Chapter 654: The "Destroy the Crystal Ball" Plan is finally put into action
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When the countdown reached the last second, one of the floating metal instruments suddenly made a "clicking" sound, then slowly opened a hole, and a group of crystal clear white crystal balls fell out.
"One, two, three...only four?"
"Isn't this too little?"
“Grab it now!!”
The crystal ball fell like a meteor, accompanied by a clear and long sound of breaking through the air, and the battle suddenly began. After someone shouted loudly, the group of wizards closest to the crystal ball took action.
"Yoshi! It's mine!!"
"Don't even think about it!!"
Boom! Boom! Bang!
"Ah, a fight has started!"
"Come on, Natsu-san!!"
Hearing his companion's words, Natsu in the field instantly became energized. Flames ignited on his arms, and he stepped forward, rushing towards the place where the most people were.
“It’s on fire!!”
“Get out of here, get out of here…”
"All the crystal balls belong to me!! No one can snatch them from me!!!"
Pa pa pa… bang bang bang…
With Natsu's strength, the wizards along the way could not withstand his attack at all and fell under his fire fist with great ease.
"oops--!"
"Natsu-san from 'Fairy Tail' attacked the other contestants alone, and he was outnumbered. No one could stop his punches for now. Can he take the crystal ball?"
The announcer shouted excitedly, boosting the atmosphere in the arena, and the audience continued to cheer.
"Natsu that idiot!!"
In the stands, Gray cursed when he saw what Natsu did: "He actually rushed in to fight with the others. What if he doesn't have enough magic power later?!"
Although they were clearly words of reproach, every word was filled with concern, and Juvia almost felt jealous when she heard them.
"Well...it was indeed a bit reckless."
"But that's Natsu's style!"
Happy is the one who is most familiar with Natsu's style, and he also trusts Natsu's strength the most. "I think no matter who the opponent is, Natsu will not let go of the crystal ball, and will not let go of the crystal ball in other people's hands!!"
"So... that guy doesn't even look at the strength of the other players on the field? Apart from him, the capable ones haven't made any moves yet!"
Be it Agil, Eric and McCara, or Hibiki of Blue Pegasus and Yuuka of Snake Scale, they were all just standing there motionless, their eyes following Natsu's movements, watching him knock the other wizards away one by one.
They are not in a hurry at all, because there is still a lot of time left in the competition and there will be no shortage of qualifications for advancement. After all, not everyone dares to smash the extra crystal balls.
"Stop getting in the way!! Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!!!"
Natsu roared again and rushed forward swinging his flaming fist. The terrifying high temperature melted the ground, revealing a completely different magical power from when he participated in the S-rank assessment. Makarov looked in disbelief.
"Natsu has become so strong?! What has he done in the past six months?!!"
"Didn't you expect that, President? Natsu is very strong now!" Erza's eyes fell on Natsu in the arena, her face full of relief.
These are the results of training with my own fists!
"What's up? Are you impressed?"
Happy straightened his back proudly towards Rector. Ever since Stinger and Rogue came to Fairy Tail, Happy has always wanted to recruit the two new Transcendants, Rector and Flosh, as his own brothers.
After all, Stinger is Natsu's fanboy, so it only makes sense for Stinger's cat to be his little brother, right?
But Recter is not Floshu, he won’t be so foolish as to obey.
"It's Natsu-kun after all!"
"But, in the future, Stinger-kun will become stronger than Natsu-kun!"
Maybe because he looks like a fox, the IQ of this red-haired cat has also improved. Although his arrogance can be clearly sensed in their daily interactions, he has a little cleverness that is difficult for the harpy to reach. The calculating eyes are a gap that the harpy can never catch up with.
Even in this kind of daily chat, Recter did not forget to brag about Postinger from time to time. The wizards in the guild were already tired of hearing these words.
“Wakakaka… Roar!!”
“Get out of the way… The roar of the fire dragon!!”
Natsu was like a flaming dragon that broke into the town and did evil. He laughed wildly and set fires everywhere, and attacked the wizards around him without mercy.
It is now the year X786. Compared to the year X792 in the original work, Natsu has had a lot more time to practice, and his strength has naturally increased even more. Not to mention these abstract-looking noobs in front of him, he can even beat the Ten Saints!
Under Natsu's hunting, the wizards howled in pain, tears and snot flowing everywhere.
"Too strong!! Why is there such a strong person?!"
"Is this the wizard from Fairy Tail? He looks like a monster..."
"Are they going to send the strongest guy in the team?"
Soon, 20 minutes later, the second metal instrument was released, releasing the second batch of crystal balls that had advanced to the next level. This time, the number was...
"10?!"
"There's a chance!! Maybe we have a chance!!"
“It’s finally here!!”
"It's almost time to go up, otherwise if they are snatched away or destroyed, it will be a big loss..."
All the contestants were excited again. Now the four crystal balls from the first round had been found. One was in Natsu's hands, and the other three were taken away by wizards from the "Giant's Nose", "Bull's Bones" and "Fairy's Spirit". They were all famous second-rate guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore. Facing ordinary wizards, one against ten was no problem at all.
“Oh do!!”
The announcer slapped the table and stood up excitedly. This change was a good opportunity for him to warm up the audience. "The contestants who have not taken any action since the beginning of the game are starting to move! What kind of performance will they bring to everyone?!"
The staff backstage cooperated with the announcer to control the camera to lock onto each contestant, especially those mages from famous magic guilds, capturing all their movements and projecting them onto the virtual screen floating at the edge of the stadium.
"Because we don't know how many crystal balls will be released in the third round, do the players choose to join the battle now? After the second batch of crystal balls enter the field, there will be 14 crystal balls on the field. How will the players respond to these crystal balls?"
Listening to the announcer's report, Kira couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Is this announcer fanning the flames maliciously? Absolutely, right?! In order to provoke a contest between the contestants, he deliberately added a hint of 'what can be done with the crystal ball' in the report..."
As if to confirm Kira's guess, some contestants soon took action.
A minor character who had just won a crystal ball laughed loudly, holding the crystal ball high in his hand, and taunted those around him who didn't get one: "Hahahaha... I already have the crystal ball, as long as I destroy the rest, you won't be able to advance!!"
Bang!!
With a loud bang, a crystal ball was directly shattered by him, and the remaining crystal glass pieces scattered all over the ground, stunning all the contestants who wanted to gather around him.
This directly aroused the anger of the crowd, and several ferocious wizards glared at the wizard who destroyed the crystal ball.
The first time he grabbed the crystal ball was for advancement, and the second time he grabbed it was just in case. But destroying it after grabbing it was truly inhumane. Even the best-tempered person couldn't stand this kind of behavior!
“Beat him to death!!”
"We can't let this kind of person go!!"
“Too arrogant!!”
Just when a group of wizards were filled with righteous indignation and were about to rush forward without any regard for martial ethics, someone was one step faster!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several bats made of sand appeared out of nowhere, shuttled across the battlefield at an astonishing speed, and accurately rushed towards the crystal ball at the center of the battle.
The khaki lightning flashed across the field of vision, and the group of people felt their eyes blurred. The next moment, the crystal ball that they had been locking onto disappeared.
"What?!"
"Where's the ball?! Where's such a big ball?!"
"Who did this?! Come out in front of me now!"
A group of contestants were in a panic. Only the announcer, who was standing high above them, could see clearly what had just happened: "Oh! Which contestant used sand magic to snatch the crystal ball that was at the center of the battle!!"
“Ah, there it is!!”
"It's the wizard from 'Emperor's Shield', Agil-san!!"
Kira was speechless: "The Emperor's Shield... Could the name be any more casual?"
After receiving the announcement from the announcer, the wizards in the battle finally realized something and turned their heads to look in one direction. Tens of thousands of viewers also shifted their attention away from other wizards.
In the sight, a dark-skinned man who had not taken any action before was standing arrogantly on the gathered sand fortress. Several desert bats around him were waving their wings vigorously. In their hands were the crystal ball that had suddenly disappeared just now.
"It's our crystal ball!!"
“Seven, seven, seven… seven?!”
With half of the crystal ball in his hand, Agil was extremely proud. He controlled the sand castle to lift his body into the air, overlooking the wizards below who were looking up at him.
"Just like an ant!" Ajir grinned and stretched out his right hand and snapped his fingers.
Bang!!!
Six crystal balls exploded!
