Chapter 593: Gajeel: I'm going to get back at the Fire Dragon today!
If Gray and Timaria, and Wendy and Urrutia are the coldest places in the examination room, then the battlefield between Natsu and Gajeel is the hottest place in the entire examination room.
Fire and steel are the two most conspicuous things here. One red and the other black, they have carved out an ugly open space in the dense forest. The air is so dry that there is not much moisture left. Any beautiful girl standing here will face the serious risk of cracked skin.
“It’s really hot here…”
As soon as Disper popped his head out of the woods, he quickly retreated back, but this emergence and retreat was enough for him to see the scene clearly.
Countless black steel weapons were stuck on the ground, and one could vaguely see the shapes of swords, guns, sticks, and axes. However, these weapons were melting at the moment. Under the perfectly controlled extremely high temperature, these pieces of metal were burned into boiling molten iron, which flowed down quickly and gathered again in the potholes on the ground, like the scene of hundreds of rivers returning to their flow.
The melted steel became molten iron and formed a river. The ashes left after the trees and weeds were burned were scattered on the ground. Amid the crackling sound of flames, hot air continued to rise into the sky, as if an invisible gray-white veil was hung in the air.
The red fire, white smoke, black water and yellow earth give people a strange visual experience even from a long distance away.
"Natsu and Gajeel did a great job...but I don't want to fight in a place like this!"
Disper wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help muttering.
He arrived at the battlefield before Kira, but he did not intervene directly. Instead, he stood quietly behind a tree, watching the two people fighting fiercely in the open space from a distance.
"Fire Dragon's Collapse Fist!"
"Iron Dragon's Hammer!"
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!!"
"Iron Dragon's Scythe!!"
Natsu and Gajeel fought passionately, and every punch and elbow was aimed at the other's face, stomach, and head without any mercy.
"Fire Mode!!!"
"Iron Mode!!!"
Heart-wrenching roars echoed in the mountains and forests, as if the louder the shouts, the higher the output.
"Ola Ola Ola..."
"Wood big wood big wood big..."
The white dragon scale scarf emitted a strange golden light on Natsu's body, as if it had endowed Natsu with the powerful magic inherited from Igner, allowing every move he made to produce a violent flame that was enough to burn the sky and the earth.
It was Natsu who took out a new combat mode - Fire Dragon King Mode!
"The Fire Dragon King's Collapse Fist!!"
boom!!
As he threw a punch, flames exploded at the same time, and the incredible flames completely devoured Gajeel, but after long-term training, he had developed a strong physique that was far tougher than the one in the original work. The iron body transformed from this was not so easy to break.
Gajeel had been waiting for this victory for a long time. This time, he could continue the assessment to determine the winner. It was a rare opportunity for him, an opportunity to prove that he was stronger than Natsu. Thinking of this, Gajeel couldn't help but reveal an expression on his face that was getting more and more crazy as the fight went on.
"Do you think you're the only one with a new move, Fire Dragon?"
"During the three months when you were heading to the Western Continent, I didn't do nothing!!"
Gajeel shouted proudly, and at the same time, the steel on his body changed color. It was no longer the dark iron color, but a shiny white metallic color that seemed to be mixed with multiple metals.
"I am... no longer the Iron Dragon I used to be!"
"By devouring harder metals, I have made my body harder and more flexible, greatly enhancing both my attack and defense! I am now... Gajeelda, the Diamond Dragon!"
Showing off that he had more than doubled his diet, Gajeel's aura changed again, becoming more powerful and solid. His attacks were devastating, his defense was impregnable, and his entire body was seamlessly integrated without any flaws.
If a Dragon Slayer wants to advance, he just needs to rely on eating. In the original work, Natsu often relied on absorbing other people's magic power to evolve his own flames into multi-attribute flames. But now it is Gajeel who is one step ahead in this regard.
One day, he accidentally heard Kira discussing the idea of strengthening dragon-slaying magic with others in the guild, and learned that 'it is possible to evolve by consuming the magic power of others', but everyone in the guild can see Gajeel's temper, and the only one who wants to help him, Rebi, is not strong enough, so he can only secretly save money to buy a lot of metal.
Finally, his hard work paid off and he succeeded in improving his physique to a higher level!
Although this incident caused him to go on fewer dates and his accumulation of money for his wife slowed down, Gajeel felt that it was all worth it.
clang!!
Natsu's Fire Dragon Fist hit Gajeel hard, but with little effect. It only made him retreat half a step. The raging flames had no effect on Gajeel at this moment.
"What?! So hard!!" Natsu's face changed.
"What's wrong? Is this all you can do, Fire Dragon? It's nothing at all!" Gajeel laughed wickedly and taunted him. Then he shouted loudly and swung out with a diamond fist with his backhand.
Boom! !
“Ahhh!”
This move was much more powerful than the previous attack and sent Natsu flying. Gajeel did not give up this opportunity to stop and talk nonsense, but quickly rushed forward and swung his fists which were the same metallic silver-white as his body.
"Take it! King Kong Dragon's heavy punch combo!!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! …
Outside the assessment are his guildmates, but now inside the assessment, they are his opponents, so Gajeel only retains one-third of his strength, and concentrates the remaining seven points in his hands, which he then swings out continuously, getting faster and faster, with more and more powerful force, with a cruel and sinister smile on his face, just like a super villain.
Gajeel, who has entered a new form, faces Natsu's Fire Dragon King mode again. Not only has he become adept at defense, but his attack is also better. At this time, he can completely match Natsu in Fire Dragon King form, or even become stronger!
"No way, no way? Have you become so weak, Fire Dragon? You haven't been so busy with your love life during your time in the Western Continent that you've been slacking off on your training?! I heard about your affair with that bunny girl!"
Although Gajeel kept mocking Natsu, he was actually extremely envious of him.
'Damn it! This Fire Dragon... He usually looks silly and like an emotional idiot, but I didn't expect that he would have a child with that bunny girl after a trip to the Western Continent and they would get married with the baby (← I don't know where this rumor came from). This development is too fast to be believed! I'm so envious... What a complete bastard!'
Yes, Gajeel is taking his anger out on Natsu right now.
This anger includes the anger of losing to Phantom last year, the anger of being unknown while Natsu is famous this year, and the anger of being surpassed in love and career...
“But…ah!…Damn it!…Gajeel…ah!…This guy…”
Natsu was not expecting the opponent to break through at the critical moment. He was beaten back repeatedly and could only put his hands in front of him to block the attack. "What on earth did he eat? ! ! How could his body become so hard?!"
"Damn it! Why can't I eat a stronger fire?"
As dragon slayers, Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy once got together to chat about their respective diets, and finally came to the conclusion: Gajeel's diet is the most diverse, because he can eat not only iron, but also other metals; Wendy's diet is the most economical, she doesn't need to spend any money, just eat northwest wind.
Natsu, who only eats fire, is neither economical nor troublesome.
First of all, he didn't have any fire worth eating. The flame dishes on the guild's menu were all artificial flames created by other wizards using magic power. They were just for the taste and were of no use in making him stronger. And the flame that could really make him stronger after eating it was extremely hard to find and it was hard to come by.
"No! If we continue like this, we might lose..."
Natsu racked his brains to think of countermeasures, but he could not think of a practical solution.
He is different now than in the original work. He did not receive Laxus's magic to develop the Thunder and Fire Dragon mode, nor did he get Igner's residual power to develop the Flame Dragon King mode . The Flame Mode is a magic amplification technique, and the Fire Dragon King Mode is to increase the temperature of the flame. Neither of them relies on devouring other people's magic to increase the buff of the flame.
“Drink ahhhhh!!!”
With a loud shout, Natsu suddenly burst out with magical power that was completely different from before, and then he punched towards the oncoming King Kong Iron Fist!
clang!!!
The indestructible diamond fist broke into pieces, but it was enough to shock Gajeel.
"What?!"
Gajeel's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of disbelief on his face, "How could this guy still retain this level of strength?!"
