Jellal Dies!

Jiang Bai's figure slowly descended from mid-air and returned to Erza and the others.

"Jiang Bai, you're so handsome!"

"Wow! That's Etherion!"

"I knew Jiang Bai would be fine!"

The crowd immediately surrounded them, their voices filled with excitement at surviving the ordeal and genuine amazement.

Just then, a roar filled with resentment and despair shattered the joyful atmosphere.

"Impossible!!"

Jellal struggled to his feet from the human-shaped crater he had created. He looked at Jiang Bai, who was unharmed, and then at the still intact Tower of Heaven. He went into a frenzy.

"Your plan has failed, Jellal," Jiang Bai said calmly, looking at him.

Why?

Lucy asked, puzzled, "Isn't the tower still perfectly fine?"

"This R-System requires a massive amount of magical power to be fully activated, and that burst of Etherion just now perfectly met that requirement."

Jiang Bai casually explained, "But now, I've already stopped it."

He looked at Jellal with a mischievous smile, "By the way, I only attacked after the Etherion was released, so it doesn't violate our agreement. I'm a man of my word."

"..."

Jellal was so angry he was trembling and couldn't utter a single word.

"Jiang Bai! Do you know what you've stopped?!"

He Roar hysterically.

"As long as I resurrect Lord Zeref, the Great Magic World can begin! The world will be reborn!"

Seeing his fanatical appearance, Jiang Bai's eyes revealed a trace of pity.

"How pathetic, still believing that nonsense."

He casually released the Telekinesis restraint on Jellal and said in a calm tone, "Try it now, can you still contact that woman named Ultear?"

Jiang Bai was quite patient with a person who was about to die.

Jellal was stunned for a moment, not caring why Jiang Bai knew about Ultear.

He subconsciously tried to call out to Ultear through the Mental Link, but found that it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response whatsoever.

"And who told you that Zeref is dead?"

Jiang Bai threw out the final straw that broke the camel's back.

"He's doing just fine as emperor now."

These words not only struck Jellal like a thunderbolt, but also made Lucy and the others beside him widen their eyes instantly, their faces filled with shock.

Jiang Bai didn't say anything more, because he saw that the light in Jellal's blue eyes was rapidly dimming.

This man has completely broken down.

"I don't believe it... I don't believe it!"

Jellal muttered to himself as if he were insane. He suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Jiang Bai.

"You must be lying to me! You're right! You must be!"

"My Etherion is gone... No problem! I'll use you as a substitute!"

"For Lord Zeref! Sacrifice everything, Jiang Bai!"

With that, he burned his last remaining magic power, transforming into a golden streak of light, and charged towards Jiang Bai without regard for anything else!

However, this time, Jiang Bai didn't even need to lift a finger.

Upon hearing that Jellal actually wanted to kill her lover, Erza instantly unleashed a chilling killing intent.

"Leave it to me."

She left behind only these three words, and her figure transformed into a streak of crimson light, meeting Jellal's charge.

Flight Armor!

Erza's speed at this moment even surpassed Jellal's proudest meteor!

Already mentally broken and physically crippled by Jiang Bai in the previous battle, Jellal was as fragile as paper in front of Erza, who was determined to kill him.

Two figures passed each other in the air.

Erza landed slowly and sheathed her sword.

Behind her, Jellal's body fell limply from mid-air, a deep, bone-revealing sword wound piercing through his chest.

With this, Jellal Fernandez, the mastermind behind the Tower of Heaven incident, was completely dead.

Jellal's body fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, bringing this farce to a final close.

The atmosphere at the top of the tower became somewhat quiet for a moment.

Lucy looked at Jellal's corpse and recalled Jiang Bai's shocking words from earlier.

Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he cautiously asked, "Hey! Jiang Bai, what you just said... that Zeref is still alive, is that true?"

"Oh really!"

Jiang Bai nodded, then changed the subject, looking at her with a mocking gaze.

"But Lucy, you don't need to worry so much. Anyway, even if the sky falls, Natsu will protect you."

"Huh?!"

Lucy's cheeks flushed bright red in an instant.

She waved her hands frantically, stammering and shouting, "W-what Natsu protects me?! Hahaha, Jiang Bai, what nonsense are you spouting?!"

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Natsu beside her out of the corner of her eye.

The oblivious guy was still excitedly replaying the shock of Etherion, completely ignoring Jiang Bai's words.

Seeing this, Lucy felt a sense of relief, but also a strange and inexplicable sense of loss welled up inside her.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore."

Jiang Bai smiled at her embarrassed expression, then turned to Erza, "Erza, let's go find those villagers."

The group left the ominous tower top.

Jiang Bai had no interest in taking that slow-moving boat again this time. Time was money, and the time spent sleeping with his wife was priceless.

He walked to the edge of the island, and an invisible Psychokinesis instantly spread out.

Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia, Happy, and Simon, who had been silently following behind, were all gently lifted into the air.

"Flying... flying!" Lucy exclaimed excitedly.

After flying some distance away from the Tower of Heaven, Jiang Bai slowly stopped. He glanced back at the giant tower that looked particularly eerie under the moonlight, a cold glint in his eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together.

"Cursed Technique Reversal - He."

A small red orb of light condensed at his fingertip.

"Cursed Technique Lapse - Azure."

Another blue orb of light, imbued with a powerful attraction, also appeared.

Finally, he slowly brought the two orbs of light together.

"Hollow Technique · Zi."

A thick, terrifying beam of light, a mixture of red and blue, shot out from his fingertips in an instant, traversing a vast distance and striking the Tower of Heaven with pinpoint accuracy!

There was no Heavenly Movement explosion, no deafening roar.

Before that eerie beam of light, the entire Tower of Sin, built from the blood and tears of countless people, along with the island on which it stood, was silently erased, reduced to primordial nothingness, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.

After doing all this, Jiang Bai acted as if nothing had happened, withdrew his hand, and led the group to continue flying swiftly towards the deserted island to the east where innocent villagers were being held.