404. The 3rd Battle

Ben now knows his magic is taking effect on Acnologia. His magic's heat can penetrate this guy's super physique and magic resistance. That means he has a big chance to defeat Acnologia now.

He has prepared a lot of things for this day, and now he is ready to fight the calamity. In the past, it was always Acnologia who came to attack him. But now, it's he who prepares the stage for their fight because he is ready to end everything between them.

"It's time to finish our business, right, Acnologia? But first, I need to remove the disturbances," says Ben while extending his right hand toward the Spriggans who get flung quite far and gotten injured.

Suddenly, red-black-gold chains come out of the ground around the remaining Spriggans. The chains bind every part of their bodies tightly to make sure they can't move at all. These chains also have a magic sealing attribute that works by disturbing the flows of their magic power using something like a signal jamming method.

"Alright, now that the disturbances have gone, we can start this immediately," says Ben as he releases his full power.

His body starts to transform as he activates his Evil Dragon God Mode (a.n: just like the picture I've posted). The Spriggans' eyes are widened because they still can feel Ben's magic power even though their magic power is restricted. They can feel it skyrocketed to an unimaginable level.

"Tha-that's the power of a human? He already looked inhumane before, but now I'm sure he isn't a human anymore," says Brandish with a shocked expression.

"So this is the reason he won against Zeref so easily," says Irene. She stops calling Zeref an Emperor because he has died now. Their ages are similar, so there's no reason for her to be polite all the time to him.

The others don't even bother to remind her because they still respect their dead Emperor. They ignore her way of calling Zeref because they are too shocked by what happens. They know Ben is strong, but this is beyond their imaginations.

He has shown signs of his might, but they ignored him. Well, maybe they were underestimating him or overestimating their dead Emperor. They thought Zeref would be invincible once he got Fairy Heart and even the imitation could make him more powerful than Ben.

But Ben was ready to fight both Zeref and Acnologia at their full power. He also has thought of many possibilities including the case if Zeref getting the Fairy Heart. Although he didn't know how strong Zeref will be, but if he was sure even if Zeref get stronger than Acnologia, the gap won't be that big.

So he just needed to use Acnologia as a target and surpass the Black Dragon with a big gap. It paid off and he defeated Zeref so easily even though the Black Mage had a power boost. But Zeref was still claimed as the strongest Mage in the world, so Ben's power is already ridiculous.

"Come on, Blackie. Let's end everything here," says Ben while taunting Acnologia.

Acnologia doesn't answer and just shoots a massive blue Dragon's Roar. It hits and destroys the ground, but it doesn't hit Ben at all. Ben is already on Acnologia's face. He flashed above the beam as it get shot.

"Too slow," says Ben before he sends a punch at Acnologia's face.

*BAM*

Ben's punch is coated with Sun Dragon's Gravity Magic. It pulls Acnologia's face toward his fist, increasing the speed and power of the punch. Acnologia's face gets pushed back quite hard, but there's no significant damage.

"Damn, your scales are really hard," says Ben while rubbing his fist because it feels hurt a little.

The angry Acnologia swipes his left claws toward Ben who evades them easily by jumping back. Then Ben dashes forward to send another punch at Acnologia's face. But the Black Dragon opens his mouth and shoots a blue beam at Ben.

It surprises Ben, but Ben has a monstrous reaction time and speed. He still sends his punch, but he coats it with his Sun Magic to protect himself. His punch counters the Dragon's Roar and Ben is fine even though he gets flung back quite far because of the recoil.

Ben grins before shooting his own Sun Dragon's Roar at Acnologia. Acnologia counters it with his Dragon Roar and both spells create a big clash that breaks their surrounding. The spells break each other and both users get pushed back from the recoil again.

"Seems like my calculations were a little off. You are stronger than I thought even though I thought I was overestimating you already. But well, your skills and techniques are still too sloppy despite having great power. Also, I've made sure to surpass your power by a big margin," says Ben while grinning.

Ben suddenly flashes as a flash of light and reaches Acnologia's tail. He grabs Acnologia's tail and firms his grasp before he pulls the tail. Acnologia's body gets pulled and then his body leaves the ground.

Then, he gets slammed on the back by Ben. Their size difference makes it looks like an ant is throwing an elephant. It looks very satisfying, but the result isn't satisfying for Ben. Acnologia is fine even though the impact is big.

Ben clicks his tongue, but then it's his turn to get slammed by Acnologia who wraps his tail around Ben's body. Acnologia raises Ben's body and slams him onto the ground very strongly. The impact is big too, and just like Acnologia, Ben doesn't get damaged.

Now they have more understanding of each other's durability. But they don't have enough information yet, so they start their physical battle. Ben sends punches and kicks at Acnologia while Acnologia sends punches, claws, and tail attacks at Ben.

They are coating their attacks with magic and sometimes use their spells to attack. Each of their attacks is earth-shattering and no one dares to get closer to them. Well, no one can move too, so they can't get closer even if they want anyway.

Ben now doesn't evade Acnologia's attacks, he faces them on. He wants to win this by overpowering Acnologia even if it's just a little. Besides, Ben always uses every fight to grow stronger, and it's not possible if he just keeps evading.

So he starts a brawl against Acnologia even with their size difference. Ben gets overpowered physically, but his magic is more effective and powerful than Acnologia. But Acnologia's body is very tough and he takes Ben's attacks like nothing.

On the other hand, Ben's body is not as durable even though he has a very strong physique. He is as strong as a Dragon, but Acnologia is one of the strongest Dragons. Ben's physical power is still lower than Acnologia for now.

Their battle is quite unreal because of their physical difference. Ben is countering every attack from Acnologia with his much smaller size. Even so, he can handle everything very well and doesn't lose his ground.

He even wins in some aspects, but Acnologia is not fazed. With a bigger and tougher body, Acnologia can withstand all of Ben's attacks and even ignore some. Ben's attacks still damage Acnologia though, but Acnologia's super tough body is reducing the real damage.

Acnologia slams his right claws at Ben who stands on the ground. Ben doesn't escape, he swipes his right claws toward the gigantic claws, creating 5 big red-black-gold energy blades. The blades hit Acnologia's incoming claws and push them back.

Then Ben opens his palms upside down in front of him. His hands glow bright before they shoot a small yet powerful Evil Dragon God Solar laser. It is aimed at Acnologia's chest, but the Black Dragon makes a layer of blue magic barrier that blocks and redirects the laser to the sky.

Ben is surprised to see Acnologia uses defensive magic. He thought the current Acnologia never cared about defense. Well, he was, until he met Ben the last time after the Tartaros event. Ben broke his wings and Igneel ripped his arm.

Acnologia is wild and crazy, but he isn't stupid, so he knew he needed strong defense to face Ben the next time. It's very easy for Acnologia to learn magic or spells. He just needs to consume said magic or spells to use them, that is the next level of cheating.

But he can't consume Dragon Slayer Magic because he is a Dragon and it'll injure him, God Slayer because it has a higher tier, or Devil Slayer Magic that has Curse power. That's why Ben is his possibly his worst enemy right now because Ben has everything that can damage him.

But Ben isn't done yet. He still has cards he has yet to reveal. Ben has some cards he prepared to be used against Acnologia. Now, he will reveal his first hidden card that he prepared thoroughly and will surely surprise the world.

Ben grins and says, "You're really powerful. Even in this mode, I can't be sure that I can win against you. But I have prepared something more powerful that will surely surprise you. Bigger body with more durability and power, that's a great thing to have."

Acnologia doesn't care about anything Ben says, but then his eyes widened, and his mouth curls into a big sinister smile as he watches Ben.

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