Managed to have time to get half a chapter out over the last few days due to family stuff. I'll try to get the second half done tomorrow.

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Akiza and Cixi headed into the Labyrinth. They felt a terrifying pressure unlike anything they have ever encountered. As they headed towards the source of terrifying pressure, they saw numerous people who had been killed. Some bodies were maimed, some frozen, others burnt. "Whatever it is can control at least fire and water," said Cixi.

As they drew closer to the source, the terrying pressure only got stronger. There were signs that a few of the people who were fighting simply passed out from the pressure. "These people are not dead, but unconscious!" said Akiza.

"It means that what we're fighting is going to be at least of the Emperor Stage," said Cixi. "I want you to hide, you are no match for it."

"Okay," said Akiza. As they drew close to the source, they saw it. It was an undead skeleton with glowing red eyes. It wore a purple robe and wore gloves with large red orbs in each hand. Underneath the robe was all bone. Akiza went into hiding as promised and watched the battle from afar.

AHHHHH. Screams were heard. A man in armor had attempted to cut the head off of the skeleton, but his sword did not go through. The skeleton did not even flinch from the attack. The skeleton pushed the man away then prepared to a ball of fire from its hand. CLING. The sound of a sword clashing against bone. The hand with the ball of fire was pushed off course. The ball of fire was released into the sky and a loud explosion could be heard. BOOM. The explosion released a blast from which the wind could be felt on the ground.

"Your opponent is me," said Cixi. "Go run!" she shouted.

The man in armor said, "Thank you," before running away. The others in the area took this chance to run too.

"It's just me and you now monster," said Cixi. The skeleton backed away. Cixi fully Armatized with her ice armor and began to release her Domain. The air around suddenly chilled and the temperature dropped.

The skeleton did not flinch. Its bones were not frozen. It continued to move and prepared another ball of fire. Cixi rushed in to close the distance. "This thing is a long range fighter," she thought. "I must get close and prevent it from using its fire."

Cixi drew her sword as she charged. The skeleton released several consecutive balls of fire. Cixi raised her black turtle shell. The first two balls of fire bounced off and in different directions. BOOM. Their explosions could still be felt. The others came into contact with Cixi's turtle shell. BOOM. The impact of the explosion scattered fire all around. Cixi could see that even with the protection of the turtle shell, the blue dress that she was wearing was being burnt.

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Akiza saw it. The fire had cracked Cixi's turtle shell shield. She would not be able to handle many. "I can't do anything," said Akiza.

"Yes you can," said Akira. "The Dragon Core."

"What?" said Akiza.

"Use the Dragon Core to increase the power of your fire," said Akira.

Akiza quickly took out the Dragon Core Kongming had given her. She began to meditate to absorb it.

Cixi cold not get close enough to the skeleton. It was releasing its fire very quickly. She swung her sword to try to use it as a whip, but the skeleton blocked it with its hands. She released water onto the ground. She then stabbed her sword into the ground, using the water as whips. Then, the skeleton changed its stance. It was no longer still. It stomped the ground. THUMP. It was the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

Cixi suddenly felt a pressure. The skeleton had released its own Domain. "An undead with a Domain?!?" she said in shock.

The skeleton turned the water that Cixi had created earlier on the floor raised into the air and turned into icicles. It fired the icicles at Cixi. She removed her Armatization and raised a wooden barrier around herself. "I'm on the defensive!" she thought to herself. "This thing is too fast!"

BOOM. An icicle had broken through Cixi's wooden barrier. She Armatized again to focus on dodging. Her strongest attack was ice type, which would only make things worse if her opponent could control ice too.

Cixi charged in to close the distance. She transformed it into a whip and grabbed one hand of the skeleton with it. "Got it!" she thought to herself.

The skeleton raised its other hand to continue firing. But, as long as the skeleton continued to fire, it would not have time to free itself. Cixi moved fast in order to dodge the attacks. "If only I could fly!" she thought to herself.

Cixi did something desperate. Following Akiza's reckless fighting style might be the only way. She undid the water transformation of her sword and threw it at the skeleton. The skeleton stopped firing in order to deflect the sword. "I got you now!" Cixi thought to herself.

"HA!" Cixi screamed as she threw a punch towards the skeleton's chest. BOOM. Cixi's punch had connected.

CRACK. "The sound of broken bones!" thought Cixi. The skeleton was sent flying back and crashed into the building behind it. A cloud of dust rose.

Cixi was now breathing heavily. "It is still alive," she said to herself. The impact had only broken one arm and damaged the torso. In order to kill a skeleton, the entire torso had to be shattered, but she had only cracked it.