"Is it you again?!"
Laxus roared at Kenichi with a face full of fighting spirit, then violently swung his hand. The next second, a golden lightning bolt descended from the sky and struck towards Kenichi.
"Danger!"
Levy, seeing Laxus suddenly attack Kenichi, her pretty face changed immediately, and she shouted a warning.
Kenichi didn't need Levy's reminder… he had already seen the oncoming lightning.
However, watching the lightning rapidly enlarge in his vision, Kenichi didn't dodge.
There was no need to dodge.
With his Lightning Magic attribute, lightning of this level wouldn't harm him in the slightest.
Soon, the golden lightning struck Kenichi.
Bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt-
At that moment, Kenichi, struck by the lightning, was covered in golden electricity, emitting a golden glow.
Seeing Kenichi struck by Laxus's lightning, Levy's pretty face turned pale.
Although she knew Kenichi was strong…
Strong enough to defeat Phantom Lord's Gajeel…
Strong enough to make her feel safe…
But Laxus, in her heart, was an even more terrifying presence.
After all, Laxus was publicly acknowledged as the strongest in the guild besides Gildarts.
"Don't worry, Levy. An attack of this level won't affect Kenichi!"
Seeing Levy's worry, Natsu beside him had an expression full of belief in Kenichi as he spoke to Levy.
Perhaps Levy didn't know, but Natsu had seen Kenichi casually block Laxus's furious strike.
That strike from Laxus back then was even more powerful than this one.
"But..."
Although Natsu said this, Levy was still somewhat worried.
Soon, under the watchful eyes of Natsu, Levy, and the others, the golden light on Kenichi faded, and Kenichi's figure reappeared in everyone's sight.
Kenichi was completely unharmed.
"See, he's fine!"
Natsu glanced at Levy, then turned his gaze back to Kenichi and said with a grin.
"Mhm!"
Levy first responded to Natsu, then looked at Kenichi, clenched her fists and held them to her chest, saying in a voice only she could hear: "Great, he's okay!"
While Laxus was attacking Kenichi, the guild hall had already descended into chaos.
Besides the Fairy Tail's members, the other ordinary audience members were fleeing the guild in a panic like frightened deer.
Makarov, seeing this, had an expression of extreme anger on his old face.
After confirming Kenichi was fine, he rebuked in an extremely angry tone: "Laxus, what exactly are you trying to do?"
"What am I trying to do?"
"Haven't I told you long ago to hand over the Master's position?"
"Since you won't hand it over voluntarily, I'll just have to make you hand it over!"
Laxus spread his arms and spoke in a frenzied tone.
"Someone like you, who doesn't care about his comrades' lives, how could I possibly hand the guild over to you!"
Makarov rebuked with disapproval expression.
"At this point, you can say whatever you want!"
"Originally, I planned to use these few people in the guild as hostages!"
"But since the plan is disrupted now, I'll just have to change it!"
Laxus glanced at Evergreen, frozen by Kenichi, then shifted his gaze back to Makarov and said mockingly: "Thunder Palace... you must have heard of it, right?"
'Thunder Palace!'
The moment Laxus uttered this name, the faces of Makarov, Erza, Mirajane, and the others who knew about Thunder Palace all changed dramatically.
"Could it be..."
Erza suddenly thought of something and spoke to Laxus with a grave expression.
But before Erza could finish, Laxus interrupted her.
"I will deploy 300 Thunder Palaces across the sky above Magnolia Town. If you want to save this town, come and defeat me!"
As soon as Laxus finished speaking, Makarov, Erza, and the others were all filled with rage.
"300 Thunder Palaces... if they all activate at once, everyone in the town will..."
"To use ordinary people's lives as hostages... how despicable!"
Although everyone was angry, due to Laxus's terrifying strength, guild members like Macao didn't dare to charge forward.
And Natsu, seemingly unaware of the severity of the situation, excitedly charged directly at Laxus.
"A fight?"
"Laxus, let's fight!"
But before Natsu could get close to Laxus, a golden lightning bolt struck Natsu directly.
Natsu was not Kenichi.
After being struck by the golden lightning, his whole body seemed charred as he fell to the ground.
"If you're too weak, don't come looking for me. I don't fight weaklings!"
Laxus glanced at Natsu, then looked at Kenichi with a provocative gaze.
Clearly, Laxus wanted Kenichi to fight him.
However, as soon as Laxus finished speaking, Kenichi raised his arm and used Ice Magic on Laxus.
Bzzzt-
In just the blink of an eye, Laxus's body was frozen into an ice sculpture.
Ding-
Immediately after, the ice sculpture shattered like glass, turning into countless tiny ice crystals that dissipated into the air-
Vanishing along with the ice sculpture was Laxus.
"Kenichi, did you kill Laxus?"
Seeing Laxus disappear along with the ice, Gray and the others were as if struck by lightning, exclaiming in shock.
"That was just a Thought Projection. His real main body is somewhere else now."
Kenichi said to everyone, then turned and walked towards the hall exit.
Hearing Kenichi's words, Erza, Gray, and the others all followed Kenichi out of the hall.
When everyone reached outside the hall, they saw numerous transparent spheres, like lanterns, appearing in the sky.
And those spheres were filled with violent lightning-type magical power.
"Thunder Palace... That guy Laxus really went through with it!"
Erza looked at the continuously appearing Thunder Palaces in the sky and said through gritted teeth.
With that, she chased after Kenichi ahead.
"Kenichi, do you know where Laxus is?"
"Yeah."
Kenichi glanced at Erza running over and responded indifferently.
"I'll deal with Laxus. You find a way to destroy these Thunder Palaces!"
Hearing Erza's words, Kenichi didn't answer immediately.
Originally, Kenichi wanted to face Laxus himself and force Laxus to use his Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic.
That way, the system could drop the Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic attribute.
But now, Erza intended to deal with Laxus.
'Erza vs Laxus, huh?'
After thinking for a moment, Kenichi answered Erza: "Alright."
Thunder Palace is a body-link magic.
If you attack it, you suffer equivalent damage.
In the original work, Erza almost died destroying these Thunder Palaces.
But for Kenichi to deal with these Thunder Palaces, it would be much simpler.
He just needed to use Neinhart's Manifestation Magic to manifest some deceased individuals to destroy the Thunder Palaces.
Or he could use Irene's Enchantment Magic to imbue some swords with personalities, creating thinking entities to handle it.
And Kenichi himself would go near where Laxus and Erza were fighting to collect the various attributes dropped during their battle.
Including, of course, the Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic attribute.