Reincarnation Paradise Park-Chapter 693 - Three: Step On

Buzz~

A large swarm of imprinted worms fluttered; this was Matou Zouken’s true form.

These imprinted worms were hideous, with long slender bodies and sharp wings. Their heads and backs featured red compound eyes. Roughly estimated, there were over a hundred imprinted worms.

"What’s the matter, not going to continue attacking?"

Matou Zouken’s voice came through, but it didn’t originate from within the worms; it came from all around.

The flying speed of the imprinted worms wasn’t slow, and there were quite a few of them. Trying to annihilate them all presented some difficulty.

These imprinted worms didn’t rush at Su Xiao but instead flew toward the basement exit. The reason was simple: even though Matou Zouken was one of the heads of the Three Major Magic Families and had lived for over five hundred years, he knew one thing clearly—a direct confrontation between a Magician and a Heroic Spirit would never end well. Especially against a Heroic Spirit as strong as Su Xiao, not to mention that the Matou family’s magic wasn’t excellent in terms of attack.

Su Xiao’s figure flickered as he charged straight into the swarm of worms, determined not to let this old insect escape alive. The opponent knew some of his secrets.

Though Su Xiao wasn’t afraid of the other six Heroic Spirits, it was best not to expose himself if possible.

Dozens of hexagonal energy shields formed around Su Xiao. As soon as the counter shields appeared, he immediately cut off the energy supply, allowing the counter shields to extend a meter away from him, but their duration was limited to just one minute.

While Su Xiao dashed forward, he also directed the counter shields to fly towards the swarm of imprinted worms in mid-air.

Seeing dozens of crystal-clear energy shields approaching, Matou Zouken instinctively sensed danger and immediately controlled the worms to spread out, but it was too late.

Dozens of counter shields surrounded the flying imprinted worms in mid-air, converging into a diamond-shaped barrier. Though stitched together by the dozens of counter shields, the structure of the barrier was extremely dense.

Bang, bang!

A large group of imprinted worms crashed violently inside the counter shield, their immense strength causing continuous booming sounds against the barrier.

Unfortunately for them, the counter shield, with a strength of 400 points, wasn’t something that Matou Zouken, a mere magician, could break through. Let alone a magician, even a Heroic Spirit might not be able to break through it.

Realizing they couldn’t break through the counter shield barrier, the imprinted worms ceased their futile efforts and landed on the interior of the barrier. The previously translucent barrier turned a dark grey-black.

All the imprinted worms revealed their fine fangs and began gnawing at the counter shield from the inside.

Crunch, crunch...

The gnawing sound reached a piercing level. The magic of the Matou family was water-attributed, having absorption characteristics. The old guy, Matou Zouken, intended to absorb the energy of the barrier, thereby breaking the counter shield.

Su Xiao took a deep breath, striving to suppress the reactivity of the Blue Steel Shadow energy within the counter shield, making the shield’s strength decrease.

The counter shield barrier flickered with blue light, and numerous energy meridians appeared on its surface.

Crunch, crunch...

Small holes began to form on the counter shield barrier, which would be gnawed away before long.

Upon realizing negotiation was useless and having exposed his true form, Matou Zouken stopped the small talk. Now he wanted to escape, with many means for retaliation later. When it came to scheming and plotting, no one could rival him.

Su Xiao’s appearance was too sudden, and since he never listened to the enemy’s nonsense, Matou Zouken’s schemes found no chance to unfold.

Crack!

The counter shield barrier shattered, and with a buzz, a large number of imprinted worms rushed out from within it.

"Unknown Heroic Spirit, you will be the first sacrifice of the Holy Grail War."

Matou Zouken sneered, the swarm of imprinted worms scattering, preparing to escape with their numerical advantage.

"You consumed so much of my Blue Steel Shadow energy and still want to leave?"

Sizzle~

Arcs of blue and white electricity erupted within all the imprinted worms.

"Ah!!"

A sharp scream rose; the magic power and Blue Steel Shadow energy within all the imprinted worms clashed, with the Blue Steel Shadow energy revealing its fangs—annihilation!

One by one, the imprinted worms exploded. Moments later, over a hundred imprinted worms were annihilated.

"Matou Zouken... is he dead?"

Matou Gan Ye’s eyes widened, seemingly in disbelief of the scene before him.

"Not that easy."

Su Xiao glanced at the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise.

"You have annihilated Matou Zouken (2/5)"

"Since the main imprinted worm of Matou Zouken wasn’t killed, Matou Zouken will enter a sleep state for five natural days before recovering."

That old insect wasn’t truly dead, merely in a dormant state. If he could be killed that easily, he wouldn’t be a five hundred-year-old monster.

"Bu Bu."

Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang, who sighed, brought its nose close to the corpses of the imprinted worms on the ground, and after sniffing, Bubu Wang walked towards the outside of the basement.

Su Xiao followed closely behind. Today, Matou Zouken must die; this has nothing to do with what he has done in the past; it is a personal vendetta.

Just as Su Xiao had arrived in the Holy Grail world, Matou Zouken attempted to let the imprinted worm invade his body. If it weren’t for his strong vigilance, Su Xiao, who had not been completely teleported, could have been ambushed by Matou Zouken.

As long as the strength gap isn’t too wide, Su Xiao never delays revenge overnight.

Su Xiao and Bubu Wang burst out of the basement, and only then did Su Xiao realize that the dark building was the Matou family’s ancient castle.

As a magic family with a history of several hundred years, their residence was, of course, not small. However, the ancient castle had a gloomy tone, resembling an ancient castle on the verge of being abandoned.

The castle was filled with the stench of insects. What Su Xiao needed to do was simple: kill all the imprinted worms inside the castle. He didn’t believe Matou Zouken could survive this; the latter’s consciousness was in slumber, making resistance impossible.

After rushing to the first floor, Bubu Wang tracked the insect stench to the depths of the castle.

Weaving through corridors, Bubu Wang found a staircase leading downward at a corner on the first floor.

A wooden door cut off the staircase leading down; Su Xiao kicked it open. The room behind the door was pitch dark until moonlight streamed in through the broken door, revealing the room to Su Xiao’s eyes.

This room had no windows and was almost completely sealed, with only the staircase at Su Xiao’s feet leading into it.

The entire room was a large pool, about 5 meters by 5 meters, filled with grey worms densely packed together, mouths full of fangs in the process of writhing.

Staggering footsteps came from behind Su Xiao; it was the limping Matou Gan Ye.

Ignoring Matou Gan Ye, Su Xiao stepped down into the worm pool filled with bugs.

As Su Xiao stepped forward, the imprinted worms in the pool writhed away, trying to escape.

When Su Xiao walked into the pool, there wasn’t a single imprinted worm within three meters of him.

"These aren’t the main bodies, are they?"

Blue Steel Shadow energy surged from beneath Su Xiao’s feet, spreading across the ground like tides.

Eeek～

The imprinted worms screeched in agony, their bodies reacting like snow coming into contact with a red-hot iron when touched by the Blue Steel Shadow energy.

Snap, snap...

All the imprinted worms touching the Blue Steel Shadow exploded. For these semi-energy-formed imprinted worms, Blue Steel Shadow energy was a nemesis.

As the Blue Steel Shadow energy swept through, thousands of imprinted worms in the pool perished.

"Ah?"

A weak female voice sounded. A little girl, stark naked, stood up within the worm pool. Amid the remains of the imprinted worms, her fair body stood out.

Su Xiao advanced as the purple-haired little girl raised her head, her eyes that should have been innocent and pure were dull and lifeless.

The little girl’s name was Sakura Matou; she should have been called Tohsaka Sakura. Unfortunately for her, she met a father who put her in harm’s way, Tokiomi Tohsaka.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was a competent magician, but he wasn’t a good father. As Matou Gan Ye put it, everything was Tokiomi’s fault.

In Su Xiao’s view, this comment was ridiculous. Whether Tokiomi Tohsaka was at fault or not was unknown to him, but he did know one thing: all misfortune stemmed from the lack of ability of those involved. Whether killing or protecting, one must have strong capabilities.

Want to protect Sakura? Just kill that old worm. Childhood sweetheart stolen? Just kill Tokiomi Tohsaka.

"Brother, are you going to kill me?"

Sakura Matou looked up at Su Xiao, pressing a small hand against her flat chest.

"Ah."

Su Xiao’s left hand reached out to Sakura Matou, and a cry of despair came from behind.

"Stop!"

Matou Gan Ye rushed forward, disregarding the disparity in strength.

"Urgh～"

Sakura Matou, who had been prepared for death, retched and rolled her eyes, appearing somewhat dazed, as she vomited out a strangely shaped worm from her mouth.

This worm was entirely blood-red, its head round. As soon as this slender worm left Sakura Matou’s mouth, it rushed toward the only exit of the room.

"Grandfather?"

Sakura tilted her head to look at the worm on the ground, raising her small foot to step on it; this was Matou Zouken’s true form.

With a splat, her fair little foot missed.

Just as the worm reached Su Xiao’s feet, he lifted his foot and crushed it.

[You have eliminated Matou Zouken (4/5)]

[As the main imprinted worm of Matou Zouken hasn’t died, Matou Zouken will recover after sleeping for 64 natural days.]