In truth, even if Mira did not help, Gildarts had ways to deal with it.
He could simply use Crush or his disassembly Magic on the Magic Barrier Particles.
After exchanging a claw strike with Bloodman and pulling back, Mira gave a soft laugh.
"I absorbed the Underworld King and the Nine Demon Gates, you know. Magic Barrier Particles? I have those too."
Bloodman's face filled with disdain.
"One of His Majesty's toys, is it? Wonderful. Then I can finally fight at full strength for the first time in a while."
"Let corpses devour your souls!"
Bloodman used Curse Power to create a skeletal vortex on the ground.
Skulls surrounded the three of them, forming a battlefield, while countless skulls flew out from the vortex, attempting to swallow Mira and Gildarts.
"White Light Curse: White Snake."
Mira released white light from both claws, and the light transformed into a snake that crashed into the skulls.
"Crush!"
Gildarts merely stood in place and cast Crush Magic.
"White Light Curse... So it truly is Mard Geer's Curse. And that Crush is not something an ordinary person can use either. However, since you stand before me, death is already your fate."
Bloodman raised one finger.
"The First Seal steals Magic Power through Magic Barrier Particles. The Second Seal opens the gate to the underworld through corpses scattered across the land. The Third Seal is the judgment of life by the God of Death."
After Bloodman raised his third finger, his entire body turned into Magic Barrier Particles and dispersed into the air.
What appeared afterward was Bloodman's Third Seal: Skeletal Burial.
On the foundation opened by the Second Seal, his body transformed into a purple ghost-like form covered in white patterns.
Mira frowned and reminded Gildarts,
"He uses Curse Power. Be careful."
Gildarts raised his right fist and grinned.
"Whether it's Curse Power, Magic, or Alchemy, in the end, they all lead to the same place. It still comes down to fists and raw force."
"Curse: Blast Spiral!"
Bloodman used Jackal's Blast Spiral as well, but when he cast it, the difference was like heaven and earth.
The spiral-shaped explosion wave forced both Gildarts and Mira back.
"Five Great Swords: Onimaru!"
"White Light Curse: Absorb!"
Facing one of the Five Great Swords, Mira pressed both palms together and cast the Underworld King's absorption.
"Heaven and Earth Darken!"
Bloodman's offense did not slow. He raised both arms high.
"Heaven and Earth Darken! Fall!"
The black water that had just appeared was immediately suppressed by Mira again.
Mira had been on guard against this move from the beginning.
After all, Raizel had already told her long ago that Bloodman could use all the Curses of the Nine Demon Gates.
"In that case, allow me to show you a Curse that surpasses the Nine Gates... March toward the underworld."
Under Bloodman's Curse Power, the surrounding skulls transformed into spiritual bodies.
"Skeletal Burial!"
Mira's expression turned troubled as she looked at the skeletal spirits surrounding them.
"I can't control this!"
Gildarts aimed both palms at the skeletal spirits.
"Leave it to me! Full Disassembly!"
The countless skulls across the mountains and plains were shattered under Gildarts's full-powered Crush.
Although Bloodman's expression could no longer be seen, the shock in his voice was unmistakable.
"To think you can disassemble the vortex that hunts life!"
Gildarts raised his head and shouted,
"I'll leave it to you, Mira!"
Although Mira could not deal with Bloodman's Skeletal Burial, she had Magic Barrier Particles in her body and possessed the same attribute as Bloodman.
That meant she could touch Bloodman even in his Third Seal state.
The skeletal spirits had filled the sky earlier, obstructing Bloodman's vision. After Gildarts used Full Disassembly, Mira directly accelerated and closed in on Bloodman.
At the same time, she Took Over BlackWarGreymon's claws and began close combat.
Although Bloodman could use all the Curses of the Nine Demon Gates, he was a long-range caster closer to Keyes the Black Archbishop.
His close-combat ability could basically be called zero.
Facing Mira's storm-like assault, he was beaten back again and again.
Most importantly, his mentality collapsed.
"I refuse to accept this. I absolutely refuse! That was only supposed to be His Majesty's toy!"
What Bloodman did not know was that, in the end, they were all toys.
"Ultimate Curse: Memento Mori!"
Mira released BlackWarGreymon's claws and unleashed the Underworld King's strongest Curse.
Her hands released a large amount of black-purple smoke, filled with countless ghost-like spirits, swallowing Bloodman into nothingness.
In midair, a spinning purple vortex suddenly appeared.
Several purple whips of light stretched from within, trying to drag Mira inside.
"I will not die for nothing. You will come with me... This is the gate to the underworld... You and I will go to hell together!"
Bloodman's mind seemed to have gone mad.
His voice was crazed, but Mira's expression remained perfectly normal.
She allowed the whips of light to bind her hands and feet, then mocked him with disdain.
"Did you think... I hadn't Taken Over you just now?"
"Nani?!"
Before Bloodman could say anything else, the purple vortex instantly vanished.
The light whips binding Mira's hands and feet disappeared as well.
In only a single moment, the road to the underworld was completely closed.
The Magic Barrier Particles, the skulls, and everything else vanished, and one corner of Mount Hakobe returned to calm.
Spriggan 12, Bloodman the God of Death—dead.
"??? You Took him Over in that short amount of time?"
Gildarts's jaw dropped, his face full of disbelief.
After releasing her Take Over, Mira narrowed her eyes and covered her mouth with one hand as she smiled.
"Actually, I absorbed him quite some time ago. Just now, I was pretending I couldn't control his Curses."
At the beginning of her battle with Bloodman, Mira had already tried to Take Over his abilities.
Because she also had the Curses of the Nine Demon Gates inside her body, the compatibility was extremely good.
After several rounds of close combat, the absorption was basically complete.
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Kingdom of Fiore, northern region, Mount Zonia—
Irene, hovering in midair, nodded slightly.
"Black Dragon, Acnologia."
Acnologia, who had taken human form, looked at Selene and Irene in the air with slight surprise.
"You know who I am, yet you still dare appear before me."
The two had used scent-concealing spray to hide their scent and had not used Magic, so Acnologia had no idea that one of them was a dragon and the other was a Dragon Slayer Mage who had dragonified.
However, he could sense that the Magic Power of the two women in the air was far from ordinary.
In addition, he did know Irene. She was one of Zeref's subordinates.
He simply did not know he needed to add the word "former."
Acnologia's face was expressionless.
"Do not stand in my way."
Irene slowly shook her head.
"My apologies. If you wish to pass, you will have to step over us first."
Acnologia smiled disdainfully.
"Then you had better entertain me."
"Then let us begin."
Irene lightly tapped her antler staff and enchanted the surrounding air with heat-based Magic.
A massive fireball suddenly appeared in midair and pressed down toward Acnologia.
Facing a fireball with such high temperature and Magic Power, Acnologia merely raised one hand and held it up, allowing the fireball to push him backward.
"Enchanting existence itself? A High Enchanter!"
After stopping his momentum, Acnologia's face carried an excited smile.
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