"Paralysis Magic: Poison Claw: Hundredfold Poison Jellyfish!"
Seeing the twin-tailed female Mage restrained, the Dog-Masked Sorcerer who had previously ambushed Natsu also quietly approached behind Goku.
However, as he swiped with his claw, he found it directly passing through Goku's body.
Indeed, it was Goku using the Afterimage Strike to leave an afterimage in place.
"Coma Palm!"
With a palm strike to the Dog-Masked Sorcerer's forehead, the Dog-Masked Sorcerer immediately fainted to the ground.
While Goku dealt with the twin-tailed Mage and the Dog-Masked Sorcerer, Gray finally finished off the blue-haired Mage who used Vibration Magic and faced off against his Master Brother, Lyon.
"All together, take him down!"
The Mages wearing uniforms, worried that Goku and Gray would join forces, all swarmed toward Goku.
However, their magic levels were very average, far inferior to the two Mages from before, and posed even less of a threat to Goku.
So soon, they were either unconscious or frozen in place.
"Gray!"
But just as he finished clearing out these small fry, he heard a cry of alarm from Lucy.
Turning his head to look back, he saw Gray being sent flying by a giant ice fist rising from the ground.
"Lucy, take care of Gray."
Seeing a flock of Ice Vultures flying toward the airborne Gray, about to cause secondary damage, Goku's figure flashed, and he arrived by Gray's side.
With a wave of his hand, he shattered those Ice Vultures, grabbed Gray, and threw him to Lucy, who was taking care of Natsu.
"Your magic is quite interesting. Next, let me be your opponent!"
Landing opposite Lyon, a look of interest appeared on Goku's face.
Of all the Mages who had attacked, only this guy before him could pique his interest.
The ones before were all too weak.
"Interesting. To think you defeated Sherry and Toby; it seems you're a bit stronger than this foolish Junior Brother."
Lyon glanced around, seeing his subordinates Sherry and Toby restrained, a hint of surprise appearing on his face.
As for the uniformed Mages, he didn't care about them.
These people were originally ordinary humans; they only followed him to seek revenge against Deliora because their homes and loved ones had been killed by it.
Their combined strength wasn't even as great as Sherry and Toby's.
Their main role was to continuously cast the magic circle to condense the Moon Drip, helping him unseal Deliora.
"Unfortunately, you've met me, the strongest Ice-Make Mage in history, who can cast Ice-Make Magic with a single hand—an existence that has surpassed Ur."
Lyon raised his head, not taking Goku seriously at all.
In his view, Goku's strength was indeed decent, but the magic he used seemed to require close combat to be effective.
And he would never give the opponent the chance to get close.
Crucially, Goku wasn't very old; judging by a Mage's growth, his internal magic power wouldn't be very abundant.
"The truly foolish one is you, my Master Brother Lyon. You have no idea what kind of terrifying Mage you are facing."
Gray, injured by Lyon, lay next to Natsu and couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at his self-righteous Master Brother Lyon in the distance.
"This is fine too; it'll let you get a good look at yourself."
"The strongest Ice-Make Mage in history? That's great! I'm going to give it my all and have a good fight with you!"
Hearing Lyon's words, Goku's eyes brightened significantly.
He had originally thought the opponent's magic power was just passable, assuming his strength was only a tiny bit higher than Gray's and Natsu's.
So he had planned to use only twenty or thirty percent of his strength to trade a few blows.
But hearing the opponent's tone, he must be extremely powerful and just hadn't used his true strength yet.
In that case, he couldn't be careless.
As a martial artist, being careless when facing an opponent whose depths are unknown is not a good habit.
"Giant Magic!"
A golden magic circle lit up beneath his feet, and Goku's body rapidly expanded to three or four meters tall, once again assuming the starting stance of the Turtle School.
"Come on!"
"Only able to grow to three meters tall? It seems you're not much after all."
Lyon was a bit surprised to see Goku suddenly expand to three or four meters, but he wasn't afraid.
He naturally knew about Giant Magic; it wasn't considered a very powerful magic.
And only being able to expand to three or four meters meant he was just a beginner who had recently started, which was even less worth mentioning.
"Ice-Make: Iron Fist!"
A magic circle lit up in one hand, and frost instantly spread from Lyon's feet to Goku's. A giant ice fist suddenly rose, striking directly at Goku's chin.
"Duang!"
Facing the ice fist rising from the ground, Goku didn't dodge, letting it strike his chin hard.
However, this punch only made him tilt his head back slightly; he didn't go flying like Gray just had.
As for the giant ice fist, after hitting Goku's chin, it actually shattered instantly.
"What!"
Lyon's eyes widened at the sight, a faint sense of unease rising in his heart.
"Ice-Make: Great Ape!"
A frost giant ape over ten meters tall appeared behind Goku, smashing down toward him.
Goku tilted his head to dodge and raised a hand, blowing the giant ape apart with a single punch.
Lyon felt his composure crumbling: "Ice-Make: Sky Dragon's Strangling!"
Five giant ice dragons rose around Goku, lunging to strangle him.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Five explosions occurred almost simultaneously, and then all five ice dragons burst into fragments.
It was Goku throwing five consecutive punches, blowing the ice dragons apart at the same time.
"The testing is over. It's time to show your true skills!"
After blowing up the ice dragons, Goku shouted at Lyon with anticipation.
When the opponent's strength is unclear, one often doesn't go all out but first conducts a test, going full force only after gaining some understanding.
This combat strategy was normal, as he often did the same.
When you've tested all of the opponent's trump cards while they know nothing about you, your chances of winning are definitely higher.
He now felt that Lyon, the strongest Ice-Make Mage in history, must have been using those mediocre magic attacks as an initial test.
So he was looking forward to seeing what powerful magic attacks Lyon could use once he truly unleashed his strength.
Well, since he's the strongest Ice Mage who surpassed Ur, he must be stronger than that Absolute Zero that sealed Deliora, right?
However, Lyon was completely stunned: "This is impossible! This is impossible!"
What test? Those ice dragons were already the strongest magic he could use, yet why did the opponent break them so easily?
Could this boy's strength really be much, much greater than his own?
But I have already surpassed Ur and become the strongest Ice-Make Mage; even one of the Ten Wizard Saints might not be my match, right?
Why is this happening? It must be fake, it must be fake! He didn't believe it!
He... had a breakdown...