A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Imber held his right hand up in front of him, a flash of light appearing on his glasses. "Since you've said so, I'll show you the magic of a true ice mage!"

"Freeze it!!"

Natsu's eyes widened suddenly, and his magical power erupted instantly, turning into flames that burned fiercely, creating an even higher temperature that expelled the freezing cold air from his body.

"This shouldn't be your full strength, right? Your ice was definitely colder than this a couple of days ago!"

Although he successfully blocked an ice attack, Natsu felt no joy at all; instead, he was somewhat dissatisfied. "Since you're not going to use your full strength, then I'll force you to!!"

Having said that, Natsu stomped his foot hard, his magical power surging once more, and the flames reignited, instantly melting and sublimating the surrounding ice and snow, transforming it into a sea of ​​fire. Then, he shifted his body to the side, gathering power in his fist: "Fire Dragon..."

"not good!!"

Sensing that this move was completely different from the previous magic, Imber exclaimed in surprise, and his magic power immediately transformed into the surrounding cold air.

"Crushing Fist!!"

With a thunderous punch, violent energy exploded in the air, producing booming and crackling sounds. The force of the punch seemed capable of shattering mountains and splitting the earth, however…

A cold front is passing through!

Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and then another gust of wind blew in.

Upon closer inspection, the Fire Dragon Crushing Fist, which originally contained terrifying energy, stopped just as it was thrown. The raging flames were instantly frozen in mid-air by the snow-white, solid, and firm ice, and then, under the influence of gravity, it crashed to the ground with a thud, shattering into countless ice crystals.

What about Natsu?

His entire being, along with the flames of the arena, had turned into an ice sculpture, unable to take another step forward.

"How could this be..."

"Really?! That guy froze Natsu in an instant?!"

"His ice magic is incredibly powerful! Maybe even stronger than Gray's!"

"Shut up, you guys! I won't lose to him!"

The audience was stunned by what they saw. Most of them did not understand magic, so their method of judging the strength of a mage was simply visual.

Therefore, their previous ability to freeze the arena with a single move, their subsequent burning of it by Natsu, and their current freezing again all prove that they are the foremost genius mages of the Kingdom of Fiore!

Natsu wasn't the only one frozen; Sawyer was too, except he was frozen in a running position, which was a bit more comical than Natsu's punching motion.

"That guy even attacks his own teammates?!"

"Uh... I think it's probably just because I couldn't control myself..."

Some were terrified, some complained, and a commotion arose from the audience.

Soon, everyone stopped talking and turned their attention to the two people who were still able to move on the field: Inbel himself, who was casting the spell, and Larcade, who had been smiling with his hands clasped together the whole time.

"Even Natsu was frozen, but that guy is fine. He's really strong..."

Seeing that Larcade wasn't frozen, Laxus in the stands frowned. He didn't believe Kira would really let the opponent hand over the battle to Natsu and not lift a finger himself.

"Given the current situation, shouldn't he have made a move?"

"Don't rush!" Kira smiled faintly, raising his chin in a gesture of respect. "Natsu isn't done yet!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Natsu, who was frozen into an ice sculpture in the arena, suddenly made a crackling sound, and then a thin crack spread from his head and feet towards the middle.

Snapped! !

With a crisp sound, the ice shattered, revealing Natsu inside. He showed no embarrassment at being frozen, but rather a look of pleasure and enjoyment, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Isn't that amazing?"

"I'm fired up!!!"

Chapter 724 Natsu VS Inbell

With a clash of fists, flames surged once more.

Having learned from the previous two moves, Natsu now knew how to control the flames at the appropriate temperature.

"Hmm... Natsu's magic is more stable now."

Laxus immediately noticed Natsu's change, while Kira muttered under his breath, "Isn't this a classic case of having to suffer a setback before learning a lesson?"

Despite the criticisms, this talent is still very helpful to Natsu, allowing him to quickly adjust his combat state and not be afraid of even stronger opponents.

In the second round of battle, Sawyer withdrew, Larcade slacked off, and Natsu raised his fist and attacked Imbel directly. His body was covered with flames that were hotter than before, ignoring the freezing magic used by his opponent.

Seeing that the freezing was ineffective, Inbell shouted coldly, unleashing a burst of icy energy: "Ice Flower Sky Burial!"

As the sound faded, the ice blocks that had been evaporated into water vapor by Natsu's flames condensed into delicate, blooming white ice flowers under Inbel's control.

Snapped!

An ice flower landed on Natsu's shoulder, and a chill instantly swept through, freezing Natsu's right shoulder!

However, the freeze lasted for less than two seconds before being melted into water by Natsu's flame coat, soaking his clothes. The water then evaporated into vapor under the high-temperature flames, drying his clothes.

Seeing this, Natsu crossed his arms and laughed triumphantly: "Wahahaha... Your ice is no longer effective against me!!"

"That's not necessarily true!"

Imber showed no disappointment whatsoever; instead, he nodded to himself: Okay! Keep it like this, and then defeat me beautifully!

With the advantage of the field, Imber decided to make the match even more spectacular, so he waved his right hand again, creating several huge ice pillars in the air.

The icicles were thick and long, with a peculiar luster that subtly flowed through them, and even had unique ice flower patterns on them. They looked not only incredibly hard but also very beautiful, perfectly matching his scholarly temperament and making for a magnificent attack.

But in reality, only the person who created this move knows that these ice pillars are nothing but gilded exteriors and rotten inside, all show and no substance, good to look at but useless, and not nearly as powerful as they appear!

Affected by the cold air and ice on the ground, and because the attack was so fast, even Kira couldn't tell what was happening for a moment.

Natsu, being so simple-minded, naturally didn't know this. When he saw several ice pillars falling from the sky, he was suddenly filled with heroic spirit. Instead of retreating or dodging, he charged head-on into them.

"The fire dragon's..."

With Natsu's shout, the flames, which had been somewhat subsiding, surged again, flowing behind Natsu's arms and onto his back, forming a pair of enormous dragon claws. The crimson fiery dragon claws were several meters long, and under Natsu's control, they whipped up a terrifying tornado.

"swirl!!"

Flames swirled and spiraled outwards, creating a massive vortex of fire on the ground. As the vortex grew larger, it stretched upwards until it transformed into a tornado-like attack that shot straight into the sky, engulfing the falling ice pillars and blasting, melting, and evaporating them with overwhelming force!

Under the influence of extreme high temperatures, more and more water vapor surges towards the higher horizon.

The Grand Magic Games arena was originally located on a high peak. In recent days, due to the large amount of magical energy gathered and fought here, the air had become turbulent. Now, affected by the battle between Imbal and Natsu, a peculiar airflow gradually formed in the sky, like the center of a vortex, drawing away the water vapor in the surrounding sky.

Suddenly, a chilling wind swept through the venue, and thick ink seemed to hang overhead.

Sensing the changes in the overhead light and the humidity in the air, the audience frowned: "Is it going to rain?"

It's July now, summer, which is naturally rainy and has a lot of moisture in the air. If you add the influence of magic and spells, the rain could be heavy.

At that time, without both favorable location and timing, Natsu's magic might be greatly diminished!

Those with insight have already realized this and are silently calculating the time in their minds. Only those who can't think of anything are still single-mindedly thinking about making the game more exciting.

"Hmm...it should be about ten more minutes."

As a qualified mage, it is normal to be knowledgeable in astronomy, geography, mathematics, and magic. Kira felt that as a hidden dragon in the magic world, his estimated time should not be too far off.

The only pity is that there's no Phoenix Chick or Tomb Tiger by his side to verify his abilities; it's truly a regret! A regret!

Thinking of this, Kira couldn't help but look at Laxus beside him. In the Fiore Kingdom, he and Jellal were the strongest among those closest in age to him.

only……

Why are you looking at me like that? Oh, right, what did you just say was ten minutes?

"……nothing."

Looking at the other party's appearance, which was no different from that of a brute, Kira felt that Laxus was neither a phoenix chick nor a tiger, but just a great genius.

Natsu, naturally unaware of the changing weather around him, was currently roaring and attacking Inbell with flames leaping up and down.

"Fire Dragon's Blazing Flame!!"

The dazzling fireball, like a miniature sun, melted away all the frost along its path, carrying a howling gale as it hurtled towards Impel Down. The scorching flames and the violent energy made the name 'Fire Release: Rasengan' flash through Kira's mind.

Faced with this enormous fireball that seemed poised to smash the arena floor once again, Imber held nothing back, for he knew the magic before him was extraordinary.

Snapped--!

The fireball froze into an ice ball again, then crashed to the ground with a thud!

"What?!"

Natsu was taken aback. He had actually realized that Inbel had not used his full strength from beginning to end. So the Blazing Flame attack he just used actually contained twice the magic power as usual, in order to force out the opponent's hidden strength.

In his opinion, Inbel was probably hiding half of his strength, but judging from how easily he froze his Blazing Flame, he probably only used 30% of it originally.

"What a formidable opponent!!"

Knowing that his opponent was stronger, Natsu was not afraid but rather pleased. He stomped his feet and began to inhale deeply!

Drawn by magic, the surrounding air rushed into Natsu's mouth like water finding an outlet in a pool.

"Roar of the Fire Dragon!!!"

A deafening roar, like the cry of a dragon.

A thick pillar of fire spewed from Natsu's mouth, the violent energy tearing through the air, burning and destroying everything in its path, reducing it to nothingness.

Unperturbed, Imber conjured up an ice armor from the demon realm that could freeze everything.

"Ice-Slaying Divine Robe!!"

In an instant, the armor was donned, and Imber transformed from a refined, bespectacled young man into a knight completely covered in icy armor.

The moment it came into contact with the Ice God Robe, the previously unstoppable flames suddenly stopped, and then froze into ice at an astonishing speed from Inbel toward Natsu.

"No!!" Natsu was shocked, astonished that his roar had been frozen so easily. Just as the ice was about to spread to his mouth, he stopped his attack without hesitation and jumped back.

Boom! !

The moment they separated, the flame that had been lingering at the corner of his mouth fell heavily to the ground. The previous roar of flames was now completely frozen. Had he acted even a second later, he would have suffered the same fate.

But Natsu did not give up the attack. He lowered his body and sprinted towards Inbel in a zigzag pattern. At the same time, he once again used his magic power and gave it his all. The flames he released immediately subsided, raising the temperature of the flames created by the Dragon Slayer Magic to an unprecedented level!

Looking at Inbel, he crossed his arms in an X shape in front of him, attempting to block Natsu's punch, clearly showing that he had full confidence in the Ice God Robe.