Beowulf noticed that Shroud's arm was losing integrity "looks like that last attack did some damage, real damage, let's keep this way of thinking" Beowulf handed his chain to Strikeape, Strikeape curled up into a ball and launched at Shroud, the attack was blocked by his mechanical arm but Beowulf yanked Strikeape back to him, Beowulf pivoted and spun gaining momentum and launching Strikeape again, Shroud blocked the hit but more bits came off of his arm, Beowulf recalled Strikeape then threw him high up into the air, he then yanked down and brought the spinnking spikeball down onto Shroud, Shroud put up his arm to block it as the rotating crystals tore into his arm, he braced his metallic arm with his organic one and backed away, the spikes tore a substantial amount of metal from his arm exposing it's mechanical viscera. Chrona witnessed this "this is an unforeseen predicament but...I'll have to make do" she started making her way to Blanc when a spinning blade landed infront of her, she looked where it came from to see Sonar, Panther, Tarantula, and Cascade standing there Chrona cracked her neck and pointed her hand at them with her splayed fingers pointing at them, five beams erupted from each fingertip, the group scattered but still rushed Chrona as she made her way to Blanc, Chrona ducked under a swing from Tarantula's spear and she doublekicked her into the distance, Panther extended his hand trying to touch her with his Cataclysm, she trapped his wrist and elbowed him in the mask cracking it, she then kicked him back, Cascade shot a water jet which Chrona quickly flicked her finger sending a blast straight through the water, Cascade dove out of the way of the attack. Chrona was getting closer to Blanc, Sonar hooked her ankle with his blade, she tripped but caught herself and spinkickdd Sonar back, she got to the crater and touched Blanc reversing his damage, he got up and shook his head "you have been disappointing Blanc, maybe it won't be worth it to reverse your Timeline..." Chrona said coldly, Blanc looked at her with a panicked expression "I'll show you my worth!" Blanc created an orb and flattened it into a disc, he then threw it up into the air, he then spread his fingers and the white disc expanded instantly covering the sky "Destruction Art: Apocalypse Rain!" Blanc then clenched his fist and large white spikes emerged from the sky and began to fall to the ground, each impact created a crater as they began to fall faster and more frequent, Cascade thought quickly took water from the surrounding grass and formed a giant shield covering Tarantula and Sonar, Panther moved his hand creating a line of Destructive energy "Destruction Art: Gatling Erasure!" the barrage fended off the one from above, Beowulf dodged projectiles but they were speeding up, Strikeape hit the ground with his fists creating a giant crystal dome around himself and Beowulf, Shroud deployed a small device creating an energy dome around himself.
Chrona stood next to Blanc as she witnessed the onslaught "this approaches competence, keep it up" Blanc had a maniacal grin on his face watching the downpour, Cascade braced herself against her shield as it began to ripple and wane, Tarantula thrusted her spear into the shield, the tip of it unraveled then wrapped around the shielf threading it and making it stronger, the crystal dome that housed Beowulf and Strikeape began to crack underneath the storm, Strikeape struggled to create more crystals to reinforce it, Beowulf then used his Sonic Howl slowly adjusting the frequency, it resonated with the crystals and they began growing exponentially and reinforcing themselves, the white void above shrank before dissipating entirely and the destructive rain stopped, Blanc got to his knees and breathed heavily with Chrona looking around at the destruction, there was no grass left, only desolate land "hm, well done Blanc, that takes care of our water problem" Cascade let go of her shield slumping down to her knees "I'm not doing that again..." Tarantula spun her staff "no time to rest, bad guys are still standing and we've made no progress let's make some" Sonar flipped his blades "I agree, I suggest Panther's and your powers be the optimal ones at inflicting any sort of damage to either of them" Panther joined the others "so let's use them, Sonar, Cascade here's what we'll do..." Chrona watched the group as they stood there in silence "they're communicating with their minds, thanks to the power of the Dolphin Miraculous, since it's such a seemingly innocuous power she won't time out for some time..." Blanc twirled his staff "then what do we do?" Chrona grinned "we take out the communication's source, permanently..."
Beowulf and Strikeape stood down Shroud "we have him on the ropes, if we take him out Chrona will be left with herself and Blanc, let's finish this fast so we can help the others" Strikeape nodded and roared before curling into a ball and firing himself at Shroud, Shroud prepared to block but Strikeape was yanked back by Beowulf, Beowulf then kicked Strikeape launching him with stronger force hitting Shroud in the midsection and tearing his cloak up but he was still covered, Shroud pointed his arm at Strikeape and his mechanical hand opened at the palm revealing a cannon, an orange light emitted from it growing slowly in size and vibrancy, a burst of light erupted from the tip of the cannon hurling a massive ball of energy at Strikeape, Strikeape raised his arms slightly welcoming the attack, he grabbes onto the ball of light as it grinded into him pushing him back, crystals began forming around his arms, the ball began to shrink as the energy from it began transferring into the crystals, the ball disappeared and Strikeape was still standing tall, Strikeape opened his mouth and a similar orange glow emitted from it, he then shot a bolt of energy from his mouth, Shroud blocked the bolt but it caused a massive explosion. A dust cloud covered where Shroud was standing, Beowulf and Strikeape paused to see what was going to happen when a roar from the dust cloud wiped it away and Shroud was standing there screaming a visceral roar that shook the earth itself. The wind from the scream felt like a jet engine and Beowulf struggled to keep his eyes open, Shroud stopped and hunched over heaving a heavy breath, suddenly Shroud was gone and Strikeape barely had time to react before a metal fist connected to the side of his head knocking him down, Beowulf rushed at Shroud throwing a punch but it was caught, Shroud then tossed Beowulf up, Shroud activated a rocket in his arm and uppercutted Beowulf sending him straight up above the clouds, Shroud quickly caught up with Beowulf and grabbed him by his neck with his other arm, Shroud then spun to make Beowulf face the ground below, Shroud pointed his mechanical arm toward the sky and fires a burst of energy causing both of them to rocket down to earth breaking the sound barrier in the process, the blast sounded like thunder and the impact sounded like an atom bomb as they hit the ground sending a massive cloud of dirt and rock into the air, Beowulf lied in the crater created with Shroud standing over him, Shroud pointed his cannon at Beowulf, just before he fired Beowulf lept from his position and kicked Shroud in the head, Beowulf then weaved a punch and hit Shroud with a punch to the stomach, Beowulf then raised both his arms up and double axehandled Shroud knocking him face first into the dirt, Beowulf grabbed his cloak and threw Shroud into the edge of the crater, Beowulf then smashed into Shroud with a knee, Shroud rocket punched Beowulf sending him sliding into the dirt, Beowulf got back up and rushed at Shroud, Beowulf and Shroud collided fists, more mechanical parts flew from Shroud's arm, Beowulf then tossed his chain wrapping it around Shroud's arm, Beowulf tugged and kneed Shroud in the face, Beowulf then planted his foot and began pulling on Shroud's arm. The mechanical whirring of the arm trying to escape were deafening and the bending and scraping of metal didn't help, the strained wires and plates were warped as Beowulf pulled, Shroud grabbed at Beowulf's ankle trying to get him off but Beowulf dug his heel into Shroud's neck to push him away further, Beowulf's eyes turned red as he roared and with one final tug he wripped the arm out of Shroud's body
The battlefield went as if everyone stopped to see what had happened, the arm fell to the ground with a metallic thud as wires, cables, nuts and bolts, and plates of metal dropped alongside it, Shroud fell backwards sprawling out on the floor, black liquid pooled out from where the arm was, Beowulg breathed heavily "that takes care of-" a flash of white stopped his sentence as he instinctively dodged out of the way, he looked to see three spike-like portrusions, they had deep red veins going along them, he traced them back to the source to see it was from Shroud, he was sitting straight up and the spikes were from the stump of his arm where the mechanical one was, he slowly rose up from his sitting position, his head was slumped but he finally spoke "I will make you suffer Beowulf, as I have suffered at the hands of you..." Beowulf felt his cheek to feel a liquid, it was blood, he was cut on the cheek, he then felt a pain in his side, he looked to see a small cut on his hip, he then looked at Shroud "dude, I don't even know who's under that hood, are you...one of my regulars? Skizz? Berko? Oh please tell me you're Johnny, I haven't seen him in ages and that'd be a twist" Shroud stumbled as the spikes retracted and formed into an arm, it was bone white and similarly line with the same veins, the fingers were tipped with claws "no, not them, they're dead, I have been with you all your life..." Shroud grabbed his hood tugging it and revealing who he was, Beowulf took a step back, his blood practically stopped in his veins, every single thought in his head ceased to exist and his very soul felt a chill as he stared at the visage...of himself.