User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 522 & 523: Gray's Trump Card & Is Destiny Burning, Review/@comment-184.178.44.233-20170220001908/@comment-24.151.9.13-20170220010629

I was thinking that too since he was countering a lot with the same magic of his opponent and Hiro Mashima said in an after words in a volume how the Spriggan use cheating magic, however then I remembered that August used a barrier to shield Ajeel from Laxus attack. Still not impossible perhaps someone just has to by nearby for him to copy them Wendy has been shown to use a barrier spell but I would not put money on it as they say.