As the hidden sword on his right arm popped out, the ? and ? runes lit up one after another.
Scathach tried her best to dodge within a small area while leaning forward, but the hidden sword still hit her left arm, and the gray-black mist flashed across Scathach's snow-white skin.
"drink!"
In the close combat, Scathach's spear was temporarily unable to be used. While her arm was scratched, her left leg suddenly bent her knee and raised it, aiming directly at the inner thigh that naturally opened when Lu Xiao stepped forward.
"Tick your vaginal legs?!"
Not caring about pursuing the victory, Lu Xiao, who was attacked at his vital point, immediately retracted his steps and clamped Scathach's knees in a two-pin clamp position, intending to delay time.
'Come on, come on! Which attribute has been randomly selected by the curse?'
A close-up short attack in a small area is more uncomfortable for two opponents holding long weapons.
Lu Xiao could use the hidden nature of the Hidden Blade to pose some threat to Scathach, but even in an empty-handed state, the Queen of Shadow Kingdom was still astonishingly powerful, forcing Lu Xiao's offensive back with a series of blows.
The right leg covered in tight pants touched Lu Xiao's slightly bent left thigh. Scathach took the opportunity to use the force to jump back, and before landing, he used the magic gun to launch a series of stabs.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Undead Slash was struggling point to point to fend off the opponent's attack, and Lu Xiao gradually felt something was wrong.
Scathach noticed Lu Xiao's confusion, distanced himself again and looked at the scratch on his left arm.
"What are you waiting for? Are you expecting the curse to happen? This kind of thing is useless to me."
"My body already has countless curses left by the gods before they died. It is meaningless to add new curses."
Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then sighed with a wry smile: "I see, it seems that my hard work has been in vain again."
Scathach looked at the arm armor of Lu Xiao's right arm: "That's not a big deal, at least it allows me to see new possibilities for you."
The surprise attack plan failed, and the ensuing battle just repeated the results of previous battles, with at most a slightly different process.
"Ha~"
Lu Xiao was lying on his back on the gray-black floor of the castle's martial arts training ground, staring blankly at the gloomy sky where the sun could never be seen.
"Sure enough, it still failed."
Shaka stuck the magic spear on the ground, walked to Lu Xiao's side with his strong legs, squatted down, raised his arm armor and observed carefully.
After the strenuous exercise, Scathach did not sweat. Instead, her body emitted some indescribable faint fragrance due to the intensified blood circulation.
'Body odor? Does such a thing really exist...'
"Lu Xiao, do you have a similar weapon on your left arm?"
"Um?"
Lu Xiao, who was distracted for a moment, immediately came back to his senses: "That's right."
After removing the normal and hidden arm armor suit on his left arm, Lu Xiao put his left hand in front of Scathach.
"These two hidden swords were made in pairs by the King of the Dwarves. They used very precious magic-guided metals. The hidden swords were also engraved with the original runes. I only recently learned the original runes and unlocked the second level.
The effect of runes.”
Dwarf King Ai Cui reminded him when he handed the Hidden Blade to Lu Xiao that the runes on the Hidden Blade would be unlocked based on Lu Xiao's personal strength improvement.
After experiencing the baptism of the Sekiro World and the Holy Grail War, Lu Xiao's strength has reached the second level of unlocking conditions. Previously, he was stuck on the edge of unlocking because of his incomplete understanding of the runes.
Runes burned on different materials will produce completely different effects, and even Scathach cannot say that he has mastered all the changes in runes.
Uru metal is a specialty of the Marvel world. Scathach has never seen it before, so naturally there is no way to analyze it.
"Lu Xiao, what effects can the runes of these two hidden swords produce?"
Now that Scathach has asked, Lu Xiao doesn't intend to hide anything. Anyway, his raid plan has failed.
"The hidden sword in the right hand can break all defenses and generate a random curse on the injured person, greatly reducing one of the opponent's physical attributes."
"The left-hand hidden sword has a solidified hidden effect, and will produce severe toxicity when it cuts the enemy's skin."
"Poison...?"
A look of thought flashed through Scathach's seductive vermilion eyes.
As the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom who has killed countless gods, Scathach's body can resist curses, but it cannot resist poisons.
"If you attack with the hidden sword of your left hand today, this battle might be your victory."
Scathach's eyes fell firmly on Lu Xiao's puzzled face, a trace of struggle and hesitation flashed in her eyes, and finally she sighed.
"Your raid plan failed only because of your lack of understanding of me. The plan itself is worthy of praise."
"In the past month, I have seen your talent and hard work. If you continue to improve at this rate, it will take about 130 years to defeat me openly."
Holding Lu Xiao's right hand and pulling him up from the ground, Scathach turned around and looked at the deserted castle. He raised his hand and drew a set of original runes in the air.
This group of runes quickly changed form after taking shape, forming a magical guiding line in mid-air. At the same time, Scathach used the magic gun to draw a rift in the void, and the door to the "hall" outside the world opened.
"Leave, you have won half of this battle."
Lu Xiao looked at Scathach's back in astonishment: "Are you serious? Once I leave the Kingdom of Shadows, it will be almost impossible to come back. Don't you want to see the end in the battle?"
Scathach, who had his back to Lu Xiao, chuckled with unknown meaning: "Arrogant boy, make no mistake."
"You are not the only one who possesses a Noble Phantasm with a sure-kill effect. My stupid disciple Cu Chulainn also possesses a magic spear that can kill with one strike."
"Before you appeared, I had always placed my hope on Cu Chulainn, expecting him to end my fate one day in the future. You just gave me one more choice."
The innocent souls in the Kingdom of Shadows subconsciously wanted to leave along the passage to the outside world, but they were all killed one by one by the red magic gun wielded by Scathach.
The gusts of evil wind brought by the wronged souls blew up Scathach's long purple hair, and the hair exuding a faint fragrance inadvertently brushed past Lu Xiao's face.
After calming down, Lu Xiao exhaled and said, "I do still have a lot of things to finish, so I can't stay here with you."
"Goodbye, Scathach, I believe that one day in the future, we will meet again."
"Ha~"
Scathach did not turn around, but still waved his spear like a flowing stream to stop the gathering of innocent souls.
"If that day comes, I hope you can fulfill your unfulfilled promise, my disciple."
"Now, let's go! Before I change my mind!"
Lu Xiao no longer hesitated, followed the magic guidance line and crossed the gate to the outside of the Kingdom of Shadows, returning to the familiar disorderly space again.
"Shua~"
As soon as Lu Xiao left, the space rift behind him closed on its own, and the whirring sound of the magic gun being waved could no longer be heard in the quiet space.
Scathach effortlessly dealt with the rioting souls and turned to look at the empty martial arts training ground.
"So it turns out that teaching disciples can also be fun, huh... It seems that I have been guarding the Kingdom of Shadows alone for too long. I should find a chance to sneak out and see the outside world."
After going through the test of four worlds, Lu Xiao's will has been tempered to be strong enough.
He quickly got rid of the sadness of separation and focused on the magic line that led the way.
Just like Tohsaka Rin, when Lu Xiao followed the guidance and moved outside the world, he unknowingly entered a space with magnificent scenery - the Vortex of Roots.
"Well!"
The chaotic knowledge poured into his mind made the veins on Lu Xiao's forehead bulge, as if countless people were whispering to him through the magic vortex in front of him, forcing a large amount of useful or useless information into Lu Xiao's mind.
The roots record all the things that exist in the world and the knowledge related to them. Of course, there will also be information related to the third method.
Most of the magicians who have reached the root in the past have never left again. I don't know whether they have been burnt out by countless knowledge, or they simply want to stay outside the world with a higher level of power and never go back.
Lu Xiao, like Lin, has no interest in staying in this ungrateful place. As long as he gets what he wants, Lu Xiao will leave here without any regrets.
Compared to Lin, who is still young, Lu Xiao has developed a stronger brain receptivity after receiving meditation training.
Holding back the throbbing pain in his head, Lu Xiao used mental waves to send his request deep into the source vortex.
"I want to gain core knowledge related to the third method."