CH32: Buried Beneath

Zancrow slammed Shelia into the ground and he enjoyed every moment of it.

"Flame God, Explosive Flame!"

A pillar of fire shot up from where both God Slayers were. And it was hot! The heat emanated throughout the stadium as Makarov looked on.

"ZANCROW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Makarov was waving his arms in panic up in the stands. Sure he wanted Fairy Tail to win this round, but he didn't want Zancrow to kill the poor girl.

"Relax old man." Zancrow refocused on his target. Shelia was back on her feet a couple yards away from him. Her clothes were burnt and soot covered her gorgeous red hair. She however looked surprisingly well for someone who just took an inferno to the face.

"Damn… I didn't think you had that kind of power…"

"Looks like you learn something new every day." Zancrow knew he could take her easily. He was laid back now and more bored than entertained.

"I'll be sure to not underestimate you again."

"Yes, that would be wise." Zancrow's signature smirk ticked Shelia off.

Immediately she was in close range of Zancrow again. But this time he was ready. He blocked her pathetic attempt of socking him in his ribcage again and counterattacked with a roundhouse kick sending her flying into the air. Zancrow then phased on top of her and brought down both his fists onto her sending her crashing down into the arena below.

The smoke cleared and Zancrow saw Shelia's cheeks bulging with her chest puffed up.

"Sky God, Roar!" Black wind soared towards Zancrow.

'Pathetic. She can't even say the correct incantation.' Zancrow thought. "Flame God Bellow!"

A tempest of fire erupted from the God Slayer's lungs and it collided head on with Shelia's attack. Zancrow's attack eventually overpowered hers forcing her to dodge the approaching flames.

Zancrow was back on the ground. This was taking longer than expected. No way was he going to allow this child tie with him. He would crush her and prove that he was the better God Slayer.

"Wow, you're incredible." Shelia was catching her breath. One of her hair ties were incinerated so half of her hair drooped down while the other remained the same when the battle began. Her blouse was burned even more than before exposing a large portion of her cleavage and stomach.

'God she looks sexy.' Zancrow perished the thought when he imagined Erza beating him senseless for even thinking about another girl.

"Sorry if I was rude before. I was just disappointed that Wendy couldn't make it to our battle. But you have proved just as much of a challenge as I'm sure she would have been. But this isn't over yet."

Zancrow narrowed his eyes and waited for her to make a move.

She immediately assumed a battle stance where both her arms were stretched outwards and swirls of black wind occupied her palms. Zancrow could feel her magic power emanating around her.

"Looks like she's not going to hold back." Mavis stated.

"Seems to me that she realizes the longer she allows Zancrow to plan a counterattack, the worse her chances are of winning." Makarov concurred.

"God Slayer Secret Art,"

'WHAT? This little punk knows how to do a secret art? I don't even know how to do a secret art!' Zancrow thought.

"Heavenly Gathering of Clouds!"

Black wind generated from her arms appeared in the form of stylized feathers and were launched straight towards Zancrow. But he didn't even budge.

"Is he going to take the attack head on?" Mavis asked nervous.

"Don't be stupid Zancrow, get out of the way!" Erza shouted. But her warning fell upon deaf ears. After all, why dodge a meaningless attack?

'No way, is he really just going to let my attack hit him?' Shelia thought.

(BOOM)

There was a big explosion following the secret art collision with the God Slayer and the crowd was silent.

"Is he dead?"

"I think he was disintegrated…"

The crowd argued over the fate of Fairy Tail's Zancrow but Makarov looked at ease.

"Show off…" He said.

Fairy Tail looked as the smoke cleared revealing a flamed up Zancrow. Fans roared from the stands at Zancrow's miraculous survival.

"Impossible… you just took on a secret art full impact and you barely have a scratch on you." Shelia fell to her knees in shock.

"Well, that's not entirely true." Zancrow calmly approached the frightened Sky God Slayer as he wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth. The God Slayer's hair was ruffled and his outfit had some cuts and missing pieces in it. But overall he was fine.

"You didn't do half bad. However when it comes to Lost Magic, mine is much more powerful."

Shelia looked at Zancrow with tears in her eyes and for a moment he pitied her. But this was a competition after all and he was not about to leave empty handed. In one swift motion he struck a blow to the pressure point on her shoulder knocking her unconscious.

"The winner is Zancrow from Fairy Tail!"

Tons of fans cheered for the victor. Lamia Scale was surprised that Shelia was not the only one with God Slaying powers. Over in the Sabertooth booth, Olga was also ticked off that he wasn't the only one who possessed such power. But he hardly seemed nervous at all.