Chapter 552: Lucy, Don’t Imitate Erza
Even if one teammate is missing, we still have to fight the enemy!
The reason why the mechanical doll suddenly disappeared was because it moved into the air in an instant, thus avoiding Natsu's punch.
And when Natsu's fist landed, its attack followed.
Boom! !
The heavy metal doll, coupled with the kinetic energy converted from potential energy when falling from a high altitude, and the instantaneous burst of speed, formed a powerful blow and fell towards Natsu's cherry-colored head.
"Um?!"
Natsu's ears twitched slightly, sensing the change in the airflow behind him, and reacted quickly. He gently used his palms to gain leverage on the ground, turned over to avoid the attack, and rolled sideways several times in the air with Happy until he landed steadily.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There were a few soft sounds, and the nesting doll moved again, but this time it was different from the previous flash that broke through space in an instant. After each movement, an afterimage remained at the original position.
Suddenly, dozens of mechanical dolls surrounded Natsu, and the two glass-colored "eyeballs" became eerie and terrifying.
"What is this? Clone ninjutsu?" Natsu looked around curiously.
Compared to this slow-witted fellow, the clever little Habby had some guesses, with a gleam of wisdom in his eyes: "Could it be that... he was moving continuously at an extremely fast speed, while using intermittent pauses, to create the illusion of a clone?!"
"Ohhh, I see! Happy, you're so smart!!"
“Hahaha…isn’t this a matter of course?”
Happy looked very proud and didn't tell Natsu that he had read this method from Kira's book...
"Leave this situation to me !"
Lucy stood up confidently and even imitated Erza and shouted, "Change clothes! Celestial Clothes - Sagittarius Form!"
Sagittarius Celestial Being, Sachidarius, possesses excellent archery skills!
Her blonde hair was tied into a long ponytail with a rabbit hair accessory and hung down her back. She wore a green battle skirt with gold edges that half-exposed her chest, sleeve armor on her arms, a pair of over-the-knee boots on her legs, and held a half-human-height, tan-brown longbow with the Star Spirit emblem printed on it.
This is Lucy's Sagittarius form.
Natsu and Happy turned around at the same time and looked at Lucy with →_→ eyes.
Lucy frowned and asked, "What are you two doing?! Why are you looking at me like that?!"
"Why is Aries called 'Aries Form' and Sachidareus called 'Sagittarius Form'... Is it because the names are too difficult to remember?"
Lucy: “…”
Can I say it's just because 'Sachidareus Form' is too long?
"And more!! Why did you change the battle mode in just two moves? Are you putting on a dress-up show? You even imitated Erza shouting 'change clothes', which doesn't look like Erza at all..."
What's wrong with me learning from Erza?! Is it not okay?!
"That's right!! One teammate who can use the costume changer is enough... Isn't your role too heavy?"
Lucy became more and more angry at their complaints, and couldn't help but roar in their ears: "Stop talking so much!! The Celestial Cloth is actually one of the uses of Celestial Magic!! Although... although I am indeed learning from Erza (whispering)... Besides, in battle, you have to adjust your response plan according to the opponent's situation!!"
But Lucy knew that what she said was like talking to a cow, so she changed the subject and said with a smile: "People like you who only know how to be straightforward may fail the S-level assessment again this year!"
"No way! We are no longer the same as we were last year!"
"That's right... Natsu is already very strong now!!"
"What a shame! The assessment requires your brain~" Lucy's face was filled with indescribable pride. She had made a lot of progress in the past year, and her magic power had increased greatly. She had a good chance of getting S-rank!
"Then let's beat all our opponents away!!" Natsu said, waving his fists excitedly.
Lucy: “…”
Forget it, don't argue with idiots.
"Come out, Sachidarius!"
"Moshimoshi~"
With a ding-dong sound, the man wearing a horse head mask came out with a salute. The first words of Sachidarius were...
"So Miss Lucy, is my name really that hard to remember?"
“No way!!!”
"Haha... I was just joking." Sachidarius smiled gently.
"Really... why are they all so tiring?" Lucy sighed helplessly, then pulled herself together again, "Next, I'll trouble you to help me find the enemy!"
Sachidarius glanced up at the sky and regained his serious expression: "Don't worry, Miss Lucy! Leave the archery to me who never misses!!"
The two stood back to back and drew their bows and arrows at the same time: "Star Shooting!!"
The next moment, dazzling golden light shone from both bowstrings at the same time, and dozens of star arrows shot out, heading towards the afterimages of the dozens of mechanical nesting dolls in the air! !
The magic arrows never missed their targets and hit every afterimage accurately, but none of them felt like they had hit the target. Instead, they passed directly through the afterimages and exploded in mid-air.
"No way?!" Lucy and Sachidareus were shocked at the same time, "Is there no entity in here?!"
Natsu chuckled, "You really never miss a shot..."
Happy told Natsu: "Natsu, what you said is too hurtful... "
Sachidareus looked ashamed. "I'm so sorry, Miss Lucy! It seems that the enemy is moving at super high speed, so I can't hit him..."
"No... this is not your problem..."
At this moment, dozens of mechanical dolls in the air began to attack. They seemed to be activated at the same time and pounced towards Natsu and others on the ground. Each afterimage was an attack, and they could penetrate each other when moving, so there was no need to worry about positioning issues.
"Danger! Get out of the way!"
Boom boom boom!!!
The attacks came down like a rainstorm, each attack was comparable to Makarov's full-strength punch, smashing the place where Natsu and the others were standing into ruins. Fortunately, several of them dodged quickly and thus escaped the disaster.
"What are you two still laughing at?! Hurry up and find a solution!!"
"No way?! Lucy actually asked Natsu to find a solution?!" Happy was shocked.
Natsu raised his head and smiled evilly: "Think of a way?! My way is..."
"Eh?! No way? Again?!" Just by looking at Natsu's expression, Lucy guessed what he would do next. She shuddered instantly and turned around and ran back.
"Dragon-killing Secret..."
"Wait... wait...!! Sachidareus, go back first!!"
Lucy sent the Sagittarius Spirit back while running, and at the same time turned around and measured the distance between herself and Natsu with her eyes, "Not yet, Natsu, I haven't..."
“Red Lotus Blade!!!”
Along with the roar, Natsu condensed two unstoppable fire blades in his hands. At the same time, he quickly spun his body and slashed out hundreds of fire blades. The fire blades created a terrifying and violent whirlwind that whizzed in all directions, engulfing all the afterimages of the mechanical dolls and tearing apart all the matter in the sea of fire.
At the same time as the explosion, a small figure grabbed Lucy and flew quickly into the sky.
“Phew… I’m saved!”
Looking at the sea of fire below, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, and the sense of security after surviving the disaster finally surged into her heart.
In the sea of fire, a crystal ball engraved with strange magic patterns rolled to Natsu's feet.
"What's this?"
Natsu picked it up and looked at it curiously, then leaned in and smelled it, feeling that this thing was not ordinary.
"Put it away first."
…
Whoosh—snap! Whoosh—snap!
On another street, Kira was walking with a proud look on his face, tossing a crystal ball in his hand and muttering sarcastic words to himself.
"You copied me specifically, but you can't even display one percent of your strength. Is this the only strength of the 'Four Horsemen' who lead the times? No wonder you didn't appear in the Empire chapter. You're all failures..."
Kira didn't know that he had misunderstood. If he knew that this was the masterpiece created by Silver and Val, he probably wouldn't have said that...
He will laugh even harder!
Suddenly, Kira stopped and looked in a certain direction.
"The magic over there seems to be a little weird..."
