Chapter 399: Etherion
The smoke and dust began to settle.
The Mountain Dragon’s massive frame hadn’t moved an inch.
Not even its claw had shifted.
In fact, it had extended its wings like a protective dome, shielding everyone behind it from the brunt of the blast. Rhodes, Mira, and Erza hadn’t even felt the pressure of Jellal’s last desperate attack.
Jellal, of course, hadn’t expected to kill a dragon in one blow. But the dragon’s sheer indifference, its complete dismissal of his full-force magic, made something inside him snap.
With a flash of golden light, Jellal launched into the air like a meteor, a fiery trail streaking behind him.
In an instant, he had retreated dozens of meters. His hands came together, one pointed toward the heavens, the other toward the earth, as he began to chant a final incantation.
If this spell destroyed the Tower of Heaven, so be it.
"True Celestial Magic: Grand Star Collapse!"
Above, the night sky shifted ominously.
Clouds twisted and churned, spiraling into a vast vortex. The starlight vanished, consumed by the dense magical gloom.