Fairy Tail: I'm invincible when I receive anime characters!

Upon hearing the sound, Natsu immediately covered his ears; he was not only very sensitive to smell, but also to hearing.

Gray's expression changed drastically, and his body trembled uncontrollably: "This...this voice...I can't forget it..."

"Deliora..."

Leon recognized the voice and became excited.

The group immediately headed to the underground cave.

When the group arrived, the ice on Deliora's body had begun to melt, and large chunks of ice fell off Deliora's body.

"Has...deliora been resurrected...?"

Gray stared blankly at the resurrected Deliora.

"Now we have no choice but to take action!! Defeat that demon!!"

Natsu ignited flames in his hands, preparing to fight Deliora.

“You…can’t defeat…that’s mine…to surpass Uru…I’ve finally seen you again…Deliora…”

"The only monster Uru hasn't defeated yet, now I'll defeat it! I'm going to surpass you now..."

Leon staggered toward them.

Gray delivered a chop to Leon's neck.

"Enough, Leon, leave the rest to me. I'll seal Deliora away!!"

Gray assumed an absolutely frozen pose, emanating a large amount of cold air from his body.

Upon seeing Gray's posture, Leon immediately shouted anxiously, "Stop...stop!! Gray!! Do you know how long it took me to melt this ice? Don't waste your energy!! I will melt the ice no matter what and challenge Deliora again!!"

"I'm sorry about Uru, for shattering your dreams, but this monster absolutely cannot be resurrected. This is the only way to stop it now..."

Before Gray could finish speaking, he was kicked away.

Gray bumped into Natsu.

"Qi Yan, what are you doing?!"

"Get out of my way, you bunch of idiots! Look at your pathetic self! It's just a mere demon from the Book of Zeref, is it really worth making such a fuss about?"

Qi Yan said irritably.

"Roar----!!"

Deliora opened its mouth wide, gathering a ball of energy within, and aimed it at Qi Yan.

"Get out of the way—!!"

Upon seeing this, Gray shouted anxiously.

call out----!!

The energy shot straight towards the back of Qi Yan's head.

Qi Yan tossed his hand away without even turning his head.

Boom boom boom boom—!

The energy blast was blasted away by Qi Yan, piercing a large hole in the ruins. The energy blast landed on a distant mountain, shattering it.

scare----!!

Everyone was terrified by the terrifying power; this monster was indeed incredibly powerful.

What was even more frightening was that Qi Yan had casually deflected such a terrifying attack.

Qi Yan gripped the Murakumogiri tightly with both hands, wrapping Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki around it, causing black and red lightning to crackle across its surface.

Qi Yan shouted and swung the Murakumogiri with both hands, unleashing a massive slash from it.

Chapter 90 Destroying the Moon

Boom!

Qi Yan unleashed a massive slash, cleaving a huge gap in the entire ruins. Everyone stared wide-eyed and gaped in astonishment. Although they had witnessed such an attack before, this kind of attack was still incredibly shocking no matter how many times they saw it.

Snap!

A vertical line appeared in the middle of Deliora's body.

Then, snap snap—!

Dense cracks appeared on Deliora's body.

BANG————!!

Deliora's body began to crumble.

Rumble—!

Deliora's body fell to the ground like a block of ice.

"What?!!"

Everyone except Qi Yan was stunned by what they saw.

“What…what’s going on?!”

It's no surprise that Qi Yan's attack could kill Deliora and the others, given Qi Yan's terrifying combat power.

But Qi Yan's attacks wouldn't freeze people into ice blocks.

"Could it be..."

"How could this be... Deliora is... already dead..."

Leon finally understood: "Ten years... the ice that Uru turned into gradually took its life. We only witnessed this final moment... There's no chance anymore... I can never surpass Uru again."

Tears streamed down Leon's face, partly from his resentment at not being able to surpass his master Uru, but mostly from his joy that his strongest master had not lost to this monster.

Gray stared blankly at the scene before him, realizing that his master had already killed Deliora for his sake.

"Master..."

Gray lowered his head and covered his face, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

With Deliora dead, there was no longer any need for them to fight, and Qi Yan returned to his original form.

call----!

Qi Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Whitebeard was indeed powerful; using him consumed magic power very quickly, making him unable to last long again.

Using Whitebeard's magic with five and a half stars is still a bit of a stretch; perhaps seven stars would allow for more freedom of use.

"Yay! Great! Deliora is dead!! That means the village's curse is lifted!!"

"like----!!"

Lucy and Happy bounced around and clapped at each other.

"This is terrible! I didn't do anything at all!!"

Natsu was very unhappy. Last time, he was just a bystander in the battle against the Iron Forest because he had to travel for too long. This time, he was a bystander again. He should have been the one to complete this S-rank mission.

Lucy sneered, "Serves you right for being careless and getting frozen solid!"

"Damn it! You didn't do anything either!!"

Seeing that he had been mocked by a mere Lucy, Natsu was furious—and that's not an exaggeration, it was the truth.

Lucy retorted, "I... I just didn't have time to act yet, um, that's right!"

Qi Yan smiled and said, "Alright, you still have a chance to complete the mission."

"What do you mean? Deliora has already..."

"Who told you that the curse was related to Deliora?"

"What?!!"

"The villagers' curse has not been lifted. If you can think of a way to lift the curse on your way back, you can be considered to have completed an S-rank mission."

"Really?! That's great!!"

Lucy complained, "What are you guys so happy about? You couldn't come up with anything after a whole day and night, and you think you can come up with something on the way back?"

She's completely relaxed now, as long as the curse can be lifted.

Natsu said with a grin, "There's still hope, isn't there?"

Gray looked at Leon and asked, "Do you know how to break the curse?"

Leon replied, “I don’t know, but I do have some doubts about the curse. We were also exposed to this light for the past three years, and we were even closer to it. Nothing happened to us, but they were cursed.”

"That's right!!"

Lucy suddenly realized, "That's right, if it really was a curse caused by the moonlight or Deliora, then Leon and the others, who are closer to the moonlight and Deliora, should be the ones cursed, but they don't look cursed at all."

"Let's go, it's almost time to go back. If we don't go back soon, the villagers will start to worry."

Qi Yan turned and left, with Natsu, Lucy, and Happy following closely behind.

Natsu said to Qi Yan, "Qi Yan, can't you give us a hint?"

"Yes! Just a little bit, just a little bit."

Lucy chimed in, after all, this was a great thing that could greatly enhance the guild's status, and she didn't want to miss it.

If it can complete this task, it can buy lots of fish to eat.

"Tsk! You're so stingy!"

As they talked, the group walked outside.

Gray stopped and looked at Leon. He felt guilty towards Leon. He knew that Leon's resurrection of Deliora was not just for the dream of defeating Deliora and surpassing Uru. His real purpose was to eliminate Deliora and avenge Uru.

"What are you looking at?"

Leon said irritably. He had lost this time, not exactly to Gray, but he had undoubtedly lost badly, and he didn't want Gray to laugh at him.

"Why don't you join a guild? There you'll find companions and rivals, and you're sure to find new goals."

"Boring... Get out of here!"

Qi Yan and his group returned to the village. They discussed for a long time along the way, but still had no clue. When they returned to the village, they were greeted by a village full of demons.

"The curse hasn't been lifted after all!"

They were wondering if the curse had been lifted, but it seems it wasn't that simple after all.

The village chief led all the villagers to greet them, his voice tinged with anxiety: "Lord Mage! When are you going to destroy the moon?!"

Qi Yan laughed and said, "Don't worry, it's just destroying the moon, right? Let's do it now."

"What---?!!"

The group of people were all startled when they heard this.

Lucy whispered, "Hey... do you know what you're saying?"

Natsu became excited when he heard Qi Yan say he wanted to destroy the moon: "I knew it! He was going to destroy the moon after all!!"

Gray quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no... that's impossible!"

"Full Body Absorption - Edward Newgate!!"

Qi Yan began to receive the white beard's power, his height began to increase rapidly, and his appearance began to change. In the blink of an eye, Qi Yan transformed into the appearance of the white beard.

"It's huge!!"

The villagers were startled to see Qi Yan suddenly become so tall.

Qi Yan stood firmly on the ground with his right fist on his left hip.

Buzz—!

A white, transparent spherical light shield enveloped Qi Yan's fist.

Chapter 91 The Sky Cracked Open

"Oh my! How lucky I am!"