The dragon then went downward towards the eagle, as it then released the seal and a large beam of green bright light, which covered Natsu and the eagle, and also a large portion of the land.
Everyone was shocked as they all gasped almost at the same time.
"There is no way he would survive that" the instructor said as he placed his hand on Yami's shoulder.
"The blast from the dragon is really powerful, and due to its radius and force, I don't think anyone can survive that, let's not also forget the strength and energy of its magic" Kazuko said.
"It will be impossible for a rookie like him to survive" the instructor continued.
"Unless he's way more powerful than we think or believe him to be" Kazuko continued.
They both at the same time although in different locations said, "And that's why, if he survives this, it just means that the rumors about him fighting Tetsuya and surviving is true"
Suddenly, they all heard a loud noise as the eagle screamed and then went through the dragon splitting it into two.
They were all surprised as they saw the eagle. It was already dark at night, and there was a full moon, as the eagle spread out its enormous wings and blocked the moonlight, showing its magnificence.
"The eagle survived that!" The instructor said as the eagle then screamed which made him realize that they're now in danger.
"Yami" the instructor said as he held Yami and threw him as far as possible and then shouted, "Get away from here!"
Yami was surprised by the instructor's reaction as he thought, "What was that for? And why did he act so tensed up"
"Wait, don't tell me! No it can't be! There's something coming after us, but I can't see it" Yami thought as he landed and started running.
The instructor looked at the eagle as it dived down and launched a massive spinning tornado from its mouth.
The instructor dodged it and started running around and dodging other attacks as he started thinking of a way to defeat the eagle.
"This wasn't part of the test, and I'm not sure if my superiors would be angry with me for interfering. Besides, they are just aspiring to be hunters, it would be unfair for them to fight something this powerful. But the real problem isn't about me interfering, but it's how I'll defeat this beast. Let's see, I haven't really seen any opening or weak points, I'm not even sure this beast has a weakness" the instructor thought.
The eagle continued attacking as it then changed its direction and started heading towards the contestants.
"Where does it think it's going?" the instructor thought as he dashed towards the eagle.
He launched a very strong and destructive punch to the point that as he was moving his hands, you could see almost all the veins in his hands as his muscles expanded, and you could also see the wind that was going against his hands as he shouted, "Slaying punch!"
Booooommmm!!!
The instructor then noticed that he just punched Natsu right in the spine as Natsu opened his mouth and screamed but without a sound and coughed out blood.
"Wait! What just happened? I could have sworn that I hit the eagle, so why, why I'm i seeing Natsu instead of the eagle?"
In truth, what really happened was this, as the instructor was about to hit the eagle, the eagle spinned and then faced Natsu towards the instructor, which made the instructor to hit Natsu instead of the eagle.
"Wait, how did he even survive that blast?" the instructor thought to himself.
Recap, as the dragon blasted the beam from it's mouth, the eagle launched a spinning tornado from it's mouth and started spinning very fast, and due to that, it slowed the beam for the eagle to spin in time, so that it could drill through the beam. Even though the eagle was covered with air, it still had some injuries because the wall of air was not invincible, but instead to make the eagle to be able to pass through the beam, and this also went for Natsu because he also got injured due to the blast.
"It's smart, and not just that, it's also fast. This eagle is going to be tough to beat even at my level" the instructor thought to himself.
The instructor then slid on the ground as he landed and said, "I have to stop it before it gets any further"
He then dashed towards the eagle as it was moving very fast towards Yami.
Yami was running as fast as he could, away from the eagle, but the eagle continued getting closer to him.
Natsu opened his eyes in pain and saw Yami running, he immediately thought that the eagle was chasing Yami and began to panic.
"What should I do? Damn it! I can't stop this eagle even if I wanted to, so what should I do? Think, come on, think Natsu, think!!!" Natsu thought as he was looking for a way to stop the eagle.
Gasp!!
"I got it, the eagle isn't really after Yami, but Yami is going in the same direction as it. Yes that explains it! Because, why would it be aiming for Yami, and not face him directly"
Here's the thing, Yami might be running away from the eagle, but he is at the right side of the eagles wing, that's why Natsu believes that the eagle isn't chasing him.
"Yami, get down!!!" Natsu shouted as he tried to drag the eagle upward.
Yami heard Natsu as he turned back and saw him on top of the eagle trying to make the eagle go upward.
He then rolled on the ground, making the eagle to pass over him, as he then stood and jumped onto it.
"I got it!" Yami said as he held the eagles feather on its wings.
"Natsu! We have to get off this eagle" Yami shouted trying to make sure Natsu could hear him.
"Yeah, but no matter how I look at it, if we jump out, we're going to die" Natsu replied.
"What do you mean by that?" Yami asked.
"The eagle changes its direction every time, so if we jump at the wrong time, we're going to be toast" Natsu said.
As they we're speaking the eagle started going upward.
"See I told you, had it been we jumped, who knows what would have happened" Natsu said trying to make a point.
"I get your point, but we can't hang on to this eagle forever, we have to jump when it's safe, so immediately it goes close to the ground, we jump! Is that clear?" Yami said as he was trying to convince Natsu to jump.
"Okay, I get your point! Let's just hope we survive this" Natsu replied.
Meanwhile, the other contestants have reached a place which looked like a cave in, but with vines connecting them together.
"We need to be careful, these vines are slippery, any wrong turn or movement, we might fall into this bottomless hole. Let's just focus on getting to the other side" Kazuko said as she tried to warn them of the situation there in.
As they were moving on the vines, some contestants were trying to keep most of them alive. Because, sometimes, people would fall off the vines, and Mitsuki might use her ice to catch their fall, or sometimes vines will grab them, and in other occasions, contestants used their magic to help one another.
Ahhhh!!!
Yami and Natsu were screaming as the eagle started spinning and performing stunts on the air, like spinning around in zigzag and different other ones.
"Damn, I can't hold on much longer" Natsu thought to himself.
Surprisingly, the feather Yami was holding onto went off from the eagle.
"Damn, we're too high up in the air, there's no way he'll survive this" Natsu thought as he jumped of the eagle and held Yami's hands.
"Damn it, is this how we would die" Yami thought as he saw Natsu grabbing hold of his hands.
The eagle was spinning and heading upward.
Booommmm!!!!!!
As the eagle was going upwards its wings hit Natsu and Yami, plus with how fast it was going, it made Natsu and Yami cut through the air.
"What is that?" One of the contestants said as he pointed towards the sky.
"I don't know, but I hope it's not after us" another replied.
"Let's focus on getting out of this place and reaching the end of this stage already" Asahu said.
"Yeah, I agree with you on that" Kazuko said as they were nearing the wall.
The instructor was heading towards the other contestants as he thought to himself, "I don't know where those boys are, but I hope they're okay"
Panting!
"Damn, where are the contestants? I hope they're alright. Well, after those vines is a smooth road, if they don't go the wrong way. I hope I would be able to make it to them in time" the instructor said as he was out of breath.
Ahhhhhh!!!
"When are we going to get there?" one of the contestants said.
"I don't know, but we should just keep running, and stay alert. We don't know what might be waiting for us as we are heading there" another said.
"Yeah, but we have been running for a long time, I'm getting tired of this" a different contestant said.
"Hey, we are getting closer to the tree" Kazuko said as she was flying in front of them.
Everyone became excited and increased their speed, so that, they would be able to rest.
"Something is coming" one of contestants said.
"Keep going, I'll hold it off!" Asahu said as he turned back and started heading towards it.
"Alright is my turn, Phoenix flames, crazy shots!!!"
"He just wants to fight so badly, I'll never understand him" Mitsuki said.
"Yeah, I guess he just wants to show off" one of the male contestant said.
Flames flew from all direction heading towards what was coming.
"Why you!!! Idiot!"
Everyone was surprised as they saw the instructor as he dodged the attack and hit Asahu on the head.
"Ouuuchhh!!! That hurts!" Asahu said.
"Instructor!!!" Everyone shouted as they headed towards him.
"Are you all alright?" the instructor asked.
"Yes sir, now that you're here, things will be okay" most of the contestants said as they were happy to see the instructor.
"I'm glad you all are okay" the instructor said as he then continued while shouting, "Now start moving!!! We don't have all day you know"
"Yes sir!" everyone said as they started moving as fast as they can.
"Let's go!!!" The instructor screamed.