"Two Ancient Krugs, two small Krugs, ten Raptors, and four Shadow Wolves." Ezreal pushed off the ground, executing a perfect backflip to land steadily on the back of one of the giant Crimson Raptors overhead, and said to Laxus.
"It seems, making you remember my name will come at no small cost, Laxus." Ezreal's expression turned cold, and he slowly said, "Good thing I recently mastered Life Sharing, one of the three shared magic spells recorded in Dimensional Summoning. Otherwise, I would have truly been severely injured just now."
Seventeen consecutive lightning strikes—if he hadn't timely used Dimension · Life Sharing to transfer all the damage to his Summoned Beasts, his own body absolutely couldn't have withstood it.
"Indeed, if they aren't epic wild monsters, facing truly powerful Mages, they are nothing more than useless cannon fodder. It seems it's time to go to the canyon and awaken other creatures," Ezreal thought to himself.
"It's Dimensional Summoning, such ancient magic! Didn't the old man say that this Summoning Magic hasn't been mastered by anyone in four hundred years? It seems your magical talent is quite good." Realizing that Ezreal's strength was indeed worthy of his serious attention, Laxus did not stint on praise, but immediately afterward, golden lightning erupted all over his body.
Intense magic power unleashed, and the immense magic power brought a fierce wind pressure, flattening the surrounding green grass.
Centered on Laxus, golden lightning burst forth with intense light and a loud, majestic thunder. The man bathed in the lightning began to have his hair stand on end, and his eyes turned golden, truly like a Thunder God descending.
"Laxus, what astonishing magic power!" Freed's eyes were filled with adoration. Even dozens of meters away, the magic power unleashed by Laxus was so immense it caused the onlookers' breathing to seize up.
"What a monster!" Gray's eyelid twitched slightly. The magic power Laxus released wasn't aimed at anyone, but the sheer magical pressure alone already made his forehead sweat.
"Hey… this amount of magic power is too exaggerated, is he really human?" The powerful magical aura completely sobered Cana. Her wine barrel dropped to the ground, utterly shocked.
"Whether magic is strong or not depends on how the Mage uses it. Hiding behind Summoned Beasts will only make you lose the courage to face strong opponents. If that's the case, why even be a Mage?" Laxus's face was stern, his voice like a booming bell, exceptionally majestic.
His tone was as arrogant as ever, but Ezreal, on the back of the Crimson Raptor, was slightly taken aback.
"Is this lightning man trying to warn me?"
His tone was unpleasant, but Ezreal didn't sense any malice; it was just plain rude speech.
"Interesting…" Ezreal's expression softened quite a bit. He recalled that while the seventeen lightning strikes just now were powerful, if he had taken them himself, the likely outcome would have been severe injury and exhaustion, rendering him unable to fight, but not life-threatening.
Indeed, his temper was a bit bad, but at this stage, Laxus wasn't very extreme. His heavy-handedness was because he was too strong, almost to the point of a power gap, where any casual strike from him was comparable to someone else's full effort.
Just from those 17 lightning strikes, Ezreal concluded that the still young Natsu Grey at this stage couldn't withstand them.
The main characters, around 15 years old, even if they had already obtained the title of A-Class Mage, still had too great a gap compared to the 21-year-old Laxus.
A-Class also has strengths and weaknesses.
S-Class is only strong or stronger!
Gildarts, with his high-level Destruction Magic, 'Crush,' firmly held the title of the guild's strongest.
Below him was one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Makarov, who was eighty years old.
The third, without a doubt, was the exceptionally talented Laxus!
"Words don't decide victory or defeat. Let's see the real skills!" Ezreal lightly stomped his foot, and the Crimson Raptor immediately understood, powerfully flapping its wide, strong red wings and soaring high. The other Crimson Raptor followed closely, guarding at its side.
On the ground, the two two-headed Shadow Direwolves and the tank-like Marsh Frogs quickly changed positions, beginning to encircle Laxus.
"Dimension · Mana Amplification!"
"Dimension · Magic Sharing!"
"Defense Magic, Light Array!"
"Attack Magic, Destruction Ray!"
In the eyes of the four wild monsters surrounding Laxus in a four-corner formation, the white light of Dimensional Magic flashed simultaneously. Their bodies suddenly swelled—the Marsh Frogs became as large as an RV, and the two Shadow Wolves grew to the size of elephants.
The two Shadow Wolves opened their mouths wide, revealing their stark white teeth in the air. Bright golden light points gathered in their ferocious maws, and highly condensed light-attribute energy compressed into a brilliant golden orb. After a brief delay, four golden laser beams shot out.
The Marsh Frog was not to be outdone; its large mouth, capable of fitting two or three people, opened wide, and a massive, compressed purple gas bomb was spat out.
Seeing the attacks approaching, Laxus smirked disdainfully, and six precise golden lightning strikes directly annihilated them.
Laxus looked up at Ezreal, who was carried by a Raptor more than a hundred meters off the ground, and said, "Is this all you've got?"
Ezreal didn't reply, instead using his consciousness to attach magic and meticulously control his Summoned Beasts.
The two giant Shadow Wolves began to sprint, widening the distance from Laxus, and as they ran, they continuously spat out Destruction Rays to attack.
The two Marsh Frogs also continuously leaped, maintaining their distance from Laxus, occasionally spitting out poison gas bombs and Destruction Rays.
The Crimson Raptor beneath Ezreal and beside him opened its mouth and spewed out crimson fireballs, each about a meter in diameter.
Despite their massive size, their speed remained agile. The two giant Shadow Wolves almost ran themselves into afterimages, and the two Marsh Frogs covered dozens of meters with a single leap.
Although the Destruction Rays and poison gas bombs released by the four wild monsters were powerful, for Laxus, it was something that could be solved with just one lightning strike.
However, the difficult part was that whenever Laxus tried to deal with these monsters, he would always be blocked by huge fireballs falling from the sky, which bought these four monsters time to create distance.
For a full minute, Laxus was suppressed in place by these monsters, only able to parry and unable to counterattack.
But this also successfully ignited Laxus's fury.
The golden lightning raged again. Laxus's body twisted and deformed, actually transforming into golden lightning. Destruction Rays, poison gas bombs, and even fireballs falling from the sky passed through the lightning and struck the ground.
The lightning-transformed Laxus vanished from his spot. The four Summoned Beasts were almost simultaneously struck by spears of golden lightning, then simply dissolved into specks of white starlight.
With just one strike, he killed four Summoned Beasts that had been enhanced by Dimension · Mana Amplification and imbued with Light Array!