User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 472: Laxus vs. Wahl, Review/@comment-24499036-20160209120538/@comment-86.66.207.24-20160209134221

maybe one of the two remaining S12, even if i have serious doubts about Lucy being able to win against a Spriggan even with help, as Natsu said she needs training, but i can't see she will be able to become stronger.

The only thing i can bet on is the fact there will be a timeskip after this arc, Acnologia appears in two arc and those arcs were both followed by a timeskip