Life Enchantment

Before Erza's battle even began, a terrifying magical ray blasted from the sea towards Fairy Tail, causing the seawater along its path to boil.

A blindingly bright red beam of light streaked across the sky, and the raging heat even burned the area above the sea into a vacuum, with the waves churning up scalding white foam and emitting a piercing hissing shriek.

"Not good! Defend!" Erza watched helplessly as the terrifying magical beam swept past her.

The magical beam of light struck the guild building in Magnolia City!

Inside the guild's basement, Mavis reacted with lightning speed.

"Riyao!"

"Receive."

The blond youth's voice slowly rose as he spoke, and then the huge airship hovering above the sea of clouds suddenly shuddered.

The Sun emitted a dazzling light, hanging high in the sky, resembling a green sun.

The surging, intensely rich life force poured down from the sky like a dazzling emerald aurora, causing the branches of the sacred Parasol tree to rapidly grow, twist, and solidify in mid-air.

[Life Magic - Enchantment - All-Creation Giant Dragon]

Within the green light, it transformed into a giant wooden dragon, roaring out a torrent of azure energy.

The emerald green dragon, hundreds of meters long, blotted out the sky. Its body was made of wood, and its scales were leaves. As the dragon raised its head, a torrent of blue water surged forth like a celestial river pouring down from the heavens!

[The All-Creation Dragon's Roar]

Boom--

The violent magic beam was forced off its original trajectory and plunged obliquely into the deep sea basin dozens of miles away, creating towering waves thousands of meters high, with seawater pouring down like a torrential rain.

On the voice chat channel, Gray immediately seized the opportunity.

"Riyao, you're terrible at this too! You missed! You idiot, hahaha..."

He casually froze two charging minions to pieces while laughing maniacally in the chat.

"Are you stupid? Why bother destroying it? Just miss it. This is a protracted war."

Even though Riyao didn't show up, you could tell from his voice that he was disgusted.

Gray's forehead veins bulged.

Stop making excuses for slacking off!

Mavis interrupted their bickering and continued issuing instructions.

Her petite, clear voice carried an undeniable air of authority.

"The Flying Dragon Squad is to shoot down the last airship on the sea."

"Receive."

Three streaks of light shot towards the rear of the fleet, like shooting stars streaking across the sky. Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel, led by the three cats, charged straight into the enemy's rear.

Boom!

With a deafening roar of metal tearing apart, the entire armored warship snapped in two under Gajeel's heavy iron fist, plummeting into the sea amidst billowing smoke.

"Wow, that's terrifying."

Wahl Icht's true form adjusted his monocle, a cynical, mocking smile playing on his lips.

He activated his alchemy, and the surging seawater was instantly reconstructed into a vast, flat ice field under the flashing alchemical array.

Natsu and his friends landed on the ice floes.

Three Dragon Slayer stood on the hard ice, their magical power surging, staring intently at the Spriggan 12 before them.

However, Wahl grinned and slowly uttered a sentence.

"This ice floe is a vehicle I created."

Upon hearing this, Natsu and the others all dropped to the ground.

Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy, who had been looking fierce and menacing, suddenly turned green and plopped down on the ice in unison, gripping the ice tightly with both hands.

"Idiot... you idiot... how could this happen..."

The three kittens, Happy, immediately grabbed their Dragon Slayer and flew into the air with them.

The moment he was off the ice, the flames in Natsu's eyes surged again, and he roared wildly in mid-air.

"That's despicable! Wendy, Gajeel, let's go!" Natsu shouted.

A surge of violent magical power erupted from deep within the throats of the three Dragon Slayer!

[Fire Dragon's Roar]

[Iron Dragon's Roar]

[The Sky Dragon's Roar]

The blazing flames, sharp iron filings, and the all-tearing storm of the sky merged into a three-colored pillar of destructive light, roaring and engulfing the entire sea!

The three roars merged together and crashed towards Wahl.

The ice floes couldn't withstand such a powerful attack and cracked inch by inch.

Wahl simply raised his right hand casually.

A dark alchemical aura flashed at his fingertips, and the three-colored roar seemed to crash into an invisible wall of dissolution, instantly turning into a breeze and dissipating into the air.

"That's it! I can wipe out Fairy Tail all by myself!"

Wahl stood with his hands in his pockets, giving a cold, mocking look.

Natsu and his friends froze when they saw their attack had been neutralized.

Just then, Mavis's voice rang out.

"This is alchemy. He must have created something that is an anti-element. Try using the life element of the Riyao."

Natsu's eyes lit up when they heard this.

A wisp of Ceaseless Life emerald light swirled within the originally pure dragon flames, vibrant azure divine patterns appeared on the steel spear, and the celestial Sky Dragon storm that tore through the sky was also tinged with a warm, Hisui glow.

Wahl below stared intently at the mutated element.

His monocle was flashing a glaring red warning light.

"Unanalyzable!? Is this the vitality His Majesty spoke of? I must try and find out what this really is."

A series of mechanical gear sounds rang out from his body, and his entire body changed and reorganized, transforming from a chuunibyou (delusional) teenager into a more technologically advanced mechanical creation.

Click!

The outer human disguise gradually peeled away, revealing a dark silver alloy shell that exuded a sense of oppression. Complex magical runes flowed across the surface of the mecha like circuits!

A pair of jets popped out from behind him, Wahl rose into the air, heading straight for Wendy.

Two dark blue plasma propulsion trails tore through the night sky, instantly boosting the speed to several times the speed of sound!

In his view, Wendy was the easiest of the three to deal with, but also had the most weaknesses.

Natsu and Gajeel couldn't possibly watch Wahl deal with Wendy, so they called their cats and rushed over to stop him.

"Don't even think about touching a hair on Wendy's head!!"

"Get the hell out of my way!!"

Wahl fully entered battle mode, his analytical speed increased, and he rushed in front of the three, glancing at Natsu.

"How is this possible?! Who are you?!"

[Fire Dragon's Iron Fist]

In that moment of hesitation, a fist wreathed in crimson and blue flames slammed towards him.

Bang!!

The alloy shell dented and shattered on the spot, sparks flying wildly. Before he could react, he took the full force of the attack and was sent flying in front of Gajeel.

[Iron Dragon's Overlord Spear]

Gajeel's left hand transformed into a long spear, entirely black, with concentric circles of cyan patterns circling its shaft.

Pfft!

A thick, heavy black alloy spear pierced through the power core of Wahl's chest, and emerald green life magic, like parasitic vines, grew and spread wildly along the complex and intricate wiring inside the mech!

Wahl's eyes flashed, and his body suddenly vanished, replaced by a puppet soldier with a weakness effect.

"Oh no, First Generation! That robot must have escaped into Magnolia!"

Wendy withdrew her attack and immediately informed Mavis of the situation.

"What's going on? Warren, scout out where there's any unusual activity. Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, the three of you start searching immediately. Anyone else, don't engage in direct combat."

Mavis acted swiftly, issuing a series of orders that instantly stretched across the entire town!