Gildarts fights Blue Note while Fried and Bickslow, having returned to Sirius Island together with him, help Levy, Lisanna, and Panther Lily to fight Rustyrose. Meanwhile, Azuma reveals to Erza that he has used his magic, the Arboreal Arc, to absorb the magic-giving energy of the island's giant Sirius Tree, destroying it and draining the strength of all the Fairy Tail members on the island except Erza.