It Hurt It

Everyone was startled by Qi Yan's words.

Kill it?!

This was a legendary Giant Dragon!!

A single Giant Dragon could destroy an entire nation. They had once thought that was an exaggeration, but after witnessing it with their own eyes today, they realized it was not an exaggeration at all—it was the truth.

The purple-haired young man continued to watch Qi Yan with great interest, utterly unconcerned by what Qi Yan had said.

Many humans had no real ability, yet loved to boast.

In his eyes, those words were merely the impotent barking of insects.

"So... when will you let go of my client?"

Qi Yan looked at the purple-haired young man and spoke calmly.

Upon hearing that, the purple-haired young man curled his lips slightly. His right hand gripped the king by the throat and lifted him high into the air.

He looked at Qi Yan teasingly. "If you have the ability, come take him yourself."

"Then I won't hold back."

Qi Yan slowly drew his blade and stepped toward the purple-haired young man.

The purple-haired young man had already planned out what would happen next. He would let this human attack him and make him understand the enormous gap between humans and Giant Dragons. Then, right in front of him, he would crush the king to death as easily as squashing an ant. Yes, that was what he would do. To Giant Dragons, humans were little different from ants anyway.

Before long, Qi Yan arrived before the purple-haired young man. He casually swung his blade at the young man's wrist, neither fast nor slow, as though it were the most ordinary slash imaginable.

The purple-haired young man did not care in the slightest. What harm could such a slow swing possibly do?

But the instant Qi Yan's blade touched his skin, his hairs stood on end. He instinctively sensed a terrifying danger.

The purple-haired young man immediately released the king and retreated at high speed. His feet skidded across the ground for dozens of meters, widening the distance between himself and Qi Yan. At the same time, his eyes turned back into beastlike vertical pupils as he stared fixedly at Qi Yan, as though facing a dangerous enemy.

"What?!"

"What happened?!"

"That monster actually retreated?!"

"It didn't dodge Arthur's strongest attack, yet Qi Yan's seemingly ordinary slash scared it into retreating?!"...

Everyone found the sight hard to believe. They had just witnessed how terrifying the creature's defense was. Neither the king, Arthur, Clay, nor Erza had been able to harm it in the slightest.

They had even believed that humans simply could not hurt a Giant Dragon, yet it had retreated from Qi Yan's attack.

And judging by its vigilant expression, it had clearly sensed danger.

"What a shame!"

Qi Yan shook his head. He had already suppressed all his killing intent as much as possible, but a Giant Dragon was indeed a Giant Dragon. Its instinct for sensing danger was truly remarkable.

If that fellow had not retreated just now, Qi Yan could have cut off one of its claws.

"You..."

The purple-haired young man's gaze was no longer teasing. He now looked at Qi Yan as though he were an enemy.

Qi Yan ignored the purple-haired young man and looked at the still-dazed old king. "Your Majesty, are you all right?"

Only then did the king come back to his senses. "I-I'm fine!"

"That's good. If you're all right, please return to the city. Leave this fellow to me."

The king wanted to say something more, but this was clearly not the time for conversation.

"Good! I'll leave everything to you!"

After saying that, the king loudly issued an order, "Everyone! Retreat into the city!!!"

At the king's command, everyone quickly helped the injured retreat into the city. They all knew they could not help here and might even become a burden. Returning to the city was the best choice if they did not want to interfere with Qi Yan.

The purple-haired young man sneered. "What good will retreating do? To us Giant Dragons, walls like these are no different from paper."

"And you, human brat. Do you want to play the hero?"

"A hero? I've already been one before. What's wrong with doing it again?"

"Interesting. Brat, once you die, everyone behind you will die too."

"Is that so? Then there's nothing to be done. I've already given it everything I had. Perhaps this is fate."

"In that case, die!!"

The purple-haired young man swung his claw, sending five enormous beast-claw slashes hurtling toward Qi Yan.

The ground in their path was ground away as easily as tofu.

Qi Yan pushed off the ground and dodged the attack.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

The slashes struck the city wall. The hundred-meter-tall wall, weathered by countless years and monster attacks, shattered like tofu.

The slashes did not stop after destroying the wall. They continued forward.

In the blink of an eye, they cut through the entire city, stopping only after destroying the wall on the other side.

"The city... was cut in half---!!!"

Everyone stared in terror at the city that had been torn apart. Shock and fear spread uncontrollably through their hearts. Could humans truly stand against a creature with such overwhelming power and such horrifying destructive force?

"Hey, hey! Fight if you want to fight, but don't destroy other people's property! They saved for half their lives and took out loans to buy those houses, and you just destroyed them like that. Wouldn't that mean they worked hard for half their lives for nothing?"

"..."

Everyone on the wall was speechless upon hearing that. This was not the time to be talking about houses.

"Ah! My apologies! But what can I do? These things are simply too fragile. Don't worry, though. I'll kill them all, and then they'll never have to worry about mortgage payments again."

As he spoke, the purple-haired young man grinned viciously, stomped the ground, and charged at Qi Yan. Dragon Power coiled around his claw as he swung it toward Qi Yan. If that attack landed, the human would be torn apart completely.

Sun Breathing Form Sun Rainbow!

Whoosh---!

The purple-haired young man's claw swept through Qi Yan's body.

The lack of any sensation of striking something made him freeze slightly. He had clearly seen his attack land, yet it had only been an afterimage. Even with a dragon's eyesight, he had failed to notice.

Qi Yan appeared at the purple-haired young man's side.

Sun Breathing Form!!

Qi Yan unleashed an arc-shaped slash of solar flames toward the purple-haired young man's neck. The young man's expression changed, and he swiftly raised his arm to block.

Splat!!

Aaaaargh!!

Blood sprayed through the air. The purple-haired young man screamed as he was blasted backward.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

The purple-haired young man's body smashed through tree after tree before finally stopping when he crashed into a massive tree.

"It hurt it!!"