Chapter 95

At this very moment, Jellal's strength had already recovered to its peak period.

The magical power within him, nearly reaching the level of the top four among the Ten Holy Wizards, began to boil and burn wildly.

Before the enraged Jellal, even space seemed to twist, groaning under the burden with creaking sounds, as if it would shatter in half at the next instant.

The clear sky turned gloomy, the originally calm sea by the shore was no longer calm, and the entire island began to tremble faintly.

One could imagine just how immense Jellal's fury had become at this moment.

"This is something that can't be helped."

Looking at Jellal, who had reached the peak of rage, Aizen Sōsuke's expression remained unchanged as he said, "The reason I came here is precisely for this thing."

"Celestial Magic · Meteor!"

Jellal could no longer hold back and unleashed the magic he was most skilled at.

Celestial Magic · Meteor has the effect of accelerating the user's speed, granting them a velocity akin to that of a meteor.

Its maximum speed can indeed reach an utterly terrifying velocity.

However, the speed of the meteor is directly proportional to the user's overall physical condition.

At present, Jellal's body can withstand at most one times the speed of sound, and cannot exceed one and a half times the speed of sound.

Nevertheless, even the speed of sound alone is terrifying enough.

In the next instant, under the horrified gazes of the crowd, he transformed into a terrifying streak of light, charging toward Aizen Sōsuke's position, radiating a horrifying brilliance that made one's heart tremble with fear.

Whether it was Erza, Lucy, Gray, or even Natsu, whose brain was practically mush, all of them could clearly sense a shadow between life and death sweeping over their entire bodies after Jellal's full eruption.

Making every hair on their bodies stand on end.

Faced with this great terror between life and death, even Natsu was intimidated to the point of his limbs going stiff.

After all, this time Natsu's companions had not been injured, and Natsu's reason had not been scattered by the boundless fury caused by his companions being hurt or even on the brink of death.

"Th-this is Jellal's strength?"

Erza watched Jellal streak past her almost in the blink of an eye, her pupils contracting sharply.

After learning that Zeref was merely Jellal's thought body, Erza had been able to sense that Jellal's strength was extremely terrifying; after all, relying solely on a thought body with less than half the strength of his peak period, he could still rank ninth among the Ten Holy Wizards.

However, at this very moment, having truly and personally experienced the terrifying power of Jellal's full eruption, Erza could not help but tremble slightly at the aura of death that came rushing at her in an instant.

That feeling of wanting to retreat or raise a hand to block, yet being completely unable to do so, was simply too despair-inducing.

Even though her mind and even her vision had already registered it, her body simply could not move.

"Breaking the sound barrier in the blink of an eye?"

"Your speed is truly impressive."

Aizen Sōsuke's expression did not change in the slightest because of Jellal's eruption.

In fact, Aizen Sōsuke's figure did not move at all; he merely drew a line through the air with his right hand, and spiritual power, which was by no means weak, formed a layer of spiritual shield on the back of his hand.

Binding Art Number Eight: Repulse.

Using a spiritual shield on the back of the hand can block the opponent's physical attacks.

Under normal circumstances, if one uses Kidō or Binding Art directly without incantation, the effects of both Kidō and Binding Art would be greatly diminished; however, Aizen Sōsuke is a genius unseen in a thousand years in Soul Society.

Even without incantation, any Kidō or Binding Art below number eighty-nine can be cast instantly without any reduction in power.

Bang!

Aizen Sōsuke's palm collided with Jellal's arm.