In the anime, Muzan Kibutsuji was attacked by Yoriichi Tsugikuni and had no choice but to self-destruct in order to save his life, resulting in his body being destroyed into more than 1800 pieces.

After Guoyuan cut off more than 1500 pieces in an instant, Muzan survived with the remaining 300 fragments.

"My sword techniques have a total of thirteen forms. The thirteenth form is formed by continuously releasing the previous twelve sword forms to create an attack loop."

"If you can understand the previous twelve types, then you can create a Thirteen type that suits you."

Erza's pupils dilated violently, and she murmured, "...continuously releasing...a closed-loop attack..."

What a brilliant idea! What a profound swordsmanship! Those seemingly independent sword shapes are suddenly linked together by a single thread. Perhaps true swordsmanship is not independent at all, but should be continuous and unbroken like this.

Erza looked at Qi Yan with eyes full of admiration.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!"

"That's amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

"So handsome!!"

"man--!!"……

Qi Yan's magnificent sword technique shocked everyone. Erza was already incredibly strong, but there was still a significant gap between her and Qi Yan, who was displaying his true power.

"He really is a monster!"

Natsu and Gray muttered to themselves.

What they didn't know was that the strength Qi Yan displayed was only the tip of the iceberg. Qi Yan's strongest move was the slash he unleashed using magic power, an attack that could even break through the defenses of a giant dragon's scales.

Soon, the banquet continued, and the atmosphere became even more lively.

The banquet lasted until 1 a.m. before everyone reluctantly left, cleaning up everything before departing.

Qi Yan took a shower and went to sleep, not waking up until the sun was high in the sky at noon.

He habitually opened the system panel, but since the data hadn't changed, he closed it.

After lying on the bed for a while, I got a little hungry and got up to go to the guild.

The guild was still bustling with activity, with many people discussing the duel between Qi Yan and Erza the previous night. When they saw Qi Yan arrive, they all greeted him warmly, and Qi Yan responded to each of them.

"Mira! I'm hungry, I need something to eat!"

Mira placed the food in front of Qi Yan. She knew exactly what Qi Yan liked to eat.

"Erza! Come and fight me!!"

At this moment, Natsu jumped onto the table and challenged Erza to a fight. He had seen Qi Yan and Erza fight yesterday and wanted to fight too, but Erza had just finished fighting Qi Yan, so he didn't make a move. Now that he had rested, he challenged Erza.

Gray was startled by Natsu's words: "Hey...hey!! Don't be impulsive!! Do you want to die?!"

Elfman also advised, "Yes! Don't be impulsive! That's Erza! Even if she lost to Qi Yan, she's not someone we can fool!"

Erza shook her head: "No, I'm tired."

"Here I come, take this!!"

Natsu, his fist wreathed in flames, charged toward Erza without a second thought.

Erza sighed helplessly, "Really."

Erza suddenly produced a large hammer and swung it forcefully.

boom----!

Natsu was sent flying by the hammer, crashing into the wall and losing consciousness.

"I really can't do anything with you, so let's get started."

Happy shouted, "It's over!!"

"Hahaha, Natsu, you're so unlucky!"

"Erza is definitely stronger!! Natsu, you still need to train!"...

When they saw Natsu being defeated by Erza in one move, the guild members couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Just then, Makarov noticed something: "Hmm?"

"What's wrong, President?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little sleepy, it's that guy."

One by one, the members of the guild fell asleep.

Qi Yan also felt a strong drowsiness. He resisted for a while, but eventually couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

At this moment, a person completely wrapped in black cloth walked in, went directly to the quest board, picked up a quest with a reward of 100 million J, came up to Makarov, and showed it to Makarov.

"I go first."

"Undo the hypnotic spell!!"

Mistgang turned around: "Five, four, three, two, one..."

After Mister Gang finished reading the last number, he disappeared at the guild entrance.

Everyone in the guild suddenly woke up.

"This feeling...is it from Mystergan?"

"That bastard!"

"This hypnotic magic is as powerful as ever."

"Mistergang?"

Lucy was a little confused; it was yet another name she had never heard before.

Gray said, "One of the candidates for the strongest mage in Fairy Tail. For some reason, he doesn't want anyone to see his face, so he makes everyone fall asleep every time he comes to get a mission. So apart from the guild master, no one has ever seen Mystogan."

"What? Isn't that a bit strange?"

A haughty voice came from the second floor: "Hmph... I know that."

Hearing the sound, everyone looked up and saw a young man with blond hair, wearing a leopard-print shirt and headphones, who looked very rebellious, standing on the second floor.

"Laxus!!"

"Are you there?"

"You're actually here?"

Seeing Laxus's displeased expression, Gray introduced him to Lucy: "This is another candidate for the strongest."

Laxus, resting his chin on his hand and puffing on a cigar, looked down and said, "Mystergan is a very shy person, so don't dig too deep."

Natsu's ears perked up immediately upon hearing Laxus's voice. He jumped onto the table and shouted at Laxus, "Laxus, let's have a duel!!"

Chapter 75 will definitely get him killed, right?

Laxus looked down at Natsu with disdain and said, "You can't even beat Erza, and you want to fight me?"

Erza's face darkened upon hearing this, and she looked at Laxus: "What do you mean by that?"

She admitted that her strength might not be as good as Laxus's, but Laxus's words clearly underestimated her.

"Hey Erza, calm down!"

Seeing this, Marcus quickly advised, "If Erza and Laxus were to fight in the guild, the guild would truly be destroyed."

Laxus spread his arms wide and shouted arrogantly, "It means I'm the strongest."

"You bastard, get down here!!"

Natsu was very displeased to see Laxus's arrogant and disdainful demeanor.

"Come up here."

Laxus provocatively challenged Natsu.

As expected, the impulsive Natsu fell for the trick and angrily ran towards the stairs to the second floor, yelling, "You just wait!"

Makarov's arms rapidly grew larger and longer.

"ah--!!"

As Natsu approached the stairwell, he was smashed to the floor by Makarov's fist.

Makarov said calmly, "You can't go up there. You're not ready yet."

Laxus immediately leaned over the railing and looked at Natsu, saying gloatingly, "Oh, you've made the old man angry."

"Hmph!!" This infuriated Natsu.

Makarov glanced at Laxus: "Laxus, you should get back to that."

Laxus stood up, looked at everyone in the guild, and finally lingered on Qi Yan, saying, "I will not give up the throne of the strongest in Fairy Tail to any of you, whether it's Erza, Mystogan, that old man, or Qi Yan. I am the strongest!! Hahahaha!!"

Laxus opened his arms, finished speaking, laughed loudly, and turned to go into the house.

This arrogant and domineering attitude made many people very unhappy.

Qi Yan didn't feel anything. To be honest, after watching Fairy Tail, he had a lot of goodwill towards Laxus after he was redeemed.

A man, strong and capable, gentle on the inside yet tough on the outside, will always step forward when needed.

However, Laxus is indeed not popular now. He has been in the guild for more than half a year, and he has only seen Laxus a handful of times. The two have little interaction, just like he has little interaction with Mystogan.

Elfman looked at Qi Yan and said, "Qi Yan, are you just going to watch Laxus act so arrogantly?"

He acknowledged that Laxus was a powerful monster, and that both his sister and Erza were weaker than Laxus, but he believed that Qi Yan's strength was definitely above Laxus's.

Qi Yan blinked: "What?! So what if he's arrogant! I can't just beat him up because he's arrogant, can I?!"

Gray said, "You can fight him! Beat him and put an end to his arrogance. Let's see if he'll still be so arrogant then."

Laxus is, after all, the grandson of Chairman Makarov. If it were in his previous life, he wouldn't have been able to curry favor with him, let alone beat him up.

Are you afraid of losing?

"Winning or losing doesn't matter, it's just unnecessary. You'd be better off doing more tasks."

He had been idle for almost half a month without realizing it, and the lack of tasks made him feel somewhat uneasy.

What can relieve my worries? Only a ten-pull gacha.

Qi Yan made up his mind to do an S-level mission tomorrow.

His hands were already itching for more.

In the evening, the guild closed its shop, and everyone returned to their homes.

Lucy hummed a song as she walked along the river toward her rented house.

"Mystogan and Laxus are both very famous figures, and with Erza and Qi Yan added to the mix, Fairy Tail is truly amazing!"

"I've roughly figured out the power dynamics within the guild now. At the top is the guild master, followed by that mysterious uncle, then Qi Yan, Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan, and then Natsu and I are at the next level."

"Joining Fairy Tail was definitely the right choice! Starting tomorrow, I'll work hard!"

Lucy opened her bedroom door.

"you are back!"

"you come back……"

“Aa ...

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Natsu and Happy, shirtless, exercising hard in their living room.

Lucy shooed them away with a look of disgust: "You stink!! If you want to build muscle, go back to your own house, okay?!"

Natsu grinned and handed Lucy a pink dumbbell: "What are you saying? We're not on the same team! Here, this is for you. You like pink, right?"

Lucy grinned and complained, "I'm not interested in dumbbells at all!!"

Natsu immediately started doing push-ups: "To defeat Erza, Laxus, and Qi Yan, we need to have even greater strength."

Seeing Natsu continue training, Lucy cried out, "This has nothing to do with me! Go home right now!! Help!!"

Natsu stopped: "I've made up my mind! I'm going to do an S-rank mission!"

Happy also unfolded an S-class mission request form for Lucy to see.

Seeing the red 'S' that signified an S-rank mission, Lucy was startled and stammered, "What...what...what's going on?! Aren't you not allowed to go up to the second floor?!"

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