The Living Legend

The final bell echoed through the arena, but a long, deathly silence fell over the stands.

People just stared blankly at Rufus, who had lost his mind and stood frozen like a puppet on the magic screen, and Nullpudding, who had been carelessly thrown to the ground and was unconscious.

For most ordinary viewers who are just there for the excitement, they are unaware of the specific power differences between the various mages.

All they knew was that "Sabertooth" was the undisputed number one guild in the Kingdom of Fiore for the past seven years.

But now, one of the most prized assets of this top guild has been completely manipulated by that man from Fairy Tail in a way that is almost like a joke.

This stark contrast left them momentarily bewildered.

Some discordant and questioning voices began to quietly spread among the crowd.

"Hey, what's going on? That Sabertooth guy is way too weak!"

"Is this the strength of the number one guild? To be toyed with like this is utterly disgraceful!"

"Could this be a fixed match?"

The king, wearing Pumpkin headdress, listened to the ignorant remarks of the surrounding audience, and cold sweat almost broke out on his forehead.

He didn't want to upset that evil spirit because of a few stupid words from these ignorant people.

What if Jiang Bai gets angry and actually demolishes his capital? Who can he complain to then?

Thinking of this, the king immediately issued an urgent instruction to the commentary booth via magical communication.

Chapati, who was struggling to organize his thoughts and try to explain the absurd result of the match, suddenly heard the command in his ear. He was taken aback at first, but then immediately understood.

He cleared his throat and spoke loudly to the audience in an unprecedentedly respectful tone.

"My God! I've commentated on so many Grand Magic Games, and I've never seen such a lopsided score difference! This is simply a one-sided stomp!"

"However, all of this happened perfectly naturally! Because, after all, he is 'that one'!"

Chapati's voice was so captivating that it successfully drew everyone's attention.

"It seems that many new viewers, and even some young mages, are still unaware of this contestant's true strength! So, let me now give you a proper introduction!"

"'Infinity' Jiang Bai! S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail guild, and also the guild's undisputed strongest ace!"

"Years ago, he had already completed numerous S-Class Missions, and even... several times he single-handedly completed the '100-Year Quest' that even the Magic Council couldn't handle! He was revered by the kingdom at the time as the 'Guardian Deity of the Kingdom'!"

"Furthermore! He was also personally awarded the certificate of the continent's strongest mage by the Magic Council —one of the 'Ten Wizard Saints Mages'!"

"Furthermore! He, like Makarov Dreyar, the current guild master of Fairy Tail, is one of the Ten Wizard Saints!"

Chapati's every word resounded like thunder in the audience!

Audience: "The Ten Wizard Saints?!"

"Two of them?!"

If you talk to them about S-Class Mages or 100-Year Quest, they probably don't have a clear concept of it.

However, as long as the name "Ten Wizard Saints Mages" is mentioned, everyone knows it!

Those are officially certified, representing the ten top mages on the entire continent of Fiore!

A guild possessing two Ten Wizard Saints simultaneously! What terrifying resources that must be!

"No wonder... no wonder Fairy Tail was once the strongest guild in the Kingdom of Fiore!"

"My God, two Ten Wizard Saints in one guild! This is unheard of!"

Those guild members who knew the truth silently added a comment in their minds.

In the rest area of Blue Pegasus, Ye Yi, smelling his own perfume, said in his signature tone, "Man~ Fairy Tail is indeed very strong, but what allows them to reach such a dominant position is entirely due to the existence of that man, Jiang Bai."

He could never forget the enormous sword that pierced through the clouds and seemed to cleave the sky in two when he was fighting the "Oración Seis".

On the Lamia Scale side, the newly joined Sky God Slayer Sorcerer Sherria, looked at Jiang Bai, who had a calm expression on his face, and asked Jura beside her with some curiosity.

Is he really that strong? Is he about the same strength as you, Mr. Jura?

Upon hearing Jura Rock Iron, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, simply shook his head slowly.

Seeing this, Sherria naively thought Jura was being modest, and immediately clenched her fist, saying with an admiring look, "I knew it! Mr. Jura is still stronger!"

Jura gave a wry smile and quickly explained, "No, Sherria, you misunderstand. What I mean is... I am simply not qualified to be compared to Lord Jiang Bai."

"Ah? I'm sorry!" Sherria realized she had misspoke and quickly bowed in apology.

The atmosphere in the Sabertooth's rest area was extremely tense.

Sting stared at his companion on the magic screen, who had been manipulated by Jiang Bai and whose Dao heart had ultimately collapsed. His fists clenched tightly.

"Is this... the strongest one ever?"

His voice carried a hint of barely concealed frustration.

"I... am no match for him at all."

As members of the guild, they knew Rufus's strength better than anyone else.

Sting knew that even if he used all his strength, he would still need to put in some effort to defeat Rufus.

However, in Jiang Bai's hands, Rufus was powerless to resist in the slightest, and was played with like an infant.

This overwhelming disparity caused Sting's proud heart to waver for the first time.

Seeing his friend so dejected, Rogue wanted to offer some words of comfort, but he didn't know what to say.

"Sting..."

"I'm fine," Sting took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and forced himself to pull himself together.

I'm sorry to have worried you.

He raised his head again and looked at Jiang Bai in the arena. Although his eyes still held apprehension, they were filled with renewed fighting spirit.

"Although I'm no match for him right now, Rogue, we are the 'Third Generation Dragon Slayers'!"

"Sooner or later, we'll surpass him! Let's start with Natsu the Fire Dragon and Gajeel the Iron Dragon from Fairy Tail!"

"Yes! I'll go with you!" Rogue nodded emphatically.

"The match is over!" Chapati's voice finally brought everyone back to reality.

"Fairy Tail Team A, player Jiang Bai, has scored a total of 36 points!"

Jiang Bai was too lazy to keep trying to improve his score; otherwise, it would have been much higher.

Even so, this is still far better than Wendy from Fairy Tail Team B, who only got 7 points.

"Now, I'll announce the final rankings for the first competition, 'Hidden'!"

"First Place: Fairy Tail Team A, 10 points!"

Second place: Fairy Tail Team B, with 8 points!

Third place: Blue Pegasus, 6 points!

Fourth place: Sabertooth, with 4 points!

Fifth place: Mermaid Heel, 3 points!

Sixth place: Lamia Scale, 2 points!

Seventh place: Quatro Cerberus, 1 point!

"Eighth place: Raven Tail, 0 points!"

The announcement of the rankings caused an uproar.

"Fairy Tail is way too strong!"

"Absolutely! Those two teams completely dominated the top two spots!"

"And the first place is leading by a huge margin! That's terrifying!"

Backstage, Fairy Tail's lounge.

Looking at his triumphant results, Makarov jumped onto the table excitedly, pointed at the screen, and burst into laughter.

"Haha! Did you all see that?! This is the power of Fairy Tail!"

He turned to the members of Team A and Team B and waved his hand.

"Listen up, you brats! You absolutely must get every single penny of that 50 million J prize money (30 million for first place, plus 20 million for second place)!!"