### Chapter 79: Riku VS Jose
CRACK——!!
Riku's arm transformed into lightning, shooting out a massive, terrifying blue-white lightning pillar.
The lightning pillar met Gajeel's Iron Dragon Storm head-on.
BOOM———!!
The two powerful energies collided, immediately triggering a horrific explosion.
"Wooooooh!!"
Gajeel roared, using all his magic power to try and suppress the lightning pillar.
Riku snorted disdainfully. "Hmph!"
BOOM———!!
The lightning pillar instantly expanded, shattering Gajeel's roar in an instant before slamming into Gajeel's body.
"Waaaaaaah!!"
The lightning pillar pierced through Gajeel's body and struck the distant lake surface.
BOOM———!!
A terrifying explosion erupted on the lake, forming a powerful shockwave that spread outward.
Gajeel stood in place, his body charred black, staring at Riku in disbelief.
He had always heard from Master Jose that everyone in Fairy Tail was trash.
So he thought Fairy Tail was just a bunch of worthless posers.
He had wanted to have a proper fight with Riku, but never expected that as Phantom Lord's strongest, he couldn't even last one move against Riku.
"Mon...ster..."
That was Gajeel's last word before losing consciousness and collapsing backward.
In just an instant, the Four Elements and ace Iron Dragon Gajeel had all been defeated.
"So...amazing..."
"Too...too strong!!"
"Riku's power is incredible!!"
"Ohhhhh!! Brother-in-law!! A man among men!! A true man!!"
All the Fairy Tail members were utterly shocked.
Although they'd heard Riku was strong, they'd only truly witnessed it once—when he joined the guild.
Now seeing Riku charge directly at several of Phantom Lord's S-Class mages and easily defeat them all—that level of power was terrifying.
They'd thought Riku was only a little stronger than S-Class mages like Erza and Mira.
Only now did they truly understand just how terrifying Riku's strength was.
Those five from Phantom Lord were all S-Class, yet Riku defeated them in an instant.
"As expected! He's gotten even stronger."
Mirajane looked at her man with great pride.
Three years ago, she'd witnessed the ultimate master-student battle between Riku and Gildarts.
Now, Riku's strength was far greater than back then—the title of Fairy Tail's strongest should belong to Riku.
Erza smiled bitterly and shook her head. "I never thought the gap would be this huge."
She'd just recovered some mobility and was about to help, but before she could move, Riku alone eliminated all five of Phantom Lord's S-Class mages.
She'd thought the gap between her and Riku would narrow over three years, but now realized it seemed even wider.
However, her expression turned serious as she looked at the only remaining member of Phantom Lord—Jose.
Jose Porla—like the Master, one of the Ten Wizard Saints.
The Ten Wizard Saints were on a completely different level from other mages.
Though their Master was one and Riku possessed similar strength, now they faced a true Ten Wizard Saint, and she wasn't sure if Riku was his match.
She had to be ready—if Riku was in danger, she'd stake her life to stop Jose.
Riku looked at Jose calmly. "Only you're left, Master Jose."
Jose's face was dark. "Damn brat!"
Having witnessed Riku release those two powerful attack spells, he knew how strong Riku was.
So when Riku attacked, he guessed the Four Elements and Gajeel wouldn't be his match—but he didn't expect them to be defeated so quickly.
"Damn Makarov!!"
Suddenly he recalled what Makarov said at the Magic Council's Fiore branch: "Don't underestimate my guild's children."
He must have meant this brat.
Makarov's child was this strong—it filled Jose with jealousy.
His guild didn't have such a powerful mage, yet Fairy Tail did—what a humiliation.
Since his guild didn't have one, then Makarov's shouldn't either—he'd completely destroy this kid.
"Brat, your strength is decent. Defeating the Four Elements and Gajeel is impressive, but challenging me is too arrogant! Let me show you the massive gap between the Ten Wizard Saints and ordinary mages!!"
"Ghost Arrows!!"
Jose raised his hand, releasing countless purple-black arrows like ghosts.
Boom boom boom boom!!
Each arrow that hit the ground erupted in a violent explosion.
Lightning wreathed around Riku's body as he ran at high speed, dodging all the dark arrows.
"30,000,000 volts—Thunder Beast!!"
Riku released a giant wolf-shaped lightning from his left hand, charging toward Jose.
"Despair!!"
Jose waved his hand, releasing a dark red explosive wave that blocked the Thunder Beast.
"30,000,000 volts—Thunderbird!!"
Riku released a giant bird-shaped lightning from his right hand, flying rapidly toward Jose.
"Dark Spiral!!"
Jose raised his hand, releasing spiral-shaped dark energy.
BOOM——!!
The two energies collided, erupting in a violent explosion.
"60,000,000 volts—Thunder Dragon!!"
Riku brought his left and right hands together, creating a massive Thunder Dragon that combined the Thunder Beast's power with the Thunderbird's speed—its attack power was even more terrifying.
"ROAR———!!"
The Thunder Dragon roared and charged at Jose.
Sensing the dragon's immense power, Jose didn't dare be careless and used his strongest magic.
"Death Storm!!"
Jose gathered massive amounts of darkness in both hands—a compressed energy sphere emanating purple haze appeared in his palms.
Whoosh——!!
An ultra-powerful dark shockwave released from Jose's palm, meeting the Thunder Dragon head-on.
BOOM———!!
The blue-white Thunder Dragon and dark shockwave collided, immediately erupting in a horrific explosion.
The explosion formed a massive sphere of light that spread outward, annihilating everything it touched as the tremendous shockwave expanded in all directions.
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