If Gray and Timaria, Wendy and Urrutia were the coldest places in the examination room, then the battlefield between Natsu and Gajeel was the hottest place in the entire examination room.

Flame and steel are the two most conspicuous things here. One is red and the other is black. They create an ugly open space in this dense forest. The air is so dry that there is not much moisture left. Any girl who loves beauty will face it when she stands here.

A major danger of chapped skin.

"It's so hot here..."

As soon as Dispere emerged from the forest, he quickly retreated back, but this time he emerged and retreated enough for him to see clearly the scene on the field.

There are countless dark steel weapons stuck on the ground, and the appearance of swords, guns, sticks, and axes can be vaguely seen. However, these weapons are melting at the moment. Under the extremely high temperature that is controlled just right, each piece of metal is burned into scalding hot water.

The molten iron flows down quickly and rejoins in the pitted areas on the ground, just like the scene of hundreds of rivers flowing back.

The steel melted into molten iron and formed a river. The ashes left after the trees and weeds were burned were scattered on the ground. Under the roar of the flames, the heat continued to evaporate into the sky, as if there was an invisible piece hanging in the air.

gray and white mask.

The red fire, white smoke, black water and loess give people a strange visual experience from a long distance away.

"Natsu and Gajeel did a good job...but I don't want to fight in a place like this!"

Disper wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but chatter.

He arrived at the battlefield before Kira, but he did not intervene directly. Instead, he stood quietly behind the tree and watched the two men fighting fiercely in the open space from a distance.

"Fire Dragon's Collapse Fist!"

"The iron dragon's hammer!"

"The horn of the fire dragon!

"

“Iron Dragon’s Hook Scythe!

"

Natsu and Gajeel fought vigorously, each punch and elbow hitting each other's face, stomach, and head without any politeness.

"Fire mode!

!”

"Steel Mode!

!”

A roar that was almost heartbreaking echoed in the forest, as if the louder the shout, the higher the output.

"Ola Ola Ola..."

"Wood big wood big wood big..."

The white dragon scale scarf exudes this strange golden light on Natsu's body, as if Natsu has been given the powerful magic power inherited by Yinguniru, allowing him to hit with every move that almost burns the sky and destroys the earth.

Violent flames.

It was Natsu who came up with a new battle mode - Fire Dragon King mode!

“The Fire Dragon King’s Collapse Fist!

"

boom!

With a punch, the flames exploded at the same time. The heaven-defying flames completely engulfed Gajeel. However, after long-term training, he had developed a stronger and stronger physique that was far tougher than the one in the original work. The steel he transformed from this

The body is not so easily broken.

Gajeel had been waiting for this victory for a long time. Being able to take the test this time to determine the top and bottom was a rare opportunity for him, a chance to prove that he was stronger than Natsu. Thinking of this, Gajeel's face couldn't help but reveal

He had an air of becoming more and more insane as he fought.

"Do you think you're the only one with new moves, Fire Dragon!"

"During the three months you went to the Western Continent, I didn't do anything!

"

Gajeel shouted proudly, and at the same time, the steel on his body changed color. It was no longer a dark iron color, but a shiny white metallic color that seemed to be mixed with a variety of 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 attack and defense! I am now... the 'Vajra Dragon' Gajeelda!"

Showing off that he had more than doubled his diet, Gajeel's entire aura changed again, becoming thicker and more solid. His attacks were devastating, his defenses were impregnable, and his whole body was seamless and flawless.

Dragon Slayers have to rely on food if they want to advance. In the original work, Natsu often relies on receiving other people's magic power to evolve his own flames into multi-attribute flames. But now Gajeel is one step ahead in this regard.

.

One day, he overheard Kira discussing with others in the guild the idea of ​​strengthening dragon-slaying magic, and learned that "you can evolve by eating other people's magic." However, Gajeel's temper was obvious to everyone in the guild, and the only one who wanted to help him was Lei.

His strength was not enough, so he could only secretly save money to buy a large amount of metal.

Finally, his hard work paid off and he successfully improved his physique to a higher level!

Although because of this incident, he even went on fewer dates, and his wife Ben's accumulation rate also slowed down, Gajeel felt that everything was worth it.

clang!

Natsu's Fire Dragon Collapse Fist hit Gajeel hard, but it had little effect. It only made him take half a step back. The violent flames that exploded had no effect on Gajeel at this moment.

"Nani?! So hard!

"Natsu's expression changed.

"What's wrong? Is this all you can do, Fire Dragon? It doesn't hurt at all!" Gajeel smiled smugly and mocked, then shouted loudly and swung a Vajra Iron Fist with his backhand.

winter!

"Uh-huh!"

This move was far more powerful than the previous attack and sent Natsu flying in response. Gajeel did not give up this opportunity to stop to talk, but quickly bullied him, and the fists he waved were the same metallic silver as his body.

.

"Take the move! King Kong Dragon's heavy punch combo!

"

Winter! Winter!

winter!

!……

Outside of the assessment, they were the guild's companions, but now within the assessment, they were their opponents, so Gajeel only retained three points of his strength, and the remaining seven points were all concentrated in his hand, and he continued to swing out while sending and receiving, faster and faster, with greater strength.

He became more and more cruel, with a cruel and sinister smile on his face, making him look like a super villain.

Gajeel, who entered a new form, once again faced Natsu's Fire Dragon King mode. Not only did he become more comfortable in defense, but he was even better at attacking. At this time, he could completely match Natsu in the Fire Dragon King form, and even

Stronger!

"No way, right? Have you become so weak, Fire Dragon? You didn't just focus on falling in love during the time you went to the Western Continent, so you slacked off on your cultivation?! I heard that you and that

It’s about the bunny girl!”

Gajeel kept sarcastic, but in his heart he was extremely envious of Natsu.

'Damn it! This fire dragon... I usually see him as silly and like an emotional idiot, but he didn't expect that after going to the Western Continent, he would have a child with that bunny girl and marry him (← I don't know where the rumor came from)

, this development is unbelievable! I’m so envious... What a complete bastard!'

Yes, Gajeel is taking out his anger on Natsu right now.

This anger includes the anger of losing in the ghost battle last year, the anger of not being famous this year while Natsu has become famous, the anger of being ahead in love career...

"But... ugh!... Damn it!... Ga... ugh!... Gajeel..."

Unexpectedly, the opponent broke through, and Natsu was beaten back and forth. He could only keep putting his hands in front of him and making a defensive posture to block, "What on earth did he eat?!"

The body has become so hard?!"

"Damn it! Why can't I get stronger fire?"

As dragon slayers, Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy once got together to discuss their respective recipes, and finally came to the conclusion that Gajeel's recipe was the richest, because he could actually do more than

To eat iron, you can also eat other metals; Wendy's is the most affordable, you don't have to spend money, just drink Northwest Wind.

Natsu is the only one who likes it. It's not affordable and troublesome.

First of all, he doesn't have any fire worth eating. The flame dishes hanging on the guild recipe are all artificial flames created by other magicians using magic power.

The flame that becomes stronger after he eats it is particularly difficult to find, and it is hard to find.

'No! If this continues, I might lose...'

Natsu racked his brains to think of countermeasures, but he never came up with a practical solution.

Now he is no better than the original. He did not receive the magic power of Laxus to develop Thunder Flame Dragon mode, nor did he get the remaining power of Yunguniru to develop Fire Dragon King mode. Flame mode is a magic amplification technique, and Fire Dragon King mode is to increase the temperature of the flame.

, neither of them relies on devouring other people's magic power to add buff to the flames.

“Drink ah ah!

!”

With a loud shout, Natsu's body instantly erupted with magic power that was completely different from the previous one, and then he punched the incoming Vajra Iron Fist!

clang!

!

A small piece of the indestructible Adamantium Fist broke apart, but it was enough to shock Gajeel.

"Nani?!"
Chapter completed!