On the battlefield, a pale purple magic circle quickly formed.
Silver stepped forward and launched the first attack, raising his arm high and swinging it down with force. "Ice Devil's Frozen Meteor! "
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
The moisture in the air rapidly condensed, forming a dense barrage of ice bullets that shot toward Chase!
Chase lowered his stance. Power exploded from his legs, now wrapped in crimson dragon scales, and he swiftly jumped aside the moment the first diamond-shaped ice block descended.
CRASH!
The diamond-shaped ice block struck where he had been standing moments before. The freezing cold contained within it detonated, instantly forming a massive ice pillar!
A single ice block could produce that much power?!
Just as Lucy, watching from the sidelines, was marveling at this, the hail of ice rained down from above—dense as a net, greatly restricting Chase's room to maneuver.
Even so, Chase remained completely unfazed. He surged his magic power to envelop his entire body.
His eyes narrowing, he quickly found the optimal path and transformed into a streak of crimson light, weaving and dodging through the rapidly falling ice rain.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The crimson streak zipped through the village, ice pillars springing up in its wake wherever it passed.
Because his speed was so immense, from Lucy's perspective, it looked as though Chase was guiding the ice pillars into existence!
As the final attack exploded behind him, Chase used the momentum from his high-speed movement to launch himself high into the air, soaring to a point directly above Silver.
Crimson magic power accumulated and compressed in his raised right leg, coalescing into the clawed phantom of Slifer the Sky Dragon.
"God's Stomp! "
BOOM!
Slifer's kick, wrapped in raging winds, descended from the heavens. It instantly pierced through the ice-covered ground, forming a deep crater. The shockwave exploded outward from the point of impact, tearing spiderweb-like fissures across the earth.
With a single strike, more than half the village was rendered unrecognizable, reduced to a shattered wasteland!
Amid the surging, thick clouds of dust, an agile figure executed several backflips in succession, retreating from the impact zone.
Having steadied himself, Silver quickly launched a counterattack, slamming his palm against the ground with tremendous force: "Ice Devil: Five Pillars! "
From deep within the smoke came a rumble. Five massive ice pillars erupted from the ground, twisting and writhing like sentient frozen serpents, charging straight toward Chase at the bottom of the crater.
WHIR!
The ice pillars collided with one another, outlining a gigantic purple magic circle. At the center of the circle, an even larger colossal ice pillar shot toward the heavens, releasing a terrifying cold that caused the surrounding temperature to plummet!
The entire battlefield was suddenly enveloped in an eerie silence, leaving only ice crystals swirling chaotically in the air.
"This move is meant for high-level demons. Even the Sun's Light can barely melt it."
Silver clapped his hands together and slowly straightened up, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips. "But if this is where it ends... I'd be very disappointed, Fairy Tail mage."
Just as he expected, the moment his words faded, a tiny point of light began glowing from within the colossal ice pillar.
That point of light spread at a visible speed, and in the span of a breath, it had become blindingly radiant!
The colossal ice trembled violently. Blinding white light spilled out through its cracking fissures pillar, showering the battlefield in a holy radiance.
Finally, the colossal ice pillar reached its limit and shattered with a CRASH.
"No matter how high its level... once you seal its properties, it's just ordinary ice."
Chase hovered in the air, Lightforce Sword in hand. Behind him loomed the phantom form of Slifer the Sky Dragon, its nearly tangible eyes brimming with oppressive majesty.
The holy sword and the dragon silhouette complemented each other, delivering an immense visual impact!
"So you sealed my magic? I didn't expect there to be a card like that..."
Silver stared intently at the holy sword gripped in Chase's hand. The sacred aura it radiated made him—as a "dead man"—deeply uncomfortable.
From a distance, Lucy couldn't help but comment: "Wait, you can use Lightforce Sword like that?"
Wasn't that Spell Card supposed to restrict the enemy's movements?
No, wait... I also remember Chase using it as a comb for Mirajane's hair... A multi-purpose holy sword?
"While I do have cards that can nullify magic, I don't have any specifically for sealing it," Chase said, spreading his hands in midair and grinning. "So I made that up just now. I actually just used a magic barrier the moment I got frozen."
Silver: "..."
Lucy, whose mind had been conjuring up all sorts of supposedly reasonable explanations: "..."
"But well..."
Chase was quite pleased with this reaction. Suddenly, his tone shifted as he raised his sword, pointing it at Silver below. "It'll still hurt if you get hit!"
Crimson magic power surged out wildly, attaching itself entirely to the tip of the blade.
Under the enhancement of God Slayer Magic, Lightforce Sword rapidly enlarged. The blade surface became etched with writhing dragon patterns, layering a violent blood-red hue over the holy white light.
The red glow bathed Silver's face. His expression immediately grew several degrees more serious as his magic power roared outward.
Realizing that this attack's destructive power was extraordinary, he clapped his palms together. Within the purple space that opened between them, an ice prism—its hardness and temperature both far surpassing anything before—slowly materialized.
"God Slayer Magic: Heavenly Holy Sword! "
"Ice Devil's Winter Prism! "
Accompanied by Chase and Silver's battle cries, the crimson holy sword and the frozen prism streaked forward, leaving long trails behind them as they hurtled toward each other.
The two attacks collided midair with a thunderous impact. Under the mutual tearing and devouring of God Slayer magic power and Devil Slayer magic power, the tip of the sword and the point of the prism disintegrated inch by inch.
Light fragments exploded. Ice crystals shattered.
The moment their respective magics annihilated each other, Chase and Silver moved simultaneously, transforming into streaks of light that charged toward one another.
BOOM!!!
Even more brutal, even more primal fists replaced the holy sword and ice prism. The shockwave of their collision was so fierce it seemed capable of blasting the very air apart!
Unlike the initial probing exchange, this was a full-power clash between divine and demonic forces. Both Chase and Silver were using their utmost strength. The resulting destructive power was, naturally, absolutely terrifying!
At the epicenter of the storm, sensing that his outstretched fist was gradually being covered in frost, Chase quickly changed tactics. As he twisted his body in a three-sixty-degree rotation, magic power gathered in his left arm, materializing into a dragon's wing.
"Slifer the Sky Dragon's Wing Strike! "
The dragon wing swept forward, kicking up a shredding gale that slammed directly into Silver's chest, sending him flying out of the magic power storm's center.
"Ice Devil's Wall! "
However, Silver did not land clumsily as expected. Bending his legs, he planted his feet against a wall of ice he had conjured out of thin air. Not only did this completely dissipate the force of Slifer's Wing Strike, but it also used the powerful recoil to propel himself back toward Chase at even greater speed.
CRACK!
The Ice Devil kicked out, sending Chase flying through the air. Like a falling meteor, he crashed heavily into the distant forest.
Silver took a deep breath, surging his entire magic power. Just as he was about to press his advantage, his body abruptly froze in place, uncontrollably stiff.
Golden light intertwined and coiled, outlining the shape of a hexagram across his body.
Trap Card – Hexagram Curse – activate!
Without giving Silver any time to break free, rolling thunder echoed from the higher heavens above. An orb of crackling lightning tore through the thick clouds and plummeted straight down.
BOOM!
Slifer the Sky Dragon's Thunder Force detonated above Silver's head, blasting him out of the sky!
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