The terrifying shockwave generated by the eruption of the magical pillar didn't last long.
However, after the shockwave dissipated, the reddish magical pillar that shot into the sky still stood tall between heaven and earth, showing no signs of fading.
"Did we get him?" Jacob looked at the reddish magical pillar that had engulfed Kenichi and asked August as he walked up to him.
August, emanating a crimson glow all over, glanced sideways at Jacob upon hearing his question, then turned his gaze back to the massive magical pillar ahead and said gravely:
"He's the one who killed Acnologia. He won't be taken down that easily."
Sure enough, not long after August finished speaking, a figure slowly appeared within the reddish magical pillar.
As time passed, the figure gradually solidified.
Soon, the figure walked out of the magical pillar.
Kenichi's form reappeared in the sight of August and Jacob.
"Completely unscathed?!" Jacob stared at Kenichi, seeing not a single wound on him, and was utterly shocked.
Jacob knew a thing or two about August's power.
The [Melting Pillar] August had just released could destroy a mountain in an instant.
But this [Melting Pillar] striking Kenichi hadn't caused him the slightest bit of harm.
Naturally, Jacob was somewhat astonished.
Simultaneously, a trace of fear entered his eyes as he looked at Kenichi.
Compared to Jacob's shock, August was much calmer.
"Indeed, no effect... But... for His Majesty's sake!" After thinking this to himself, August swung his magic staff towards Kenichi through the air once more.
Bzzzt-
A golden laser beam instantly shot towards Kenichi.
The speed of the laser beam was incredibly fast.
In the blink of an eye, it closed in on Kenichi.
But just as the laser beam was about to hit Kenichi, it suddenly deviated from its original trajectory, bypassing Kenichi from the side.
"It went around him?" Jacob, watching this scene, had his expression change drastically.
And August's eyes also narrowed slightly.
"A magic that warps space? Quite a useful magic!" Just as August was speaking, the system's mechanical prompt sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +17!]
Simultaneously, Kenichi noticed a golden Magic Power attribute had dropped from August.
Seeing this golden Magic Power attribute dropped by August, a barely noticeable smile touched Kenichi's lips.
August clearly hadn't released a magical attack, yet the system dropped a Magic Power attribute. There was only one explanation.
That was, August had just used his Instant Copy Magic to copy the Reflection Magic Kenichi had just used.
Clearly, Kenichi had intentionally used Reflection Magic to let August copy it.
His purpose was naturally to make the system drop August's Instant Copy Magic attribute.
Although this time the system only dropped a Magic Power attribute and not the Instant Copy Magic attribute, Kenichi wasn't disappointed.
After all, this was just the beginning.
Kenichi didn't hesitate, and his figure vanished from the spot.
In the next second, when he reappeared, he was already in front of August, throwing a punch at him.
"So fast!" Seeing Kenichi suddenly appear before him, August's aged face changed dramatically.
But his reaction wasn't slow either. The moment Kenichi's punch came, his body reflexively retreated backward, and the magic staff in his hand moved to block Kenichi.
Crack-
The moment Kenichi's fist struck August's magic staff, the staff instantly shattered, and Kenichi's fist continued unimpeded, striking August's arm.
Rip-
In the next second, August's entire arm exploded into a mist of blood.
From Kenichi's move to the destruction of August's arm, it all happened in the brief span of a blink.
It happened so quickly that Jura, Warrod, and the others, who had just arrived, didn't even have time to react.
By the time they processed it, they only saw that Kenichi had somehow appeared in front of August, and August's arm had already been destroyed.
"He's suppressing the Magic King? Just who is this young man?" Wolfheim looked at the scene before him, his aged face filled with disbelief.
"His name is Kenichi. He is a mage of our Fairy Tail!" Warrod turned his head to look at Wolfheim and said with pride.
Jura, standing nearby, also showed a smile on his face.
While Wolfheim and Warrod were talking, August, who had lost an arm to Kenichi's punch, had already put some distance between himself and Kenichi.
Then, under the astonished gazes of Jura, Warrod, and the others, August's arm, which had been blown apart by Kenichi, seemed to become digitized and actually reappeared.
"The Magic King's arm is back?"
"What in the world is going on?" What they were seeing now exceeded the understanding of Jura, Warrod, and the others.
They all wore expressions of utter disbelief.
However, Kenichi's expression remained unchanged.
After all, Kenichi knew that August was currently under the protection of the [Evil Possession].
Evil Possession could nullify the physical damage August's body received.
Of course, this didn't mean August was unkillable.
Kenichi clearly noticed that the moment August's arm regrew, the crimson flames rising from his body had noticeably dimmed.
This meant that once the crimson flames on August's body completely dissipated, the damage he received would no longer be nullified.
Kenichi paid no mind to this and launched another magical attack on August.
"Spiral Pain!" The moment Kenichi swung his arm, the space where August was located instantly twisted.
"Space-warping magic again?" August, at the center of the twisted space, suddenly disintegrated into numerous tiny cubes.
Those cubes quickly exited the twisted space, then reaggregated.
Soon, the cubes reassembled into August's form.
And August's figure reappeared in Kenichi's sight.
"Spiral Pain!" The newly appeared August also swung his arm towards Kenichi.
But this time, the space around Kenichi did not twist.
"Magic activation failed?"
"No... Spatial Magic Nullification?" Seeing that the magic he had just copied failed to activate, August narrowed his eyes slightly.
Soon, he thought that Kenichi likely possessed a magic that could nullify Spatial Magic.
And just as August suspected, Kenichi indeed had a magic that could nullify Spatial Magic.
This was precisely Marin Hollow's Rules of the Area.
While August was pondering, a series of system prompts sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +23]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +17]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Instant Copy Magic attribute!]
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Hearing these system prompts, Kenichi felt a surge of great joy.
'The Instant Copy Magic attribute... finally here!'