On the streets of the magical town.
"As expected, Kenichi isn't easy to deal with!"
Although Freed didn't know why his attacks were ineffective against Kenichi, there was no time for him to think too much about it now.
Just one hit.
He only needed to hit Kenichi once, and he would win this event.
Thinking this, Freed swung the sword in his hand through the air towards Kenichi several times.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Instantly, two pitch-black sword beams, in a crisscross pattern, swept towards Kenichi's location one after the other.
But, just like before, the two black sword beams passed directly through Kenichi's body and struck the ground behind him.
"Another miss…"
Seeing his attack fail again, Freed's eyes narrowed.
But before Freed could finish his sentence, a piercing cold swept over him.
Bzzzt-
In just an instant, Freed's figure was frozen into an ice sculpture.
"Kenichi's attack hits Freed!"
"Fairy Tail A gains 1 point! Fairy Tail B Team loses 1 point!"
Seeing Freed frozen by the ice, the live commentator on the commentator's stand announced clearly.
"Ah, what a shame!"
Gildarts on the stands, seeing Freed frozen, knew that Freed had already lost the chance to compete for first place.
Just as Gildarts was speaking, the frozen Freed on the stadium was teleported away due to the protective mechanism.
Of course, if Kenichi expanded the range of his spatial law, the event's protective mechanism would also fail on the spot.
But Kenichi couldn't be bothered to do that.
"Alright, finally, only..."
After dealing with Freed, Kenichi's gaze fell on Lyon, who was trapped by Freed's Rune on the tall tower.
Lyon, noticing Kenichi's gaze, felt like he was being targeted by a hunter.
However, just as Lyon was frantically thinking of countermeasures in his mind, the live commentator's prompt sounded across the stadium: "The five-minute time limit is up! The competition for the top three ends here!"
Hearing this prompt, Lyon immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, a huge virtual screen appeared in the sky above the stadium.
The screen already displayed the rankings for the top three.
Fairy Tail A, 10 points
Fairy Tail B Team, 8 points
Lamia Scale, 6 points
Seeing this ranking, the stadium erupted with cheers from the audience.
"Fairy Tail actually got first and second? That's really impressive~!"
"Go Fairy Tail!"
Perhaps before, those spectators had looked down on Fairy Tail somewhat.
But after seeing Kenichi freeze the entire magical town, they no longer dared to underestimate Fairy Tail.
Now, the ranking in this opening event greatly changed their view of Fairy Tail.
While the audience was cheering, Makarov and the other Fairy Tail's members were also extremely excited.
Just in the opening event, Fairy Tail's two teams had taken first and second place.
There was no better situation than this.
"Hahaha! See that? This is Fairy Tail!"
Makarov stood on the guardrail, arms crossed, laughing heartily with satisfaction.
Erza looked at Kenichi on one of the screens, a crescent moon-like smile forming at the corner of her mouth.
And Natsu, seemingly inspired by Kenichi, slammed his fist into his palm, his face full of fighting spirit as he said with a grin: "As expected of Kenichi! Next, we'll get first place too!"
"Aye!"
Happy raised his hands and chimed in.
Meanwhile, the old lady guild master of Lamia Scale was furious: "Lyon! Do 100 laps when you get back!"
Sherry hurriedly tried to calm her: "Master, Lyon getting third place is already very good!"
While everyone was cheering, Kenichi on the stadium had already emerged from the magical town.
"Cough... could you perhaps melt that ice?"
The Pumpkin Man walked up to Kenichi and asked somewhat awkwardly.
Hearing the Pumpkin Man, Kenichi remembered that the event wasn't completely over.
"Just a moment."
Kenichi said to the Pumpkin Host, then waved his arm.
The ice that had frozen the entire magical town instantly turned into cold air and then vanished.
And the frozen Rufus, Freed, and the other participants were also thawed.
"Thank you!"
Seeing the magical town thawed, he first thanked Kenichi.
After Kenichi walked past him, he added: "I look forward to your performance later!"
After Kenichi left the stadium, Freed and Lyon also left one after the other.
Finally, only five participants remained in the magical town: Rufus, Beth, the big-headed man, Jager, and Eve.
Although they had been frozen by Kenichi's ice magic before, they were still aware of what happened outside.
"Darn it! We've been had... Fairy Tail!"
The big-headed man said hatefully.
"The top three have already been taken, huh? Although it's somewhat embarrassing, we can't afford to lose again from now on!"
Rufus jumped onto a tall tower, scanning the people on the streets below.
After confirming everyone's positions, Rufus raised his arms, pressing his fingers against his head.
"Let's end this boring fight in one go!"
With that, an extremely dazzling light erupted from around Rufus.
Under the illumination of this light, the entire magical town instantly became dark.
Only the place where Rufus stood was exceptionally bright.
"That guy is standing in such a conspicuous place!"
"I'll take this point first!"
Jager from Quatro Cerberus, seeing Rufus on the tall tower, was immediately delighted.
Without any hesitation, he moved his feet, and his body shot towards Rufus like an arrow from a bow.
But before Jager could actually get close to Rufus, four golden beams of light emanated from Rufus's body, sweeping towards the four participants below.
"A Night of Falling Stars!"
The first to be hit by the golden beams was naturally Jager, who had rushed directly below Rufus!
Jager, hit by the golden beam, looked as if struck by lightning.
Soon, the other three participants in the town were also hit by the golden beams one after another.
"Sabertooth scores four points in a row!"
At this moment, the live commentator shouted clearly.
Although Rufus's move was very clever, with Kenichi freezing the entire magical town earlier setting the precedent, the audience's cheers upon seeing Rufus's move weren't as intense as one might expect.
However, Erza, Mirajane, and the others could still tell that this Rufus was very strong.
If not for Kenichi, the first place in this round would probably have been Rufus!
"So this is the strength of the strongest guild in Fiore, Sabertooth? Indeed not weak!"
Erza looked at Rufus on the screen and said.
And at that moment, the system's mechanical prompt also sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +16]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Memory-Make Magic!]
Hearing this system prompt, Kenichi's expression shifted.
This Memory-Make Magic was naturally Rufus's magic.
Although this Memory-Make Magic might not compare to magic like Arc of Time or Manifestation Magic, Memory-Make Magic could nullify all Make-type magic.
Since the system dropped this magic now, Kenichi naturally wouldn't refuse it.
[Host, would you like to collect the Memory-Make Magic attribute?]
[Collect!]
With Kenichi's command, the attributes dropped by the system over on the stadium all converged towards Kenichi.