Originally, Kenichi's strength was not inferior to Acnologia's.
During the battle with Acnologia, by continuously collecting the Combat Power attributes dropped by the system, Kenichi's combat power had been steadily climbing.
Now, having devoured the power of five dragons, Kenichi's strength had increased even more.
Looking at Acnologia not far away, Kenichi's face was filled with confidence.
"It's about time to end this battle!"
As he spoke, Kenichi stretched out his right arm.
The moment he clenched his fist tightly, the powerful magical power rising around him seemed to converge entirely onto the fist of his right hand.
Crimson-red fire.
Golden lightning.
Dark purple poison.
White light.
Black shadow.
Silver iron.
Colorless wind.
…
At that moment, Kenichi activated all the Dragon Slayer Magics and Dragon Forces he had obtained.
Acnologia, looking at the multi-colored magical power wrapped around Kenichi's arm, seemed to sense a threat. He then took a step forward and raised his only remaining arm.
"Destroy! Destroy everything!"
"I need more blood!"
Bzzzt-
Acnologia, like a berserk beast, suddenly widened his eyes, a bloody red light shining within them.
As he spoke, a spherical black vortex appeared on his raised arm.
The vortex spun at high speed, continuously devouring the magical power within Acnologia's body, then began to enlarge at a visible rate.
At this moment, although Acnologia and Kenichi had not yet struck, the air was thick with an intense sense of pressure.
Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, Rogue, and the others, feeling this terrifying pressure, found it difficult to even breathe.
"Kenichi-nii!"
Wendy clasped her hands together, looking at Kenichi with a prayerful expression.
And Mirajane's face was also full of concern.
When the black vortex on Acnologia's fist had enlarged to about the size of a basketball, he suddenly moved his feet. After stamping a deep depression into the ground, his figure shot towards Kenichi opposite him like a fired cannonball.
Soon, Acnologia charged right up to Kenichi. Without any hesitation, his fist, wrapped around the black sphere, slammed towards Kenichi with a dunking motion.
Facing Acnologia's punch, Kenichi didn't dare neglect it in the slightest.
He had already assumed a stance, and his fist, covered with multi-colored magical power, also met the attack with full force.
They saw Kenichi's fist, like a comet trailing a tail, hurtling towards Acnologia.
In the next second, Acnologia's fist and Kenichi's fist collided head-on.
At that moment, a terrifyingly loud noise resounded between heaven and earth.
Boom-
Looking down from high above, the moment Kenichi and Acnologia's fists collided, the ground within hundreds of meters around Kenichi's feet instantly shattered and caved in.
Moreover, this collapse and depression spread out in all directions at an astonishing speed.
At this moment, no one paid attention to the changes happening on the ground beneath Kenichi.
The gazes of Natsu, Gajeel, and the others were all fixed on Acnologia.
They saw that Acnologia's body vanished from the spot the moment the loud noise sounded.
No one could clearly see the trajectory of Acnologia's movement, and they only saw that the clouds originally gathered in the sky suddenly had a circular vacuum zone.
This circular vacuum zone was caused by Kenichi's punch that struck Acnologia.
At this moment, Acnologia was flying backward at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
While moving at super speed, his body was continuously disintegrating and dissipating.
"I... actually lost…"
Before Acnologia could even finish his sentence, his body had completely vanished from this world.
"What's the situation?"
Natsu, who hadn't seen the outcome clearly at all, looked at the cloud layer with the vacuum zone in the sky and asked in confusion.
"Acnologia has been eliminated."
Igneel looked at Kenichi over there and said with a grin.
Although Igneel didn't say much, the expression on his face seemed to say: 'What an incredible guy!'
Igneel naturally knew Acnologia's strength.
He knew that even if their five dragons combined their strength, they wouldn't be a match for Acnologia.
But now, that Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse who had nearly exterminated all dragons, had been killed by Kenichi.
Hearing Igneel, Natsu was overjoyed: "As expected of Kenichi!"
"Now is not the time to celebrate!"
As soon as Natsu finished speaking, Igneel poured cold water on his excitement.
In the next second, Natsu saw that the ground ahead was continuously collapsing, and it was spreading towards them at a terrifying speed.
And it was accompanied by an exceptionally terrifying air wave.
Seeing this scene, before Natsu could even speak, Igneel vigorously flapped the wings on his back and, carrying Natsu, flew up into the sky.
At the same time, Grandeeney, Metalicana, and the other dragons also rapidly retreated, taking Wendy, Gajeel, and the others with them.
"Silver!"
On the Nine Demon Gates side, the skeleton mage holding the staff, seeing the ground collapsing towards them, immediately called out to Silver.
Although somewhat resigned, Silver also immediately activated his magic, releasing Silver World.
In just an instant, the surrounding land was frozen by the icy cold.
It seemed he intended to resist the collapsing earth.
But in just a moment, the thick layer of ice covering the ground instantly shattered along with the land.
"It's useless! It's completely useless!"
Seeing the ice shatter, the Nine Demon Gates' members immediately retreated into the distance.
But their running speed was nowhere near as fast as the ground's collapse.
In just an instant, they were swallowed by the earth.
At the same time, Minerva, Rustyrose, and Hades all vanished from the spot.
And Mirajane, holding Seilah, flew at high speed towards the distance.
Erza, who was charging towards them from afar, saw the earth collapsing and her face changed immediately.
"Kenichi!"