Copy Jiang Bai?

Angel looked at the serious-looking blonde girl in front of her, not considering her a rival at all.

"Am I being underestimated?" she chuckled.

"Come out! Taurus, Taurus!" Lucy ignored her taunts and threw out the Taurus key.

Accompanied by a burst of golden light, Celestial Spirit wielding a giant axe appeared in the arena.

"Oh?" Angel finally showed some interest.

"You're a Celestial Spirit Mage too? And you even have the key to the Zodiac."

So what?

"Let's make a bet," Angel's eyes gleamed with intense greed.

"If you win, I'll give you all three of my golden keys; if you lose, your keys are mine. How about it?"

"You..." Lucy trembled with anger at her words.

"What exactly do you take the Celestial Spirit for?!"

"Tools, what else could they be?" Angel replied matter-of-factly.

"Are you suggesting I treat them like partners, just like you? Don't make me laugh."

Lucy didn't want to waste any more words with her.

"Go, Taurus!"

"Moo!" Taurus raised his giant axe and charged towards Angel.

"Miss Lucy still has such a great figure!"

"Come Gemini, Gemini!"

Angel also summoned her Celestial Spirits, and two tiny figures dressed in black and white striped pants appeared beside her.

"Gemini, didn't you run into Jiang Bai back then? Copy him!" Angel ordered.

"Okay!" the two little figures said in unison.

"What? Copying Jiang Bai?"

Hearing this, Lucy suddenly felt uncertain. If Jiang Bai were to successfully copy her, even with only one percent of his strength, her side would have absolutely no chance of winning. Should she call Natsu back right now?

However, just as Gemini's body was enveloped in light and about to outline Jiang Bai's silhouette, the light suddenly shattered.

Copying failed.

"No," Gemini's little figure shook his head.

"The gap in strength between you and him is too great. His magic power far surpasses yours; we cannot replicate it."

Just then, Taurus's attack was upon them, and the giant axe came crashing down with a whistling sound.

Angel had no choice but to jump backward in a sorry state, thus avoiding the attack.

"What a piece of trash!" Angel cursed angrily.

"Let's copy that cow first!"

Gemini immediately obeyed, his body glowing once more, transforming into another Taurus in the blink of an eye, wielding an axe and engaging the real Taurus in fierce combat.

"Very well, you actually made me look so pathetic," Angel looked at Lucy with a cruel smile.

Did you know that a skilled Celestial Spirit Mage can summon two Celestial Spirits to fight simultaneously?

"What?!" Lucy's face was filled with shock.

Angel looked at Lucy's shocked expression, her smile growing even more smug.

She took out another golden key and chanted loudly, "Open! Gate of Scorpio! Scorpio!"

A cool and handsome man with a red and white scorpion braid and wearing sunglasses appeared in the room.

"We are!" Scorpio exclaimed as he entered the arena, striking his signature pose.

"Go, Scorpio!"

"Receive!"

Scorpio immediately joined the battle, and together with the cloned Taurus, launched a fierce two-on-one attack on the real Taurus.

The already evenly matched battle instantly lost its balance with the arrival of Scorpio.

Taurus, facing two opponents, quickly found himself at a disadvantage. Before long, his body began to turn transparent, and he was ultimately defeated in a burst of light.

"Moo! Miss Lucy, be careful!"

Leaving behind a final word of advice, Taurus disappeared.

"Hateful..."

Lucy gritted her teeth, looked at the two remaining Celestial Spirit on the field, took a deep breath, and took out the key she trusted most.

"Come out, Aquarius, Aquarius!"

A mermaid Celestial Spirit, holding a water bottle and wearing a bikini, appeared beside Lucy.

But as soon as she appeared, she complained with a disgruntled look, "Tch, you called me out at a time like this again, and didn't you see? There isn't even a puddle here!"

"Aquarius, please! Wash them all away!" Lucy pleaded.

"No," Aquarius refused without hesitation.

"There's no water here, and your magic power is far from sufficient, so my magic will be much less effective."

"Then... what should we do?" Lucy was at a loss.

Aquarius glanced at her, then looked at Scorpio opposite her, and suddenly said, "However, Lucy, since you're so pitiful, I can help you take one of the Celestial Spirit with you."

"Really? That's wonderful!" Lucy's eyes lit up instantly.

"I'm counting on you, Aquarius!"

She thought Aquarius was about to use some ultimate, trump card move.

As a result, Aquarius completely ignored Gemini and walked straight up to Scorpio, saying somewhat unhappily, "Hey, darling, are you daydreaming on your date?"

When Scorpio saw Aquarius, a hint of tenderness appeared on his cool face. "Let's go, Aquarius."

"Um."

Then, to Lucy and Angel's astonishment, the two held hands, transformed into starlight, and went back to the Celestial Spirit World for their date.

All that remained was the Taurus that Gemini had transformed into, bewildered in the wind.

"I didn't expect that," Angel was the first to react, looking at Lucy with great interest.

"You actually know about the relationships between the Celestial Spirit?"

"Ah... haha..."

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Lucy's forehead; she couldn't very well say it was all an accident.

"However, even if you knew, it would be too late."

Angel's smile held a hint of cruelty as she produced another golden key.

"Open! The Gate of Aries! Aries!"

A cute girl with pink hair, curly ram's horns on her head, and a somewhat timid appearance appeared in the arena.

"I'm so... so sorry..." Aries began apologizing incessantly as soon as she appeared.

"It seems I have no choice but to ask you for help, Loke."

Lucy looked at the two Celestial Spirit in front of her, took a deep breath, and took out the Leo Key.

I just summoned him; hopefully Loke's magic has been restored.

"Open! The Gate of Leo! Leo!"

A dazzling golden light flashed, and Loke, dressed in a handsome suit, appeared beside Lucy.

"Hey! Lucy, looks like you're in trouble again."

"Please, Loke."

"Aries?" Loke was somewhat surprised when he saw the goat-headed girl opposite him.

"Long time no see, Leo," Aries greeted timidly.

Loke's expression turned serious. "It seems we'll have to fight today."

"That's right," Aries's eyes hardened.

"This is what you taught me, Leo: to fight for your host. This is the Celestial Spirit's mission."

After saying that, she and Taurus, who was actually Gemini, rushed towards Loke.

Loke, as expected of the leader of the Zodiac Celestial Spirits, was able to handle two opponents with ease, even gaining a slight advantage and constantly looking for opportunities to counterattack.

"Tch! I didn't expect you to be so difficult to deal with." Angel's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Aries, keep him occupied!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing her master's command, Aries ceased her attack and instead used her supple body to tightly bind Loke from behind, who was engaged in battle.

"Aries?!" Loke's movements faltered.

Seeing this, Angel first had Gemini de-transform and return to her side, and then took out another silver key.

"Come out, Caelum!"

A strange Celestial Spirit, resembling a floating turret, appeared in mid-air.

Angel's lips curled into a cold smile as she pointed at the two bound Celestial Spirit and issued a cruel order.

"Emission."

The cannon on the Caelum glowed with a blinding light, and a powerful laser beam shot out instantly, piercing through Aries and Loke's bodies without any suspense.

"Ugh--!"

Amidst their agonizing cries, their bodies transformed into starlight and were forcibly returned to the Celestial Spirit World.