Chapter 620 - 620: The Rain Woman Is Still Terrifying

Back at Fairy Tail, Lucy, now trapped inside Juvia's body, let out another terrified scream.

Yes.

For the second time in a matter of minutes, a horrified shriek rang through the guild hall.

Apparently, one body-swapping disaster hadn't been enough for today.

...

Meanwhile, deep inside the dungeon, Gajeel and Juvia were having an absolutely miserable time dealing with Sai's bizarre alchemy.

Gajeel had been transformed into the woman he loved. Not only was he unable to use his usual strength, but he also had to be extremely careful not to damage Levy's body while fighting.

Juvia, on the other hand, had become Lucy.

Aside from the unfamiliar sensation of carrying considerably more weight around her chest, she looked as though her soul had completely abandoned her.

"Why…"

Her eyes were empty.

"Why wasn't it Gray-sama…?"

Seeing the formidable Rain Woman reduced to what appeared to be an awkward, busty girl, Sai immediately brightened.

"Hahahaha! Did you really think Love Bond was the only form of alchemy I could use?"

He pointed proudly at Juvia.

"This is Rival Bond! It transforms you into the person you hate most!"

His grin widened.

"Judging by your reaction, I'm guessing she's your romantic rival?"

Juvia, wearing Lucy's face, immediately looked embarrassed.

Gajeel stared at her in disbelief.

"Seriously?! Of all the people you could've turned into, couldn't you have hated someone stronger?!"

"How is Juvia supposed to change something like that on the spot?!"

Juvia pouted indignantly.

She was still trying to adjust to Lucy's unfamiliar proportions, and she felt thoroughly wronged.

Not only had she failed to become Gray-sama, but she had somehow ended up in the body of her greatest romantic rival instead.

Granted, Juvia and Lucy had become very good friends.

But when Gray was involved, Juvia regarded practically every woman in Fairy Tail—and even a few of the men—as potential competition.

Her definition of romantic rival and person she disliked tended to overlap considerably.

Unfortunately, Sai's Rival Bond had automatically identified Lucy as the person Juvia remained most wary of.

There was a reason for that.

Juvia was remarkably perceptive when it came to Gray's feelings, and she had long suspected that he genuinely possessed some romantic interest in Lucy in the past.

Sai laughed triumphantly.

"Perfect! Now I've got one physically weak woman and another who can't use her full strength because she's trapped in her rival's body!"

He raised both arms.

"This'll be easy!"

His spiked chains immediately spread across the corridor, filling the air with a dense barrage of piercing metal.

Gajeel and Juvia were forced to retreat.

But they couldn't keep dodging forever.

Gajeel gritted his teeth and desperately recalled how Levy usually performed her magic.

Then he raised one of his borrowed hands and began tracing letters through the air.

"Solid Script!"

He formed the word IRON.

Magic Power drained from Levy's body, and the letters immediately materialized into a heavy mass of solid metal.

Gajeel's eyes lit up.

He grabbed the iron construct and tried to hurl it toward Sai with all his strength.

Unfortunately, Levy's body wasn't nearly as powerful as his own.

The heavy object barely traveled any distance before crashing into the ground.

BOOM!

Dust billowed upward.

Sai remained completely unharmed.

Gajeel stared at the fallen metal, then slowly grinned.

"So that's how it works…"

He flexed his fingers.

"I can still use magic. It's just that the Magic Power and abilities available to me are Levy's now."

That was enough.

Gajeel had spent years fighting in some of the most dangerous battles imaginable. Even with an unfamiliar body and entirely different magic, he was hardly going to become helpless overnight.

Taking advantage of his smaller frame, he began weaving through Sai's chains and rapidly closing the distance.

More letters appeared in the air.

IRON.

The newly materialized metal formed a heavy weapon in his hands, and Gajeel swung it straight toward Sai's head.

Sai's expression changed.

His alchemy was troublesome, but his own physical abilities were hardly exceptional.

He had no intention of allowing a direct hit.

Instead, he hurriedly manipulated his chains to intercept Gajeel and keep him at a distance.

Unfortunately for Sai, there was an enormous difference between possessing an excellent support ability and being capable of winning a straightforward fight.

Gajeel and Juvia were both extraordinarily talented mages.

More importantly, they were experienced combatants who had survived countless life-threatening battles.

Once they understood what Sai's abilities actually did, the situation began changing rapidly.

"Juvia!"

Gajeel shouted while adjusting his grip on the iron weapon.

"Use Lucy's magic!"

Juvia froze briefly.

Then she understood.

As Lucy's guildmate, Juvia was already familiar with how Celestial Spirit Magic worked.

And unlike many other forms of magic, summoning Celestial Spirits depended heavily on personal relationships.

Fortunately, Lucy's spirits knew Juvia quite well.

Since she had also inherited Lucy's clothing and possessions during the transformation, the necessary Celestial Spirit Keys were right there.

Juvia reached for them without hesitation.

Three keys flashed between her fingers.

"Open! Gate of the Lion, Leo!"

"Gate of the Goat, Capricorn!"

She drew upon the third spirit's power.

"Star Dress: Aquarius Form!"

Juvia had no intention of holding back.

Opening two Celestial Spirit Gates simultaneously required tremendous Magic Power, but the technique itself wasn't particularly complicated once the caster understood how to perform it.

As for Star Dress, Juvia's own familiarity with Water Magic allowed her to reproduce Aquarius Form.

She wasn't able to use all of Lucy's transformations, but this one was more than enough.

After quickly explaining the body-swapping situation to the two summoned spirits, Juvia stepped forward.

Suddenly, Sai found himself facing three extremely dangerous opponents.

Loke, the strongest combat-oriented Celestial Spirit among the zodiac spirits, had absolutely no intention of showing mercy.

"Regulus!"

Brilliant golden light erupted around his fist.

He charged straight toward Sai and unleashed a devastating burst of light, reducing the countless chains surrounding the alchemist to ashes.

Before Sai could recover, Capricorn was already moving.

The impeccably dressed butler adjusted his posture and closed the distance with astonishing speed.

His mastery of hand-to-hand combat was immediately apparent.

A sharp strike sent Sai flying upward, and Capricorn followed him into the air, unleashing a flawless sequence of blows that kept the helpless alchemist suspended.

Then, with one final strike, he drove Sai straight into the ground.

BOOOOM!

Blood sprayed from Sai's mouth.

He struggled to lift his head, only to realize that the number of dangerous enemies surrounding him had somehow increased instead of decreased.

His confidence vanished.

'What the hell?!'

The situation had completely reversed.

Sai immediately decided that retreating was the sensible option.

Unfortunately, Juvia wasn't finished.

While Loke and Capricorn completed their combination attack, she had already begun preparing another spell.

Her borrowed body was now wrapped in Aquarius's Star Dress.

Lucy's familiar twin ponytails swayed behind her, while an elegant green-and-yellow beach outfit replaced her previous clothing. The black Aquarius symbol at her collarbone began glowing with brilliant blue light.

Water gathered around Juvia, gradually expanding into streams that circled her body before spreading across the surrounding floor.

After all those ridiculous transformations, she had finally returned to an element she understood perfectly.

Water.

Her specialty.

Juvia's eyes sharpened.

She brought both palms together and aimed directly at the battered alchemist.

"Aqua Metria: Ascending Torrent!"

The solid ground beneath Sai suddenly softened.

An enormous circular mirror of water spread outward beneath his feet.

Then, at Juvia's command, the surface erupted.

A colossal torrent burst upward like a waterspout, carrying enough force to tear through the surrounding stone.

"AAAAAAAH!"

Sai was launched high into the air.

The raging current twisted around him in a magnificent spiraling column, battering his body from every direction.

By the time the torrent finally lost its momentum, he had been struck so many times that his body barely resembled its original shape.

He dropped out of the collapsing waterspout and slammed into the floor.

Then he stopped moving.

Sai was completely defeated.

Gajeel swallowed.

He slowly turned toward Juvia, his expression filled with newfound respect.

'Was Lucy always this strong?'

He considered the question.

'No way. Something's not right here.'

Juvia finally relaxed.

With the danger over, Loke and Capricorn returned to the Celestial Spirit World.

Sai's unconsciousness also brought his alchemy to an end.

The transformations dissolved.

Gajeel felt his original body returning, and a familiar surge of strength immediately filled his limbs.

He clenched one enormous fist.

Then grinned.

"Gihi! Now that's more like it!"

Juvia was equally relieved.

Her body had returned to its usual proportions, and she hugged herself contentedly.

Then she began muttering quietly.

"Juvia would never use Lucy's body to seduce Gray-sama…"

Her expression became dreamy.

"And if Juvia is going to have children with Gray-sama, of course she wants to use her own body…"

Gajeel stared at her.

"Seriously?"

He sounded almost impressed.

"You managed to come up with something that filthy in the few minutes you were transformed?"

Juvia immediately looked away.

"Anyway!"

She straightened and hurriedly changed the subject.

"We need to deal with Serena first. He's the real problem."

Gajeel nodded.

"Yeah. That bastard's still—"

A dazzling flash suddenly erupted beside them.

Gajeel reacted instinctively.

His fist shot forward.

But instead of striking an ordinary body, it collided with something as hard as diamond.

CLANG!

'That feeling…!'

Before Gajeel could complete the thought, a powerful counterpunch struck him and sent him flying.

"Gajeel!"

Juvia immediately summoned a cushion of water, catching him before he could crash into the ground.

The two looked up warily.

God Serena had risen to his feet.

He pressed one hand against his injured chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Despite his terrible condition, a savage grin spread across his face as he stared at them.

"Even injured…"

He laughed coldly.

"You still can't kill me, you pathetic mortals."

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