"They've made their move!" Chapati said excitedly. "Fairy Tail Team B has also started their action. They've split into two teams, uh, three teams? So many teams!"
"Oh my, oh my," Yajima chuckled, looking at the dozens of strange summon beasts on the screen. "This way, Fairy Tail Team B has an absolute 'numerical' advantage."
Chapati asked with some uncertainty, "Although it's exaggerated, it shouldn't be against the rules, right?"
"Of-of course, Pumpkin," Pumpkin Man said with some difficulty. "Because it's summoning magic, as long as it's summoned by the contestant themselves, then..."
Magicians specializing in summoning magic usually have a numerical advantage, but generally speaking, having one or two extra people is already good, and the corresponding cost should be a more fragile body.
However, Rhodes' situation was a bit excessive.
Not only were there many summon beasts, but his main body was even stronger than his summons.
After confirming it wasn't against the rules, Chapati switched to his normal commentary mode: "Logically speaking, maintaining so many summon beasts simultaneously must consume an astonishing amount of magic power."
"I think Mr. Rhodes intends to finish the battle quickly, raising his score to an uncatchable number, so it won't matter if his magic power is depleted afterward."
Yajima nodded with a smile, "Perhaps."
"Oh! Contestants have already met!" Chapati pointed to a screen. "It's Blue Pegasus's three-person team encountering Mermaid's Heel's Arana and Beth. The two sides immediately started an intense battle!"
Pumpkin Man continued, "On the other side, it's also begun. Lamia Scale's Yuka and Toby have met Dragons Treasure's contestant Silas!"
"Contestant Silas didn't use his invisibility cloak this time; instead, he chose to fight head-on. Is he confident he can win a two-on-one?"
"A score! The first score isn't from the two battles just now, but from Mr. Jura!" Chapati gripped the microphone, speaking faster. "He defeated Dragons Treasure's contestant Refus with just one move. As expected of a Ten Wizard Saints!"
Yajima's tone was much calmer, and he said with some anticipation, "However, if he continues down this path, Jura will encounter..."
"Could it be?" Pumpkin Man found the path somewhat familiar and quickly looked at the screen next to him.
At the intersection of this path, Rhodes and Laxus were riding a Two-Headed Wolf, about to reach the corner.
Jura seemed to sense something and stopped, putting his hands into his wide sleeves, waiting with a smile.
He had already felt a considerably powerful magic, it must be a good opponent.
"Seriously, did we meet right at the start?" Jura rubbed his forehead, giving a wry smile. "Master Ooba even asked me to score more points before the match."
The two Two-Headed Wolves braked, and Rhodes and Laxus jumped down, standing in front of Laxus.
Laxus stood with his arms crossed, his face serious.
Rhodes greeted him with a chuckle, "Sorry, Mr. Jura, I don't plan to have a one-on-one duel with you this time."
"Ah." Jura was quite open-minded. "After all, it's a team battle; this is a tactical mistake on our part."
Both sides took their stances, and a big battle was about to erupt.
Just then, a green-haired figure suddenly jumped from the nearby rooftop, his fist, crackling with black lightning, smashing towards Jura.
He excitedly shouted in mid-air, "The Ten Wizard Saints's points, I'll take them!"
Sabertooth's Lightning God Slayer Magician, Orga, made a dazzling appearance.
However, Jura merely shifted his body casually, dodging the punch, then pulled his hand out of his sleeve and delivered a chop to Orga's back of the head.
Orga crashed onto the flagstones of the road with a bang, his body completely sinking into the ground, his limbs seemingly lifting slightly upwards before naturally falling, lying on the ground without a sound.
Jura smiled and clasped his hands together, "Another point."
Laxus's expression changed slightly, "I feel like this scene is very familiar."
Rhodes reminded him, "Natsu usually plays the role of that green-haired guy, and Jura's position is you or Gildarts."
Laxus remembered and nodded.
Making a boisterous entrance and then falling silent was indeed Natsu's style.
However, Natsu could take a lot more blows than that guy.
"Well then, it's time for us to settle this." Jura pointed forward with one hand, "Iron Rock Pillar!"
Four stone pillars shot up from the ground. Rhodes and Laxus charged forward, completely unaffected.
Only the two Two-Headed Wolves, caught off guard, were sent flying by the stone pillars, and the immense power caused them to dissipate directly in mid-air.
Rhodes' hands transformed into dragon claws, his forearms covered in blue crystals and golden metal parts.
Blue electric arcs danced on his fists; as he swung, the sound of punching wind mixed with the crackling of electricity.
Jura raised his left arm to block the blue fist, his feet sinking into the ground, his body sliding backward, dragging two furrows in the ground.
The flagstones on the road were all plowed up by his feet, flying to either side.
As soon as Jura stood firm, blue electric arcs spread throughout his body.
Earthy yellow, crystalline magic power glowed around him, helping him resist the tingling sensation.
At this moment, a thunderous sound erupted, golden lightning flashed, and Laxus's figure appeared directly above, punching straight down at Jura's head.
Jura seemed to have anticipated it, raising his right hand to grab Laxus's wrist, then forcefully slamming him onto the ground beside them.
"Ugh..." Laxus grunted as his back hit the ground, which cracked in every direction, creating an even larger crater than Orga's. Jura completely disregarded pursuing him and immediately turned back.
Because Rhodes was raising both hands, gathering a blue lightning orb taller than a house above his head, and forcefully hurled it at him.
Judging by this posture, it seemed he had no intention of distinguishing between friend and foe, intending to hit both of them.
And indeed, as he expected, in the next moment, Jura and Laxus were both engulfed in blue electric light.
This lightning orb, having lost Rhodes' control, immediately unleashed a terrifying might. The silver-blue electric light illuminated the entire street, and its dazzling glow was visible not only to the contestants in the capital but also directly to the audience in the arena!
Thunder clapped and rolled, shattering the glass in the two nearby streets, and even the walls of the houses on both sides of the road were destroyed.
Rhodes silently apologized to the residents, unaware that the homeowners themselves witnessed this scene firsthand from the arena.
But instead of getting angry, they were the first to cheer after they realized what happened.
After all, the damage was covered by the organizers, and as for him, he could brag about this for a year! Until the next Grand Magic Games!
"This is, what an astonishing lightning magic!" Chapati stood up excitedly, clutching the microphone tightly. "I've long heard that Mr. Rhodes once took down five Dark Guilds with a single lightning magic spell, and today I finally witnessed such magic firsthand!"
The audience cheered, while also nervously staring at the dazzling lightning on the screen.
Would Mr. Jura be taken down by this move?
Also, if Laxus was also taken down, whose points would that count as?
Orga, who had already been thrown by the aftershocks of the battle, was temporarily forgotten.
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