I, Fu Yuan, Smash the Holy Grail War

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Keep Living Even If It Means Barely Clinging to Life

Not only that, the violent Lightning Marks continued to rampage through the Magecraft Workshop, attacking the Magic Crest Worms and Matou Zouken within the underground workshop like chains of lightning.

Matou Zouken could not feel the pain of the Lightning Marks tearing through his body...

Because the instant the Lightning Marks touched Matou Zouken, he was charred to a crisp, unable even to let out a pained scream.

The Lightning Marks ravaged the entire underground workshop. Other than Fu Yuan and Matou Sakura, whom he protected, every living thing had been scorched by lightning and reduced to black ash.

As time passed, the Lightning Marks gradually subsided. Matou Zouken's underground workshop returned to silence, while all the Magic Crest Worms that had been inside had been roasted into black ash by Fu Yuan's Sky-Splitting Scales.

With a single strike, Fu Yuan had instantly reversed the disadvantage of being surrounded by tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms. Yet he did not feel happy about it. Instead, he frowned slightly.

Because Fu Yuan felt that Matou Zouken was not dead yet.

Knowing the plot, Fu Yuan had believed that Matou Zouken's Life Worm would be inside this underground workshop filled with Magic Crest Worms. However, he had just sensed what was happening outside.

The Familiar Worms outside the Magecraft Workshop had now gathered into a mass and fled the Matou family estate.

The only one who could have made those Familiar Worms act like that was the surviving Matou Zouken.

Fu Yuan's guess was indeed correct. Matou Zouken had not died, because the Magic Crest Worm housing his soul had not been in the Magecraft Workshop.

After witnessing Fu Yuan slaughter his swarm of Magic Crest Worms with such terrifying "Lightning Magecraft," Matou Zouken was shocked and incredulous, but he still chose to flee the Matou family estate.

His final stronghold as a magus had been destroyed by someone else. If he did not run, was he supposed to stay and die...

As for where Matou Zouken had gone after fleeing?

Matou Zouken first left some Familiar Worms behind to keep a close watch on the Matou family estate, because he wanted to know what Fu Yuan would do next.

But for Matou Zouken, the most important matter now was hiding his most vital Life Worm somewhere else. As long as the Magic Crest Worm housing his decaying soul did not die, he could live forever.

He could go on living like some damp, filthy slug.

Whenever Matou Zouken recalled the lightning raging through the Magecraft Workshop, indescribable hatred and fury surged through him. He had painstakingly raised those Magic Crest Worms ever since he settled in Fuyuki City.

Now, tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms had been destroyed by Fu Yuan. A century of Matou Zouken's cultivation and effort had been wiped out in the span of a few breaths.

After sensing through his qi that Matou Zouken had fled the Matou family estate, Fu Yuan carried the still-shivering Matou Sakura out of that hellish, pitch-black underground workshop.

After leaving the dark underground workshop, Fu Yuan breathed in the fresh air outside, then turned around and flicked a finger toward it.

A blinding bolt of lightning shot from Fu Yuan's fingertip. The struck building shuddered violently, cracks and bursts sounding continuously as though it could no longer bear the strain.

The Magecraft Workshop, carbonized by the rampaging Lightning Marks, collapsed under Fu Yuan's final lightning strike and was completely reduced to ruins.

After dealing with Matou Zouken's Magecraft Workshop, Fu Yuan carried the trembling Matou Sakura and left the cold, gloomy Matou family estate.

Fu Yuan's purpose had now been achieved.

Matou Zouken's Magic Crest Worms had all been eliminated by Fu Yuan, and Matou Sakura's tragic fate had changed because of his intervention.

The next matter Fu Yuan needed to resolve was where Matou Sakura would go from here. As long as Matou Zouken had not been completely killed, he could not let Matou Sakura remain in the Matou family estate.

Just as Fu Yuan stepped out of the Matou family estate, the Honkai System's voice rang out in his mind.

Matou Zouken's Magecraft Workshop has been destroyed, and Matou Sakura has been brought out of the Matou family estate unharmed.

Side Quest complete. The reward has been delivered to the host's inventory. Please check it.

After hearing the Honkai System's voice, Fu Yuan's displeasure over the Magic Crest Worms instantly vanished, replaced by a hint of joy. He would soon have a set of extremely valuable Stigmata.

However, now was not the time for Fu Yuan to inspect his reward, because he sensed life signs all around him.

They belonged to Matou Zouken's Familiar Worms. They constantly emitted faint, cold auras.

Ordinary people and magi might not be able to detect Familiar Worms like these, but Fu Yuan was different. The qi he cultivated was enough to let him keenly sense everything around him.

Especially those things watching him with eyes full of malice and hatred.

After noticing the Familiar Worms Matou Zouken had left behind, Fu Yuan's hand, which had been stroking Matou Sakura's back, moved upward. He gently tapped the back of her neck, causing the still-frightened and timid girl to fall asleep.

Shenzhou qi really is omnipotent. The people around me probably won't need to worry about insomnia anymore...

After putting Matou Sakura to sleep, Fu Yuan spoke in a somewhat cold tone. "Matou Zouken, I know you're nearby. Stop hiding like some cold, disgusting insect. Come out."

Fu Yuan's indifferent voice spread through the area, but no one answered him. Only the rustling leaves responded.

And the rustling of the leaves grew louder and louder...

No, this was not the rustling of leaves swaying. It was the sound of insects beating their wings in flight!

Once Matou Zouken discovered that Fu Yuan had noticed his Familiar Worms, he gathered the worms nearby and formed a new body from them once again.

Holding Matou Sakura, Fu Yuan slowly said to Matou Zouken, "I didn't expect you to be so good at running for your life. You actually managed to survive that."

"Hmph. Your little tricks are not enough to kill me," Matou Zouken said with a gloomy expression.

The corners of Fu Yuan's lips curled up in something like a mocking smile. "Is that so? If you hadn't run and had stayed in the underground workshop, you'd probably be like those disgusting worms right now—roasted into black ash by my qi lightning."

At the mention of the tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms that had been destroyed, Matou Zouken's face darkened. He snorted coldly. "Hmph! I was merely careless for a moment."