Seeing the overwhelming slashing waves coming from all directions, Laxus's face showed a hint of impatience and annoyance, and even more violent lightning was brewing in his golden pupils.

"Since you're in such a hurry to die..."

"Then I'll grant your wish!"

Boom!

A sudden, violent clap of thunder echoed across the cloudless, clear sky—a unique weather phenomenon that occasionally occurs in Magnolia: "Clear skies turning to Laxus."

A massive golden pillar of lightning, ten times more dazzling and ten times more ferocious than before, shot into the sky centered on Laxus.

In an instant, the demon's seemingly endless slashing waves were completely evaporated.

Sensing a deadly crisis, Ethel was momentarily terrified.

But with no way out, he had no choice but to fight desperately.

By combining its four bladed arms, Ethel unleashed all its power to condense a massive, dark energy blade tens of meters long, which, with a piercing shriek, slashed toward Laxus's head.

"The Five Great Swords of the World: Mikazuki!!"

The massive pillar of lightning contracted, concentrating entirely on Laxus's right fist, which shone like a miniature sun.

He threw a punch at the octopus demon that was lunging at him.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Technique: Thunderous Roar!"

The two forces collided, and time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The next second, a terrifying bolt of lightning, several meters in diameter, instantly engulfed Ethel's demonic form. Undeterred, it hurtled straight towards the distant forest, carving a scorched trench nearly a hundred meters long into the ground before disappearing into the distance.

The lightning dissipated.

The spot where Ethel had stood was now completely empty, not even a speck of ashes remained.

One of the "Nine Demon Gates," the Great Demon Child Che Ethel, was completely vaporized by lightning without any chance to fight back.

The wind blew across the scorched earth, bringing with it a scorching heat.

Dorel and Salusuk were so shocked by this scene that they both swallowed hard.

Azuma stood still, silently watching the terrifying ravine stretching into the distance, then glanced at Laxus, who slowly lowered his fist and turned his gaze toward him.

His heart sank.

It's true that Azuma enjoys fighting strong opponents, but fighting a mage who can instantly kill a demon in the Book of Zeref's true form wouldn't be as satisfying for him...

This kind of battle is not what he wants at all.

Looking at Laxus's unfriendly gaze, Azuma stiffly asked, "Um... can we reconcile?"

Laxus sneered, "At this moment? Are you kidding me?"

Azuma's face was grim. Just as he was hesitating whether to fight, flee, or risk his life to destroy the Heavenly Wolf Tree, a man and a woman entered the battlefield.

"Ultear?!"

Azuma's face lit up with joy upon seeing his fellow guild members.

His "Tree Arc" combined with Ultear's "Time Arc" meant that even Laxus could only watch helplessly as the Sirius Tree was destroyed.

Once the Sirius Tree is gone, the situation will instantly turn around.

However, his smile quickly faded, because Ultear followed Gray directly to the opposing camp and even used "Arc of Time" to heal the wounds of the Sirius Tree...

Seeing Laxus and Gray approaching him, and then looking at the leader of the "Seven Kin of Purgatory" under the Sirius Tree with a spectator's expression, Azuma instantly went berserk.

"Ultear! Why are you just watching?!"

"Have you really betrayed us?!"

Ultear, half-hidden by the Sirius Tree: OMO

Although he received no answer, it was enough for Azuma to give up completely. He decisively dissipated his aura, raised his hands, and resignedly said:

"I surrender."

Azuma threw the ball without any psychological burden.

As fellow members of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Ultear, the leader of the Seven Kin who was deeply trusted by Guild Master Hades, had betrayed them. He was just surrendering; what was there to be ashamed of?

Chapter 225 The Gates of the Underworld

Ten thousand meters above Sirius Island, a strange, cube-shaped floating island rests silently in the air, where a large number of demons reside.

What appears to be an island is actually a gigantic monster called the "Netherworld Beast," which is controlled by the "King of the Underworld," the true controller of the Gates of the Underworld, with unparalleled magical power, and has become the Gates of the Underworld's stronghold.

When the Netherworld Beast awakens, it will activate a special spell called "merging into one," turning all the creatures inside it into its own nourishment.

But now, it's just a floating island.

Deep within the island of the underworld, in a dimly lit room furnished like a laboratory, ten enormous glass jars stand side by side, containing an unknown liquid, with bubbles constantly rising from them.

Disgusting tentacles fell from the ceiling, covering every glass jar.

A girl wearing a white lab coat and a rabbit headdress was intently working on something. Her name was Rami, and she belonged to Kuang Hua's command, specializing in the regeneration and modification of demons.

Sudden.

"what--!"

A desperate scream came from a glass jar, startling Rami so much that the rabbit ears on his head stood up.

She turned to look at the glass jar. "Lord Ethel, you're barking like a dog... no, are you having a nightmare?"

Inside the glass jar, Ethel wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead, still shaken. "It wasn't a nightmare, I was just blasted to dust by a human."

"Wow, it seems your death was no less dramatic than that of Lady Kuanghua. She was frozen into an ice block and then smashed."

Upon hearing Rami's words, Ethel noticed that the glass jar to his left was running, and that his little boss, Kuang Hua, was inside it.

"Kuang Hua?! Even you..."

These glass jars, called "Hell Cores," can resurrect dead demons in new bodies, ensuring they continue to contribute to the great cause of the Gates of Hell.

Of course, only demons of the rank of cadre or above are entitled to this privilege.

What? You're asking about other demons? Aren't they just cannon fodder?

Kyoka, who was reborn in the core of hell, woke up a few minutes earlier than Ethel. After learning that Ethel had been defeated in one move by a Fairy Tail mage, her expression turned grim.

The new body was quickly completed, and Kyoka leaped out of the glass jar, disregarding her naked state. "I'm going to see Lord Hades. Fairy Tail's strength far exceeds our expectations. Also, inform Devil Heart that Ultear has betrayed us..."

Rami chased after Kuanghua and draped the clothes he had prepared in advance over her shoulders, saying, "Lord Hades has already gone down to Sirius Island."

"What? The lord himself went out?"

Rami nodded. It turned out that before Kuang Hua and Ethel returned from their deaths, there were two other members of the Nine Ghosts Gate who had died even earlier than them.

It is Trafalgar, codenamed "Darkness," and the storm, codenamed "Calamity."

According to them, after entering Sirius Island, they encountered a drunkard who couldn't catch any fish, and Trafalgar, using "water magic," mocked the drunkard mercilessly.

Then they both died.

Even when they were reborn in the core of hell, Trafalgar and Storm didn't realize that they had already died once.

The fact that two of his top generals were instantly killed by the same human in the same moment piqued Hades' interest, and he decided to personally confront the drunkard.

Trafalgar and Storm, as the losers, decide to hunt down other Fairy Tail mages in order to get revenge.

"Now that Lord Hades has taken action, I have nothing to worry about." Kuang Hua breathed a sigh of relief and then put on his clothes.

She knew all too well how terrifying Hades' power was; even the entire Gates of the Underworld combined wouldn't be a match for him.

"Pluto" Maldo Gil... is the masterpiece that comes closest to the final demon "END" among the batch of demons created by the black mage Zeref 400 years ago.

Suddenly, another glass jar activated, and new demon bodies began to form in the four jars.

They are the Explosive Demon Jackal, the Necromancer Keith, Trafalgar (who has already died once), and the Storm...

"Damn it, that bastard fire-wielding human..."

The jackal was the first to wake up, gritting his teeth as he spoke. He had encountered Natsu on Tenrou Island, and his 'Explosion Spell' was perfectly countered by the passive effect of the 'Fire Dragon Slayer' magic.

Not only can his spells not damage people, but what's most disgusting is that when he hits someone, he actually heals them, and Natsu eats all the flames from the explosion to restore his health.

So the jackal was utterly humiliated and was brutally defeated by Natsu.

The necromancer Keith is a skeleton in form. He possesses necromancy, which allows him to manipulate corpses, and dark magic, which grants him immunity to physical damage.

This powerful and troublesome demon was forced to open a gap by Erza using the Seven Dragon Slayers: Demon Death Sword, and in the end, its bones were completely torn apart.

This time, Storm and Trafalgar didn't encounter Gildarts, but Mirajane, who had developed a dual-reception ability, used the power of "Lucifer's Soul" and "Satan's Soul" to defeat both of them, resulting in a second defeat for them.

Hearing about the deaths of their four companions in the Hell Core, Kuanghua and Ethel's faces turned extremely grim.

The war has only been going on for a short time, and six of the Nine Ghosts Sect members have already died in battle. If it weren't for the resurrection function of the Hell Core, the Underworld Gate would be severely weakened.

The Fairy Tail mages were far more boring than they had imagined, and their numbers far exceeded their expectations.

Fortunately, Lord Hades' power can resolve everything.

Moreover, Hades, the unfathomable guild master of Devil Heart, also intends to destroy Fairy Tail.

Just then, there was a knock on the closed door of the laboratory.

"Something terrible has happened, my lords!"

"An unidentified magical giant has attacked Underworld Island!"

"Our troops are completely unable to hold them off!"

The screams were still echoing in the laboratory when a sharp, deafening sound of metal being torn apart pierced through the thick walls, causing the entire Underworld Island to tremble violently and dust to fall from the ceiling.

"What happened?!" The jackal staggered as its body was just reassembled.

Kuang Hua transformed into a black shadow and rushed out the door, followed closely by the other resurrected members of the Nine Ghosts Sect.

When they burst out of the dark passage and arrived at the exposed platform of the Underworld Island, the sight before them caused even these demons, who were used to killing, to shrink in shock.

Blinding beams of light pierced through the smoke and dust, each flash accompanied by a short, piercing wail as the demon soldiers evaporated.

The deep purple protective shield of the Underworld Island was suddenly torn apart by a stream of light, revealing a gigantic humanoid weapon they had never seen before.

The white and blue armor reflected a cold luster in the sunlight, and the huge wings on its back were fully extended, leaving colorful trails of light in the air.

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