A Mayfly Gazes at the Azure Sky!

Lucy crossed her arms, her eyes sparkling, and continued to relentlessly press for answers.

"So... what exactly is your current absolute strength? Can you give me a quantifiable standard?"

Facing Lucy's pursuit.

Jiang Bai rubbed his temples helplessly, then turned and spread his hands.

"To be honest, I'm not really sure where the limit is myself."

"After all, there isn't a single worthy opponent on this continent who can force me to go all out as a benchmark."

"Even if all those old men who are always in seclusion and pretending to be mystics, the top Ten Saint Wizards, were tied together, they couldn't withstand a casual punch from me. How can you quantify that?"

These incredibly irritatingly honest words left Lucy speechless for a long time.

That's insane!

But ironically, not a single person on the entire mainland could stand up and utter a single word in rebuttal!

Seeing the faces of Lucy, Natsu, and the others, who were practically driven mad with curiosity, Jiang Bai stopped in his tracks and turned to face them.

With his hands back in his trouser pockets, Jiang Bai casually offered directions.

"If you really want a clearer understanding of my current level, it's not entirely impossible."

Natsu instantly jumped to the front, shouting anxiously.

"What method?! Tell me quickly!"

Jiang Bai glanced sideways at the warlike maniac with a full head of pink hair, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.

"It's very simple."

"Focus on your training and breakthroughs first. Let's talk about it again when your overall magical power and combat physique truly reach the peak level of Gildarts or the Ten Wizard Saints."

Lucy paused, then twisted her hands together and cautiously probed for answers.

"Does reaching the level of Ten Wizard Saints like Uncle Gildarts mean I can see through your true nature?"

Jiang Bai turned his neck, his expression carrying a transcendent and domineering air of looking down on all living beings, and leisurely uttered a peerless and arrogant remark that was enough to shatter the Dao hearts of all the powerful figures in the entire magic world.

"More or less."

"If you don't possess the strength of the Ten Wizard Saints, your view of me is like a frog in a well trying to see the moon."

"If you truly possess the strength of the Ten Wizard Saints, then seeing me is like a mayfly gazing at the blue sky!"

Silence!

The entire forest path fell into a deathly silence!

A gentle breeze rustled through the treetops, swirling a few verdant leaves that twirled and slid down through the air.

Happy opened his mouth wide, his two paws frozen on his belly, the entire blue cat completely petrified.

Carla's lips twitched violently, and she almost forgot to flap her wings.

Lucy covered her mouth tightly with both hands, her whole body shaken by the overwhelming aura of arrogance that rushed towards her, causing her to take a half step back, her head buzzing.

A frog in a well trying to see the moon!

Mayflies gaze up at the blue sky!

Without the strength of the Ten Wizard Saints, one doesn't even have the right to look up at Jiang Bai's back; one can only be a frog in a well, gazing at the moon's shadow.

But once they've overcome countless hardships, broken through the limits of mortals, and finally reached the pinnacle of the continent —the Ten Wizard Saints —and were overjoyed at the prospect of being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with others...

Only when you look up will you be horrified to discover that you are at most a tiny mayfly, living only a day and dying at night, desperately gazing up at the boundless, vast, and magnificent blue sky!

The sole purpose of striving to cultivate to the Ten Wizard Saints realm was simply to understand just how insignificant and insignificant I truly am!

What the hell is this insanely arrogant and over-the-top quote?!

Lucy almost knelt down and worshipped Jiang Bai on the spot.

Standing to the side, Wendy was not intimidated by Jiang Bai's arrogance. Instead, she clenched her small hands in front of her chest, her big eyes curving into two beautiful crescent moons, and she couldn't help but burst out with a sweet laugh.

"Pfft!"

Wendy tilted her head, her tone unusually light and sweet.

"Brother Jiang Bai always likes to say things that sound incredibly arrogant and infuriating."

"However... coming from Brother Jiang Bai's mouth, it all seems so natural, it really suits Brother Jiang Bai perfectly!"

Upon hearing Wendy's heartfelt praise and admiration, Natsu stood rooted to the spot, as if struck by lightning, his eyes instantly blazing with unprecedented fervent golden light!

"That's so cool!!"

Natsu suddenly raised his hand and slapped his thigh hard with a crisp sound, then jumped two meters high in excitement.

"That's so cool!"

Natsu waved his hands wildly in mid-air, chanting repeatedly under his breath.

"Looking at a frog in a well... no! A frog at the bottom of a well looks at the moon! A mayfly looks at the blue sky!!"

Natsu opened his raspy voice, pointed at Gray beside him, and laughed heartily, his face full of smugness.

"I want to memorize this sentence word for word!"

"Next time I knock Gray down in the guild, or defeat Erza, I'll stand in front of them with my hands in my pockets, looking down at them and throwing this line in their faces! Hahaha!!"

Gray's forehead veins were bulging uncontrollably. He grabbed Natsu by the back of the neck and roared through gritted teeth.

"Bullshit! You idiot!"

"With your mediocre fighting skills, you'll never beat me in this lifetime!"

Gray stood with one hand on his hip, his right thumb arrogantly pointing to his nose, and declared with a haughty expression that he was claiming ownership.

"These cool and profound high-class lines should be the exclusive lines of a smart and brave magician like me!"

"Next time I'm trampling you underfoot in the guild lobby, I should definitely be the one saying 'a mayfly gazing at the blue sky'!!"

Natsu bumped his head into Gray's forehead.

"What nonsense are you talking about! I was the one who liked it first!"

"What's the use of just looking at it now! Let's have a one-on-one fight!"

"One-on-one it is! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!!"

"Ice Blade - Seven-Strike Combo!!"

Boom!

Ice shards and sparks exploded and collided wildly on the grass, and the two clowns immediately wrestled and rolled around in the muddy forest, splattering mud and leaves everywhere.

Lucy stood to the side, painfully raising her hand to cover her entire face, letting out a long, desperate sigh.

"Oh God... please have mercy on me..."

"These two idiots are fighting tooth and nail over a single cool line... What the hell is going to do with the guild's future...?"

With his hands in his black trouser pockets, Jiang Bai completely ignored the two humanoid demolition beasts fighting fiercely at his feet, and leisurely stepped across the mud puddle, heading straight towards the faintly visible wooden house deep in the dense forest.

Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy of trees, dappling the black robe with its rays.

In the distance, in the cabin, old man Warrod must have already prepared some tea and is quietly waiting for the safe return of these young people.