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Ultear only heard the sound of rushing air and wind pressure mixed together. Her eyes couldn't keep up with Noah's speed at all, so she could only rely on her instincts to release Magic for defense.
The hurriedly formed Magic shield had not yet taken shape when it was covered in spiderweb cracks under the assault of the dark iron fist.
Ultear knew very well that this level of defense was nothing more than a thin layer of ice in front of a master of physical combat, and she was only trying to buy a little time.
Tearing through the light curtain, just as Noah broke through the Magic shield, he saw Ultear with her right hand clenched into a fist and resting on her left hand.
Pale blue Magic seeped out with a chilling cold.
Hundreds of Ice-Make thorns erupted from beneath Ultear's feet, impacting Noah one after another as if alive, until he was forced back before they stopped.
The Ice-Make plants, under Ultear's control, furiously exhaled cold mist, instantly constructing a thorn jungle ten meters in diameter.
Semi-transparent flower buds swelled on the surface of the thorn spikes, and hundreds of ice roses bloomed simultaneously. A pale pink halo flowed along the thorn veins, transforming this pale thorn jungle into a pink ice rose garden.
Ice-Make Magic!
Unlike Gray's static creations, Ultear's creations were special plant forms.
Noah, who had been forced back, frowned as he watched this scene.
Molding Magic was not uncommon, so Noah wasn't surprised when Ultear used the same type of Ice-Make as Gray.
But Ultear's two-handed casting motion was exactly the same as Gray's when he used Ice-Make, which made Noah have to think more deeply.
"What is your relationship with Gray?"
Hearing Gray's name, Ultear fiercely dug her fingertips into her palm, using the pain to forcibly suppress the hint of jealousy in her heart, as well as the emotional wound that had not healed after more than a decade.
Although he didn't get an answer, Noah was certain that Ultear and Gray had some special connection.
Since she wasn't willing to talk, then he would try to communicate with his fists.
Spinning around and kicking apart the incoming ice thorns, Armament Haki covered his body, and Noah leaped, actively entering Ultear's ice rose garden.
For a time, a large amount of shattered ice flew everywhere.
However, under the influence of Ultear's Arc of Time, her Ice-Make plants instantly returned to their state before Noah destroyed them.
Whether Noah's stamina would give out first, or Ultear's Magic Power would be exhausted first, could only be known after their tug-of-war ended...
Black Wing Sword: Eclipse and Waning Moon!
Erza used the move that instantly defeated Ikaruga, but the converging red light and silver glow suddenly stopped.
A Magic called Bind Snake had wrapped around Erza's body at some point, effortlessly immobilizing her. The feeling of having her Magic interrupted was not pleasant.
"This is our difference, Erza."
While Erza was unable to move, Jellal put his hands together, extended seven fingers, and within a brilliant starry Magic circle, a dazzling Magic was instantly completed.
"Accept the judgment of the Seven Stars."
"Grand Chariot!"
Seven Magic circles arranged in the Big Dipper constellation lit up sequentially above Erza.
By the time Erza broke free from the Bind Snake, it was too late. The Big Dipper Magic circles connected into a line, and seven blinding golden lights sealed her within.
The thick, long starlight beams were unstoppable, each possessing the immense power to cleave mountains and split the earth. In the blink of an eye, both the Black Wing Sword and her armor shattered, and the figure of the red-haired girl also disintegrated with them, annihilated in the light of Grand Chariot.
Watching this scene, Jellal's face froze in surprise.
What the hell, Erza just died like that?!
Her strength was indeed inferior to his, but she shouldn't have died so easily by his hand.
Looking around, Jellal wanted to find Erza's figure, but not only was there no trace of the red-haired girl, but Noah and Ultear, who were fighting on the other side, had also disappeared.
Jellal was the only one left on the entire island.
There was not a single sound, as if the world had fallen into a deathly silence.
Before Jellal could do anything, the surroundings were suddenly enveloped in darkness, accompanied by a series of sinister cackling sounds, and the island beneath his feet transformed into a monster with a gaping maw.
Jellal raised his hand in disgust, and six magical celestial bodies spiraled down, directly blasting the monster beneath his feet into fragments.
Just as Jellal relaxed slightly, the cackling sound came again. Looking in the direction of the sound, Jellal found that the monster had risen again, completely unharmed, but its body was twice as large as before.
"Playing tricks. I want to see how many times you can die!"
Holding a nebula in his hand, Jellal drew a seven-pointed star trajectory in front of him, and the magical celestial bodies with emerald-colored trails once again blasted the monster into pieces.
Tiny starlight and monster fragments floated in the air, but the next second they astonishingly aggregated together, and the monster stood up again.
Jellal's pupils suddenly constricted. The resurrected monster almost reached the dome, its massive body blotting out the sky.
Grotesque faces appeared on the monster's body—they were Jellal's companions from his memory, who had been enslaved in the Tower of Heaven and had died seven years ago while resisting the Heaven guards.
"You deceived everyone!"
"You hurt everyone!"
"You killed Erza!"
"..."
The "undead" continuously cursed Jellal, their condemning voices echoing, causing Jellal a splitting headache. Even if he covered his ears, the sound reached his mind.
"A bunch of dead people! Don't bother me!"
"Grand Chariot..."
The monster grabbed his raised hand, and the immense force made Jellal feel as if his palm had shattered.
Looking at those bloody faces, an inexplicable fear made Jellal panic, struggling desperately, but it was useless.
Countless sharp teeth devoured Jellal alive.
"Ah ah ah!!!"
Jellal, enveloped in despair, spat out a mouthful of blood, and suddenly everything around him turned upside down, returning to the small island where he had been fighting Erza.
Looking at the pale-faced Jellal, Erza was also completely confused.
She had just felt like she was done for, but unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Jellal's Grand Chariot suddenly dispelled, and he himself became dazed, his eyes unfocused, and even his Magic Power became chaotic.
This state lasted less than a minute before Jellal vomited blood, as if his mind had suffered a severe blow.
At this moment, Jellal also realized that he had just been ambushed by someone using a "mental" type of Magic. "It was you, wasn't it! You despicable white-haired man!"
Noah, who was punching the Ice-Make plants, slowly formed a question mark. What happened? He didn't seem to have done anything to Jellal yet, had he?
Ultear sensed something and looked toward a corner of the island. "Who's there! Come out!"
This soft shout made Noah and the other two look in that direction as well.
In the originally empty corner of the island, ripples appeared in the air like a mirror shattering, revealing the figure within.
He was dressed in a completely black robe, with five Magic staves on his back.
Looking at the intruding Mage, Noah and Erza were both surprised. They hadn't expected to see him here.
This Mage, who had ambushed Jellal with mental Magic, was Fairy Tail's most mysterious man, Mystogan!