The woman was quick, but Xavier could see that she was not fast enough and the spikes which he had been guiding towards her were about to hit their mark. The stone spikes had not been placed onto one set path but had instead been guided to the woman from the first spike to sixth. The action which she chose would have been sufficient to throw the first one off course of her spine and smash against her hip; this would shatter the tip of the fight before sending it into a flailing barrel roll off to her right. It was here though, in the wake of the first strike, that Sarah would find that her calculations had been far from correct. While it was true that the spikes had been following closely to one another she would find that their paths were not as linear as she had taken them to be. 

The second spike was upon her quickly but Xavier was guiding its path; aiming for the general center of mass on the formless blob that interrupted his energy in the air. As this center would move and it’s position relayed to Xavier, it was an incredibly simple task for him to order the necessary minute correction so as to capitalize upon the openings Sarah presented with her incorrect maneuvers. Through these means the second spike was able to realign itself in the half second of travel time as Sarah shifted her body, following the center of mass so as to strike in the general vicinity of her abdomen. And this was only the second  spike. Sarah had yet to spin back around to face the road and already the third spike would have been nearly upon her with 3 behind it; tracking her down. .

Was her defense still enacted? Could it brunt the 3 potential hits that Sarah had miscalculated? Furthermore; could she continue her spin to face Xavier when she was still to be attacked by a following 3 projectiles? Regardless of technicalities; Xaviers counter actions would be the same.

With his energy spreading to envelop the area Xaviers eyes would dim and his left hands fist would loosen for an instant before tightening again with ridiculous strength. This brief clench brought about many changes in perfect harmony; being that the glowing light of Xaviers was back, but it would now billowed outwards like his pupils were encompassed in a red flame.

 There was but one more miscalculation for Sarah to make; Xaviers energy was not moving to block vision in any way shape or form. It was in fact thickening by means of joining particles; creating more potential energy within the thickened particles.  What she was about to learn firsthand was that Xaviers Dread Energy had three forms in total: Raw, Lightning and [b][i][color=ed1c24]f[/color][color=9e0b0f]i[/color][color=440e62]r[/color][color=92278f]e[/color][/i][/b]. To stand within the cloud which had he just launched at her, was to allow the following tactic to envelop her and her Aura. 

The flames had only just appeared over his eyes when the air round his fist began to visually ripple and distort as it was heated. In an instant Xaviers hand was enveloped by a ball of flames which would be a much deeper shade of red at its center; while the edges which would lick at the air were a dark purple. With a simple flick of the wrist Xavier would send this Dreadful Fireball literally screeching through the air as the souls of all those devoured by it cried out in distilled despair. As this fireball flew through the air it would leave a faint black streak in the sky as it devoured the light itself as it passed. 

All things seemed to go silent in the instant before the Dreadful Fireball was to make contact with the cloud of Dread Energy. All things save the cries of the dead and the damned that would be wailing  in unrelenting dread; brothers, countrymen, women and children all sounding off in an orchestra of pain as the cloud of Dread Energy was ignited as fast as hydrogen; the roar of flames replaced by the cries of the dead. With direct contact to the air and no inhibiting factors, Xaviers cloud of flames would be burning around 3000 degrees Fahrenheit and would cause the particles of Dread Energy to release thin arks of themselves the instant they were ignited. 

Would those small, but innumerable energy arks be enough to overwhelm whatever energy shield surrounded Sarah as the flames engulfed her? What about her shields ability to repel heat? Was there one at all?

Find out next time; on Dragon Ball XB! (Lol)