Alvios stopped as soon as Jenso's fist hit the ground, noticing the directed quakes. He jumped back to get away from the debris and to avoid getting trapped, and easily saw Jenso jump higher than he, prepared to slam down on him with a boulder. Not exactly classy. Or effective.

"Shatter." Alvios' main sword shattered into several light-clad shards, the same fragmented attacks that had been ripping apart the Swarm during their previous fights. The blades tore the boulder into worthless debris, and threatened to cut at Jenso from multiple angles. With the light blade still in his left hand, he launched another blade wave at Jenso, and launched himself back away from Jenso to land on a steady part of the terrain below, looking up to see how Jenso would fare.

Jenso backed away from the boulder, and slammed his fists together. A powerful shockwave of Ki erupted from them, aimed to deflect the incoming shards of light. He dashed further to the side to avoid Alvios's blade wave, and launched several white flame balls into the air. They were aimed to crash into Alvios from above as a destraction, as flames erupted from Jenso's heels. "Flame dash.." He muttered, dashing forwards at top speeds in order to move towards Alvios's right hand that was now unarmed. He aimed a quick kick right underneath Alvios's helmet. His leg seemed to glow a bright white for a moment as he kicked. "FLAMEBURST KICK!!" He shouted, as an explosion of white flames erupted from where he struck his foot. He attempted to knock the helmet off of Alvios's head. 'He's fast...' Jenso thought.

Alvios had seen more than his fair share of Jenso using feint attacks and distractions in order to set up for more powerful techniques. Waves to cover his movements, fireballs to disrupt while positioning himself. He didn't even give the fireballs from above a second glance. Instead, as soon as Jenso dashed in for a kick, Alvios ducked under Jenso's leg, getting a good slash across Jenso's back with the blade of light in his left hand, before the sudden explosion sent him flying, skidding along the ground with the front of his jacket burnt away.

Thankfully, the explosion had also knocked him far enough away that he didn't have to worry about the fireballs that were raining down on his previous position. He stood up, rolling his neck once as his main sword began gathering its fragments back and reforming. "Don't think I haven't been watching you fight! Your raw power is ridiculous, but I see through your bluffs and real attacks now!" He got into a readied stance, to see how Jenso would respond. He would make Jenso come to him.

Jenso grit his teeth as Alvios struck his back and was a good distance away from him again. "Darn.." He muttered, and shrugged. "And you can probably keep healing anything I dish out...I guess it's a battle of endurance then." Jenso replied to him, calmly waiting to see what Alvios would do next.

Alvios narrowed his eyes behind the helm over the top half of his head. "You're right...and you'll never go down if I don't make you endure anything either!" Alvios' greaves glowed for a moment before he dashed forward at incredible speed, getting in close and slashing horizontally at Jenso's midsection, the blade fueled with enough power to release an energy wave after the swing if he just tried to jump backwards.

Jenso's eyes widened as Alvios dashed at him. He quickly ducked low under Alvios's horizontal slash, hoping for the energy wave to move right over him. He lunged his right hand upwards, aiming to get a tight grip around Alvios's right wrist. He shifted his left foot forwards, aiming to kick Alvios's right foot back in order for him to lose his balance for a moment, while intending to pull Alvios closer towards him, while his main blade and right arm would move over Jenso's head. He followed up with his left hand immediately, aiming a rocket punch at Alvios's stomach as he tried to pull him into his attack.

Jenso's combination worked perfectly...until Jenso felt a deep gash along his left forearm. The light blade from Alvios' attack earlier hadn't been dissipated; instead, he had just held it behind him and shrunken it down. It was another pair of traded blows, as Alvios' free left hand cut into Jense's arm the moment before it connected, the forceful blow throwing Alvios up into the air. He let the momentum carry him upwards, kicking up off of a platform of light until he reached the ceiling, stabbing his sword in for something to hang on as he looked down at Jenso, coughing erratically as he healed his own gut of the minor internal damage. "Knocked the wind out of me with that one," he wheezed.

'Shit...how do I beat him? He just keeps healing...' Jenso thought, looking at the injury on his left arm. 'If he has an endless energy pool like Prisma had, I'll be in trouble..' He thought, glaring up at Alvios. He had no intention of giving up. "You're really strong and a good guy...I would have invited you to my friend's guild when all this was over, but..." Jenso spoke to Alvios, and launched a torrent of white flames at Alvios from below, hoping to get him to fall down. "I guess it just didn't turn out that way." He added.

"It still could, if you would stop interfering." Alvios flipped upwards, forming two blades of light in his hands and kicking off the ceiling towards the ground below the flames. Upon landing, he swung with both blade, firing a cross-shaped blade at Jenso. "But if you can't make sacrifices, do you really think you will beat the entire Order of Chaos?"

"Kill when nessecary." Jenso suddenly stated, diving towards the ground further to the left to avoid Alvios's attack. He felt Pij regain her strength as the phoenix emerged from his chest. "And killing Melina isn't necessary!" He shouted, raising his hands above him. Pij landed on the palms of his hands.

"ONE WITH NATURE!!!"

He roared, as a bright orange light emerged from the two. As the light faded, Jenso now had large phoenix wings on his back, and flame talons that stretched out over his hands. As this happened, the injury on Jenso's back and arm healed itself. "I won't let you win!" He shouted, not wasting any time. He flew straight at Alvios like a blur, clawing diagonally at his chest with his right hand. He followed up immediately, taking full advantage of his gained speed as he moved around Alvios in a semi-circle as he moved past his left side, clawing at the back of Alvios's left knee with his left hand. He had no intention of letting Alvios get used to his speed or even give him the chance to defend.

Alvios wasn't quite sure what happened. Jenso shouted something about nature, and suddenly he was surrounded by flames and claws. He wasn't naturally fast enough to react to any of this. He was being overwhelmed by Jenso's newfound power. "Not...yet...!" Jenso's relentless assault was suddenly interrupted, an explosion of light spreading out from Alvios in all directions, illuminating the room.

"If you will resist my light, then I shall become light itself."

As the flash settled, Alvios was hovering in the air. The remains of his tattered shirt had been blown off by the force. His skin was now fully wrapped in light, so dense that he no longer looked like a human; more like a being of pure white energy that happened to have clothes. His eyes and open mouth were simply golden light among all of the silvery white surrounding him, so condensed now that he was really only glowing faintly. He spread his arms out to his sides, and eight blades of light sparked into existence behind him. His voice echoed faintly as he spoke;

Jenso's eyes narrowed at Alvios's transformation. "Looks like he's serious..." Jenso muttered to himself, impressed by Alvios's new form. He flew up to the ceiling of the room immediately, and began flying in circles rapidly. Jenso's flame wings seemed to shed phoenix flames into the air as he moved around. The flames seemed to take the shape of a cloud. "Meteor rain!" He shouted.

Large flame balls began to rain down from the cloud all over the battlefield, not aimed at anyone in particular. Jenso remained in close proximity of it, as a few of the flame balls struck him. As they did however, the flames didn't seem to hurt him and were absorbed directly into his wings. He glared down at Alvios and his 8 blades from above. 'I'll have to keep an eye on those blades...I doubt they're there just for show.' He thought.

Some flame balls from the flame cloud fell down at Alvios as well, while Jenso seemed to wait for his approach.

"You are intoxicated by your own power, and I will make you realise this."

"Stop playing games up there." Alvios held a hand up, and three of the blades shot at Jenso like missiles. Two more of them aimed past him, aimed directly at the cloud, two hovered in from of him, cutting through any of the fireballs that approached him, and the last fell into his open hand, arming himself again. "You were absolutely overwhelming me with your speed before. Why go on the defensive?"

He looked around the room slowly, particularly where the scattered fireballs were landing. "You must have a good hiding spot. All of this reckless fire isn't going to touch Melina at all?"

Jenso smirked at Alvios, soaring downwards as he used his newfound speed to weave past the three shards, constantly weaving from the right to the left while constantly changing his position while heading for Alvios. If he hadn't been in his Phoenix form, he would have surely been unable to avoid them, and would have received serious injuries from Alvios's attack. "Who said anything about defending?"

The two blades that Alvios fired at the cloud hit their mark, dispersing the cloud. But Jenso clenched the palm of his left hand shut as he focused on Alvios, and the other remaining flame balls that seemed to be falling towards the ground randomly suddenly launched straight at Alvios from all directions. Jenso didn't stop his charge as he flew downwards at Alvios, readying his talons as he slashed at the two blades that were in his way, aiming to deflect them out of the way. At that very moment, the flame balls were coming close towards Alvios. Jenso suddenly flew around Alvios with great speeds, moving at his back as he hoped that the flame balls would keep him occupied.

"Phoenix Cross!" Jenso muttered, as his two talons were coated in powerful Ki, slashing both claws diagonally in an X shape at Alvios's back.

Alvios suddenly spun around, both of Jenso's claws clashing against the blade in his hand. Six of the remaining swords dropped suddenly, spiraling around him in all directions and striking down every last fireball. The seventh one flew into Alvios' unused hand. A smirk was visible in Alvios' mysterious features. "Who's the fast one now?"

Jenso's speed alone wasn't going to be enough to stop Alvios, and his lethal array of swords was as much a defense as an offense. This opponent didn't seem possible to simply overwhelm. Alvios slashed at Jenso with the blade now in his offhand, to get him out of his face.

Jenso frowned for a moment as Alvios blocked his strike, but his confident grin returned afterwards. "Great block.." Jenso complimented to him, flying further back to avoid Alvios's strike. He seemed to be charging something in his right hand, as he flapped his wings powerfully at his foe. He launched a flurry of knives at Alvios while remaining on a distance. "But you're not going to get anywhere like this, either, if you don't kill me soon. Melina might get taken over by the swarm, and this whole mess might start all over again." Jenso taunted, hoping to anger Alvios. "I have plenty of time, but do you?"

Alvios' vague moment of confidence faced. "You're right. I'll end this quickly." Alvios flew towards Jenso rapidly, his six swords shooting ahead of him at different intervals to attack Jenso. He didn't care a bit about the distracting feathers; the small wounds they made immediately sealed themselves. He didn't even have to focus on healing himself anymore; it just repaired itself with no time wasted. He swung with both swords as he approached, a cross-shaped wave shooting at Jenso, much larger than what he had been firing previously, easily triple the size of the sword's arc, and much faster.

Jenso eyes widened at Alvios as he attacked. He looked scared, like a man who was about to die. But it was all for show. 'Sacrifising his defense for maximum offense..' He thought, taking aim at him with his right hand where he'd been charging energy. He launched a sphere of condensed phoenix flames at Alvios's cross-shaped wave, and soared around it in a semi-circle to the right while moving away from the center of the targetted area where Alvios's six blades were aimed for. He used his left claw to deflect one of the six blades, which was at the direction that he ended up choosing to fly to in his flight. He failed to avoid the attack entirely however, as the very tip of the bottom part of the cross slash ended up cutting through his left wing. It regenerated itself immediately however, and Jenso didn't slow down for a moment.

The sphere ended up colliding with Alvios's cross wave, and a large explosion of phoenix flames occured, aimed to engulf and disperse the cross slash, and was intended to, by extension, send Alvios flying back by the sheer shockwave of the explosion. Jenso flew behind Alvios immediately, and he united both of his claws and coated them in Ki. He aimed to slash at Alvios's back diagonally with increased strength as he was using both, hoping he would fly right into him.