In truth, these Skeleton Soldiers were not as easy to deal with as Scáthach had made them sound... Even bullets would struggle to pierce their skulls.
Scáthach had crushed a Skeleton Soldier's head so easily earlier not because they were too fragile... but simply because she was too strong.
Fu Yuan shifted his gaze away from Scáthach and glanced at the Skeleton Soldiers surrounding him. "They do look pretty easy to deal with."
"Indeed~" Scáthach smiled with faint delight, folding her arms across her chest. Her full breasts formed an alluring curve between her arms.
Then, Scáthach lightly pushed off with her delicate feet and leaped into the air, her round, shapely butt landing directly atop the gate to the Land of Shadows.
From above, Scáthach looked down at Fu Yuan, who was surrounded by the Land of Shadows' Skeleton Soldiers.
Sitting atop the gate to the Land of Shadows with one leg crossed over the other, Scáthach spoke lazily. "Young man named 'Fu Yuan,' do not disappoint me. If you cannot even deal with this many Skeleton Soldiers, you are not qualified to spar with me."
This many Skeleton Soldiers?
There were probably four or five hundred Skeleton Soldiers coming out of the gate to the Land of Shadows. That could still be described as "this many"??
"Phew~" Fu Yuan let out a soft breath. "Of course I will not disappoint you."
Watching the unarmed Fu Yuan from atop the gate, Scáthach pondered for a moment before extending her delicate hand. Purple-red magical light emerged from her open palm.
Then, the magical light in Scáthach's palm stretched and lengthened. Once the glow dispersed, a scarlet spear appeared in her hand.
Swift Feather Transformation: Azure Pine
This scarlet spear exuded an extremely ominous aura. One look was enough to tell that it was no ordinary object.
This spear was called Gáe Bolg, also known as Gáe Bolg.
The spearhead of Gáe Bolg contained thirty sharp barbs. Once it pierced an opponent's body, those thirty sharp barbs would tear them open from within.
Therefore, being struck by Gáe Bolg would leave behind terrifying wounds like those made by a saw.
To others, such a weapon was an exceedingly rare Noble Phantasm.
But for Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows, she possessed many identical Gáe Bolgs within her Land of Shadows.
Scáthach spun the materialized Gáe Bolg in a chilling flourish, then lightly threw it toward Fu Yuan, who was surrounded by the Land of Shadows' Skeleton Soldiers.
The thrown scarlet spear pierced through several Skeleton Soldiers blocking its path before plunging into the grass beside Fu Yuan with a thud.
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"This is for you. I see you do not have a suitable weapon, so I will generously provide one. Accept it with gratitude," Scáthach said with a smile.
Fu Yuan turned his head to glance at the scarlet spear embedded in the grass, then said, "I do not need a weapon, because my hands are my weapons."
After saying that, Fu Yuan lightly stomped the ground, and the scarlet spear embedded in the earth immediately flew up.
Not only did the scarlet spear rise into the air, it also incredibly flew back toward Scáthach, who sat atop the gate to the Land of Shadows.
Seeing the scarlet spear fly back, Scáthach extended her delicate hand and caught it. Feeling the force transmitted through the scarlet spear, an astonished expression immediately appeared on her beautiful face.
This man never touched Gáe Bolg just now. He merely tapped the ground with his foot, yet made Gáe Bolg fly back to me... What an interesting man. An expression called anticipation appeared on Scáthach's beautiful face.
Fu Yuan's action had shown Scáthach that he was not weak, but someone capable of precisely controlling force.
Without even using his hands, he could make Gáe Bolg, which had been embedded in the ground, fly back... Scáthach was becoming more and more interested in Fu Yuan.
"Since you do not need the weapon I offered, then very well." Scáthach casually tossed the returned Gáe Bolg into the gate to the Land of Shadows and said to Fu Yuan, "Then are you ready? It is about to begin."
Fu Yuan, who had long been ready, said, "Come."
"Then let us begin. Show me your valor, inscrutable man." Scáthach waved her delicate hand toward Fu Yuan, issuing an order like a queen.
"Skeletons of death from the Land of Shadows, drown him!"
As Scáthach issued the order to attack, the Skeleton Soldiers holding battered cleavers began to move. Their bones clattered with chilling sounds as they stepped forward and closed in on Fu Yuan at the center of the encirclement.
Scáthach sat atop the gate to the Land of Shadows with one leg crossed over the other, narrowing her enchanting eyes as she watched to see how this inscrutable man would act when besieged by so many Skeleton Soldiers.
Hopefully, he would not be drowned by that horde of Skeleton Soldiers and hacked to death by their blades. Otherwise, Scáthach would be truly disappointed.
Rest assured, Fu Yuan would never disappoint this peerlessly beautiful Queen of the Land of Shadows.
Fu Yuan calmly watched the approaching Skeleton Soldiers, their bones clattering as they came. Assuming his opening stance, he shaped his left hand like a sword and clenched his right hand into a fist. This was the stance of Swift Feather Transformation: Azure Pine.
Fu Yuan had once used this move to send Matou Zouken flying, then blast apart his entire body.
However... using Swift Feather Transformation: Azure Pine against Matou Zouken had not been the proper way to use it. The correct way was to unleash it with one's hands.
More precisely, Swift Feather Transformation: Azure Pine was an attack delivered through the hands and fists.
The reason Fu Yuan had used this move with his leg at the time was merely because he had been holding Matou Sakura in one arm and a phone in the other, leaving him with no free hand to use it.
Facing the Skeleton Soldiers charging in from all directions, Fu Yuan's expression remained calm as orange arcs of electricity began to flow across his body. Scáthach's eyes widened in surprise at the sight.
"What is this? He activated magecraft without any preparation at all?" Scáthach watched Fu Yuan's sudden transformation with slight astonishment.
Well-traveled and knowledgeable as she was, Scáthach would not normally be surprised by something like this, but the change in Fu Yuan was simply too inconceivable.
Fu Yuan, who had appeared to be an ordinary person, had transformed into an imposing warrior in the blink of an eye. Yet that was not what truly surprised Scáthach.
What truly surprised Scáthach was the faint arcs of electricity now flowing over Fu Yuan's body.
"Hmm... He is currently in a state similar to Mana Burst." Scáthach murmured as she watched Fu Yuan.
Mana Burst.
It referred to consuming magical energy to strengthen one's weapon or body, thereby gaining immense power.
Simply put, it was using the magical energy within one's body to enhance oneself.
If it was A-rank Mana Burst, even a frail and powerless girl could gain enough strength to easily overpower several strong men.
Furthermore, Mana Burst could produce all kinds of strange effects depending on its user.
For example...
When Karna used Mana Burst, scarlet flames erupted from his body.
When Minamoto no Raikou used Mana Burst, purple lightning appeared around her body.
When Artoria used Mana Burst, currents of air swirled around her body.
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