Riyao Descends

Huge waves rolled across the sea, and broken ice floes clashed wildly with the seawater.

Acnologia gripped the neck of the All-Creation Giant Dragon with its two front paws, opened its mouth wide, and stuffed the wooden dragon into its mouth.

Click! Click!

This huge creature, sculpted purely by magic, tasted like nothing but wood chips; it had absolutely no trace of the sweet or pungent flavor of flesh and blood.

It shook its head irritably, spitting the remaining crumbs in its mouth into the sea, and then its huge dragon head suddenly turned to look in the direction of the Riyao.

In its perception, the man being held by Mirajane in mid-air was emitting a strange, intoxicating fragrance.

The Black Dragon made gurgling swallowing sounds in its throat, and thick saliva dripped uncontrollably down its sharp teeth, dripping onto the sea surface and corroding into a string of white smoke.

With a sudden flap of its wings, it created a crater tens of meters deep in the sea beneath its feet, and the entire dragon went berserk and chased after it.

In its eyes, Riyao is now a piece of top-grade Tang Sanzang that can move around, mixed with magic power with various special attributes such as life, death, time and space, and dragons. Just by smelling it, you can tell that the taste is extremely rich.

In mid-air, the hairs on Mirajane's back stood on end.

Without even turning her head, the dark purple magic power on her body exploded, her wings vibrated rapidly, and her speed soared to the limit, transforming her into a black shadow as she raced towards the shore.

Erza was hanging on her thigh, glanced down at the approaching dark shadow behind her. Her face darkened, and she immediately let go and fell onto the rocky beach below, shouting at the top of her lungs in mid-air.

"Mira! You take Riyao and go first, we'll hold off the Black Dragon!"

The moment the words left her lips, Erza slammed her feet heavily onto the rocks on the shore. Immediately afterward, the Gray family on the shore also rushed up, forming a line.

Faced with this overwhelming, world-destroying beast, no one dared to hold back even the slightest option.

Lyon clenched his fists in front of him, a surge of icy energy erupting from his palms, freezing the seawater and rocks beneath his feet.

[Ice-Make - Giant Ape]

With a series of crisp cracking sounds, a giant ape, tens of meters tall and cyan in color, rose from the ground, pounding its chest as it stood in front of the Black Dragon to intercept it.

Acnologia didn't even slow down for a second before crashing headlong into it, covered in a foul stench.

Bang!!

With a muffled thud, a large chunk of the giant Ice Ape's chest caved in, and countless ice shards sprayed out behind it. The Ice Ape's feet plowed two deep furrows in the sand.

But at least its sheer size slowed down the Black Dragon's rampage.

Gray, shirtless, slammed his hands heavily on the ground, his azure magical energy coursing through the earth's veins.

[Ice-Make Chariot]

With a loud bang, an exaggeratedly large, ice-blue Chariot with a huge ram at the front emerged directly from the mud beneath the Black Dragon, lifting it up from below.

The Black Dragon's massive body was thrown upwards, and its forward momentum clearly faltered.

Ur seized the opportunity, calmly raised his hands, and quickly crossed his fingers in front of him.

[Ice-Make - Rose]

The crackling sound of ice forming blended together, and countless blooming white ice roses appeared out of thin air on the ice Chariot.

Thick, thorny ice branches, like giant, living pythons, frantically climbed up the Black Dragon 'Black Dragon limbs and wings, coiling around it again and again, tightening their grip, and binding it to the Chariot.

Yin, at the very back, took a deep breath, raised his arms high, and unleashed a torrent of black, icy energy that annihilated evil from his body.

[Ice Demon - Zero Seal Greatsword]

Water vapor in the high altitude, along with ice elements from the entire coastline, rapidly converged above Black Dragon Head, making the air so cold that ice crystals began to fall.

In the blink of an eye, it gradually solidified into a hundred-meter-long ice-pink giant sword, its tip pointing directly at the Black Dragon's spine below.

Erza her knees slightly, the rocks beneath her feet exploded with a roar, and she leaped high into the air, landing on the giant sword.

She gripped the Edgeless wooden sword imbued with the Dragon Force the Riyao Dragon with both hands, aimed at the center of the hilt, and forcefully plunged the Edgeless into the greatsword.

Buzz!

As soon as the wooden sword was sheathed, the Edgeless seemed to melt, transforming into a scalding emerald light that completely merged into the ice sword.

The originally ice-pink, hundred-meter-long giant sword now shimmered with a dazzling blue light, and even the space around the sword was compressed, making a creaking sound.

Erza's Pure Heart Clothing flashed white light, and she transformed into the massive Giant Armor, gritting her teeth and slamming down with all her might!

Bang!!

Call--

The hundred-meter-long azure ice giant sword tore through the air, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, and fell at an astonishing speed.

When!!

The deafening impact echoed across the entire coastline!

The giant sword slammed solidly into the Black Dragon's back, and the violent shockwave hurled the seawater within a radius of several hundred meters into the sky.

However, the stalemate lasted only a second.

Click!

Starting from where the sword tip touched the Black Dragon's scales, the indestructible hundred-meter-long sword shattered inch by inch, cracks shooting all the way to the hilt, until the entire giant sword was completely broken into ice shards flying everywhere.

As the icy mist dissipated, only a shallow white scratch remained on the Black Dragon's broad back, without even breaking the skin.

Roar!!

A deafening roar exploded from the Black Dragon's throat, the violent sound waves mixed with out-of-control magical shockwaves spreading in all directions.

The ice Chariot that the Black Dragon was struggling to support, along with the ice roses, was instantly shattered into dust!

After being repeatedly thwarted by these annoying little insects, the Black Dragon was thoroughly enraged.

It suddenly raised its head, its mouth opened to its limit, and a blinding white light shone from deep within its throat.

[The Black Dragon's Roar]

A terrifying, suffocating aura of destruction swept over them, leaving Gray and his companions unable to even make a move to run away; all they could see was a blinding white.

Boom!!

A thick beam of light swept across the entire coastline.

When the blinding light faded, the once smooth beach and rocky forest had vanished, and the land was shattered into countless bottomless abysses, with boiling seawater raging into the craters on the land.

In the middle of that charred, deep pit, Gray, Erza, Lyon, Ur, Silver, and Juvia had all vanished without a trace, not even a breath of life remained.

The Black Dragon stood in the center of the ruins, lowered its head, and sniffed the air.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt earth and the fishy smell of the sea; I couldn't smell the insects.

It didn't care much. In its mind, which was already filled with killing, it didn't care whether these things, which weren't even enough to fill a tooth gap, lived or died. It only wanted to devour Riyao.

Black Dragon just raised its head, preparing to follow the scent and continue the chase.

Without warning, a huge hole was pierced through the clouds overhead.

A sudden streak of green light fell from the sky, so fast that it left no afterimage, and smashed straight into the center of the Black Dragon's forehead!

Boom!!

With a deafening roar, the ground suddenly collapsed more than ten meters down, and rubble and mud shot up dozens of meters high like a fountain!

In the very center of the crater, amidst billowing smoke and dust, a slender figure stood steadily atop the massive head of the Black Dragon.

Riyao lowered his head, looking at the Despair Black Dragon beneath his feet, its eyes bulging out from being trampled, and a benevolent smile appeared on his face.

"You've opened your heart to me so completely, it would be very impolite of me not to reciprocate properly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Riyao stepped on the Black Dragon's head, slightly raised his right leg, and then stomped down with his foot!

Thump!!

The force of the kick was so great that the entire coastline bounced three times, and the Black Dragon's incredibly hard head was completely crushed into the ground.

Behind a cliff a kilometer away.

Gray and his companions cautiously peeked out from behind the rocks in the distance. Watching Riyao stomping on the Black Dragon like a whack-a-mole in the crater, their mouths dropped open, their jaws nearly falling to their feet.

They were almost killed by the Black Dragon's roar, and didn't even have time to say their last words. At the last moment before the pillar of light hit their faces, Riyao used Space Magic to teleport them away, otherwise they would all be dead here today.

Gray swallowed hard, rubbed his eyes, and his voice was trembling.

"What kind of monster is Riyao now? It's trampled the Black Dragon under its feet!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a figure carrying a fragrant breeze gracefully descended from mid-air.

Mirajane had long since deactivated her receiving form and changed back into her usual long dress. She landed lightly beside the group, cupped her face in her hands, and smiled as she watched the Riyao stomping on the Black Dragon in the distance.

"He has now integrated the desires of life, death, time, and space into the Parasol Tree, and with the added blessing of the first generation's infinite magic, the current Riyao is incredibly powerful."

After finishing the business, Mirajane's big eyes instantly filled with stars. She rested her chin on her hands and exclaimed with a lovestruck expression.

"Riyao looks so handsome now!"

"..."

The other survivors nearby all had a row of black lines on their foreheads, speechless as they looked at Mirajane's heart-filled eyes.

Hey sis, that's the Black Dragon over there that almost destroyed the whole world! Is this the time to be worrying about that?!

However, following Mirajane's gaze, the man in the arena was indeed completely different from his usual self.

At this moment, Riyao's dark green hair fluttered in the strong wind, the ends of which shimmered with a crystal-clear light, and a pair of majestic, winding dragon horns stood upright on his head.

Those open eyes held the extraordinary brilliance of the sun and moon's rotation, and on the exposed skin, faint glimmers of starlight could be seen flowing endlessly.

He was no longer wearing his usual outlandish floral shirt that made him look like he wanted to get punched, but a set of ancient life-wood armor formed from highly concentrated magic, with naturally formed patterns on the shoulder and breastplates.

In his right hand was a long, slender spear made of ancient living wood. The tip of the spear was as green and vibrant as newly sprouted grass, exuding a sharpness that made even the laws of heaven and earth tremble.