Gray was carried on Hua Yuan's shoulder, watching Juvia suffer such inhuman torture for him. Tears streamed down his face, his heart felt like it was being twisted by a knife, yet he couldn't even make a sound. Only endless despair and pain engulfed him.
In the distance, the heavily injured Elfman, who had fallen to the ground, struggled to lift his head.
His vision was blurred by blood, but that hellish scene clearly pierced through everything, deeply stabbing into the most painful, most unwillingly touched memory forbidden zone within him... Elfman's consciousness began to blur, and the scene before his eyes changed in a daze.
"Elfman! Wake up! That's Lisanna! She's your sister!" Mira's anxious, desperate cries seemed to still echo in his ears.
Out of control, influenced by the Beast Soul, his ferocious claws swung at his sister Mirajane, leaving scars on her face... Then, there was that small but incredibly resolute figure blocking his sister... "Big Brother Elfman... please wake up..."
Lisanna, his dearest sister, was knocked off a thousand-foot cliff by his uncontrolled power... "It was me... I killed Lisanna..."
"I'm not worthy of using powerful strength..."
"I only hurt the most important people..."
"Partial Take Over, that's enough... that's safe..."
...For all these years, endless guilt and self-blame gnawed at his heart day and night like venomous snakes.
He bound himself by the slogan of 'manliness' and harmless Partial Take Over magic, punishing himself in this way, escaping that heart-wrenching pain.
He feared power, feared losing control, feared hurting those he wanted to protect again... But now... watching Juvia being so cruelly tortured and killed... watching the despair in Gray's eyes... watching the dying state of his companions... that monster... was right before his eyes!
And he, because of his pathetic hang-ups and cowardice, could only lie here helplessly?!
Lisanna... Lisanna, to awaken him when he was out of control, did not hesitate to pay the price with her life!
She saved him with her life!
Was he going to take this life, bought by his sister's life, and continue to cowardly watch his companions be slaughtered?!
No!!!
Lisanna sacrificed herself not for him to live like this!
She wanted him to live!
She wanted him to protect everyone!
She wanted him to become a true man, capable of protecting his companions!
"Protect... companions..."
In Elfman's pupils, the deeply buried fear and pain began to shatter like ice!
An unprecedented, scorching, lava-like fury and resolve erupted from the deepest part of his soul!
"Ugh... Ah ah ah ah!!!"
"Li... sanna!"
Elfman let out a low, suppressed, beast-like roar!
He struggled to his feet from the ground!
His body trembled violently, not because of his injuries, but because of the extremely violent power within him that was about to burst forth!
A terrifying magic power, as black as ink, mixed with the aura of countless ferocious beasts, surged wildly from his body like a volcanic eruption!
Boom!!!
A massive, pitch-black magic circle, its edges shimmering with crimson patterns, suddenly opened beneath his feet!
It instantly expanded, covering half the plaza!
Within the magic circle, countless phantom beasts seemed to be roaring and struggling!
A towering black magic power pillar connected heaven and earth!
A beastly aura, far more violent, more primitive, and more oppressive than that of Kawarazu Seeker before, swept across the entire Moon God Temple ruins!
"What?!" Kawarazu Seeker, who was about to stomp down again, abruptly stopped his movement and looked in Elfman's direction with surprise and uncertainty!
Gray also struggled to lift his head, his eyes filled with shock!
Within that towering black magic power pillar, a colossal, ferocious, terrifying black phantom, seemingly pieced together from the characteristics of countless beasts, slowly emerged!
It had crocodile-like scales, bull-like horns, tiger-like fangs, and a bear-like physique... It was like a ferocious amalgamation of all the beasts in the world!
The phantom let out an earth-shattering roar, then plunged downwards, merging with Elfman at the center of the magic circle!
"Take Over... Beast Soul!!!"
Elfman roared to the sky, his voice no longer a human shout, but a mixture of the cries of countless beasts!
It was filled with endless wildness and power!
The pitch-black magic power surged madly into his body!
His body swelled and deformed at a visible speed!
His height soared to nearly three meters!
Muscles bulged like granite, tearing his clothes!
His skin was covered with thick, hard, crocodile-like pitch-black scales!
On both sides of his forehead, two curved, ferocious pitch-black bull horns broke through his skin!
Pale fangs, like those of a saber-toothed tiger, grew in his mouth!
His hands transformed into scale-covered claws, their tips gleaming with cold light!
A thick, lizard-like tail lashed behind him, striking the air with explosive sounds!
At this moment, Elfman seemed to have transformed into a Beast God from ancient times!
His entire body exuded a suffocatingly violent beastly aura and terrifying magic power pressure!
His eyes, which were once filled with pain and struggle, now held only pure, violent... protective will!
"Roar!!!" Beast King Elfman let out a roar, his gaze instantly locking onto the astonished Kawarazu Seeker!
"You... are dead!"
The next second, Beast King Elfman's figure instantly vanished!
Bang!!!
A loud bang!
Kawarazu Seeker didn't even see the movement, only feeling an irresistible, terrifying immense force violently strike his chest!
Gray, who was on his shoulder, fell aside, while Kawarazu Seeker was sent flying uncontrollably, his massive body like he had been hit by a high-speed giant magical beast!
Rumble!!!
He crashed heavily into a broken stone pillar in the distance, and the pillar collapsed with a roar!
Smoke and dust filled the air!
"Pfft!" Kawarazu Seeker spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief!
So fast!
Such powerful strength!
Beast King Elfman gave his opponent no chance to breathe!
His figure blurred again!
"Beast King: Frenzied Barrage!"
The scale-covered claws struck the newly risen Hua Yuan like a storm!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!
The dense impact sounds were like a drumbeat!
Hua Yuan could only hastily raise his arms to defend!
"Ushi-no-Toki: Adamantine Body!"
Dark golden light covered his entire body!
But Beast King Elfman's power far surpassed what it was before!
Each claw strike contained terrifying impact force!
Crack!
Cracks appeared in the dark gold defense on Hua Yuan's arm!
He was beaten back repeatedly, completely unable to fight back!
"Ushi-no-Toki: Impact Roar!" Hua Yuan tried to counterattack!
Roar!!!
A sound wave cannon blasted out!
Beast King Elfman didn't dodge, his claws suddenly tore forward!
Rip!!!
The terrifying sound wave was actually torn apart by those sharp claws!
"What?!" Hua Yuan's pupils contracted sharply!
"Beast King: Wild Charge!"
Elfman lowered his head, and the pitch-black bull horns on his forehead glowed with an eerie light!
His figure instantly lunged forward!
Bang!!!
The bull horns slammed heavily into Hua Yuan's abdomen!
Even with the cushioning of his fat and magic defense, Hua Yuan still felt his internal organs shift!
He was sent flying again!
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