"The Grand Magic Games opening event begins now!"
Clang~
With the sound of a gong, the spectators in the surrounding stands all cheered.
And the participants located in the massive magical town at the center of the stadium all sprang into action.
"Jutsu Shiki!"
Freed drew the sword at his waist and casually swung it.
Bzzzt Bzzzt Bzzzt-
In the next second, dense runic magic circles appeared on the various streets of the magical town.
The rules of the Rune were very simple.
The duplicates walking on these runic magic circles wouldn't have any issues.
But... if a real person walked on them, they would trigger a trap.
"Where are those two guys from Fairy Tail?"
The big-headed man from Raven Tail was mingling among the crowd of duplicates, constantly searching for Kenichi and Freed's traces.
Clearly, he wanted to use this event as an opportunity to rough up Kenichi and Freed.
But soon, he noticed the purple runic magic circles on the ground.
"Hmm? What's this..."
"Oh no!"
The big-headed man was first stunned, then his expression changed dramatically.
However, just as the big-headed man prepared to leap into the air, the runic magic circle erupted with a dazzling light.
Boom-
Accompanied by a loud noise, the big-headed man was directly blasted away.
At the same time, Quatro Cerberus's Jager, Blue Pegasus's Eve, and Mermaid Heel's Beth also fell victim.
Only Kenichi, Rufus, and Lyon managed to avoid Freed's Rune.
After these four explosions sounded within the magical town, the live commentator shouted passionately: "What a brilliant attack method! Freed from Fairy Tail B Team scores 4 points in a row!"
"Raven Tail, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, and Quatro Cerberus each lose one point!"
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, the spectators instantly cheered.
And Evergreen and Bickslow, members of the Thunder God Tribe, shouted loudly: "Well done, Freed!"
"Ho, Freed, pretty impressive!"
At this moment, even Gildarts in the Fairy Tail B Team area couldn't help but praise.
Hearing Gildarts's praise, Laxus also said with considerable satisfaction: "Of course! Just look at who Freed belongs to!"
Although the spectators were cheering for Freed's move, the Pumpkin Man over there was having a headache.
He had come up with the duplicate idea to interfere with the event and add some fun to it.
But because of Freed's move, the participants in the magical town all left the ground and hid on the rooftops.
And those duplicates only moved back and forth monotonously, and they couldn't jump onto roofs.
This made the duplicates completely useless.
"First that guy named Kenichi, now Freed changing the entire game rules... Fairy Tail is such an interesting guild!"
The Pumpkin Man looked at Freed on the screen and thought to himself.
"By the way, why haven't we seen Kenichi at all?"
Due to Freed's Jutsu Shiki, almost all participants had now jumped onto rooftops to avoid the Rune on the ground.
But Natsu, Gray, and the others hadn't seen Kenichi on the screens.
"Kenichi can also use Jutsu Shiki. Freed's Jutsu Shiki is ineffective against him. He should still be among those duplicates right now."
Hearing Natsu's question, Erza spoke up.
Just as Erza said, Kenichi was still on the streets.
After Kenichi confirmed the locations of all participants using his Sensory Magic, a curve formed on his lips.
"Since these people are all on the rooftops, this makes things easier!"
Kenichi didn't hesitate and immediately activated his Ice Magic.
Bzzzt-
At that moment, a piercing cold centered on Kenichi instantly swept through the entire magical town.
In the next second, all the houses and buildings were completely frozen.
And the participants on the rooftops were all frozen into ice sculptures.
In just the blink of an eye, everyone on the stadium saw that, apart from Freed and Lyon (who had resistance to cold), all other participants were frozen.
"Whaa-! Kenichi from Fairy Tail A Team uses Ice Magic to freeze the entire magical town!"
"Fairy Tail A gains 5 points!"
"Sabertooth, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, Quatro Cerberus, and Raven Tail each lose 1 point!"
As soon as the live commentary finished, the spectators in the stadium erupted once again.
"So strong! He actually froze the entire town!"
"It seems Fairy Tail getting first and third place in the preliminaries wasn't just pure luck!"
"Even Sabertooth's Rufus was hit! This Kenichi is really powerful!"
While the audience was cheering, the various mage guilds watching this scene also had different feelings...
"Heh, as expected of Kenichi. His magic power has grown much stronger compared to seven years ago."
Jura from Lamia Scale looked at the frozen magical town, a smile appearing on his lips.
"This is Kenichi's strength? So impressive!"
The little girl with twin tails looked at the frozen magical town, her eyes shining with admiration!
"Lyon, get going! Freeze the town for me too!"
The old lady guild master of Lamia Scale pointed her cane at Lyon on the stadium and shouted.
"Lyon doesn't have that kind of power. Don't ask for the impossible."
Sherry said helplessly.
While Lamia Scale was talking, Millianna and the other female members of Mermaid Heel were all exclaiming in surprise.
"So strong! As expected of the man Kagura has her eyes on!"
Kagura was originally marveling at Kenichi's strength, but upon hearing Millianna and the others' words, her pretty face turned bright red, and she immediately scolded: "Y-you! What nonsense are you talking?"
"It really is impressive, Fairy Tail. This Grand Magic Games is getting more and more interesting!"
Sting from Sabertooth also said with a face full of fighting spirit.
"Fairy Tail is indeed strong, but the championship will definitely be ours, Sabertooth's!"
The red cat standing on the railing in front of Sting said confidently.
"Frosch thinks so too!"
The frog-like cat next to the red cat chimed in.
While some cheered for Fairy Tail, naturally others were displeased.
Right now, the most displeased was probably Raven Tail's guild master, Ivan.
Originally, he wanted to teach Fairy Tail a lesson.
But the event had just started, and their guild's big-headed man had already suffered attacks from both Freed and Kenichi in quick succession.
"Damn that Fairy Tail!"
Ivan clenched his fists and said with hatred.
If he took off his mask, the expression on his face would surely be very vivid.