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Boom!
Qi Yan's body, like a fire dragon, continuously stomped his feet on the shattered ground in the sky, his body shooting towards the Magic Dragon Alazam.
Alazam hadn't expected Qi Yan to be able to launch an attack in mid-air, and his speed was simply too fast. It was so fast that before he could react, Qi Yan was already in front of him.
However, he wasn't particularly worried. The opponent's attack would at most cause him some pain; it couldn't actually injure him.
"Reincarnation!!!"
Qi Yan roared, his body flashing past Magic Dragon Alazam's form, as if a fire dragon was entwined around the Dragon.
Pfft, pfft!
"Awoo—!"
Magic Dragon Alazam let out a painful shriek. He realized he was wrong, terribly wrong!
Qi Yan's slashes landing on his body were not merely simple skin-deep wounds; almost every slash was bone-deep. Not only that, many of his internal organs were destroyed; the opponent's single strike had severely wounded him.
"Damn it! How is this possible?! You could barely penetrate the defense of my dragon scales before, how could you suddenly gravely injure me?!"
Magic Dragon Alazam glared furiously at Qi Yan, his gaze filled with pure malice.
The Calculated Strike
Qi Yan looked at the Dragon and said calmly, "My attack only broke through the defense of your dragon scales, but that doesn't mean my attack can only break through your defense."
"Merely breaking through the defense of your dragon scales, this level of damage, would only make you angry, but not fearful, thus creating a misconception that I couldn't do anything to you."
"Therefore, when you faced my attack, you became even more careless."
"Furthermore, did you think I just randomly attacked when I broke through the defense of your dragon scales just now? Look at your wounds before you speak."
Magic Dragon Alazam paused, then lowered his head to look at his body. Immediately, his pupils contracted.
He saw that the most severe damage was precisely where Qi Yan had attacked earlier—the opponent had calculated this step long ago.
First, use a simple attack to breach his strongest dragon scale defense. Then, launch a devastating attack from the broken area, thereby inflicting severe injuries upon him.
"Bastard!!"
"Alright, since you know, then you can die in peace." Qi Yan prepared to finish him off.
"Damn human! How could I, a Giant Dragon, be slain by a human? Don't underestimate a Giant Dragon!!!"
The Catastrophe
Magic Dragon Alazam roared, then flapped his wings vigorously, his body flying directly into the sky.
In the sky, he took a deep breath, his chest swelling high.
Erza's expression changed: "This... could it be..."
Immediately after, Erza shouted at Qi Yan: "Quick, dodge! Qi Yan!! It's a Roar—!"
Erza and Natsu had known about Dragon Slayer Magic for a long time, so they knew what was coming. A Roar was a nearly universal spell for Giant Dragons, with incredibly terrifying power.
"Vanish for me!!!"
Magic Dragon Alazam roared, opened his mouth, and spewed a massive purple energy wave downwards.
Boom!
An incredibly terrifying explosion erupted in the forest. A hemispherical purple light shockwave rapidly expanded, spreading outwards. Everything in its path was annihilated.
Crack, crack!
The hundred-meter-tall city wall began to disintegrate and shatter from the top under the impact of this explosion.
"Ugh ah ah ah ah!"... All the soldiers and swordsmen were hiding at the base of the city wall, but the terrifying impact surged directly into the city.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Everything in the path of the impact was destroyed; houses and streets were submerged by more than half in the blink of an eye.
After a long while, the explosion slowly subsided.
Splash, splash!
Many people crawled out from the rubble, but as soon as they emerged, everyone was stunned by the sight before them.
"The... city... is destroyed!!!"
More than half of the entire city was leveled, with only the arena in the middle, further inside, remaining unscathed due to the protection of a barrier.
Just the aftermath had destroyed a city; they finally understood why the legendary Dragons were beings capable of razing cities and toppling nations.
Return from the Void
"Qi Yan!" Erza quickly looked outside the city wall.
Outside, a huge crater had appeared, and the surrounding area had been turned to sand. Looking at this attack, the possibility of Qi Yan's death had reached one hundred percent.
"Hahahahaha!! You damned brat! You're finally dead this time, aren't you! Nothing left but bones, right! Hahahaha!!" Magic Dragon Alazam's voice echoed in the sky.
Everyone felt an extreme sadness and anger. Qi Yan, the strongest swordsman who had saved them twice, had been killed just like that.
Immediately after, Magic Dragon Alazam rapidly plummeted towards them.
Boom!
Alazam landing on the ground caused the earth to tremble violently.
"This time, that annoying brat is completely gone, so all of you can go die for me!!!"
Alazam gathered his magic power in his mouth, intending to annihilate these people with his Dragon's Breath.
Suddenly!
—!
A black line appeared in the air, followed by a sound like tearing cloth.
Everyone saw the space along that black line, like strips of cloth, begin to tear upwards and downwards.
Soon, a black cavity formed, and a white-clad figure appeared within the cavity, hands in his pockets, looking utterly relaxed and at ease.
Qi Yan raised his hand and smiled, greeting, "Oh? What a coincidence, everyone's here."
"Qi Yan!!!" Erza and the others were overjoyed to see Qi Yan alive.
The human side was overjoyed, which naturally meant someone else was in deep despair.
Magic Dragon Alazam's face instantly changed when he saw Qi Yan:
"You... you... you're actually still alive?!"