If you were to ask Qi Yan when he was most nervous, he could tell you definitively: it was every time he drew cards.
"Ten consecutive draws?"
"Confirm!"
The panel screen began to flash with streaks of starlight, continuously converging in the starry sky.
Qi Yan prayed repeatedly in his heart: "Gold! Gold! Gold!"
Qi Yan cautiously opened one eye, looking at the animation on the screen, and his expression froze.
The starlight flickering in the sky, let alone gold, he didn't even see a single purple; there were seven blue and three white.
Qi Yan thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, so he closed them and rubbed them. When he opened them again, all ten character cards had flipped over, and they were all cannon fodder he didn't recognize.
That's right, no gold, no purple, just a pile of blue.
"System?! Why no gold?!"
Qi Yan angrily questioned the system.
"??? Host, what are you saying? I don't understand."
"I said, why no gold?"
"Isn't no gold perfectly normal? The guarantee is gold in 100 draws, not 10 draws. The probability of getting gold in a single draw is only 1%, and the probability of getting gold in ten consecutive draws is 9.56%. Not getting gold is the most normal outcome, isn't it?"
"What about purple? Why didn't I even get one purple?"
"Host, are you perhaps underestimating purple character cards a bit too much? The probability of drawing purple in a single draw is slightly higher than gold, but only slightly. The probability of drawing purple is only 5%, and the probability of drawing purple in ten draws is only 40.13%. Not getting purple is also very normal, isn't it?"
"..."
Although Qi Yan had been admitted to university, he wasn't good at calculations, even needing to count money separately. He only now realized that the probability of getting gold in ten consecutive draws was close to one in ten.
"The host's luck was previously off the charts, getting a gold character card in every ten-pull, and even a purple character card in a single pull."
"However, this doesn't mean the host will always be so lucky. Getting gold or purple is an anomaly; getting green or white is the norm. In fact, the host's luck is still pretty good, pulling seven blue cards out of ten."
Qi Yan's mouth twitched. He suspected the system was subtly mocking him. What was the use of drawing so many blue character cards?
"I refuse to believe it! I am a Transmigrator, one in billions, and a chosen Transmigrator who has awakened a system! How could my luck be bad? Plus, I have the Goddess's blessing, and a ten-pull to warm up. With these triple buffs, there's no way I won't get gold!"
"Ten consecutive draws?"
"Confirm!"
The panel screen began to flash with streaks of starlight, continuously converging in the starry sky.
Qi Yan stared intently at the screen: white, blue, white, green, blue, white, blue, green. The colors of eight consecutive stars appeared, representing the rarity of those character cards.
Just as Qi Yan thought this pull was also a bust...
Whoosh!—
A purple star lit up.
"A purple!"
Qi Yan was immediately surprised and delighted.
A purple character card, though not the ceiling-level combat power in a certain work, still represented top-tier strength.
For example, Hoshigaki Kisame, whom Qi Yan had previously drawn in a single pull, possessed extremely formidable overall strength. Might Guy only barely defeated him after opening seven of the Eight Inner Gates.
It's worth noting that when Might Guy opened all eight of the Eight Inner Gates, he was praised by Uchiha Madara, the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, as: "I, Uchiha Madara, declare you the strongest man."
So, while the upper limit of purple character cards might be slightly inferior to gold character cards, their overall strength is only a notch below gold character cards.
Just as Qi Yan thought this card draw was over, a dazzling golden starlight descended from the sky.
"Gold!"
Qi Yan was overjoyed.
"System, speak up!!!"
Qi Yan jumped up and shouted arrogantly.
"..."
The system was also a bit speechless. It also felt that its host's luck seemed to be too good. Could this guy truly be a chosen one?
The system immediately dismissed this thought. A one-in-ten probability wasn't low; it was just a coincidence for this idiotic host.
At this moment, Qi Yan's gaze was fixed on the panel, where the character cards began to flip open one by one.
Qi Yan directly skipped over the white, green, and blue cards at the beginning. Character cards of that level were all experience fodder, completely meaningless to keep.
What Qi Yan cared about were the purple and gold cards at the end.
Soon, the purple character card flipped open.
"It's actually him!"
Qi Yan was extremely surprised to see the character that appeared.
The character on the card had black hair, normal skin tone, freckles on his cheeks, and wore an orange cowboy hat. The brim of the hat had two badges, 'Smile' and 'Sadness', and also had a skull tag tied to it. He wore a red beaded necklace around his neck, black shorts, and black shoes, while his upper body remained bare, showcasing a perfect physique. A dagger was tucked into his waist.
That's right! He was one of the many One Piece fans' regrets—
—'Fire Fist' Ace.
It was because of him that the most classic Marineford War in the One Piece manga occurred.
To rescue Ace, Whitebeard led his entire Grand Fleet to declare war on Marine Headquarters.
In hindsight, such an act was tantamount to suicide, but that man had to go, because he was the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard.
It was a pity that the hero was past his prime, and the lineup of Marine Headquarters was simply too powerful.
Although Ace was successfully rescued later, it came at a huge sacrifice.
Finally, Ace sacrificed himself to protect his younger brother, getting his chest pierced from the back by Akainu's magma fist, ultimately leading to his death.
When Qi Yan saw this part, his tears wouldn't stop falling. He never expected that one day he would actually draw Ace's character card.
Ace's strength goes without saying. Although Haki's power was greatly enhanced in the later stages of the anime, Logia Devil Fruit abilities are still super strong and mainstream.
The Mera Mera no Mi, not even a dog would eat it, is just a teasing remark.
He didn't believe that if the Mera Mera no Mi was truly placed before someone, they would be able to resist eating it.
Ace's only flaw might be that he appeared too early, when the Haki system was not yet fully developed.
However, even if Ace were truly a master of Haki, it would probably be difficult for him to withstand Akainu's punch. Akainu's setting is still that of the strongest single-target burst damage user.
Perhaps it was because of these flaws that Ace was categorized as a purple character card, but among purple character cards, Ace's strength should still be considered top-tier.
Qi Yan's gaze turned to the last gold character card, as this was the main event after all.
Qi Yan was greatly startled when he saw the appearance of the person.
"It's actually him!"