"Thinking of fighting back? It won't be that easy." Lucy gave a cold snort and quickly switched keys.
"Open! Gate of the Crab, Cancer!"
A flash of golden light shone, and Cancer, the Celestial Spirit of the Crab wearing sunglasses, made his entrance.
"Leave it to me, ebi!"
Cancer held his sharp scissors, his figure turning into afterimages as he wove at high speed between the red-haired giant wolves.
Snip after snip rang out in succession. The red-haired giant wolves, hard as iron, were all cut into shredded strands that scattered across the ground.
Flare Corona's counterattack was perfectly broken.
"Aaah, my hair!" Flare Corona looked at the severed hair all over the ground and completely lost her mind.
She immediately changed tactics, pressing both hands to the ground.
"Red Hair Magic: Underground Crawl!"
All the remaining red hair burrowed underground and vanished without a trace.
"Watch out for an ambush from below!" Gray shouted from the waiting area.
But Flare Corona was frighteningly fast.
Bang, bang, bang!
Countless tough strands of red hair burst from the earth, coiling around Lucy's hands, feet, and waist like venomous snakes, binding her tightly in midair until she could not move.
"Got you, blonde woman!" Flare Corona let out a sick, crazed laugh. "I'll carve up your face right now!"
Everyone from Fairy Tail was burning with anxiety, but the bound Lucy looked calm and smiled confidently.
"You think this is over?"
An unprecedented, dazzling golden light suddenly erupted around Lucy, its radiance even overwhelming the glow of the Celestial Spirit Gate and illuminating the entire arena.
"Star Dress!"
Her clear voice echoed within the golden light.
"Cancer Form!"
When the golden light faded, Lucy's outfit had completely changed.
She wore a crisp, refined, Eastern-style qipao battle dress, her long hair tied into