"Quick question before we start, you aren't going to kill me, right?" Inquired Raven's opponent, a wary look on his face as they both stepped onto the arena.

"Not if I don't have to, no," Replied Raven, the barrier forming around the arena as he cracked his knuckles.

"Cool...your team ended up here by mistake, right? Well, my team absolutely has to win this, we need that time travel device...from what I've seen, I don't stand a chance against you. So, I'll just have to focus on wearing you out and weakening you, make things easier for Ario if and when he has to face you," He responded, before adding as the countdown began, "My name is Theo Ranger, also known as Turbo."

"Raven Kyzer."

As the countdown ended, Raven tranformed, releasing the full extent of his Homunculus form, before his gaze darted across as Theo raced across the arena with immense speed, before zipping in towards Raven from the left.

He leapt forward as he closed in and drove his fist towards the side of Raven's head, grimacing as Raven blocked the strike with his palm, blunting the force upon impact.

Theo swiftly backed away before rapidly running circles around Raven, Raven's eyes zipping about as he tracked his opponent's movements.

Raven swiftly spun around as Theo charged in towards him from behind, getting low and lunging forward as he closed in, driving his fist towards the middle of Raven's stomach.

His eyes widened as Raven's tail shot out and wrapped around his forearm before he could react, bringing his punch to an abrupt halt.

He pulled his arm back with a sharp, rapid twist, breaking free of the grasp of Raven's tail before getting some distance and zipping around the arena.

"Hm, just like the Commander said, he's only got speed, it doesn't look like he has anything else in his arsenal," Noted Raven, before snapping his jaws open and firing out a rapidly swirling fireball towards Theo.

Theo narrowly evaded the flames, which struck the arena and erupted in an intense, fiery burst, before he raced across as Raven fired out his beams, grazing Theo's left bicep.

Theo gritted his teeth before charging straight towards Raven with all the speed he could muster, channeling his momentum through his right arm as he drove his fist straight towards the middle of Raven's chest with a roar of exertion.

Raven swiftly crossed his arms in front of himself defensively, before Theo's fist slammed onto his arms, his feet skidding back slightly upon impact.

Raven extended out his claws and whipped his left arm across, a shallow gash appearing across the middle of Theo's chest as he zipped back right in the nick of time, a couple of thin trails of blood trickling down his torso.

Theo began running circles around Raven again, racing around him with all the speed he could generate, creating a tornado and sucking away the air surrounding Raven.

Raven cracked his neck before unleashing his full power, transforming as he entered his Dark form, his power surging immensely before snapping his jaws open and firing a sharp, deafening sonic screech.

Theo came to an abrupt halt and collapsed onto his knees with a dazed look on his face, letting out a sharp gasp as blood trickled out of his left eye, running down his cheek.

He gritted his teeth and shakily got back onto his feet, stumbling slightly before racing away as Raven rapidly extended his right arm out.

"Damn, this guy's even stronger than I thought, he's definitely at least close to Ario's level! I thought I could at least manage to tire him out a bit, but even that seems impossible now. What do I do? He's way too strong," Theo thought to himself with a grimace, as Raven's extended arm continued to chase after him, steadily closing in.

Theo veered across as Raven's arm closed in on him, but he wasn't fast enough, coming to an abrupt halt as Raven grabbed hold of his right ankle.

He collapsed onto one knee as he lost his balance, before a nozzle extended out of Raven's wrist, firing out a dense gust of tranquilizing poison mist.

Theo let out a cough as he inhaled some of it before holding his breath, but a fraction of a second too late.

He let out a shaky groan as his vision blurred, a wave of drowsiness washing over him.

He bit the inside of his lower lip before he began to try and pry Raven's hand off, before a startled, muffled cry rang out as Raven's other arm extended out and snuck up behind Theo, clamping over the lower half of his face.

Raven fired out more tranquilizing mist from his palm, straight into Theo's nose and mouth. A few seconds passed, before Theo went limp and collapsed onto the floor as Raven let go of him, hitting the arena with a soft thud.

"And the winner of the third match of round two is Raven Kyzer!"

Raven retracted his transformation, reverting back to his base form right as he got teleported back up to his team.

"Man, that was dope, I couldn't keep up with that guy's speed at all, but it was like nothing to you!" Grinned Akila with a gleam in his eyes.

"I wouldn't say that, I had to keep a close eye on him to track him, he's faster than I am in my base form. Though, with my full power, I suppose it did become pretty easy," Replied Raven with a wry smile.

"This is going quite well for us, we have taken two of the four semi-final spots, and we have the chance to make that three," Remarked Antel, as he glanced at Jules.

"Not to be pessimistic, but the odds aren't exactly in my favor here. My next opponent is formidable, to put it lightly," She responded, as she glanced across the stadium at Ariodred, her next opponent...

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