This opening event had a protective mechanism.
When a participant was hit and lost points, their body would be randomly teleported to another location within the magical town.
Just now, after the big-headed man from Raven Tail and the others were hit by Freed's Jutsu Shiki trap, they were randomly teleported somewhere in the magical town.
Now, after the big-headed man and the others were frozen by Kenichi's magic, the protective mechanism was also immediately triggered.
However, after the big-headed man and the others were randomly teleported, the ice on their bodies did not melt.
After all, the Ice Magic Kenichi used was that of Invel, one of the Spriggan 12.
Coupled with the fact that Kenichi's current magic power had reached a terrifying level, someone of Rufus or the big-headed man's strength simply couldn't dissolve this ice.
"Huh? The ice hasn't melted?"
Looking at the still frozen Rufus, the big-headed man, and the other four, the Pumpkin Man outside the magical town was utterly baffled.
And the spectators in the surrounding stands were also buzzing with discussion.
"What's going on?"
"Can this ice not be melted?"
"Five out of eight people are frozen! This event can't continue like this!"
"If we wait until the event time ends, wouldn't that mean five people get zero points?"
While everyone was discussing, the Pumpkin Man looked helpless.
"I never thought we'd run into problems again!"
"This Kenichi... he really brings me a lot of surprises!"
"No other choice..."
Then, the Pumpkin Man announced clearly: "Due to five participants in the stadium being frozen, making normal continuation of the event impossible, we are now changing the event rules!"
"Fairy Tail A, Fairy Tail B Team, and Lamia Scale's three participants will compete for the top three positions within five minutes!"
"The five frozen participants will compete for the subsequent rankings after five minutes!"
As soon as the Pumpkin Man said this, the stadium erupted once again.
"They actually changed the rules because of that Kenichi? What a fearsome man!"
"Changing the rules... that's never happened before, has it?"
While the audience was discussing, Lyon and Freed inside the magical town both sprang into action.
They had also heard the Pumpkin Host's words.
They had only five minutes to compete for the top three spots, and there wasn't much time left.
Neither of them wanted to lose to Kenichi.
"Since the rules have changed, now I just need to deal with Kenichi and Freed!"
Lyon, hiding behind a tall tower, scanned the streets below and thought to himself.
Soon, Lyon noticed Freed rushing down a street below.
"Found him!"
After spotting Freed, Lyon focused his mind.
He didn't hesitate and made a grand gesture.
"Ice-Make: Sea Eagle!"
In the next second, large eagles condensed from ice, like living creatures, swooped down towards Freed.
"Over there?"
Freed, while rushing, quickly locked onto Lyon's position based on the attack's trajectory.
Although Freed couldn't see Lyon's figure, he only needed to know Lyon was behind that tower.
Boom Boom Boom-
Just as he was about to be hit by the ice eagles, Freed's body shot backward, avoiding all the ice eagles.
"Not good, I'm exposed!"
The attack failed, and Lyon immediately prepared to relocate.
But the moment Lyon took a step forward, his body collided with an invisible wall.
"Jutsu Shiki?"
"Even in the air?"
Looking at the Rune surrounding him like a barrier, Lyon was shocked.
Lyon casually attacked the Jutsu Shiki a few times.
But the Jutsu Shiki remained completely motionless and didn't counterattack.
Now Lyon understood: Freed was just trapping him within this Jutsu Shiki.
Currently:
Kenichi: 5 points
Freed: 4 points
Lyon: 0 points
As long as Lyon was trapped in this Rune, he couldn't be teleported away and couldn't score points.
Once the five minutes were up, Lyon would still have 0 points.
In the end, it would come down to Freed and Kenichi competing for first place.
"Darn it!"
Lyon, having seen through Freed's plan, let out an unwilling curse.
'Kenichi is very strong. Even Laxus lost to him before. A direct confrontation offers me no chance of winning!'
'Right now, he has 5 points, I have 4. If I can just hit him once, we'll be tied. Then, if I hit the Lamia Scale guy one more time at the end, I'll be first!'
Freed, rushing through the streets, had a very clear plan: just hit Kenichi once.
However, just as Freed was thinking this, Kenichi suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Kenichi?!"
Although Freed wanted to find Kenichi, seeing him deliver himself to his doorstep, he still cautiously stepped back several paces, putting some distance between himself and Kenichi.
"Dark Écriture!"
Freed didn't hesitate. Moving the sword in his hand, streams of pitch-black light converged towards Kenichi.
Soon, those streams of light struck Kenichi.
"Participant Freed hits Participant Kenichi!"
Seeing the streams of light hit Kenichi, the live commentator on the commentator's stand said passionately.
But soon, the live commentator noticed something strange.
"That's odd... Participant Freed didn't gain a point. Could this Kenichi before him be a duplicate?"
"No, wait! Participant Freed didn't lose a point either. What in the world is going on?"
At the same time, the surrounding spectators also had the same question.
They clearly saw Freed's attack hit Kenichi, but Kenichi didn't lose a point, and Freed didn't gain one either.
At this moment, Natsu and Gray were also puzzled.
"What's going on?"
"It doesn't look like Midnight's Reflector Magic from the Oracion Seis either!"
Both Natsu and Gray knew that Kenichi could use Midnight's Reflector Magic.
If it was Reflector Magic, Freed's attack would have been bent away.
But now, they clearly saw Freed's attack hit Kenichi.
"This is Kenichi's new magic!"
Hearing Natsu and Gray's confusion, Erza said: "Freed's attack didn't actually hit Kenichi… it passed right through his body!"
"Passed through?"
Natsu and Gray were startled.
Over the past seven years, Kenichi had combined Marin's Rules of the Area and Midnight's Reflector Magic to develop a completely new Spatial Magic.
This magic, like Reflector Magic, could avoid all magical attacks.
Furthermore, it compensated for Reflector Magic's weakness, and even physical attacks would pass through Kenichi's body.
It was almost exactly like Obito's Kamui from Naruto!