"Those two idiots."
After seeing her two junior disciples eliminate each other in their bid for an early lead, Ultear weakly raised her hand to cover her face. It was simply too embarrassing.
It seemed that only she could uphold her mother's honor now…
Thinking this, Ultear's gaze sharpened slightly. She also adopted a Creation Magic stance: "Ice Make: Rose Garden!"
In an instant, beautiful ice roses bloomed in the scorching summer heat…
The refreshing aura made countless spectators and participants alike reveal expressions of comfort: "Ah! So comfortable!"
"Boom!!"
Unfortunately, Natsu, who was targeted by these ice roses, wasn't so lucky…
Natsu was directly sent flying by Ultear's ice roses.
"Next…"
Ultear spoke, intending to advance.
"Sizzle sizzle!"
But before Ultear could move…
A piercing thunderclap suddenly echoed in her ears. Countless electric currents surged through Ultear's body, and the numbing sensation made Ultear's body tremble slightly, causing her to instantly fall to the ground.
"Excuse me."
After casually paralyzing Ultear with electricity, Laxus walked past Ultear with his hands in his pockets.
"You bastard."
"I'll remember you…"
Ultear glared fiercely at Laxus's back, gritting her teeth.
"Many people remember me; you're just one more."
Laxus was full of confidence. He had never truly considered Ultear, Mirajane, Erza, and the others as his rivals. He believed his true opponents had always been Gildarts and Medivh…
Oh, and now, Ur was added to that list.
"Ugh…"
Unfortunately, before Laxus could finish showing off, a wave of dizziness immediately overwhelmed his senses. He directly fell to his knees, retching.
"Laxus, you were careless."
Erza sneered after taking down Laxus using her 'Anti-Dragon Slayer' magic.
"Take Over…"
"Deliora's Right Arm."
Where Erza wasn't looking, Mirajane silently used Take Over Magic…
Yes, Medivh had already given both Deliora's soul and The Black Priest's soul to Mirajane. With these two great demon souls, Mirajane's combat power could be said to have directly risen by a notch.
However, with Mirajane's current magic power, she couldn't fully take over and control Deliora's soul. She could only use partial Take Over Magic, borrowing some of Deliora's power for combat.
But even so, its power was not to be underestimated…
"Bang!"
Mirajane, who had taken over Deliora's arm…
Looked at Erza in front of her with ill intent.
Then, she exerted herself, landing a punch on Erza's backside, sending Erza flying.
"Pfft…"
Erza, caught off guard, tumbled forward several times.
"Oh my, oh my~"
"Erza, I'm really sorry~"
"I truly didn't mean to attack you~"
"I just haven't fully mastered Deliora's power yet~"
"You know…"
"Taming an evil demon soul like Deliora is quite troublesome."
Mirajane covered her mouth, chuckling as she looked at Erza, who had fallen to the ground.
"Whoosh!"
Before Mirajane could finish speaking…
A gleaming, silver-cold flying sword shot towards her from afar with lightning speed, slicing off her ponytail.
"Erza!!!"
"Look what you've done?!"
Mirajane looked at her severed hair, completely turning red with anger.
"Sorry, you know…"
"That sword just now was the famous demonic sword Durandal."
"I haven't fully mastered it yet, and it slipped out of my hand by accident."
Erza stood up from the ground, gently brushing off the dust from her clothes, and spoke coldly, enunciating each word.
"Who are you trying to fool, you scoundrel?"
"You just purely want to fight, don't you?"
Mirajane tightly clutched her severed hair, roaring at Erza. "You also know I'm talking nonsense, don't you?"
"I haven't gotten revenge for you punching me away just now!"
Erza retorted loudly upon hearing this.
"You…"
In an instant, Mirajane and Erza faced off against each other.
"Phew! Good opportunity."
Just then, Ultear recovered from her paralysis. She quickly ran forward, intending to seize the chance to advance.
"How could I let you pass?"
Laxus covered his mouth, suppressing the dizziness, and once again unleashed magic on Ultear.
"Rumble…"
Terrifying thunder ripped through the entire sky.
"The same trick, how could it work on me?"
Ultear said, releasing Ice Make to block Laxus's attack.
"My retort to you…"
However, that wasn't all…
Ultear's Rose Garden continued to spread forward, trapping Laxus in place.
"This way, no one will bother me."
Ultear said, turning around.
"Boom!!"
However, the moment Ultear turned around…
Laxus, who had been trapped by the ice roses, suddenly erupted with a powerful surge of magic, shattering all the ice on his body.
"I've recovered."
Laxus said, wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth.
Yes, because of Mirajane, Erza was distracted and accidentally dispelled the 'dizziness' magic she had previously cast around Laxus.
"Damn it!"
Ultear cursed under her breath. She didn't continue forward but turned around, fully facing the threat posed by Laxus.
"Who released that Ice Make Magic just now?"
In the distance, Natsu, who could have taken the opportunity to advance, now stomped back furiously. Flames enveloped his body as he roared angrily.
"Lisanna, and Elfman, come quickly and help me deal with this crazy woman."
Mirajane, unable to defeat Erza, immediately called for help from her younger brother and sister.
"Sister, we are no match for Sister Erza!"
"Sister Erza is too powerful…"
"Ah!!!"
Then, Elfman and Lisanna, who had taken over Beast Soul and Animal Soul respectively, were sent flying by Erza.
"Take this punch, Fire Dragon's Iron Fist."
Natsu began to attack indiscriminately, punching anyone he saw.
"Ice Make: Rose Garden!"
Ultear crossed her hands, using the ultimate technique her mother had taught her.
"Lightning Dragon's Halberd!!"
Facing the formidable Ultear, Laxus clearly knew she was a strong opponent, so he didn't hold back at all and directly used Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Gray, today it's time to let you know who Ur's most outstanding disciple is."
Lyon looked at Gray and spoke arrogantly.
"You're right, Lyon, Ur's most outstanding disciple is me!"
Gray stuck out his thumb, pointing at himself, and said confidently.
"Ice Make…"
And so, the two almost simultaneously adopted the stance for Ice Make Magic.
"…Ice Dragon!"
"…Holy Sword!"
The next second, the Ice Dragon and the Holy Sword collided, erupting with boundless freezing air.
"Let's take a good guess…"
At this moment, the tourists who had heard the commotion gathered around.
The tourists looked at the scene of chaos before them, with countless spells flying and multicolored magic circles shining. They looked at Makarov, who seemed to have stared into the eyes of Medusa from mythology, standing rooted to the spot as if completely petrified, and asked: "You must be holding a brawl, right?!"
"It's the 24-hour Endurance Race!"
To this, Makarov said weakly.
"Eh?!"
The tourists, upon hearing this, all showed shocked expressions. What did this have to do with a 24-hour Endurance Race?!
Or was the Fairy Tail Guild's endurance run different from the endurance run they had in mind?
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