Draciel fell into the center as Diabolos and Fafnir targeted it immediately.

"Can Max's defensive Beyblade maintain the center?"

"We can! Heavy Viper Wall!"

As he punched the air, Draciel charged a spiral burst of water repelling and deflecting Delta and Fumiy's Beyblades. The two of them struggled to fight back against the waves.

"Smash back Abyss Diabolos!"

"Fafnir, escape!"

Both of them tried in their own ways only for the shadow of the frog themed Beyblade to fly down.

"Hopper Crash!"

Einstein Hopper flipped down and slammed at Diabolos head on.

Delta grunted. "Diabolos, shake him off!"

"Don't let him get Hopper! Sink him and his into the Abyss!"

Everytime Diabolos attempted to break free, Kenny's control of his blade would steer Diabolos near the same position, never letting him get an inch while Viper Wall attacked the other beys barring his own.

"Mama Mia, Hopper has trapped Diabolos straight in his path!"

"Go Kenny," Hillary yelled. "Wait, Ray, Tyson, will this be enough?"

"Not necessarily. Tyson, you saw it too, right?"

"Oh, you mean that Delta's guys strategy? Kenny's trying to shut it down so he can't use it!"

Daichi cocked his head. "What are you all talking about?"

"Remember in the second round, when Delta's beyblade split between its main version nd the small tip from before?"

"Oh yeah, that Dual, um Ghost thingy!"
"Phantom," Tyson corrected. "It can't work if Delta's blade isn't hit by a force causing it to split, or is kept away from the walls."

"Wait, so he's going for what we did against Tala, stall him out and wait until a counter attack! But won't Max run out of stamina."

"Hold on, I think I got it," Hillary added. "Max used Heavy Viper Wall to keep the two trapped so that Kenny could wither one of them down!"

"And since he has the center, Flashy Boy has to waste his stamina to try and break free," Tyson added.

"Alright Kenny, don't take too long and beat him already," Daichi yelled.

"That's the plan, teammate," hearing them all cheer him on, which pushed him even as Delta activated his Resonance, slowly pushing Kenny back.

"I'm not backing down either!" He pushed back, trapping Diabolos for as long as he could. "Max, you alright?"

"Just peachy!" His energetic smile wowed fangirls as the sweat on his face was like an ocean breeze compared to the doubt and struggle on Fumiya's face. "Looks like you shouldn't have underestimated my teammate!"

"This isn't over yet!"

Drum, Amane, and Pot looked on with hesitation.

"Guys, hurry up and break free," Drum yelled.

"They look trapped. Unless the glasses guy runs out of stamina, they're kind of stuck."

Ichika grew worrisome at the way the battle was shifting. "Fumiya, please find a way out of it."

"Wait, there is a way!" Amane ran to the stadium. "Fumiya, blow them away!"

"I'm not Aiga," he yelled. "Wait," coming to a halt. "Wizard Fafnir, cast a spell on this wretched water!"

His Beyblade began fiercely pushing against the water more than usual against the tide. The force began making it slide towards the wall, when its rim of the Rise Tip shoved against the outer ridge, charging up a drift.

"Wizard Blow!"

Fafnir powered up, glowing yellow as it gained enough strength to speed through the water, smacking Draciel and weakening the force of the waves.

"Draciel! Fight back and knock him away!"

Wizard Blow slipped off Draciel's heavy defense to Max's relief, only to ride up the slope. "Wizard Blow, again!"

Max tried to charge up a strong Heavy Viper Wall only for Fafnir to zip past them, heading straight for Diabolos and Hopper, crashing into them.

Kenny gasped. "No! Hopper, bounce back and stop Diabolos!" It sprung back up the curved slope but Fafnir struck Diabolos away towards the wall as Einstein slammed into the gold dragon!

"No!"

"Go! Dual Phantom!"

Delta's Beyblade split apart between Abyss and the Bullet, while the torque from Kenny's attack pushed Fumiya to counter strike Draciel, now both equally dominating the center. The separated demonic dragon attacked Kenny's partner from both angles, blasting it with his flames without giving Kenny a second to breathe.

"Turn the tables, don't let him escape!"

Valt nodded while Drum grinned. "They broke free!"

"Nice," Tango said.

"Max, Kenny, get back in the match," Rick roared. "You've dealt with way worse than this!"

Thanks Rick, but the vote of confidence can come later.

"Oh, our comeback isn't over just yet. Ratchet Drain!"

Draciel's attacks were absorbed and knocked away each time it contacted Fafnir's blades to Free's amusement.

"They'll win."

"They better, so we can crush them again in the finals," Sisco claimed.

"Someone's just mad and wants revenge against Drum," Sasha teased.

"Will hopping boy actually be able to counter Delta though," Cuza asked.

"The winds of battle can always change," Kit pointed out.

"Kenny, hang in there, I'm coming!"

Delta punched forward. "Knock him out of the stadium before he gets the chance!"

The bullet landed right under Einstein's tip, stalling it long enough for Diabolos to smack it again towards the wall.

"Grr, no choice! Hopper, jump!"

His beyblade followed his commands but Diabolos raced up the upper deck in pursuit of them.

"Abyss Cannon!" Diabolos fired the mini top, blasting Einstein airborne.

"Hopper, recover!" The bey spun back to the ring, only to fly again when the bullet bounced off the wall to hit it again, trapping it within a barrage of hits between both parts of the demonic dragon.

"I won't let you, Draciel!" Draciel escaped Fafnir's grasp and struck the bullet, directing it back to Fumiya's Beyblade.

"That trick won't work on me again," as the Rise tip sank into the ground. "Wizard," accelerating and striking the bullet, "Gale!"

The bullet struck Draciel so hard it slammed into Einstein for massive damage, forcing Max to summon a technique he hadn't used in a while.

"Viper Wall!" The Beyblade of the northern tortoise activated the snake side of the legends, releasing a purple vacuum of wind to halt its path and swallowing Einstein in its current.

"Kenny, let's turn this around! Use that new special move!"

"But Draciel," almost second guessing himself until seeing the potential, yeah it can withstand it!" The wind wall blew his bey above Max's. "Got it! Hopper Smash!"

His blade's spring core sprung and smashed into Draciel, flying down as Draciel boosted himself down with more speed as waves surrounded it.

The two thrusted their arms down. "Heavy Hopper Viper Wall!"

The frog kicked the turtle towards both beasts to the shock of the Rising Victories.

"Quick, Wizard Spin!"

"Abyss Smash!"

Death Diabolos' upper attack and Wizard Fafnir's draining blast only mitigated the damage that overwhelmed and blasted their Beyblades back.

"Mama Mia. Is it over for the Rising Victories?"

"Not yet."

"This battle is ours to decide! Go Fafnir!"

Fafnir got launched towards the Bullet Tip, and its disc glowed. "Ratchet Drain!"

The bullet tip was fired at Einstein Hopper as gravity sent it to the stadium floor. Diabolos recovered up the upper deck and dived down. Draciel was too far away as Max noticed the game plan.

"Kenny, get out of there!"

"Too late, now your frog legs have been forever severed! Delta!"

"Diabolos!" Both parts cornered Hopper on both sides! "Abyss Cross!"

To their shock, Kenny's blade was engulfed in a powerful demonic dragon's breath that pincered the blade, shooting it out of the stadium!

"Einstein Hopper with a Ring Out Finish! One point to Rising Victories!"

Kenny gasped at the magnitude of such power and skill, unable to come to terms with what just happened.

"For a secret weapon, that sure did backfire on you, aye Maxie?"

Max frowned. "You had this planned from the start, didn't you."

Delta nodded. "Both your skills shine, but our light glows stronger than the rainbow. Diabolos, let's go!"

"Consume victory!"

"Max, I."

"Don't worry Kenny," as Draciel followed. "Thanks to you, we won't make that mistake again!"

The blade of the northern turtle raced down the upper ridge, smacking Fafnir with little difficulty away with their speed.

"Evade, Diaobolos!"

"Delta, wait," Drum yelled!

As Diabolos slipped away, Max grinned, now that the bullet tip was vulnerable.

"That's our shot! "Fortress Defense!"

Max's beyblade smacked the Bullet Tip out of the stadium to Delta's dismay.

"Smart move," Aiga claimed. "Now Diabolos can't use most of its tracks."

Fumiya took a more analytical route. "He played a gamble using a type from the Gatchniko Layer on the Sparking Bey. He still has Abyss Crash, but...will it be enough?"

Valt pumped his fists. "I wanna see how this battle ends now!"

"We aren't going down without a fight! Go, Draciel! Special Move: Aqua Shield!"

Draciel created a massive wall of water around itself while rushing down.

Mystel smiled. "He's going to use it against two people at once?"

Kai glanced. Concentrate, Max.

Fumiya and Delta unleashed their auras, refusing to back down.

"True Wizard Spin!"

"Abyss Smash!"

Side by side, Abyss Diabolos and Wizard Fafnir crashed into the surging hydro powered waves while Draciel dived to the center to try and strike them out.

"Can Max push back Delta and Fumiya's defense?"

"Draciel's defense is the best offense! We're going to win this!"

Fumiya's eye closed.

"Fumiya, hang on!"

"No, you'll finish him off. It'll take a Wizard to out defend a turtle," grinning as he reopened it, thrusting his arms forward. "Faster!"

Wizard glowed brighter, almost reaching full Gold Turbo status as Draciel's waves lowered in size.

"Not bad," Max admitted while trying to not hide his bluff, targeting them both at the same time. How ever, Fafnir inched closer, the two beys now face to face, clashing their respective tornados against each other, weakening with each second

"Draciel!"

"Fafnir!"

Both Beyblade's light and water ripped into each other slammed into each other, causing a massive explosions. When the dust cleared, Fafnir wobbled.

"Diabolos, now!"

Delta slipped past a Fafnir that just stopped spinning, wobbling with enough strength to crash down and knock Draciel down.

"No!"

Draciel flew on its back and landed with no rotation while Diabolos held on by a thread.

"My oh my, the winner of the third battle and round in a dramatic upset! Team Rising Victories is the winner!"

"No way," Hillary said. "We lost!?"

Delta picked up Diabolos and Fafnir. "This victory was thanks to you."

"Well naturally, as another one of my rivals, it'd be boring if you were the only one to make the crowd cheer," Fumiya bragged with a nod as Delta handed his partner.

Max picked up Draciel. "We almost had them," acknowledging defeat.

Kenny sighed. "I'm sorry Max. I should've recognized they were aiming to separate the two of us. Targeting the weak link in the team is the optimal strategy."

Max shook his head. "They wanted to separate us because they knew it'd be hard to beat us together. They see you as our wild card," holding out his fist. "We'll win our next battles, won't we?"

The others joined them, grateful for their efforts.

Tyson slapped them on the back. "You did your best out there!"

"Kenny, you making Draciel crash into their Beyblades was really clever. That should've KOed" Daichi yelled.

"If Diabolos was an Attack or Stamina type, I thought they could endure that attack," Ray pointed out. "Still, Kenny, you've got good potential when it comes into doubles.

It got him to wipe off his glasses. "Then I'll be sure to win the next one."

"Tag with me next Chief. I can't keep losing. We'll take down our next opponents like when we beat Tala!"

"It'll be the first time we have both beys together in an official match!"

"We'll still win," earning a group laugh.

"What a dramatic and unpredictable third round and battle! The next match will be between Team Martial Artists and Team BC Sol Superstars! Everyone watching and listening, stay tuned for the next battle! Round Four teams, please get ready for the next round!"

Free turned to his teammates. "Ready?"

All of them were eager, heading for the team stands near the stadium.

Dashan's team walked to their stands. "Our resolve will receive results."

"Yeah!"

As Rising Victories left the stands, they grew ecstatic that they won the next fight.

"Feels just like when we beat Gwyn and Arthur," huh, Delta reflected.

"Only now you have Pot and the magnificence that is me. Had it been four on four, I definitely could've won."

"What if HELL had Lodin or Joe on their team."

He gulped at the thought of facing Lodin outside of the stadium, who was watching the battles with his former athletes.

"Not bad," as a strange light formed behind him glowed.