Urano Metria!
"Loke!"
Lucy let out a mournful cry as she watched helplessly as her most trusted companions were mercilessly pierced through before her eyes, turning into starlight and vanishing.
Her knees buckled, and she almost collapsed to the ground, but an unprecedented anger sustained her swaying body.
"Why..." Her voice trembled with anger as she glared at Angel.
Why did you do this?! Aries trusted you so much!
"Isn't this just common sense?" Angel smoothed her hair, looking at Lucy with an expression as if she were an idiot.
"I am her master. She must obey my orders, even if it means death."
"You..."
"Alright, your magic power is almost used up, isn't it?"
Angel impatiently interrupted her and gave an order to the Gemini beside her.
"Gemini, copy her, then take care of her."
Gemini's little figures nodded, flew to Lucy's side, and began to glow, preparing to replicate.
However, just as the light enveloped Lucy, Gemini suddenly stopped moving.
They touched Lucy's heart and saw heartwarming scenes of Lucy laughing and playing with each of her Celestial Spirit companions, fighting together, and genuinely regarding them as family.
This heart is the complete opposite of their master, who views the Celestial Spirit as mere tools.
"We... we can't do it..." Gemini withdrew her light and shook her head at Angel.
"This person's heart is filled with love for the Celestial Spirit... We cannot bring ourselves to harm her."
Angel's face instantly turned incredibly ferocious. "You... useless tools! How dare you disobey my orders?!"
She angrily raised her hand, forcefully closing the Gemini Gate and sending the disobedient Celestial Spirit back.
"Since the tools aren't cooperating, I'll just have to do it myself!"
Angel's figure flashed, appearing before Lucy like a ghost, her five fingers forming a claw, aiming straight for Lucy's throat.
Lucy's magic was exhausted, and her body was stiff with anger and grief, leaving her helpless to watch death approach.
Just at this critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Archive Magic - Guardian!"
A magic circle composed of ancient characters appeared out of thin air, barely blocking Angel's fatal blow.
"Who goes there?!" Angel was jolted back a few steps and looked at the newcomer.
It was the sound of the Blue Pegasus. He was pale and panting, clearly having just gone through a fierce battle.
"It's you, Miss Lucy. I'm sorry I'm late." Hibiki turned around and gave Lucy a weak smile.
"You, you've almost run out of magic power, still want to be a hero?" Angel said disdainfully.
"My magic is indeed not suited for combat," Hibiki readily admitted, but his gaze towards Lucy was incredibly resolute.
"However, it can do some... special things."
He placed his hand on Lucy's forehead.
"Miss Lucy, what follows may be a little painful, please bear with it!"
"Archive Magic: Information Delivery!"
The next second, Lucy felt as if an entire starry sky had been forcibly stuffed into her mind, with countless ancient and obscure incantations and magical knowledge flooding in like a torrent.
That was a long-lost ultimate Super Magic of the Celestial Spirit Mages — the Urano Metria!
"Ah--!"
The massive flow of information caused Lucy to let out a painful scream.
The moment the transmission was completed, Hibiki exhausted her last bit of magic power, her body went limp, and she fell straight backward into a coma.
"What a foolish man," Angel said with a cold laugh as she walked towards Lucy.
"Even if you knew, so what? Would you still have the magic to cast it?"
Lucy didn't answer; she slowly closed her eyes, as if entering a peculiar meditative state.
The little magic she had left, barely enough to summon another Celestial Spirit, began to circulate according to the intricate patterns in her mind, under her guidance.
"Counting the stars, praising the stars..."
She began to chant, her voice ethereal and sacred.
"The one who sees through everything among the stars..."
Angel sensed something was wrong; the surrounding magic began to converge uncontrollably towards Lucy.
"To reveal my illusion before you..."
"Oh, the Four Books and Five Classics..."
"I am the ruler of all stars, the one who has complete control over the realm of stars..."
"Open the gates of madness..."
"All eighty-eight stars shine brightly!"
Urano Metria!
The moment the last syllable fell, Lucy suddenly opened her eyes.
The entire night sky seemed to be lit up at that moment, with the light of countless stars converging to form a dazzling sea of stars above her head.
"What... what is this?!" For the first time, fear appeared on Angel's face.
Her response was a devastating barrage of magic, like a meteor shower, raining down from the sky!
The starlight poured down on Angel.
The deafening explosions continued, the earth trembled, and Angel's screams were completely swallowed up by the starlight.
When the light faded, Angel lay on the ground, her body charred black, completely incapacitated.
Lucy, having finally exhausted her last bit of strength, collapsed limply to her knees.
The other side of the battlefield, however, presented a completely different scene.
Natsu, Gray, and Lyon are locked in a fierce battle with Hoteye, one of the Oración Seis.
Hoteye's magic was very strange; he could make the hard earth as soft as liquid at will, causing all three of their attacks to miss.
Giant rock fists would occasionally rise from the ground, making them impossible to defend against.
"Damn it! This guy is as slippery as an eel!" Natsu's fists were burning with intense heat, but he still couldn't hit his opponent.
"ICE MAKE! Earth Prison!" Gray pressed his hands to the ground, trying to freeze it.
"ICE MAKE! Ice Eagles!" Lyon also created countless ice birds and launched an attack from the air.
However, with a simple clap of Hoteye hands, the ground beneath her feet undulated like waves, easily neutralizing the two's ice magic.
"It's useless, money!" A fanatical desire for money gleamed in Hoteye's eyes.
"As long as I stand on the ground, I am invincible! Defeating you three guys who look quite valuable will surely earn me a lot of money!"
The three of them joined forces, but instead of gaining an advantage, they found themselves at a disadvantage.
Just then, two figures appeared at the edge of the battlefield.
"Man! It seems we need a 'Man' warrior to step in here!"
Accompanied by this flamboyant line and a rather unpleasant perfume scent, it made a dazzling debut overnight.
Beside him stood Jura, his hands clasped together, his expression Jura.
"Mr. Jura!" Lyon exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the newcomer.
"It's that bald guy!" Natsu recognized him too.
The moment Hoteye saw Jura, the frivolity and greed on his face vanished, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.
"Jura of the Iron Rock... I didn't expect even Ten Wizard Saints like you would be involved."
"Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, we are a legitimate mage guild," Jura's voice was steady and powerful.
"We will not allow you dark creatures to do as you please."
"Hmph! So what if they're the Ten Wizard Saints?!" Hoteye roared, pushing his magic to its limit.
"Let me show you my strongest magic! Heavenly Movement!"
In an instant, the ground within a radius of a hundred meters began to tremble violently, and countless huge rock spikes rose from the ground, piercing towards Jura like raindrops.
Faced with this scene comparable to a natural disaster, Jura simply took a step forward slowly, and an earthy yellow light shone on his right fist.
"Earth should look like earth."
He threw a punch, a simple and unadorned movement, yet it seemed to carry the power to suppress everything.
"The Supreme King Rock Crush!"
Jura threw a punch, and the hard rock fist collided violently with the countless rock spikes controlled by Hoteye, producing a deafening roar.
The powerful impact caused Natsu and the others to lose their footing and stagger backward.
For a moment, earth and rocks flew everywhere, and dust filled the air as the two powerful earth magic spells were locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand.