[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla":3,"chapter-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla-fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-276":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Fairy Tail: A Tale of Two Natsus, This One Truly Slays Dragons!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1993675,2878,"Chapter 276","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-276",276,"\u003Cp>【However, the string of failures also caused Erza to begin reflecting on herself.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For all these years, what exactly has armor been to her?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【A reliance for protection?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【No! Armor is merely something that blocks the communication between people's hearts.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【From beginning to end, armor has never been able to truly protect her.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Having attained this realization, Erza also devised a method to defeat the enemy.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He directly discarded the armor's defense, and at the same time summoned the demon blade Crimson Cherry.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This was an absolute attack that abandoned all defense.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It was also, up to this point, Erza's strongest attack!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The two clashed once more, sword light flickering between them.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ikaruga fell to her knees, while Erza remained standing.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The outcome was decided!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【However, Ikaruga did not seem distressed by her defeat.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Instead, she wore a wild smile, like a complete lunatic.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【She told Erza that in ten minutes, the Magic Council would fire the super-dimensional destruction magic, Etherion, at this island.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At that time, no matter who it was, everyone would perish.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Upon learning this news, Erza immediately made a decision, telling Sho to inform Natsu and the others so they could leave the island at once.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【When asked about herself.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Erza only left behind her back.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【From the moment she arrived at this tower, she had never intended to return alive.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【She had to put an end to all the sins.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Just like that, Erza carried her sword to the top floor to find Jellal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And Sho also set off immediately, heading to the Tower of Heaven to gather the members of Fairy Tail and leave the island together.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Except for Natsu!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Entrusted by Simon, and also by his own heart, Natsu was going to bring Erza back safe and sound.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【On the top floor, Erza found Jellal, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Unexpectedly, this time, Erza won, and she won very easily.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【She even used her sword to carve a massive wound into Jellal's abdomen.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The next second, the blade was pointed at Jellal's neck.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The battle was declared over.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But Jellal laughed, claiming that this was his moment of liberation.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He portrayed himself as someone bound by the spirits of Zeref, unable to attain freedom.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Building the Tower of Heaven was merely an action taken under the guidance of the spirits; he could not escape, like a puppet manipulated by Zeref's spirits.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the Sky Screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Zeref's mouth twitched wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had occasionally heard over these past few hundred years that he was the most evil Black Mage in four hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most cruel Black Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Et cetera, et cetera...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeref had never cared, or rather, he had no interest in paying attention to those remarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even avoid those people, so how could he have the heart to care about what they said?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only today did he finally understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why he was called the most evil and brutal Black Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good grief, you people are really good at making things up, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment it's spirits, the next it's manipulating this person or that, one moment it's a symbol of freedom, the next it's the mastermind binding freedom...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next step, are you going to say I eat children??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't live up to the stories you've fabricated. ===== CHAPTER 579 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Erza seemed truly taken in.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【In that brief moment of distraction, the holy light descended!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Far away, within the Magic Council on the continent of Ishgar.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Countless people stood solemnly in front of a massive lacrima.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【One council member after another closed their eyes and began to pray to the holy light.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yes, Etherion had been activated.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【A beam of light shot straight into the clouds.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It merged into the massive satellite magic array in outer space.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The next moment, the satellite magic array locked its target onto the Tower of Heaven in the vast ocean.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【A massive sphere of light descended abruptly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【BOOM!!!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The heavens changed color, and the sea churned.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The entire island was enveloped by the holy light.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Everyone could only hear a loud bang as the Tower of Heaven crumbled directly within the holy light.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lucy, Gray, and the others, who had already escaped the island, watched this in horror.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【When the light dissipated completely.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【A massive lacrima, towering into the clouds and emitting a blue glow, appeared before Lucy and the others.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【On the top floor of the Tower of Heaven, Jellal watched all of this and finally revealed his true colors.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Everything he had said just moments ago was to stall for time until Etherion arrived.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Everything he did was for this very moment.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For the terrifying magic power contained within Etherion, exceeding 2.7 billion units.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Only by successfully absorbing the massive magic power of Etherion could the system be truly completed.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Just as Erza was shocked, Siegrain from the Council also suddenly appeared here.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【After some conversation, Erza finally understood Jellal's conspiracy.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It turned out that Siegrain and Jellal were not twins at all.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【They were the same person!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Merely a Thought Projection separated from the original.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Jellal, having absorbed the Thought Projection, fully recovered his strength at this moment.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He became a complete Wizard Saint!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Erza was completely enraged and unleashed magic, attacking Jellal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But she was restrained by the full-power Jellal using Bind Snake.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Jellal did not intend to kill Erza; his goal was Erza herself.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The body of a Black Mage closest to the Wizard Saint level.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This was the most important sacrifice for Zeref's resurrection.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Jellal pushed Erza into the crystal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Just as Erza was about to be swallowed by the crystal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Natsu suddenly appeared and forcibly pulled Erza out.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【With that, the battle between Natsu and Jellal was on the verge of breaking out!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Without a moment's hesitation, Natsu launched his attack.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, Wing Attack, Roar, and a series of other moves rained down on Jellal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But the gap in their strength was simply too great.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Those raging flames merely burned away Jellal's coat.】 ===== CHAPTER 580 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-06-15T13:50:32.810Z","2026-06-15T13:55:37.298Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","742f4473a8ee24118858f1845b1e76c1272f3c33a8edea4af5729287288c7d47","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-277","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-275",287,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-cover.jpg"]