Chapter 724: Natsu vs. Inbel
The two fists touched and the flames flew again.
This time, Natsu had the experience from the first two moves and already knew what temperature to control the flame at.
"Well...Natsu's magic is more stable now."
Laxus noticed Natsu's change at a glance, while Kira murmured, "This is typical. You have to suffer a setback before you can learn your lesson..."
Complaints aside, this talent is still very helpful to Natsu. It allows him to quickly adjust his combat state and he is not afraid even when facing stronger opponents.
In the second round of fighting, Sawyer left the field, Laquette was paddling, and Natsu raised his fist and attacked Inbel directly. His body surface was covered with flames with a higher temperature than before, and he ignored the freezing magic used by his opponent.
Seeing that freezing was ineffective, Inbel shouted coldly, and cold air burst out: "Ice Flower Sky Burial!"
As the sound came down, the ice cubes on the surrounding field that were evaporated into water vapor by Natsu's flames condensed into beautiful blooming white ice flowers under Inbel's control.
Bang!
An ice flower fell on Natsu's shoulder, and the cold air instantly became so strong that it froze Natsu's right shoulder!
However, the freezing only lasted for less than two seconds before it was melted into water by Natsu's flaming coat, soaking his clothes. It then immediately evaporated into steam under the high temperature flames, drying his clothes.
Seeing this, Natsu folded his arms across his chest and laughed triumphantly, "Wakakaka...your ice is useless to me now!!"
"That's not necessarily true!"
Inbel didn't look disappointed at all, instead he nodded secretly: Okay! Just keep it like this, and then beat me down beautifully!
The field was in an advantageous position at this time, and Inbell intended to play the match more brilliantly, so he waved his right hand again and created several huge icicles directly in the air.
The icicles were thick and long, with a strange luster and even unique ice textures on them. They looked not only extremely hard but also very beautiful, a gorgeous attack that was very much in line with his scholarly temperament.
But in fact, only the person who created this move knows that these ice pillars are nothing but a beautiful exterior with rotten inside, just like silver-plated spear tips, which look good but are useless. They are not as powerful as they look!
Affected by the cold ice on the field, and the speed of the attack, even Kira couldn't tell it for a moment.
Natsu, who is so stubborn, naturally didn't know this. After seeing several icicles falling from the sky, he suddenly felt heroic and didn't retreat or dodge. Instead, he ran head-on into them.
"The Fire Dragon's..."
Along with Natsu's shout, the flames that had originally subsided began to gain momentum again, flowing behind Natsu's arms and on his back, forming a pair of huge dragon claws. The bright red flaming claws were several meters long, and under Natsu's control, they rolled up a terrifying tornado.
"swirl!!"
Tongues of fire swirled, swirling outward in a spiral, creating a huge vortex of flames on the ground. As the vortex grew larger, it also stretched upwards until it became a tornado-like attack that rushed straight into the sky, engulfing the falling icicles and shattering, melting, and evaporating them with overwhelming force! !
Under the influence of extremely high temperatures, more and more water vapor is rushing towards the higher sky.
The arena for the Great Magic Fighting Games was originally set up on top of a high mountain. In recent days, due to the large amount of magic power gathering and fighting here, the air has become turbulent. At this time, affected by the battle of ice and fire between Inbel and Natsu, a strange airflow gradually formed in the sky, pulling in all the water vapor in the surrounding sky like the center of a whirlpool.
For a moment, the venue was filled with cold winds and thick ink hung in the air above heads.
Feeling the light above their heads and the change in humidity in the air, the audience all frowned: "Is it going to rain?"
It is July now, summer, and it rains a lot. There is a lot of moisture in the air. If the influence of magic and sorcery is added, it may rain heavily once it rains.
At that time, without the advantage of both location and timing, Natsu's magic might be greatly reduced!
People with insight have already seen this and are silently estimating the time in their hearts. Only those who have not thought of anything are still focusing on making the game more exciting.
"Hmm... maybe about ten minutes."
As a qualified magician, it is normal to be familiar with astronomy, geography, mathematics, and magic. Kira feels that as a master in the magic world, the time he estimates should not be too different.
The only pity is that there is no phoenix or tiger around to confirm it with me. It is such a pity! What a pity! !
Thinking of this, Kira couldn't help but look at Laxus beside him. In the Kingdom of Fiore, he and Jellal were the closest in age to him and had the highest strength.
only……
"Why are you looking at me? By the way, what did you say ten minutes?"
"……nothing."
Looking at the other person's appearance that was almost the same as that of a reckless man, Kira felt that Laxus was neither a phoenix chick nor a tomb tiger, but just a very smart one.
Natsu naturally couldn't see the changes in the surrounding climate. At this moment, he was howling, and flames were flying up and down towards Inbel.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!!"
The dazzling fireball melted all the ice and frost along the way like a small sun, and smashed towards Inbel with a whistling wind. The scorching flames and the violent energy made Kira think of the name "Fire Style: Rasengan" for a moment.
Faced with this gigantic fireball that looked like it could smash the arena floor once again, Inbel did not hold back, because he knew that the magic before him was extraordinary.
Bang——!
The fireball froze into an ice ball again, and then fell to the ground with a thump! !
"What?!"
Natsu was surprised, he had actually seen that Inbell had not used his full strength from beginning to end, so the Brilliant Flame move just now actually injected twice as much magic power as usual, the purpose was to force out the opponent's hidden strength.
In his opinion, Inbel probably hid half of his strength, but seeing how he could easily freeze his Brilliant Flame, he might have only used 30% of it.
"What a strong opponent!!"
Knowing that his opponent was stronger, Natsu was not afraid but happy. He stamped his feet and began to breathe deeply!
Under the pull of magic, the surrounding air immediately rushed into Natsu's mouth like water finding an outlet in a pool.
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!!!"
The earth-shaking roar was like the roar of a dragon.
A thick pillar of fire spurted out from Natsu's mouth, and the violent energy broke through the air, trying to burn everything it encountered and turn it into nothingness.
Inbel was not in a hurry. He condensed an ice armor from the demon world on his body that could freeze everything.
"Ice Absolute Divine Cloth!!"
In just a moment after the armor was put on, Inbel immediately transformed from a gentle boy with glasses into a knight covered in ice armor.
The moment it came into contact with the Ice Divine Robe, the fire that had been advancing forward suddenly stopped, and then froze into ice from Inbel towards Natsu at an astonishing speed.
"Not good!!" Natsu was shocked, surprised that his roar was frozen so easily. Just when the ice was about to spread to his mouth, he stopped the attack without hesitation and jumped back suddenly.
Boom! !
As soon as they separated, the flame that was originally at the corner of his mouth fell heavily to the ground. At this moment, the previous roar of flames had been completely frozen. If his action was one second later, he would have followed suit.
But Natsu did not give up the attack. He lowered his body and sprinted towards Inbel in a Z-shaped running style. At the same time, he called upon the magic power in his body again and used all his strength without reservation. The external flames suddenly converged, and the flames created by the dragon-slaying magic were raised to a temperature never before achieved!
Looking at Inbel again, he crossed his arms in front of him in an X shape, trying to block Natsu's punch, obviously having enough confidence in the Ice Divine Robe.
The pace of the attack stopped abruptly in front of Inbel. Natsu clenched his fist, gathered his strength and punched hard at the Ice Absolute Divine Cloth: "Flame Dragon King's... Collapse Fist!!"
boom!!!
The flames erupted instantly, and terrifying energy exploded between the fist and the armor, causing the space to oscillate slightly. White air currents burst out in all directions, setting off a terrible storm!!!
At the center of the energy, Natsu's full-strength attack did not cause the expected damage. The defense of the Ice God Armor was still unbreakable. It was like a real ice armor from the demon world. Not only was it not damaged at all under Natsu's terrifying high-temperature flames, it even passively triggered its characteristics and began to freeze Natsu's fist.
"What?!"
Natsu's eyes widened instantly and his pupils shrank. He felt endless coldness begin to spread along his arms to his body. Even frost began to appear on his fists, wrists and part of his forearms.
The bone-chilling cold did not freeze Natsu's flames, nor did it destroy his confidence. Instead, it only strengthened his determination to win: "Ohhhhhhhh!!!"
The source of magic in his body was squeezed out again, and the dragon-slaying magic was pushed to the extreme. At this moment, dragon scales appeared in the corners of Natsu's eyes! !
"This is……?!"
Inbel, who was close at hand, noticed the change at the first moment and was suddenly shocked. His magic power was temporarily flawed, but Natsu seized the opportunity and his Flame Fist increased its power by three points!
Bang !!
Along with a crisp sound, cracks appeared on the Bingjue Divine Robe!
Inbel was horrified, his eyes full of disbelief: "How is this possible?! My Ice Absolute Divine Robe actually..."
"Stop looking down on me!!"
Before he could finish his words, Natsu interrupted his whisper with a loud shout, and then Inbel heard a sentence that would be engraved deep in his soul from then on -
"I'm... a wizard from 'Fairy Tail'!"
boom!!!
With a muffled sound that spread throughout the venue, the Ice God Cloth was shattered, and Inbel was knocked away by Natsu's fist, turning several times in the air, and his glasses were even knocked off!!!
The flames faded, and Natsu slowly stood up. The ice from the Ice God Robe had covered his entire right arm and half of his body, but his gaze remained firm.
He won this duel!
The entire venue was silent for a few seconds, followed by loud and enthusiastic applause and cheers.
“Ohhhh!!”
“How amazing!!”
“Well done!!!”
"You're amazing... Natsu-san..."
In the Fairy Tail camp, Stinger also exclaimed loudly. Looking at Natsu who was showing off his power on the field, his eyes couldn't help but shine brightly, and his face was filled with infinite yearning and longing.
"The Natsu in this world is much stronger than the Natsu in my world!"
Lucy in World 1 couldn't help but exclaimed, and Lucy was shocked: "Huh?! Are you telling the truth??"
“Of course!!”
Happy flapped his wings happily between the two Lucys: "Natsu is strong no matter which world he is in~"
"That Fire Dragon bastard has become even stronger..."
Natsu's performance obviously stimulated Gajeel, and he began to reflect on whether he had been too obsessed with the human creation movement recently.
Also irritated was Natsu's eternal partner and rival Gray: "Tsk! Did Natsu beat him to it? I was going to justify the Ice Shape Magic, but it looks like I'll have to wait until next time."
On the other side, looking at Natsu who was receiving cheers from the audience and recalling the dragon scales that had just faded from his face, Zeref smiled with relief.
"You really have become stronger! Natsu..."
