Fairy Tail Thread (Spoilers)

Maybe he was just holding out until he used a stronger attack

Looks like it. He got the fire/thunder dragon mode aura after the attack was done, so it was clearly deliberate.

The gap between Laxus and the other fairy tail mages must be ever more ridiculously huge than I thought, given how easily he curbstomped a member of tartaros, where even mirajane and erza are having a tough time (and natsu only won against jackal because his magic being fire healed natsu every time he ate it).

Some of these seem like deliberate setups for Crime Sorcerie to save the day though, like wendy going into a place called "poison jelly valley" just screams for cobra to appear and help her.