"What do you take your comrades for?!" Natsu shouted angrily, throwing a punch wreathed in blazing red flas. His fist collided with Zancrow’s, blasting out a wave of scorching heat.
"Don’t co at with those low-level flas and embarrass yourself!" Zancrow’s fist erupted in black flas as he t Natsu’s blow head-on.
The impact triggered a massive explosion of red and black fire, enveloping them both in a chaotic sea of flas.
"So hot!" Happy yelped, flapping his wings and flying higher to escape the intense heat.
The surrounding Grimoire Heart soldiers were far less fortunate. Having ford a ring around the two combatants, they were instantly caught in the blast zone.
So were engulfed by red fire, others by black, and the most unfortunate were struck by both.
"Waaahhh!" A chorus of screams rang out as the n rolled on the ground in agony, scrambling to escape the searing inferno.
As the flas briefly died down, the two fighters clashed again. Blows were exchanged rapidly, punches, kicks, and body slams, all laced with fire.
After more than a dozen strikes, Zancrow winced, his body aching from Natsu’s blows, while Natsu’s skin was scorched from the black flas.
They clashed one more ti and then jumped apart.
Natsu inhaled deeply. "Fire Dragon’s Roar!"
A swirling torrent of flas erupted from his mouth.
Zancrow laughed wildly. "Yahahaha!" He opened his mouth and swallowed the flas whole, licking his lips afterward. "Tastes great. Wild and brutal, like it never wants to stop burning. Is this what they call Dragon Fire?"
"He ate Natsu’s flas?!" Happy hovered tensely in the air. "Natsu ate black fire once too, but this guy seems way too used to it."
"Of course I can eat it. Because these flas weren’t created by a man, or even a dragon. They were born from a god."
Zancrow mirrored Natsu’s stance and released a jet of black fire from his mouth. "God Slayer’s Roar!"
The black firestorm swallowed Natsu whole.
A roar of pain echoed from within the dark flas. "Ahhhhh!"
"Natsu!" Happy cried out, flapping around frantically.
"It’s just fire! I’ll eat it!" ca Natsu’s muffled voice from within.
Zancrow sneered coldly. "I already told you. Our flas are on different levels. You’re just a Dragon Slayer. I slay gods. I’m a God Slayer."
"Ahhhhh!" Natsu’s voice rose from the heart of the black flas. He stood firm, planting his feet and stretching out both arms.
Zancrow extended his hands toward him, preparing to finish it. "Enough of this insect’s struggling. Now I’ll— What?!"
His expression twisted in disbelief.
The flas were shrinking.
Zancrow’s sharp eyes imdiately saw what was happening. The black flas were flowing into Natsu’s mouth.
At first it was slow, like a trickle, but in seconds it accelerated. Natsu devoured the sea of fire completely, flas that had spanned dozens of ters vanishing down his throat in a single gulp.
"He did it!" Happy whooped in excitent, spinning through the air.
Natsu wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Didn’t taste good at all," he muttered, sounding more irritated than satisfied.
Zancrow looked like the sky had fallen on his head. "Why?! Why can you eat my flas?!"
Natsu grinned, mocking his tone. "A re God Slayer? I’m a Dragon Slayer who was trained by a real dragon. Why wouldn’t I be able to eat your flas?"
Happy, watching the exchange from above, suddenly beca serious.
Just now, Zancrow had devoured Natsu’s flas and said they tasted good. Natsu had devoured Zancrow’s flas and said they tasted bad.
Happy turned around, covered his mouth, and exclaid loudly, "How disgusting!"
As long-ti partners, Natsu instantly understood what Happy ant and shouted toward the sky, "We’re breathing fire, not vomiting!"
"You dare to be distracted while fighting ? Die!" Zancrow snarled and charged, his voice brimming with fury and sha. "God Slayer’s Dinner!"
Black flas surged from both of Zancrow’s hands, twisting like enormous crab claws and snapping shut on Natsu from either side.
"No matter how much cos, I’ll eat it all!"
Trapped between the twin pillars of black fire, Natsu didn’t flinch. He opened his mouth wide and devoured the flas greedily. A mont later, his stomach visibly bulged.
Zancrow poured out a massive amount of Magic Power, but Natsu took the attack head-on with almost no damage.
As soon as he broke free, Natsu spread his arms wide. Black flas ignited in his left hand and red flas blazed in his right.
"Impossible... how can a Dragon Slayer control a god’s flas? That’s not possible!"
Natsu lifted both hands above his head. The black and red fire combined, whirling together into a giant white fireball that pulsed with explosive power.
"Dragon God’s Brilliant Fla!"
Zancrow shouted in reply, "God Slayer’s Kagutsuchi!" as he hurled a black fireball of equal size to intercept it.
But his attack was quickly swallowed by the white fireball. Then, Zancrow himself was consud.
The entire forest lit up under the blinding light. Zancrow opened his mouth, trying to devour Natsu’s flas like before.
But this white fla was different. It was a fusion of both their magics and included his own god fire. He couldn’t eat it.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Elsewhere, Lucy ran frantically through the forest, pursued by a large group of Grimoire Heart soldiers.
By now, she fully understood what was happening. Grimoire Heart had launched a full-scale invasion of Tenrou Island. She wanted to fight bravely to protect the guild’s sacred ground.
But there were too many enemies.
She had already summoned Scorpio and Sagittarius, and together they had taken down quite a few of the pursuers. Still, the enemy kept coming in waves, and her Magic Power was nearly spent.
She needed to regroup with the others. That was her only chance.
As she sprinted, Lucy suddenly slamd into sothing soft. The impact knocked her backward, landing her flat on her butt.
"Ouch..." she groaned, rubbing her back as she looked up.
A massive figure lood over her, resembling a sumo wrestler.
Without saying a word, the man stepped forward and raised his foot to stomp.
Lucy rolled away just in ti. With a heavy crash, a deep crater opened where the foot had landed.
If he had landed that hit, she would have been crushed.
The soldiers chasing her ca to a halt and saluted the newcor.
"Hikaru sama."
Lucy’s eyes widened in shock. That big guy is one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory?
Just my luck!
She grabbed one of her Celestial Spirit keys, preparing to defend herself from all sides.
But suddenly, Kain Hikaru ducked behind a tree in a panic. "Don’t look at like that! I’m very strong!"
The soldiers looked exasperated. "Lord Hikaru, you are already very strong."
Lucy was stunned. "He’s nervous? Because his own people are watching him?"
Hikaru peeked at Lucy nervously. "Even if you flatter , you’re still my enemy!"
"Who praised you?!" Lucy yelled, already losing her patience.
"We did, Lord Hikaru," the soldiers said, sighing.
Clearly frustrated with their unreliable superior, one of them said, "Please, just defeat the enemy already."
Another muttered, "We could do it ourselves... if we fail the Master’s mission..."
Lucy didn’t wait. She saw her opening.
"Strike first!" she shouted, pulling out a Celestial Spirit key. "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!"
This guy looked like a brute, so Taurus was the perfect match to et him head-on.
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