As their guildmates fight the demons that serve Vergil, Lucy and Juvia find themselves confronting Dante's twin himself.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Vergil's Yamato, combined with his Darkslayer Style, lets him cut Juvia's Water Lock in half and hurt her despite her water body.
- Analogy Backfire: When Lucy declares she sees her Celestial Spirits in the same way as her family, Vergil points out that given her strained relationship with her father (her sole living relative) that indicates a rather poor relationship instead of a good one.
- Big "SHUT UP!": Lucy's response to Vergil's insults regarding her parents.
- Break Them by Talking: Vergil continues his tactic against Fairy Tail members, and is especially brutal towards poor Lucy, outright saying she should have killed her father and that her mother deserved to die for being weak.
- Character Catchphrase: Juvia makes use of her "drip, drip, drip" line.
- Continuity Nod:
- As part of his breaking speech to Lucy, Vergil brings up how her father hired Phantom Lord, which set off their attack on Fairy Tail, and her meeting with him after his fall from fortune.
- When Vergil expresses apathy at how much pain Loke is in after being stabbed, Lucy angrily remarks he has no idea what the Lion Spirit has been through, a nod to Karen's death.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- Vergil's "fight" with Juvia consists of him easily deflecting all her attacks, and outright Speed Blitzing her once he closes the distance, having taken no hits throughout.
- Likewise, he dispatches several of Lucy's Celestial Spirits in rapid succession and ties the girl up with her own whip when she enters the fray. Even Loke manages to do little more than hold him off slightly longer, losing the second he turns his back.
- Death Glare: Vergil delivers one to Lucy when she points out that he is part human despite hating them.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Vergil is confused as to why the members of Fairy Tail refuse to surrender despite being outclassed. He also asks Lucy why she didn't kill her father after his actions in the Phantom Lord arc, on top of not understanding why she's concerned over Loke's obvious pain, even if he isn't in danger of dying.
- Forced to Watch: Bound by her own whip, Lucy is unable to help as Loke loses to Vergil.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Lucy can't wrap her head around Vergil's complete Lack of Empathy.
- Here We Go Again!: Vergil's response when Lucy refuses his offer of surrendering and coming peacefully.Vergil: Somehow, I'm not surprised.
- Hope Spot: Loke manages to match Vergil blow for blow, and even nails him with his Finishing Move, turning to Lucy in triumph... only for the half-demon to impale him In the Back, to a watching Lucy's horror.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Loke when Vergil impaled him from behind with Yamato.
- Interspecies Romance: Discussed when Vergil expresses disgust at the idea of Loke (a Celestial Spirit) forming a relationship with a "weak human" like Lucy. She points out he has no room to talk given he is a result of this trope.
- Light/Darkness Juxtaposition: Loke against Vergil, whose respective auras are golden and dark blue respectively.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Similar to his fight with Elfman, Vergil proves capable of stopping Taurus' full-powered swing with a single arm, despite being significantly less bulky.
- Mythology Gag:
- Vergil's disgusted comment about Taurus' perverted nature is one of his quotes from Marvel vs Capcom.
- Lucy's response to Virgo's requests for punishment is lifted from the Fairy Tail episodes For Pride's Sake The River of Stars.
- No-Sell:
- Juvia manages to shrug off Vergil's attacks thanks to her water body. Too bad he quickly finds a way around this with Darkslayer Style.
- Vergil easily manages to escape Juvia's Water Lock with Yamato.
- Parrying Bullets: Vergil's response to Sagittarius' Rain of Arrows, who compliments the level of skill with a sword required for such a feat.
- The Social Darwinist: Vergil's core philosophy, believing that the strong should live while the weak will die.
- Speed Blitz: How Vergil defeats Juvia and Taurus, the two unable to react to his barrage of attacks.
- Summon Magic: The chapter features several of Lucy's Celestial Spirits against Vergil, including Taurus, Sagittarius, and Virgo... all of whom are swiftly dispatched by the Son of Sparda. Vergil himself disdains such magic, noting that most practitioners simply leave all the heavy lifting to their summons, which he outright compares to slaves.
- Third Time's The Charm: Invoked by Lucy when she summons Virgo against Vergil, and she is the first Spirit to land a solid hit on him... which he quickly shrugs off and utterly overwhelms her with his superior speed and power, subverting the trope instead.
- Villain Has a Point: During Lucy's "fight" against Vergil, she gets increasingly angry when he cuts down her Celestial Spirits without mercy. In response, he points out that she's the one sending them against a clearly superior opponent and if she truly wants to prevent them from getting hurt she should grow stronger herself.
- Worthy Opponent: When Erza shows up at the end of the chapter, Vergil admits he admires her strength and looks forward to fighting her.
- You Monster!: Lucy's opinion of Vergil after how brutally he cut down Loke.
