"Ice Demon: World-Ending Cold Current!"
Gray opened his mouth!
A highly compressed, terrifying cold current, mixed with ice-blue and dark purple, spewed out like a beam of destruction!
Wherever it passed, space seemed to freeze and twist!
Lyon's face changed drastically!
"Ice Demon: Wall of Dark Ice!"
A thick, pitch-black Ice Wall, covered with magic patterns, instantly formed!
Boom—!!!
The cold current slammed violently into the Ice Wall!
The Ice Wall trembled violently!
Its surface instantly solidified into a thick layer of dark purple ice!
And rapidly spread and cracked!
Crack! Rumble—!
The Ice Wall couldn't hold on and shattered with a roar!
The residual cold current violently impacted Lyon!
"Ugh ah—!" Lyon was sent flying again!
The demon scales on his body were frozen and shattered!
He was covered in blood!
"Ice Demon: Thousand Thorns Hell!"
Gray slammed his hands onto the ground!
Buzz—!!!
The entire pitch-black Ice Demon's ground vibrated violently!
Countless enormous, terrifying ice spikes, covered with dark purple magic patterns and sharp as spears at their tips, broke through the ice like a forest of hell!
They grew wildly! Instantly covering the area where Lyon was!
"Ice Demon: Shadow Shuttle!"
Lyon roared, his body transforming into a shadow, frantically shuttling and dodging among the dense ice spikes!
But the ice spikes were simply too many and too dense!
Splat—!
An ice spike grazed his thigh, bringing a trail of blood and black ice shards!
Hiss! Hiss!
Two more ice spikes pierced through his demon scale armor!
Blood splattered!
Lyon roared in pain repeatedly, looking utterly disheveled!
"Ice Demon: Judgment of Jingdong!"
Gray raised his hands high!
A gigantic greatsword, entirely entwined with dark purple magic patterns, its blade flowing with ice-blue and dark purple energy, instantly formed!
Its tip pointed directly at the sky!
Emitting a terrifying aura of destruction!
"Cut!"
Gray violently swung his hands down!
The greatsword, with the power to tear heaven and earth, fiercely slashed down towards the disheveled Lyon, who was dodging below!
"Ice Demon: Guard of the Cold Abyss!"
Lyon felt a fatal threat and frantically poured all his demonic magic into his defense!
A gigantic, pitch-black ice shield, engraved with a demon's head, instantly formed! Blocking above his head!
Boom—!!!!!!!!
The greatsword and the ice shield collided violently!
A deafening explosion resounded throughout heaven and earth!
A violent energy shockwave swept across the entire Moon God Temple plaza like a tsunami!
The ground cracked inch by inch!
Huge stone pillars were shattered!
The entire Moon God Temple shook violently!
Crack! Crackle crackle—!!!
The pitch-black ice shield, under the impact of the greatsword, let out a groan of unbearable strain!
Its surface was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks!
"Roar—!!!" Lyon let out a desperate roar, his entire body's magic patterns glowing to their maximum!
Holding on for dear life!
But!
Bang—!!!!!!!!
The ice shield finally shattered completely!
The lingering power of the greatsword fiercely struck Lyon!
"Pfft—!!!"
Lyon was violently sent flying like a broken rag doll!
Black blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs, spewed from his mouth!
A huge, bone-deep wound on his chest!
The demon scales covering his entire body shattered inch by inch!
His magic patterns dimmed!
One of his demon horns was even broken!
He fell heavily to the ground, rolling for over ten meters before stopping, gasping for breath, almost completely losing his combat ability.
Gray also knelt on one knee, breathing heavily.
Forcibly absorbing evil energy and demonizing, coupled with his full-power burst just now, placed a huge burden on his body!
The magic patterns on his body flickered violently, his ice armor shattered, blood constantly overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his aura also plummeted to rock bottom.
He felt as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, and his magic power was almost depleted.
He stared intently at Lyon, who was lying on the ground in the distance, struggling to stand up to deliver the final blow, but he was powerless.
The entire plaza was a mess, as if it had been hit by a meteorite.
The Ice Demon had long since shattered, leaving only scattered ice crystals and huge craters on the ground.
The air was filled with a pungent smell of blood and violent residual magic power.
Juvia was already in tears, looking at the two men who looked like they had crawled out of a bloody battle in hell, her heart aching so much she could barely breathe.
She wanted to rush over, but she didn't dare.
Just then.
"Enough..."
A gentle, familiar voice, filled with heartache and weariness, echoed across the silent plaza.
Gray and Juvia suddenly looked in the direction of the sound!
They saw that the tightly closed massive stone door of the Moon God Temple had quietly opened at some point.
A figure, bathed in the soft light from within the temple, slowly walked out.
She had neat black short hair, her strands gleaming with a healthy luster in the morning light.
Her face was gentle and beautiful, but her eyes were sharp as an eagle's, carrying the calmness, loving-kindness, and an unquestionable authority that comes with having experienced much hardship.
She wore a simple white robe, her posture upright, and a pure and powerful ice magic aura emanated from her whole being!
It was Ur!
"Mas... Master?!" Gray exclaimed in a choked voice, his voice trembling violently from extreme shock and disbelief!
He widened his eyes, his pupils constricted, his body stiff, as if he had been nailed to the spot by an invisible force!
His mind was blank!
This was impossible!
He had personally watched his Master turn into ice crystals!
This must be an illusion!
An illusion caused by depleted magic power!
Ur quickly walked to the center of the plaza, her gaze sweeping over the heavily injured Lyon lying on the ground and the equally scarred and barely breathing Gray, her eyes filled with heartache and deep weariness.
"Gray, Lyon..." Ur's voice was tinged with a sob, "You've worked hard... and... I'm sorry..."
She walked to Lyon's side, knelt down, and her hands glowed with a soft ice-blue light, gently pressing on the terrifying wound on Lyon's chest.
A gentle yet powerful healing magic flowed in, rapidly stabilizing his injuries and dispelling the lingering demonic cold.
"Mas... Master..." Lyon struggled to open his eyes, and seeing Ur, a weak smile appeared on his pale face, before he fainted.
Ur then walked to Gray's front.
Gray was still kneeling on one knee, looking up at Ur, tears streaming uncontrollably, mixing with the bloodstains on his face as they fell.
His lips trembled violently, wanting to say something, but no sound came out.
Ur knelt down, extended a warm hand, and gently wiped away the bloodstains and tears from Gray's face, her movements soft and precious.
"Foolish child... it's all over..." Ur's voice was gentle and firm, "This isn't an illusion, it's me. I've returned."
"Master... You... You're not dead?!" Gray's voice was broken, filled with bewilderment and ecstasy, "But... I clearly..."
"It was your friend, Ezreal." Ur's voice was soft and clear, "A year and a half ago, he came to Galuna Island."
"He not only dealt with the sealed Deliora—that demon had long since been completely annihilated by the power of Absolute Zero, leaving only an empty shell—more importantly, he used an extremely special, extremely powerful magic... a forbidden magic involving the essence of life... to free me from the state of Absolute Zero."
Gray and Juvia both looked at Ur in shock.
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