Chapter 656: Natsu vs. Agil
On the field, Natsu's temper was indeed flaring up at any time.
"Desert Kingdom?"
"It must be some unknown little country anyway! Maybe even smaller than Magnolia!"
Although Agil's arrogance just now was pretended, the point about "the royal family of the desert kingdom" was true, so when Agil heard Natsu mocking his kingdom, he became anxious.
"You really deserve a beating... I can't stand it anymore! Even if I have to be punished later, I will beat you up!"
"Then let's see who beats who!!"
After a disagreement, the two militants started fighting.
Natsu was seen leaning forward and rushing quickly towards the sand fortress, then jumping into the air. A large amount of flames quickly attached to his right hand, and incomparable high temperature instantly filled most of the arena.
"Fire Dragon's Collapse Fist!!"
Feeling the magic power that Natsu was constantly urging, Makarov's eyelids suddenly twitched wildly in the Fairy Tail position.
"Natsu...is he planning to burn down the entire venue?!"
Erza shook her head and consoled him, "Don't worry, President! I believe Natsu knows when to strike!"
Where on earth do you get the confidence to say this?!
Makarov's face fell: "I hope so..."
A loud shout came from the wind, and a terrifying flame in the eyes rushed towards him. Ajir was not afraid but happy. The brutal factor in his body was instantly activated. Under the light of the fire, his face showed a fanatical fighting spirit.
"Ohhhh?? I didn't expect there was a wizard like you in Ishgar? What a surprise!!"
"Sand of Death!!"
Ajir waved his hand, and countless yellow sands jumped out from deep underground. The sand rolled up to form a huge wave-like attack, blocking the path of the flames!
Feeling the terrifying magic that spread throughout the entire venue, the contestants and the audience were all shocked. It was obviously July, the hottest month of the year, and they were facing the combination of flames and yellow sand, which is the most dehydrated combination. However, they still couldn't stop sweating, their legs trembling, their hands and feet shaking, and their bodies feeling cold.
"Are you kidding me?! The magic power of these two people...?!"
"Not only are the wizards from Fairy Tail monsters, but even this guy who appeared out of nowhere is a monster!! He is not even from the same dimension as us..."
"Who the hell is this guy? Why have I never heard of his name before?!"
"So he's really that strong, Natsu-san..."
A sky-high heat wave erupted in an instant, hitting the overwhelming sand waves with astonishing momentum. The power of fire and sand was evenly matched, and the unparalleled energy rushed straight to the sky, forming a mushroom cloud covering the entire stadium.
"Ahem... Oh no! I can't see clearly..."
"To use magic of this level..."
At this moment, the announcer still did not forget to fulfill his duties: "Oh do! The collision of magic between Natsu-san and Agil-san has plunged the entire venue into a harsh environment of flaming sand! How... ahem... how powerful is this!!"
A minute later, the flames and the yellow sand finally stopped. The flames went out, but the residual heat was still there. A large piece of the originally solid rock ground was melted, and more than 90% of all the yellow sand on the field was burned, leaving only black crystals on the ground.
"Who...who won?!"
When the smoke and dust cleared, Natsu and Agil were standing in the air, unharmed!
"No injuries! No injuries!"
"The terrifying magic that affected the entire arena just now was just a casual attack from them. What a terrifying strength!!!"
“Ohhhh!!!”
"So amazing! He's just like the Entei in the novel!!"
"As expected of a Fairy Tail wizard!!"
Although it was only a short move, the clash between fire and sand gave the audience great satisfaction, and they burst into loud cheers.
Affected by the ultimate skills of Natsu and Agil, many wizards on the field were seriously injured and were eliminated immediately.
But the competition is not over yet, the battle continues!
Those wizards who were still able to move were fine and could get off the field on their own; for those who could not move, the staff could only carefully shuttle among the group of fighting wizards and carry them down as much as possible.
"Oh my god! This is the most dangerous job in the kingdom!!"
Seeing those soldiers who were obviously scared to death but still had to obey orders and carry away the wounded, all the spectators were immediately in awe and looked at these fearless soldiers with pity.
In the stands.
Makarov sighed deeply and turned to look at Erza: "Is this what you call being sensible?"
"Um??"
Erza blinked in confusion, not knowing why her own guild leader would get angry over Natsu's slight attack. "You mean Natsu? Isn't he fine? He didn't even use his ultimate move!"
Makarov: "..."
All right, I am asking too much of you...
Flames and yellow sand kept flying, occupying most of the arena. In order to avoid being involved in the aftermath of the horrific battle, the other contestants consciously avoided Natsu and Agil, leaving a large area around the two to form a buffer zone.
"It's probably hopeless to snatch the crystal ball from them. Let's try to snatch one from someone else..."
A group of extras stood back and watched nervously the countdown in the sky which showed less than ten seconds left. In another ten seconds, the metal instrument suspended in the air would drop an unknown number of crystal balls.
Everyone knows that the last twenty minutes of fighting will be more intense than the previous forty minutes.
"Tsk! You don't even dare to fight, what a bunch of cowards!!"
Ajil spoke with disdain, he was warlike by nature, in his eyes, all acts of avoiding fighting were acts of cowards and incompetents, these were the people he despised the most in his life.
As soon as he finished speaking, a fierce flaming punch came towards him. Ajir was unable to dodge and was directly hit by the powerful flaming punch and flew away!
"How dare you be distracted by me?!"
“You bastard…”
Wiping the blood off his face, Ajir was furious. He had never received such a punch before. Without hesitation, he used his ultimate move again.
"Giant Soldier of Sand!!"
After a loud shout, surging magic power burst out from his body, and the sand under his feet condensed into an extremely huge knight. The knight held a sword and shield, wore armor, and had a helmet on his head, full of the breath of death.
Agil stood on the Desert Knight's chest, looking down at Natsu as if he was driving a mecha.
"Oh my god!! He actually created such a huge knight out of sand. Contestant Agil's strength is simply unfathomable! How will Contest Natsu deal with it?!"
"How should we deal with this? Is there any need to talk about this kind of thing?"
Natsu continued the broadcast, grinning, and dove forward with his upper body slightly bent.
How could he care whether it was a person or sand in front of him? Once the war started, there were only two ways to fight: one was to hit, the other was to burn!
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!!"
While whistling, Natsu waved his arms and gathered the flames around his body into one place. The high-temperature flames, carrying the remaining power of the fire dragon, rushed towards the desert knight in front of him.
Feeling the destructive power of this move, the desert soldier seemed to come alive. Under Ajil's control, he was extremely agile and immediately raised his shield to block.
boom!!
The flaming wings and the yellow sand shield collided in the air, causing a loud bang that made tens of thousands of spectators tremble physically and mentally, and the sky full of yellow smoke and dust once again covered the view.
After a while, the smoke and dust dissipated, and everyone looked at the battlefield impatiently.
"No way?! Natsu's moves are unbreakable?"
Gray cried out in surprise. He was most familiar with Natsu's fighting ability. The move he just used could easily destroy a mountain of the same size, but in the end, it didn't even leave a mark.
Mavis' eyes flickered. She had seen these people from the Western Continent before and knew that they were not enemies that could be easily defeated. However, the scene before her was still beyond her expectations: "The defense power of that shield made of soft quicksand is even higher than I thought!"
Makarov looked solemn and said slowly: "The opponent has twelve shields, don't underestimate him!"
"Back in the Albares Empire, this wizard named Agil fought with Jellal many times but the outcome was still unclear. His strength... Natsu may not be able to defeat him with his current strength!"
After saying this, Makarov suddenly stopped being serious and became playful again: "But, passing the first level should be no problem!"
The conversation between the few people aroused the doubts of a group of minor characters in the guild: "Twelve shields? What is that??"
Kira explained: "The Twelve Shields are the top wizards in the Western Continent. Their strength and status are equivalent to the 'Ten Holy Wizards' of Ishgar!"
“Eh, eh, eh, Holy Ten??!!” Those who didn’t know what the ‘Twelve Shields’ meant were suddenly shocked and exclaimed, “Is he on par with Jellal? That Jellal?!”
Hearing that his opponent was evenly matched with Jellal, a group of people looked at Agil on the field with a hint of fear in their eyes: "Natsu couldn't even easily defeat Gray and Gajeel, how could he possibly defeat that kind of guy?!"
Gray was immediately furious: "What did you say?! What do you mean 'even Gray can't win easily'? Are you dissatisfied with my strength?!"
"And Gajeel! He mentioned my name in that sentence just now!!"
Gajeel also grabbed several people by their collars and glared at them, "What do you guys mean?! And you Gray, do you want to be beaten?!"
"Come if you have the guts..."
Seeing that even Makarov and Mavis were not optimistic about Natsu, Lucy was the first to get anxious: "I'm telling you guys! Can't you have a little more confidence in Natsu?!"
A few people laughed awkwardly, and their voices instantly dropped by dozens of decibels: "Uh... we are just speaking the truth..."
"Hmph! Anyway, I believe Natsu will win!!"
"That's right!! Natsu won't lose to that kind of guy!!"
No matter who the opponent is, no matter how strong the opponent is, Lucy and Happy will always stand on Natsu's side.
Bang!
A hand was placed on Lucy's shoulder, it was Erza with a gentle smile: "I believe in Natsu too!"
The people behind him looked at each other in bewilderment: "Well... we didn't say we didn't believe it... we were just a little surprised by the other party's strength..."
"Alright, alright, stop making excuses..."
Kira waved his hands, "Be quiet and watch carefully, Natsu is about to go all out!"
On the field, Agil, who successfully blocked Natsu's sword horn, became more and more proud.
"Tsk! You are really weak! What Fire Dragon? I think it is Huo Kun, right? (Audit mechanism, just understand it)"
"What did you say?!"
Natsu's expression suddenly changed, and his mood, which had originally been planning to have a good fight with the opponent, suddenly sank.
Ajir's cry of "Huo Kun" directly ignited the anger in his heart.
"You...are you dissatisfied with the magic that Igner taught me?!!"
Seeing that Natsu was angry because of his words, Agil challenged him again: "If you don't agree, come and hit me!"
"That's exactly what I meant!!"
Natsu glared and his magic power exploded in response.
Fiery red flames gushed out from under Natsu's feet, then quickly wrapped around his body, covering him with a fiery red coat. Under his cherry hair, the most unique color was the pure white dragon scale scarf, which made Natsu's figure look majestic as it fluttered.
"Fire Mode!!"
