Do You Feel Reassured Now?

"Ah--! What is this?"

"Sister! Elfman!"

With Lisanna's terrified scream, a black communication magic circle lit up in the center of the magic cage, then quickly dissipated.

Meanwhile, the Fairy Tail guild.

The hall was as lively as ever. Natsu and Gray's daily brawl had overturned three tables, and Cana was drinking with Macao while holding a barrel of sake.

Suddenly, a raven, as black as ink and with ominous red eyes, pierced through the guild's wall and circled in the center of the hall.

It opened its mouth and spat out a parchment scroll bound with black thread, then turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished without a trace.

The entire guild fell silent instantly.

Makarov frowned, jumped off the bar, and caught the scroll that was slowly drifting down.

The moment he untied the black thread and unfolded the parchment, the old man's usually kind and smiling face instantly turned somber, as if it could drip water.

An unprecedentedly terrifying magical power erupted from his small body, causing the entire guild hall to tremble violently under this rage!

"Asshole!!"

A deafening Roar echoed throughout Magnolia.

"What happened, sir?"

Erza rushed over immediately, her expression grave.

Everyone in the guild gathered around; they had never seen their guild leader so angry.

Makarov handed the parchment to Erza, trembling with rage.

Erza took a look, her pupils contracted sharply, and a chilling killing intent instantly erupted from her body.

On that parchment, written in blood-red ink:

"Demon Mirajane, along with her two useless younger siblings, are now in our hands. If you want them to live, send 'Infinity' Jiang Bai alone to the desert in the Ensini Region. Remember, only him. If we see a second Fairy Tail member, you can prepare to collect their corpses."

The contents of the letter were made public.

After a brief silence, a volcanic eruption of rage followed!

"What did you say?! Mira's been arrested?!"

Natsu's fists blazed with flames, and his eyes practically spit fire.

"These bastards! I'm going to freeze them all into ice sculptures!"

Gray exuded a chilling aura.

"Gather everyone! Let's set off now and rescue Mirajane and the others!"

Erza's voice was icy cold, her killing intent palpable.

"That's right! Kill them!"

"Let them see the wrath of Fairy Tail!"

The entire guild Boil; everyone was filled with righteous indignation and grabbed their weapons, ready to charge out.

Just then...

"Stop right there, all of you!"

A lazy yet authoritative voice came from the sofa in the corner.

Jiang Bai had already sat up at some point. He picked up the letter and glanced at it calmly.

Although his expression remained unchanged, the temperature of the surrounding air seemed to drop to freezing point in an instant.

"Jiang Bai! This is clearly a trap for you! We can't let you go alone!" Erza said urgently.

"It's precisely because it's targeting me that I have to go alone."

"Erza, don't worry, you know my strength."

Jiang Bai stood up, crumpled the parchment into a ball, and said calmly, "Since they dared to name names, it means they're prepared to fight to the death. If we go there in a big show, it will only anger them, and Mira and the others will be in danger."

"But..."

The guild members remained worried; they couldn't bear to let Jiang Bai face such a meticulously planned trap alone.

Seeing the unease on everyone's faces, Jiang Bai sighed helplessly.

"Alright, stop making it look like I'm going to my death."

He stretched, as if he were talking about something trivial.

"To put your minds at ease, I'll let you experience it for a bit."

The moment the words left his mouth.

Jiang Bai closed his eyes.

An invisible yet tangible, terrifying pressure descended upon him with a deafening roar!

There were no magical fluctuations, no energy leakage, but this pure Spiritual Pressure was more terrifying than any magic!

"Well!"

The flames on Natsu's face went out instantly. His legs went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground. Cold sweat poured down his body, as if he were being locked onto by the icy gaze of an ancient dragon.

Gray's chill was instantly forced back into his body, his face turned pale, and he found it extremely difficult to breathe.

Erza had experienced this during the test, but she still used all her strength to barely keep herself from kneeling down on the spot, and her hand holding the sword hilt was trembling violently uncontrollably.

The weaker members of the guild didn't even utter a sound before their eyes rolled back and they promptly passed out.

The entire guild hall fell into a deathly silence.

Only Makarov, with the strength of Ten Wizard Saints Mages, could still stand firmly, but his eyes were filled with endless horror as he looked at Jiang Bai.

During the assessment, the old man had not personally experienced this oppressive aura. He knew Jiang Bai was strong, but he did not expect that he had become so strong that even he felt his heart tremble at this monstrous level!

The oppressive force came quickly and went quickly.

In just one second, Jiang Bai opened his eyes, and the terrifying pressure that had enveloped the world vanished.

There were very few people left standing in the hall.

Are you relieved now?

Jiang Bai's voice rang out again, breaking the frozen silence.

No one answered.

All those who were awake looked at him with the same reverence one would show a god.

They finally understood.

This is not Jiang Bai falling into a trap.

Instead, it was that group of reckless dark guilds who summoned Shinigami for themselves.

Jiang Bai ignored everyone else, picked up the unlit cigarette, put his hands in his pockets, and slowly walked towards the guild gate.

I'm going out for a bit.

"I will bring Mira and the others back with me."