The battle on Laxus's side is more direct.
"This... this is the power of an active S-Class Mage!"
Levy her hands, her clothes covered in charred soot, and sighed inwardly.
He was also looking at Gajeel, who was being brutally beaten, with a worried expression.
"Bang, bang, bang~"
Gajeel was powerless to resist and was on the defensive.
Laxus's newly awakened Observation Haki is now completely suppressed.
"Thunder Pressure Torrent"
Laxus's final strike, the Lightning Fist, sent Gajeel flying. In mid-air, Magic Circle unfolded, unleashing a powerful ball of lightning.
Laxus clearly didn't hold back.
"Levy, get behind me!"
Gajeel, in mid-air, transformed his arm into an iron rod that pierced the ground, forcefully halting his retreat and blocking Levy's path.
He was breathing heavily, his strength was severely depleted.
"Defense, defense, defense!" Levy kept writing defense characters in the air as she faced the ball of lightning flying towards her.
"Bang... bang..." The first two defensive characters only lasted a moment before being blasted to Crash. When the third defensive character was also about to give way...
"Iron Block!" An iron block materialized and landed in front of Gajeel. Levy whispered in Gajeel's ear, "Gajeel, I believe in you!"
Gajeel's originally serious expression was also startled by Levy, his cheeks flushed slightly, and after hearing Levy's words, his expression immediately changed to one of extreme confidence.
He swallowed the iron block in a few bites with a series of loud thuds.
"My power has been restored!" Gajeel stared intently at Laxus, and as his Magic Power surged, his entire body transformed into purplish-black steel.
The clothes fluttered in the wind, clearly indicating that the force was greater than before.
I took a deep breath, and my chest swelled up considerably.
"Iron Dragon's Roar" - A silver whirlwind impacted the Iron Dragon's metal plates, creating a high-speed spinning Tornado slammed directly into the defensive iron block, shattering it in one fell swoop.
It pierced through the lightning sphere released by Laxus and struck Laxus himself.
Smoke billowed up instantly.
"Don't worry, I will definitely make you an S-Class Mage!" Gajeel declared confidently without even turning his head.
"Oh, you're quite confident. Let me see what you've got!"
Crackling and popping, lightning roared out from around Laxus's body, a halberd materializing in his hand, each swing of which sent bolts of lightning crashing against the surrounding mountain walls.
Their Magic Power clashed, and for a moment it was unclear whether Gajeel or Levy was taking the test.
Ur.
As the walls shook, chunks of ice from the cave ceiling began to fall.
The entire passage was completely sealed off with ice.
"Gray, it seems we're really going to perish here this time!" Loke helped Gray up, panting heavily, and said, looking at the somewhat shattered ice roses around them.
In the previous rounds of battle, they couldn't even get close. Ur's Ice Magic, which combined offense and defense, forced them to dodge attacks by jumping left and right.
Finally, an opportunity to attack was found, and they attacked from both sides.
But in an instant, all of his and Gray's Magic was frozen by Dodo's Ice Rose. The fact that it could freeze even Magic directly showed how terrifying the cold was.
The moment Gray got close to Ur, he was sent flying; Ur showed no mercy.
Ice Make – Scattershot Hōsenka, firing countless ice bullets.
Fortunately, Gray took a step in mid-air, using Moonwalk, and the reaction force stopped him.
He used his Magic to slightly block Ur's Magic; otherwise, they would probably have been frozen solid on the spot.
"Gray, it seems you've really worked hard these past few years! Your master is very pleased."
Ur stood with one hand on his hip, his expression gentle yet proud as he looked at Gray was panting heavily and leaning against Loke.
The other hand slowly reached out from behind.
"This..." Gray instantly perked up.
Ur's hand and forearm were frozen solid by the ice.
"However, it's still far from meeting the S-Class standard!"
"If you don't take it seriously, your master will get angry!"
Ur trembled his arm, shattering the ice, but his tone remained gentle, and he spoke with a smile.
However, the increasingly cold air around them indicated that Ur was only now getting serious.
Gray and Loke silently swallowed, their saliva so cold that they both shivered.
Inside the last passage.
The match between Wendy and Mest, Freed, Bickslow was fiercely contested, with neither side willing to give an inch.
"It seems that only the winning side can enter that passage!" Bickslow pointed to the road blocked by iron fence and said with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Mest, this is the end for you!"
"I must catch up with Laxus. Only by standing beside him can I... I can better follow him!" Freed drew his rapier from his waist, pointed it at Mest with one hand, and his gaze was very firm.
"I'd like to know just how strong you two are!" Mest crossed her arms, completely ignoring the passageway beside her, and instead looked the two of them over.
"Mr. Mest, the attack is coming, from the left!" Wendy suddenly called out.
The words had barely left his mouth.
Freed, behind the Dark Wing, appeared in an instant to Mest's left and swung his sword.
The stone split in two, but Mest suddenly appeared behind him.
"When did this happen?" Freed exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly using his rapier to block, but he was still kicked away, his wings flapping back and forth, slowly coming to a stop.
"Power, give me the power of the heavens!" Wendy had already fully charged up her strength.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" He wanted to seize the opportunity to strike Freed.
However, Bickslow, standing to the side, commanded three puppets to block his way, each one spewing laser beams from its mouth.
"Demon-Piercing Puppet Light-Killing Cannon"
The three lasers converged, forming a beam that directly clashed with Wendy's roar, resulting in a brief stalemate.
Mest suddenly vanished, reappearing behind Bickslow and delivering a kick to his abdomen.
Interrupting the spellcasting, Wendy's roar was slightly superior, slamming directly into the wall.
Freed helped Bickslow and said calmly, "Teleportation Magic? Not bad in Physical Arts!"
"It seems we can't hold back anymore!"
"Darkness—Demon Form!" Freed drew his rapier, inscribed a spell on his body, and a strange Dark Energy emanated from him, slowly enveloping Freed.
At this moment
On the outskirts of Tenrou Island, three cats, led by Carla, are heading this way.
She was still worried about Carla. Although Zorn had repeatedly assured her that he would absolutely protect his companions' power, the other three cats, Lily, Tami, Ximi, were also very worried about Gajeel, Laxus, and Zorn.
After discussing it, they took a map and flew directly from the Fairy Tail here.
"Tami, Carla, Lily, look! What a huge tree!" Ximi shouted excitedly as he looked at the giant tree not far away.
"Yes! It seems the battle is quite intense right now!"
Lily gazed at the trembling island and said solemnly.
Tami, however, accelerated and charged forward.
"Hey~ wait for us!" Lily shouted.
Carla, however, looked serious. She still couldn't understand what that short video meant, or why Zorn had that expression after hearing it.
Carla frowned in thought.