"How is that possible? What's Gray's condition now?..." Everyone was focused on the fight between Rogue and Gajeel before noticing that Gray, who had just defeated Rufus, had also been eliminated;
"What a cunning woman! She realized that a one-on-one fight might not be the best strategy she could employ, sacrificing her own squad members to severely injure the opponent, then finishing them off herself! This way, even if all her teammates fall, she can still easily gain points. I didn't expect this to happen after defeating Rufus. I miscalculated. Now I can't see how to continue the fight," the First Generation said.
"President, if you keep going like this, it seems your dream of dominating first, second, and third place is out of reach. Judging from everyone's eyes, they really seem to be enjoying the battle! They probably don't even know that their scores have already been surpassed by a lot," Macao said.
"If we can't monopolize it, so be it. First place is definitely ours anyway!" Makarov said with a smile, looking at Chen Fan had already stood up.
Almost immediately after Chen Fan stood up, the Grand Magic Games arena erupted in deafening cheers, the sound reaching all the way to the competition venue;
Everyone still in the combat zone heard it.
Gildarts and Jura were also exhausted from fighting. The battlefield had expanded considerably, and countless buildings had been destroyed. This was only because the battleground was concentrated; if they were allowed to destroy things at will, the entire capital would be destroyed. Hearing the cheers, they exchanged a glance and smiled, both knowing what it meant.
"It's time to settle this once and for all. Chen Fan is a man who doesn't play by the rules; he might interfere in even the most heated battles. It's like a perfectly good pot of soup—just one rat dropping can ruin the whole thing!" Gildarts said, trying his best to ridicule Chen Fan.
Jura shook his head with a wry smile. However, he also knew Chen Fan's personality somewhat; he was an unreliable person who would do things that others couldn't imagine. There was nothing he could do if he really got involved. So he nodded and said, "Alright then! Let's settle this with one decisive blow!"
"Boom..." Terrifying magical power erupted from the two of them once again. The gravity on the ground seemed to be reversed because of this magical power, and the shattered pieces of earth began to float upwards;
Marcus and Lyon, who were fighting in the distance, both sensed this magical power. Marcus smiled and said to Lyon, "Let's hurry up and decide the winner!"
The two had been fighting for a while and their magic power had been greatly depleted. The sand beneath Marcus's feet could now move in a range of about 30 meters, Lyon had also suffered considerable injuries, as had Marcus. Although he had tried his best to defend, Lyon's Modeling Magic was biological shapeshifting, making him exceptionally agile.
Lyon nodded in agreement. In their current state, it was unlikely they could defeat anyone else, so they should cherish the battle before them.
"Purge Evil, Reveal Righteousness! One day!" Gildarts shouted, concentrating all his magical power into his fist, and a blue magic circle appeared in front of his fist;
"Resonating Fuji!" Jura shouted, concentrating all his magical power into his fist, and a blue magic circle appeared in front of Jura's fist;
"ICEmake! Ice Dragon!" A blue ice magic circle lit up beneath Lyon's feet, and a winding, coiling Ice Dragon shot into the sky from behind Lyon, its cold gaze fixed on the ground below, before swooping down towards Marcus;
"Absolute Defense!" The gray-yellow magic circle beneath Marcus's feet lit up, and sand swirled wildly around Marcus, gradually enveloping Marcus until a sand sphere appeared.
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
"Boom..."...
The collision of magic against magic unleashed a powerful shockwave and explosion. Even those inside the Grand Magic Games arena could feel the shockwave, and the arena trembled continuously. However, no one paid attention to this earthquake-like situation; everyone was intently watching the situation on the magic screen. The dust from the explosion had completely covered the four people, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.
The area where Marcus and Lyon were fighting was the first to disperse;
Both of them were kneeling on the ground, and half of Marcus's sand ball was destroyed;
Lyon smiled and said, "May I ask how you became so powerful?"
"Maybe it was fear. When I learned that everyone on Tenrou Island had disappeared, it felt like half of my world had collapsed. I started to feel fear. I was afraid that Fairy Tail, the guild, would also disappear, so I pushed myself harder and harder..." Marcus was interrupted by Lyon before he could finish speaking.
"No...! You didn't become stronger because of fear, you have a heart that cherishes your comrades and the guild! You won." Lyon had barely finished speaking when a smile appeared on his face before he collapsed. Fairy Tail S-Team gained 1 point, reaching 49 points.
Marcus's magic was also exhausted, and he collapsed right after Lyon, unable to continue fighting and eliminated.
The result of Gildarts's battle with Jura was also announced: the diamond on Jura's fist had disappeared once again. "I lost...!" But Jura hadn't finished speaking;
Suddenly, a voice rang out, "Getting these 6 points means I win...!" A magical orb reappeared in mid-air between Gildarts and Jura, and two arms reached out from it to grab at Gildarts Jura. Both of them had just exhausted their magic power, and the attack came so suddenly that they were completely unable to resist.
"It's Minerva!" Everyone in the Fairy Tail audience was shocked. If Minerva really succeeded, the final victory might really belong to Sabertooth.