A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

For them, this type of attack only consumes some physical strength and does not consume any magic power. But it is different for Kana. Because she must maintain the existence of the reflection barrier, she consumes magic power almost every moment. In the end, she will definitely not be able to outlast her!

As for stamina? Cana's stamina is not strong to begin with! Compared to Erza and Mira, she is like a child compared to an adult.

It's important to know that Erza was a dragon girl who was pregnant for four hundred years before giving birth, and her physical abilities were exceptionally gifted. After Mira received the demons, her physical strength was also greatly enhanced, making her no less powerful than Erza—after all, those demons were powerful beings who had lived for hundreds of years!

Ultimately, not to mention Fairy Tail, even if you include all the mages in the entire Kingdom of Fiore, there are very few who can compare to the two of them in this regard!

"I really worry about their future husbands..."

Just as Kira was silently cursing, Cana's furious voice rang out from the storm of fists and flashing blades: "What are you muttering about?! You really intend for me to take on both of them by myself?! If you don't come to help, I won't be able to hold on!"

How long have you been holding out? Less than 5 minutes!

Kira sighed helplessly, "They're here, they're here..."

With a flourish of his fingers, a thunderous roar erupted from beneath the three women's feet, followed by the rise of a thick rock pillar that propelled Mira and Erza high into the sky.

Seeing Kira come to Cana's aid, Erza and Mira immediately jumped down from the stone pillar, then moved around the pillar to find another opening to attack.

But thanks to Kira's help, Cana had a chance to catch her breath and jumped out of the stone pillar first, adjusting her posture to prepare for the battle again.

She knew that she was no match for either Mira or Erza in terms of magic, physical strength, or experience. Her only advantage was the sophistication and diversity of her magic.

Thinking of this, Kana couldn't help but look down at the triangular mark on her right palm. This mark meant that she was currently using three cards.

The way to use 'Kana Card' is different from before. It's not a 'randomly thrown but aimed throwing style', nor a 'mind-controlled mechanical distraction style', but a 'simultaneous use of multiple magic combinations style'.

After a card is thrown, the ability to use the corresponding magic is temporarily activated, and a mark will appear on the palm of the hand. The more cards that are activated, the more difficult the magic becomes to control. When the activation state ends, the cards will re-condense, and the mark will disappear.

To date, Cana can use a maximum of three spells at the same time. Compared to Lucy, who has been training since childhood and can only use three Celestial Keys at the same time, her progress in this area is remarkably rapid.

"Again..."

After regaining her footing, Kana raised her right hand, pointing forward with her five fingers: "Upside down!!"

The Phenomenon Card, "Inversion," is inspired by the Reverse Fly from "Bleach." It is a type of magic that directly targets the mind and consciousness, inverting the opponent's perception through their five senses, thereby rendering them unable to act.

Of course, since this is magic and not a Zanpakuto, Kira used the magic he learned and researched when creating the cards, without having to add the condition of 'requiring the smell', and there would be no flaw that would render the cards ineffective if the user closed their eyes.

The white fluorescent magic circle flashed and disappeared in Cana's hand. Under the effect of the inversion magic, Erza and Mira, who were originally preparing to attack, were stunned at the same time. Then their bodies stiffened and their pupils dilated.

"here we go again……"

"It's that magic from just now..."

At this moment, their minds were filled with chaos, everything upside down and flipping left and right. Taking a step forward only made them feel further away, and looking to the left only revealed the scene on the right...

In this state, it is impossible to properly control one's own body.

"This is so troublesome..."

In a battle between mages, the first thing to consider is the amount of magic power and the sophistication of the magic. If they are roughly equal and there is no counter, then the nature of the magic power becomes the deciding factor. The more compatible the nature of the magic power is with the magic power, the stronger the effect will be.

If the combined data of the above three factors are not significantly different, then the mages in the battle will be in a situation where neither can defeat the other. For a simple example, the Twelve Shields: Brandish cannot break Timaria's Time Seal, and Timaria cannot escape Brandish's Shrinking Technique.

While Cana hasn't yet grown to the point where Erza and Mira can't escape the 'Inversion Magic,' it's not easy for her to break free from this negative state when she's frantically channeling her magic.

"Great! Now's the time!"

Seeing the two in disarray, Kana was overjoyed and punched them in mid-air.

The gravitational field pressed down again, and the ground beneath Erza and Mira's feet was once again crushed into two shallow craters. However, this time, they did not fall!

For the mages of Fairy Tail, there are very few spells that can be used twice, let alone the fact that this is the third time Cana has used gravity!

Having learned from their previous experiences, Erza and Mira solved the puzzle much faster this time. They only needed a breath or two to recover quickly after a slight pause.

"Since it's just about disrupting consciousness, then we can just attack from all directions—up, down, left, front, and back—right?"

After overcoming gravity, Erza immediately calmed her mind and, with her rich combat experience, quickly came up with a way to break the inversion magic.

"Transformation - Heavenly Cycle Sword!!"

With a soft shout from Erza, hundreds of swords shot out from behind her simultaneously, creating a rain of swords that flowed back and forth in a magnificent display, leaving the audience in awe.

"Wow! That's amazing!! Is this the legendary... hedgehog attack??"

While dodging the unpredictable flying swords, Kira dutifully began to act, his expressions extremely exaggerated. He imitated the tone of judge Chapati, loudly proclaiming the childish name he had given Erza's move.

Chapati: "..."

Is it fun to mimic my speech like that? Kira-san? I feel offended!

"What's with these swords' attack methods?!"

Soon, Cana discovered that the sword attacks were extremely chaotic, even utterly haphazard. One second they were flying towards her from the front, and the next they might be spinning in mid-air and flying towards Kira beside her; one second they were stabbing at her from the left, and the next they might be brushing past her.

Without a method, there's no way to break it... no, you can't predict the sword's trajectory, making it difficult to react.

Normally, Erza could completely control the trajectory of each flying sword, but now her directional perception system is disordered, making control a hundred times more difficult, which naturally leads to mistakes.

However, the essence of her move lies in the principle of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," so the trajectory of her movements is not important at all—after all, none of the people on the field are easy to deal with.

At worst, I'll get slashed a couple of times and bleed a little, but I can recover by eating more meat, eggs, and dairy. With professional magic doctors like Wendy and Perusia around, I won't die.

"It seems she's been affected by the inversion magic. For the sake of the competition, she doesn't even care about putting herself in danger. This woman is ruthless!"

On the other hand, Mira's thought process is almost exactly the same as Erza's.

As rivals who grew up competing against each other, the two came up with the same solution to Kana's inversion magic.

Mira gave a deep shout, and her magic surged. Immediately afterward, countless huge, thick, green vines surged up from the ground. The vines were as thick as several people could hug and tens of meters long. They were as hard and flexible as steel whips. Each one was striving to pierce the sky, as if trying to break free from the earth's constraints and seek new food.

Giant vines writhe wildly across the arena, like a raging tidal wave of plants, threatening to crush anyone standing on them, or whip them to death.

"Ugh~ Mira is really crazy..."

The swords and vines attacked in unison, each infiltrating the other, just like Erza and Mira's personalities—one strong and direct, the other gentle yet firm, making them difficult to defend against.

Although Erza and Mira each fought their own battles, their AOE magic had no regard for their teammates, but the effect was remarkable.

Under the attacks that were harder and more frequent than the previous slashes and punches, the reflective barrier was constantly activated, and Kana's magic power began to be consumed frantically. The increasingly dire situation made her break out in a cold sweat.

"Seriously...don't these two guys ever think about magic power?"

The blade and the vines ultimately perished in their mutual destruction, and Kana's reflection magic was finally broken by the collision of these two spells.

After the chaos, Kana, panting, looked at the two people walking towards her, feeling utterly exhausted.

Reflection, inversion, and gravity magic have all failed; the palm mark has disappeared; and Kana has put the three cards away again.

Actually, if she had faced anyone weaker than Erza or Mira in this match, she might have already won. But since both women had their own advantages, Cana was no match for them.

Chapter 732 I still have to take action!

"This card... doesn't seem to be working as expected at all..."

"Because you've used too much magic on [Reflection]!"

Kira stepped forward and explained calmly, "Try a different fighting style next time. You don't only have these three cards!"

It's finally my turn to show off!

I glanced up at Erza and Mira and noticed that they were both in quite a sorry state: Erza's armor was tattered and torn, and she would probably have to take it back to someone to repair it after the battle, but she herself was not seriously injured; Mira had some scattered small wounds, but her demon body healed very quickly, and they would probably be healed by the end of the battle.

The injuries on the two were not only due to being repeatedly pressed to the ground by 'inversion' and 'gravity', but more importantly because... the blades and vines had struck each other.

In other words, their current state is the result of mutual destruction; Kana's magic didn't even take away 1% of their health.

"As expected, only 'Fairy Tail' can defeat 'Fairy Tail'!"

"Is it your turn next, Kira?"

Noticing Kira's intention to take over Cana's role in the battle, Erza exclaimed excitedly, "I can't wait!"

Ignoring her injuries, Erza charged forward: "Transformation - Black Feather Armor!"

Her tattered armor instantly transformed into a glossy black bat-shaped suit of armor, and she even changed her hairstyle. Anyone who didn't know better would think she had taken a shower halfway through a fight and was back in action.

With Erza's instant costume change, her charge turned into low-altitude flight, and the silver-white standard longsword in her hand transformed into a slender iron sword on the other side. Under Erza's control, she slashed straight at Kira!

Facing this direct attack, Kira was not afraid at all. He clasped his hands together in front of him with a 'snap', and then quickly opened them, revealing a white lightsaber in his hand.

clang!!

The two swords clashed at an angle, producing a heavy thud at the point where their blades met. The powerful force of the strike caused Kira to tremble slightly and involuntarily take a half-step back. Erza, on the other hand, remained as steady as a mountain, her body completely unmoved by the blow.

"Damn...she's incredibly strong..." Kira exclaimed in shock. "But she's Erza after all, so this is to be expected..."

"I can hear you!" Erza was immediately enraged by Kira's assessment and swung her sword again.

Few girls like to be told they are strong, not even Erza, who has always been independent and strong. You can say she is strong, or even that she is single-minded, simple-minded, or semi-illiterate, but you can't directly say she is strong.

This was one of the most unbearable comments directed at Erza, especially among those specifically targeting her.

Erza's attacks became increasingly fierce, while Kira's responses became increasingly clumsy. The two exchanged dozens of blows, and in the back-and-forth exchanges, Kira had clearly fallen into a disadvantageous position.

This is normal, after all, swordsmanship is Erza's major, but it's a subject Kira has consistently failed. The fact that she was able to slash dozens of times like that is thanks to the "Complete Guide to Swordsmanship" hastily written by Dispel.

As for Erza's decision to let the water flow?

Are you kidding me?! How could Erza possibly hold back? She's known as the female knight who's 'extremely serious' and 'never holds back'!

What was Mira doing during the time the two were exchanging bayonets?

She approached Kana again!

Cana was completely stunned: "No... this is Kira's time..."

"Are you kidding me? This is a two-player game, isn't it?"

Mira wasn't buying it. A faint smile played on her lips, which looked sinister and terrifying under her demonic transformation, like the leader of some dark guild: "It's his business that he didn't attack us just now. We didn't attack him because our strategy was two against one. But now our strategy has changed, so it's normal for us to attack you, right?"

"...Could you be any more cunning?!"

Before Kana could react, Mira suddenly dodged and slammed her fist down!

"Varied……"

Caught off guard, Cana could only manage to cross her arms in front of her to block, but she was still sent flying more than ten meters by the immense force, her entire body hurtling uncontrollably towards Kira like a cannonball!

Boom! ! !

On this side, Kira was overwhelmed by Erza's continuous slashes when he was unexpectedly attacked from behind by a human bomb. He was sent flying backward and dragged on the ground for several meters before coming to a stop.