Killing Chickens

"This... how... how is this possible?! That was a Nine-Star Monster!!!"

Everyone was horrified!!

Nine-Star Monsters were the strongest monsters known to humanity in the Great Monster Forest. Every Nine-Star Monster was a regional overlord. Although there had been Nine-Star Swordsmen who killed Nine-Star Monsters, those were all battles where they narrowly escaped death.

"Who is he?!"

Clay was utterly shocked to see Qi Yan kill the Three-Headed Frost Bird in a single move. It would have been one thing if there was already a monster like Yoriichi Tsugikuni, but now another one seemed to have appeared. Why were there so many monsters in this world?

"I don't know!"

Many of those present had no idea who Qi Yan was. They had never seen him before.

"I know! I know! He's Mr. Qi Yan, Miss Erza's companion!!"

The speaker was the guard who had questioned Qi Yan and Erza at the city gates yesterday. After witnessing Erza kill a five-star Flame Boar yesterday, he had been deeply impressed by the two of them. Today, he had watched Erza's brilliant performance in the Swordsman Tournament through the broadcast. He had now completely become Erza's fangirl, and naturally remembered Qi Yan, Erza's companion, as well.

"Miss Erza's companion?! Then he's also a mage from Fairy Tail."

Now that Erza had become famous through the Swordsman Tournament, some of her information had also become known to the public. She was a mage from Fairy Tail, a Mage Guild in the Fiore Kingdom.

"This is wonderful!!"

The king was incredibly excited. Of the nine Nine-Star Monsters, eight remained. They still had a chance of winning.

The Nine-Star Monsters on the battlefield also warily looked toward Qi Yan. The higher a monster's level, the greater its intelligence.

Then Qi Yan freely fell from beneath the city wall.

Whoosh—!!

Qi Yan spread his wings and shot toward the Hellfire Tiger closest to him.

Seeing Qi Yan charging at it, the Hellfire Tiger let out an enraged roar.

"Roar—!!" As it roared, violent flames erupted around the Hellfire Tiger.

Whoosh!

A Moonlight Sword appeared in Qi Yan's hand as he thrust it toward the Hellfire Tiger.

The Hellfire Tiger opened its mouth and spat a violent pillar of flame at Qi Yan.

The fire pillar engulfed Qi Yan's body.

"Qi Yan!!!"

Erza immediately grew anxious at the sight. Everyone else also thought Qi Yan was finished. The Hellfire Tiger's flames could easily melt even steel.

Boom—!! Qi Yan actually charged out of the flames.

Splat—! The Moonlight Sword pierced the Hellfire Tiger's eye.

"Roar—!!"

The Hellfire Tiger let out a pained scream.

Enduring the pain, it swung its claws down at Qi Yan, intending to crush him to death.

Splat—! Qi Yan swung the Moonlight Sword.

Boom! The Hellfire Tiger's massive arm fell to the ground.

"Roar—!" The Hellfire Tiger let out a pained scream.

Sonído!

Qi Yan instantly shifted behind the Hellfire Tiger's head.

"You're too noisy!"

Qi Yan said indifferently.

Splat! The Moonlight Sword pierced through the Hellfire Tiger's head.

The Hellfire Tiger's screams abruptly stopped. Boom!!! Its enormous body collapsed onto the ground, utterly motionless.

"Dead... it's dead... the Nine-Star Monster Hellfire Tiger is dead too?!!"

Everyone was terrified by Qi Yan's performance. How long had it been? Ten seconds? Fifteen seconds? In any case, it definitely had not exceeded twenty seconds.

From Qi Yan's appearance until now, only twenty seconds had passed, yet two Nine-Star Monsters had been killed.

If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would have thought they were dreaming. Since when could Nine-Star Monsters be slaughtered as easily as chickens? No, even killing chickens did not seem this fast.

"This is incredible!!"

Although many people were shocked, they all began cheering. When the other five Nine-Star Monsters had appeared earlier, they had actually fallen into despair. Fortunately, Qi Yan had displayed his might and killed two of them in such a short time.

"Roar—!!"

Qi Yan's effortless slaughter of two Nine-Star Monsters immediately made the remaining Nine-Star Monsters sense a deadly threat. They abandoned their own opponents and charged at Qi Yan together.

They knew that if they did not deal with Qi Yan, they might all be in mortal danger.

"This is bad!!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically when they saw those monsters abandon their opponents to attack Qi Yan together.

However, Qi Yan's expression remained unchanged.

He flapped his wings and took the initiative to meet them.

"Roar—!"

The Earthshaking Bear slammed both palms onto the ground.

Boom boom boom boom boom!!!

The earth shook violently as countless stone spikes rose from the ground and stabbed toward Qi Yan.

Boom—!!

A Moonlight Sword shot out from among the stone spikes, shattering all the spikes blocking its path.

Splat—!

The Moonlight Sword stabbed into the Earthshaking Bear's chest. It only broke through the Earthshaking Bear's skin, nothing more than a superficial wound to it. Yet when the Earthshaking Bear saw the Moonlight Sword, terror immediately appeared on its bear-like face.

"Explode!"

Qi Yan's cold voice rang out.

Boom—!!

A terrifying explosion engulfed the Earthshaking Bear.

"Awooo—!!"

The Earthshaking Bear let out a pained scream.

Whoosh!

Like a ghost, the Dark Panther King appeared behind Qi Yan. Like an assassin, it made no sound as it opened its bloody maw and bit down at Qi Yan.

"Watch out!!!"

Qi Yan swiftly turned around, but the Dark Panther King bit down on his arm.

"It's over!"

Seeing Qi Yan's arm get bitten, everyone believed his arm was definitely ruined.

Qi Yan said indifferently, "Has no one ever told you not to eat things casually?"

Bzzzz—!!

Everyone saw a dazzling black light appear between the Dark Panther King's teeth.

The Dark Panther King also sensed that something was wrong and immediately tried to release him and flee.

"Too late!"

"Black Cero!"

Whoosh—!

A black flash burst out from the back of the Dark Panther King's head.

Boom—!!

The Black Cero landed among the monster horde behind it, erupting in a violent explosion.

"Roar—!"...

Many monsters were completely wiped out, and the Great Monster Forest had been cleared into a broad passage by the Black Cero.

A round hole appeared in the back of the Dark Panther King's head. It could not have been deader.

At that moment, the Nine-Star Monster Mammoth King also charged in front of Qi Yan. The Mammoth King swung its massive trunk at him.

Qi Yan raised an arm to block.

Qi Yan felt a terrifying force surge through his arm.

Boom—!

The ground beneath Qi Yan's feet exploded, and the impact rapidly spread outward as the earth was continuously thrown up.

After a while, the smoke cleared. Just as everyone thought Qi Yan had been smashed into pulp, the smoke dispersed to reveal Qi Yan still standing where he was, his arm firmly blocking the Mammoth King's attack.

Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief:

"He actually blocked it?!!"