Chapter 183

Boom—!

Bolstered by the Six Paths Sage Mode, Xuanwozhang Sect flew across the sky and pressed his hands together.

The next second, a sphere of light that shifted from white to black appeared in his hands.

At the same moment, the instant the sphere of light appeared, the earth within a thousand meters began to tremble, and then the ground split apart.

Spiderweb-like fissures spread outward, and a great number of buildings inside the Hidden Rain Village began to collapse and crumble.

"What's going on? An earthquake?"

Lucy, Wendy, and Happy and the other mages were seeing Xuanwozhang Sect fight for the first time; such a visual experience far exceeded their imagination!

Then, an even more shocking scene unfolded before them!

The earth shattered, and the entire ground caved in.

Then, as if a volcano were erupting, everything on the surface was hurled into the sky by this terrifying shockwave, surging together toward the sphere of light.

"Oh heavens, what is that!"

Everyone stared dumbfounded at what was happening before their eyes, utterly stupefied.

"Has space collapsed…?"

Lucy said blankly,

"Lucy! What are you doing!"

"Get to cover now, and the rest of you too! Take cover!"

Erza, who reacted first, shouted at Lucy at the top of her voice; at the same time, she switched into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and began dodging the airborne buildings and shattered rock.

"Save me, Erza!"

"No good, my magic power is spent!"

Delldora and the others had long since pulled back to avoid the blast, but the mages of the Alliance Army were not so lucky.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"…

Countless explosions rang out, and innumerable boulders, swept by the beams of magic light, were reduced to fine dust.

But before one wave had even subsided, another rose up!

A fresh wave of shattered rock and boulders peeled free from the ground and rose into the air once more!

Soon, some people failed to dodge in time and were hurled into the sky along with the boulders.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Walrod released his Nature Magic; great numbers of plant vines took root and shot out, while on another side vines spread forth and pulled down the mages who had been flung into the air.

Otherwise, even if they didn't die, they would have been crushed into mincemeat by the boulders or buildings that had been hurled up.

However, Walrod, who had released vast numbers of plant vines to save people, also became the largest target of all.

In an instant, from every direction came flying boulders, and Walrod had nowhere to dodge.

"Everyone move toward where I am! ‖!"

Walrod thrust out his right hand, magic power exploding forth, and in an instant thick vines smashed apart the incoming shards of rock.

At this moment, this great mage, ranked last among Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings, also revealed astonishing strength.

Walrod's attacks might not be as devastating as Ultear's, nor as awe-inspiring as Makarov's!

But in terms of pure endurance, no mage present could compare to the old man before them!

Within that brief span of a single breath, hundreds of shards of rock adhered to him one after another, and likewise Walrod's attacks shattered the shards of rock once more.

After the boulders broke apart, even more shards of rock gathered and rose up again, as if endless.

Chibaku Tensei is, in essence, a sealing technique.

It is one of the abilities of the Rinnegan, a Kekkei Genkai — an immensely powerful ninjutsu that pushes gravitational control to its extreme and wreaks tremendous destruction on the surrounding environment.

So long as gravity remains, the effect of Chibaku Tensei will persist.

Moreover, after being bolstered by Sage Arts, its might rose yet another level.

The shattered boulders gathered in the sky, forming an enormous hemisphere that kept expanding.

At the same time, on the ground, the vines Walrod controlled and created kept burrowing deeper into the earth, resisting the gravity in the sky.

Again and again, the smoke from the countless explosions enveloped Walrod along with every member of the Alliance Army, wrapping them all within it.

However, it was not over yet.

Although his line of sight had vanished, through his senses Lin Cheng could still feel that, within the boulders, Walrod had not given up his resistance.

"Brute-forcing the gravity of Chibaku Tensei? It seems every Heavenly King–class mage cannot be underestimated."

Earlier, Ultear had unleashed a strike that nearly destroyed the Hidden Rain Village, and Walrod had likewise withstood Chibaku Tensei.

It had to be said, Lin Cheng had been underestimating the two of them from the very start.

Just as Lin Cheng was lost in thought, from within Chibaku Tensei a powerful surge of magic power suddenly leaked out.

The next second, as several vines burst through the shattered rock, Chibaku Tensei instantly split into pieces and then exploded outright into chunks upon chunks of broken stone.

And the moment Chibaku Tensei was broken open, the members of the Alliance Army reappeared. |

"Did we survive?"

Lucy, who had narrowly escaped, her eyes wide with panic, wiped the dust from her face and looked outward, her expression one of lingering dread.

"Not sure, but one thing's certain — we're still alive right now," Gray said in a low voice.

"Mm, thanks to my lord Walrod. If my lord Walrod hadn't acted, we'd probably be dead by now," Erza said in a low voice.

Still holding Lucy and Wendy, she slowly descended and, shaking her head at the others, said.