Erza's eyes flashed with pain.
"He seized control and forcibly expelled me from the tower. He even threatened me with your lives. If I dare to go back, I will kill you."
Erza looked at Xio, tears finally couldn't help but fall.
"Jellal lied to you, and he framed everything on me."
Hearing these words, Xio was stunned.
"Impossible! Master Jellal will not lie to us!"
Xio shook his head wildly, refusing to accept this fact.
"What she said is true."
A weak voice sounded.
Simon woke up at some point. He held his ribs broken by Lu Chongwei and stood up with difficulty.
"Simon! What nonsense are you talking about!" Xio yelled.
Simon looked at Xio, guilt flashed in his eyes.
"Actually, I have always known the truth. I pretended to be brainwashed by Jellal and stayed in Tower of Heaven just to find opportunities to stop him."
Simon dropped a bombshell.
"The real purpose of Jellal building Tower of Heaven is to resurrect black Mage, Zeref!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked.
Xio stood there blankly, the playing cards in his hands scattered on the ground.
The belief that Xio had held for many years completely collapsed.
"No... that's impossible!"
Xio's knees weakened and he fell to his knees on the cold floor with a plop. He grabbed his messy yellow hair with both hands and burst into tears.
"How could Lord Jellal lie to us? He clearly said that everything was for the construction of the paradise and for our freedom!" Xio's voice was hoarse, and her cry was full of despair.
He couldn't accept that the belief he had worshiped as a god for the past eight years turned out to be a complete lie.
Simon stood aside, holding his injured ribs. He knew how cruel this truth was, but he had to tell it.
"Hugh, wake up." Simon sighed, "Jellal has been completely eroded by black magic. All he can think about now is resurrecting Zeref."
"Liar! You lied!" Xio shook her head desperately and huddled on the ground like a helpless child.
At this moment, a pair of warm hands gently hugged Xio's shoulders.
Erza squatted down and hugged Xiu into her arms. Her movements were very gentle, as if she were comforting a wounded animal.
"Hugh, look at me." Erza's voice no longer had its usual harshness, but became as gentle as a sister's.
Xio raised her face full of tears and looked into Erza's clear eyes.
"We can't change the mistakes of the past. But now, we still have a chance to stop him." Erza gently wiped the tears on Xio's face with sharp eyes, "We cannot let Jellal continue to make mistakes, let alone let Tower of Heaven become a new hell."
Xio looked at Erza, feeling the long-lost warmth, and finally burst into tears.
Lu Chongwei stood aside, watching this scene, and smiled. He turned his head and looked at Natsu, Gray and others.
"Everyone, now that the truth has been revealed, we have no time to waste here." Lu Chongwei's voice was deep and powerful, "Target, Tower of Heaven. Set off immediately!"
"Oh! It's on fire!" Natsu fists collided, bursting into a ball of blazing flames.
"I should have beaten that bastard named Jellal away a long time ago." Gray sneered and put his hands in his pockets.
"Juvia will also go all out for Master Gray!" Juvia held his heart with both hands, his eyes filled with little stars.
Everyone acted quickly, and under the leadership of Simon, they came to the coast and found an extremely fast magic speedboat.
"Juvia, please." Lu Chongwei looked at Juvia.
"Leave it to me!" Juvia formed a seal with both hands, and the strong current wrapped around the tail of the speedboat, like a turbocharger, pushing the speedboat soaring across the sea.
The sea wind roared, and the speedboat drew a white wave mark on the sea.
However, in this passionate atmosphere, there is an extremely discordant voice.
"Ugh--"
Natsu was lying on the side of the ship, his face as pale as paper, and his whole body was as limp as a puddle of mud.
"So... so slow..." Natsu complained weakly, his eyes had turned into mosquito-repellent incense, "This broken ship... can you go faster... I'm going to die..."
"Love, Natsu has turned into a dead fish." Happy complained mercilessly while flying in mid-air.
"When are you going to change your problem of being dizzy in transportation?" Gray moved to the side in disgust.
"It's so noisy... If you can, try to faint..." Natsu retorted weakly.
Lu Chongwei looked at Natsu's half-dead look and sighed helplessly.
He walked behind Natsu and slowly raised his right hand.
"Brother Zhongwei, what are you going to do?" Lucy looked at Lu Chongwei's movements and had an ominous premonition.
"Help him out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chongwei's fist turned into an afterimage and hit Natsu on the back of the head accurately.
"Bang!"
With a bang, Natsu didn't even hum. He rolled his eyes and passed out, completely quiet.
"Good... such violent physical hypnosis..." Lucy swallowed and silently took two steps back.
At the same time, Tower of Heaven is far away in the depths of the sea.
This magnificent building made of countless crystals and steel looks like an ancient beast dormant on the sea, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression.
At the top of the tower, in the highest control room.
Jellal sat on the gorgeous throne, holding his chin with one hand, smiling evilly. His blue hair looked particularly weird in the dim light, and the red tattoo under his right eye squirmed slightly as if it was alive.
"Sir Jellal." A Mage in black robe kneeled respectfully below, "According to the news from the front, Erza has been successfully captured by Wally and the others, and is on his way back."
"Oh? Really." Jellal chuckled, his eyes unchanged.
He stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the sea below.
"Erza, Erza, do you think you can escape?" Jellal's voice was low and crazy, "You are just a pawn in my big chess game. In order to resurrect Master Zeref, a living sacrifice with powerful magic power is needed. And you are the perfect choice."
He opened his arms as if to embrace the whole world.
"Come on, struggle to your heart's content. This will be the most gorgeous death game I have prepared for you!"
On the sea, the magic speedboat was like a sharp sword, cutting through the waves, and finally reached the edge of Tower of Heaven.
"That's...Tower of Heaven."
Lucy raised his head and stared blankly at the towering tower in front of him, feeling that it was becoming difficult to breathe.
The speedboat docked and everyone jumped onto the beach.