Chapter 23: Reaching the summit (Ch 23)

The next day, on the unknown island

Makarov and his companions set out from the port of Hargeon and arrived at the island after a few hours’ journey.

Makarov: “The person who will test you is at the top of this island. Your task is to find him and get his approval.”

“If there is no problem, let’s go directly.”

Erza and Mirajane looked at each other, then jumped off the boat and left the island.

Natsu and the others on the boat watched the two leave with envy.

Natsu asked excitedly: “Grandpa, can I go to the island?”

“Bang!”

“You’re still a long way from that! Just stay still.”

Erza

While Erza was alert to her surroundings, she walked quickly forward. Suddenly, she saw a figure in the distance.

“It’s you, Ergou?!”

“Tell me where Ye Yang is!”

Er Gou waved his hand

“If you can beat me, you can go find the boss.”

Erza smiled slightly: “I have heard that you two are learning six styles of martial arts from Ye Yang. I have never fought with you. Today, let me see the power of the six styles you have learned.”

After Erza finished speaking, she rushed towards Ergou with a sword in hand.

“shave!”

Erza swung her sword and Ergou instantly disappeared from his original position and appeared behind Erza.

“Lan Jiao!”

Ergou swept his right leg fiercely, and a blade of air came towards Erza.

Erza looked slightly shocked, she never thought that humans could use their physical bodies to slash out air blades.

“Great! But that’s not enough!”

Then Erza cut off the flying air blade with a sword. Ergou never expected that his attack could be defeated so easily.

Looking at Erza who was coming towards her again, her figure disappeared again, and Erza’s eyes quickly scanned the surroundings.

Although I couldn’t see Ergou’s figure clearly, I could hear the sound of banging constantly coming from my ears.

“Here!”

Erza swung her sword fiercely, and sure enough, Ergou’s figure appeared in front of her.

Ergou hurriedly used his magic power to move his arms to block Erza’s sword, and his body slid dozens of meters behind him.

“Awesome! This is the gap between me and S-rank. The other party didn’t even use magic.”

Erza looked at Ergou and said, “If this is all you have, get out of the way. You are no match for me.”

At this moment, Erza saw Ergou taking off the bracelet on his body.

“What’s this?”

“The boss gave me a gravity ring to exercise with.”

“What!” Erza was surprised

“You’re right. I was really no match for you just now because I was tied up.”

As he said this, he threw the gravity ring to the ground, and a hole was instantly created in the ground.

“Phew! That makes it much easier.”

“Come on, Erza, let me have round two.”

“shave!”

Ergou’s speed was many times faster than before, and Erza couldn’t see any of his movements clearly.

Ergou’s foot kicked directly on Erza’s armor, and the huge force knocked Erza away and hit her against a tree.

“boom!”

Erza was not seriously hurt because of the protection of the armor. She stood up and looked at her armor, which was slightly dented by the opponent’s kick.

(“What a fast speed, what an amazing force.”)

(“A person without magic can also exert such powerful power. Ye Yang is really an incredible person.”)

(“We can’t be careless anymore.”)

“Change your outfit: Heavenly Wheel Armor!”

Ergou looked at Erza starting to use magic and his expression became serious. Erza using magic and Erza not using magic are completely different concepts.

“Tianlun·Liaoluan Sword!”

“Storm Legs: Blades!”

Dozens of magic swords collided with dozens of air blades, and soon all the air blades were destroyed. Ergou had to use shaving to leave the range of the sword rain.

“Tianlun·Flash!”

As soon as Ergou appeared, Erza hit him with a sword. Ergou flew backwards and hit the tree hard, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

When Ergou raised his head, Erza’s sword had appeared in front of him.

“I lost. The boss is up there. Go ahead.”

Erza: “You are very powerful. I have only seen two of the so-called six styles. I believe that once you have learned all the moves, it is not impossible to become an S-rank.”

“I’m leaving first. The president is at the foot of the mountain. Someone will heal you.”

After saying that, Erza continued walking towards the top of the mountain.

“Ah, ah, ah, this sword really hurts. If I hadn’t gathered the magic power in my body, I would have been injured.”

“I should have learned how to use an iron block, so I wouldn’t have been afraid of the pain.”

The other side

Mirajane also faced off against the three cats.

“Damn you, how can you hide so well?”

“Painted paper!”

Mira’s fists kept attacking the three cats, but the three cats’ bodies were like a piece of paper. Mira attacked for a long time, breaking several trees, and was unable to touch the three cats at all.

“Ahhhh!! I’m so pissed off!!”

“If you don’t hurry up, Erza will get there first!”

“Receive the Soul of Satan with your whole body!”

The three cats looked at Mira in front of them and couldn’t help swallowing.

“Gurgle.”

“Gently…gently.”

“Bang, bang…”

“Ahhhh!!!”

After a while, the three cats were lying on the ground with bruised faces and noses.

“Tell me! Where is Ye Yang!”

The three cats pointed tremblingly in the direction of the top of the mountain. Mirajane threw the three cats aside and ran towards the top of the mountain.

The three cats were left with no tears to cry.

After a while, the disheveled Ergou and the bruised and swollen Sanmao came to the side of the boat.

Ergou burst out laughing when he saw Sanmao’s look.

“How badly you were beaten by Mirajane!”

“This girl has no moral principles. I didn’t even take off my gravity ring, but she defeated me with the Soul of Satan.”

Makarov looked at the two and said, “Okay, let’s get on the boat quickly.”

“Lisanna, bandage them both.”

“Okay, Grandpa President.”

Mountain top

Erza and Mirajane reached the top of the mountain at the same time, both staring at each other.

Looking at Ye Yang lying on the chair, they ran over and said in unison: “I was the first to reach the top!”

&: “It’s obviously me!”

&: “Tell me, who is it?”

“Um… Sisters, it’s not like whoever reaches the top of the mountain first will be S-rank. What’s there to argue about?”

“Well now that you two have come to the top of the mountain, I will announce the final assessment.”

The two of them immediately fell silent upon hearing this.

“The next test is very simple. You two will attack me together. Whoever survives to the end will be an S-class wizard.”

Mirajane was not convinced and said: “Then it can’t be that we defeated you!”

Ye Yang said calmly: “Emm, of course, if you two can beat me, I can make an exception and let both of you become S-level.”

The two girls immediately became excited when they heard this

&: “You said so!”