This is not the first time that Lu Xiao has come into contact with an immortal person who has death aspirations.
Cassandra has witnessed countless joys and sorrows over the long years. She has tried again and again to lead the world to a better future, but in the end she has failed to achieve positive results.
Between order and chaos, if either side gains an overwhelming advantage, it will not only fail to maintain peace in the world, but will also breed many extreme and serious problems.
Kassandra, who suffered many failures, accepted her fate. She silently witnessed the development of the times and waited for the arrival of the successor predicted by Aletheia.
The situation of the Ancient One is similar. She has been on the earth for countless years and has observed countless timelines. Depending on different choices, her death can be postponed, but in the end she will not survive the day when Thanos comes.
The heavy responsibility of continuing to protect the earth will one day be handed over to the successors.
In this case, it is better to cultivate a suitable successor as soon as possible, end his long watch, follow the eternal god in soul form, and start a new life.
To sum up in one sentence, both Cassandra and Ancient One are tired of their current lives and hope to be freed from their long lives.
The only difference is that one truly enters eternal sleep, while the other can continue to exist in the world in the form of a soul.
There is actually no fundamental difference between Scathach's mentality and the other two.
Anyone locked up in the land of shadows for thousands of years would come up with this idea.
Merlin, who lives in Avalon, can at least use his EX level clairvoyance to peek at interesting events currently happening in the world, and the scenery of Avalon full of flowers is much better than the Kingdom of Shadows where no sunlight can be seen.
Speaking of the ability to travel through the world, the system that leads Lu Xiao to travel through multiple worlds naturally comes to mind.
"System, can you hear me?"
Since winning the Holy Grail War, Lu Xiao has called the system from time to time, but has not received a response every time, and there is no trace of the world mission rewards that should have been given.
"What are you doing? Are you still fighting with Alaya and Gaia?"
The system is the only way for Lu Xiao to return to the main world. The lack of response from the system makes Lu Xiao feel a little uneasy.
Since he cannot leave the Kingdom of Shadows for the time being, Lu Xiao can only focus on Scathach's teachings for the time being.
Thanks to the first-level talent of human will, Lu Xiao's ability to comprehend and learn is far beyond ordinary people. He gritted his teeth and sustained Scathach's Celtic-style practical education, and gained a lot.
Ming Jing Shisui's unique skills, which were originally only C-level, were upgraded to B. When Scathach used some relatively unknown weapons to fight, Lu Xiao was able to fight her back and forth.
However, once Scathach switched back to his usual spear, the disadvantage Lu Xiao faced was still overwhelming.
As Lu Xiao's strength improved, he could more clearly feel the long distance between himself and Scathach, which made him very frustrated.
The Holy Grail Channel will not exist for too long. Even if there are different time flow rates, the total duration will only be one month.
When the 27th day of hard training entered, Lu Xiao had already given up.
It was impossible for him to catch up with Scathach's thousands of years of accumulation in just one month, and even with Scathach's own teachings, there would be no fundamental changes.
It was difficult to achieve a staged breakthrough in martial arts for the time being, so Lu Xiao simply turned to learn the original runes from Scathach.
Lu Xiao's runes were translated by Ancient Yi based on his own understanding of Odin's runes. It was inevitable that he added some of his own understanding to them, which was inconsistent with the original runes.
Lu Xiao has always been curious about where Scathach learned the original runes. Logically speaking, the Celts should have used Ogham runes.
However, some doubts did not affect Lu Xiao's learning. Scathach did not hold back on Lu Xiao's request for advice and taught him all the original runes he received from Odin.
After some comparison, Lu Xiao found that the ancient pair's understanding of the runes did have some deviations from the original runes.
Although the effect will be stronger when used individually, it destroys the integrity of the runes.
After obtaining the inheritance of the original runes and making corrections, Lu Xiao finally unlocked the second rune of the double hidden sword created for him by the Dwarf King.
The second layer of runes on the hidden sword in the left hand is ? (fehu), which represents prosperity, livestock, unity and other meanings.
Combined with Uru metal, ?Rune has the ability to hide. It can hide the hidden sword set on Lu Xiao's left arm on a regular basis and launch unexpected attacks at critical moments.
Combined with the first-level rune? (ansuz), it can also be poisonous during a surprise attack without any trace. It is one of the most suitable rune combinations for assassins.
The second layer of the hidden sword on the right arm is ? (othi), which means holding, weird, and beyond the meaning of common sense and ancestors.
The ? runes engraved on the Uru Hidden Blade have a curse effect. Those injured by the Hidden Blade will be greatly weakened by a random attribute.
In conjunction with the original thurisaz's defense-penetrating effect, as long as Lu Xiao seizes the opportunity, even if the enemy has a defensive shield, he will be hit by a single hit and be cursed.
The unexpected harvest made Lu Xiao, who was stuck in a deadlock, overjoyed. Although he was not sure how useful the unlocked second-level runes would be in the battle, it was at least an unexpected and hidden trump card.
It is a pity that the Uru Hidden Blade lacks the blessing of legend, has not been recognized as a Noble Phantasm by the Shape Moon World, and does not have the ability to liberate its true name given by the rules of the world.
On the 28th day, Lu Xiao decided to challenge Scathach for the last time, considering the time that might be lost in the "roots".
If this time it still ends in failure, Lu Xiao will have no choice but to find another way to convince Scathach. He doesn't want to be trapped in the Kingdom of Shadows and practice stupidly until he can defeat Scathach.
God knows that was hundreds of years later.
"oh?"
Seeing Lu Xiao's strange posture holding the sword with one hand, a strange color flashed in Scathach's eyes.
"Have you changed your fighting style? That's fine. It's really a good choice to try more while you're young."
Lowering his center of gravity and pointing the tip of his gun toward the ground, Scathach officially entered combat mode.
"Come on, Lu Xiao."
"Huh~"
Lu Xiao took a deep breath, eliminated all distracting thoughts in his mind, and focused all his attention on the current battle.
"drink!"
The sword held in his right hand slashed down through the air, and Dragon Flash's sword energy quickly approached Scathach from afar.
"Qiang!"
Scathach swept the magic spear casually, and the two forces were stagnant in mid-air for a moment, and the dragon flash's sword energy gradually dissipated.
Lu Xiao started at full speed, using his slight advantage in burst of speed to teleport in front of Scathach using shrunken footwork.
The representative of speed swordsmanship, the multi-attack secret sword Isshin exploded in a small area. Scathach, who was already familiar with this move, shook his spear and stabbed out countless afterimages in a short period of time, which matched the sword energy wielded by Lu Xiao.
cancel each other out.
"Not enough, not even close!"
After defeating Secret Sword Yishin's countless sword energy, Scathach continued to attack Lu Xiao with unforgiving thrusts.
Seeing only the red afterimage of the spear tip, Lu Xiao did not waver, and Tai Dao, who was not good at defending, continued to attack.
"Bah!"
Although Lu Xiao relied on agility to dodge as much as possible, there were still many wounds pierced by the spear heads on his body.
Keeping his promise and not using the healing effect of the Shroud, Lu Xiao focused most of his energy on the attack with the sword in his right hand.
Scathach, who is extremely experienced in combat, dodged most of Lu Xiao's attacks. The Immortal Slash only cut a small gap in the one-piece body suit on her left leg, and did not even damage the white skin of her legs.
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Scathach did not understand Lu Xiao's intention to give up defense and attack. Although both sides had clairvoyance that could predict the other's next move in a short period of time, Scathach clearly surpassed Lu Xiao in the combination of various skills and his own martial arts.
'There's something fishy, what is this kid planning?'
During the battle, he took a moment to glance at Lu Xiao's left hand without arm armor, and a glimmer of understanding flashed in Scathach's eyes.
'Use runes to hide the weapon in your left hand? It's a good idea, but it's still too naive.'
"clang!"
Sure enough, Lu Xiao seized the opportunity and used skill to deflect Scathach's spear, and struck out with his long-hidden left hand fist.
"Hmph~ The intention is too obvious!"
When the body leaned back to the left under the force, Shaka raised his toned right leg and kicked out, aiming directly at Lu Xiao's straight left arm.
"Crack!"
The arms and legs were fighting, and Lu Xiao, who only had a C-level muscle strength rating, couldn't match Scathach in terms of strength, so he turned back following the thrust of the exchange of blows.
When Lu Xiao's body turned to the back, Scathach was the first to stand firm, and the magic gun stabbed Lu Xiao's back like electricity again.
At the critical moment, Lu Xiao handed the sword to his left hand, turned around and used centrifugal force to swing the spear away. With his free right hand, he fisted towards Scathach's shoulder.
"rub!"
The clear sound of the hidden sword popping out made Shaka's expression change.
"There is also a hidden weapon in the right hand?"
A hint of excitement finally appeared on Lu Xiao's calm face: "Since conventional tactics cannot work, we can only win by surprise!"