"Don't be so arrogant!"
"Takeshi! The outcome between you and me hasn't been decided yet! Don't think you've already won!"
Laxus was covered in golden magic power and lightning. This technique could activate his body, greatly increasing his attack power, defense, and speed.
He appeared in front of Takeshi in an instant, his lightning-clad fist striking towards Takeshi's face.
The fist was extremely fast, even piercing through Takeshi's Infinity quickly, but it would still be delayed for a moment. And in a battle between masters, a single moment can often decide the outcome.
Takeshi stepped forward with his left foot, lowering his head and narrowly dodging Laxus's fist. Laxus's fist grazed past his neck, and the fine golden lightning arcs were all repelled by Infinity.
Takeshi clenched his right fist, gathering power, and punched Laxus in the face.
"Ugh!"
Laxus was knocked back by Takeshi's punch but quickly regained his balance.
He gathered lightning in both hands, then pulled them apart, forming a golden lightning halberd which he hurled at Takeshi at high speed.
Lightning Dragon's Heavenward Halberd!
Takeshi did not dodge or evade, raising his palm.
Cursed Technique Lapss: Blue!
A Blue formed in front of Takeshi's palm.
After the halberd touched Blue, the golden lightning was continuously and rapidly decomposed and devoured, disappearing in a blink of an eye.
Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!
Takeshi raised his other hand, and Red blasted towards Laxus.
Boom!
"Uwaaaaaaah!"
Laxus's body was hit by Red again.
The ground was crushed and shattered by Red's powerful repulsive force, and finally, Laxus stopped.
He lay in a large crater on the ground, eyes rolled back, unconscious. He had already been suppressed by Takeshi, and with two Reds to his body, even with Takeshi holding back, he could not endure it.
Freed looked at the fallen Laxus. From the moment he tried to intercept Takeshi, and Takeshi easily broke through his barrier, he already knew that Laxus was unlikely to be a match for Takeshi.
However, he hadn't expected such an overwhelming victory for Takeshi. Was this Takeshi's true strength?
Takeshi picked up one of Laxus's arms and turned to Mirajane, saying, "Mira, I'll take Laxus back first."
Mirajane nodded.
Whoosh!
Takeshi teleported with Laxus, appearing in front of the Guild in the next instant.
At this time, many people had already gathered inside the Guild, all Fairy Tail Guild members. Everyone was noisy and chaotic, as Freed's barrier had caused them to fight each other. Although no one had aimed for a fatal blow, they were all bruised and battered.
"Takeshi!"
Everyone in the Guild saw Takeshi and couldn't help but come forward.
With Makarov in trouble, Takeshi was their backbone. At this moment, everyone knew that Takeshi was Makarov's designated successor.
No one had any objections to this. Although Takeshi's tenure was relatively short, his strength and character were impeccable, earning the trust of the Guild members.
"Laxus!"
Everyone also saw Laxus, whom Takeshi was dragging.
This guy was the culprit behind all of this. If he was in normal condition, they would have rushed over to attack him, but seeing Laxus's current state, clearly half-dead and more severely injured than any of them, the words they wanted to curse out got stuck in their throats.
Takeshi dragged Laxus to the infirmary on the second floor.
"Porlyusica-san, how is Master doing now?"
Takeshi and Porlyusica had met once, but she disliked humans intensely, so he had only seen her that one time.
"You are... Takeshi?!"
Porlyusica looked at Takeshi with some uncertainty.
Takeshi nodded. "It's me."
Porlyusica said with a sad expression, "He hasn't passed the critical period yet. Whether he can pull through depends on his own will."
Takeshi glanced at Makarov. "Master is a blessed man, he will definitely be fine."
"This is... Laxus? You hit him too hard." Porlyusica's lips twitched when she saw the almost unrecognizable Laxus.
"I couldn't help it. This guy is too stubborn and won't listen to reason, so I had to be a bit heavier-handed."
You call that 'a bit heavier-handed'? You didn't really mean to kill him, did you?
"I'll leave this guy to you."
Takeshi placed Laxus on the infirmary bed and then walked out.
Porlyusica looked at Makarov and Laxus. "You two, grandfather and grandson, always cause me trouble."
...
"Takeshi, although Laxus has been defeated, the Thunder Palace in the sky is still there. The crisis has not been resolved."
Erza saw Takeshi come out and immediately discussed with him a strategy to deal with the Thunder Palace. The Thunder Palace was formed by 300 lacrima filled with lightning magic. If they were not all destroyed at once before activation, a large amount of energy would be generated, powerful enough to destroy a city.
Erza said, "If I go all out, I can destroy about 200 at once."
Takeshi said, "No need, just leave all of that to me."
"All to you?! Takeshi, those are 300 lacrima orbs, and they have a life-link magic applied that reflects attacks back to the attacker. Even if you have Infinity for defense, 300 is still too many."
Having watched the battle between Takeshi and Jellal the entire time, Erza was very familiar with Takeshi's Infinity ability.
Ten or twenty magic attacks might not be a big deal for Takeshi, but 300 attacks was too many.
"It's fine."
Takeshi went up to the second-floor terrace of the Guild, accompanied by all the Guild members. They all wanted to see how he would deal with the Thunder Palace.
Whoosh!!
Takeshi's body instantly moved to the center of the sky above Magnolia Town, floating in the air.
"Teleportation?!"
"Flight?!"
Most of them had never seen Takeshi in this state before and didn't quite understand the power of this form. However, just teleportation and flight alone were already quite extraordinary.
Takeshi brought his hands together.
Cursed Technique Lapse - Maximum Cursed Energy Output: Blue!
A gigantic blue sphere formed. Takeshi controlled the blue sphere to fly rapidly next to the lacrima orbs.
After the lacrima orbs were touched by Blue, they were rapidly devoured.
Takeshi raised his arm and opened his palm. As his body rotated, Blue also quickly rotated with him, like a greedy snake, precisely devouring each lacrima orb.
In an instant, the Thunder Palace, which could destroy an entire city, vanished, and the crisis of urban destruction was thoroughly resolved.
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