Minerva, Die!

Below the broken walls and ruins, rubble was scattered everywhere.

Jiang Bai looked down at Minerva, who was lying on the ground, and let out a cold snort.

The materialized magical energy fluctuations spread out instantly along with the tremor.

Minerva suffered an invisible blow to the chest, a sweet taste rose in her throat, and a stinging trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. She slid backward half a meter, skimming along the rubble.

Jiang Bai stopped, his hands in his pockets.

"To tell you the truth, I never really considered this so-called Grand Magic Games as a competition."

Jiang Bai spoke in an extremely calm tone, simply stating the facts.

"In my eyes, this is at most a festival where guild members get together to have fun, so I've been holding back when dealing with you guys."

"But since you insist on courting death and treating this festival as your own death anniversary, then I'll grant your wish today."

The killing intent was no longer held back, pouring down like a landslide and a tsunami.

Minerva truly felt the imminent approach of death, and screamed in terror, frantically clawing at the ground as she tried to back away.

Extremely hurried footsteps came from behind the street.

Sting, carrying Lector in his arms, and Rogue, beside him, rushed to the scene.

Seeing Jiang Bai raise his hand, Sting did not hesitate at all, slamming his knees heavily onto the gravel ground and kneeling down on the spot.

Sting placed Lector beside him, put his hands in front of him, and immediately begged for mercy.

"Wait! Please have mercy!"

Sting shouted out his request.

"I know I still owe you a life, but no matter what, Miss once saved Lector's life."

"No matter how many wrong things she has done, I cannot pretend not to see this kindness, so I beg you, can you please let her go this time?"

Jiang Bai stopped his arm, looked down at the white-haired youth kneeling on the ground, and felt a bit absurd.

"Hey, I'm saying, are we that close?"

"You don't actually think that just because I casually helped you retrieve that cat from the suburbs, it means I'm some kind of easygoing, philanthropic person, do you?"

Sting stiffened and lowered his head even further.

"No, I absolutely did not mean that!"

Sting's mind worked incredibly fast during the crisis.

Sting knew that for someone of Jiang Bai's caliber, mere emotional blackmail would be completely ineffective; to survive, he had to offer tangible benefits in exchange.

Fairy Tail disappeared for seven whole years.

The guild's headquarters had long been in a state of disrepair, and its renovation and reconstruction would inevitably require substantial financial support.

Sting immediately looked up and threw out his hole card.

"What I'm trying to say is, what kind of price would I have to pay to get you to show leniency just this once?"

"After this Grand Magic Games concludes, Sabertooth will receive a very generous guild ranking bonus, based on previous years' standards."

"If you're willing to spare her life, I'll personally give Fairy Tail's Sabertooth from this tournament, without keeping a single penny, as the price for her life!"

Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? The entire Sabertooth team's bonus? So the rest of your guild agreed?"

Sting gritted his teeth, turned to look at the expressionless Rogue beside him, and then looked at Rufus and Orga, who were unconscious not far away.

"I am the next president, and I will make sure everyone agrees to this matter; there will be no backing out!"

Jiang Bai looked at the trembling Sting and slowly withdrew the mental pressure that had been shrouding Minerva.

The heavy weight that had been pressing down on the entire street suddenly lifted.

Minerva lay on the ground, her hands supporting her weight, panting heavily, blood still dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Jiang Bai looked at Minerva and offered a solution.

"Alright, for the sake of this money, I'll give her a chance to live."

"However, she may escape the death penalty, but she can't escape punishment. Besides the bonus you just promised, she'll have to take one of my moves."

Sting was startled when he heard that he was to be countered.

Jiang Bai waved his hand.

"Don't worry, I won't kill her on the spot."

"Didn't this young lady just think that her Space Magic was unparalleled and that no one could do anything to her?"

Jiang Bai pointed to the empty space beside him.

"In that case, I'll confine her in a separate space, and I'll allow her to freely use her Space Magic."

"If she has the ability to escape from that space using her own magic, I will wipe the slate clean of past grievances and never pursue them again, how about it?"

Sting frowned, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

Throwing people directly into an unknown alternate dimension is an extremely dangerous method; a slight misstep could lead to complete loss of identity.

Sting tentatively suggested that they discuss it.

"Lord Jiang Bai... this is far too dangerous. We can offer more money, and we can use all the high-grade magic crystals in the guild's inventory..."

Jiang Bai stopped with any pleasantries and looked directly at Sting.

"You don't actually think I care about the pittance that Sabertooth, do you?"

The surrounding temperature seemed to plummet in that instant.

Sting felt a chill run down his spine, realizing that this was the ultimate limit of the other party's patience.

If they continue to haggle, they might not only fail to save Minerva, but also endanger themselves and Rogue.

Sting shut his mouth and nodded helplessly in agreement.

"Very well, it's all up to Lord Jiang Bai to decide."

Jiang Bai turned around and faced Minerva, who had just gotten halfway up from the ground.

Jiang Bai raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together to form a sword-like gesture, and casually pointed forward towards the location where Minerva was.

"Space Exile."

There are no unnecessary lighting effects.

The space within a one-meter radius of Minerva suddenly collapsed and compressed, turning into a black dot the size of a fingernail.

The black dot closed and disappeared in the next instant.

Minerva vanished into thin air, disappearing completely without a trace.

Cold, dark, and deathly silent.

Minerva found herself slumped in a completely dark, empty space.

There was nothing around, and I couldn't even feel the pull of gravity; I was floating in mid-air.

Minerva touched her stinging chest, confirming that she had not suffered any fatal external injuries.

Minerva's fear was quickly replaced by the exhilaration of surviving the ordeal.

The desire for revenge began to grow uncontrollably again.

In Minerva's view, Jiang Bai was ultimately mindful of the Sabertooth's background and the rules of the Grand Magic Games, and therefore dared not kill him in public.

What kind of spatial cage are you talking about?

He had been practicing the highest level of Space Magic since childhood and had an intimate understanding of the structure of space.

I'll use my magic to break through this damned barrier and escape.

We must find an opportunity to capture those weaklings from Fairy Tail one by one and torture them to death when Jiang Bai isn't paying attention.

That Lucy, that Wendy, and that Juvia.

Minerva wanted Jiang Bai to witness his companions being tortured, and to make that man regret his arrogance for the rest of his life.

Minerva sneered and began forming hand seals, preparing to forcibly communicate with the external physical coordinates.

However, the magic had just begun to flow from her fingertips.

Suddenly, without warning, a twisted, pale crack appeared in the darkness ahead.

A violent and chaotic wave spread rapidly outwards along the gap.

That was a spatial turbulence powerful enough to tear apart all matter.

Minerva's hands, which were forming a mudra, froze completely in front of her chest.

Spatial turbulence, a catastrophic phenomenon, is something that ordinary mages simply cannot contend with.

At the center of the raging spatial storm, all known spatial coordinates are completely shredded and reassembled, resulting in an extremely chaotic and turbulent spatial structure.

In such a harsh environment, let alone casting a precise teleportation spell, even releasing a tiny thread of magic would be instantly swallowed up by the turbulent currents.

Unless one possesses absolute power like Jiang Bai, which transcends the rules of the entire world, falling into the turbulent currents will only lead to a passive and hopeless end.

Unfortunately, Minerva didn't have that.

A tremendous suction force erupted from the depths of the pitch-black space.

There wasn't even time to cry for help.

Minerva was violently pulled towards the very center of the storm by the raging gravity.

Countless fine, invisible, colorless spatial blades sliced through the air.

The protective magic was instantly shredded like paper.

Immediately afterwards, the body disintegrated and disintegrated under the chaotic cutting force, turning into countless tiny blood-red fragments, which were then completely obliterated into the most primitive particle state in the grinding of the storm.

In the final moment when consciousness was completely plunged into eternal darkness.

A final realization flashed through Minerva's mind.

From the very beginning, that man had no intention of letting her leave alive.

On the long street of ruins.

Jiang Bai sensed that the life imprint belonging to Minerva had been completely erased and dissipated deep within the alternate dimension.

So he turned around and started walking towards the arena.

Jiang Bai chuckled inwardly.

I did not break my promise.

As I just said, as long as Minerva can survive and walk out of that space on her own, all grudges will be wiped clean.

The reality is that the other party is less skilled and simply doesn't have the ability to get out.

As for why there were such violent spatial turbulence within that spatial rift?

Jiang Bai said that he wasn't the Heavenly Dao, so how could he know that a storm was blowing in that corner? It was just that Minerva was unlucky.

Sting pulled Lector into his arms again, glancing worriedly at the empty space where Minerva had disappeared.

Rogue walked over to Sting and patted his companion on the shoulder.

In their understanding, given Minerva's mastery of Space Magic, escaping might take a very long time.

Or perhaps, after successfully escaping, Minerva, fearing Jiang Bai's terrifying combat power, had already chosen to escape back to the guild's base via a long-distance coordinate jump.

Now that Jiang Bai has voluntarily left, there is no point in staying here any longer.

High in the sky.

The enormous, suspended broadcast crystal suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant golden light.

All the large magic screens simultaneously switched back to the main venue's view.

Golden fireworks exploded in succession high in the sky.

In the commentary booth, Chapati grabbed the microphone and Roar at the top of his lungs, his voice hoarse and strained.

"Everyone's out! Everyone's out!!"

"The entire battle for survival in Crocus City has now come to a complete end!"

"The final scores have been tallied, and the winner has been decided!"

Chapati had one foot on the table and raised his right hand high, pointing towards the Fairy Tail stands.

"The absolute champions of seven years ago have reclaimed their thrones today!"

The overall champion guild of this Grand Magic Games is --

Fairy Tail!!