"Leave it to me! I'll definitely win!!!"
Lucy's gaze was incredibly firm, and she unhesitatingly pulled out the key from her waist!
"The match time is half an hour, Everyone, please get ready!" Pumpkin Host appeared before Everyone again, loudly announcing the match time and scrutinizing both competitors one by one.
Seeing that Everyone was fully prepared, he raised one hand high and waved it forcefully.
Immediately after, he shouted in a booming voice, "Let the match begin!" As soon as he finished speaking, Pumpkin Host vanished without a trace like a ghost.
Seeing Pumpkin Host leave, Lucy immediately took action.
She forcefully swiped her right hand through the air, and a dazzling golden magic circle suddenly appeared.
"Here I go, open, Taurus's—Taros!"
Ding-dong~
Accompanied by a crisp sound, a massive dairy cow, Taros, burst out from the magic circle. He held his head high, roared, "Ah~, take this~" and then raised his large axe, fiercely striking at Cosmos.
However, facing such a fierce attack, Cosmos showed no intention of dodging.
She merely curled her lips slightly and softly said, "Crude behavior is not beautiful at all!"
Then she gently waved her hand.
In an instant, a giant man-eating flower suddenly burst out of the ground at Cosmos's feet, opening its gaping maw at an astonishing speed and swallowing her whole.
Although Taros's giant axe struck the man-eating flower, causing a crack in its petals, it remained tightly stuck and unable to break free.
"What~ it can't be cut through!" Lucy couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
At this moment, her heart also grew slightly heavy.
"If that's the case, then open! Scorpio, Gate of the Scorpio!!" As an impassioned voice rang out, Scorpio descended from the sky like a meteor.
"We are… Here I go!!" Scorpio made a large 'six' gesture with both hands, shouting confidently.
"He can even summon two Celestial Spirits at once!!" Seeing this scene, Everyone from Fairy Tail on the stage couldn't help but let out gasps of surprise.
Even the future Lucy showed a look of surprise at this moment.
After all, there was still a long time until seven years later, and at this time, her magic power was limited, making it impossible to support summoning two Celestial Spirits simultaneously.
"Sand Buster!!" Scorpio roared, and powerful magic instantly surged out, forming a massive tornado.
The sand in the tornado swept towards Cosmos like a raging tide, raising clouds of dust wherever it went.
However, just as the sand was about to reach Cosmos, something unexpected happened.
The once vibrant man-eating flower began to wither rapidly, as if its life force had been drained.
Cosmos narrowed her eyes slightly and whispered, "Plant Wall!!" Before her words faded, countless flower buds emerged like mushrooms after rain, quickly forming a solid plant wall, firmly blocking the surging tornado of sand.
At the same time, Cosmos gently snapped her fingers with her right hand, and countless thick vines writhed like snakes, growing and dancing across the arena, striking fiercely at Lucy with a sharp momentum.
These vines were incredibly fast, approaching Lucy in the blink of an eye, leaving no room for evasion.
"Taros, Scorpio, don't mind me, you two go!!!" Lucy gazed at the approaching vines, said calmly, then slowly closed her eyes, relaxing her entire body.
Her action once again astonished the audience.
"This is truly unbelievable! At a moment of life and death, she dares to close her eyes. Could it be that Fairy Tail's mysterious power is about to reappear?" Jabba Droll exclaimed with an incredibly surprised and shocked expression, while fending off the sand flying towards him.
Just as the vine was about to strike Lucy, something unexpected happened—Lucy easily evaded it.
Following that, the continuous stream of subsequent vines also completely failed to hit her even a tiny bit, thanks to Lucy's agile dodging.
"Absorb~" Taros suddenly shouted, and countless grains of sand surged like a tide, gathering onto the giant axe in his hand. He struggled to raise the giant axe above his head, his arms instantly swelling, muscles bulging, and countless grains of sand once again furiously gushed out.
"Sand Dust Axe, Aldebaran!" In an instant, countless sand dust tornadoes rapidly swept across the entire arena, seemingly about to affect the surrounding audience seats.
Zorn slightly raised his arm and extended a hand. The high platform instantly glowed brightly, and a transparent light shield immediately appeared, rapidly expanding to protect the audience from the sand.
"Thank you, Lord Zorn~ But this is truly amazing, to even have a combination technique!" Jabba Droll's face was filled with astonishment, his inner shock indescribable.
"It seems that girl has also grown!" Yajima's lips curved into a relieved smile, then he turned to look at Zorn, a hint of contemplation in his eyes.
Just then, a cry of pain suddenly came from the sky.
Everyone looked up to see Cosmos being directly sent flying into mid-air. However, she ultimately couldn't withstand the sand with her plant wall magic.
After all, sand was originally her biggest weakness.
"This is not beautiful at all~" Cosmos's eyes suddenly turned cold.
Her voice revealed a hint of determination: "If that's the case, then I don't need to hold back anymore!"
As her words fell, the ground cracked open again, and several oddly shaped flowers emerged from beneath the earth.
Immediately after, countless tree fruits shot down like machine gun fire, at an astonishing speed. They poured down like dense raindrops, directly covering the entire arena, leaving Lucy no room to dodge.
"You worked hard, Scorpio, Taros!" Lucy held two keys, waved one hand, and tightly closed the gates.
Her movements were clean and decisive, without any hesitation.
At the same time, her other hand quickly pulled out the Aries key, drawing an arc in the air.
"Open, Aries, Gate of the Aries!" Lucy shouted loudly.
Accompanied by her call, a shimmering portal slowly opened. From within the gate emerged a beautiful girl, who was Aries.
Aries's appearance caused a gasp of admiration from the audience; her maidenly shyness truly aroused people's protective instincts.
"I'm sorry~ How about this attack?" Aries covered her mouth with one hand, slightly afraid, and shyly said.
She then gently extended both hands, and countless pink wool strands rose like a massive whirlwind.
These wool strands were soft yet tough; they intertwined, forming an impenetrable defense that blocked all attacks for Lucy.
"Thank you, Aries~" Lucy said gratefully.
"It's not over yet~ Growth Current!"
An even larger plant drilled out of the ground, and under a gust of air, it grew directly into a plant several stories high.
"What a huge plant~" Pumpkin Host exclaimed.
"This already counts as summoning magic, doesn't it!" Wendy said worriedly for Lucy below, from the audience seats.
"Eat your fill~ Sinner who destroys beauty!!!"
Cosmos whispered like a madwoman.
A tremendous suction force emanated from the flower's gaping maw, and Lucy's body slowly began to move towards it due to the pull.
No matter how she resisted, the immense suction force was unstoppable.
To be continued~
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