The power Fu Yuan wielded did not need to rely on this world's mysteries. The strength he possessed would not change according to the level of mystery in this world.
Fu Yuan looked at the alluring Queen of the Land of Shadows before him and sighed helplessly to himself.
Yare yare daze, I'm being underestimated again. First it was Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Zouken, and now it's Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows. Ah, whatever. I'll correct her misconception with my strength later.
For those who underestimated him, the best response was to display his strength and power, leaving them shocked and unable to believe it.
Thus, the modest Fu Yuan did not intend to waste time explaining to Scáthach that he had some ability. Her Skeleton Soldiers might not even be able to cause him the slightest trouble.
As long as Fu Yuan wiped out Scáthach's Skeleton Soldiers of the Land of Shadows with the force of thunder, she would see him in a different light.
Perhaps his Daily Quest, "Gain the recognition 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, looking at Scáthach, who stood alone.
"Wait a moment. I'll summon the Skeleton Soldiers of the Land of Shadows shortly."
Then, under Fu Yuan's gaze, Scáthach spread her slender hands. Her shapely body began to emit a dense violet-red glow of magical energy.
The magical energy erupting from Scáthach's body had already caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.
It seemed that Scáthach was preparing to unleash her ultimate move.
Maintaining his opening stance, Fu Yuan watched Scáthach radiate astonishing magical energy. As magical energy circulated around her, she parted her cherry lips and slowly said, "The currents of the Land of Shadows shall sweep across the earth. The living shall become corpses. Therefore... reveal the gate to the abyss here."
"Gate of the Demon Realm, overflowing with death—open!"
As Scáthach's melodious chant ended, Fu Yuan suddenly felt the air around him grow cold, as though he had been transported to Siberia, where the temperature was more than ten degrees below zero.
As Fu Yuan felt the chill, the magical energy Scáthach had released began to transform into an unusual gate.
The strange gate that formed behind Scáthach was forged from bluish-black material. Its entirety was bluish-black, and it was covered in numerous intricate reliefs.
There were humans trampling upon the earth.
There were cold and proud gods ruling over the sky.
And Phantasmal Species of bizarre shapes...
The figures in these reliefs varied wildly, yet every single one had been pierced through the body by a long spear.
This was the Gate of the Land of Shadows under Scáthach's command. By passing through it, one could enter the Land of Shadows. As for the reliefs upon the gate... they were all beings slain by the queen of the Land of Shadows.
Whenever the queen of the Land of Shadows killed an enemy, the gate would gain another relief of a body pierced through by a long spear.
Creak~
The gate to the Land of Shadows summoned by Scáthach slowly opened. Fu Yuan peered through the widening crack, but he saw no scenery at all—only an abyssal blackness as deep as hell.
Merely staring into the darkness within the Gate of the Land of Shadows stirred an indescribable feeling in Fu Yuan's heart.
Perhaps... this was the strange sensation brought about by gazing into the abyss.
Scáthach turned her head to glance at the slowly opening Gate of the Land of Shadows and revealed a faintly satisfied expression.
Scáthach had now successfully summoned the Gate of the Land of Shadows, yet the Counter Force had not acted to stop her. There was not even the slightest disturbance.
She was delighted that she had not been suppressed by the Counter Force.
Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows, who surpassed humanity and stood alongside gods, should not have been able to appear on the surface of the world. Powerful beings like her, along with all sorts of Phantasmal Species and spirits, could only remain on the far side of the world.
If she rashly came from the far side of the world to its surface, beings like Scáthach would be rejected by the Counter Force, which would force her back to the far side.
Yet now that Scáthach had opened the Gate of the Demon Realm to the Land of Shadows, the Counter Force still did not reject her. This left Scáthach satisfied.
Was it because she was currently within a prepared Magic Barrier? Had the Magic Barrier concealed her existence, leaving the Counter Force unmoved even when she summoned the Gate of the Land of Shadows?
No, no, no... it actually had nothing to do with Scáthach's Magic Barrier.
The reason the Counter Force had not acted against Scáthach was because the Honkai System had pulled her out of the Land of Shadows.
Like Fu Yuan, Scáthach was now an existence the Counter Force could not detect.
To the Counter Force, Scáthach was now like Fu Yuan was to Scáthach—just as she could not use Wisdom of the Mystic Realm to see through his past and future.
Scáthach extended her jade-like hand, wrapped in purple gauze, toward Fu Yuan, who stood before her. Then she declared sharply, "Come forth, deathly skeletons of the Land of Shadows!"
As Scáthach's sharp yet pleasant voice fell, Fu Yuan noticed something emerging from the open Gate of the Land of Shadows.
Clack, clack...
They were Human Form skeletons. Human Form Skeleton Soldiers emerged from the Gate of the Land of Shadows.
Their entire bodies were made of pale bones, their heads hollow skulls. Within their empty eye sockets burned two dim green lights.
Like the eyes of hungry wolves in the night, they gave off a ghostly green glow.
These Human Form skeletons moved their withered leg bones, wielding worn and broken cleavers as they clacked out of the Gate of the Land of Shadows.
Like soldiers in an army enslaved by a queen, these Skeleton Soldiers hunched their backs as they passed on both sides of Scáthach, then encircled Fu Yuan layer upon layer.
Fu Yuan glanced around at the Skeleton Soldiers surrounding him from every direction, then said to Scáthach, "These are the Skeleton Soldiers I need to deal with?"
"That's right." Scáthach nodded.
Seeing that Fu Yuan showed no trace of fear, Scáthach could not help silently praising his courage.
Scáthach had not expected that even after personally witnessing the Gate of the Land of Shadows open and being surrounded by so many Skeleton Soldiers, Fu Yuan would still show neither timidity nor uncertainty.
Was Fu Yuan truly fearless?
Or was he merely putting on a brave front?
Scáthach would soon find out.
"They're what you need to deal with. Don't be fooled by their numbers—they're actually quite fragile." As she spoke, Scáthach extended her jade-like hand and grabbed the head of a Skeleton Soldier beside her.
Then Scáthach exerted a slight amount of force.
Crack.
Scáthach's jade-like hand crushed that Skeleton Soldier's head directly, making Fu Yuan's own head ache in sympathetic pain...
"See? They're fragile. Pretty easy to deal with." Scáthach patted her hand, brushing the remaining bone powder from her palm.
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