Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious

Are you sure your plan is feasible?

After hearing Ron's plan, Laxus raised an eyebrow, as if to say, "Is it really that simple?"

"Yes, go outside and hold it for a minute. I'll message you again when I'm done, then you can lure it over."

Seeing the confident look in Ron's eyes, Laxus opened his mouth, but ultimately chose not to refute.

He himself did not realize that after being saved by Ron, he had unknowingly chosen to rely on Ron.

"Don't wait any longer, the Rat King seems to have noticed."

Ron peeked out and saw that the scaled rat was starting to come in their direction, so he quickly urged Laxus on.

"Alright, then I'll use all my magic to drag it along. You'd better hurry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Laxus's legs erupted with yellow electricity, transforming him into a bolt of lightning and darting out of the blind spot.

"Hey! You blind fool, I'm right here!"

After shouting to attract the attention of the Scaled Rat King, he ran in the opposite direction from Ron.

"squeak!!!"

As soon as the Rat King saw its target appear, it immediately gathered its strength on the spot and charged towards Laxus again.

boom!

Seeing the Rat King charging towards Laxus again, Ron seized the opportunity to use the [Eight Gates Formation] from his Multiverse Item Library.

【Eight Gates Formation (B): A one-time active skill that forcibly breaks through the body's energy limits upon activation, instantly restoring mana and doubling the current total mana】

Ron's skin began to heat up and turn red. In an instant, the total amount of magic power he had consumed was fully restored, and he felt that the total amount of magic power in his body had more than doubled.

Ron frowned; the heat from that skin felt like it was above body temperature.

After getting used to the feeling, Ron took out several pieces of unshaped magical clay and infused them with magic.

He poured magic into the clay while continuously adding more magical clay.

The large amount of magical clay, after being infused with magic, flowed onto the ground and gradually rose up.

Meanwhile, Laxus was still attracting the attention of the Rat King.

The Rat King was blinded by rage and did not notice that Laxus had been leading him in a charge nearby, nor did he realize that he had already circled around several times.

His expression grew increasingly anxious; it felt like an eternity in that minute.

Just then, the spider on Laxus's shoulder suddenly jumped up and leaped toward the head of the scaled rat.

Laxus's face lit up; this was Ron's signal.

Boom!

The white spider then precisely jumped onto the mouse's head, emitting a white light!

This explosion stunned the Rat King again, interrupting it once more.

Taking advantage of this moment, Laxus headed toward the blind spot where Ron was hiding.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!"

The Scaled Rat King roared and charged towards Laxus's direction, gathering its strength once more.

Laxus had become adept at anticipating his attack and dodged it.

When he looked at the target that the Scaled Rat King was rushing towards, he suddenly froze.

Just then, Ron stepped out without warning and entered the range of the Rat King's attack.

The scaled rat king in mid-air opened its mouth, revealing its sharp front teeth, and bit at Ron.

"Ron! Get out of the way!!"

Ron seemed not to hear Laxus's shouts, and made a welcoming gesture with his hands, accepting the Rat King's enthusiastic embrace.

Click!

The Rat King showed no mercy and bit Ron in half at the waist!

Upon seeing this bite, Laxus's face turned deathly pale, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground.

Strangely, Ron did not bleed; instead, his two pieces turned into two lumps of sticky white clay!

A clump of slime stuck the chin of the scaled rat king tightly to the ground, preventing its head from moving, while another clump covered the rat king's mouth and incisors.

The Scaled Rat King kept chewing on the clay, but he couldn't swallow it. Instead, he couldn't open his mouth or close it!

"What?!"

Laxus froze on the spot.

"I won't let your wicked head shrink back."

At this moment, Ron emerged from the higher rock face on the other side and, watching the Scaled Rat King try to retract its head like a turtle, couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"drink!"

Boom!

The two lumps of white clay around the mouth of the Scaled Rat King emitted a huge white light magic circle and then exploded!

The explosion shattered the two front teeth of the Scaled Rat King, sending them flying and embedding them in a nearby rock wall. The Rat King's chin was blown to pieces, revealing a huge bloody hole.

Laxus glanced down at the front tooth, saw it stuck in the rock wall, and felt a chill run down his spine.

"Gah!!!!"

The Rat King rolled over in agony, its tongue blown apart, unable to utter a proper, mournful squeal.

"It's not over yet!"

Ron flicked his hand, and dozens of grasshoppers in the blind spot sprang out and jumped toward the Rat King's blasted blood hole.

Upon seeing this, Laxus quickly activated his electricity and fled from the range of Ron's bomb.

"Art is an explosion! Drink!"

Just then, a brilliant white light shone again from the Rat King's shattered chin.

Boom!!!

The shock of the explosion instantly charred the Rat King's massive head, turning it into ashes that scattered with the aftershocks of the bomb.

The massive body, headless, rolled on the ground with the aftershocks before finally collapsing in the distance, where it fell silent.

The surrounding magic crystals, radiating a ghostly blue light, also flickered violently and rhythmically due to this aftershock.

Laxus closed his eyes and covered his ears as soon as the white light burst forth, but the aftershocks still caused him to experience tinnitus.

After recovering, Laxus saw the body that had rolled away and was deeply shocked.

His scales, which even lightning couldn't penetrate, were blasted through by Ron in this way.

Is this clay modeling magic really that powerful?

Ron, standing on high ground, was also blown by the waves, his eyes closed, and even his wig was blown off and flown far away.

Ron opened his eyes and saw that the headless body was no longer getting up, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I accidentally released too much magic, but luckily the main tunnel is still very stable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red skin on Ron's body gradually faded, and the duration of [Eight Gates Formation] had expired.

After exiting the Eight Gates buff state, less than 10% of his magic power remained, leaving less than 50%.

Ron lowered his head, searching for Laxus's figure. When he finally saw him, he waved to him.

"Laxus!"

Laxus looked up and spotted Ron.

"We're done, time to go home, okay?"

Laxus was taken aback for a moment, then finally a smile of admiration appeared on his face.

"Um!"