Boom!
A terrifying explosion suddenly erupted in some corner of the city's slums, and amid the panicked crowds, the houses swiftly collapsed.
If places supported by nothing more than a few simple wooden poles could even be called houses.
The instant destruction struck, Uchiha Izuna had already risen and dodged.
Yet he still thought to himself, They came so quickly!
He was certain he had carefully erased every trace of his arrival. He had never expected to remain hidden forever, but less than four hours had passed. Their efficiency truly was astonishing.
Bang!
A figure crashed down like a tyrannosaur, making the ground tremble several times.
The slum dwellers had already fled in a frenzy at the first sign of danger. In this world of magic, they naturally knew how terrifying wizards could be.
As for those caught up in the first wave of attacks, they could only be called unlucky.
Uchiha Izuna focused intently. Opposite him stood a man in a black coat, while on the other side, a man wearing a white eyepatch descended from the sky and landed atop a collapsed house.
He paid Izuna no attention, turning his gaze directly toward the figure wrapped in a straw mat. She was still unconscious. The straw mat had been badly damaged by the earlier shockwave, revealing Lucy's face.
"Kid, was it you who killed Sol and Juvia?" Gajeel grinned, his eyes filled with brutality and killing intent.
Uchiha Izuna naturally refused to be outdone. He sneered. "So what if I did?"
The instant his words fell, his figure abruptly blurred. Combining Shave of the Six Powers with the Body Flicker Technique, he pushed his speed to its limit in an instant. With Armament Haki reinforcing him, he threw a thunderous punch at Gajeel.
He had acted far too