Chapter 434: Zeref Appears

The Underworld King Mard Geer, the strongest demon of the Tartaros Sect, excluding E. N. D.

Once he transforms into his demon form, his strength reaches an inconceivable level.

But right now, the Underworld King hadn't even had time to transform into his demon form before being finished off by Following Ye Yu.

And it happened in an instant.

Of course, given Following Ye Yu's current strength, even if the Underworld King had transformed into a demon, it would likely have been a one-hit affair.

After all, Following Ye Yu had even killed dragons in an instant.

Looking across the entire Fairy Tail World, the only one left who could fight Following Ye Yu to his heart's content right now was likely Acnologia.

Thinking of Acnologia, Following Ye Yu shifted his gaze from the Underworld King's corpse to the sky above, clenching his fists, and said with a look of fighting spirit: "It's about time you came, Acnologia!"

In the original story, when Natsu fought the Underworld King, Acnologia had appeared.

And he had also fought a great battle against Igneel, who was inside Natsu's body.

Based on Following Ye Yu's current guess, it was highly likely that Acnologia would come as well.

Thinking of being able to meet Acnologia again and cross blades with him, Following Ye Yu felt immense anticipation in his heart.

"Seven years have passed; I didn't expect you to have grown to such a degree!"

Just as Following Ye Yu was anticipating a battle with Acnologia, a male voice suddenly came from behind him.

Hearing this voice, Following Ye Yu withdrew his focus and turned to look.

He saw a black-haired man dressed in black robes with a white cloak draped over his shoulders, slowly walking toward him.

Seeing this person, Following Ye Yu's brows immediately arched.

"Zeref!"

Indeed, the man who had appeared in Following Ye Yu's field of vision was none other than the Black Mage Zeref.

Seeing Following Ye Yu arch his brows, Zeref assumed Following Ye Yu did not recognize him, and immediately explained: "Seven years ago on Tenrou Island, I saw you lure Acnologia away. It truly surprised me at the time!"

Following Ye Yu naturally knew about the Tenrou Island incident.

It was just that Following Ye Yu had specifically sought out Zeref to collect the magic attributes of the Seven Kin of Purgatory.

"Did you come here just to tell me this?"

Following Ye Yu raised his arms, assuming a combat-ready stance.

Zeref possessed an immortal body.

Following Ye Yu also wanted to test whether his current strength could kill Zeref, who possessed an immortal body.

Seeing this, Zeref immediately raised his arm and said: "I am not here to fight you; I am here to..."

As he spoke, Zeref pointed his finger at the book the Underworld King had been clutching in his arms.

The book instantly vanished from its spot, and the next second it reappeared, it was already in Zeref's hand.

"I am here to retrieve this; it is a very important item to me!"

Looking at the book in his hand with the letters E. N. D. printed on the cover, a look of doting affection appeared in Zeref's eyes.

Perhaps others did not know who E. N. D. was, but Following Ye Yu naturally did.

E. N. D. was Natsu, and at the same time, he was Zeref's younger brother.

To be precise, he was the strongest demon Zeref had created using the corpse of his younger brother, Natsu Dragneel.

"Natsu!"

Zeref looked at the E. N. D. book in his hand, the corners of his mouth curling into an imperceptible arc, as he thought to himself.

Afterward, he withdrew his focus, looked up at the distant sky, and continued: "The one you most want to fight right now shouldn't be me!"

"He is heading this way—Acnologia!"

Acnologia!

Hearing Zeref say this name, Following Ye Yu immediately turned to look at Zeref.

But by this time, Zeref had already vanished.

However, Following Ye Yu could still hear Zeref's voice.

"If you can hold off Acnologia, I will return to find you again, Fairy Tail!"

"Will return to find us again?"

Hearing Zeref's words, Following Ye Yu gave a light snort.

In the original story, in order to seize the First Master who was the Fairy Heart, Zeref led the Spriggan 12 and a host of soldiers from the Alvarez Empire to attack Ishgar.

Right now, when Zeref said he would return, he was likely referring to this.

However, even if Zeref brought the Spriggan 12, Following Ye Yu was no longer afraid.

Back in the West Continent, he had traveled far and wide to find the Spriggan 12 and collect their magic attributes.

Now that the Spriggan 12 were delivering themselves to his doorstep, Following Ye Yu naturally wouldn't let them go.

Of course, those were matters for later; right now, Following Ye Yu needed to deal with the incoming Acnologia. ===== CHAPTER 436 =====