I, Fu Yuan, Will Destroy the Holy Grail War

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Chapter 10: Surviving Against All Odds

Not only that, but the violent Lightning Marks were still rampaging through the Magecraft Workshop, like chains of lightning attacking the Magic Crest Worms and Matou Zouken in the underground workshop.

Matou Zouken couldn't feel the pain of the Lightning Marks slashing across his body...

Because the moment the Lightning Marks touched Matou Zouken, they were incinerated, not even having time to let out a scream of pain.

The Lightning Marks ravaged the entire underground workshop. Apart from Fu Yuan and Matou Sakura, whom he was protecting, all life had been scorched by the lightning and turned into a pile of black ash.

As time passed, the Lightning Marks gradually subsided. Matou Zouken's underground workshop returned to peace. The Magic Crest Worms that had been there before were all turned into black ash by Fu Yuan's Sky-Splitting Scales.

With a single blow from Fu Yuan, the disadvantage of being surrounded by tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms was instantly reversed. However, he didn't feel happy about it; instead, he frowned slightly.

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

Fu Yuan, who knew the plot, believed that Matou Zouken's Life Worm would be in this underground workshop filled with Magic Crest Worms. But he had just sensed the situation outside.

The Familiar Worms that were outside the Magecraft Workshop had now gathered together and fled the Matou family.

The only one who could make those Familiar Worms act like that must be the surviving Matou Zouken.

Fu Yuan's guess was indeed correct. Matou Zouken was not dead because the Magic Crest Worm he was inhabiting was not in the Magecraft Workshop.

After witnessing Fu Yuan kill his swarm of Magic Crest Worms with such terrifying "Lightning Magecraft," Matou Zouken, while shocked and disbelieving, chose to flee the Matou family.

After all, his last bastion as a magus had been breached. If he didn't run, was he supposed to stay and die?

As for where the fleeing Matou Zouken went?

Matou Zouken first had some of his Familiar Worms stay behind to keep a close eye on the Matou family, because Matou Zouken wanted to know what Fu Yuan would do next.

However, the most important thing for Matou Zouken now was to hide his most important Life Worm in another secret location. As long as the Magic Crest Worm he inhabited with his decaying soul was not dead, he could live forever.

He would just cling to life like a damp slug.

Whenever Matou Zouken recalled the lightning raging in the Magecraft Workshop, an indescribable hatred and anger surged within him. Those Magic Crest Worms were what he had painstakingly cultivated in Fuyuki City.

Now, tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms were destroyed by Fu Yuan just like that. Matou Zouken's hundreds of years of cultivation and effort were annihilated in a matter of breaths.

After sensing Matou Zouken's escape from the Matou family through True Qi, Fu Yuan left the dark, hellish underground workshop, carrying the still trembling Matou Sakura.

After leaving the dark underground workshop, Fu Yuan breathed in the fresh air outside, then turned and flicked his finger towards the underground workshop.

A dazzling bolt of lightning shot from Fu Yuan's fingertip. The struck building trembled violently, and continuous cracking sounds of unbearable burden could be heard.

The Magecraft Workshop, carbonized by the rampage of the Lightning Marks, collapsed and crumbled under Fu Yuan's final lightning strike, turning into a ruined building.

After dealing with Matou Zouken's Magecraft Workshop, Fu Yuan, still holding the trembling Matou Sakura, left the gloomy Matou family.

Fu Yuan's objective had now been achieved.

Matou Zouken's Magic Crest Worms had all been destroyed by Fu Yuan, and Matou Sakura's tragic fate had been altered by his intervention.

What Fu Yuan needed to deal with next was Matou Sakura's future whereabouts. As long as Matou Zouken was not completely dead, he couldn't let Matou Sakura continue to stay in the Matou family.

The moment Fu Yuan stepped out of the Matou family, the Honkai System's voice sounded in his mind.

[Destroyed Matou Zouken's Magecraft Workshop and brought Matou Sakura out of the Matou family while she was unharmed.]

[Side Quest complete. Rewards have been delivered to the host's backpack. Please check.]

Upon hearing the Honkai System's voice, the unpleasant emotions Fu Yuan felt due to the Magic Crest Worms instantly disappeared, replaced by a slight joy. He would soon possess a valuable set of Stigmata.

However, it wasn't time for Fu Yuan to check his rewards yet, as he sensed life signs all around him.

They were the life signs of Matou Zouken's Familiar Worms, emitting faint and chilling auras.

Perhaps ordinary people and magi couldn't detect such Familiar Worms, but Fu Yuan was different. The True Qi he had cultivated was enough to allow him to keenly sense the presences around him.

Especially those presences that were watching him with malicious and hateful eyes.

After sensing the Familiar Worms left behind by Matou Zouken, Fu Yuan's hand, which was stroking Matou Sakura's back, moved up. He gently tapped Matou Sakura's neck, causing her, who was still frightened and timid, to fall asleep.

Truly, the all-purpose Divine Land True Qi... The people around Fu Yuan probably don't have to worry about insomnia anymore...

After putting Matou Sakura to sleep, Fu Yuan, his tone slightly cold, spoke, "Matou Zouken, I know you're nearby. Don't hide like a slimy insect; come out."

Fu Yuan's cold voice spread through the area, but no one responded. The only reply was the rustling of leaves in the wind.

And the rustling of leaves grew louder…

No, that wasn't the sound of leaves rustling. It was the sound of insects flapping their wings as they flew!

Realizing Fu Yuan had discovered his Familiar Worms, Matou Zouken had them converge, forming a new body from the insects once more.

Fu Yuan, holding Matou Sakura, slowly said to Matou Zouken, "I didn't expect your escape skills to be so impressive. You're unharmed."

"Hmph, your meager abilities aren't enough to kill me," Matou Zouken said, his face grim.

The corners of Fu Yuan's lips curled up slightly into a mocking smile. "Is that so? If you hadn't fled back then and had stayed in your underground workshop, you'd probably be roasted into black ash by my True Qi lightning, just like those disgusting insects."

Fu Yuan brought up the tens of thousands of Magic Crest Worms that had been destroyed. Matou Zouken's face darkened as he coldly snorted, "Hmph! It was merely a moment of carelessness on my part."