Jellal sets his sights on the chessboard again.
"Lu Chongwei, a monster with golden flames." He murmured in a low voice. "Don't let me down."
On the other side, Tower of Heaven high-rise passage.
Lu Chongwei The group of people is groping forward cautiously.
The surrounding walls are made of cold gray-white stones. Every once in a while, a ferocious-looking figure is carved on the wall. The dim magic light shines on the figure, making it look eerie.
"This... it's so scary here."
Lucy clutched Gray's clothes tightly, her voice trembling. She felt that the eyes of those figures were staring at her.
"Don't be suspicious, they are just broken rocks."
Gray pulled back his clothes impatiently.
Natsu, like a curious baby, approached a statue.
"This thing looks really ugly. Can it be eaten?"
Natsu stretched out his finger and poked the statue's nose hard.
"Natsu! Don't touch it!"
Erza shouted to stop. But it was already too late.
Buzz--
The eyes of the statue that was poked by Natsu suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light. Immediately afterwards, the eyes of all the statues in the entire passage lit up! The red lights were intertwined, making the passage look like Shura Hell.
"What's going on?!"
Everyone was shocked and got into fighting stances.
Sizzling...
After the harsh sound of electricity, Jellal's voice spread throughout the entire Tower of Heaven through the statue.
"Welcome to my paradise, everyone from Fairy Tail."
Jellal's voice revealed a kind of condescending banter.
"Erza, you are finally back."
Hearing this voice, Erza's body trembled. Her face turned pale, and the fingers holding the sword turned blue due to excessive exertion.
"Jellal..."
Erza gritted his teeth and squeezed out the name.
"To celebrate your arrival, I have prepared an interesting game." Jellal's voice continued to echo in the passage. "The rules of the game are very simple. I will use Erza as a living sacrifice to hold a ceremony to resurrect the black Mage Zeref."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.
Lucy covered his mouth, his eyes full of horror. The faces of Gray and Natsu also darkened.
"Resurrect Zeref? Is this guy crazy!" Gray yelled angrily.
Jellal noticed their reaction and chuckled.
"Not only that. Those idiots Magic Council have decided to drop Etherion on this place."
"There is not much time left for you. Before the light of destruction falls, struggle hard, bugs."
The sound stopped suddenly. The red light in the statue's eyes went out. The passage fell into deathly silence again.
"Jellal... He actually wants to resurrect Zeref!"
Xio stood behind the crowd, trembling violently. His face painted with oil paint was full of shock and anger.
"He lied to us! He lied to everyone!"
Xio roared in collapse. Eight years of faith completely collapsed at this moment. He turned around and rushed towards the depths of the passage like crazy.
"I'm going to find him and ask him! Why did he do this to us!"
"Hugh! Don't be impulsive!"
Simon was shocked and hurriedly chased after him.
"Simon!"
Erza was about to chase after him, but was held back by Lu Chongwei.
"Now is not the time to run around." Lu Chongwei looked calmly and quickly made arrangements. "Erza, you and Gray are going to chase Simon and Xiu. We can't let them be defeated individually."
"But you..." Erza looked at Lu Chongwei, his eyes full of worry.
"I'll go to the top floor and find Jellal to settle the general ledger."
Lu Chongwei tightened his grip on Ryujin Jakka around his waist.
"Happy, take me and Natsu to fly up and take a shortcut!"
"Love! Leave it to me!"
Happy spread its white wings, grabbed Natsu's clothes, and grabbed Lu Chongwei with its other claw.
"Wait! I don't want to fly! I will vomit!" When Natsu heard that he was about to fly, his face turned livid and he struggled desperately.
"Cut the nonsense!"
Lu Chongwei kicked Natsu in the butt and kicked him towards Happy. Happy grabbed Natsu and flew upward along the central patio like an arrow from a string.
However, they just flew less than ten meters.
Gugu--
A strange bird call suddenly came from above. A huge black shadow hit Natsu like a meteorite! That was one of Trinity Raven's owls!
"What the hell!"
Natsu was shocked and wanted to fight back. But he was in the advanced stage of vertigo, his whole body was limp, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his hands.
"Natsu!"
Happy exclaimed and tried to escape, but were severely slapped by the owl's huge wings. The two of them fell straight down like kites with broken strings.
"Ice Make·Ice and Snow Giant Shield!"
At the critical moment, Gray formed a seal with his hands. A thick layer of Ice Shield condensed in mid-air, firmly catching Natsu and Happy.
Bang!
The owl hit Ice Shield hard, causing ice chips to fly everywhere.
"Leave it to me, you guys hurry up!" Gray turned his hands into ice blades and stared at Xiao coldly.
Lu Chongwei looked at the battle situation below and knew that there could be no further delay.
"Happy, send me up first!"
"Love!"
Happy endured the pain, flew up again, grabbed Lu Chongwei's shoulders, and rushed to the top at full speed.
Tower of Heaven Top floor, main hall.
Jellal is still sitting on the throne, closing his eyes and relaxing.
There was a loud noise!
The thick stone door of the main hall was directly shattered by a ball of violent golden flames! The rubble mixed with sparks flew everywhere.
Lu Chongwei strode into the hall. He was surrounded by fiery magic power, and his eyes were as sharp as an unsheathed blade.
"Are you Jellal?"
Lu Chongwei looked at the man on the throne coldly.
Jellal slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Lu Chongwei and showed a satisfied smile.
"You are finally here, Lu Chongwei."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Lu Chongwei pulled out Ryujin Jakka. Golden flames jumped wildly on the blade, illuminating the entire hall like daylight.
"Are you ready to die?"
Era, Magic Council headquarters.
In the huge circular square, four towers engraved with ancient runes slowly rose. The Magic Crystal at the top of the tower burst out with dazzling light. The huge magic power gathered in the center of the square like a tsunami, forming a huge vortex.
Jellal Fernandes stood in front of the console with his hands behind his back.
On his handsome face, the usual elegance had long since disappeared. What remained was unconcealable enthusiasm and excitement.
"Finally... I have finally waited for this moment."
Jellal Fernandes stared closely at the expanding magic power, and his breathing became rapid.
"Etherion, the ultimate magic that can destroy everything!"
Not far behind him, Ultear stood quietly.
She looked at Jellal Fernandes's crazy back, with complicated emotions flashing through her eyes. There was guilt and helplessness.
"Are we really going to do this..." Ultear sighed secretly.