Face to face with the beast king described by the village chief, the other person's magic power was revealed without any concealment.

Natsu didn't feel any pressure, but instead geared up:

"I'm telling you, Rhodes, you're thinking too much. How can this guy be S-class? It's not comparable to Erza at all."

After seeing the Beast King with his own eyes, Rhodes hugged Habibi in the tree and nodded: "This is true, it's hard to disagree."

Natsu was still comparing: "And it's not even comparable to Mira!"

"This...isn't it a bit too much with Mirabi?"

Happy said: "Natsu is talking about the old Mira."

"Before...Mira was very strong?"

"Love! Mira used to be an S-class mage, and she fought with Erza all day long."

"!" The gentle image of Mira emerged in Rhode's mind, "She? Fighting with Erza?"

This is a bit of a challenge to his imagination.

"Love, they used to be just like Natsu and Gray now."

"..." Rhodes' brain was a little down. He mentioned Lisanna's matter yesterday and wanted to ask about Mira's past.

But considering Habi's mood, it's hard to speak, today...

"Ho~~~~"

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Okay, I'll ask again after I've finished typing.

Natsu's fist collided with the Leopard Man's fist, making a dull sound.

There was a big difference in body size between the two. When Natsu's fist was wrapped in flames, it looked about the same size as Leopard Man's fist.

But in such a fist fight, Natsu did not fall behind.

There was a brief stalemate between the two sides, and then each retreated.

The Leopard Man's fists were a little scorched, and Natsu's feet left a shallow mark.

"You're quite capable, you guy." Natsu clenched his fists and charged forward again.

The leopard man seemed a little hesitant, but when he saw the opponent coming to attack, he naturally attacked him: "Roar~~~"

The two were constantly exchanging punches and kicks, sometimes attacking and sometimes blocking.

The Leopard Man is very powerful, and every move he makes carries an unusual amount of power. A single blow would probably break the bones of an ordinary person.

Natsu's every move is filled with flames, which brings powerful destructive and explosive power to his attacks. Even if he blocks successfully, it is easy to leave burns.

After more than a dozen moves, Natsu originally wanted to try to take advantage of the difference in size and adopt a more dexterous attack method.

However, the leopard man's characteristics are not as long as those of a leopard. Although he is large, he is also quite agile.

"Fire Dragon's Flaming Elbow!"

An elbow strike with enhanced power by flame jet knocked the opponent back two steps, and Natsu also quickly somersaulted twice to distance himself.

This was the pre-arranged time to take action, and strange birds, one large, five small and six, flew out of several surrounding pine trees.

The big ones suddenly flapped their wings in the air and shot out dozens or hundreds of flying knife-like feathers;

The younger ones also ejaculated one each to join in the fun.

The leopard man raised his arms to protect his vital parts, and dozens of feathers were tied on his arms, shoulders and legs.

"Roar!" The leopard man roared angrily, smashed a big tree next to him, and swung it to fly away the sharp-beaked birds that were swooping towards it.

Two ancient stone beetles broke out of the ground. One hit the leopard man's back, causing him to lose balance. The other clamped the leopard man's waist with its mouthparts from the front.

The leopard man swung the big tree in his hand half a circle and threw it backwards, knocking down the stone beetle behind him.

Then he let out a loud roar, his arms seemed to be a little thicker, and he violently beat and elbowed the guy holding it.

Natsu, who should have taken this opportunity to attack, made no move at this time.

The leopard man has beaten the ancient stone beetle into two stone beetles.

"Stone beetle, cling to it!"

Rhodes didn't know what Natsu was thinking, but he had a backup plan, and there was a chance of another group of Sharpbills.

If that doesn't work, you can still risk going to the Demon Swamp Frog.

Rhodes held the pendant on the branch of the tree, "Answer the call..."

"Wait a minute, Rhodes!" Natsu suddenly stopped.

"..." Rhodes frowned and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? At this time, you don't have to be one-on-one, right?"

However, during this period of questioning, the leopard man knocked away a stone beetle that was blocking the road, jumped onto a pine tree with his legs, jumped again, and fled quickly.

Okay, no need to rush this time.

Habi flew down with Rhodes: "What are you doing all of a sudden, Natsu? If you keep fighting, you will win immediately."

Natsu said dullly: "That guy is not the Beast King at all."

Rhodes said: "But its characteristics are completely consistent with those of the Beast King."

"That's of course, because the Beast King was completely 'accepted' by him." Natsu emphasized, "It's 'him', not 'it'."

"Isn't it possible to receive...?" Rhodes thought of a possibility, but it was too ridiculous.

Happy asked, "What's going on?"

"Although that guy smells like a lot of beasts, there is still a smell that I smelled in the village chief's house."

Natsu thought that was the smell of Chita who had been missing for eight days.

Judging based on smell alone is definitely untenable, Rhodes said:

"But Qita went up the mountain to defeat the Beast King. It's not surprising that the Beast King got the smell after fighting him...and, how do you know that it is receiving magic?"

Natsu said seriously: "During the battle, and when he used his arms to smash the stone beetles,

The way to use that kind of magic is to receive magic, and I will never admit it!"

"Why..." Rhodes wanted to ask why Naz was so familiar with receiving magic.

And the analysis just now almost made him suspect that Natsu had been switched.

"We believe Natsu." Habi's tone also became serious, and he also explained for Natsu.

"Because Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna all use receiving magic. Therefore, Natsu will not admit his mistake!"

"..." Rhodes was silent. He sat cross-legged on the ground. He had heard a lot of big news in the past two days, so he had to sort it out.

First of all, Mira had a sister named Lisanna, but she unfortunately died last year.

And Mira was once an S-class mage, the kind who could compete with Erza.

Moreover, the three Strauss siblings all use receiving magic.

Finally, according to Hubby, Lisanna and Natsu have a good relationship, so Natsu is also familiar with receiving magic.

Based on this familiarity, Natsu was able to determine that the 'Leopard Man Beast King' just now was actually Qita, who had been missing for eight days, who used receiving magic to take away the Beast King's body.

According to Rhodes' understanding, receiving magic is a magic that can seize the target's body and use it for oneself.

However, if the person who uses the receiving magic is not strong enough but wants to forcefully receive it, he may be affected by the other party's will, causing him to lose his mind and act involuntarily.

This is consistent with the strange and irritable behavior of the 'Beast King'.

But there's something else that doesn't make sense.

"Can anyone sustain receiving magic for eight days?"

Rhodes said, "If he really received magic, he should have died of exhaustion on the first day, or fainted due to lack of magic power and recovered to his original state."
Chapter completed!