The night sky of the Chaos Mountains was completely torn apart by the turbulent magical power stirred up when Nirvana Giant City rose from the ground and the black and white light pillar that pierced through heaven and earth.
However, this doomsday-like scene did not last long.
Just as Ezreal and Erza rushed towards the source of that light pillar—
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Six terrifying explosions, almost simultaneous, shook the universe, as if the giant pillars supporting the world had been severed at the same time!
Below Nirvana Giant City, the six colossal rock legs, like heaven-supporting giant arms, deeply rooted in the mountain's ley lines, simultaneously experienced earth-shattering explosions and fractures at their most critical magical power nodes—the base sections!
Blinding white ice blasts, raging flames, tearing steel, pulverizing rock, the glow of celestial spirits, the impact of cards... Six distinct yet equally destructive magical lights, like six death flowers suddenly blooming in the dark night, erupted at the base of the giant legs!
The massive rock structures, under the chain reaction of their internal magic crystal cores being destroyed, groaned with an ear-splitting crunch, like rotten wood being chopped by a giant's axe!
The hundred-meter-tall giant legs began to disintegrate and tilt from their mid-sections, countless house-sized boulders, carrying broken magic rune conduits, crashed down like an avalanche onto the already ravaged mountains below!
"It's done!" In the distance, Gray, Natsu, Gajeel, Lucy, Cana, Max, and others, dispersed in six directions, felt the violent tremor of the giant legs beneath their feet and the instantaneous depletion of the internal magical power flow the moment they detonated the magic crystals.
They quickly escaped the collapse points, weaving and dodging through the rain of falling boulders, their gazes simultaneously turning towards the still dazzling light pillar in the city center.
The entire Nirvana Giant City, having lost its six "legs" for support and energy absorption, let out a dull, painful wail, like a giant beast whose spine had been removed!
The massive main body of the city began to shake violently and tilt!
Huge rock buildings squeezed, collided, and collapsed under the force of gravity!
Smoke and dust billowed skyward, obscuring the already dim starlight!
In the city center, the black and white light pillar, symbolizing Nirvana's power, also flickered violently like a candle in the wind!
The light pillar, originally as thick as a mountain, contracted inward and dimmed at a visible speed!
The blinding white and the all-consuming darkness became murky and thin, as if they could extinguish at any moment!
"The core! Hurry!" Erza's eyes were sharp as knives, without the slightest hesitation, she charged towards the light pillar!
Ezreal followed closely, his pupils locked on the flickering light source!
However, just as the two were less than a hundred meters from the edge of the light pillar—
Buzz!
A terrifying magical pressure, cold, decaying, and imbued with a thick aura of death, spread out from the center of the light pillar like an invisible tsunami!
It instantly drowned out the roar of the collapsing city!
Although the light pillar dimmed and contracted, it did not completely disappear; instead, it condensed into a more solid, more turbid black-purple energy vortex in its central area!
A tall figure, treading on broken rocks and diffused smoke, slowly walked out of that turbid energy vortex, step by step.
His dark purple, ornate Mage robe flapped in the turbulent airflow, his dark hair moved without wind, and on his withered face, every deep wrinkle seemed etched with resentment and killing intent!
In his sunken eye sockets, two clusters of cold light, like ghostly fires from the netherworld, burned!
It was Jose Porla!
"Fairy Tail's... little bugs!" Jose's voice was hoarse and cold, every word squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with monstrous hatred, "What a... troublesome bunch of flies!"
He stopped, directly blocking Ezreal and Erza's path to the light pillar.
The swirling undead magical power around him was like tangible black viscous liquid, silently corroding and annihilating the crumbling debris falling around him!
"I didn't expect... you to be quite capable." Jose's gaze, like a poisoned ice pick, swept over the two, finally settling on Ezreal, a very ugly arc pulling at the corner of his mouth, "To actually... destroy Nirvana's six energy cores... so quickly..."
He slowly raised his withered right hand, palm upward, and a rapidly twisting black ball of vengeful spirits, emitting mournful wails, quickly condensed: "But... this is where it ends!"
Ezreal and Erza stopped simultaneously, standing side by side, facing the former Ten Wizard Saints, their faces devoid of fear, only cold fighting intent!
"Jose!" Erza shouted sternly, her right hand forming a loose fist, a golden magic circle instantly spinning open in her palm, a long sword gleaming with cold light appearing out of thin air, which she gripped tightly, "Betraying the light, embracing the darkness, you are no longer worthy of the name Ten Wizard Saints!"
"Light? Darkness?" Jose seemed to have heard a great joke, letting out a series of grating dry laughs, "Hahaha! Power is eternal! You hypocrites of Fairy Tail, what do you understand?!"
He suddenly clenched his fist, the black ball of vengeful spirits burst, transforming into countless black resentful souls shrieking as they lunged at the two! "Undead Roar!"
"How rude!" Ezreal raised his left hand, white light condensing in his palm, a diamond-shaped light shield made purely of holy light instantly unfolded, purifying and evaporating all the attacking resentful souls!
The sizzling sound of dissolution was incessant!
Erza, on the other hand, swept her long sword, the golden sword light like a bolt of silk, cutting the escaped resentful souls into ashes!
However, in the brief interval of this clash, Ezreal's sharp white pupils suddenly contracted!
He stared intently at the black and white light pillar behind Jose, which, though dim, still stubbornly persisted!
"No!" Ezreal's voice carried a hint of surprise, "Erza! Nirvana's energy... hasn't completely disappeared!"
Erza, hearing this, immediately focused her perception. Indeed!
Although the light pillar had greatly diminished in size and its light was dim, at its core, a faint but exceptionally tenacious magical power fluctuation, carrying an ancient and evil aura, was still stubbornly maintaining itself!
Like embers about to die out, being forcibly fed new fuel!
"Brain!" Ezreal instantly understood, his gaze shooting towards Jose like lightning, "He's inside! He's using his own magical power to forcibly maintain Nirvana's core operation! He hasn't given up on activating Nirvana!"
Jose's face, the moment Ezreal exposed the truth, suddenly turned incredibly grim, like the bottom of a pot!
It was the anger of having his trump card revealed!
"Hmph! Kid, you have some insight!" Jose gritted his teeth, his killing intent surging, "But so what? None of you will get past me today!"
The black-purple magical power around him surged like boiling ink, clearly preparing to block them with all his might!
"Erza!" Ezreal made an immediate decision, speaking rapidly, "Jose is yours! I'll go in and destroy the core! Brain maintaining Nirvana will surely be unable to divert his attention, this is the only chance! We must destroy it completely!"
Erza did not hesitate, nodding heavily, her gaze firm as a rock: "Understood! I'll handle things here! You be careful of Brain!"
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