Qi Yan's words stirred an indescribable feeling in Gray's heart, and he forcefully held back his tears.
"Hmph! Do you intend to stop me from resurrecting Deliora?"
Lyon assumed a battle stance.
Qi Yan waved his hand, "Don't talk about stopping or not stopping. You can resurrect whoever you want; I don't care at all. But you absolutely shouldn't have tried to harm my client and hit my companion."
"Of course, you could say it was a fair fight, but there's nothing I can do. It's just my nature to protect my own."
Lyon's eyes sharpened. "Hmph! What's the use of so many pretty words? In the end, aren't we still going to fight?"
Qi Yan smiled and said, "It's still useful. At least it lets you know why you're about to get beaten."
"Ice-Make: Great Eagle!!"
Lyon raised his palm, releasing a large number of ice eagles. Qi Yan stood his ground, not dodging.
Boom boom boom boom boom!!
The ice eagles struck Qi Yan, exploding and then rapidly proliferating, instantly freezing Qi Yan's body.
"Qi Yan!!"
Lucy and the others grew worried when they saw Qi Yan frozen.
"-----!!"
Clang----!!
The ice block encasing Qi Yan shattered instantly.
"Ice-Make: Great Ape!!"
Lyon naturally didn't think Qi Yan would be defeated so easily. While Qi Yan was frozen, he quickly used his next magic.
A giant ice ape appeared before Qi Yan, clenching its fists and smashing them towards Qi Yan.
Boom!!!
Qi Yan was struck by the ice ape's fists, yet remained completely unharmed.
"What?!"
Qi Yan casually threw a punch at the ice ape's chest.
Boom----!!
The ice ape exploded into pieces.
"Ice-Make: White Tiger!!"
Seeing that the ice ape's attack had no effect on Qi Yan, Lyon's expression darkened slightly. He quickly created a giant ice tiger.
Roar----!!
The ice tiger charged towards Qi Yan, attempting to attack him with its sharp claws.
"Oh, a little kitty!"
Slap!
Qi Yan pressed one hand directly onto the ice tiger's head, then with a slight exertion of force, the ice tiger was effortlessly lifted by Qi Yan with one hand. The ice tiger struggled continuously, but to no avail.
"Here, have it back!"
Qi Yan directly threw the ice tiger back at Lyon.
"Disperse!!"
Lyon quickly dispelled the magic, and the ice white tiger dissolved into elements.
"Damn it!!"
"Ice-Make: White Dragon!!!"
Rumble----!!
A gigantic ice white dragon burst from the ground, shredding all the surrounding pillars of the ruins, and rapidly spun towards Qi Yan, attempting to bite him.
Qi Yan did not dodge, raising his arm.
Crack----!
The white dragon bit at Qi Yan's arm, but Qi Yan was unharmed, and all the white dragon's teeth shattered.
"----!"
Qi Yan slightly used the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Boom----!
Crack crack!!
The entire white dragon's body developed dense cracks and then disintegrated.
"This... how is this possible?!"
"No! This is impossible!! How can my magic have no effect on you?!"
Lyon couldn't believe it. His strongest offensive magic couldn't inflict the slightest damage on this man. Anyone would be on the verge of a breakdown in such a situation.
"Zero Emperor's magic..."
"...actually..."
"...how could this be?!..." Everyone who witnessed this scene was terrified, especially Sherry and the others. They had seen even stronger Mages, such as Jura of the Ten Wizard Saints.
But Lyon was also a very powerful Mage they had seen, otherwise they wouldn't have followed him.
Yet, this Lyon, who they considered extremely powerful, was now unable to inflict any damage on that man, which seemed far too absurd.
Lucy and Natsu and the others felt much the same. This was simply too overwhelmingly powerful.
"I don't believe it!!"
"Ice-Make: Ice Geyser!!"
Lyon pressed both hands on the ground, and a large amount of ice erupted like a geyser from beneath Qi Yan's feet.
Qi Yan raised an eyebrow, then lightly stomped his foot.
"----!"
Rumble----!!
All the ice shattered, and the entire ruin trembled violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
"Ugh ah ah ah!"... Everyone lost their footing and shrieked in fright.
Hum----!
Qi Yan clenched his fist, and the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit condensed within it, forming a white, transparent spherical light shield.
"Oh no!!"
Seeing the tremor shield on Qi Yan's fist, Yuka and the other two's expressions immediately changed drastically. Previously, Qi Yan had used this very move to severely injure the giant mouse, even causing an earthquake.
"Puppet Attack: Rock Puppet!!"
Sherry immediately created a giant stone golem and controlled it to charge towards Qi Yan. Although she knew her magic couldn't harm Qi Yan, merely obstructing him for a moment would be enough.
"Wave: Barrier!!"
Yuka created a tremor barrier, blocking in front of Lyon. His specialty was dealing with Mages, and the wave barrier could nullify any opponent's magic. He would have confidently said that before, but facing Qi Yan, he no longer had such confidence.
"You all..."
Lyon hadn't expected Sherry and the others to choose to help him at this moment, despite the opponent's terrifying strength.
Sherry said to Lyon, "Zero Emperor, you are the one who will help us kill Deliora. We absolutely cannot stand by and watch you be attacked."
Toby stood in front of Lyon in agreement, "Oh oh~!"
Lyon was slightly moved by Sherry's words, but now was not the time for other talk. They absolutely had to block the opponent's attack.
"Ice-Make: Wall!!"
Lyon, uncharacteristically, used both hands to perform molding magic.
Whoosh----!!
A thick ice wall stood before them.
Qi Yan clenched his fist and struck the stone golem.
"--------!"
Crack crack----!!
The air once again shattered like a mirror, and the terrifying tremor impact directly slammed into the stone golem.
Boom----!!
The stone golem's body exploded under the attack of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.
Next was Yuka's wave barrier, which shattered instantly without even lasting a second, followed by Lyon's ice wall.
Boom------!!
Crack crack----!!
The ice wall also couldn't withstand Qi Yan's tremor power and exploded.
"Ugh ah ah ah!"
"Wah ah ah ah!"... The shattered ice wall swept over the group. After the impact ended, all four of them spat out blood and were sent flying, falling heavily to the ground.
At this moment, the people performing the ritual suddenly rushed out and stood in front of Lyon and the others.
"You are not allowed to harm Master Lyon!"