It had been 15 minutes. The only resistance Rouge could have put up was solidifying lava into rocks to make barriers against the spirit. His clothes were ragged and torn at some places, and he had a few scratches on his hands. Sweat trickled down his chin and the tip of his nose, but he was far from tired.
The spirit advanced again and Rouge immediately shot himself towards the other sides of the battleground in evasion, flames boosting him from beneath his shoes. He quickly landed, crouching on his right knee and made a series of sharp, straight movements with his right hand.
Flames from opposite end of the boundary he had made himself joined together, removing the spirit from his view. The fire hotter before it cooled down into thick gray stone.
He had tried to pierce it, slam it, burn it, enclosed it using various fire spells. He even went as far as consume it with lava but nothing worked. The spirit just got past everything made of mana like a ghost. And his barrier wasn't to his advantage either, but it gave him time.
The spirits' phantom-like claws reached from within the wall without warning. Any person without constant vigilance would have been a goner.
"Hurry up." Rouge said to himself. Suddenly, two objects landed behind him.
"Rouge!" "Vice!" Aster and Garnet had arrived.
"It's freaking hot here!" Garnet exclaimed. Rouge quickly dispelled his magma magic but not before adjusting his body. He would end up with hypothermia if he didn't.
"Listen up, here's the plan; I'll crush that wall over there and you guys will keep the spirit distracted while I make a seal into the ground." Rouge said, steam slipping out from beneath his feet. With a motion of his hand the stone crumbled, revealing the spirit.
(yay FIGHT ON! basically I cant write action scenes very well. So I'm relying on Garnet. Earth magic is ineffective here.)