You're Still Alive?

Boom—!!

Qi Yan's body was like a Fire Dragon. His toes continuously kicked off the shattered ground suspended in the sky as he shot toward the Demon Dragon.

Demon Dragon Alazam had never expected Qi Yan to be able to attack in midair, much less move so fast. Before it could even react, Qi Yan had already appeared before it.

However, it was not particularly worried. At most, the other's attacks would cause it a little pain. They could not truly injure it.

"Reincarnation!!!"

Qi Yan shouted, his body flashing past Demon Dragon Alazam. A Fire Dragon seemed to coil around the Demon Dragon's body.

Slash! Slash—!!

"Aooouuu—!!!"

Demon Dragon Alazam let out a pained scream. It realized that it had been wrong—terribly wrong!

Qi Yan's slashes were far more than simple cuts through its skin. Nearly every slash had sunk deep enough to expose bone.

Not only that, many of its internal organs had been damaged. A single attack from Qi Yan had inflicted grievous wounds upon it.

"Damn it! How is this possible?! You could barely break through my dragon scales before, so how did you suddenly manage to wound me so badly?!"

Demon Dragon Alazam glared furiously at Qi Yan, its gaze seeming to wish it could devour him alive.

Qi Yan looked at Demon Dragon Alazam and said calmly, "My attacks only broke through your dragon scales' defense, but that does not mean my attacks could only break through your defense."

"Damage at that level would only anger you, not make you fear me. It gave you the illusion that I could do nothing to you."

"So when facing my attacks, you became even more careless."

"And did you think I had attacked those spots on your scales at random? Take another look at your wounds."

Demon Dragon Alazam froze for a moment and lowered its head to inspect its body. Then its pupils contracted. The places where it had suffered the worst injuries were precisely the places Qi Yan had attacked earlier. In other words, Qi Yan had calculated this from the very beginning.

First, he had used his attacks to break through its strongest dragon-scale defense. Then, he had attacked through those openings and inflicted grievous wounds.

"Bastard!!"

"All right. Now that you understand, you can die without regrets."

Qi Yan prepared to finish it off.

"Damn human! How could I possibly be slain by a mere human? Don't underestimate a Giant Dragon!!!"

Demon Dragon Alazam roared, then beat its wings fiercely and flew straight into the sky.

High in the air, Demon Dragon Alazam took a deep breath, its chest swelling enormously.

Erza's expression changed. "This... could it be..."

Then Erza shouted at Qi Yan, "Get out of the way! Qi Yan!! It's Dragon Roar—!!"

Erza had known Natsu for a long time, so she naturally knew what Dragon Slayer Magic could do. Dragon Roar was a magic nearly universal among Giant Dragons, and its power was incomparably terrifying.

"Disappear for me!!!"

Demon Dragon Alazam roared and opened its mouth, unleashing Dragon Roar toward the ground below.

A massive wave of purple energy erupted from Demon Dragon Alazam's mouth.

Boom—!!

An incomparably terrifying explosion erupted within the forest.

A hemispherical surge of purple light rapidly expanded, spreading outward in every direction.

Everything the purple shockwave passed through was annihilated.

Crack! Crack—!!

Even the hundred-meter-high city walls began to break apart from the top under the force of the blast.

"Uwaaaaaah!"...

All the soldiers and swordsmen hid beneath the corners of the city walls.

The terrifying shockwave surged directly into the city.

Boom boom boom boom boom—!!

Everything in its path was destroyed. Houses and streets were swallowed up in an instant, with more than half of them wiped away.

Only after a long while did the explosion gradually subside.

Crash! Crash!

Many people crawled out from beneath the rubble, but the moment they emerged, they were all stunned by the sight before them.

"The... the city... has been destroyed!!!"

More than half of the entire city had been destroyed. Only the arena farther inside, protected by its barrier, remained intact.

A mere aftershock had destroyed an entire city. At last, they understood why the dragons of legend were beings capable of slaughtering cities and destroying nations.

If it had used this attack from the beginning, then no one in the entire city might have survived.

"Qi Yan!!"

Erza hurriedly looked beyond the city walls.

Outside the walls was a massive crater, while the surrounding ground had been turned to sand. One glance was enough to show just how terrifying a Giant Dragon's Dragon Roar was.

"How could this be?!"

"Mr. Qi Yan couldn't have..."

Even the king was frightened by the horrifying destruction. If he had known a Giant Dragon possessed such strength, he might not have dared to devise a plan against it.

"..."

Everyone fell silent. The Dragon Roar's destructive power was so terrifying, and its range so vast, that Qi Yan's chance of survival had reached zero percent.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!! You damn brat! You're finally dead this time, aren't you?! Not even your bones remain, right?! Ha ha ha ha!!"

Demon Dragon Alazam's voice rang out from the sky. Hearing this, everyone was filled with grief and fury. Qi Yan, the strongest swordsman who had saved them twice, had been killed just like that.

Then Demon Dragon Alazam rapidly descended toward them.

Boom—!!

Demon Dragon Alazam landed on the ground, causing the earth to shake violently.

"Uwaaaah!"

"Waaah!"...

Many people lost their footing and fell to the ground.

"It's the Demon Dragon!!"

Everyone stared at the enormous Demon Dragon in shock and fury.

Although the Demon Dragon was severely wounded at the moment, they understood that even an injured Demon Dragon was not something they could hope to challenge.

"That annoying brat has completely disappeared now, so all of you can die too!!"

Because of its severe injuries, Alazam had lost any interest in continuing to toy with humans. It intended to kill everyone before it, then find somewhere to recover.

Demon Dragon Alazam gathered magic power in its mouth, intending to use dragon breath to wipe them out.

Suddenly!

"—!"

A black line appeared in the air, followed by a sound like fabric being torn apart.

Everyone watched as space split open along that black line like strips of cloth, tearing upward and downward.

It quickly formed a black void, and a figure dressed entirely in white appeared within it, both hands in his pockets with an easygoing expression.

Qi Yan raised a hand and greeted them with a smile. "Huh? What a coincidence. Everyone's here."

"Qi Yan!!!"

Erza and the others were overjoyed to see that Qi Yan was still alive.

The humans were overjoyed, which naturally meant someone else was devastated.

Demon Dragon Alazam's expression changed drastically upon seeing Qi Yan:

"Y-you... you... You're actually still alive?!!"