Kenichi, in his golden dragon form, coiled in the sky, looked down from his high position at Acnologia, who had reverted to his human form below.
Soon, Kenichi's massive body shrank at a visible rate, and finally, Kenichi also reverted from his golden dragon form back to human.
Acnologia, lying at the edge of the deep crater, saw Kenichi revert from a dragon to a human. His pupils first widened in surprise, then he grinned.
Bzzzt-
At that moment, a dark magical power suddenly rose around Acnologia. The dark magical power, like fiercely burning demonic flames, continuously swelled.
Simultaneously, the entire earth began to tremble.
The rock debris on the surrounding ground, as if drawn by some mysterious gravitational force, slowly rose into the sky.
"I am the Dragon King, Acnologia!"
"Destruction! Destroy everything, plunder more power!"
"All dragons must die!"
Acnologia, enveloped by the dark magical power, seemed like a demonic entity at this moment, his eyes emitting a bloody red light, looking very unsettling.
Wendy, Mirajane, Seilah, and the others in the distance looked at Acnologia now, their faces filled with fear and shock.
"Such terrifying magical power!"
"And it's still growing!"
While Wendy and Mirajane were speaking, the demonic flames around Acnologia suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
Immediately after, the light formed a spherical crimson screen.
The screen continuously expanded like a balloon.
When it grew to a certain size, the spherical screen exploded violently.
Boom-
Accompanied by a terrifyingly loud explosion, a violent air wave mixed with terrifying high temperatures spread out in all directions.
Under the impact of this air wave, everything in the vicinity was completely destroyed, and Kenichi, who had just landed, was also engulfed by this terrifying explosion.
Wendy, Mirajane, and the others, hundreds of meters away from Kenichi and Acnologia, were also affected by the terrifying explosion.
To resist the air wave generated by the explosion, Wendy, Mirajane, and the others all raised their arms to protect themselves.
The terrifying explosion came quickly and subsided just as fast.
In just a few seconds, the explosive flames dissipated, and the air wave vanished.
Wendy slowly lowered the arms she had used to protect herself and looked ahead.
When she saw that Kenichi, who had been engulfed by the explosion, was completely unharmed, she was immediately overjoyed.
Acnologia himself, looking at the completely unscathed Kenichi, also showed a rare look of astonishment on his face.
At the same time, he moved his feet, leaving a deep depression in the ground, and his figure shot towards Kenichi like a fired cannonball at an astonishing speed.
In just the blink of an eye, Acnologia had already charged in front of Kenichi.
Without any hesitation, his fist, wrapped in dark magical power, slammed towards Kenichi with immense force.
Facing Acnologia's strike, Kenichi didn't dare neglect it in the slightest.
The moment Acnologia's fist descended, Kenichi also threw a punch.
Boom-
Acnologia's fist, wrapped in dark magical power, and Kenichi's fist, wrapped in crimson-red flames, directly collided with each other.
At that moment, a terrifyingly loud noise echoed through the air.
The ground beneath Kenichi's feet instantly shattered and caved in.
The depression spread out in all directions like a spider web.
The earth cracked layer by layer.
The violent air wave, mixed with these shattered rock fragments, formed a semi-circular dust wave.
But soon, this dust wave collapsed and spread out like ripples.
Kenichi and Acnologia's fists weren't locked in stalemate for long.
Soon, the two engaged in an intense battle.
They saw the figures of Kenichi and Acnologia chasing each other at an astonishing speed.
Their fists also continuously collided.
With each collision, a loud impact sound echoed through the air.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Silver in the distance, watching Kenichi and Acnologia's battle completely destroy the surrounding land, couldn't help but comment: "It's simply two monsters fighting!"
"To actually hold the upper hand against Acnologia... what a fearsome guy."
The skeleton mage holding the staff looked at Kenichi, who was fiercely battling Acnologia, and spoke with a flickering expression.
However, Wendy and Mirajane, watching the battle over there, had their hearts in their throats.
They were extremely worried at this moment.
After all, Kenichi's opponent this time was different from before… it was Acnologia.
While Kenichi and Acnologia were locked in fierce combat, the battle between Erza and Kyoka had also reached the climax.
At this moment, the demonized Kyoka's entire body enveloped in a layer of crystalline, translucent light.
And this layer of crystalline, translucent light was the effect of her Enhancement Curse.
After being enhanced, Kyoka grew stronger every second.
Erza naturally also noticed that Kyoka's power was continuously increasing.
After dodging a whip-like finger strike from Kyoka, Erza also activated her magical power.
"Requip!"
They saw a light erupt around Erza.
After the light dissipated, the Lightning Empress Armor on Erza's body had changed into her strongest armor, the Nakagami Armor.
"Let's end this battle in one go!"
Erza, clad in the Nakagami Armor and holding a naginata, turned her body sideways and spoke to Kyoka.
"My thoughts exactly!"
Kyoka stared at Erza and grinned.
With that, Kyoka's figure transformed into a black shadow and vanished from the spot.
The next second, when she reappeared, she was already in the sky, charging towards Erza.
"Die!"
Kyoka's sharp demon claw directly slammed towards Erza.
"Nakagami Starlight!"
However, before Kyoka's attack could land, Erza, holding the naginata, had already charged to a position behind Kyoka.
Whoosh-
In the next second, a blade of light cut through space and directly slashed at Kyoka's body.
"When?!"
Kyoka, struck by the blade of light, spoke with disbelief, then her figure collapsed onto the ground.
"Kenichi!"
After dealing with Kyoka, Erza didn't even glance at her. Her only thought now was to rush over and help Kenichi.
However, just as Erza turned around, a huge black shadow in the sky swept towards them with an overwhelming force.
"That is... a dragon?!"
Looking at the crimson-red dragon in the sky, Erza's pretty face showed slight surprise.
But soon, Erza saw a figure on the dragon's back.
"Natsu?!"