Chapter 173: Kira: I would call you the strongest in the guild when it comes to ice making
The next day, the competition venue was still bustling.
After the preliminary rounds of 100 people entering into 30, the preliminary rounds of 30 people entering into 16, and the semi-finals of 16 people entering into 8, the "Fairy Tail First Magic Tournament" finally ushered in the fourth day of the competition, the semi-finals.
There are four matches today, namely Kira vs. Gray, Mistgang vs. Felide, Natsu vs. Bigusro and Mira vs. Rocky.
Judging from the strength alone, except for Kira, Mistgan and Mira who have already become masters of S-class wizards, the remaining five are also the main forces of the guild who are expected to obtain the qualification to participate in the S-class wizard assessment this year, especially Natsu and Gray, it is basically a foregone conclusion.
But for the people in the guild, today's game is actually nothing to watch, because the strength gap between the two sides in these four games is quite large.
In the audience, Erza crossed her arms and looked quietly at the eight people on the stage, thinking something like "I shouldn't be here, I should be there..."
Kira was the first to go on stage, striding onto the stage with Gray. Last night's drunkenness did not have a negative impact on the two of them, and they were still as energetic as ever.
"You won't surrender? You didn't have any confidence at all yesterday!"
Kira joked, thinking of Gray's drunken words about doing his best in the guild last night.
Gray smiled and took off his shirt casually: "I have forgotten about that kind of thing a long time ago! Now I just have to give it my all!"
“The game begins!!”
Ding ding ding!
"Ice made, Lancer!"
"Ice creation, hammer!"
"Ice-made, giant axe!"
"Ice-made, Demon Sword!"
Gray took the first step. He only had a few moves, but he became more and more proficient with them. If this move were in a game, his proficiency in it would definitely be maxed out!
Almost at the same time, four weapons appeared around Kira and in Gray's hand. He shouted for courage and chopped towards Kira with force.
Kira had foreseen this and dodged it easily, moving like a dragon. "The audience must be tired of the battle of ice and fire. How about something different today?"
Hearing what Kira said, Gray suddenly became interested: "What? You don't plan to fight with fire?"
When the two fought before, Kira always used fire attacks directly. The power of the fire magic he used was not much less than that of Natsu, and the temperature was even higher.
But today, he wanted to try something different.
“Dry!”
Kira stretched out his right hand, and a yellowish-brown magic circle appeared in his hand, followed by ripples that spread outward and immediately spread to the entire arena. The pale yellow ripples were vaguely visible, and upon closer inspection, it was discovered that they were made up of tiny grains of sand.
When these light yellow sands passed through the ice, they actually absorbed its moisture. The ice that originally emitted a cold aura immediately disappeared without a trace, without even leaving any cold air, as if it had never appeared.
"sand?"
In the audience, Marcus in the Fairy Tail member area saw this scene and was shocked, but also envious. He felt that he had a future development direction.
"Is that sand magic? That's amazing!"
"That's definitely Crocodile's move! The one that turns his right hand into sand and absorbs the moisture from everything it touches!"
Many viewers who have watched One Piece shouted, "It turns out that the novels are not lies , those magics are real. I didn't expect that sand magic can really be used like this!"
"Dry up? Is it a magic that absorbs water?" Gray said to Kira who was relaxed and carefree, "You really have many tricks, but I don't believe that the speed of absorption is faster than my speed of making ice!"
"Then let's try it!"
Gray: I don’t agree!
Kira: If you don’t agree, just do it!
As soon as their eyes met in the air, they immediately understood what the other was thinking.
Perhaps it was out of interest, but Kira let go. He abandoned his most proud high-intensity magic and instead competed with Gray in another way, that is, a competition in casting speed.
Quick casting is a quality that a wizard must possess. Generally speaking, ability-based mages, especially elemental mages, can cast spells faster than holding-based mages because they do not need the help of magic props.
Even if they are of the same ability system, the speed of attack will vary due to different magic. Among many magics, modeling magic ranks at the forefront in this regard, because this is the biggest advantage of modeling magic.
The shaping speed is equal to the casting speed. As an ice-shaped wizard, Gray's casting speed is undoubtedly very fast, but it is still not enough in front of Kira.
Gray put his hands in front of him, gathered his magic power, and cast magic one after another, without repeating any of them. But no matter how he cast the spells, Kira just stood there, with his hands on his chest, calm and composed, without changing his expression.
Kira's spirit covered the entire arena. It felt like he was playing whack-a-mole. As soon as ice appeared, he controlled the drying magic to cover it and eliminate it in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.
They appeared brilliantly one after another and disappeared in the blink of an eye. It seemed that all the battles took place in a microscopic world that was invisible to the naked eye, but there were traces of them. The appearance and disappearance brought warm cheers from the audience.
"Yes, that's it!"
"This is the battle between wizards! This is the magic battle we want to see!"
Hearing this, Kira was speechless. Doesn't this mean, "Yesterday's sword and stick fighting competition is not what we want to see"?
All I can say is that the audience is always pursuing cool magic battles. If the competition between wizards fails to impress them, they might ask for a refund.
As if sensing the audience's declining enthusiasm, Kira said, "Isn't it about time you used your ultimate move, Gray?"
"Hmph, fine, then it's as you wish," Gray snorted coldly, "Ice Creation, Lancers Dance!"
“Dry!”
Countless weapons took shape in an instant, but in the next second, they all liquefied into water, fell weightlessly, and continued to evaporate in mid-air. In the end, not even a drop of water fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Even this trick doesn't work?"
At this moment, Kira had only one thought in his mind: No matter how fancy you are, I can break it with one move!
Originally, he didn't like this one-trick-eat-all fighting style because it wasn't fancy enough, but when he thought about it carefully, it also gave him another kind of pleasure.
For a full ten minutes, whether it was a feint, a sneak attack or a forced attack, from the sky, from behind, from the side or on the ground, Gray's attacks were all resolved and did not cause any harm to Kira.
"Really? This magic is really tricky. In the end, can we only rely on speed or power to win?"
'This kind of magic is the most annoying. It completely restrains my ice magic, and I can't find a way to break it.' Gray thought to himself, 'But, how can it be so easy to make a breakthrough in the middle of a battle?'
If Kira knew Gray's thoughts, he would definitely say to him: "You underestimate yourself! For us members of Fairy Tail, breakthroughs in battle are commonplace!"
Noticing that Gray's mentality was a little broken, Kira decided to push him a little harder and secretly increased the power of the Dryness.
Soon, Gray couldn't even release magic. The ice he created had not even appeared before Kira's drying magic sucked away all the moisture, and it even became a problem for it to take shape.
The severe lack of water made the dryness of the air more obvious. The sweat stains caused by continuous casting were blown away as soon as they appeared. Gray even noticed that his lips began to crack and he was obviously thirsty.
"Try harder! You should be more than this, Gray!" Kira shouted to Gray, "Use the magic you used against Kana yesterday! That should be what you gained after returning from Zonia, right?"
"Ah, you got it right!" Gray forced a smile and said, "It seems that this is the only way... Take it, bastard Kira!"
Kira: “…”
"Ice, the Demon King's Eternally Frozen Fang!!"
In an instant, the cold wind and frost hit my face! The dry air on the competition stage disappeared!
"It's worthy of being a big move. It can still have such extraordinary power in such an environment."
Kira raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "I recognize you, Gray. When it comes to ice making, I would like to call you the strongest in the guild!"
