"Hahahaha! Bring it on!"
He no longer dodged! No longer defended!
He suddenly spread his arms wide and puffed out his chest!
"Everything... burn for me!!!"
Buzz—!!!
The white flames on Natsu's body surged again!
But this time, the color of the flames was no longer purely fiercewhite!
At the core of the flames, dark red patterns, like pulsating blood vessels, began to emerge!
A terrifying aura of wildness, plunder, and life-burning began to emanate from him!
Puff puff puff puff—!!!
The dense death roots fiercely pierced into Natsu's body!
Blood splattered!
But!
The moment the roots pierced him!
The white flames on Natsu's body, with their dark red patterns, wrapped around them like hungry beasts!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!
The crown of embers flames and life-plundering power attached to the roots were actually being frantically devoured and absorbed by Natsu's flames!
"Ugh ah ah ah—!!!" Natsu let out a painful roar, but even more intense flames burned in his eyes!
He could feel a scorching, wild, plundering power continuously being forcefully drawn from the roots piercing his body and integrating into him!
At the same time!
Whoosh—!!!
The terrifying poisonous miasma storm completely engulfed him!
The strong corrosion and mental impact made him black out!
But!
The flames on his body, infused with the power of the crown of embers, seemed to have a life of their own, churning and burning autonomously!
The poisonous mist hit the flames, making a "sizzling" sound, and was rapidly purified and evaporated!
The intense mental corrosion was also forcibly dispelled by the wild will contained within the flames!
"Not enough! Still not enough!" Natsu roared within the poisonous mist storm!
The "Soul-Burning Whip" had arrived!
The giant whip, burning with ultimate dark red flames and carrying the power to tear souls, fiercely struck Natsu's chest!
Bang—!!!!
Natsu was struck as if by a heavy hammer!
His sternum groaned under the unbearable pressure!
A large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments spewed out!
The terrifying impact sent him flying!
But!
The moment the whip touched his body!
The white flames on Natsu's body, infused with the dark red patterns, like sharks smelling blood, suddenly wrapped around the burning whip!
Frantically tearing and devouring the crown of embers flame essence contained within the whip!
"Roar—!!!" The Treant let out a roar of shock and anger!
It felt the power of its crown of embers being forcibly plundered!
It suddenly tried to retract its tentacles!
But it was too late!
Natsu, like a madman, firmly gripped the Soul-Burning Whip that had struck his chest with both hands!
"Don't even think about running!!!"
"Let me... devour!!!"
Boom—!!!
The Dragon Slayer Flame within Natsu completely went berserk!
All the pores on his body seemed to turn into devouring whirlpools!
Even more frantically plundering and devouring the crown of embers flame essence coming from the whip!
The dark red patterns rapidly spread and deepened within the white flames on his body!
An unprecedented, extremely wild, terrifying power that burned and plundered the essence of life surged and roared madly within him!
His aura... climbed steadily!
"Ugh ah ah ah—!!!" Natsu let out a roar mixed with pain and exhilaration!
His body trembled violently, and fine, reddish scales, like flowing magma, began to appear as illusory projections on his skin!
His eyes completely turned into burning lava!
An ancient, majestic, and destructive Dragon's Might began to emanate from him!
Dragon's Might... initially awakened!
"Roar—!!!" The Treant went completely insane!
It felt a fatal threat!
The crown of embers pulsed frantically, and the dark red flames surged to their extreme!
It suddenly pulled out its arms that were plunged into the ground!
"crown of embers' End · All Things Return to Silence!!!"
Its massive body suddenly expanded!
Countless cracks, flowing with dark red magma, spread across its charred body!
A destructive, terrifying energy, enough to wither all things and return life to silence, rapidly condensed within it!
It intended to unleash an ultimate strike at the cost of self-destruction, to completely annihilate this Dragon Slayer Mage who was plundering its power and threatening its existence!
"Bring it on!!!"
Natsu suddenly raised his head!
The illusory crimson Dragon Scales on his body instantly solidified!
Covering his arms, chest, and cheeks!
As if he had donned a burning Dragon Scale armor!
He slammed his hands together in front of his chest!
The wild flames within him, infused with the plundering power of the crown of embers, compressed and condensed frantically!
The core of the scorching white flames was entwined with dark red patterns that pulsed like blood vessels!
A terrifying wavesthat burned all things and plundered life spread out!
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art—"
Natsu's voice echoed through the jungle like a dragon's roar!
He suddenly thrust his clasped hands forward!
"Crimson Lotus—"
Buzz—!!!
A crimson line of fire, condensed to the extreme, only as thick as an arm, yet seemingly containing the terrifying energy of a sun's core, instantly tore through space!
The line of fire was not purely crimson, but had a scorching white core, with dark red patterns like crimson lotus karmic fire entwined around its edges!
Wherever it passed, space twisted and evaporated!
Poison mist, roots, tentacles... all things, tangible and intangible, melted and annihilated like ice and snow the moment they touched the line of fire!
"—Phoenix Blade!!!"
Whoosh—!!!
The crimson line of fire arrived first!
Just a split second before the Treant's ultimate "All Things Return to Silence" energy erupted!
Incredibly precisely... it pierced through the frantically pulsating crown of embers on the Treant's head!
Pffft—!!!
There was no earth-shattering explosion!
Only a slight sound, like a red-hot branding iron piercing rotten wood!
Time seemed to freeze at this moment!
The Treant's massive body suddenly stiffened!
The destructive energy condensed within it instantly dissipated!
At the center of the pierced crown of embers on its head, a bowl-sized, charred hole with edges as smooth as a mirror appeared!
Around the hole, dark red flames pulsed and struggled frantically, but were confined as if by an invisible force, unable to spread!
Immediately after!
Buzz—!!!
With the hole as the center!
Countless fiery patterns, a mix of scorching white and dark red, like wildly growing vines, instantly spread over the Treant's entire body!
Wherever the patterns passed!
The charred scales turned to ash!
The wildly dancing tentacles broke and carbonized inch by inch!
The massive trunk rapidly withered and shrank!
"Im...pos...sible..." The Treant's face, formed by wood grain, for the first time showed a human-like expression of incredulous horror!
A "hoarse hoarse" sound, like a broken bellows, came from deep within its throat!
"Burn to ashes!" Natsu's cold voice rang out!
He suddenly clenched his fist!
"Explode!"
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!!!!!!
The Treant's massive body, from the inside out, suddenly erupted with blinding crimson light!
No longer the dark crown of embers!
But Natsu's Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire—infused with plundering power, burning all!
The flames, a mix of scorching white and dark red, like a blooming crimson lotus of death, instantly completely devoured the Treant's remains!
The flames frantically burned and plundered the Treant's remaining life essence!
There were no screams!
Only the "crackling" sound of flames burning rotten wood!
In just a few breaths!
The massive fifteen-meter-tall Treant was completely reduced to a huge pile of charred, smoking ashes in the wild Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire!
The flames slowly extinguished.
Only a huge charred pit remained, along with the lingering, unscattered warmth of the flames in the air, carrying a plundering aura.
Natsu stood still, the illusory crimson Dragon Scales on his body slowly fading.
He panted heavily, covered in blood, his wounds still throbbing, and his vitality greatly depleted.
But his crimson pupils burned with the flames of victory, brighter and sharper than before!
He could feel a wild, plundering flame power added to his body; although still very weak, it had already begun to merge with his Dragon Slayer Flame.
"Ha... ha... Your fire... I'll take it!" Natsu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the pile of charred ashes, and grinned.
This essence-burning strike was enough to keep this corrupted Treant dormant for a long time.
"EZ..." Natsu looked up, gazing into the depths of the canyon, flames dancing in his eyes.
He identified the direction, sensing the residual magical fluctuations of his other companions in the air, and without hesitation, he strode forward, rushing towards the middle of the canyon.
The jungle battlefield temporarily fell silent.
Only the huge charred pit and the lingering warmth of the flames in the air silently told of the fiercely tragic yet magnificent ultimate showdown between fire and decay that had just occurred.
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