During the time Zeref appeared, Erza had already caught up with Kyoka.
Kyoka naturally noticed Erza pursuing her from behind, but she only glanced at Erza, a mocking curve at the corner of her mouth, and didn't pay her any further attention.
"Requip!"
While charging forward, Erza activated her magical power.
A white light instantly erupted around her.
Before the white light could even dissipate, Erza called out softly.
"Heavenly Wheel: Circle Sword!"
Immediately, a large number of long swords, falling like rain, swept towards Kyoka ahead.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
Watching the sharp swords rushing towards her, Kyoka moved her feet, her body spinning backwards and leaping into the air.
The moment Kyoka's body left the ground, numerous long swords struck the ground where she had just been.
But that wasn't all.
As Kyoka's body soared into the air, more long swords continued to rush towards her.
"Hmph!"
Kyoka snorted coldly, and the ten fingers on her hands instantly transformed into ten slender blades.
The moment those long swords rushed at her, Kyoka swung her arms. The blades formed by her fingers created a series of crisscrossing sword lights in the air, deflecting all the incoming long swords.
Clang clang clang-
For a moment, the sound of clashing metal filled the air.
"Is this all you've got?"
After blocking all of Erza's attacks, Kyoka said disdainfully. Then she raised her right arm and made a grabbing motion towards Erza through the air.
Originally, Kyoka's fingers were only about a foot long, but the moment she swung her arm, her sword-like slender fingers extended outward again like whips.
Erza, clad in the Heavenly Wheel Armor, saw Kyoka's stretching hand whistling towards her, and her pretty face changed immediately.
Without any hesitation, Erza moved, rapidly retreating backward.
Rip-
Not long after Erza retreated, Kyoka's five whip-like fingers struck a huge rock.
Instantly, the rock shattered into pieces as if it were tofu.
"Such terrifying destructive power!"
Erza, who hadn't yet landed, looked at the shattered huge rock and spoke in astonishment.
At this moment, Kyoka, seeing the shocked expression on Erza's face, looked quite pleased. Then, the five extended fingers swept towards Erza again.
But this time, Erza did not dodge.
She saw Erza make a grasping motion in the air with both hands.
Bzzzt Bzzzt-
As two flashes of light appeared, two long swords materialized in Erza's hands.
The moment Kyoka's whip-like fingers whistled towards her, Erza immediately slashed out with the twin swords in her hands.
Clang-
In the next second, Erza's twin swords collided with Kyoka's five sword-like fingers.
"Oh, you have some skill!"
"If it were any other time, I would definitely enhance you into a demon!"
"But right now, I don't have time to waste on you!"
"Die!"
With that, a violent blue lightning erupted instantly from Kyoka's five whip-like fingers.
The lightning traveled along the twin swords in Erza's hands at an astonishing speed, spreading towards Erza's body.
Seeing this, Erza's pretty face changed dramatically.
Immediately after, Erza's entire body was engulfed by the dazzling blue electric light.
However, just as Kyoka thought Erza would be killed by the violent lightning, the Erza swallowed by the electric light actually ignored the lightning and directly charged at her to attack.
"This woman…"
How could Kyoka know that the moment Erza was struck by the lightning, she had changed into the Lightning Empress Armor, which had resistance to lightning.
Erza, clad in the Lightning Empress Armor, broke through the violent blue lightning, then thrust the Lightning Empress Spear in her hand towards Kyoka with astonishing force.
"Crushing Claw!"
In her urgency, Kyoka's other hand instantly transformed into a slender demon claw, blocking Erza's Lightning Empress Spear with her bare hand.
In the next second, the Lightning Empress Spear in Erza's hand stabbed into Kyoka's claw.
At that moment, a loud noise echoed through the air.
Immediately after, violent lightning swept out from the Lightning Empress Spear and spread across Kyoka's entire body.
Erza was protected by the Lightning Empress Armor.
But Kyoka was not.
Struck by the violent lightning, steam immediately rose from all over Kyoka's body.
And her breathing became labored.
Clearly, Erza's spear strike had injured Kyoka somewhat.
"I'll kill you, human!"
After taking a few heavy breaths, Kyoka stared furiously at Erza.
As she roared, Kyoka's body began to demonize at a visible rate.
Although it was demonization, there wasn't much change in appearance.
Only that a white, armor-like decoration appeared on Kyoka's body.
White, feather-like decorations also appeared on both sides of her cheeks.
Of course, although Kyoka's external changes weren't great, Erza clearly felt that after Kyoka transformed, she gave off a horrifying aura.
"Perish!"
The demonized Kyoka moved her feet, and her figure instantly vanished from the spot.
The next second, when she reappeared, she was already above Erza's head.
"So fast!"
Seeing Kyoka's increased speed, Erza's pretty face changed immediately.
Then, under Erza's watchful gaze, Kyoka raised her huge demon claw and slammed down towards Erza below her with a dunking motion.
Erza didn't hesitate, raising the Lightning Empress Spear in her hand to block directly.
Boom-
In the next second, Kyoka's huge demon claw slammed onto the Lightning Empress Spear in Erza's hands.
Although Erza blocked this strike, the terrifying force contained within Kyoka's blow caused the ground beneath Erza's feet to instantly crack and cave in.
One strike unsuccessful, Kyoka naturally wouldn't stop there.
She raised her other demon claw and slammed it towards Erza again.
Having experienced the power of Kyoka's strike, Erza naturally didn't dare neglect it in the slightest.
The moment Kyoka's second strike descended, Erza lifted her foot and kicked fiercely at Kyoka.
Boom-
Taking the heavy blow, Kyoka's body traced an arc in the air before landing on the ground.
Finally, Kyoka's feet scraped a long mark on the ground before she stabilized.
"You…!"
Kyoka stared furiously at Erza. However, just as she prepared to launch another attack, a despair-inducing aura suddenly came from the sky above.
"Hmm?"
Sensing this abnormal aura, Kyoka immediately looked up towards the sky.
At the same time, Erza also noticed it.
When Erza clearly saw the pitch-black behemoth flying from high above, her pretty face changed dramatically.
"Acnologia!"