Chapter 690

Stomping the worm under his feet flat, Su Xiao's gaze turned to Matou Sakura.

"A nice substitute, but..."

One-fifth of that old worm had not died. Although the opponent could no longer pose a danger to Su Xiao, he was accustomed to cutting weeds and pulling up roots.

Blue light flickered on his palm. Su Xiao's hand clamped onto Matou Sakura's slender neck. Blue-white electric arcs danced, and a surge of Qing Gang Ying energy entered Matou Sakura's mouth.

Matou Sakura's reaction was extremely prompt; her eyes rolled back, saliva flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she fainted instantly.

"Sakura!"

Matou Kariya, who had just stopped his footsteps, rushed over again. Su Xiao turned around and threw out Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Clang.

Checking Zhan Long Shan pierced through Matou Kariya's chest, pinning him to the wall. The long blade was covered in Qing Gang Ying energy.

"Ah!!"

Matou Kariya let out a miserable howl. A large number of Crest Worms crawled out of his mouth, as if fleeing his body.

A moment later, the Crest Worms within both Matou Sakura and Matou Kariya were all dead. One was severely injured and dying, the other unconscious. Qing Gang Ying energy didn't just target Crest Worms; it also devoured the magical power within both their bodies.

"Xiang Bubu, are there any more worms nearby?"

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, meaning there were at least tens of thousands of Crest Worms in this castle.

Su Xiao walked to Matou Kariya and pulled Checking Zhan Long Shan from his chest. Matou Kariya fell to the ground with a thud.

"Xiang Bubu, activate the aura; don't let these two die. If Matou Kariya can't hold on, we can only let Matou Sakura replace the Master class."

In Su Xiao's perception, the number of magical circuits in Matou Sakura's body far exceeded Matou Kariya's. Matou Kariya belonged to the "fast-made product" created using worms.

To Su Xiao, it didn't matter what attribute a mage had; as long as the opponent had sufficient magical circuits, he could rely on them to stay in the derived world.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang came to Matou Sakura, sniffed, and threw Sakura onto its back. As for Matou Kariya, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang held the man's belt in its mouth. Su Xiao suspected that even if Matou Kariya wasn't killed by the Qing Gang Ying energy, he would die of suffocation.

In fact, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had already seen that Matou Kariya wouldn't live much longer. The man's body had been severely eroded by the worms. Now that the worms had disappeared, the already destroyed body tissues could not be repaired.

The disappearance of the worms was not only not a good thing, but it would also accelerate Matou Kariya's death.

Matou Sakura was different. This little girl's constitution far exceeded Matou Kariya's. The Crest Worms only invaded her organs but could not invade her blood vessels and body tissues.

Now, even if Matou Kariya died, it didn't matter; Su Xiao had already found a substitute.

"Let's go."

Su Xiao walked toward the outside of the castle. While walking, a large number of white spiders crawled out of his sleeves. These were all special-grade alchemy bombs. He decomposed 8 special-grade alchemy bombs into hundreds of small white spiders, letting these spider bombs distribute themselves throughout the castle.

Three minutes later, Su Xiao was out of the castle. After walking a few dozen meters, he lit a cigarette while simultaneously detonating the alchemy bombs inside the castle.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

Dense, numerous explosion sounds came from behind. The Matou family's castle instantly shattered and was swallowed by firelight.

A dozen seconds later, this castle that had stood for hundreds of years had turned into a giant fireball.

Squeak~

The hissing of Crest Worms could be heard from far away. The alchemy bomb explosions were too dense; the Crest Worms inside the castle were either blown to pieces or trapped in the sea of fire, being roasted.

【You have eliminated Matou Zouken (99%)】

【Matou Zouken's main body, the Crest Worm, has all died, but the obsession has not been eliminated.】

【Matou Zouken is an important plot character; obtained 5.2% of the World's Source. Total World's Source obtained: 5.3%.】

【Due to killing Matou Zouken, Holy Church reputation -20. Current reputation: -20 (Cold).】

Seeing the Reincarnation Paradise notification, Su Xiao was not surprised. That old geezer Matou Zouken being able to live until now had a lot to do with the obsession in his heart.

Matou Zouken was not a villain when he was young; his ideal was to "abolish all evil." However, he did not succeed. Not only did he fail, but because he was too obsessed, he pursued a long life to complete his ideal.

Yet in the end, Matou Zouken had forgotten his original ideal; his goal had become immortality.

If it were the Matou Zouken from the period of pursuing "abolishing all evil," his obsession after death would be terrifyingly strong, and he might even have become a Heroic Spirit himself.

As for the obsession generated by pursuing immortality now, Su Xiao shook his head. This kind of obsession was not worth mentioning. It wouldn't take long for Matou Zouken to dissipate; this time might not exceed one hour.

It had to be said that this old geezer was exceptionally difficult to kill. Su Xiao had killed all the worms inside Matou Kariya and Matou Sakura and blown up the Matou family's castle.

Even so, Matou Zouken could not be considered completely dead; a trace of obsession remained. However, this old geezer was still dead because his obsession was not strong enough.

The blast wave from the explosion blew past, making Su Xiao's trench coat flap loudly.

After the explosion that echoed through half of Fuyuki City, Matou Sakura on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back was startled awake.

The moment Matou Sakura woke up, the sharp pain in her body almost made her faint again. However, she was already accustomed to this sharp pain. She possessed endurance beyond ordinary people, so she didn't cry or make a scene like an ordinary brat, and didn't even make a sound.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang tilted its head to look at Matou Sakura on its back. Sakura was lying on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's charm attribute, as high as 53 points, gave Sakura a sense of peace, so she lay naked on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back without moving.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang picked up a piece of rag from the wreckage of the explosion and threw it onto Matou Sakura.

"Ha, hahaha..."

A manic laugh came; it was Matou Kariya, who was already half-dead. Blood gushed from his mouth, yet he was laughing.

"Does this count as... saving Sakura? The Crest Worms are all dead, and that old thing is dead too. Yes, succeeded."

Hearing Matou Kariya's somewhat manic laughter, Su Xiao turned his head to look at him. If left alone, Matou Kariya would die in less than half an hour.

"You weren't killed after being modified by Matou Zouken with Crest Worms; this shows your pain tolerance is good. You must really want to take revenge on Tohsaka Tokiomi, right? In a sense, that counts as the hatred of having one's wife stolen."

The firelight illuminated Su Xiao's face. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face.

"How... do you know?"

The dying Matou Kariya was full of disbelief.

Su Xiao did not answer Matou Kariya's question. He had a hypothesis; if successful, he could ignore the struggle for the Holy Grail for now and focus on completing the talent awakening mission.

It was midnight, and the streets were empty, but after the explosion, the lights in the nearby blocks lit up in large numbers.

Su Xiao walked toward the depths of the city. Ten minutes later, he found an uninhabited residential house.

【Notification: The Hunter's "Heroic Spirit" identity has been successfully constructed. The Hunter can view their own Heroic Spirit attributes.】

Su Xiao raised an eyebrow; this was undoubtedly good news. He could compare his own Heroic Spirit attributes with the strength of other Heroic Spirits. Although he had defeated Lancelot before, Lancelot was not at full strength at that time.