Phantom Lord… that place was as cold as a morgue.
The so-called "companions" were nothing more than competitors who schemed against each other and stabbed each other in the back while vying for a spot among the Four Elements.
Family? What a distant and luxurious word.
As for Jose's will… it wasn't just a command, but a spiritual brand etched deep into his bones, a suffocating, fear-inducing pressure like a maggot clinging to bone, preventing him from even conceiving of resistance.
The struggle in his eyes reappeared, but was quickly replaced by a coldness bordering on despair.
He suddenly lifted his head, and the seven-colored magical light in his eyes surged wildly, as if out of control, seemingly trying to cover up the wavering in his heart and that trace of weakness, which had been stirred up and now terrified him, with extreme rage!
"Enough! Shut up! You little brat with your endless lecturing!" Tutu Maru let out a near-shrieking roar of fury, as if wanting to vent all the irritation and unease in his heart. "Just follow orders! What's with all the unnecessary talk! Die! Seven-Colored Arcane Art: Rainbow Rain!!!"
Buzz—!!!!
Accompanying his hysterical roar, the remnants of the seven-colored magical flames from the collapsed Rainbow Sky Guard did not dissipate. Instead, as if summoned, they wildly converged and compressed in the air!
Instantly, they transformed into countless seven-colored flame arrows, as thick as fingers yet condensed to the extreme!
The red was like molten metal, the orange like explosive fire thunder, the yellow like a sticky mire, the green like virulent pus, the cyan like bone-eroding ice, the blue like decomposing acid, and the purple like an illusory glow!
They were dense, covering the sky and obscuring the sun!
Like a torrential downpour, carrying seven layers of destructive killing intent, they indiscriminately covered and shot down towards the area where Natsu was!
The air was scorched with a pungent, burnt smell, and space itself seemed to be torn apart by this dense rain of death!
Where the arrows passed, withered trees ignited, charred earth was corroded into pits, and the sluggish yellow flames made the air viscous!
Facing this deadly rain of fire, capable of instantly turning a steel jungle into dust, Natsu's eyes not only showed no fear, but instead burst forth with a nearly greedy, ecstatic light, originating from deep within his bloodline!
It was the excitement of a predator seeing its most delicious prey!
"Ooh—!!!"
An excited, distorted roar, like a dragon's cry, exploded from deep within Natsu's throat!
Not only did he not dodge or defend, but he suddenly opened his mouth wide, his jaw almost reaching his ears!
Deep within his throat, a crimson fire glowed like a furnace!
Buzz—!!!
An invisible, terrifying suction force, seemingly capable of devouring everything, erupted suddenly from Natsu's open maw!
A gigantic, rapidly spinning crimson flame vortex formed out of thin air! The center of the vortex was profoundly dark, exuding a heart-pounding devouring will!
Whoosh—swish swish swish swish swish—!!!!
What happened next was something Tutu Maru would never forget in his life, and it completely overturned his understanding of "fire"!
The seven-colored flame arrows, shooting down from the sky, imbued with terrifying energy, and capable of instantly killing ordinary Mages, instantly underwent a bizarre distortion in their trajectory!
As if forcibly grabbed and dragged by an invisible giant hand!
Like moths drawn to a flame, or stars pulled by a black hole, they uncontrollably and wildly changed direction, surging towards Natsu's open maw, which seemed to lead to a lava hell!
They formed torrents of seven-colored flames!
"Wh-…?!! This… this is impossible!!" Tutu Maru's ferocious expression instantly froze, replaced by an indescribable horror and sense of absurdity!
He felt his magic power, his proud and meticulously refined seven-colored magical flames, were being forcibly stripped, torn, and sucked away at an unprecedented speed!
It was an absolute power of devouring, transcending his will!
It was as if his carefully controlled flames were merely the most delicious snacks in front of that "monster"!
"No! Stop! Stop it!!!" Tutu Maru was utterly terrified, his soul trembling!
He frantically tried to sever the magical link with those flame arrows, trying to regain control!
But that devouring power, originating from the Dragon Slayer Mage bloodline, was absolutely tyrannical!
Like a cosmic black hole, it violently plundered all approaching flame energy!
His struggles were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, futile!
The crimson molten gold flames, like a waterfall of scorching iron, carrying a pungent metallic scent, were the first to rush into Natsu's mouth!
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