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Chapter 720: One Move Knockout (First Update)
Chapter 720: One Move Knockout (First Update)
"Who is it? How dare you dare to intrude on the Imperial Palace! Seize them!"
With no more concerns, Jerry led Mavis straight toward the location where Zeref was in the Imperial Palace. Along the way, any Imperial Guards who tried to attack were immediately knocked down by Jerry's Stun Spell.
Because of this, the Intrusion Alarm soon sounded above the Imperial Palace, and more Imperial Guards began to gather around Jerry.
Jerry, however, was not concerned. Instead, a slight smile appeared on his face.
He did not instantly teleport Mavis to Zeref's location but chose to walk for a few minutes. This was actually to create some commotion and attract the Magic King, saving him the trouble of finding Zeref and then the Magic King separately, achieving two goals at once.
With the Iron Armor Spell protecting him from all ranged attacks, Jerry controlled a Blue Sleep Spell Light to circle rapidly around them, walking through the Imperial Palace with Mavis as if they were taking a leisurely stroll.
Countless Imperial Guards surrounding them fell in waves, unable to cause any harm or even slow them down.
"You have indeed gone too far, daring to act recklessly in the Imperial Palace. I, King of the Desert, Agil, will personally put an end to you!"
Just as they passed the square in front of the Imperial Palace, a very wild voice came from above. Jerry looked up to see Agil, one of the Twelve Shields of the Holy Empire, arriving first.
Agil's Magic was the rare Sand Magic. At that moment, he had used sand to form an enormous flying dragon and was standing on the dragon's head, looking down at Jerry and Mavis from a height.
"It's Lord Agil! With Lord Agil's intervention, these intruders are doomed!"
Seeing Agil's arrival, all the Imperial Guards showed signs of respect.
The Twelve Shields of the Holy Empire were the twelve most powerful mages in the empire, a title earned through real battles during the unification wars. Each of them had impressive and undeniable records. Agil had once single-handedly defeated over ten thousand mages who dared to resist the empire's rule using his Sand Magic.
So the moment they saw Agil, the Imperial Guards knew the outcome.
However, the actual result was vastly different from what they had expected, causing them to nearly collapse in shock.
"I don't like being looked at in that way!"
Seeing that it was Agil and not the Magic King, Jerry waved his hand, and a terrifying storm laced with lightning instantly formed in front of Agil. The storm then swept up Agil and his desert dragon, sending them flying away with a "whoosh."
Trapped in the lightning storm, Agil tried to use his vast magic power to control the sand and break free. But every time he gathered his magic power, the lightning in the storm would strike him precisely, dispersing the magic power he had just gathered.
Watching the Imperial Palace grow smaller and smaller, Agil couldn't fathom how he, who was on par with Seyrene the Divine, could be defeated in one move.
Wasn't Seyrene the Divine the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar and the strongest mage in Ishgar?
"What? Agil actually lost, and in one move!"
In the Imperial Palace's grand hall, Magistrate Inbel listened to the report from his guards, his face showing shock. He then ordered:
"I will go to intercept them to prevent them from disturbing His Majesty. You go and notify the other lords to come and provide support as quickly as possible. This enemy is extremely formidable!"
After speaking, he summoned a pair of crystal ice wings behind his back and flew toward Jerry.
Magistrate Inbel used a very common Ice Magic, but he had pushed its power to the extreme, capable of casting a freezing aura that surpassed Absolute Zero, turning a nation's season from summer to winter instantly.
"It's Lord Inbel!"
At the square, the guards had just seen Lord Agil being blown away and were still in shock when they saw Inbel flapping his crystal ice wings and flying over, instantly reviving their hope.
"Trouble, Lord Inbel has passed out!"
It turned out that Jerry's Stun Spell, a blue Magic Beam, was too fast. When Inbel approached to prepare an Ice Magic attack, he didn't notice it in time and was hit from behind, rendering him unconscious.
Many of the Magics Jerry used now had not changed much in appearance, but their core had been fundamentally replaced by the underlying laws.
For example, this Stun Spell looked no different from the old one on the surface, but it was actually derived from the fundamental law of sleep.
Therefore, unless one could comprehend the corresponding law, meaning they had nearly single-universe-level strength, there was almost no chance of resistance once hit.
"Lady Brandish of the Fallen Nation has arrived. Lady Brandish has been shrunk."
The green-haired girl, Brandish, was skilled in Transformation Magic, capable of arbitrarily changing the size of objects. She once reduced an entire city to the size of a palm, easily annihilating all the enemies inside.
However, Jerry's research into the laws of enlargement and reduction was clearly more thorough, so her Magic had no effect on Jerry and instead caused her to be shrunk to the size of a thumb.
"Lady War Consort Timaria has arrived. Lady Timaria has been immobilized."
War Consort Timaria specialized in Time and Reception Magic, capable of freezing time for her enemies. However, it was apparent that Jerry was more proficient in this area.
"Lord Seyrene the Divine, Lord Bradley, Lord Jack, Lord Nainhardt, Lord Val, and Lord Raked have arrived. This time, we will definitely stop them!"
As Jerry swiftly defeated four of the Twelve Shields of the Holy Empire and was about to approach Zeref, six more of the Twelve Shields appeared, blocking Jerry and Mavis together.
"Defeating Agil, Inbel, Brandish, and Timaria shows that you do have some strength, but in front of my Eight Dragon's Seyrene the Divine, you have no chance of winning!"
The red-haired Seyrene stepped forward, pointing at Jerry with a confident smile.
As the strongest mage of Ishgar, implanted with eight Dragon Slayer Crystals and capable of using eight Dragon Slayer Magics, he was confident in facing anyone, even believing he could take on the Black Dragon Acnologia alone.
"Seyrene, Lord Ogma said the enemy is very strong, and we should work together to take them down!"
At that moment, one of the six men, dressed in a suit and looking very gentlemanly, reminded Seyrene.
Hearing Ogma's name, Seyrene's face showed a hint of wariness, but then he laughed loudly:
"I know, so I'll go first—Cave Dragon's Earth Shattering, Hell Dragon's Scorching Hell, Sea King Dragon's Water Formation, Storm Dragon's Wind Chant, Adamant Dragon's Fortress Shattering, and Flash Dragon's Radiant Heaven."
Without waiting for his five companions to act, Seyrene channeled his Magic Power and unleashed his eight strongest Dragon Slayer Magics in rapid succession.
(End of Chapter)
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