Fantasy in the world of crossover anime

"If it were just a normal competition of speed, it would be too simple and boring. Therefore, we have prepared a super... awesome stage for everyone!"

The moment the pumpkin projection finished speaking, the ground throughout the city of Crocus began to tremble slightly.

Li Xiaoxi and her group, who were in the hotel, immediately began to shake.

Because the entire hotel was shaking, as if it had been hit by an earthquake. Then, suddenly, the entire hotel rose up from the ground.

It wasn't because the hotel flew up, but because the ground beneath it suddenly rose up, lifted into the air by a mechanism-like stone pillar.

It wasn't just the hotel where Li Xiaoxi and her group were staying.

Within Crocus, a considerable number—over a hundred—were lifted into the air by stone pillars resembling mechanical mechanisms.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred hotels appeared at a height of over a hundred meters, becoming very conspicuous.

The shaking only stopped when the hotel came to a stop.

As soon as the tremor began, Li Xiaoxi used flight magic on Mirajane, Brandish.μ, Yukino, Wendy, Mystergan, and others.

In mid-air, behind the giant pumpkin projection, a colossal sphere, nearly a thousand meters in diameter, had appeared out of nowhere. The sphere was composed of mechanical steel contraptions and a series of crisscrossing, seemingly random, corridors. At first glance, it resembled a spherical city.

At the same time, from the huge steel sphere, staircases suspended in mid-air began to extend out, reaching all the way to the front of the various hotels that had been elevated into the air.

"Did you all see that? That's the preliminary stage we've prepared for you!" the giant pumpkin projection explained cheerfully.

"Teams from each guild must find their way to the Giant Dome - Flamingo and proceed to the competition venue. This will determine the first eight teams to arrive and participate in the official Grand Magic Games!"

"As you can see, it's an aerial maze with absolutely no discernible pattern!" the pumpkin projection enthusiastically explained.

"During the competition, each participant is free to use magic and any means at will. Even killing your opponent is not a problem. Of course, the responsibility lies with you. Our tournament organizers will not take any responsibility!"

"We only have two requirements for you!" The pumpkin projection held up two fingers.

"First: A participating team must consist of all members. If even one person is missing, the team will be eliminated, even if they reach the finish line!"

"Second: You cannot fall out of the aerial maze. If you do, you will be eliminated!"

"As long as you follow the above two points, you can do whatever you want with the rest!" The pumpkin projection spread its arms and declared loudly.

"Therefore, I hereby declare the Grand Magic Games Preliminaries officially open!"

After leaving behind those words, the pumpkin projection slowly dissipated into the air and disappeared completely.

The entire city of Crocus fell silent.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh————!"

The next second, a huge cheer resounded throughout the city.

Those were the cheers of the crowd eagerly anticipating the Grand Magic Games, and the shouts of the teams from various guilds as they rushed up the floating staircase.

Li Xiaoxi and her group, however, did not make any move and exchanged glances with each other.

“It seems this qualifier is more favorable to us.” Li Xiaoxi looked around at her five companions.

The group looked at their companions flying in the air and smiled at each other. After all, what could they do when they could fly?

"Alright!" Li Xiaoxi looked towards the aerial maze.

Let's go!

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Chapter 317 The Arrogant Tiger

The Giant Egg - Fla Bird, the most famous arena in the entire Kingdom of Fiore. It is located on the border of Crocus, atop a high mountain.

Looking down from above, it is an ancient Roman amphitheater situated high on a mountain.

The audience seating is arranged in both circular and trapezoidal shapes.

In the center is a very vast open space.

Several magnificent statues stand around the arena, looking very solemn and ancient.

This arena is the venue for the annual Grand Magic Games, which determines the rankings of the major magic guilds throughout the Kingdom of Fiore.

I believe there is no better arena in the entire Kingdom of Fiore.

In addition, there's the Grand Magic Games, an annual grand festival. It's said that not only major guilds and famous mages, but even the king and members of the council attend this festival, making it an extremely large-scale event.

If someone were to appear here, even someone with little fame would become known to the world.

Of course, whether the reputation is good or bad, it will spread.

However, it must be said that there is no more suitable place than here as the venue for the annual grand festival in the entire Kingdom of Fiore.

In this venue, at a certain moment, a magic circle suddenly appeared in the center of the open space, spinning and radiating light.

In the light, a door slowly appeared and was pushed open by a hand.

Immediately afterwards, several people came out from inside the door.

The newcomers were none other than Li Xiaoxi, Mirajane Strauss, Brandish.μ, Yukino Aguria, Wendy Mabel, and Mistgan, a group of six.

"Is this the Giant Egg - the Flame Bird?" Mira murmured.

"Is this the venue for the Grand Magic Games?"

"Why is there no one here?" Wendy looked around at the empty arena.

"Does this mean we've won first place in the qualifiers?"

“That’s very possible, considering how strong we are!” Brandish.μ said quite normally. “If it weren’t for your interference, we might be even faster!”

"Sorry, they were just too clumsy!" Yukino said sheepishly. "And Brandish μ-nee, didn't you have a lot of fun too?"

Brandish.μ wanted to refute, but the words stuck in her throat. After all, Yukino was right; she really did have a lot of fun.

On the way to the venue, Brandish.μ, seeing the ill-intentioned people around him, simply used his magic to make them either incredibly large or incredibly small. The scene became extremely chaotic.

Seeing Brandish μ having so much fun, Yukino joined in, using Libra to alter the surrounding gravity. Those who had been enlarged or shrunk by Brandish μ fell even further after Yukino joined in. It was practically impossible to find anyone around Li Xiaoxi's team.

Even so, Li Xiaoxi's team was still the first to arrive at the venue.

But why did the entire Fairy Tail B squad use flight to move around?

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to everyone in Fairy Tail (Fairy_Tail) for passing the preliminary rounds!"

As such a humorous voice rang out, the short referee, with a pumpkin on his head and a strange dance-like gait, appeared before the crowd.

"According to the submitted list of participants, you all seem to be Fairy Tail B team, right? Congratulations on winning first place in the preliminary round!"

Upon hearing Pumpkin's words, all six people, including Li Xiaoxi, smiled slightly.

At that moment, the magic circle rotating on the ground shone brightly once more, and a door reappeared.

Li Xiaoxi and her group immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of the door.

Four men and one woman slowly walked out from behind the door.

"kindness?"

The four men and one woman who walked out of the door met Li Xiaoxi and her group's gazes directly. They then froze on the spot.

“You…” The man at the head of the group, with short, sharp blond hair, frowned.

"Are you Fairy Tail?"

Li Xiaoxi and her group also looked at the other person and saw a guild emblem on the person.

“That is…” Wendy covered her mouth slightly and whispered.

"That's the emblem of the Saber-Biting Tiger!"

One sentence instantly made the atmosphere at the scene heavy.

"Hey, hey, hey," Orga said with an extremely unfriendly expression.

"Why would a bottom-tier, trash guild appear in a place like this?"

"Because they passed the qualifiers, everyone," Pumpkin chuckled, seemingly oblivious to the somber atmosphere.

"Also, congratulations to everyone from Sabertooth for passing the qualifiers! You're in second place!"

“Wh…what?” Sting exclaimed in surprise.

"We're in second place?"

"Second place?" Rogge couldn't help but frown.

"We're actually in second place?"

"...What a strange experience, we only came in second place." Rufus adjusted his hat.

"At least, in my memory, nothing like this has ever happened before."

"Tch..." Oruga's expression turned somewhat ugly.

"So, does that mean we lost to a guild that's been at the bottom for ages?"

Instantly, the atmosphere in the air became extremely tense.

In an instant, all four mages from Sabertooth unleashed extremely obvious hostility towards Li Xiaoxi and her group.

Faced with this hostility, Li Xiaoxi, Mira, Wendy, and Yukino aside, Brandish μ's eyes changed. After all, Brandish μ is the Shield of the Twelve, and when has he ever been despised by these people?

Just as Brandish μ was about to teach these four arrogant mages from Sabertooth a lesson, Li Xiaoxi stopped her.

It's quite obvious that among these six people, Li Xiaoxi is the one in charge.

"You must be Li Xiaoxi, the fourth-ranked Wizard of the Ten Saints right now!" Sting glanced at Li Xiaoxi and said with great disdain.

"Moreover, he's also recognized by Makarov as a candidate for the next guild master of Fairy Tail, and seems to have the strength to surpass even the guild's strongest mage," Rufus added with a slight smile. "In terms of strength, he's probably no weaker than Jura of the Boa Suzaku Scales, that's what my memories tell me."

"Is that so?" Sting then looked at Li Xiaoxi, a smug smile appearing on his face.

"Great, otherwise it wouldn't be fun if you took first place from us. I'll look forward to it a little, so please don't keep me too bored."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoxi smiled and said, "I will make sure you have a wonderful memory!"

While speaking, Li Xiaoxi suddenly unleashed a very powerful burst of magic, but this magic came and went quickly.

However, the contestants from Saberbite Tiger were so terrified by Li Xiaoxi's magic that they all knelt down before her, sweat pouring down their faces from fear.

Chapter 318 Pulling Teeth from a Tiger's Mouth!

Mirajane, Brandish.μ, Yukino, Wendy, and Mistgan looked at the four men and one woman kneeling before Sabertooth as if they were looking at clowns.

"What are you doing? Even if you know how powerful I am, you don't have to kneel down to me!" Since Li Xiaoxi's magic was only directed at Saberbite Tiger, the others hadn't noticed it.

"Damn it, what do you think!" Just as the Saber-Biting Tiger stood up, looking at the audience standing around him and the smiles of Li Xiaoxi and the others, before he could even speak, he was once again forced to kneel down by Li Xiaoxi's magic.

“I told you, don’t do this, do you understand? If you don’t understand, I’ll make you understand!” Although Li Xiaoxi said this with a smile, Sting Eucliffe and the others sensed a strong threat in her words.

"Do you understand?" Li Xiaoxi said this while simultaneously increasing her magic output.

“Got it…!” Sting Eucliffe and Roger Cheney said through gritted teeth.

The magic that had terrified them before now seemed to threaten to take their lives at any moment, and if they dared to disagree, they didn't know if they would live to see the next second.

"So, do you understand?" After Sting Eucliffe and Roger Cheney backed down, Li Xiaoxi looked at the other three members of their team.

“We understand too!” Rufus and Oruga Nanakia had no choice but to speak up after Sting Eucliffe and Roger Cheney had already spoken.

"I don't understand!" Minerva, as the daughter of the Sabertooth guild leader, was extremely arrogant.

"Is that so! I'll teach you a lesson! Brandish μ, it's up to you. Show this young lady what manners are!"

“I love doing this!” Brandish.μ said happily.

No one knows what Brandish.μ did, but after a short while, Minerva said "I understand" with extreme reluctance!

During the time that Saber-Biting Tiger was subduing Li Xiaoxi, the surrounding audience was engaged in heated discussions.

"Is this the power of the fourth-ranked Wizard of the Ten Wizard Saints? It's terrifying! To be able to make the number one ranked Saberbite Tiger kneel down, just how much prestige does that require?"

"You may not know this, but this person is someone who has completed the century-long mission twice. It's not surprising that he has such strength!"

-------

Sting Eucliffe and the others stared at Li Xiaoxi, trembling all over. Was this the strength of the fourth-ranked Wizard of the Ten Wizard Saints? Was she even human? Even the dragon who taught them Dragon Slayer Magic didn't exude such overwhelming pressure.

The next moment, the door opened, and a group of people walked out.