A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

With a stomp of his leather shoes on the ground, he turned around and pounced towards Kira.

"I'm a professional assassin; nothing escapes my eyes!"

"Without a doubt, your weakness is close combat!"

Running on the ground is much faster than jumping. Jacob took three steps at a time, covering a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye to reach Kira's side. He lowered his body and punched Kira's chest with his right fist.

"Correct judgment!"

Kira smiled and gently blocked Jacob's charged attack. "But that's precisely why I boosted several special attributes beforehand to deal with close-range attacks."

The powerful punch was easily blocked, which greatly alarmed Jacob. In his opinion, Kira's physical abilities should not have been able to block his punch so easily.

After his punch failed, Jacob immediately tried to back away and then follow up with a kick, but he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move his entire body. Upon closer inspection, he saw that at the point where his fist and palm collided with Kira's, magical runes were spreading upwards along his arm like worms.

"This is……?!!"

"A binding spell, an improved version of the Binding Serpent, it doesn't have a name yet."

Kira's eyes gleamed with a sly glint. "What do you think of calling it 'Bound Dragon'?"

It's terrible, it sounds awful!

"Nice name..."

He knows when to back down and is a pro at it!

Jacob tried to banish Kira to another dimension, but Kira's magic was too immense, and his assassination magic couldn't budge him at all, just as he was powerless against August.

"Thank you for the compliment!"

Whether it was genuine or not, Kira was naturally pleased that the other party had praised his naming method, and a broad smile immediately appeared on his face. Then, he raised his fist, which had been gathering terrifying magical power.

His talent for multitasking allows him to control his opponent while launching an attack.

With the fist almost touching him, Jacob broke out in a cold sweat: "Could you please not hit my face?"

"Someone like you, do you even care about this?"

Kira lifted his eyelids and looked at the other person's head, which was so short that it was almost bald.

Jack: "..."

"Why do you, an assassin, care so much about your looks? Besides, you're not handsome to begin with, so even if you get hurt, it won't be a big loss; and with magic so advanced these days, healing wouldn't be difficult."

"But……"

Boom! ! !

Kira withdrew his fist and said calmly, "Why so much talk? -- Huh?! What are you still doing here?"

"..."

Why are you still here? Don't you have any idea?

At that moment, Jacob was punched in the face, but because the binding force of the Binding Serpent was too strong, and Kira's punch was intentionally applied, the opponent was not knocked away, but remained standing stiffly in place.

"Sorry, but I'm sure my next punch will send you flying!"

After sincerely apologizing, Kira raised his fist again: "Dispel evil and reveal justice..."

"Huh?! What?! Po Xie...?!"

The familiar magical technique that had just entered his ears startled Jacob: "Wait!! Please wait..."

"Shatter the Heavens!!"

Bang! ! !

"Ugh!!"

With all his might, he struck Jacob squarely in the face, sending him flying into the air before crashing heavily to the ground in front of tens of thousands of spectators!

Chapter 708 The Fourth Day Ends

"Erza! I'm done here!!"

A very annoying voice reached Erza's ears, bypassing the noisy cheers and the judges' shouts.

"I won this match!"

Her movements faltered, her attack paused, and Erza, clad in her armor and wielding the Wind God's Sword, unleashed a gust of wind that blew away the explosion created by Bradman.

With a stiff twist of his slender neck, his gaze followed Kira, and he saw Kira's smug and handsome face in the sunlight.

In the instant their eyes met, Kira saw confusion and shock in Erza's large eyes.

How can it be? !

How long has it been since he stopped his babbling and started fighting?! Less than two minutes!

I'd only exchanged a few blows, and Kira's already finished the fight?!

"How...how did this guy become so strong?!"

Erza gritted her teeth, her red hair curled back, her magic surged wildly, and her fair, rosy hands gripped the blade she had meticulously crafted. Her heart was filled with resentment, which she suppressed as anger, waiting for an outlet.

"A great opportunity!!"

The reckless Bradman and Kyoka seized the opportunity to rush forward and die, launching a powerful attack on the enraged Erza.

"Deprivation of the five senses!"

"The Underworld Tree!!"

Kuanghua's enhancement spell can cause the victim to lose all five senses, making them unable to fight; while Bradman uses the Thorn Spell of Maldo Gil, the former leader of the 'Gates of the Underworld,' which can summon a giant tree to attack the opponent.

With the two combined, they can defeat more than 90% of mages.

Kyouka, Bradman, and even Neinhardt were all secretly delighted, their eyes fixed on the attack that was about to land on Erza.

"Great! Success!!"

Just then, the sound stopped abruptly, the smug smile froze on his face, and the belief in victory vanished, replaced by a cold sweat, icy hands and feet, and an endless fear rising from the bottom of his heart.

Because Erza suddenly turned her head!

"You guys... you've been making so much noise since the beginning!!"

An endless killing intent burst forth from those cold eyes; the naked, murderous red light seemed capable of blasting everything in its path into ruins!

"!!!"

"..."

What happened? I can't believe how horrible this feels...

Oh no, it's going to disappear!!

"Change gear! Heavenly Armor of the Gods!!"

In an instant, the costume changed, and in an instant, the halberd was swung down. Supported by immense magical power, Wuwu's relentless attacks shattered the two clusters of spells in one go. The magic and spells, which were originally real or illusory, turned into specks of nothingness in an instant, as if they had never existed.

Bang!Bang!

Fear gripped them, and Kyoka and Bradman, who had intended to retreat, were separated from the memories of the corpses the moment Erza shattered their spell. Their bodies dissipated back into memories, and they dared not show themselves again.

Neinhart: "??"

What's wrong with these two devils? Didn't I tell you to protect me properly? Why are you leaving already? You were scared by that little girl's one move? I guess I can't rely on devils like you!

But then again, none of those dead mages in their memories were of any use...

Just as Neinhardt was racking his brains, Erza, who was already furious, was not satisfied with just repelling the corpse's memories, and directly charged forward with her sword and halberd.

"Heavenly One God - Starlight!!"

"What?!"

Neinhardt looked up at the sound, only to meet Erza's gaze directly. He was immediately shaken, his hands and feet went numb, his whole body went weak, and his legs trembled!

That look...

It was that look in his eyes!

That same look in my eyes that I had ten years ago!

That gaze that has influenced most of my life, that appears in my nightmares every midnight!

Just before the halberd struck, Neinhart resigned himself to his fate. He preserved his last shred of dignity, closed his eyes, and smiled regretfully: "Phew... how pathetic..."

His spinning, flying body interrupted the last boastful remark.

In the last moments before he regained consciousness, all he could hear were the indistinct, meaningless sounds coming from his own throat, the sounds of his body rolling on the ground and hitting the dust, and the sounds of shock and shouts from the audience and judges.

"The match is over, the winner is... 'Fairy Tail'!!!"

As Chapati announced the results of the duel, tens of thousands of spectators erupted in uncontrollable excitement and joy, with cheers resounding throughout the venue.

"Oh oh oh!!!"

"Great!! They won!!!"

"So handsome~ Both of them are..."

"As expected of Kira and Erza, I knew they could win!! -- Although I didn't expect them to win so easily..."

"In this way, the gap between 'Fairy Tail' and 'Emperor's Shield' will widen!"

The happiest people at this moment were undoubtedly the mages of Fairy Tail, especially Makarov, the guild master. His children had made a great splash by defeating the terrifying Emperor's Shield. As a parent, he naturally felt incredibly proud and honored, and excitedly jumped and danced around in front of his children, completely disregarding his own image.

Kira and Erza's ability to defeat their opponents so easily was something no one expected, not even themselves. Zeref and his group fell silent as they watched the images of the two projected onto the virtual screen in mid-air.

"What are those two guys doing...?"

Agil, nonchalantly placing one foot on the chair beside him and resting his right elbow on his knee, leaned slightly towards the arena, saying, "To be defeated like that, isn't that a bit too embarrassing?!"

No one responded to Agil's words, because they all knew that Fairy Tail won the match because of its strength, not luck, and certainly not by using cheat codes.

Even Agil knew that he was just habitually grumbling.

"This guild is really strong... Be careful in tomorrow's battle!"

Despite losing today, Zeref didn't seem angry or regretful. He simply smiled gently at the people behind him and said, "Pay special attention to that boy named Kira. He has strength comparable to August and Irene!"