A nice blaze of glory for Igneel to go out on and a good way to get Acnologia to back off. All in all not a bad arc, some silly/utterly ridiculous ways to end a few battles but the story is progressing at a good pace. I am curious to see what is going to happen next now that the Balam alliance is pretty much made up of a demon mushroom and a pile of ashes. Time will tell of course so we just need to wait and see.