Chapter 524

The scarlet flesh was all exposed on the outside, and no matter who looked, it was as if he were on the verge of death.

But in Erza's eyes, it was not so—the careful Erza had noticed.

On Ban's body, the black scabs that had peeled off were not because his body had suffered any injury.

It was because his body itself was regenerating anew, and in the midst of rapid regeneration,

the black scars all over his body had already begun to fall off completely, while new flesh and skin kept growing.

In the span of just two breaths, Ban, who had looked as if he had just crawled out of a fire, had already returned to his original appearance.

"Is this bastard immortal or something?"

"How could he take Natsu's attack head-on and still be perfectly fine, without even a single wound?"

Gray and the others noticed a little too late and did not catch Ban's ultra-rapid regeneration.

They only thought Ban's defense was extremely high, that he had easily blocked Natsu's attack.

"No, he really is immortal."

"Not only can he absorb other people's magic power, he can also regenerate at super speed."

"Just now Natsu dealt him a great deal of damage, but that guy recovered in the blink of an eye."

Erza drew the long sword at her waist and stepped forward several paces.

Never before had any opponent given her this feeling, and the present situation made it seem all the more grim.

After all, the monster-like opponent before her was not just one person.

Apart from Ban, Meliodas, who had reflected all their attacks back at them, was equally terrifying.

"Ultra-rapid regeneration? Then what's with the wound on that guy's neck?"

"Dammit! He's really a monster!"

Gray's words instantly drew Erza and Natsu's attention.

A person who could recover so quickly, yet still bore a single wound on his body—

what that implied left them no time to think it over.

Erza changed armor in an instant—the Fairy Armor, the strongest armor bearing the guild's name, was donned upon her body.

The long sword in her hand suddenly became a flash of cold light as she lunged forward.

In an instant she had already crossed several dozen meters, piercing through in a flash.

One slash landed right on the wound at Ban's neck; the speed, precision, and viciousness of the strike caught everyone off guard.

Even Natsu, who was in the middle of fighting Ban, did not register what had happened.

"Well done, Erza!"

"Is that guy finally done for?"

"Should be, right? After all, Erza has already made her move, and the wound was that deep."

The people around watched blood gushing continuously from Ban's wound; no one thought Ban could still survive Erza's attack.

But strangely, the faces of the Seven Deadly Sins members showed absolutely no expression at all.

As if Ban's death would not worry them in the slightest.

"That really hurts. Your speed is quite impressive, and your strength is good too."

"The Young Lady seems to have held back her force, otherwise half my body would probably have been chopped off."

Just as Erza had just sheathed the long sword at her waist, Ban's voice came again from behind her.

The terrifying wound on his chest began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even an expression of disbelief appeared on Erza's face—who could have imagined that the Ban before her could recover even from such an injury.

"How is that possible... Isn't the wound on your neck the weakness of your magic..."

"Are you really immortal..."

Erza's face instantly became solemn, and a look of helplessness began to gather in her eyes.

Ban, meanwhile, only casually twisted his neck.

"That wound is not my weakness—it was inflicted by an exceptionally powerful man."

"The gap between you and them is not just by a little."

"Next, it's about time I finished you all off."

"Hunting Festival!"

Ban crossed his arms, and a flash of blue light swept through his eyes.

From him as the center, it spread outward over a range of a hundred meters.

A wave of weakness came over the members of Fairy Tail, and by the time they reacted, their bodies had already become incomparably feeble.

The magic power within their bodies was rapidly draining away without their noticing.