I, Fu Yuan, Will Destroy the Holy Grail War

Fu Yuan's power didn't rely on the mysteries of this world; its strength wouldn't fluctuate based on how strong or weak the world's mysteries were.

Fu Yuan looked at the alluring Queen of the Land of Shadows before him and thought with a helpless sigh.

'Well, well, daze. I'm being underestimated again. First it was Tohsaka Tokiomi, then Matou Zouken, and now it's Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows. Ah, whatever. I'll correct her underestimation with my strength later.'

The best way to retaliate against those who underestimate you is to display your own might and power, leaving them shocked and disbelieving.

Therefore, the humble Fu Yuan didn't intend to waste time explaining his strength to Scáthach. Her skeleton soldiers likely wouldn't pose even the slightest trouble for him.

As long as Fu Yuan annihilated Scáthach's skeleton soldiers with overwhelming force, she would surely see him in a new light.

And perhaps Fu Yuan's Daily Quest, 'Gain the approval of Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows,' would be smoothly completed because of this.

"Then let's begin. But where are your skeleton soldiers?" Fu Yuan asked Scáthach, who stood alone before him.

"Please wait a moment. I will summon the skeleton soldiers of the Land of Shadows shortly."

Then, under Fu Yuan's gaze, Scáthach opened her slender hands, and her curvaceous figure began to emit a rich, purplish-red magical aura.

The magic erupting from Scáthach's body had already caused the space around them to warp slightly.

Scáthach's current state seemed like she was preparing to unleash a powerful technique.

Fu Yuan, maintaining his stance, watched Scáthach, who emanated astonishing magical power. As the magic flowed around her, she parted her cherry lips and slowly spoke, "The winds of the Land of Shadows shall sweep across the earth, turning the living into corpses. Therefore... reveal the gate of the abyss here."

"Gate of the Mystic Realm overflowing with death, open!"

As Scáthach's pleasant chanting concluded, Fu Yuan suddenly felt the air around him grow cold, as if he were in Siberia, tens of degrees below zero.

While Fu Yuan felt the chill, the magic Scáthach had released began to transform into a peculiar gate.

The strange gate formed behind Scáthach was constructed from a dark, bluish-black material. The entire structure was a deep, bluish-black, adorned with intricate bas-reliefs.

There were humans trampling the earth.

There were haughty deities soaring in the sky.

And Phantasmal Species of bizarre forms...

The depictions in these reliefs were varied and strange, but without exception, they all showed a body pierced by a long spear.

This was the gate to the Land of Shadows, which Scáthach commanded. Passing through this gate would allow one to enter the Land of Shadows. The reliefs on the gate were actually representations of beings killed by the Queen of the Land of Shadows.

Every time the Queen of the Land of Shadows killed an enemy, another relief of a body pierced by a spear would appear on the gate of the Land of Shadows.

Creak...

The gate of the Land of Shadows, summoned by Scáthach, slowly opened. Fu Yuan peered through the opening but saw nothing; only a darkness as profound as hell.

Merely gazing into the darkness within the gate of the Land of Shadows evoked an indescribable feeling in Fu Yuan's heart.

Perhaps... this was the strange sensation one felt when staring into the abyss.

Scáthach turned her head to glance at the slowly opening gate of the Land of Shadows, a look of satisfaction on her face.

Scáthach had now successfully summoned the gate to the Land of Shadows, yet the Counter Force hadn't intervened, not even a ripple of movement.

Scáthach was pleased that she wasn't being suppressed by the Counter Force.

Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows, who surpassed humans and rivaled deities, should not have been able to appear on the surface of the world. Her immense power, along with various Phantasmal Species and Elves, could only exist outside the world.

If such beings rashly came from the outside to the surface, they would be repelled by the Counter Force, which would push them back to the outer world.

But now, Scáthach had opened the gate to the Mystic Realm of the Land of Shadows, and the Counter Force had not rejected her. This situation pleased Scáthach.

Was it because Scáthach was currently within a pre-arranged Magic Barrier, which concealed her presence, thus causing the Counter Force to remain inactive even after she summoned the gate?

No, no, no... it had nothing to do with Scáthach's Magic Barrier.

The reason the Counter Force didn't act against Scáthach was because she had been pulled from the Land of Shadows by Fu Yuan's Honkai System.

Now, Scáthach, just like Fu Yuan, was an existence that the Counter Force could not detect.

For the Counter Force, Scáthach was now like how Scáthach, with her 'Wisdom of the Mystic Realm,' couldn't see through Fu Yuan's past or future.

Scáthach's jade hand, encased in purple gauze, reached out towards Fu Yuan, who stood before her. She then declared sternly, "Come forth, death skeletons of the Land of Shadows!"

As Scáthach's stern yet pleasant voice fell, Fu Yuan noticed something emerging from the open gate of the Land of Shadows.

Clack, clack...

They were humanoid skeletons, skeleton soldiers emerging from the gate of the Land of Shadows.

The skeletons were entirely constructed from pale bones, and their heads were hollow skulls. Within their empty eye sockets burned two points of dim, green light.

Like the eyes of hungry wolves in the night, they emitted a faint green glow.

These humanoid skeletons moved their withered leg bones, gripping worn and cracked greatswords, clacking their way out of the gate of the Land of Shadows.

Like soldiers enslaved by a queen, these skeleton soldiers, hunched over, marched past Scáthach's sides and then surrounded Fu Yuan layer by layer.

Fu Yuan surveyed the skeleton soldiers encircling him on all sides and then said to Scáthach, "These are the skeleton soldiers I'm supposed to deal with."

"That's right," Scáthach nodded.

Now, looking at Fu Yuan, who showed no sign of fear, Scáthach couldn't help but silently praise his courage in her heart.

Scáthach hadn't expected Fu Yuan to show no fear or uncertainty even after witnessing the gates of the Land of Shadows open and being surrounded by so many Skeleton Soldiers.

Was Fu Yuan truly fearless?

Or was he just putting on a brave face?

Scáthach would soon find out.

"It's something you need to deal with. Don't be intimidated by their numbers, they're actually quite fragile," Scáthach said as she extended her fair hand and grasped the head of a nearby Skeleton Soldier.

Then, with a slight squeeze, a crack echoed.

Scáthach's fair hand crushed the Skeleton Soldier's head, making Fu Yuan feel a sympathetic pain in his own head…

"See? They're fragile and easy to deal with," Scáthach said, patting her fair hand and dusting off the residual skull powder.