Throughout the entire swing of his knee Xavier could feel that contact was all but inevitable and the red speckles of energy which encompassed the ring began to come to life with thin, entirely harmless, arcs of the dark red energy which created them.  They were merely a visual representation of Xaviers increasing excitement. However both his excitement and the glow of the lights would falter for only a moment as the impact took place; with no obvious signs of an enacted defense El Rey had managed to tank a good portion of Xaviers knee. Now as Xaviers foot began to drop back towards the mat his eyes could be seen gliding back and forth over El Rey’s body, focusing on the black form fitting suit that stretched across most of his body. The hit had been minimized by something that lay atop El Reys skin and the only thing upon it was that seemingly thin piece of clothing. 

[I]Shit[/I] Xavier thought to himself as he could suddenly feel a change in El Rey’s stance as his left foot moved behind Xavier’s; but it was too late and Xavier could feel that. So rather than waste time trying to stop it Xavier set about removing El Reys ability to manipulate him by their joined hands. As El Rey forced himself forward he would be able to feel an exertion of pressure on his fingers surrounding Xavier’s as forced Dread Metal was forced to layer itself between their fingers. In the same moment the collection of blood which had been bubbling on Xavier’s chest suddenly split into two separate circles which would slowly rotate around one another. Xaviers left leg lifted quickly from the mat and shot backwards to catch him just as his right ankle slid over El Reys, after which his right foot shot backwards so that he could successfully back pedal.  


As his right foot pressed back into the mat, the rotating puddles sprang into life by launching themselves forward and shifting to conical metal spikes which lurched at El Reys yellow eyes within his mask. They did not attack in unison though but rather one at a time; the first spike was as intended to be as distracting as it was deadly and to make El Rey dodge in some manner before retracting. The second would utilize the energy field that clung to the air around them and Xavier's split second mental command to follow up the first attack with incredible speed and lethality before retracting and being followed up by the first one again. In this method the spikes would attack almost constantly at El Rey’s face while moving towards the turn buckle and once more after collision 

With a dull but powerful thud Xavier was thrown into the turnbuckle and allowed the braces on his wrists the shift back to their liquid form and add themselves to the metal between his and El Rey’s hands so that it seemed that Xavier was now wearing thick metallic gloves, though he would not be wearing them for long.

El Rey torqued his body and began to wrench on Xavier’s hands when Xavier commanded an unseen change to only a portion of the metal which had encased his hands; liquefying the center and maintaining the solid metal exterior. This allowed Xavier to separate their once joined hands with little effort on his part, leaving El Rey standing and holding seemingly metal gloves in his hands as he began his attack. Xavier made further use of his energy cloud to see which limb would be used to attack him and dropped his knees while shifting his head to the side in perfect timing with the first elbow to duck and avoid it; again shifting his left foot forward and his right foot back so that he was practically sitting on his right foot and planted his weight upon the ball of his right foot. 

During his duck Xavier tucked his arms in towards his chest after freeing them and touched his palms to the puddles upon his chest so that every last drop was upon his hands. Now, as he had fully crouched, Xavier extended his right leg out directly towards El Rey while angling his palms towards him as well and thrusting them with full force at his abdomen. Mid-strike was when the blood on his hands came into action and extended into the metallic spikes once more to grant Xavier two pinpoint impact zones for the power he was exerting.