Before attacking Acnologia, Alex dashes to the location where Zeref fell. It's a few kilometers away, but he covers the distance in just a few seconds thanks to his size and speed.
He grabs the almost recovered Zeref and grins at the confused Black Mage. Alex plunges Zeref into one of his tails and suddenly black marks appear all over Zeref's body.
The marks are actually Shukaku's seals that make Zeref unable to move. Alex seals Zeref's movements and puts Zeref in a tail so he can keep absorbing Zeref's magic power.
When his comrades sent their magic power to him, Alex got an idea to use Zeref as a battery. Zeref can't contribute much to the fight anyway, so it's better to use his excessively high amount of magic power as a supply.
Acnologia can freely eat magic power from the atmosphere, so Alex needs something to match it. He can only absorb magic power from creatures or objects with magic power and Zeref who has more magic power than any other Mages here is the best source of magic power for Alex.
After sealing his magic power battery in one of his tails, Alex can finally continue fighting Acnologia. He jumps and flies up like a rocket toward Acnologia who currently is thrashing the 4 male Dragons.
They gang up on him, but they are the ones being beaten up. Their magic power isn't the only one that weakened after years inside the Dragon Slayers bodies, but their physical strength also weakened greatly.
Even being able to keep up with Acnologia in their current states is already a great achievement. After all, they aren't just simply getting weaker, but they are also on the brink of death.
They have fought Acnologia a long time ago and got defeated. Acnologia reaped their souls using his Dragon Slayer Magic, leaving them half-dead, and their lifespans have reduced greatly.
Entering their foster children's bodies wasn't just a way to stop their Dragonization, it was also to prolong their lives, so they could help their children when needed, like now.
However, once they leave the Dragon Slayers' bodies, they won't be able to enter again and they will die because their life forces have reached their limits.
The problem is, even if they will die soon, Alex can't let Acnologia kill them because killing more Dragons will only strengthen Acnologia. It's better for them to die naturally so Acnologia won't get stronger even if it's just a little.
So Alex takes over the fight quickly. He charges from below and headbutts Acnologia in the stomach while the Black Dragon is distracted by the 4 male Dragons' attacks.
This attack throws Acnologia even higher, far above the clouds. Alex stops some distance away above the male Dragons before looking at them.
"I will handle this myself. You go and talk with your kids. Just watch me fight from down there."
"WHAT?! DON'T LOOK DOWN ON US, BOY! WE MIGHT BE MUCH WEAKER THAN OUR PRIMES AND EVEN WEAKER THAN YOU NOW. BUT WE WON'T JUST STAY BACK AND WATCH WHEN A CHILD LIKE YOU IS FIGHTING THAT MONSTER." Metalicana shouts angrily.
"I won't repeat myself after this. Go and talk with your children. You can't help me. You guys are just burdens." Alex doesn't say it with a mocking tone and simply says it seriously, making the Dragons taken aback.
"Listen to him, boys! We'll just hold him back." Grandeeney carries her using the wind, so she doesn't need to shout but everyone can hear her voice very clearly.
The 4 male Dragons look at each other and look at Alex seriously before flying down. Alex looks up again at Acnologia who has stopped and flies to the same height as Acnologia.
Both of them are so high in the sky that Alex almost thinks they are already in outer space. Oxygen should be very low on this altitude, but they can breathe just fine, which is really mysterious for Alex, but it's not important now.
"Let's start our 2nd round in this battle that most likely will be our last round. Either you or I will die in this battle. Only one of us can return alive after this." Alex grins as he provokes Acnologia.
"Interesting. Many have said the same thing, but you are different. I will admit that you have the right to say that to me, unlike the others who said the same thing but still died by my hands easily. You are strong, I acknowledge that. But in the end, I'll still win." Acnologia suddenly becomes quite talkative because he is very excited by the battle with Alex.
After saying that, Acnologia suddenly starts sucking the magic power in the atmosphere like a vacuum. He recovers all of his magic power instantly and he even heals his injuries.
Then his body suddenly releases a blue aura, his scales are shining, the blue marks on his body are glowing, his body is buffed, making his muscles more defined, and his eyes are glowing bright red.
"Damn! I don't know that you have a 2nd phase." Alex sighs before being serious too.
His Rinne-Sharingan spins a little. Purple samurai armor pieces suddenly appear on his golden bright body. Even a mask and a pair of giant wings also appear.
Alex is activating his newly-discovered Susanoo. Previously, when blocking Acnologia's strongest Dragon Roar that almost hit his friends, Alex coincidentally activated Susanoo armor on his arms.
It was just for a moment and he didn't activate full Susanoo armor, but he finally understood how to activate it. So now he activates it, completing his Six Path Sage transformation, combining the power of Indra and Asura.
But now, he actually doesn't make Truth Seeking Balls. They require a lot of magic power to make because he needs to make them manually, unlike Jinchuriki 10 Tails who get them for free.
He usually made them in his free time and stored them in his soul realm where the Tailed Beasts stay and only took them out when he used Asura Mode.
While they are strong, making them need a lot of time and magic power. He doesn't have enough time and magic power now, so he'll fight without using them.
But it's not a problem because he already has a plan. Susanoo isn't the only technique he finally discovered today. He has important cards to defeat Acnologia.
Alex and Acnologia continue their battle. They dash toward each other and send their very powerful punches that clash and create a very powerful impact that can be felt from the ground far below them.
Acnologia is surprised when his punch hits Alex's punch that now is covered by Susanoo armor. It feels much sturdier than before. Alex's Susanoo is actually the one of the hardest objects that Acnologia has ever hit his whole life, and it's comparable to a Diamond Dragon's body.
They send barrages of punches that fly very fast and keep hitting each other. Acnologia can actually follow Alex's very fast punches even though he doesn't have special eyes like Alex's Rinne-Sharingan.
His vast experience and great senses are enough to rival Alex's Rinne-Sharingan's vision. Well, Dragons had different abilities and some of them were extremely fast. Yet Acnologia could still defeat them, so he is also very fast himself.
They keep sending punches, claws, and kicks at each other. Sometimes they are slipping magic attacks like magic blades from their claws, throwing energy balls, or covering their physical attacks with powerful magic.
Their maneuvers make their positions and locations change all the time. They are fast enough to move around in a very wide area, but they stay fighting high in the sky where they can move much more freely.
But they can always react to each other's attacks. Acnologia coats his left claws with a lot of magic and swings it toward Alex's right waist after his right jab is parried and Alex swings his right hand at the incoming claws.
He hit the magic-enhanced claws with the back of his right hand that is covered by the very tough Susanoo armor. Acnologia's attack actually doesn't even scratch Susanoo, that's just how hard it is.
Then, Alex manages to slip an attack after trading more attacks with Acnologia. He slides his right fist a little to the right, so it doesn't clash with Acnologia's right punch that is flying to his face.
Alex tilts his face to the left, barely dodging Acnologia's punch while his own punch lands on Acnologia's face, throwing the Black Dragon a little to the back.
It actually damages Acnologia's face a little. Acnologia has hardened his scales, but they aren't as hard as Susanoo although they are still very hard, seeing from how little the damage Alex's punch caused even though it was a very strong punch enhanced with magic too.
Crazily enough, this doesn't pause their fight even for a moment. Acnologia immediately shoots a Dragon Roar right after getting punched in the face, so Alex also shoots an attack.
Alex shoots Son Goku's green flame breath to counter Acnologia's Dragon Roar. Because they fly very close to each other, their attacks immediately hit and explode.
The explosion is very big and it throws them back far enough. They quickly stabilize themselves and dash toward each other while roaring and gathering magic power on their hands.
Alex creates a big Rasengan on his right hand and he slams it at Acnologia who also slams a blue magic ball on his left hand.
Their attacks are so strong, creating an impact that can be felt from nearby countries. A massive explosion happens again and engulfs both of them.
They are pushed back again, but they charge toward each other again to continue fighting. This might be the most intense battle the world has ever seen in 400 years.
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Ch. 276. The Man Who Defeated Acnologia