Chapter 5: One Punch
Makarov couldn't believe it. Mirajane's magic was no match for him; he could break it with a wave of his hand.
This was because there was an absolute gap between his and Mirajane's magic power.
But Shun was just a newcomer whose Magic Origin had just awakened, yet he could break Mirajane's magic.
And the speed of his attack was simply too fast, so fast that even he almost didn't see it clearly.
"What did you do?!"
Seeing her magic broken, Mirajane couldn't help but shout at Shun.
"What did I do? I didn't do anything!"
"I just did this, waved my hand, that's all."
Shun waved his left hand gently.
"Bastard! How dare you mock me!"
Mirajane certainly wouldn't believe it. She felt Shun was mocking her and immediately became furious.
"It doesn't matter what you did! I'll just beat you down!"
Mirajane stomped her foot hard, her body rushing quickly toward Shun. In the blink of an eye, she was in front of him, her fists and feet attacking Shun continuously.
Shun kept dodging. Although Mirajane's movements were fast, in Shun's eyes, they were slow, like slow motion, and he could easily dodge them.
After several consecutive attacks failed, Mirajane's mood became increasingly irritable: "Bastard! Do you only know how to dodge?!"
"It's not that I only know how to dodge. I just learned this magic and can't control my strength well. I'm afraid I'll accidentally hurt you."
Shun said sincerely.
But the more sincere Shun was, the more Mirajane felt Shun was underestimating her, and the angrier she became.
"Bastard!! If you have the skill, try me!!"
Shing!
Shun's body flashed, instantly appearing behind Mirajane.
His fist clenched, his body tensed like a large bow.
Mirajane also sensed the dangerous aura behind her and turned around quickly.
Almost at the same time Mirajane turned, Shun's fist swung down.
Mirajane watched a red light flash before her eyes.
Immediately after!
Boom————!!!
A terrifying shockwave appeared, and the ground exploded with a crash.
"Ugh, ahhh!!!"
Mirajane screamed as she was sent flying by the exploding ground.
"Wahhh!!"
Not far away, the Fairy Tail crowd was also affected. The intense shockwave kicked up a large amount of dust, forcing everyone to involuntarily cover their faces with their arms and try their best to steady their bodies.
Some people were even blown backward tumbling by the shockwave.
It took a while for the smoke to settle again. When they looked forward, almost everyone was dumbfounded.
"...How is that possible?!!"
They saw a huge crater where Shun had been standing.
It looked as if it had been bombarded by a small meteorite.
Shun stood in the center of the crater, looking unharmed, while Mirajane lay not far away.
If everyone hadn't seen clearly how Shun broke Mirajane's magic with a wave of his hand earlier, they all saw this attack clearly.
One punch!!
He punched the ground once and caused such terrifying destruction.
"He's a monster————!!!"
Everyone shouted with expressions of horror.
Creating such a huge crater with one punch—if that's not a monster, what is?
Although some people could cause such destruction with magic, that was using spells, and it certainly wouldn't be as effortless as Shun.
Just think, if that punch had landed on a person's body.
Dead, absolutely dead!
Even if they luckily survived, they would definitely be seriously injured.
At this moment, Mirajane stood up again. She had only suffered some impact just now. Fortunately, her defense greatly increased after transforming, so she wasn't injured.
But seeing the huge crater Shun had blasted out, Mirajane couldn't help but fall silent.
At this point, how could she not know that Shun had deliberately missed, aiming his fist at the ground?
If that punch had hit her...
"...I... give... up..."
Mirajane very unwillingly uttered the words "I give up."
"Winner! Shun——!!!"
Makarov announced Shun as the winner.
"Oh oh oh oh oh!!"
"So amazing!!!"
"Shun beat that Mirajane!!"
"What kind of Take Over is that?! To have such powerful destructive power!"
...
The Fairy Tail crowd all cheered. Shun was a member of the Fairy Tail Guild, so naturally, the stronger the members, the better.
With such a monster joining, the strength of the Fairy Tail Guild could rise to another level.
"Shun won?!"
"That's unbelievable!"
Natsu and Gray were all stunned. They were very familiar with Shun and knew that he exercised every morning.
But for an ordinary person, no matter how much they exercised, it was useless. At most, they would be a bit stronger than the average person, but they couldn't compare to a Mage at all.
But now, in the blink of an eye, the ordinary person they thought he was had defeated an opponent they couldn't beat. It really didn't make sense.
"Shun, what you took over isn't an ordinary fox, right?"
Makarov asked. To possess such powerful destructive power, it couldn't be as simple as an ordinary fox soul.
Shun nodded: "Mhm, I took over the Nine-Tails Demon Fox."
"Nine-Tails Demon Fox?!!!"
Everyone was startled. In this world, the Nine-Tails Demon Fox was a creature of legend, just like Dragons.
Some even speculated that the Nine-Tails Demon Fox was itself a member of the Dragon race. Regardless of whether this rumor was true or false, it was enough to prove how powerful the Nine-Tails Demon Fox was .
Natsu asked curiously, "That's not right! If you took over the Nine-Tails Demon Fox, why is there only one tail?"
"I can only exert the power of the One-Tail Demon Fox for now. I need to continue training to eventually fully exert the power of the Nine-Tails Demon Fox."