Takeshi's words stirred an indescribable feeling in Gray's heart, and he forcefully held back his tears.
"Hmph! Do you intend to stop me from resurrecting Deliora?"
Lyon assumed a battle stance.
Takeshi waved his hand. "Don't talk about stopping or not stopping. You can resurrect whoever you want, I don't care at all. But you absolutely shouldn't have tried to harm my client and hit my companion."
"Of course, you could say it was a fair fight, but there's nothing I can do. It's just my nature to protect my own."
Lyon's eyes sharpened. "Hmph! What's the use of so many pretty words? In the end, aren't we still going to fight?"
Takeshi smiled and said, "It's still useful. At least it lets you know why you're about to get beaten."
Ice-Make: Great Eagle!
Lyon raised his palm, releasing a large number of ice eagles. Takeshi stood his ground, not dodging.
Boom... Boom...
The ice eagles struck Takeshi, exploding and then rapidly proliferating, instantly freezing his body.
"Takeshi!"
Lucy and the others grew worried when they saw Takeshi frozen.
Clang!
The ice block encasing Takeshi shattered instantly.
Ice-Make: Great Ape!
Lyon naturally didn't think Takeshi would be defeated so easily. While Takeshi was frozen, he quickly used his next magic.
A giant ice ape appeared before Takeshi, clenching its fists and smashing them towards him.
Boom!!!
Takeshi was struck by the ice ape's fists, yet remained completely unharmed.
"What?!"
Takeshi casually threw a punch at the ice ape's chest.
Boom!
The ice ape exploded into pieces.
Ice-Make: White Tiger!
Seeing that the ice ape's attack had no effect on Takeshi, Lyon's expression darkened slightly. He quickly created a giant ice tiger.
"Roar!"
The ice tiger charged towards Takeshi, attempting to attack him with its sharp claws.
"Oh, a little kitty."
Slap!
Takeshi pressed one hand onto the ice tiger's head, then with a slight exertion of force, the ice tiger was effortlessly lifted by Takeshi with one hand. The ice tiger struggled continuously, but to no avail.
"Here, have it back."
Takeshi threw the ice tiger back at Lyon.
Disperse!
Lyon quickly dispelled the magic, and the ice white tiger dissolved into elements.
"Damn it!"
Ice-Make: White Dragon!
Rumble!
A gigantic ice white dragon burst from the ground, shredding all the surrounding pillars of the ruins, and rapidly spun towards Takeshi, attempting to bite him. Takeshi did not dodge, raising his arm.
Crack!
The white dragon bit at Takeshi's arm, but Takeshi was unharmed. Instead, all the white dragon's teeth shattered.
Takeshi slightly used the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Boom!
Crack!
The entire white dragon's body developed dense cracks and then disintegrated.
"This... how is this possible?!"
"No! This is impossible! How can my magic have no effect on you?!"
Lyon couldn't believe it. His strongest offensive magic couldn't inflict the slightest damage on this man. Anyone would be on the verge of a breakdown in such a situation.
"Lyon's magic..."
"...actually..."
"...how could this be?!"
Everyone who witnessed this scene was terrified, especially Sherry and the others. They had seen even stronger Mages, such as Jura of the Ten Wizard Saints. But Lyon was also a very powerful Mage, otherwise they wouldn't have followed him.
Yet, this Lyon, who they considered extremely powerful, was now unable to inflict any damage on that man, which seemed far too absurd.
Lucy and Natsu and the others felt much the same. This was simply too overwhelmingly powerful.
"I don't believe it!"
Ice-Make: Ice Geyser!
Lyon pressed both hands on the ground, and a large amount of ice erupted like a geyser from beneath Takeshi's feet.
Takeshi raised an eyebrow, then lightly stomped his foot.
Rumble!
All the ice shattered, and the entire ruin trembled violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
Everyone lost their footing and shrieked in fright.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Hum!
Takeshi clenched his fist, and the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit condensed within it, forming a white, transparent spherical light shield.
"Oh no!"
Seeing the light on Takeshi's fist, Yuka and the other two's expressions immediately changed drastically. Previously, Takeshi had used this very move to severely injure the giant rat, even causing an earthquake.
Doll Attack: Rock Doll!
Sherry immediately created a giant stone golem and controlled it to charge towards Takeshi. Although she knew her magic couldn't harm Takeshi, merely obstructing him for a moment would be enough.
Wave: Barrier!
Yuka created a barrier, blocking in front of Lyon. His specialty was dealing with mages. This barrier could nullify any magic. He would have confidently said that before, but facing Takeshi, he no longer had such confidence.
"You all..."
Lyon hadn't expected Sherry and the others to choose to help him at this moment, despite the opponent's terrifying strength.
Sherry said to Lyon, "Lyon, you are the one who will help us kill Deliora. We absolutely cannot stand by and watch you be attacked."
Toby stood in front of Lyon in agreement. "Oooon."
Lyon was slightly moved by Sherry's words, but now was not the time for other talk. They absolutely had to block the opponent's attack.
Ice-Make: Ice Wall!
Lyon, uncharacteristically, used both hands to perform molding magic.
Whoosh!
A thick ice wall stood before them.
Takeshi clenched his fist and struck the stone golem.
Crack!
The air once again shattered like glass, and the terrifying tremor impact slammed into the stone golem.
Boom!
The stone golem's body exploded under the attack of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.
Next was Yuka's wave barrier, which shattered instantly without even lasting a second, followed by Lyon's ice wall.
Boom!
Crack!
The ice wall also couldn't withstand Takeshi's tremor power and exploded.
The shattered ice wall swept over the group. After the impact ended, all four of them spat out blood and were sent flying, falling heavily to the ground.
At this moment, the people performing the ritual suddenly rushed out and stood in front of Lyon and the others.
"You are not allowed to harm Master Lyon."