Lunatic

With a painful howl from a wild beast, a wolf-like monster collapsed to the ground. A burly young man with white hair retracted his stone arm and retrieved a blue card from the monster.

After being trained by Mira Elfman is now quite strong, and he easily defeated a blue-level monster in a one-on-one fight.

"Well done, Elfman," Mira said, waving her fist as she walked over.

Unable to catch up with Laxus and Freed, Erza and Cana also fell behind. Stuck in the middle Mira and Elfman pondered for a long time before finally deciding to honestly hunt monsters.

At this point, he had reaped quite a harvest, still holding several blue and green cards in his hand.

Who would have thought that Mira, who usually looks like a rebellious teenager, would become the most well-behaved player on the field?

"Sister, let's go deeper and look for purple-level monsters. Each one is worth a hundred points," the honest Elfman suggested excitedly.

"We can't just look at the points. The purple monster is much stronger and not so easy to deal with." Mira was unusually composed in front of her younger brother.

"I believe my sister will be fine," Elfman, full of confidence in her sister.

Mira was clearly pleased with her brother's admiration, crossing her arms and smiling smugly, "Hehe, you're right, let's go a little deeper then."

Just then, thunder suddenly roared in the sky, and a figure enveloped in golden lightning descended from the heavens, crashing between Mira and Elfman.

"Take Over the Satan Soul"

Mira almost instinctively activated her magic, her demonic energy pulsating, instantly transforming her into Demon form. With her arms crossed in front of her, she forcefully took the hit of a bolt of lightning, but was still sent flying.

Elfman, unlike Mira, didn't have the same reaction speed. He only saw a flash of golden light before a tremendous force surged through his stomach. The figure covered in lightning delivered a nimble spinning kick to Elfman's stomach, accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder, sending Elfman flying deep into the forest, where he immediately lost consciousness.

"Elfman!" Mira exclaimed.

Mira only managed to regain her footing after Elfman was knocked unconscious upon landing. Turning around in shock and anger, she looked at the tall, shimmering figure – it was none other than Laxus!

What's wrong with Laxus? Is Elfman even injured? They're already fighting each other right at the start of the trial?

Mira's mind was still reeling from the lightning strike from Laxus, a jumble of thoughts racing through her head. Seeing her brother lying unconscious on the ground only fueled her fury. The pulsating dark purple demonic particles fueled Mira's rage, making it increasingly difficult for her to calm down.

"Laxus, what are you doing?" Mira glared fiercely at Laxus.

After Laxus landed, the crackling electricity crackling around his body subsided slightly. Without even glancing at Elfman, whom he had kicked away, he turned to Mira, revealing a villainous smile.

"Heh, I'm just trying to snatch Eleven's prey ahead of time."

"As the prey, I advise you to just give up."

"Lightning Strike Spear"

A thick bolt of golden lightning shot out from Laxus's palm, hurtling towards Mira's location. Almost instantly, the lightning touched the tip of Mira's nose.

Faced with Laxus's swift attack, Mira's pupils contracted sharply. Her Demon form granted her extraordinary reflexes; her body twisted as if on cue, arching backward in an instant, her supple waist almost bending 180 degrees, narrowly avoiding the lightning strike.

Laxus seemed somewhat surprised that Mira could evade his attacks, but his extensive combat experience allowed him to act without hesitation. If his first strike missed, his next attack was already poised to strike.

"Lightning Strike Fist"

Laxus gathered lightning in his fists, leaped up from the ground, and darted towards Mira like lightning, swinging his fists down at her head.

Only then did Mira straighten her back, and when she looked up, she saw Laxus's fist, as big as a casserole dish, pounding in front of her. A thousand curses ran through her mind, and she could only do her best to dodge in a disheveled manner.

The thunderous fist slammed down, unleashing a violent explosion of lightning that created a deafening roar.

Rumble

At the same time, Erza and Cana, who were behind them, also heard the commotion of the battle. They exchanged a glance and ran towards the direction where the battle was taking place.

Judging from their magical abilities, Mira and Laxus were the ones caught in the battle. Erza and the others were determined to join in the fight against the other two groups of test takers, regardless of whether there was any advantage to be gained; understanding their opponents' situation was still very important.

However, before she could run two steps, a dark figure darted out from the bushes in front of her and collided head-on with Erza. The two rolled several times on the ground before regaining their balance.

"Ouch! Armored woman, what are you doing here?" Mira clutched her head, glaring fiercely at Erza's steel-like pectoral muscles.

Erza and Cana were also observing Mira, who was fleeing in a sorry state. Her once fair skin was now as black as coal, clearly from being electrocuted by Laxus's lightning. She looked utterly miserable.

Erza looked at Mira and was about to say something when suddenly her brows furrowed, and a shield appeared in her hand in the blink of an eye. She turned and held it up in front of her.

From the direction Mira had dashed out, a golden bolt of lightning, accompanied by a piercing buzzing sound, roared out and slammed heavily into Erza's raised Shield.

Erza's shield was merely a wooden round shield, capable of withstanding lightning, but not sturdy enough. Laxus's violent lightning exploded on the wooden shield, instantly shattering it into pieces.

Erza felt a tingling sensation in her arms holding the shield from the impact; even the residual lightning power tore her arms open, causing blood to flow freely.

Laxus gradually emerged from the dense forest, his expression turning somewhat ferocious as he looked at Erza, who had just received his attack.

Laxus suddenly realized that these little girls weren't as easy to deal with as he had imagined. Mira, after Demon, possessed extremely strong physical abilities and was even able to dodge Laxus's lightning bombardment, while Erza even managed to take a direct hit from Laxus's thunderous attack with a small wooden shield.

Looking at Mira and Erza gathered together, Laxus felt a sense of unease.

Eleven used to seem to bully those two girls with such ease, but now he's finding it difficult to handle Laxus.

Am I really not as strong as Eleven?

Bullshit!

Since Eleven can completely overwhelm both of them, then I, Laxus, can do the same, and even more easily.

Laxus suddenly went berserk, unleashing a barrage of lightning like a Raging Volt, with crackling thunderbolts raining down with magical force.