### Chapter 23: Crash, Crash
*Boom————!!!*
Shun wasted no words. He stomped the ground hard, causing it to explode.
Using the upward momentum from the leap, Shun charged straight at Gildarts.
In mid-air, Shun's right hand formed a giant, materialized crimson claw of chakra, slamming it down towards Gildarts below.
Gildarts quickly dodged backward.
The giant claw slammed onto the ground where Gildarts had just been standing.
*Boom————!!!*
The earth exploded as if hit by a meteorite.
The shockwave sent shattered rocks and smoke soaring into the sky.
Immediately after, *Rumble——!!*
A vibration appeared beneath Gildarts' feet.
"Not good!"
Gildarts quickly jumped up, but a huge claw emerged from the ground right after.
*Snap!*
The claw grabbed Gildarts' ankle.
It then swung Gildarts' body rapidly, throwing him towards the cliff face of Eagle Beak Cliff.
*Boom————!!*
Gildarts' body slammed into the cliff face. At the moment of impact...
*Crash————!*
The cliff face shattered into pieces, acting as a cushion.
Thus, Gildarts wasn't injured, though he was left a bit disheveled.
"Pfft! Pfft! You little bastard! Are you taking revenge for me throwing you just now?"
Shun tilted his head, scratching his chin with his claws, feigning an expression of complete incomprehension.
Seeing Shun like this, Gildarts got angry.
"Good kid! Playing dumb, huh! Watch me teach you a lesson!"
Gildarts jumped down from the cliff face, then punched the ground with force.
"All Crash!!"
*Crash————!!*
The ground for hundreds of meters around Shun suddenly shattered into cubes, forming a huge pit, and Shun's body involuntarily fell downwards.
However, Shun reacted quickly, stepping on the falling cubes to rush out of the pit.
Gildarts seemed to have anticipated that Shun would rush out from there, instantly appearing in front of him and punching towards him.
*Bang!*
Shun was hit by Gildarts' punch, turning into a red meteor and crashing into the ground.
*Boom————!!*
Shun's body smashed a huge crater into the ground.
But Shun immediately got up, pushing off the ground with both hands and feet.
*Boom——!!*
Shun quickly rushed in front of Gildarts, who was still in mid-air and hadn't landed yet, headbutting him.
"?!"
Gildarts hadn't expected Shun to recover so quickly after taking a solid punch. He only had time to protect himself with his arms.
*Bang!!!*
Gildarts was sent flying by Shun's headbutt.
*Boom boom boom boom!!*
*Crack crack————!!*
Gildarts' body flew backwards, smashing through giant trees one by one.
He flew over a thousand meters before finally stopping.
"This little monster!"
Gildarts now understood why the Master called Shun a little monster. He was ridiculously strong now.
Gildarts had also heard from Makarov that Shun used Take Over Magic.
Taking over the legendary creature, the Nine-Tails Demon Fox.
And as the number of tails gradually increased, his strength would become stronger and stronger.
With just three tails possessing such powerful strength, how terrifying would he be with four, five, six, seven, eight, and finally the highest level, nine tails? He dared not imagine.
*Boom boom boom!!!*
Shun ran rapidly towards Gildarts, crushing the trees and ground along the way.
Watching the charging Shun, Gildarts couldn't help but sigh: "Truly a monster!"
"But no matter how strong you become in the future, as the strongest S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, I absolutely cannot allow myself to fail here and now."
*Shing!*
Shun's right arm formed a giant chakra claw, swinging towards Gildarts' body.
"Crash!!"
Gildarts raised his palm towards Shun's chakra arm, emitting a grid-like shockwave.
He felt that if he didn't use his magic now, he might really be defeated by this little monster Shun.
*Crash————!!*
Shun's chakra arm turned into cubes and disappeared.
Shun's vertical golden pupils contracted.
Super High-Level Destruction Magic — Crash.
Gildarts' magic.
Gildarts was also the only Mage who used Super Magic as his base magic.
It could instantly smash the bonds between atoms of any material it touched into pieces.
If used on a living being, the effect depended on the user's intent; it could even vaporize the opponent on the spot.
But this wasn't absolute. Most Dragons, who were immune to most magic, or the Dragon King could withstand it.
Moreover, the effect produced by this magic was also related to the opponent's magic power strength. The higher the magic resistance, the weaker the effect.
Shun wasn't sure if his current magic resistance could withstand this magic.
But he guessed that if Gildarts used his full power, he probably couldn't withstand it now.
Unless he broke through to five tails or above, he wouldn't be confident in withstanding it.
Although he might not be able to withstand Gildarts' Crash Magic now, that didn't mean he couldn't fight him.
Shun waved his claw forcefully again, and another chakra arm appeared, swatting down at Gildarts.
Evolving to the Three-Tails form granted new abilities. He could use chakra to form nearly materialized energy arms and freely control them to attack.
"Crash!!"
Seeing this, Gildarts immediately used Crash Magic again.
*Crash————!*
Shun's energy arm was shattered again.
Immediately after, Shun released another energy arm from his other hand.
Shun stood in place, constantly using energy arms to attack Gildarts.
Gildarts also constantly released Crash Magic to shatter Shun's energy arms.
"Crash!"
"Crash!"
"Crash!"
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