The Black Dragon Gets Serious, Fairy Tail's Bonds

"Human, what's your name? I acknowledge your strength..."

The Black Dragon Acnologia flapped its wings, completely unconcerned about the power Zorn displayed, and looked directly into Zorn's eyes, asking arrogantly.

"Zorn Ace!"

Zorn showed no fear, his eyes were firm, and as soon as he finished speaking, he quickly pushed horizontally with one hand.

Countless gigantic hands, blotting out the sky, slammed down on the Black Dragon from behind. The Black Dragon reacted quickly, trying to flap its wings and fly upwards to avoid these attacks.

"Trying to hide? Too late!"

"Thousand-Style Tathagata - Dragon-Subduing Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Palms!"

Zorn shook his head inwardly. As expected, the Black Dragon Acnologia was extremely arrogant, but its strength was indeed enough to make it arrogant. It was indeed worthy of being called the Dragon of the Apocalypse.

But he still couldn't stand it, so he took this opportunity to investigate it.

A strike at the speed of light was not something the Black Dragon could possibly dodge. Just as it rose a short distance, the giant hand of light clenched into a fist and slammed the Black Dragon directly onto the island from above.

Then came enormous hands of light, like gods descending from the heavens, bombarding the smoke with countless attacks.

Each giant hand radiated a dazzling light, as if possessing world-destroying power. They descended from the sky, their target the Black Dragon that was unable to rise.

"Roar~ You wretched humans!"

The Black Dragon roared, its Dragon Scales gleaming with a cold light, but under the suppression of countless giant hands of light, it appeared extremely disheveled. It struggled constantly under the blows of the giant hands, but could not break free from these invisible constraints.

"Whoosh~ Boom~"

At the same time, countless rays slowly condensed around the Black Dragon and shot towards Zorn in the air. Although they were swift, they were fortunately blocked by the remaining Buddha hands behind Zorn.

The smoke from the explosion echoed in the air.

As the Buddha's hand continued its bombardment, the entire island gradually crumbled under the onslaught of the giant hand of light. Seawater flooded in, and half of Tenrou Island vanished without a trace in the process.

Its power was immense, stirring up clouds of dust.

The Fairy Tail members stared in disbelief at Zorn in the sky, never expecting Zorn full power to be so terrifying.

Under this attack, the Black Dragon had no chance to resist at all.

"Damn, that's amazing! This is Brother Zorn's true strength!"

Natsu clenched his fists, his eyes reflecting the towering Buddha statue, filled with worship. The others had the same reaction, silently swallowing.

"Looks like we can retire now, right, Ur!"

Gildarts grinned widely and remarked to Ur beside him with a sigh.

"Indeed, but is Tenrou Island truly destroyed?" Ur pointed uncertainly to the distant island that was now only half-existing and contained a Tenro Tree.

The proud Guild Master Makarov's smile froze instantly, his face turned pale, and he stood there dumbfounded, his soul seemingly floating in the air, utterly powerless.

He seemed to be overjoyed, automatically ignoring the fact that the Sacred Ground had also been ravaged beyond recognition by Zorn.

I wonder if it's the brain's protective mechanism at work.

Ur's reminder only made him unable to ignore the grim reality— Tenrou Island might really be lost.

"Guild Master ~ Guild Master, are you alright!" Erza grabbed Makarov and shook him violently with worry, unaware that her shaking was only making the Guild Master's condition worse.

"Erza... sister..., please... give her to me..."

Wendy couldn't bear to watch any longer and carefully took over the Guild Master's treatment.

Regardless of how shocked everyone was about the tail, Zorn dared not let his guard down.

Every attack was launched with full force, leaving no blind spots and without any unnecessary movements, because he knew that any extra movement would provoke a counterattack from the Black Dragon.

According to his perception, the Black Dragon only suffered minor injuries from the attack, and it had used all its Magic Power for defense.

Although even with the Dragon Force, Zorn's attacks wouldn't be fatal, he still launched a full-scale assault.

However, this attack inflicted injuries on the Black Dragon Acnologia only once in four hundred years.

"Humanity, this is the end!"

"I am the Last Dragon, the Dragon of the Apocalypse who devours all Magic — Acnologia!!"

"My wish is to destroy all dragons, including Dragon Slayer!!"

"Not bad in attack, but if that's all the strength you have, you're still far from it!"

"Roar~"

Dark Magic Power surged forth from beneath the pierced sea surface, transforming into countless rays that blasted towards Zorn, continuously blocking his Zorn's Hand attack.

That immense killing intent instantly enveloped the entire sea area, and the ray firepower was unleashed at full force.

Zorn's offensive was somewhat alleviated by the Black Dragon's counterattack.

The Black Dragon, covered in wounds, swung its tail forcefully to block some of the Buddha's hands. Ignoring the fact that the wounds on its tail were getting worse with Zorn's attacks, it also took the opportunity to gather an extremely powerful beam of light from its mouth, showing that it had no intention of holding back.

Moreover, with a stomp of its foot and a flap of its wings, it flew towards Zorn, intending to blast him to smithereens.

"Stop joking! Even a dragon would have to coil up right now!"

Zorn coldly watched the Black Dragon fly up, his breathing becoming labored. To be honest, the intense mental concentration and all-out effort had taken a toll on his stamina.

But he dared not delay. He drew circles with both hands, and his Magic Power surged again. Zorn once more summoned the surrounding Light Elements and roared, "Anyone can roar, I can roar too!"

The Buddha statue pushes its two palms forward side by side, and a high-quality energy slowly gathers in front of the palms.

"How is that possible? That attack only caused minor injuries!"

"Damn it, I'm going too! We have to defeat it so we can be reunited!"

Natsu's admiring gaze turned to shock as the Black Dragon charged forward; he hadn't expected that Zorn's attack would only cause minor injuries to the Black Dragon.

They now understood that Zorn was strong, but the Black Dragon might be even stronger.

Amidst the shock, a surge of anger also welled up within everyone.

However, this is not the time to give up. They still have so many people; they can definitely bring Zorn back to Fairy Tail.

"We absolutely cannot let Brother Zorn face this alone; we must do our part!" Natsu continued firmly.

"We can definitely help Zorn!"

"Believe in ourselves!!"

"Let's join hands and gather our Magic Power together!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes hardened, and as they passionately expressed their hopes, they placed their hands on each other's.

Makarov roared, "Let that guy see the Bonds and power of Fairy Tail!"

Laxus grinned and said, "That's for sure, old man!"

To be continued~