Cana raised her hand and flung out a card.
The explosion sent several young dragons at the front flying.
More young dragons immediately filled the gap.
"How many of these things are there?!"
Gray clapped his hands together.
An ice wall sealed off the street entrance.
The next second, more than a dozen young dragons slammed into the ice wall at once.
Cracks rapidly spread across it.
Mavis stood at the rear, watching Dragon Eggs continuously fall from above.
"We can't keep counting them as just nine giant dragons."
"The enemy numbers are still increasing."
In the plaza where Atlas Flame stood, the fire tornado finally dispersed.
A wound had appeared on its shoulder.
The dragon-fire covering that area had been shattered by Ryujin Jakka.
Atlas Flame panted heavily.
The injury was not fatal, but it had thoroughly enraged it.
Hellfire erupted from all over its body and gathered in its mouth.
Lu Chongwei tightened his grip on Ryujin Jakka.
An ordinary Shikai was not enough to quickly defeat this flaming giant dragon.
If this dragged on, more people would only die on the other battlefields.
He raised a hand and rested it on the blade.
In that case, he would completely release Ryujin Jakka.
"Zhongwei!"
A shout suddenly came from above.
Lu Chongwei looked up.
Happy flapped his wings and rapidly descended from the sky.
Natsu grabbed Happy's feet and jumped straight down.
Bang!
He landed beside Lu Chongwei, his feet shattering the ground.
Happy also plunged headfirst into a pile of rubble.
"That hurt!"
Natsu paid Happy no attention at all.
He rushed up to Lu Chongwei and immediately asked,
"Have you seen Future Rogue?"
"No."
Lu Chongwei lowered the hand resting on his blade.
"I've been here the whole time."
Natsu frowned.
"That guy ran off using