Azuma immediately dodged upon seeing this.
Boom!!!
The large tree where Azuma had just been was instantly crushed.
"Bullying even such a cute little girl, are you even a man anymore?"
A slightly frivolous voice rang out, and then Takeshi was seen dragging a person out of the forest.
"Takeshi-nii!"
Wendy's face immediately broke into a joyful smile when she saw Takeshi.
"Ta... Takeshi?!"
Mest was a bit stunned.
The Takeshi he had seen wasn't like this. Oh, right, Takeshi uses Take Over Magic and can change into other people's appearances.
"Takeshi?"
Upon hearing this name, Azuma's gaze immediately turned serious as he looked at Takeshi.
"I've heard your name and seen your battle with Jose. You're very powerful, able to defeat even a Wizard Saint. I am Azuma, one of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory. Let's have a decisive..."
Just as Azuma was about to say he wanted to have a decisive battle with Takeshi, he saw the person Takeshi was dragging, and his expression instantly changed drastically.
"Th-th-that couldn't be..."
Takeshi glanced at Zeref and said, "You mean him? He is the Black Mage Zeref you're looking for."
"Zeref?! Th-this is impossible?!"
Mest's face immediately changed dramatically upon hearing this.
Zeref, the strongest and most evil mage in history...
He is actually still alive?
"Zeref..."
Azuma never expected that Zeref, whom he had painstakingly searched for, would appear right before him like this.
Takeshi said to Azuma, "Alright, go notify Grimoire Heart to come over. Zeref is in my hands."
"You... what do you mean by that?"
"What? Aren't you looking for Zeref? Zeref is right here now. I've even brought him to you. You just need to come and get him."
"What do you want to do?"
Azuma looked puzzled, unclear what Takeshi wanted to do.
Mest was also very perplexed, wondering if Takeshi was colluding with Grimoire Heart.
Takeshi's lips curled slightly. "Do what? Of course, it's to call all of you over, and then slaughter you all."
"What?!"
Everyone was stunned by Takeshi's words.
What did Takeshi say? To call all of Grimoire Heart over, and then wipe out Grimoire Heart.
"Takeshi, don't be too arrogant. Don't think that just because you defeated two Wizard Saints and eliminated Oración Seis, you can contend with Grimoire Heart. You simply don't understand the terror of Grimoire Heart." Azuma said with a serious expression.
The Seven Kin of Purgatory of Grimoire Heart were already very strong. Above them were two even more powerful Vice Guild Masters.
One was the former Wizard Saint Jose, and the other was Bluenote Stinger, known for leaving 'not a blade of grass' wherever he went.
And above them, there was the Guild Master, Hades, whose strength was unfathomable.
Excluding other members of Grimoire Heart, there were already three individuals with Wizard Saint-level combat power.
Of course, Fairy Tail's strength was not weak. According to the information he knew, Takeshi was undoubtedly a Wizard Saint-level combatant, and there was also Fairy Tail's Guild Master, Makarov.
That would only be two Wizard Saint-level combatants. Such power simply couldn't contend with Grimoire Heart.
Takeshi said, "If I tell you to notify them, then notify them. Don't talk nonsense."
Azuma's eyes narrowed slightly. "Alright."
Hades had originally wanted to deal with Fairy Tail, and now that Zeref was found, it saved them trouble.
On the Grimoire Heart airship.
The lacrima lit up.
"What is it?" Hades asked.
"Master Hades, Zeref has been found. He is currently in the hands of Takeshi of Fairy Tail."
"Takeshi? Hmph! That kid really has some skill. Keep an eye on him, don't lose him."
"No, it's not..."
Suddenly, Takeshi's voice rang out. "Grimoire Heart, Hades, right? Zeref is currently in my hands. If you don't want to go searching for Zeref in the spatial rift, then hurry up and come over."
"That voice... it's that brat."
Jose was furious upon hearing Takeshi's voice.
Hades frowned. "Kid, what do you mean?"
"Nothing much. Don't you want to find Zeref and then destroy Fairy Tail? Why not save some trouble? You can come directly to me. That way, you can find Zeref directly, and then I'll just slaughter you all incidentally."
"What!"
"This kid is too arrogant!"
"Kill him! He must be killed!"
The members of Grimoire Heart were all enraged upon hearing this.
What was this guy saying? He wanted to eliminate Grimoire Heart all by himself?
They were Grimoire Heart, not some miscellaneous Dark Guild.
"Heh heh. Interesting. Kid, then it shall be as you wish." Hades said, then hung up.
"Takeshi... I'm going to burn him to ashes!!" Zancrow's body ignited with black flames.
Rustyrose said softly, "Don't be rash, Zancrow. Takeshi isn't so easy to deal with."
Takeshi's name resounded throughout the entire Ishgar continent. The battle between him and Jose had long been made into a magic video and spread across the entire Ishgar continent.
"You are not his match. I will deal with that kid." Jose said coldly.
He had trained diligently precisely to seek revenge on Takeshi.
Hades smiled faintly. "It doesn't matter. We're going to destroy Fairy Tail anyway. If that kid wants to seek death first, then we'll grant his wish."
Crack!
Azuma crushed the lacrima.
"Alright, can we fight now?" Azuma said, looking at Takeshi.
He yearned to battle strong opponents, and Takeshi was undoubtedly an extremely powerful adversary.
Takeshi nodded. "Sure, I'm idle anyway, might as well play with you."
Azuma waved his hand, and a large number of leaves attacked Takeshi like swords.
Takeshi stood still, hands in his pockets.
"It's over."
Mest thought Takeshi had been eliminated just like that.
Suddenly—
All the leaves that reached Takeshi instantly froze.
"What?!"
Mest and Azuma were both startled. Neither of them knew anything about this ability.
Although Azuma didn't understand Takeshi's ability, his attack wouldn't stop because of it.
Countless branches stabbed towards Takeshi.
Takeshi still stood in place with his hands in his pockets. All the branches, like the leaves, stopped right in front of Takeshi, unable to advance even an inch.
Whoosh!
Azuma suddenly appeared behind Takeshi, his palm aimed at him.
"Die!"
Bleve!
Boom!
A fierce explosion erupted.