Chapter 153

"Dragon Slayer Mage?"

"This is already the second Dragon Slayer Mage."

"Wait… what's going on? My magic power has recovered!"

In their surprise, a green radiance emanated from everyone's bodies, and the previous discomfort was swept away in an instant.

"Wendy is the Sky Dragon Slayer Mage, and she can greatly enhance various aspects of a Mage's abilities."

"Removing weakening effects and the like is absolutely no problem for her."

Before Wendy could speak, the little white cat Charle beside her proudly began to say.

As she spoke, it was as if Wendy were her.

"My magic power has recovered too!"

"Mine as well."

……

"Mm, not only has it recovered, but it seems there's even a little more than usual, though not much."

"Fortunately Wendy is here, otherwise this battle would likely have become even more difficult."

The observant Erza added.

Weakening and strengthening.

After being weakened, even with the boost, the lost strength was compensated for to a certain extent.

However, this was still astonishing enough!

But being able to simultaneously restore the strength of every Mage present, and even raise their power a little, was not something ordinary magic could accomplish.

17 A trace of surprise showed in everyone's eyes, and Natsu stared fixedly at Wendy.

This was the second Dragon Slayer Mage he had seen today. Adding the earlier Gajeel and Laxus, as well as the intern member of the Akatsuki organization who had just attacked them, a total of five Dragon Slayer Mages had now appeared.

One had to remember that not long ago, the only Dragon Slayer Mage was him. When did Dragon Slayer Mages become so worthless??

Under Wendy's treatment, everyone had mostly recovered, and a few beads of sweat had also rolled down Wendy's forehead.

Clearly, strengthening so many people at once was no small burden for Wendy.

Seeing this, Makarov immediately said.

"We can't stay here. This is the enemy's home ground. If we drag this out, the situation will only grow more unfavorable for us!"

"Wendy, you stay behind us. Leave the rest of the fighting to us!"

Having said that, Makarov had already charged out at the forefront.

The others said nothing, all following behind Makarov with a solemn expression, for Wendy's condition was plain for all of them to see.

"Crack!"

Boom—!

Suddenly, a terrifying explosion erupted ahead of the group, blocking their path forward.

"Who!"

Everyone looked toward the direction of the explosion in shock, and saw a young-looking man with blond hair in a single ponytail, wearing the attire of the Akatsuki organization, walking out from the smoke of the blast.

"To actually dare to break into our headquarters — should I call you arrogant, or foolish?"

"However, since you've come, then don't leave, because next I shall present you with a gorgeous and spectacular artistic feast."

Without a doubt, judging from his tone and appearance, the newcomer was Deidara!

"Give it up, Deidara."

And at that moment, just as Deidara was speaking, another voice came from behind him.

The next second, another figure appeared not far from Deidara.

It was a man wearing a black windbreaker embroidered with red clouds, with a head of short orange-red hair.

"Only eternity is worthy of being called art. Your explosions are too fleeting, unable to be preserved, and simply cannot be called art."

Deidara had appeared, and as one of the artistic duo, Lin Cheng naturally would not leave out such an important character as Scorpion.

The sparks born from the collision of art have never disappointed.

"Hey, hey, hey, Scorpion-senpai, I just can't agree with that."

"Everything in the end will decay. Beautiful things only reveal their true beauty in the instant of an explosion."

"That moment is forever etched in everyone's heart — that is true art!"

……

"Deidara, Scorpion?"

"Have we already been discovered?"

Watching the two ahead arguing over their differing views on art, the allied forces' side was also thoroughly perplexed.

Seeing this, Lucy said to Erza, "What are they doing? Are they fighting among themselves?"

Erza said, "Be careful. Judging from that Dragon Slayer Mage intern earlier, their strength shouldn't be simple either."

"Boom—!" Jura raised two fingers, and the ground beneath Deidara and Scorpion instantly changed, two massive stone walls dozens of meters high surging upward.

Internal strife or whatever — he had no patience to watch it. The only thing he could be sure of was that they were the enemy. Since they were the enemy, then defeating them was all there was to it!

Only two had appeared so far, which clearly meant their surprise attack had been discovered. More enemies were likely to come rushing in next.

Before they were surrounded, eliminating a few enemies as quickly as possible was the right choice.

At this moment, the strength of a Wizard Saint was displayed vividly on Jura.

Ferocious magical power surged forth continuously, and two enormous, hard stone walls came crashing down to blanket everything, kicking up a massive blast of air.

However, before they had fully landed, two explosions rang out simultaneously from beneath the stone walls.

"Ha, to attack at the slightest disagreement, interrupting others' artistic discussion — is this the style of a Wizard Saint?"

Dilara grinned evilly.

The attack missed; Jiu La frowned, raised his right hand, and several Shi Zhu erupted from the ground, striking directly at his opponent.

"Boom—!"

The giant stones shattered, smoke exploding upward, then quickly vanished under the falling rain.

Dilara's figure vanished along with it; when he reappeared, he was standing atop a giant white bird, flying through the air.

"Useless! Your attacks have no effect on me!"

……

"This can't be real."

"Jiu La Mr.'s attack isn't working!"

The other Alliance soldiers behind Jiu La all stared in shock.

Jiu La, one of the Ten Great Magic Masters, was not the strongest among them, but still among the top few—yet now he couldn't even touch his opponent's clothes.

Remember, this was only the beginning; the leader of the Xuanwozhang Sect, Xuanwozhang, still hadn't shown himself.

Although they had heard from Lan Dian Zongyoujie that every member of the Xuanwozhang Sect was no ordinary foe, they hadn't expected it to be this absurd.

At this moment, everyone wore a solemn expression.