"You arrogant little...!"
Hearing Ace's words, Mirajane felt he was looking down on her.
She gritted her teeth so hard they nearly shattered. "Don't think you can mock me! You go on one mission with that armor-plated bitch and you become just as detestable as she is! I'll wipe that smirk off your face and make you bring out that bone dragon!"
"If that's what you want, then you'll have to get past them first!" Ace shouted, his magic flaring.
"Come forth, my partners!"
He simultaneously activated three summoning circles!
He planned to display his full conventional power before playing his trump card.
Amidst the blinding light, Garurumon, Leomon, and Renamon materialized at the exact same moment.
Garurumon let out a low, Leomon stood with his sword drawn and Renamon crouched low.
"Th-Three of them!"
"He can summon three high-level beasts at once?!"
"Besides the wolf and the bone dragon, he has a lion warrior and a fox too?!"
A wave of shocked gasps instantly swept through the guild hall.
Even Erza and Makarov exchanged looks of genuine surprise.
Maintaining three summons simultaneously required immense magical focus; the diversity of Ace's abilities had once again exceeded their expectations.
"A decent lineup, I'll give you that. But..." Mirajane's eyes narrowed, glowing with a purple light. "It's not enough! Full-Body Take Over: Satan Soul!"
Powerful dark magic erupted from her body like a volcano.
Her demon form returned and a terrifying suffocating pressure swept across the entire hall, cracking the floorboards beneath her feet.
"Garurumon, engage her head-on! Renamon, harass from the flanks with your speed! Leomon, circle around and look for an opening!"
"Understood!"
Garurumon charged toward Mirajane with overwhelming power, blue flames licking at its jaws.
Renamon's figure moved like white lightning, executing Fox Flash Attack and transforming into an afterimage to launch a barrage of punches from a bizarre angle.
Meanwhile, Leomon followed orders perfectly, circling the perimeter and charging energy into his fist, waiting for the perfect chance to strike.
Facing the siege of three powerful Digimon, Mirajane proved exactly why she was known as the "She-Devil."
In her Satan Soul state, her speed and power were astonishing.
With a casual swing of her sharp claws, she blocked Garurumon's heavy charge as the impact creating a shockwave.
A flap of her demonic wings allowed her to twist in mid-air, effortlessly evading Renamon's surprise attack before countering with a wave of dark energy.
"The warm-up is over!"
Unable to break through after a prolonged assault, Mirajane's fighting spirit only intensified.
She gathered dark energy in her hands, and the immense repulsive force blasted Leomon and Renamon back, sliding them across the floor.
'Now!'
Ace's gaze sharpened as he saw the opening he needed.
He locked his focus onto Garurumon and silently commanded in his mind.
'System, use the Evolution Card. Target—Garurumon!'
"ROOOAR—!"
Garurumon let out a roar unlike any before, one filled not with noble courage, but with wildness and unbridled ferocity!
Its body swelled rapidly, muscles expanding and tearing through the light.
But something was wrong.
It didn't evolve into the leaner, athletic, jeans-wearing WereGarurumon that Ace had expected.
Instead, it grew into a burly, hunched, muscular werewolf form covered in pitch-black fur.
Its claws and talons grew exceptionally long and sharp, and its body was wreathed in an ominous, dark red aura that felt heavy and suffocating!
Shadow WereGarurumon!
Its eyes were glowing crimson, and it exhaled a white mist tinged with the acrid smell of sulfur.
It exuded a sense of primal, uncontrolled power!
"What's going on? That's not normal WereGarurumon..." Ace was startled, his eyes widening.
He quickly tried to recall his Digimon lore.
Shadow WereGarurumon... a virus attribute.
'Is this because of the Evolution Card's forced effect, or was there a latent dark factor within Garurumon that triggered this dark-aligned evolution?'
The moment Shadow WereGarurumon appeared, an unprecedented gravity appeared on Mirajane's demonic face.
She could clearly sense that the aura emanating from this black werewolf was different—it was an extremely violent, wild power, filled with the will to destroy.
"ROAR!"
Shadow WereGarurumon didn't care what its opponent was thinking; its combat instincts drove it!
It stomped hard on the ground, shattering the stone, and its body shot forward like a bolt of black lightning.
It instantly closed the distance to Mirajane.
Its right claw glowed with dark energy, letting out a high-pitched shriek that tore through the air as it swung a vicious Full Moon Kick followed by a slash!
The attack was simple and brutal, yet it contained terrifying kinetic power!
Mirajane's pupils contracted.
Pushing her dark magic to its absolute limit, a black Magic Circle appeared in her hands.
"Darkness Stream!"
Countless giant claws formed from rapidly condensed magic power met the attack, clawing fiercely at the incoming werewolf!
BOOM—!
The dark red aura clashed violently with the pure dark magic, producing a grating, screeching sound that set everyone's teeth on edge.
Mirajane let out a muffled grunt, her body shaking violently as the ground beneath her feet shattered inch by inch!
She had struggled just to block that seemingly ordinary claw strike!
However, Shadow WereGarurumon's attacks were like a relentless storm!
The moment its first strike was blocked, it used the recoil to spin in the air, delivering a swift and powerful kick straight at Mirajane's exposed chest.
It was so fast that its movements were a blur to the naked eye!
Mirajane hastily gathered dark magic in front of her chest to defend, but she was a fraction of a second too slow.
BANG—!
The heavy kick landed squarely!
Mirajane was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing heavily onto the floor.
The thick stone ground was smashed to pieces on impact, creating a massive crater.
The entire hall fell silent.
In just two moves, the powerful Demon Mirajane had been forced into an absolute disadvantage.
The strength of this evolved werewolf was terrifying!
"NEE-SAN!" Lisanna cried out from the sidelines, her face filled with worry.
CRASH!
Mirajane burst out from the rubble, her demonic body trembling slightly.
But the fighting spirit in her eyes, far from being extinguished, burned even hotter with a stubbornness that was almost obsessive—a refusal to admit defeat to the newbie!
She stared intently at Shadow WereGarurumon, her arms beginning to move before her in an extremely dangerous pattern.
A massive amount of dark magic, far greater than before, gathered frantically between her hands.
It formed a constantly expanding dark energy sphere that radiated destructive waves, distorting the very air around it!
"Is that... Oh no!" Lisanna's face turned pale in an instant.
She knew her sister's techniques all too well and quickly shouted to everyone around.
"Everyone, run! Get away from here! She's using that!"
"Get back! She's lost it!"
Hearing this, the guild members scrambled back in a panic, overturning tables in their haste.
Even Erza's expression turned grave as she prepared to put up a full-power defense barrier at a moment's notice.
"ROAR!"
Shadow WereGarurumon also sensed the fatal threat.
Instead of retreating, its ferocity was provoked even further!
It threw its head back and howled, the dark red aura on its right claw compressing and condensing to an extreme degree until the entire claw seemed to have become an indestructible dark blade!
"Kaiser Nail!"
It transformed into a dark red streak of light, taking the initiative to charge straight toward the powering-up Mirajane!
At the same time, the powerful dark shockwave, strong enough to annihilate souls, finally erupted from Mirajane's hands!
"Soul Extinguisher!"
The Kaiser Nail, capable of tearing through dimension, and the terrifying dark shockwave of the Soul Extinguisher collided like two meteorites, carrying the momentum to destroy everything in their path!
BOOM—!!!
A deafening explosion rang out, shattering the guild's windows.
A blinding light and a violent shockwave of energy swept through the entire building, forcing everyone to cover their eyes and brace themselves against the walls!
When the light and dust finally began to settle, a scene of utter devastation was revealed at the center of the collision.
Shadow WereGarurumon's figure gradually blurred in the fading light before finally reverting to Garurumon, which lay exhausted and panting on the ground—the Evolution Card's time limit had run out at the critical moment.
Opposite him, Mirajane was kneeling on one knee, gasping for breath.
Her Satan Soul form flickered in and out like a dying flame before vanishing completely, revealing her human form.
She had clearly expended every ounce of her magic power.
The guild was deathly silent, everyone stunned by the result of the breathtaking clash.