Inside Tenrou Island, Erza, Mirajane, Gray, Gajeel, and the others were also engaged in fierce battles with the members of Grimoire Heart.
Meanwhile, Kenichi and the manifested Azuma were rushing towards a large magical reaction.
Although Kenichi didn't know which member of the Seven Kin of Purgatory this large magical reaction belonged to.
He had sensed that Juvia and Lisanna were near this large magical reaction.
Roar-
When Kenichi was only about a kilometer away from Juvia and Lisanna, a roar suddenly echoed through the air.
This roar was like a tiger's cry shaking the mountains and forests.
The very earth trembled along with it.
'This is...'
Hearing this roar, Kenichi's expression first shifted, then he was overjoyed.
He knew that the Seven Kin of Purgatory member before him was the one he was looking for: Rustyrose.
And the roar just now must have been made by a giant beast created by Rustyrose using his Manifestation Magic.
Having confirmed that the Seven Kin of Purgatory's member before him was Rustyrose, Kenichi didn't hesitate at all. His figure instantly vanished from the spot.
When Kenichi reappeared, he was already on top of a large tree.
Looking out, he saw three people and a huge beast standing by the edge of a cliff below.
These three people were none other than Juvia, Lisanna, and Rustyrose.
Rustyrose stood beside the giant beast, looking at Juvia and Lisanna who were forced to the cliff's edge. He adjusted his glasses and said with a fanatical expression: "You have nowhere left to retreat!"
As soon as Rustyrose finished speaking, the steel-like white giant beast beside him took a step forward.
Boom-
With the beast's step, the ground shook, and a large amount of rock debris rolled down from the cliff edge.
Seeing this, the expressions on Juvia and Lisanna's faces became extremely grave.
"Lisanna, you go first. Leave this to me!"
Although there was a cliff behind them, Juvia knew that if Lisanna used her Take Over magic to turn into a bird, she could easily fly down from here.
"But, Juvia..."
"Don't worry, Juvia is water. Ordinary attacks have no effect on me!"
Juvia said to Lisanna, then launched an attack against Rustyrose in front of her.
"Water Slicer!"
Juvia waved her fair hand, and a blade of light formed from water instantly swept towards Rustyrose.
"Useless!"
"Any attack is ineffective against me!"
"Because my magic is invincible!"
Rustyrose watched the water blade coming at him and spoke as if reciting poetry.
As he spoke, a pair of wings appeared on his feet.
And Rustyrose, using these wings, rose into the sky, dodging Juvia's water blade.
After the first attack failed, Juvia launched several more attacks.
But Rustyrose, as if dancing in the sky, dodged all of Juvia's water blade attacks.
"As expected of me, even combat is elegant!"
Rustyrose in the sky sighed with self-admiration.
As soon as Rustyrose finished speaking, numerous tiny points of light appeared around him.
"This is..."
Noticing the lights around him, the self-admiration on Rustyrose's face instantly vanished, replaced by surprise.
The next second, an explosion sound echoed through the air.
And Rustyrose's body was obliterated by the explosion's flames.
But soon, Rustyrose flew backwards out of the flames, finally skidding a long distance on the ground with his feet before stabilizing.
"What's going on?"
Looking at this sudden turn of events, Juvia and Lisanna exchanged glances.
Rustyrose recognized that the explosion magic just now was Azuma's magic. After stabilizing himself, he scanned the surroundings and shouted: "Azuma, show yourself!"
Not long after Rustyrose's shout, Azuma's figure emerged from a large tree not far away.
Looking at Azuma, Rustyrose adjusted his glasses, a smile appearing on his face.
Rustyrose was just about to say something to Azuma.
But at that moment, he noticed something was off about the Azuma before him.
"You're not Azuma. You are..."
Before Rustyrose could finish, Kenichi's figure appeared out of thin air in front of Rustyrose, shielding Juvia and Lisanna.
"As expected of the user of Arc of Embodiment magic, to discover it so quickly!"
Juvia and Lisanna, seeing Kenichi suddenly appear, were both overjoyed.
"Kenichi!"
"Kenichi-sama!"
While Juvia and Lisanna were delighted, Rustyrose over there was looking at Azuma and Kenichi with disbelief.
"How is this possible?"
"To manifest a person, complete with magical power and magic?!"
"How could anyone in this world use such refined Manifestation Magic?"
Rustyrose himself used Manifestation Magic.
He could naturally tell that the Azuma before him was manifested.
What he found hard to believe was that Azuma's body contained vast magical power and had just used Great Tree Arc.
After all, currently, the things manifested by Rustyrose's Arc of Embodiment had no magical power.
For example, glasses, shields, demon arms, and such.
Even the moving steel giant beast beside him had no magical power.
But now, this manifested Azuma possessed magical power.
This instantly created a sense of defeat in Rustyrose's heart.
"Nothing is impossible, Rustyrose!"
While Rustyrose was clutching his head, Kenichi manipulated Azuma to speak.
Actually, seven years later, Rustyrose also used Arc of Embodiment to manifest Azuma and Zancrow who could use magic… he just couldn't reach that level yet!
Before Rustyrose could calm down, Azuma directly launched an attack against him.
Azuma waved his hand, and a large number of branch-vines, like living creatures, swept towards Rustyrose.
Roar-
However, just as the branch-vines approached Rustyrose, the steel giant beast beside him instantly moved to block them.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
The branch-vines took the opportunity to coil around the giant beast's body. Then a series of explosions occurred.
After the first attack failed, Azuma didn't stop.
He used magic again to attack Rustyrose.
"Branch Blade!"
Azuma waved his hand, and numerous sharp branches shot towards Rustyrose like arrows.
Rustyrose had regained some composure by now.
Seeing the branches rushing at him, he didn't hesitate and immediately activated his Arc of Embodiment magic.
"Golden Shield!"
A light flashed, and a huge golden shield appeared out of thin air in Rustyrose's hand.
Clang clang clang-
For a moment, all those branch-arrows were blocked by the golden shield.
And at this time, the system prompt also sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +7]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Take Over: Arc of Embodiment Magic attribute!]