Time to Collect Payment

Whoosh!

A cyan Moonlight Sword instantly condensed in Qi Yan's hand.

In the next instant, Qi Yan appeared before Camille, slashing at him with the Moonlight Sword.

Boom-----!!

A terrifying explosive shockwave erupted, cyan light spreading in every direction. The ground and trees were destroyed wherever it passed.

"Uwaaaahhh!!"

Elfman struggled to resist, but the shockwave still sent him flying. If the mayor's house had not been protected by a magical barrier, it would have surely been destroyed by the blast.

Bang!!

Camille burst out of the explosion in a sorry state, several wounds now covering his body. He had activated Full Reflection during the blast, but the spell's destructive force had still been too terrifying. Even his Full Reflection had not completely blocked it. After all, the wider the area it covered, the weaker its reflective effect became.

"You little brat! Have you gone insane?!"

Camille roared at the figure in the center of the explosion.

That lunatic had detonated his weapon the instant Camille used Full Reflection to send it back. This was completely beyond his expectations. How was that any different from suicide?

At that moment, Qi Yan emerged from the smoke without a single injury on his body. Only then did Camille remember that this brat was also a monster with terrifying defense.

"Monster!!"

Camille gritted his teeth as he stared at Qi Yan.

"So this is all you've got."

Seeing that Camille was injured, Qi Yan knew he had broken through his defenses. As long as he could hurt him, that was enough.

Qi Yan flapped his wings and flew into the air, hovering there.

Whoosh---!

A Moonlight Sword instantly condensed in Qi Yan's hand, and he hurled it at Camille.

Camille's expression changed drastically when he saw it.

"Full Reflection!!!"

Camille unleashed all his magic power. After the previous explosion, he knew that merely reflecting the weapon back would not be enough.

Sure enough! The very next instant, just as he was about to reflect the weapon back—

Boom-----!!

The Moonlight Sword detonated.

The terrifying explosion swallowed Camille whole.

When the smoke dispersed, Camille was already seriously wounded. The mask on his face had shattered, revealing the utterly ordinary face of a man in his forties—the kind who would disappear into a crowd without anyone noticing.

"It's over!"

Qi Yan pointed his index finger at Camille.

Black energy continuously gathered before Qi Yan's fingertip, forming a small black sphere that compressed without end.

Black Cero!

In the Bleach anime, this black Cero could only be used by Espada in their released Resurrección state. Yet in the anime, only Ulquiorra had displayed this skill.

"Black Cero!!"

Whoosh----!!

A broad black flash shot down toward Camille below.

"Full Reflection!!"

Camille used all his magic power, intending to reflect the Black Cero back.

But the Black Cero was continuous. As soon as Camille reflected one wave, the next surged forward. On top of his injuries and the attack's power completely exceeding the limits of his reflection, he gradually became unable to hold on.

Boom----!!

"Uwaaaaaahhh!!"

The black Cero engulfed Camille's body, and the terrifying explosion destroyed everything around it.

Crack----!!

Even the magical barrier could not withstand the impact of the blast.

After quite some time, the explosion slowly subsided. A massive crater dozens of meters wide had appeared in the ground, and Camille lay within it, completely unconscious.

Qi Yan landed on the ground and released his transformation, returning to his original appearance.

"Phew~! Phew~!"

Qi Yan panted heavily. His magic power was nearly depleted. The consumption from activating First-Stage Resurrección was even greater than he had expected. In just one minute, it had drained more than half his magic power.

"Elfman?!!"

Qi Yan looked around but could not find Elfman, and he immediately grew anxious. That big idiot hadn't been caught in the explosion, had he?

Crash--!

A broken section of wall was shoved aside.

"I'm here!"

Elfman shouted, shielding the client of this mission beneath him—the mayor, Kos.

Seeing that Elfman was safe and sound, Qi Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

Elfman stared at the blasted crater, his heart full of shock. Though it had only lasted a brief moment, Qi Yan's strength in that form had already completely surpassed that of his S-Rank sister, Mira.

"Qi Yan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I just used up a lot of magic power. I'm going to sleep for a while."

The immense depletion of magic power brought a powerful wave of drowsiness over Qi Yan. The moment he finished speaking, he fell asleep. Elfman immediately stood guard beside him.

Before long, the Ancient Knight Order from the Magic Council, which had been sent as reinforcements, finally arrived. They were all stunned by the terrifying destruction before them.

After learning the course of the battle from several conscious Ancient Knight Order members, they were even more shocked. They had never expected an entire platoon of the Ancient Knight Order to fail to stop the enemy at all.

Yet a single member of the Fairy Tail Guild had wiped out every member of the Phantom Thief Guild. It was simply unbelievable.

But unbelievable as it was, they swiftly moved to arrest every member of the Phantom Thief Guild.

Early the next morning, sunlight streamed through the window onto Qi Yan.

Qi Yan slowly opened his eyes and stretched lazily.

He skillfully opened the system panel.

[ Ding! S-Rank Mission: Eliminate the Phantom Thief Guild, completed!]

[ Reward obtained: One ten-pull!]

Sure enough! The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

If he did ordinary A-Rank missions, he would have to complete at least ten of them to earn a ten-pull.

Each mission took an average of at least a week. Even if he worked without sleep or rest, it would still take him at least two to three months to get a chance at a ten-pull.

But now, a single S-Rank Mission had taken care of everything.

Staring at the ten-pull option, Qi Yan could barely restrain himself from tapping it. After all, no one could resist the temptation of pulling cards.

But in the end, he used supreme willpower to hold himself back. He should wait until he returned to the Fairy Tail Guild and received the goddess's blessing before pulling.

When he had played games in the past, he had known that card pulling was deeply mystical. To pull an SSR, timing, location, and luck all had to be perfect.

This was not superstition. This was quantum mechanics.

Looking around, he saw Elfman sprawled on a sofa nearby, sleeping soundly.

Qi Yan walked over and patted Elfman. "Get up! The sun's already shining on your ass!"

Elfman groggily opened his eyes. Upon seeing Qi Yan, he immediately sat up in delight. "Qi Yan, you're all right!"

"I was never in much trouble to begin with. I just used up a lot of magic power. Where's the client? Is he okay?"

"He's fine. He's staying next door."

"That's good!"

Qi Yan let out a sigh of relief. He had been afraid the client had been killed. They had finally completed the job, and if the person meant to pay them was gone, that would have been incredibly unlucky.

"Come on. The job's done—it's time to collect payment."