Three Blades to Slay the Black Dragon

Acnologia watched Lu Li walk toward him, and for some reason, his scalp went numb.

For someone who had fought countless battles and crawled out from among innumerable dragon corpses, this feeling was utterly unfamiliar.

He only remembered encountering a powerful giant dragon when he had first begun learning Dragon Slayer Magic. That had been the most brutal battle of his life, yet even that powerful Water Dragon had not given him such pressure.

Clearly, in his perception, Lu Li's physical strength was no greater than his own. Yet he felt as though a butcher's blade had already been placed against his neck, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Boom—

In the next instant, while his mind was frozen for a moment, tremendous force struck his lower abdomen.

Lu Li flashed to Acnologia's side at extreme speed and sent him spinning into the sky with a side kick.

That overwhelming power, combined with exquisite martial skill, bent the Black Dragon into a V-shape and blasted through the currents of Azure Heaven amid shrill sonic booms.

Having kicked the Black Dragon away from the residential district, Lu Li rose into the air, a trace of unsurprised disappointment in his eyes.

At the brink of death, the Black Dragon endured the pain and adjusted his posture. He puffed out his cheeks at Lu Li below. Dragon Slayer Magic—Black Dragon's Roar!

Blue-white energy surged from the Black Dragon's mouth like a world-destroying pillar of light. It was wide enough to cover the entire Imperial Capital. If this attack landed, the Alvarez Empire would likely be erased from history.

Feeling the tyrannical mana behind the Black Dragon's attack, the Spriggan 12 wore expressions of terror. Zeref and Mavis, however, held hands calmly.

From that earlier move, he had already seen that Lu Li