Somewhere on Tenrou Island.
Kenichi and Azuma stood facing each other from a distance.
Although they had not yet clashed, the terrifying magical power emanating from their bodies had already begun to clash.
Under the collision of the two magical powers, the very earth trembled.
"Kenichi-nii..."
Wendy, who had come to Gray's side, sensed the terrifying magical power of the two before her, and her small face was filled with worry.
"Don't worry, Wendy. If it's Kenichi, there's no problem!"
Gray, lying on the ground, struggled to lift his head to look at Kenichi's back and said with a grin.
Cough cough-
After speaking, Gray coughed violently, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.
"Gray-san, I'll heal you right away!"
Seeing Gray cough up blood, Wendy panicked. Without any hesitation, she immediately used her Healing Magic on Gray.
At the same time, Azuma, looking at Kenichi before him, showed an interested expression on his usually impassive face.
"I can feel it, an immense magical power. If it's you, perhaps you can let me enjoy myself a little!"
Azuma said to Kenichi with a fighting spirit.
With that, he swung his right hand fiercely towards Kenichi.
Whoosh whoosh-
Just like when he dealt with Gajeel and Gray, numerous tiny points of light appeared around Kenichi, followed by an ear-splitting explosion.
Boom-
Instantly, Kenichi's figure was blotted out by the explosion's flames.
Before the flames could even dissipate, Kenichi casually waved his hand, and the flames surrounding him completely vanished.
"Heh, you really have some skill!"
Seeing that Kenichi was completely unscathed by his magical attack, Azuma wasn't shocked but instead showed even greater fighting spirit than before.
"Leaf Blade!"
Azuma swung his hand fiercely towards Kenichi again, and a large number of leaves shot towards Kenichi's location at an astonishing speed, like dozens of blades.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
Seeing the leaf blades rushing at him, Kenichi acted as if he didn't see them, showing no intention of blocking.
Immediately after, all those leaf blades landed on Kenichi's body.
But something astonishing happened to Azuma: the leaf blades all passed right through Kenichi's body.
"So this is your magic?"
Of course, Azuma was only slightly surprised.
Soon, he grinned again and swung both arms fiercely.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
For a moment, a large number of green branch-vines, like living creatures, coiled towards the spot where Kenichi stood.
Whoosh-
Just as those branch-vines were about to reach Kenichi, his figure instantly vanished from the spot.
The next second, when he reappeared, he was already in front of Azuma.
'So fast!'
Seeing Kenichi suddenly appear before him, Azuma was startled inwardly.
Before Azuma could make his next move, Kenichi's fist had already landed on Azuma's body.
Boom-
With a loud roar, Azuma, having suffered a heavy blow, flew backwards like a cannonball, finally crashing into the thick tree trunk behind him before stopping.
During this period while Azuma continuously attacked Kenichi.
The system's prompts for dropped Magic Power attributes kept sounding in Kenichi's mind.
Finally, when Azuma manipulated the branches to attack Kenichi, the prompt for dropping a Magic attribute sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Great Tree Arc Magic attribute!]
Hearing this prompt, Kenichi was overjoyed.
"Finally here?"
Kenichi's purpose in seeking out Azuma was precisely to obtain this Great Tree Arc Magic attribute.
Now that the system had dropped this attribute, Kenichi was naturally happy.
[Host, would you like to collect Great Tree Arc Magic attribute?]
'Collect!'
Kenichi answered without any hesitation.
With Kenichi's command, Great Tree Arc Magic attribute dropped on the ground over there, along with the previously dropped Magic Power attributes, all converged towards Kenichi.
After all those attributes merged into Kenichi's body, his Magic Power attribute rose from the previous 18741 points to 18776.
And the words [Great Tree Arc] were added to the Magic attribute column.
While Kenichi was collecting the attributes, Gray, who had received Wendy's healing, saw Kenichi suppressing Azuma and exclaimed in admiration:
"As expected of Kenichi!"
Gajeel beside him grinned and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Isn't that only natural?"
While Gray and Gajeel were talking, Azuma, who had crashed into the tree trunk, wiped the corner of his mouth. Seeing the blood on the back of his hand, he wasn't angry but instead greatly pleased.
Azuma loved to fight.
He loved fighting strong opponents.
This obsession was even stronger than Natsu's.
Looking at Kenichi before him, Azuma's fighting spirit rose to an unprecedented height.
"Good, very good..."
After roaring excitedly, Azuma swung both arms fiercely towards Kenichi.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
Immediately, a large number of branch-vines shot towards Kenichi.
This time, when the branch-vines got close to Kenichi, they didn't try to capture him but instead produced a series of explosions.
At this moment, an image suddenly appeared in Kenichi's mind.
The content of the image was Azuma merging into a large tree, then emerging from a tree behind Kenichi and using a massive explosion magic against him.
This image wasn't Kenichi's delusion.
It was a future event about to happen.
Since Kenichi had collected Carla's Foresight ability attribute, he could see brief glimpses of the future.
Although Kenichi knew Azuma would circle to his rear, he didn't deliberately try to change anything.
The moment Kenichi dodged the explosion, sure enough, Azuma, who had already merged into the large tree, suddenly revealed half his body from a tree behind Kenichi.
"Earth's Howl!"
Azuma didn't hesitate at all, erupting with a powerful magical power from his body.
And at that moment, a terrifyingly loud explosion occurred where Kenichi stood.
A terrifying fireball instantly expanded from the inside out.
The surrounding trees, under the impact of the explosion's shockwave, were all severed.
The violent shockwave spread out in all directions like ripples.
"Kenichi-nii..."
Seeing this scene, Wendy's small face changed dramatically.
And Azuma was also very satisfied with this series of attacks.
But just then, the continuously expanding fireball suddenly stopped growing, and then began to shrink at a visible rate.
Ultimately, it was completely eaten by Kenichi.
"He... ate the explosion?"
Seeing this, even with Azuma's temperament, a trace of cold sweat appeared on his cheek.
After all, Earth's Howl was his strongest attack method.
Not only was it ineffective against Kenichi, it was actually eaten by Kenichi.
"Kenichi-nii!"
Seeing Kenichi was unharmed, Wendy was so happy she cried.
Gajeel grinned and cursed: "Damn monster!"
"Then, it's my turn to attack now!"
After eating the expanding flames, a crimson flame also surged around Kenichi's body.
He looked at the flickering-eyed Azuma, said calmly, then took a deep breath.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Boom-
A violent crimson flame pillar shot towards Azuma with astonishing force.
Azuma didn't wait passively.
He swung both arms fiercely towards Kenichi.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
For a moment, a large number of branch-vines appeared in front of Azuma, forming layers of walls that firmly protected Azuma behind them.
Boom-
Soon, the violent flame pillar crashed into the branch-vines.
Although the branch-vines were numerous.
Before this flame pillar, they were like paper, instantly shattering.
The flame pillar destroyed all those branch-vines with an overwhelming force, ultimately striking Azuma's body.
Bzzzt-
At that moment, a terrifyingly loud roar resounded across Tenrou Island.