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"W-What?!"
In Saber Tooth's contestant area, Sting, Rogue, Rufus, and Orga stared at Minerva, who had been struck in the side by a flash of sword light within the water sphere and let out a scream. Every one of them turned pale with shock.
In contrast, the spectators began cheering at the sudden reversal.
Inside the water sphere, Erza, clad in wild beast-like armor, transformed directly into a streak of light. Like lightning, she darted through the water again and again at a speed invisible to the naked eye, as though sword flashes were shooting in from every direction and slashing across Minerva's body one after another.
"Rip—rip—rip—!"
A series of tearing sounds rang out.
"Uwaaaaaah—!"
Minerva's screams followed.
As Erza, transformed into a flash of light, struck her repeatedly, intense pain coursed through Minerva's entire body. Even the heavily made-up face of the twisted young woman began to show traces of pain.
The agony flooding her body finally made Minerva react. She clenched her lips tightly, her expression twisting.
"Damn it!"
After shouting in fury, Minerva abruptly spread her hands, magical waves rippling from them.
Immediately, spheres of magical light appeared one after another around Erza, who had transformed into a flash of light, and the magic within them began to surge violently.
The next moment, each sphere of magical light exploded in succession.
"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"
Amid a continuous string of explosions, the magical light spheres turned into direct shockwaves, detonating one after another like bombs and stirring up turbulent currents throughout