"That crest, they are from Fairy Tail."
Sherry immediately recognized the Fairy Tail Guild emblem on Natsu's shoulder.
"So that's it, the villagers asked the Guild for help!"
Yuka also knew that the people in that village seemed to have been cursed and turned into demons, which was why the island had become the terrifying Demon Island.
Zero Emperor said coldly, "What are you waiting for? Go and deal with the village for me."
"Huh?"
"Why?"
Natsu and the others were dumbfounded. Weren't they already standing here? Why did they still have to trouble the villagers?
Zero Emperor clenched his fist and explained, "Anyone who obstructs or attempts to obstruct us is an enemy."
"What?!!"
Natsu was stunned by this explanation.
"Bastard—!!"
Suddenly!
Gray rushed out directly, pressing his hands on the ground: "Stop this meaningless ritual and action!!"
Crack crack!!!
A large amount of ice appeared from the ground, rushing towards Zero Emperor.
Zero Emperor pressed one hand on the ground, casting the exact same magic as Gray.
The ice created by the two collided.
Crack—!!
The magic of the two canceled each other out, and the ice shattered and dissipated together.
"Ice?!"
Both sides were a little surprised, because both of them used ice magic. Although ice magic was not uncommon, it was not common either.
"Lyon... do you know what you're doing?"
Gray looked at Zero Emperor, his expression grim as he questioned him.
"Heh heh, long time no see, Gray."
Zero Emperor also accurately called out Gray's name.
"They know each other?!"
Lucy and Happy were somewhat dumbfounded at that moment.
"The Mage the villagers sought is you, huh? Did you know about it and come, or was it just a coincidence? Never mind, it's all the same anyway. You guys hurry up, I can handle this place by myself."
"Yes!"
"Don't even think about leaving!"
Natsu saw the situation and instantly became anxious, quickly chasing after the three, completely unaware of the almost imperceptible icy cold air crystalizing in the air.
Gray, however, noticed it and quickly tried to stop him: "Wait, Natsu, don't move!!"
But by then, it was too late.
Whoosh!!!
The icy cold air quickly enveloped Natsu's body, then rapidly grew, and in a blink of an eye, Natsu's body, except for his head and limbs, was completely frozen in ice.
"Damn it, I can't move."
Natsu immediately tried to melt the ice on him with fire.
"What's wrong with this ice? Why can't I melt it with fire?!!"
Sherry and the other two saw Natsu frozen and felt relieved, preparing to go and destroy the village.
Just then, a figure blocked their way: "You'd better stop. Harming my clients, that won't do."
"Qi Yan!!"
Lucy and Happy were overjoyed to see Qi Yan; they had forgotten Qi Yan was still there.
"Qi Yan?"
Zart's expression changed slightly when he heard Qi Yan's name, thinking, "Oh no, why is this guy here?"
"Great! Qi Yan! They're going to destroy the village, quickly use 'Tyrant' to take them down!"
Lucy's confidence soared when she saw Qi Yan appear.
"Tyrant?!"
Yuka and Sherry were slightly startled when they heard Lucy's appellation.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you leaving? I said, leave these guys to me."
Lyon, seeing that the three of them hadn't moved, couldn't help but urge them.
Sherry said with a solemn expression, "Zero Emperor-sama, he might be 'Tyrant'."
"Tyrant? Who is that?"
Lyon usually didn't pay attention to matters in the magic world, so he wasn't aware of Tyrant's great name.
But Yuka and the others were different. Although they had lived on Galuna Island for a long time, they sometimes went to Hargeon Port to purchase supplies and would also keep up with the latest news from the magic world.
"Tyrant is a Mage who has recently risen to fame on the Ishgar continent. His most famous battle was annihilating the Locas Bandit Group, one against ten thousand. I never expected 'Tyrant' to actually be a Fairy Tail Guild member."
"One against ten thousand?"
Lyon's expression also changed slightly.
"Tyrant, huh?"
To be honest, using Tyrant was indeed cool, but this time he wanted to try a new character. It was time for the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, to make an appearance.
"Full Body Take Over · Edward Newgate!!"
Qi Yan's body began to rapidly grow taller and larger, his clothes turned into a white coat, and in his hand appeared Whitebeard's exclusive weapon, one of the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords, murakumogiri.
The most striking feature was the upward-curving crescent-shaped white beard below his nose. His face was a composite of Qi Yan and Whitebeard, looking extremely imposing.
"So big—!!!"
Everyone was startled by Qi Yan's height of 6.66 meters.
Even Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy, who were familiar with Qi Yan, were stunned at this moment; they had never seen Qi Yan in this transformed state.
Lucy couldn't help but complain, "Qi Yan turned into Grandpa Whitebeard!!"
Qi Yan felt the powerful strength in his body. As expected, he was known as the strongest man in the One Piece world. This kind of power was truly amazing.
"Angelica!!"
Sherry shouted loudly. They also had a big guy; Angelica was over ten meters tall.
Boom—!!
The giant rat that Qi Yan and the others encountered during the day burrowed directly out of the ruins.
"Squeak—!!"
Then it shrieked and pounced towards Qi Yan.
Qi Yan clenched his fist.
Buzz—!!
A white transparent light shield appeared on Qi Yan's fist. This was the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, with terrifying seismic waves compressed and condensed within the shield.
Immediately after, Qi Yan casually punched the air.
"——————!!"
Crack crack—!!
The air, like a shattered mirror, showed dense cracks.
Boom—!!
The ruins vibrated violently, like an earthquake of magnitude seven or eight.
Crack! Crack—!!
Many parts of the ruins shattered and collapsed in large sections.
"Squeak—!!"
The giant rat coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, and its body was directly sent flying from above the ruins.
"Earthquake?!!"
"Waaahhh!!!"
"Whoaahhh!!!"... Almost everyone lost their footing and let out screams of terror.
After a while, the tremors subsided. Everyone looked terrified; no one could remain calm in the face of such a terrifying natural disaster as an earthquake.
Lyon's expression also became serious at this moment. A magic capable of causing such a large-scale earthquake meant the opponent's strength was very powerful, but no matter how powerful, he couldn't be his opponent, because he had already surpassed Ur.
Lyon looked directly at Qi Yan and asked, "Who are you?"
"Fairy Tail, Qi Yan."