Chapter 71

"Being so young and already able to defeat Joseph, you really are impressive, but there is always a mountain beyond the mountain, and always someone beyond the person."

"One mountain is always taller than another."

As soon as the words fell, from Ulfheim's body, a sense of heaviness gradually and faintly began to spread.

This was the might that naturally overflowed from a vast accumulation of magical power ready to be unleashed, signifying that Ulfheim, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, had already prepared himself to make a move against Ace.

Up until now, the only ones who had personally witnessed Ace instantly kill Joseph were those who had been present earlier, along with Ulr.

Everyone in the Fapingyi Society besides Ulr, although they had heard people say that Ace had instantly killed Joseph, all harbored enormous doubts about the matter of Ace instantly killing Joseph.

"Interesting."

"It seems the Fapingyi Society has truly prepared itself for an all-out war with our Bai Huzi Pirate Crew?"

"It seems everyone in the Fapingyi Society has developed some misunderstandings about me."

Looking at the old man blocking his path, the smile on Ace's face gradually vanished. He used his index finger to push up the cowboy hat that had been pressed down somewhat, revealing eyes that were equally sharp.

From beginning to end, the attitude Ace had displayed had always been rather courteous and polite.

But fundamentally, Ace had never been a good-tempered person; it was only because his sworn brother Sabo had met with an accident that Ace wanted to live on carrying Sabo's share as well, and so he had specifically gone and learned etiquette.

Now, with provocations coming one after another, it was naturally impossible for Ace to continue being good-tempered.

"Forget it, let's wait and sit down for a proper chat later."

Ulfheim looked at Ace, whose edge was now completely revealed, and likewise smiled somewhat helplessly, saying: "As for now, then let this old man witness for himself the strength with which you instantly killed Joseph."

As the words fell, the entire hall violently trembled once.

Ulfheim's leg moved and stamped down; the marble floor beneath his feet instantly shattered with a roar, and his seemingly thin, small body actually contained tremendous power.

Under the reaction force of that power, Ulfheim directly threw a punch toward Ace, the speed so fast that among those present, only Zikrein and Ulr could barely catch some afterimages.

Ulfheim's magic was Beastman Transformation Magic, roughly similar to Mirajane's Take Over Magic.

However, having cultivated to Ulfheim's current level, he had long since left Mirajane far behind by an immeasurable margin, an existence on an entirely different concept.

Even without Ulfheim formally using magic, his raw strength was already extremely close to that of a full-power Mirajane from the mid-to-late stages of the original work.

One could say it was quite terrifying.

'Is this the strength of Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings?'

'As expected, just like the legends say, it is a non-human level of combat power entirely distinct from the latter six of the Holy Ten Wizard Saints.'

Watching Ulfheim's movements, a flash of shock passed through Zikrein's eyes.

Zikrein roughly estimated that even his own peak combat power after merging with his main body and recovering would, when compared to Ulfheim, still have a gap that was not insignificant.

At the same time, Ulr on the other side was also slightly changing color at the sight before her.

Much like Zikrein, although she had long heard of the terrifying strength of the top four of the Holy Ten Wizard Saints, and even her own Guild Master Hades held considerable wariness of them, seeing it with her own eyes still left Ulr utterly shocked.

At this moment, Ulr also completely understood why all the Dark Wizard Guilds, as well as the three leaders of the Dark Wizard Guilds—Mingfuzhi Sect, Grimoire Heart, and the Mojiangjun Society—were suppressed into the darkness and did not dare to show themselves.