Atlas Flame burned with scorching fire from head to toe.
The flames in his hollow "eyes" flickered faintly as he stared in utter shock at the strangely familiar red-scaled dragon before him.
"Igneel…"
Atlas Flame murmured the name under his breath, only to immediately shake his head and deny it himself.
"No, this is a Dragon Slayer's dragonification?"
"Why can Igneel's child become like this too?!"
Just now, Atlas Flame had carried the two roaring Natsus straight toward Future Rogue, who ruled the skies.
As a dragon who had been friends with the Fire Dragon King, Atlas Flame's strength was naturally formidable.
The moment he arrived, he slammed into Motherglare and nearly knocked the entire dragon off balance.
As the two giant dragons tore and crashed into each other, the Natsus seized the chance to charge onto Motherglare's back and swarm Future Rogue together.
Future Rogue had seven years more experience than the present Rogue, so for the time being, he could still hold his own against the two Natsus.
But when Future Rogue said that he had personally killed Sting, both Natsus were still shaken to the core.
And then…
Even Future Rogue, who possessed the power of the White Shadow Dragon, was nearly beaten off the dragon's body by the enraged Natsus' Fire Dragon tag-team assault!
But at the critical moment, Future Rogue completely entered a berserk state.
The soul power Soda had granted him took effect.
Rogue reversed the situation and used that soul power to control the surrounding flames for himself!
Immediately afterward, Natsu made a mistake and was knocked off the dragon's body.
In his fury, he activated his trump card.
The ultimate hidden technique he had only used once before—Dragonification!
Future Natsu looked at the red dragon roaring toward the sky and broke into a grin.
"I knew it. He still hadn't used this move!"
Atlas Flame caught Future Natsu and asked in confusion, "Wasn't Igneel doing everything he could to prevent humans from turning into dragons? Why did he still become like this?"
"Relax."
Natsu smiled confidently. "Ankh used the Fire Dragon Crystal to help me adapt to that power. I can already activate and use this power on my own for seven minutes!"
Although after those seven minutes…
He would become a helpless little weakling with no power to fight back, completely at someone else's mercy.
"What about you?" Atlas Flame asked in confusion. "Since the time is limited, why don't we all attack together and take down the mastermind first?"
Future Natsu was silent for a long while.
He touched his empty chest, and his voice turned slightly cold.
"Mine is already broken…"
"When those dragons killed Gray, Erza, and the others right in front of me…"
Hearing that, Atlas Flame fell silent for a long time as well.
He looked at dragonified Natsu, whose overwhelming presence dyed the sky red, and spoke in a deep voice.
"In that case, it seems he's trying to tell us something."
"Yeah…"
Future Natsu's eyes shone with a terrifying brightness, while faint black flames seemed to ignite around his body again.
He grinned and said, "Seven minutes…"
"To end this war!"
…
"Seven minutes, huh?"
Looking at the three enormous beings battling each other in the sky, Laxus and Gajeel, who were currently entangled with the rock dragon, immediately understood what Natsu was trying to tell them.
"That's reckless as hell, but…"
A cruel smile appeared on Gajeel's face.
"I like it!"
Mirajane, in Satan Soul, landed beside him and said worriedly, "But Wendy's side…"
Erik had also trained deeply with the Poison Dragon Crystal, and everyone in the guild knew his progress should not be far behind theirs.
But Wendy's side…
Because of her age, she had only just mastered Dragon Force.
Although her battlefield had the most Dragon Slayers, those two little rookies from Sabertooth…
"I'll go!"
Gajeel took the responsibility without hesitation.
He reached out and patted Laxus on the shoulder, flashing his steel teeth in a grin.
"I'm leaving this side to you."
Laxus did not say anything. He merely responded with a faint smile.
Their understanding meant there was no need for too many words.
Gajeel turned and ran toward Wendy's battlefield, while Laxus gripped the crystal hanging in front of his chest.
Magic Power erupted from his entire body!
In the distance, Erik, who was fighting the weakest dragon, the Jade Dragon, sensed the strange movement as well and revealed a knowing smile.
This was the unspoken understanding shared only between Dragon Slayers who could use dragonification!
"Come on!"
With a loud roar, Erik used the magic crystal without hesitation to release the dragon power within his body.
His body began swelling violently!
A moment later, on this already chaotic battlefield, three enormous beings rose from the ground in a world-shaking display!
The Jade Dragon Zirconis glared furiously at the giant dragon before him, the one that had transformed from a human.
Smooth dark-purple scales covered its body. Its dragon head resembled a cobra's, and every time its fangs opened and closed, thick purple poisonous mist leaked out.
The pair of sky-covering dragon wings on its back looked just as mighty and imposing!
A mere human had turned into a dragon even more handsome than him!
Zirconis was unusually furious.
No longer holding back against Erik, he spat green poisonous gas from his mouth and charged forward with an enraged roar.
On Laxus's side, the usually silent rock dragon nearly dropped its jaw when it saw the majestic golden dragon before it, a dragon that looked like a thunder god.
Golden arcs of lightning with shocking power exploded around Laxus.
They compressed and condensed into laser-like attacks, firing mercilessly at the rock dragon.
The lightning that had originally been ineffective against rock suddenly became heavenly punishment that split mountains, shattered stone, and pierced through everything.
For a while, the rock dragon's body was blasted apart again and again!
"This is… a dragon?"
Jura stared in shock at the young man he had fought earlier, who had suddenly transformed into such a majestic dragon.
Putting aside the question of how a human could become a dragon…
Jura felt so frightened that hair was about to grow on top of his head.
Thank goodness this young man had not lost his temper and turned into a dragon during their match earlier…
The same feeling appeared on the other side as well, in the hearts of the two fanboys.
Have you ever seen a giant dragon holding a forty-meter-long steel blade, wrapped in armor, fighting two dragons of equal size all by himself?
Everyone present saw it now.
Using his own Iron Dragon Slayer Magic, Gajeel forcibly assembled a full set of equipment for himself.
Then he joyfully used his enormous dragon body to fight two giant dragons alone, leaving his two fanboys staring in complete awe.
"That's Gajeel? This… what kind of power is that?"
Sting and Rogue's faces were filthy, but as they watched Gajeel's domineering figure, a trace of longing appeared in their eyes before they could stop it.
Wendy, meanwhile, looked at Gajeel with a little envy as he single-handedly resolved a battle that the three of them had been unable to handle earlier.
With delight, she said, "Gajeel-san is using the final form of Dragon Slayer Magic, Dragonification!"
After saying that, Wendy added with a small hint of disappointment, "It's just that I'm still too useless... Among the Dragon Slayers in the guild, I'm the only one who still can't use this ability…"
Sting & Rogue: …
'Girl, when you say it like that, it makes things really hard for us…'