Was Fu Yuan ruthlessly crushing a delicate flower?
No, no, no. This was respect for his enemy.
Because holding back was contempt for one's enemy.
If Fu Yuan held back against Scáthach, she would only be even more enraged. She was fighting him with such focus, yet he was actually going easy on her?
Therefore, going all out was the true respect Fu Yuan could show Scáthach.
Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows was a battle-hardened warrior. She was no frail maiden who could be hit so easily. The moment she sensed that suffocating sense of danger from Fu Yuan, she had already prepared to evade.
Thus, when faced with a fist that distorted even space itself, Scáthach sharply twisted her slender waist and narrowly dodged Fu Yuan's Inch Force: Heaven Splitter.
Rip—
Although Scáthach had dodged Fu Yuan's fist, the wind generated by that punch directly tore apart her bodysuit, revealing...
Then, the skin over Scáthach's chest faintly reddened as crimson blood began to seep out...
Unbelievable!
Though the purple-black bodysuit Scáthach wore looked as thin and fragile as gauze, it was manifested from the magical energy within her body.
The clothing woven from Scáthach's magical energy was incredibly tough; ordinary blades, spears, swords, and halberds could not cut through it.
Yet it had been torn apart directly by Fu Yuan's fist... No, it had been torn apart by the wind from his fist!
The Inch Force: Heaven Splitter that had missed became a gale-force punch that shot forward.
Like an invisible air cannonball, that blast of wind violently surged straight ahead.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion rang out. Everywhere the wind from Inch Force: Heaven Splitter passed, trees were instantly pulverized, while Mount Ensō's ground violently cracked apart as though an earthquake had struck.
Merely the wind from Fu Yuan's punch had unbelievably carved a straight, sunken path through the terrain ahead.
The punch wind created by Fu Yuan's Inch Force: Heaven Splitter was already comparable to an Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm.
If someone were struck head-on by Inch Force: Heaven Splitter... would there even be any flesh left behind?
After Fu Yuan threw that punch, the Honkai System's voice rang out in his mind.
Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows has acknowledged you. Daily Quests completed. Mission rewards have been delivered. Please check your inventory and crystal section yourself.
Upon hearing the system's messages, Fu Yuan was delighted. He had completed this highly rewarding daily quest and obtained the Shadow Knight: Moon Halo character template, as well as 2,800 crystals—enough for a ten-pull.
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After dodging Inch Force: Heaven Splitter, Scáthach successfully widened the distance between herself and Fu Yuan. Having regained her composure, she paid no attention to the fair skin exposed through her torn clothing and prepared to launch another assault on him!
After all, in a heated battle, who would care about the state of their clothes...?
But Fu Yuan no longer wanted to fight Scáthach. He had already achieved what he wanted: the daily quest was complete, and besides...
Fu Yuan was a "hot-blooded man." He... was having a little trouble enduring the "beautiful sight" Scáthach was exposing.
The clothing around Scáthach's chest had been torn, crimson blood seeping through it. Bright red bloodstains against snowy skin, combined with the clear sweat emerging from battle...
It directly formed a beautiful scene that could be called a "virgin killer."
Watching the fierce Scáthach charge toward him, Fu Yuan turned his head away and hurriedly raised his arm, holding out his palm toward her. "Wait a moment. Our sparring ends here."
"What?!"
Scáthach instinctively stopped. Looking at Fu Yuan, who had turned his head away, she stared at him in disbelief. She did not understand why Fu Yuan, who had only counterattacked once, would say such a thing.
"I said we're ending this here. If we keep fighting... we'll both have to get serious."
If Fu Yuan and Scáthach truly got serious with each other, it would not be as simple as torn clothing and superficial wounds.
When martial arts were used to bare one's heart, someone was bound to die.
A true duel was no trivial matter. Both sides wagered their beliefs upon it.
Therefore, it should not be begun lightly.
And once it began, one person had to be killed in that battle.
Fu Yuan and Scáthach held no grudge against each other. Their fight was merely a sparring match, one that stopped at the right point. If they did not stop now, they would begin fighting in earnest.
Fu Yuan, who had been defending and deflecting her attacks all along, would take the initiative to attack.
And Scáthach herself would unleash her Noble Phantasm, one that was practically an inevitable killing blow.
"What's wrong with getting serious?!" Scáthach, who longed for "death," glared at Fu Yuan as she spoke.
Scáthach's wish was to find someone who could kill her in a head-on battle. In Fu Yuan's earlier punch, she had felt the fatal threat of death.
If they got serious, then Fu Yuan might very well kill her.
This... was exactly what Scáthach longed for!
So when Fu Yuan, with his head turned aside, said that the battle was over, Scáthach could no longer stand it!
Scáthach now stared fixedly at Fu Yuan like a hunting panther. Her bewitching, beautiful eyes revealed an emotion toward him.
An emotion called "unsatisfied desire."
Scáthach's entire body was burning hot from fighting him. Her blood boiled, and she could not stop herself, yet... he was now telling her they were not going to fight—play—anymore??
He had provoked her until her entire body burned, yet he was saying they would not continue!
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"You were the one who challenged me!"
"You're also the one who wants to end things halfway through. Are you toying with me?!" Scáthach, eager to continue, pointed the weapon in her hand at Fu Yuan.
"I see you as a woman..." Fu Yuan said helplessly, keeping his head turned away from Scáthach. "So hurry up and fix your chest."
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