The scene continued, and soon, the purple card flipped, and the character drawn appeared before Qi Yan.
"It's actually him!!!"
The person on the card had deep blue hair, a shark-like face, skin, and sharp teeth, golden pupils, a rogue ninja headband from the Hidden Mist Village on his forehead, and wore the Akatsuki's signature black cloak with red clouds, with a huge greatsword on his back.
Hoshigaki Kisame!
That's right! The character Qi Yan drew this time was Hoshigaki Kisame, a member of the Akatsuki from naruto.
Hoshigaki Kisame first appeared as Itachi's partner, and in naruto, he was considered a villain with a significant role.
The strength Hoshigaki Kisame displayed was also very formidable; although he was a villain, he was a villain who upheld his beliefs from beginning to end.
Knowing he couldn't escape, he chose to summon a summoned beast to commit suicide to protect information about the Akatsuki, which left a deep impression on Qi Yan; he was indeed a man.
However, this was not the time for him to recall the plot.
Now that he had a purple character card, he didn't need to recycle the more valuable golden character card.
Qi Yan immediately clicked on Hoshigaki Kisame's character card, then clicked recycle.
[Ding! Do you want to recycle the rare character card Hoshigaki Kisame?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! Recycling successful, gained Magic Power ★★!]
Suddenly!
Qi Yan felt a powerful surge of magic power being poured into his body, not only replenishing all the magic power he had previously consumed but also significantly increasing his magic power limit.
"Humans from 400 years later are still so weak! But watching you grovel and struggle is really interesting, hahahaha!!"
"Your Majesty the King!!"
Many soldiers still wanted to come and save the King.
"Run!! Notify all citizens!! Everyone, run now!! Don't let a single person remain in this country!!"
The King roared loudly; seeing that the carefully crafted Dragon Slaying Sword was shattered, and even the strongest moves of the Nine-Star Swordsman couldn't break through the opponent's defense, the King finally realized that the legends about Giant Dragons recorded in the kingdom's books were all true; any Giant Dragon could easily wipe out a country.
Such a creature was simply not something humans could defeat.
So he could only let everyone in the kingdom escape; save as many as possible, this country was already finished.
"Escape? Do you think you can escape? You can try to run."
The purple-haired young man licked his lips; he was already ready to feast.
Suddenly!
A person's voice rang out: "Excuse me! Can you put down His Majesty the King? He is my client."
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this voice, then looked in the direction it came from, only to see a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes walking over.
"Mr. Qi Yan!!!"
Many people immediately recognized Qi Yan as the strong individual who had just displayed great power, single-handedly eliminating five Nine-Star Demonic Beasts in a short amount of time.
If it had been before, they would have felt hope of victory if Qi Yan appeared, but now, the vast difference between a Giant Dragon and humans made them only feel despair.
"Oh, it's you! I saw your performance just now; your strength is not bad. If you surrender to me, I can let you live."
The purple-haired young man had a very deep impression of Qi Yan; his strength was already comparable to a lower-tier Giant Dragon. If he belonged to the Dragon race, he might even pose a slight threat, but as a mere human, no matter how strong he was, without Dragon Power, he couldn't harm him at all.
He had just seen the light of day again and naturally needed some powerful subordinates to do things for him, and the other party was just right.
"Qi Yan, run!!"
Erza shouted at Qi Yan.
She deeply regretted involving Qi Yan at this moment; if she hadn't insisted on taking an S-Class Quest, Qi Yan wouldn't have been assigned by the guild master to follow her, and thus wouldn't have been caught in this certain death situation.
The Giant Dragon's strength was too great, simply not something humans could compare to.
Qi Yan came to Erza's side, bent down, picked her up, then turned and walked backward.
"…"
The battlefield fell into an eerie silence for a moment.
Qi Yan carried Erza towards the city wall.
"Qi Yan… you…"
Qi Yan gave Erza a brilliant smile that reassured her: "Don't worry! I'll handle this guy."
After Qi Yan finished speaking, he turned to look at the purple-haired young man, who was watching Qi Yan with interest, wanting to see what new tricks this young man could pull off.
Qi Yan stepped towards the purple-haired young man, muttering as he walked:
"Full Body Assimilation! Tsugikuni Yoriichi!!"
As Qi Yan took his first step, the irises of his eyes turned red.
As Qi Yan took his second step, his facial features subtly changed, and he wore paper earrings with a red sun on his ears.
As Qi Yan took his fourth step, his hair rapidly grew longer, then turned deep red, styled into a high ponytail.
As Qi Yan took his fifth step, his clothes also changed, becoming a samurai outfit, draped with a red haori.
As Qi Yan took his sixth step, a long katana appeared at his waist.
As Qi Yan took his seventh step, a strange crimson mark, or pattern, appeared on his left forehead.
"Tsugikuni Yoriichi!!!"
Watching Qi Yan's transformation, everyone except the purple-haired young man was stunned.
This appearance, this posture, anyone who had seen the World's Strongest Swordsman Tournament today could not forget it.
This man had overwhelmingly crushed a host of Nine-Star Swordsmen, becoming the World's Strongest Swordsman with an invincible demeanor.
Everyone was very curious about where he came from, because a swordsman with such powerful swordsmanship must have long been famous throughout the entire Ishgar continent.
However, he was completely unknown, and no one had ever seen Tsugikuni Yoriichi before this tournament.
Furthermore, after the tournament ended, Tsugikuni Yoriichi disappeared, not even appearing during such a dangerous situation as the demonic beast siege.
Many people thought he had fled in fear, but now they realized how wrong they were; he hadn't left at all, but had saved this country under another identity.
"Yori… Yori… Mr. Yoriichi…"
Arthur looked at Qi Yan in disbelief, unsure whether to call Qi Yan Tsugikuni Yoriichi or his real name. At this moment, his mind was buzzing with shock, even more so than learning that the purple-haired young man was a Demonic Dragon.
"Call me Qi Yan; Tsugikuni Yoriichi is my alias."
After all, it was someone else's name, and he felt somewhat unaccustomed to hearing it.
"Yes… Yes!"
"Mr. Qi Yan… you… how could you…?"
The old King was also a bit bewildered at this moment.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty! I'm a bit poor, and I saw the prize money was quite generous, so I participated. I didn't expect to accidentally win the championship. Can the championship prize money be paid?"
"This… it can be paid, but the country is already…"
The old King also wanted to pay the prize money, but now that the country was about to be destroyed, no amount of money would be useful.
Qi Yan chuckled: "That's simple; just kill him, and it'll be fine."
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