Multiple battles unfolded simultaneously across the Grand Magic Games arena.
The entirety of Crocus had become an arena for top-tier powerhouses.
On a street in the eastern part of the city, flames and ice collided wildly.
Natsu and Lyon's battle of fire and ice had reached a fever pitch.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu roared as his right fist, wrapped in violent crimson flames, smashed fiercely forward.
Lyon rapidly formed seals with both hands.
"Ice Make: Great White Ape!"
A massive white ape of ice rose from the ground, crossing its arms in front of Lyon.
"Boom!"
The flaming iron fist slammed viciously into the ape's arms.
Extreme heat erupted in an instant.
The solid ice layer did not even last a second before letting out a piercing crack.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"
The ice-white ape rapidly melted beneath the scorching flames, turning into white steam that filled the sky.
Natsu's fist did not lose momentum. It pierced through the steam and smashed heavily into Lyon's chest.
"Urgh!"
Lyon grunted, sliding backward more than ten meters as his feet plowed two deep trenches through the ground.
He panted heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.
Natsu had been suppressing him from start to finish.
Lyon's prized Ice Make Magic could not display its proper power before Natsu's violent flames.
Elemental disadvantage, coupled with Natsu's absurd brute strength.
Lyon gave it everything he had, his mind racing madly, yet he still could not find any chance to turn things around.
"Damn it..." Lyon gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness.
In Lamia Scale's stands.
Guild Master Oba Baba was so anxious that she could not sit still at all.
She gripped the railing tightly with both hands, spinning madly in place like a top.
"Oh dear, oh dear! That boy Lyon is