Dragon Force Wendy

The frozen Jackal's eyes hardened, and with a blinding flash of fire, he shattered the ice that bound him.

With a few leaps, he quickly landed back beside the Tempester, his chest heaving as he gasped for breath.

The current battlefield situation appears to have reversed.

Natsu and his group not only had a numerical advantage, but also had the addition of veteran members, making their overall momentum seem stronger than that of the demons.

Just as tensions were about to rise...

Hades Mard Gil appeared between the two groups of people, holding Sting and Rogue, who were beaten black and blue, as if they were two helpless chicks.

He didn't even glance at the two of them, casually tossing Sabertooth's two proud "twin dragons" at Natsu's feet like trash.

"Your resistance is futile; Face is about to begin."

Hades looked down at the Fairy Tail members with a suffocating indifference in his eyes, as if he were looking at a group of laughable ants.

A cruel smirk curled at the corner of his lips as he continued to add slowly and deliberately.

"Oh, right, that little girl who wanted to destroy Face, I remember Ezel was guarding that spot. Judging by the time, she's probably already torn to pieces by now."

Hades' words were like icy blades with poisoned barbs, piercing the hearts of the Fairy Tail members.

However, what Hades didn't know was that Wendy's situation was indeed as dangerous as he had initially predicted.

Let's rewind to a slightly earlier time.

After leaving the Underworld Beast, Wendy and Carla didn't dare to stop for a moment and headed straight for the underground stone pillar cave where Face was.

As soon as they stepped into the cave, they ran into one of the Nine Demon Gates guarding the place—Tongziqie Ezel.

This spiky, bloodthirsty demon gave Wendy no chance to breathe.

An invisible barrage of attacks, like a violent storm, instantly enveloped the entire cave, forcing Wendy and Carla to dodge and weave through the narrow space.

Several times he was nearly sliced to pieces by those incredibly sharp slashes, and his body was already covered in several bloody welts.

Just as they were about to be trapped, Carla's anxious cry echoed through the cave, reminding Wendy to be aware of her surroundings.

Wendy suddenly realized that this was the sealed place of Face, and the air was filled with a high concentration of pure magic energy.

Without hesitation, she took a deep breath, like a whale inhaling water, swallowing all the pure air around Face.

The moment that highly concentrated air entered her body, it was like a spark falling into a pan of oil, completely igniting some latent power within her.

Dragon Force!

Before this, Riyao would occasionally feed Wendy some of his Azure Dragon's Life Breath.

His original intention was to help Wendy activate the Dragon Force ahead of time, or at least give Wendy a special form as a trump card to save her life, but Wendy was never able to use it freely.

Now, under the intense pressure of life and death, and catalyzed by the pure air, Wendy not only successfully activated the Dragon Force, but also perfectly mobilized the long-dormant life force!

Accompanied by an extremely dazzling pink light, fine patterns resembling dragon scales appeared on Wendy's petite body.

Her original blue twin tails gradually faded in the light, turning into long, dazzling pink hair, just like the Celestial Spirit form of Riyao!

Even his eyes had transformed into extremely intimidating vertical pupils.

Feeling the terrifying power surging forth from within her like a volcanic eruption, Wendy clenched her small fists, a confident smile curving her lips.

"Brother Riyao once said, the pinker your hair, the fiercer you are in a fight!"

Wendy's childish voice echoed through the cave.

Before the words were even finished, Ezel's powerful strike, capable of splitting mountains in two, came hurtling in once more.

Her speed increased dramatically, completely exceeding the limits of the naked eye.

With a light touch of the toes to the ground, a loud "bang" was heard, leaving only a ripple of air in its wake.

With full acceleration, Ezel's retina was left with only a blurry afterimage, making it impossible to capture Wendy's true form.

The roles of prey and hunter are instantly reversed in this moment.

The once arrogant Ezel has become a completely bewildered and easy target.

Wendy moved swiftly through the cave, as if teleporting. Whenever Ezel showed the slightest weakness, she would silently appear beside him and deliver a powerful blow without mercy.

[The Sky Dragon's Iron Fist]

[Sky Dragon's Wing Attack]

[The Sky Dragon's Fang]

The fluid and powerful martial arts combos left Ezel completely helpless, her body covered in bloody wounds, looking utterly wretched.

In contrast, Wendy's condition improved as the battle progressed.

Not only did he not have any new wounds, but even the minor scratches from the previous battle were rapidly healing under the nourishment of the life force.

Now, standing next to this place called Face, she can not only absorb pure air to replenish her magic at any time, but she is also covered with the highly efficient self-healing granted by the Riyao and the powerful buffs she has added herself.

In Riyao's words, Wendy is now completely overpowered; she has everything she needs.

Being unilaterally beaten like a punching bag by a little girl, Ezel felt extremely humiliated and descended into a frenzied rage.

"Unforgivable! Die!"

[High-Speed Slashing Curse]

Ezel let out a beast-like roar, ignoring his injuries and frantically squeezing out the Curse Power within his body.

Countless invisible slashes emanated from him, spreading wildly in all directions like a porcupine exploding with its quills.

The cave walls were cleaved into countless deep ravines by this terrifying storm of slashing rocks, which fell like raindrops.

Despite the devastating attack, Wendy remained remarkably calm.

She scooped Carla into her arms and nimbly weaved through the dense net of slashes.

The overwhelming, invisible slashes couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes.

Having activated the Dragon Force, she can manipulate the air currents around her to fly autonomously, no longer needing to rely on Carla's abilities as before.

"Carla, you better hide, watch how I smash Face!"

Wendy stopped in a safe corner and put Carla down. Her pink pigtails fluttered in the wind, and her eyes were filled with determination.

Be careful.

Carla gave a worried word of advice, then flapped her wings in perfect unison and quickly flew to the other side of Face to find cover.

After settling Carla in, Wendy flashed and flew towards Ezel.

In mid-air, she held her hands together, and a fierce wind howled within her palms.

Magic energy rapidly gathered and compressed, and in the blink of an eye, she conjured two enormous Rasengans in her palm.

Wendy pushed forward with both hands.

[Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Spiral Storm]

The two oversized Rasengans began to intertwine and spin at high speed the instant they were released.

They were attracted to each other in the air, yet repelled by the collision of their magical powers.

This extremely unstable balance eventually formed a spiral storm with a much larger volume and more terrifying tearing force.

As the storm passed, even the air seemed to shriek under its own weight.

As Ezel watched the approaching spiraling storm, she instinctively felt the threat of death.

Fine streaks of blood had begun to appear on his body, scraped out by the sharp gales generated from the outer edge of the storm.

He wildly swung his arms, rapidly unleashing countless invisible slashes, attempting to cleave the storm apart.

Those invisible strikes, which would normally be enough to cut through steel, instead of causing damage the moment they touched the swirling storm, were instead swept up by the storm's terrifying suction and forcibly pulled into its center.

That spiraling storm was like a greedy monster, devouring and merging all of Ezel's slashes, causing its power to surge once again!

By the time Ezel realized something was wrong and tried to turn and run away, it was too late.

He was horrified to discover that his body was being uncontrollably drawn in by that terrifying spiral storm.

The storm, like a giant vortex, pulled his massive body, along with the storm itself, and slammed it violently into the enormous Face behind him.

Rumble!!

The moment it collided with Face, the spiral storm unleashed its devastating power.

The invisible strikes that Ezel had previously unleashed and were caught in the storm also exploded in the eye of the storm like countless meat grinders.

The piercing screams were drowned out by the howling of the storm.

Ezel's massive body was ripped open by the storm, leaving horrible wounds all over its body, with blood gushing out like fountains.

The supposedly indestructible Face was also blasted with a huge gap at its base by this terrifying spiral storm that carried invisible slashes.

With a sickening cracking sound, Face finally succumbed to its immense weight, and the massive stone pillar broke at the gap, collapsing with a deafening roar and kicking up clouds of dust.

Poor Ezel, before she could even scream, was crushed beneath the collapsing Face, instantly turning into a pitiful "fish cake."

Amidst the rising dust, the battle came to a complete end.

The pink glow around Wendy gradually faded, and her hair returned to its original blue.

"I did it! Carla!"

Before she could even stand still, Wendy rushed over and hugged the flying Carla tightly in her arms.

She was as excited as a child who had gotten a perfect score and was eager to share it, hugging and rubbing against the white kitten, her little face beaming with uncontainable Joy and excitement.

Carla was held in Wendy's arms, and her proud cat face was completely distorted by Wendy's rubbing against it.

"Okay, Wendy, stop rubbing against me, I can't breathe."

Carla waved her two little paws, trying to pull her face out of Wendy's arms, her tone tinged with helplessness.