"Let me show you what true Destruction Magic is."
Jellal assumed a casting stance, and behind him, seven golden orbs of light appeared, linked together by golden light, resembling the Big Dipper.
"Receive the judgment of the Seven Stars!"
"Grand Chariot!"
Following Jellal's loud shout, seven pillars of magic light shot from the Seven Stars, plummeting towards Takeshi's position.
Boom...Boom...
The seven pillars of light possessed terrifying destructive power, piercing through several floors of the Tower of Heaven.
"Takeshi!!!"
Erza immediately became very worried at the sight.
"Hahahaha! What an idiot! This is magic that can rival the destructive power of a meteor. He must have been annihilated. Hahahaha!" Jellal burst into laughter.
Just then—
"Hey! Don't just declare someone dead on your own."
Takeshi's voice sounded from within the smoke.
Soon, the smoke dispersed, and Takeshi appeared unharmed in his original spot, though at this moment, he had assumed the form of Gojo Satoru.
"Takeshi!"
Seeing Takeshi unharmed, Erza breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew that while Takeshi seemed incredibly audacious, every action he took was actually well-calculated, yet his behavior still made her heart pound.
Jellal's eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief, "Impossible! That was Grand Chariot! It's impossible for you to be unharmed after being hit by my Grand Chariot!"
Takeshi nodded. "That's right. The power of that magic isn't bad, but it's a pity you didn't hit me."
"Impossible! I saw Grand Chariot hit you with my own eyes!"
Jellal had personally witnessed the magic strike Takeshi, he was absolutely certain of this.
Takeshi shook his head. "You touched the infinity between you and me."
Jellal's eyes narrowed slightly. "What do you mean?"
Takeshi raised his right hand and said with a smile, "Come, stretch out your hand, and I'll show you."
Jellal didn't sense any killing intent from Takeshi, and he also wanted to know what Takeshi's magic was all about, so he quickly landed in front of Takeshi.
His palm reached out towards Takeshi's. But as soon as it reached near Takeshi's palm, his hand involuntarily stopped.
Jellal was a bit bewildered. He couldn't touch Takeshi, his palm stopped within arm's reach. He just couldn't touch the other's palm. Was this the 'Infinity' Takeshi spoke of?
"Hmm... it's not exactly stopped. It's more like the closer you get to me, the slower you become. What should we do now? I can just hold your hand like this, you know." Takeshi touched Jellal's palm.
"No."
"Don't be shy. You're making me feel awkward too."
As Takeshi spoke, he intertwined his fingers with Jellal's.
Immediately after, he clenched his left hand into a fist and swiftly delivered a punch to Jellal's abdomen.
"Ugh!"
Jellal's body arched. He felt the punch was incredibly heavy.
Following this, Takeshi continuously threw straight punches. Jellal's body was constantly attacked, each punch containing powerful cursed energy and immense force.
"Bastard!"
Meteor!
Jellal's body emitted an intense yellow light. Takeshi released his hand, and Jellal quickly retreated.
Pleiades!
Jellal waved his hand, unleashing six rapidly flying star-like projectiles, each impact causing powerful destruction.
Takeshi stood still, merely raising his palm, with his index and middle fingers together, increasing his cursed energy output.
Whoosh!
The six light rays came to a stop in front of Takeshi, then were all bounced away.
Boom... Boom...
They landed on the crystal behind Takeshi, which was built to absorb Etherion. The powerful destructive force shattered the crystal. The giant crystal broke apart, falling towards Takeshi.
"Takeshi, watch out!" Erza immediately shouted a warning.
Takeshi raised his palm, and the falling giant crystal stopped.
Then, he waved his palm towards Jellal, and the giant crystal rushed towards Jellal.
Meteor!
Jellal swiftly dodged.
Crack!
The giant crystal crashed into and shattered another crystal, and both crystals fell together from the Tower of Heaven.
"You bastard!"
Jellal's face was extremely grim. This was the fruit of eight years of his labor, and this bastard had just destroyed it.
Takeshi raised his hand and said, "Ah! My bad. I didn't think you'd dodge."
Jiu Leix8ng!
Jellal had no intention of wasting more words with this scoundrel. Nine lightning swords aligned to carpet bomb Takeshi, with power far greater than Pleiades.
Boom... Boom...
Whoosh!
Takeshi burst out from the center of the explosion.
Resisting magic of that power would consume a lot of his cursed energy. He didn't have Satoru's almost inexhaustible cursed energy. His cursed energy was converted from magic power, and every bit consumed was one less.
[T/N: MC can't precisely manipulate energy to make techniques cost next to nothing.]
At this moment, Jellal raised his arms high, crossing them, and a massive amount of magic power emanated from him.
A celestial body resembling a black hole appeared above his palms.
The surrounding debris was sucked in and instantly annihilated. The black hole generated by this magic could draw everything into endless darkness for destruction.
Erza was greatly startled. "The shadow is extending in reverse, against the light source? Takeshi, be careful! This magic cannot be touched!"
Takeshi gave Erza a thumbs-up. "Don't worry. While I'm arrogant, I'm not a fool. This thing clearly looks very dangerous, but fortunately, I have a cursed technique just as dangerous."
He brought his hands together, and a blue energy ball gathered in his palms.
Cursed Technique Reversal: Blue! Maximum Output!
In an instant, Takeshi held up a giant blue sphere with both hands.
Cursed Technique: Blue, Satoru's common attack method, manifests as an attractive force centered on Blue, with output that can reach negative infinity, akin to a miniature black hole.
"Plunge into the endless abyss of darkness!"
"Altairis!"
Jellal launched this celestial body, resembling a black hole, towards Takeshi.
Takeshi also shot the Blue in his hands towards Jellal.
Wherever the two giant spheres passed, the ground vanished instantly as if devoured.
In a blink of an eye, the two spheres, one black and one blue, collided. Both attacked with endless suction, and the two spheres refused to yield, constantly trying to devour each other.
Initially, Takeshi thought that either his Blue would devour Jellal's magic, or Jellal's magic would devour his Blue.
But suddenly, the two spheres, which were originally irreconcilable, merged into a black and blue sphere. Then, this sphere rapidly compressed, instantly shrinking to the size of a thumb. The high-density energy was incredibly fear-inducing.
"Not good!"
Takeshi immediately went to Erza's side, teleporting with her to a distant spot.
Jellal also noticed something was wrong and accelerated, flying to a distance.
Buzz!!!
In the very next second, the shrunken sphere suddenly expanded, instantly growing to the size of an island.
Whoosh!
The next instant, the sphere abruptly vanished, and along with it, half of the Tower of Heaven also disappeared.