In the Grand Magic Games' venue, the live commentator on the high platform, seeing Lyon and Sherria encountering Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane on one of the venue's screens, immediately commentated: "Sherria-tan actually encountered Fairy Tail's Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane at this time? This is really unlucky!"
"Sherria-tan?"
Hearing the commentator's term of address, the guest Yajima showed a puzzled expression on his old face.
"I'm a fan of Sherria-tan! Sherria-tan, do your best!"
The commentator shouted encouragement loudly.
Sherria on the bridge, hearing the commentator's encouragement, showed a determined expression on her little face.
"I'll do my best!"
Sherria clenched her fist, then activated her magical power, preparing to launch an attack on Kenichi.
"Sherria, stop! You're no match for him!"
Lyon was originally thinking about how to escape from Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane.
After all, during the previous official matches, he had seen how strong Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane were.
Lyon knew that even if it were just Kenichi alone, he and Sherria together wouldn't be a match.
And now, trying to defeat Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane was impossible.
Only retreat was the wise choice.
But what Lyon didn't expect was that Sherria actually wanted to fight, and even chose to target the strongest one, Kenichi.
While Lyon was trying to stop Sherria, Sherria had already launched her attack on Kenichi.
"Sky God's Boreas!"
Sherria fiercely swung her fair arm towards Kenichi, and a black whirlwind, spiraling in shape, swept towards Kenichi.
...
Lyon, seeing that Sherria had actually attacked Kenichi, showed an expression of frustration on his face.
Then Lyon cursed the commentator in his heart: 'Damn commentator!'
In Lyon's view, if not for the commentator's encouragement, Sherria wouldn't have acted on her own.
While Lyon was cursing inwardly, the black whirlwind launched by Sherria had already struck Kenichi.
But after hitting Kenichi, the black whirlwind didn't harm him in the slightest… instead, it passed right through his body.
"Arere? It didn't work?!"
Sherria, seeing her attack had no effect on Kenichi, said with surprise.
"You idiot! You watched Kenichi's fight with Sabertooth's Minerva, didn't you?"
"Even Minerva's attacks were useless against Kenichi. Did you think your attack was stronger than Minerva's?"
Lyon scolded Sherria with clear annoyance.
As he spoke, Lyon had already brought his palms together.
"Ice-Make: Iceberg!"
Lyon swung his palms towards the ground.
Bzzzt-
Instantly, an iceberg erupted from the ground beneath Sherria, lifting her body into the sky.
"Sherria, get away quickly! Leave this to me!"
Hearing Lyon's words, Kenichi raised an eyebrow.
Clearly, Lyon intended to let Sherria escape.
Just now, when Sherria used her magic, the system only dropped Magic Power attributes, not the Sky God Slayer Magic attribute. Kenichi naturally wouldn't let Sherria leave.
"Jutsu Shiki: Seal!"
Kenichi pointed his finger towards Sherria in the air.
"Ah…"
The next second, Sherria's small head bumped into an invisible wall. She immediately covered her head and cried out in pain.
"That is... Jutsu Shiki?!"
Hearing Sherria's pained cry, Lyon immediately looked up.
When he saw the dense runes in the sky, his expression changed immediately.
"It seems they don't plan to let us leave easily!"
Lyon said through gritted teeth, then shouted to Sherria: "Sherria, let's attack together!"
With that, Lyon launched a magical attack on Kenichi.
"Ice-Make: Dragon!"
"Ice-Make: Tiger!"
"Ice-Make: Great Ape!"
"Ice-Make:..."
Facing Kenichi, Lyon didn't hold back at all. He immediately used his full power to create massive Ice-Make constructs.
"Attack!"
Under Lyon's control, the ice dragon, ice ape, and others coiled before him all pounced on Kenichi.
While Lyon was attacking Kenichi, Sherria jumped down from the iceberg and also used her magic to support Lyon.
"Sky God's Bellow!"
As Sherria descended, a black, spiraling pillar of wind, with astonishing force, swept towards Kenichi along with Lyon's Ice-Make constructs.
"Good! My attacks combined with Sherria's Sky God Slayer Magic should be able to stall Kenichi slightly and create a chance to retreat!"
That's right. Lyon didn't ask Sherria to join him in attacking Kenichi to defeat him, but to stall him.
Because Lyon knew that even if he and Sherria joined forces, they wouldn't cause any harm to Kenichi.
Just as Lyon prepared to take Sherria and leave, a crimson flame suddenly rose from Kenichi's body.
The moment this flame appeared, the temperature of the surrounding air skyrocketed.
The ice dragon and ice ape charging at Kenichi were instantly vaporized into steam by the high temperature.
And Sherria's [Sky God's Bellow] also vanished without a trace after getting close to Kenichi.
"This flame actually burned away mine and Sherria's magic... No, not the magic, but the magical power itself!"
Lyon looked at Kenichi before him, his face constantly changing colors, and his heart surged with monstrous waves.
Lyon already held Kenichi in high regard.
But now, Lyon realized he had still underestimated Kenichi.
"So hot!"
At this moment, it wasn't just Sherria and Lyon, who were relatively close to Kenichi.
Even the spectators in the Grand Magic Games' venue clearly felt the temperature of the surrounding air rise significantly.
"What did Contestant Kenichi do?"
"We're so far away, yet we feel this hot? The entire capital feels like it's inside a furnace!"
The commentator wiped sweat from his forehead and spoke with a shocked expression.
"This flame... is so strong!"
At this time, Natsu, sensing the flame on Kenichi's body, clenched his fists, and an extremely serious expression appeared on his face.
The flame emanating from Kenichi's body at this time was naturally the Dragon Fire of the Fire Dragon God, one of the Five Dragon Gods.
With Kenichi's current magical power unleashing it, the power of the Dragon Fire reached an extremely terrifying level, capable of burning away even magical power itself.