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 Mist Village rogue ninja headband on his forehead, and wore the Akatsuki's signature black-and-red cloud robe, with a giant broadsword 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 initially appeared as Itachi's partner and was considered a villain with a significant role in Naruto.
The strength Hoshigaki Kisame displayed was also very formidable; although he was a villain, he was one who adhered to his beliefs from beginning to end.
When he knew 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.
But now 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! Are you sure you want to recycle the rare character card Hoshigaki Kisame?"
"Yes!"
"Ding! Recycling successful, gained two stars of magic power!"
Suddenly!
Qi Yan felt a powerful surge of magic power 灌輸 into his body, not only replenishing all the magic power he had previously consumed but also significantly increasing his magic power limit.
"Humans 400 years later are still so weak! But it's really interesting to see you grovel and struggle, hahahaha!!"
"Your Majesty the King!!"
Many soldiers still wanted to save the King.
"Run! Notify all citizens! Everyone, run! Don't leave a single person in this country!!"
The King roared loudly. Seeing that the carefully crafted Dragon Slaying Sword was shattered and that even the strongest moves of a Nine-Star Swordsman couldn't break the opponent's defense, the King finally realized that the legends about dragons recorded in the kingdom's books were all true. Any giant dragon could easily destroy a country.
Such a creature was simply not something humans could defeat.
So he could only let everyone in the kingdom escape, one by one if possible; this country was finished.
"Run? Do you think you can escape? You can try to run."
The purple-haired youth licked his lips; he was already ready to begin the feast.
Suddenly!
A person's voice rang out: "Excuse me! Can you put His Majesty the King down? He is my client."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this voice, then looked in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes walking over.
"Mr. Qi Yan!!!"
Many people immediately recognized Qi Yan as the strong man who had just shown great power, eliminating five Nine-Star Demonic Beasts by himself in a short time.
If it had been before, they would have felt hope of victory if Qi Yan appeared, but now, the huge gap between the giant dragon and humans made them feel only despair.
"Oh, it's you! I saw your performance just now, and your strength is not bad. If you surrender to me, I can let you live."
The purple-haired youth had a very deep impression of Qi Yan; his strength was already comparable to that of a lower-tier giant dragon. If he belonged to the Dragon Race, he might pose a slight threat to him, 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 work 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 doing an S-rank mission, Qi Yan wouldn't have been assigned by the guild master to follow her, and he wouldn't have been drawn into this certain-death situation.
The giant dragon's strength was too great; it was 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 youth. The purple-haired youth looked at Qi Yan with interest, wanting to see what new tricks this young man could play.
Qi Yan stepped towards the purple-haired youth, and as he walked, he chanted:
"Full Reception! Tsugikuni Yoriichi!!"
Qi Yan took his first step, and the irises of his eyes turned red.
Qi Yan took his second step, his facial features subtly changed, and he wore paper earrings with a red sun on his ears.
Qi Yan took his fourth step, his hair began to grow rapidly, then turned dark red, styled into a high ponytail.
Qi Yan took his fifth step, his clothes also changed, becoming a samurai outfit, wearing a red haori.
Qi Yan took his sixth step, a long katana appeared at his waist.
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 youth was stunned.
This appearance, this posture—anyone who had seen the World's Strongest Swordsman Tournament today could not forget it.
This man overwhelmingly crushed a multitude 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 would certainly have been famous throughout the continent of Ishgar long ago.
But he was unknown; no one had ever seen Tsugikuni Yoriichi before this tournament.
Moreover, after the tournament ended, Tsugikuni Yoriichi disappeared and did not even appear 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 had not left but had saved this country under another identity.
"Yori… Yori… Mr. Yoriichi…"
Arthur looked at Qi Yan in disbelief, not knowing whether to call Qi Yan Tsugikuni Yoriichi or his real name. At this moment, he was so shocked that his head was buzzing, even more so than learning that the purple-haired youth was a demonic dragon.
"Call me Qi Yan. Tsugikuni Yoriichi is my alias."
After all, it was someone else's name, and he felt a little 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 the King! I'm quite poor, and I saw the prize money was quite generous, so I participated. I didn't expect to accidentally win first place. Can the prize money for the champion be paid?"
"This… it can be paid, but the country is already…"
The old King also wanted to pay the prize money, but now the country was about to be destroyed, and no amount of money would be useful.
Qi Yan chuckled: "That's simple, just kill it, and everything will be fine."