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"What?!"
"The Celestial Spirit King is going to fight Qi Yan?!"
Loki and Lucy were both stunned to hear this. Lucy was even more speechless. Do all men, young or old, only have muscles in their heads? Do they only know how to solve problems with their fists?
When Qi Yan heard the Celestial Spirit King's words, a smile appeared on his face: "It's even better if you're so understanding."
"Is this understanding?!"
Lucy retorted.
"Full Body Takeover: Edward Newgate!!"
Since he was going to fight, Qi Yan didn't hold back. The Celestial Spirit King's strength was not to be underestimated. In the anime, his strength was similar to Tartaros's Underworld King, and he could rival the New Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings.
Don't think they are weak just because the New Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings couldn't even defeat God Serena in the anime.
In fact, each of them possessed formidable strength.
Xiao Wu's second Resurrección was also very strong, but men have their own way of fighting.
Soon, Qi Yan transformed into Whitebeard. Both were towering giants, and both had extremely exaggerated white beards.
However, one was shaped downwards like the character 'eight', while the other was crescent-shaped upwards.
Of course, the Celestial Spirit King was larger, about twenty meters tall. Qi Yan's height was six point six six meters, making the Celestial Spirit King more than three times Qi Yan's height.
The Celestial Spirit King was also slightly stunned to see Qi Yan's transformation. It was rare to see someone with a beard as exaggerated as his own.
"Celestial Spirit King, come on!" Qi Yan looked at the Celestial Spirit King and said, his eyes sparkling with excitement. A man's instinct is to compete and win, just as children naturally love to fight; it's just that society later smooths out their rough edges.
Qi Yan also loved to fight, especially against strong opponents.
The Celestial Spirit King also realized at this moment that Qi Yan was extraordinary. He was, of course, aware of Loki's situation and was equally indignant about his former owner's attitude towards Celestial Spirits. However, ultimately, it was due to Loki that the other party died. According to the rules of the Celestial Spirit World, he could only banish Loki to the human world.
His initial proposal for a battle was partly to teach this human brat a lesson, to let him know that there are always stronger people out there.
The other reason was to provide a stepping stone for Loki to return to the Celestial Spirit World.
But now, it seemed this young Mage's strength was quite extraordinary, and he couldn't afford to be careless.
Whoosh!
The Celestial Spirit King drew his greatsword.
"Hoo-ahhhhh!"
Qi Yan let out a loud roar, stomping his feet on the ground, and launched himself into the air.
Qi Yan unleashed all three colors of Haki. murakumogiri's blade was wrapped in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki as he swung it down towards the Celestial Spirit King.
The Celestial Spirit King gripped his greatsword with both hands and swung it to meet the attack.
Boom boom boom boom—!
The two weapons clashed, and a terrifying shockwave spread outwards, destroying everything around them.
"Uwaaaah!"
Loki, Lucy, and Virgo (Balgua) all felt the powerful impact.
Rumble—!
The Celestial Spirit King's body was forced back by Qi Yan's attack.
"The Celestial Spirit King retreated?! How is that possible?!"
Loki and Virgo (Balgua) couldn't believe their eyes when they saw that the Celestial Spirit King was actually forced back by Qi Yan's attack. That was the King of the Celestial Spirit World!
Little did they know, the Celestial Spirit King was also incredibly shocked at this moment. The opponent was actually able to force him back in a direct confrontation. He also felt a terrifying power from Qi Yan; it wasn't a descriptive term, but pure, unadulterated strength.
The power contained within this human body, less than a third of his own height, was even greater than his.
This instantly ignited the Celestial Spirit King's competitive spirit. He had never been defeated by anyone in terms of raw strength before.
"Good—! What a thrill! Again—!!!"
The Celestial Spirit King and Qi Yan continuously clashed, their powerful forces creating terrifying impacts with every collision. The hard ground, under their assault, became as fragile as tofu, making the onlookers' hearts pound.
"The Celestial Spirit King..."
"...is being suppressed?!"
At this point, everyone clearly saw it: the mighty Celestial Spirit King was actually being suppressed by Qi Yan.
Loki knew Qi Yan was formidable, but he never imagined he was strong enough to suppress the Celestial Spirit King.
Boom—!
The two clashed with full force, then separated from each other.
"Haha! What a thrill! What a thrill! It's been a long time since I've fought like this."
"Gurarararara! The feeling-out process is pretty much over. It's time to get serious."
"Indeed! It's time to get serious!"
"Ohm—!"
Qi Yan gripped murakumogiri with both hands, channeling the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit onto its blade. A spherical tremor shield emitted a white haze, and the powerful force field distorted the surrounding space.
The Celestial Spirit King, seeing this, dared not be careless and concentrated his Celestial power into his sword.
"Take this! Meteor Blade!!"
The Celestial Spirit King launched his attack first, a massive slash surging directly towards Qi Yan.
Boom boom boom boom!!!
Everything in the path of the slash was destroyed.
"Break through—!"
—!
Qi Yan swung murakumogiri, unleashing a powerful slash combined with the immense tremor power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Boom boom boom boom!!!
Everything in the path of the attack was also destroyed.
The two forces collided.
Boom—!
The two forces clashed, erupting in an even more dazzling light and impact. Wherever the light covered, everything was annihilated.
Rumble—!
The immense tremor caused the entire ground to shake violently, as if the world was turning upside down.
"Waaah!"
Lucy and Loki were both shocked by the tremor. This power was much greater than the power they witnessed earlier in the Onibas Arena. Did that mean Qi Yan had defeated Jose, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, without even using his full power back then?
A short while later, the tremors slowly subsided.
"What happened?!"
Both of them stared nervously at the smoke.
A massive crack in the earth appeared before their eyes, and the terrifying destructive power left them utterly shocked.
The strength of these two was simply terrifying.
Soon, the smoke was dispersed by the wind, and the figures of Qi Yan and the Celestial Spirit King appeared before them.
Seeing Qi Yan unharmed, Loki and Lucy both breathed a sigh of relief.
Loki didn't want Qi Yan to get hurt because of his own problems. He was an insignificant person, but Qi Yan was the hope of Fairy Tail.
Lucy didn't think that much; she was simply worried about Qi Yan getting hurt.
Immediately after, both of them looked at the Celestial Spirit King. At this moment, the Celestial Spirit King also seemed unharmed.
"A draw?"
"Qi Yan actually managed to draw with the Celestial Spirit King, that's incredible..."
Just as the two thought it was a draw.
Crack—!
Bang—!
Cracks appeared on the sword in the Celestial Spirit King's hand and on his armor, eventually shattering and scattering on the ground.
Loki's pupils constricted.
"What?!... The Celestial Spirit King's... armor..."
The Celestial Spirit King looked up at Qi Yan, his gaze filled with shocked admiration, and said:
"Splendid! I lost."