Chapter 212

At this moment, everyone's face was filled with shock.

Those who could become one of the Ten Saints left no room for luck.

Without exception, they stood at the very pinnacle of the Ishgar Continent.

Especially someone like Jura — with his powerful earth magic drawn out, he already possessed extremely strong combat power, and his defense was all the more astonishing!

However…

That invader not only took on three opponents at once, but even under their joint siege, sent one of them flying with a single punch.

This was nothing short of a miracle!

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【Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining 1651 Emotion Value】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining Emotion Value】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining 6545 Emotion Value】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining 484 Emotion Value】

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With Jura's fall, Lin Cheng's Emotion Value once again surged sharply.

Adding in the harvest from earlier, the Emotion Value in his mind had already exceeded three hundred million, and he was only a hundred million short of redeeming his puppet!

"Is the power of a two-star Akainu really that terrifying?"

Seeing Jura taken down with a single punch, Lin Cheng was also somewhat surprised.

When he had drawn Akainu, Lin Cheng had not hesitated for a moment before raising Akainu directly to two stars.

Spending ten million Emotion Value was spending it either way; spending ten million Emotion Value to raise him to two stars was also spending it.

The cost of raising an S-rank puppet to two stars was still something Lin Cheng was willing to part with.

In his two-star state, aside from a massive boost to all his attributes, Akainu had no other special effects.

Knocking down a member of the Ten Saints with one punch did not mean Akainu was that strong.

Among equals of the Ten Saints, Ultear, as a Wizard Saint, could also instantly kill a member of the Ten Saints — though that required expending at least a third of her magic power.

Not to mention Jura, whose defense was extremely astonishing — although his ranking among the Ten Saints was near the bottom, if ranked by defense alone, Jura's position could climb considerably higher.

But through remote control of Akainu, Lin Cheng could feel that Akainu had used almost no energy at all in defeating Jura.

"As expected, not a single puppet rated S-rank is simple."

Once a rating reached S-rank, it meant the puppet's strength exceeded its original limits, possessing the ability to easily destroy an island.

Let alone with the system's enhancement — its strength was terrifyingly abnormal.

If this two-star Akainu were to face the original Aokiji now, he could probably kill him in one strike with complete ease.

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"This guy is no weaker than Pain of the Xuanwozhang Sect from the Akatsuki back then — in fact, he's even stronger."

Seeing Jura struck down in one blow, his fate unknown, the faces of Makarov and Volod both grew solemn.

As Wizard Saints and Wizard Saints, Makarov and Volod not only possessed astonishing strength, but their battle wisdom was even more fearsome.

In just a few exchanges, they had roughly gauged the opponent's strength.

And they were also well aware of just how strong Jura's defense was.

If even he couldn't withstand it, they would likely struggle to take a hit from the opponent either.

Offense was one matter; defense was another.

But even so, they would not retreat.

Just now, they had already received the reply via Thought Speech from the Pingyi Society.

At this moment, the Magical Prominence had already begun activating and would soon be able to fire — now they only needed to hold the opponent off; under the Magical Prominence, no one could withstand it!

As for intelligence and the like, Makarov had already cast it from his mind.

If they let the opponent continue to run rampant, not to mention the losses incurred, the impact would be far too great!

But…

Meeting their gazes, determined to fight to the death, Akainu smiled — a savage grin, as if victory were already in his grasp.

They wanted to keep him here; wasn't Lin Cheng also using the sight of himself standing over them to obtain what he wanted?

At this very moment, a powerful oppressive force descended from the sky, and the entire city began to tremble faintly.

And as time went on, this tremor grew increasingly distinct.

Looking up, through the clouds, one could see above the Fapingyi Society, several glowing magic arrays floating in the sky!

The instant the magic arrays appeared, the people in the distance once again fell into panic and began fleeing once more.

The power of the Magical Prominence was no joke — under a single strike, no one could survive.

Akainu glanced at the magic arrays in the sky and said softly.

"It seems time is running out."

Those words happened to be heard by the two across from him, and in an instant the vigilance in their hearts shot to its highest.

Things had already reached this point — if they let the opponent escape again, how could they face the fallen Jura?

"Wanting to leave won't be that easy!"

Resolved, a golden radiance bloomed from Makarov's body; the terrifying surge of magic power instantly scattered the lava beneath his feet, and his thin frame rapidly swelled, towering like Shanfeng!

At the same time, Volod activated his magic — enormous vines grew wildly, weaving together, coiling around Makarov's body like armor.

Under high-concentration magic power, they could, to a certain extent, block the opponent's attacks for a short time.

And while Makarov launched his attack, he would do his utmost to obstruct the opponent.

His magic was countered by Akainu — these were the limits of what he could do.

This amount of time is enough for the Magic Conductive Spirit Power to prepare everything needed for firing!

And what Makarov needs to do now is to hold the opponent down within this window!

Otherwise, all their efforts will be completely wasted.

Between the strong, no words are needed; with just a few glances, Makarov understood Vorode's intent.

The next second, a massive fist wrapped in golden magic power smashed down viciously toward Akainu.

Boom—!

Terrifying force burst forth, the earth quaked, and dense cracks spread out like a spider web!

Akainu didn't even intend to dodge; after elementalizing his body, he let Makarov and Vorode's attacks wash over him.