Jura's pupils shrank.
His body's instincts moved faster than his thoughts.
"Rock Mountain!" A giant stone Buddha statue with its palms pressed together materialized behind him.
"Rumbling Mt. Fuji!" An earth-yellow magic circle flared in front of him, and a massive pillar of stone-element light rose from the ground.
The moment Laxus arrived in front of Jura, the attack engulfed him.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Roaring Thunder Flame!" At that exact second, the lightning and flames in Laxus's hands fused together amid chaotic disorder and precise arrangement.
A blinding golden-red pillar of fire shot into the sky!
Every battlefield across the city came to a halt. Everyone looked up at the two pillars of light piercing straight into the clouds.
Both sides' attacks struck each other without holding anything back.
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The Fairy Tail members, the audience, and the three commentators all shared the exact same expression.
Their jaws dropped as they stared blankly at the overwhelming clash.
Even Makarov couldn't avoid reacting the same way.
He hadn't expected Laxus to have already reached this monstrous level.
Perhaps… he's been long since been surpassed by Laxus.
Only Raizel and Mavis wore expressions that said everything had gone exactly as expected.
Compared to when he fought Raizel, Jura had definitely improved again, and that improvement couldn't be called small.
As for Laxus, this was just his normal performance.
Ever since Mavis witnessed Laxus's crimson lightning fuse with thunder and flame, she knew that one day, Laxus's future would be limitless.
Not because he was the great-grandson of Yuri Dreyar, and not because he was the grandson of Makarov.
But because he was Laxus.
The student had surpassed the master!
The smoke and dust dispersed. The audience stared fixedly at the crystal screens.
No explanation was needed. Everyone knew this was the final move.
…
On the screen, Laxus had suffered some injuries from the recoil of Rock Mountain and the heavy impact of Rumbling Mt. Fuji, his magic power greatly depleted.
Opposite him, Jura's entire body was charred black, faint arcs of electricity flickering over his skin.
His palms were still pressed together, and he wore a satisfied smile as he fell to the cobblestone.
"I concede defeat." Jura lost the ability to fight.
The atmosphere in Domus Flau reached its absolute peak!
"Ooooh!!!"
"Laxus wins!!! He defeated one of the Ten Wizard Saints!"
"Jura! Was he really taken down?!" The elderly guild master of Lamia Scale couldn't accept it. "I'm going to spin…"
On the other side of the city, Natsu saw how intense someone else's battle had been and went all out.
He defeated Sting with a Lightning Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
Then, together with Wendy, he synced his Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar with her Sky Dragon's Roar to blast Rogue into the sky.
Rogue crashed to the ground, already unconscious.
Ultear and Ren's battle also reached its conclusion. After taking care of the golden lion summon, Ultear pressed her advantage.
She activated the Arc of Time and Ice-Make once again. Using time manipulation, she made Ren's spear vanish into nothingness.
Then, with White Rose Garden, she defeated the Golden Lion Knight.
Just as Ultear expected, Ren was the captain. She pocketed a massive five points.
When Cana fell into a difficult battle, she raised her right hand and chose to stake everything on one move.
"Gather! O river of light that guides the fairies! Shine forth! To destroy the claws of evil! Fairy Glitter!"
Seeing this, Lucy joined hands with Gemini and unleashed her own trump card.
"Survey the heavens, open the heavens. All the stars, far and wide, show me thy appearance. With such shine. O Tetrabiblos, I am the ruler of the stars. Aspect become complete. Open thy malevolent gate. O eighty-eight stars of the heavens, shine! Urano Metria!"
The two great holy-attribute super magics swept across the royal capital, overwhelming the Giant Elephant Knight, the Black Panther Knight, and Gajeel all together in a blinding flash!
The audience was stunned again!
When Erza saw the huge golden hemisphere of light erupt in the distance, she knew Cana and Lucy must have fallen into a hard battle.
She requipped into the Clear Heart Clothing and drew the demon blade, Benizakura.
Her magic power surged into the sky.
The terrifying aura around Erza rose again and again, almost without end.
The wind stopped. It was as though space and time froze in that instant.
Under Millianna and Minerva's terrified gazes, a blade of light that seemed to encompass heaven, earth, the sun, moon, and stars stretched across the sky.
'I can't dodge it…' Minerva had only that one thought.
Her spatial magic could indeed transfer attacks, but against such a stunning and flawless slash, she knew she couldn't do it.
Even if she recklessly tried, this slash would tear right through the fabric of space and appear again.
Bang!
Wherever the blade light passed, only broken walls and ruins remained.
"Again!!!"
The three commentators couldn't even speak.
Why was every single one of them so absurdly strong?! What did you people eat growing up?! Can you introduce it to me?!
...
In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.
The only thing left was Fairy Tail's internal battle.
Although Ultear had consumed a lot of magic power, Laxus—after trading blows with Jura and using up so much stamina—was in no condition to deal with her.
Wendy and Natsu were surrounded and attacked by Erza and Kagura.
Natsu was a god in external battles, but internal battles against Erza? Better not to mention it.
As for Wendy, she was taken out by Erza and Kagura's non-lethal finishing move: sour plum.
Although Cana and Lucy had used up a lot of energy, all they had to do was hold Gray back.
In the end, Team A was defeated one by one.
"Yeahhhhh!!!" Ultear, Erza, and the rest of Team B gathered together, covered in minor wounds and dust.
They high-fived one another, wiped the dirt from their faces, and hugged.
"We won!" "Good work." "You did great." "We're the champions!" "Everyone worked really hard."
The audience began applauding, and the roar of the crowd went on for a long time.
Natsu and Gajeel were still unwilling to accept their loss.
Laxus, however, took it calmly.
From the moment he chose to hunt down Jura, he knew winning the overall survival match would be very hard.
With an apologetic look on his face, Laxus looked at his teammates.
"It was my fault for going to find Jura and using up too much of my stamina and magic power."
"No, no, no, we lost too…" Wendy waved her hands.
Thinking about how she had been knocked unconscious by sour plum again, her face turned bright red.
After catching his breath, Gray shook his head. "Forget it. We didn't win either, so there's nothing to say."
"Next time… we'll win it back!" This time, Gajeel and Natsu were in perfect sync.
"It's decided! The final champion of this year's Grand Magic Games is Fairy Tail Team B, made up entirely of female wizards!!!" Chapati Lola yelled.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fireworks rose into the sky one after another, and colorful streamers drifted down over the arena.
The cheers of the audience rang out without end.
The members of Fairy Tail were just as excited.
The guild had taken both first and second place in the most prestigious competition on the continent!
Raizel, Ur, Layla, and Mira wore wide smiles as they applauded warmly.
Layla's eyes were filled with pride as she looked down at Lucy.
She was so happy to see her daughter's growth.
After joining Fairy Tail for just one year, Lucy had already grown into a formidable Celestial Spirit Mage capable of standing on her own.