana on Arin and left his clone to fight the rest of Arin's team.
Arin gripped his sword, his white hair fluttering wildly. "Tch..."
Meanwhile, Alex had already summoned a golden staff, its surface gleaming with radiant light. A mesmerizing orb rested at its tip, exuding an aura of immense power. It was the same staff he also used in their first battle.
Arin caught a glimpse of the opening in Alex's chest and the liquid-like golden and dark energies, though he wasn't too surprised.
'Just like its name, The Bleeding Heart of the Divine Curse.'
Seconds later, the raging mana finally subsided, and Arin could now properly look at Alex.
Alex grinned as his eyes glowed with a blue light beneath the armor.
"Scared now?" he asked as he took a step forward. "Don't tell me you're going to run away like you did last time."
Arin's expression remained indifferent, and without saying anything, he took a stance.
This alone answered Alex's question even without him saying anything.
Alex scoffed. "If you say so."
With that, he gripped his staff tightly and raised it up before whispering, "Spikes of Justice."
Instantly, golden-colored huge spikes began forming in the air, and they began rushing downwards toward Arin.
Arin slammed his right foot on the ground. Gathering blood energy in his legs, he instantly blasted off.
The ground beneath him cracked as he dashed towards Alex with insane speed. He moved like a blur as the golden spikes reached him.
He began moving in a zigzag manner, evading the spikes.
One of them landed directly in front of him, instantly destroying the ground beneath.
Arin leaped up, avoiding the debris, but another spike had nearly closed in on him.
He quickly swung his sword towards the spike.
The spike got destroyed as Arin swiftly landed on the ground, resuming his dash toward Alex.
Though, he was met with fireballs that were rushing toward him from all sides.
Arin quickly activated his Blood Barrier Spell, and the red transparent barrier appeared, shielding him.
The spikes and fireballs began hitting the barrier with force, but Arin kept adding blood energy to it, so it was yet to get destroyed.
While still in the barrier, Arin continued dashing toward Alex, who was already activating more spells.
The ground suddenly shook, and instantly, the path where Arin was running suddenly split into two.
It was so sudden and fast that Arin was shocked, but he was able to react in time.
He instantly deactivated the Blood Barrier and leaped to the left, evading the split ground.
He spun mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, he had already landed beside Alex.
Alex's eyes widened slightly, still shocked with Arin's maddening speed.
Just like before, Arin would only be able to hold his ground with his physical capabilities, something he was better than Alex in.
With a flick of his wrist, Arin instantly swung his dark sword toward Alex.
Though, Alex was quick enough to turn toward him and stretch out his staff, letting out a huge ball of darkness.
Arin's sword and the darkness ball clashed, creating an explosion sound.
Arin instantly leaped back, but while still in the air, Alex suddenly activated another spell.
The ground beneath Arin suddenly sprung out with immense speed and force, like a pillar. Since he was still mid-air, he couldn't move on time, and then...
The earth pillar hit Arin with full force, sending him flying further into the sky.
"Ugh..." Arin groaned in pain, but he suddenly heard something rushing toward him while he was still in the air.
From the corner of his eyes, he spotted something fiery heading toward him with incredible speed.
The huge falcon made of fire suddenly sped up, reaching Arin in an instant.
Once again, Arin was hit with full force, and he was sent flying.
His body spiraled in the air until he crashed into the male dorm building.
The sound of the students from afar could be heard, as some of them began screaming again due to the loud noise.
By now, most of them had already run towards other buildings quite a good distance away from where the battle was taking place, but even with that, the panic and fear couldn't be washed away, and some of them were already questioning if they would even survive this. After all, vampires were in the academy.
Arin groaned as he stood up from the debris on the second floor of the male dorm building.
"This is going to be tough..."