Chapter 528

"Magic power control!" Igneel said in a deep voice.】

"If my guess is correct, this Black Natsu... should be compressing his own magic power."】

"Unlike every time in the past when he released a massive amount of magic power to cause destruction."】

"He seems to be trying something very new, gathering the magic power that should have been released at one point, compressing it to the limit, and then obtaining attack power that increases geometrically."】

"Compression..." Makarov pondered for a moment.】

"Can a person do this kind of thing?"】

You know, although Igneel's words were simple.】

But magic power is inherently an unstable energy body, and if you want to compress it, you must possess extremely high proficiency in magic power control.】

If two people cooperate, it can still be explained.】

After all, two people with a very high degree of tacit understanding can help each other in magic power output compression.】

But, for a single person to compress magic power to a very extreme point is a bit too much of a fantasy.】

At least, Makarov believed that with his proficiency in magic power control for decades, nearly a hundred years, he couldn't do this at all.】

Facing Makarov's doubt, even Igneel couldn't help but shake his head.】

"Not clear, didn't Black Natsu say, this is also his first time?"】

"If it really succeeds, it means that Black Natsu's magic power control has reached a level that no one can understand."】

Its eyes stared fixedly at the screen.】

Waiting for the result.】

【In the screen.】

【Gajeel, who was blown into mid-air, found in horror that the darkness around him seemed to have been driven away by crimson light.】

【And the source of the light...】

【Was exactly the red dot less than one centimeter at Black Natsu's fingertips.】

【It's strange, clearly just such a tiny red dot, but it gave Gajeel an unprecedented sense of crisis.】

【The hair all over his body stood up at this moment.】

【Almost instinctively, the steel-colored dragon scales were activated, automatically covering the surface of Gajeel's body.】

【This was something that had never happened before.】

【Even without his brain's command, the magic was activated autonomously.】

【But, this also proved that in his subconscious, Gajeel himself believed that he had reached the moment of life and death!】

【Hum...】

【The crimson light bloomed constantly.】

【Finally, it reached its peak at this moment.】

【The world seemed to have been completely obscured by the crimson light at this moment.】

【Boom————!!】

【Boom————!!!】

【Boom————!!!】

【The next moment, a terrifying explosion that echoed through the sky boomed.】

【In these few seconds, starting from the position where Black Natsu stood.】

【Violent explosions occurred within a range of several thousand meters in front.】

【A more intuitive manifestation was that starting from the position where Black Natsu stood, the explosion continued to the edge of the town.】

【All the houses along the way were destroyed.】

【The affected range even included one-fifth of the town.】

【You know, the magic power Black Natsu input this time hadn't even reached the amount of one breath in the past.】

【However, the result obtained was more than several times the power of a breath.】

【For a time, in front of Black Natsu, a terrifying gully appeared, a hundred meters wide and long, leading straight to the border of the town.】

【The ground had been burned black.】

【The fragments of the houses were also melted by the high temperature, and the air appeared distorted due to the high temperature that hadn't dissipated nearby.】

【At the edge of the gully, Gajeel, who was shirtless and covered in scars, was lying at the junction of the gully and the charred ground.】

【The dragon scales that were originally covered on his body had all disappeared, charred blackness covered half of his body, and blood in his mouth couldn't stop flowing out.】

【His chest was heaving violently.】

【His vision also appeared blurred like a double image.】

【Gajeel survived.】

【But, only he himself knew how he survived.】

【At the moment the terrifying crimson light bloomed.】

【He clearly saw the terrifying explosion that burst not far from him.】

【He was just at the edge of the explosion.】

【He didn't know if Black Natsu missed, or if his luck was so good that he happened to be at the edge of the explosion.】

【But, even so, at the moment of the explosion, the terrifying impact generated shattered Gajeel's dragon scales directly!】

【Yes, like glass, the originally hard dragon scales shattered directly.】

【His internal organs were injured at that moment.】

【In the violent wind of the explosion, his figure was like a kite with a broken string.】

【The fire mixed in the wind also gave him unbearable pain.】

【The whole process lasted for several seconds.】

【This, in normal times, was just the blink of an eye, but at this moment, it was as long as a snail.】

【That was almost the most intense pain Gajeel had encountered in so many years.】

【And what made people even more desperate...】

【Was that such a situation was even established on the premise that he wasn't hit head-on by the explosion, just affected by the edge, and it was already so serious.】

【If he had been hit head-on, the result could be imagined.】

【He would die!】

【He would really die!!】

【No joke, this was the first time Gajeel had come into contact with death so closely.】

【In his mind, like a lantern, the words he said to Jose's thought projection not long ago appeared.】

【Black Natsu... will be finished off by him!】

【This sentence was like a naked slap, hitting his cheek hard.】

【The kind that made his face swell.】

【"Mon... monster..."】

【"The gap... why is it so big?"】

【Gajeel, lying on the ground, had lost focus in his eyes, and he couldn't stop whispering in his mouth.】

【Whoosh!!!】

【A sound of breaking through the air came from in front of him.】

【Black Natsu's figure appeared in front of Gajeel accordingly.】

【His eyes glanced sideways at Gajeel who could no longer stand up on the ground.】

【Black Natsu's tone was still flat.】

【"Go bring a message to Jose, the matter hasn't ended here."】

【"Tell that guy to bring his head to see me."】

【"Otherwise... just wait to collect the corpses for all the members of Phantom Lord."】

【Speaking of this, Black Natsu paused.】

【His face was stern!】

【"I said... all of them, as long as they still exist in the Kingdom of Fiore, still exist on Ishgar... all the Phantom Lord mages!"】

【As his voice fell, Black Natsu turned around and called out.】

【"Let's go, Happy."】

【"Which city is the next one with a Phantom Lord branch again?"】