Sensing that Face has been deactivated, Franmalth begins absorbing Natsu, Lucy, and Happy's souls in a fury. When Lucy attempts to de-summon her celestial spirits absorbed by Franmalth in order to save them, the demon is nearly sent to the celestial world with them and releases the spirits. Lucy tricks Franmalth into thinking Natsu is also one of her spirits, allowing Natsu to break free and defeat Franmalth by smashing him with giant rocks. Hades's soul is released form Franmalth, and he warns that detonating Face is not Tartaros's true objective. Meanwhile, Mirajane destroys Tartaros's laboratory in her fight with Seilah, preventing Ezel and Franmalth from being resurrected. Finding that her curse has no effect on Mirajane, Seilah unleashes her true power to overwhelm her.