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Forbidden Magic refers to spells deemed "forbidden" by the Magic world due to their extremely terrifying destructive power.
Even Dark Guilds, which usually disregard order, rarely use Forbidden Magic.
The massive commotion from Phantom Lord naturally caught the attention of everyone at Fairy Tail.
"Phantom Lord is actually using Forbidden Magic..." Mirajane clenched her fists. She had recovered somewhat, but even she was helpless against Forbidden Magic.
Mirajane wanted to ask Gajeel and Juvia if there was a way to stop the Abyss Break within Phantom Lord, but she found that they, too, looked surprised.
Juvia explained:
Abyss Break is a dark Magic that combines and merges the four elements of wind, water, fire, and earth to form an extremely destructive power.
Because Jose's Magic attribute didn't match, he couldn't complete this Magic alone, which is why he assembled the Element 4: Aria, Juvia, Totomaru, and Sol. The four of them each corresponded to the four Magic elements required for Abyss Break.
Whenever he had free time, Jose would have the Element 4 inject their Magic into four energy Lacrima, allowing him to activate Abyss Break at any time and to charge the Magical Convergent Cannon: Jupiter.
Incidentally, the Jupiter Cannon is a weakened version of Abyss Break.
Juvia and Gajeel were surprised because Laxus had already destroyed one of the energy Lacrima, and even the Jupiter Cannon had stopped working, so how could Jose still activate this Abyss Break?
In reality, how could a scoundrel like Jose fully entrust his trust? He had already kept a backup plan.
Ostensibly, he had the Element 4 maintain the energy Lacrima with their Magic, but secretly, Jose had also set up a Magic circle within Phantom Lord that gathered the four elements of wind, water, fire, and earth, precisely to prevent anyone from betraying him and causing him to be unable to unleash his ultimate move.
Laxus' expression was grim. He had the ability to protect himself from Abyss Break, but the other members of the Guild couldn't, and the ordinary people of Magnolia certainly didn't have that capability.
Therefore, the vessel of the Magic had to be destroyed before the Forbidden Magic was completed.
Laxus unleashed his full power without hesitation, his bright and swift lightning shaking the heavens and the earth, as if to completely shatter the building beneath his feet into dust.
However, Jose would never let Laxus succeed.
Most of the Magic Power required for Abyss Break was provided and borne by Phantom Lord, and Jose himself didn't consume too much Magic Power. He instantly gathered a large amount of dark Magic to intercept Laxus.
In a Magic explosion, lightning and darkness simultaneously vanished.
Just as Jose was helpless against Laxus before, the reverse was also true now; Laxus couldn't break through Jose's full defense in a short period.
"Heheheh~"
"Now, you all can just die!"
The time had come. As Jose crossed his hands, the Forbidden Magic Abyss Break was activated!
The terrifying Magic, twice as powerful as the Jupiter Cannon, was about to flatten Fairy Tail and even the entire Magnolia.
Just then, a series of golden Magic circles suddenly appeared in the sky not far away, continuously replicating and extending, like standing dominoes.
Almost instantly, the golden Magic circles, connected in a line, arrived in front of Phantom Lord.
A Magic-Powered Armor wrapped in light emerged from the Magic circle, and together with a sword-wielding knight girl, they jointly blasted through the massive main building that stood in their way. Jose's hidden gathering Magic circle was also shattered by this attack.
Without the support of the Magic Power source, Abyss Break disintegrated in an instant!
Before Jose could even get angry, a mist drifted beside him. The intense drowsiness made Jose pinch himself hard to stay awake.
He waved his hand, casting a spell to disperse the mist, revealing a black-robed figure holding a staff, which made Jose's heart sink.
Fairy Tail's S-Class Mage, Mystogan, was said to be one of the few opponents Laxus acknowledged.
If one Laxus could rival him, and now another character potentially his equal... Jose couldn't help but feel the urge to retreat.
But then Erza, who flipped over and ascended, cut off Jose's escape route.
Jose's eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, "You're not dead?! Impossible, I saw with my own eyes you and the Tower of Heaven being hit by Etherion!"
Seeing Jose's astonished expression, Erza understood that the Magic Council's sudden firing of Etherion at the Tower of Heaven, besides Jellal's Thought Projection, Siegrain, must also have had Jose interfering.
"Mystogan, Laxus, Jose can't be allowed to leave. The Guild Master still has a score to settle with him," Erza calmly stated, simultaneously Requipping into her Purgatory Armor.
Mystogan had already learned about what happened at the Tower of Heaven that night on the island.
Laxus didn't understand, but he also didn't want Jose to have a chance to escape. However, one thing made him very curious, and he turned to look at the dragon-headed humanoid Magic-Powered Armor still posing next to Phantom Lord.
"What the hell are you?"
"Ahem, Laxus, is that how you talk to your uncle?"
The Dragon Cavalry turned handsomely, and with the sound of mechanical driving, the giant Magic-Powered Armor quickly shrunk like stacking blocks, landing in the hands of the white-haired young man controlling it.
Noah's words almost made Erza and Mystogan lose their composure.
In a way, Noah was right, after all, his father's parallel world counterpart was Laxus' biological grandfather, Makarov.
Not understanding what Noah was babbling about, but from Erza's momentarily strained expression, Laxus could guess it was definitely nothing good.
Remembering how that hateful white-haired guy had recorded the scene of himself begging him with a Magic crystal and even threatened to share the recording with everyone in the Guild, Laxus' veins immediately bulged, and he gritted his teeth, glaring at the unreliable Noah.
Feeling the tension among his companions, to avoid a "civil war" erupting before ganging up on Jose, Erza kindly gave Noah a sharp rap on the head.
"Stop clowning around. Let's do something serious first."
"Yes, yes, my Queen."
Noah unhurriedly put on his blast gauntlets. Before Ultear left, Noah had her restore the blast gauntlets, which had been aged by Arc of Time, to their original state.
Feeling the normal operation of the Magic Power within the blast gauntlets, Noah couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of Time Magic. Fortunately, Ultear's Arc of Time couldn't affect the human body, otherwise, it would be too terrifying.
Looking at the battlefield under the dilapidated castle, where the fighting had already ended, Noah smiled slightly, "It seems we've returned just in time to catch the final boss battle."
"I just wonder, how much can you take?"
Noah's smiling words enraged Jose. What right did a brat who wasn't even S-Class have to gang up on him!
Jose waved his hand, and countless dark Magic bullets poured down toward Noah.
However, Noah only made three movements.
Leaping into the air, flipping over to gather strength, and a flying kick.