In the following period, Eiji made preparations to tame Mahoraga.
Soon, another weekend arrived, and Eiji traveled to the mountains far from the city on the first day of his break.
Night fell quickly, and Eiji rose, ready to act.
Cursed Energy surged through his body, and two Summoned Spirits appeared beside Eiji.
One was Qiongqi, which had appeared before, and the other was a newly fused Giant Elephant.
The Giant Elephant was a Summoned Spirit Eiji had created by fusing Full Elephant, Orochi, and Nue.
Full Elephant was already tough and durable, and after fusing with Nue, its powerful healing ability made it a suitable meat shield.
Orochi's fusion had resulted in a tail that was considerably longer than the Giant Elephant's body.
The Cursed Energy from both Summoned Spirits began to emanate outwards.
Before initiating the taming ritual, Eiji had not only accumulated a large amount of Cursed Energy but had also researched a method to strengthen the familiars of the Ten Shadows Technique, inspired by the method of strengthening Heroic Spirits with Command Spells.
This process was simpler than Eiji had imagined because the System had modified the Holy Grail before its departure, and the Heroic Spirits summoned by the Holy Grail also existed in the form of familiars.
They were all Eiji's strength.
The two familiars, strengthened to their peak state, began their action.
Qiongqi immediately flew into the sky, while the Giant Elephant strode heavily in front of Eiji.
"Next, it's time to invite the star of tonight's show."
Eiji clasped his hands forward in a fist and chanted the incantation to summon Mahoraga.
"Bururu, bburu, yoruru, yoruru, tsutsukihito, hekitori, kishin, Mahoraga."
Mahoraga's figure slowly materialized before him, and the chains binding it snapped one by one.
The strongest familiar reappeared before Eiji.
"There's an old saying: there's a first time for everything, but not a second or third. Summoning you to save my life initially doesn't count, and this is the second time I'm taming you."
Looking at Mahoraga before him, Eiji grew more and more excited.
"Become my power, Mahoraga!"
As if sensing Eiji's fervent gaze, Mahoraga grinned, and the Demon-Slaying Sword in its hand thrust towards Eiji's head.
"Moo!"
The Giant Elephant in front of Eiji moved. Its body, only slightly shorter than Mahoraga's, charged towards it.
Its trunk deflected the angle of the Demon-Slaying Sword, and the Giant Elephant directly collided with Mahoraga.
Mahoraga's hands gripped the tusks tightly, seemingly trying to break them.
"Hiss."
A long serpentine tail emerged from behind the Giant Elephant and bit down on Mahoraga's right arm.
Mahoraga's attempt to break the tusks failed, and it tried to pull away.
Qiongqi, flying from above, swooped down from behind Mahoraga, its sharp tiger claws aiming for its back.
Mahoraga turned and punched Qiongqi with its left fist, repelling the attack, but it couldn't break free from the Giant Elephant's entanglement.
The Giant Elephant stepped forward, its trunk and tail attacking Mahoraga from the left and right.
Mahoraga was once again entangled by the Giant Elephant.
The Demon-Slaying Sword was extremely lethal to Cursed Spirits, but the familiars of the Ten Shadows Technique were not the same as Cursed Spirits. Nue's Reverse Cursed Technique could also heal the familiars summoned by the Ten Shadows Technique.
Therefore, the Demon-Slaying Sword was merely a sharp arm blade in front of the Giant Elephant.
Seeing the Giant Elephant successfully entangle Mahoraga, Eiji nodded with satisfaction.
Eiji had encountered a problem when he first fused the Giant Elephant.
The Giant Elephant's defense was incredibly strong, and its brute force and water attacks were not to be underestimated.
However, the Giant Elephant couldn't hold its targets.
That's right, as a tank, the Giant Elephant couldn't hold aggro. Wasn't that the same as having no tank at all?
Full Elephant was clumsy, and the Giant Elephant, which was even larger than Full Elephant, was even clumsier.
Eiji had previously sought out Suguru Geto to test the Giant Elephant's durability.
Suguru Geto quickly discovered the Giant Elephant's weakness after summoning a few Grade 1 Cursed Spirits.
A few Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, using a kiting strategy, left the Giant Elephant dizzy and disoriented.
Spraying water had little effect; at close range, the Giant Elephant didn't have time to charge. Under Suguru Geto's command, the Cursed Spirits even used the impact of the water pillar to escape the Giant Elephant's restraint.
Although the long-range attacks greatly increased the power of the water flow due to compression during charging, the opponent also had more time to prepare.
The hit rate dropped sharply.
After realizing the Giant Elephant's weakness, Eiji began to consider solutions.
In Eiji's plan, a summoned spirit capable of directly withstanding Mahoraga's pressure was essential, so the Giant Elephant could not be abandoned.
After extracting some Cursed Energy from several other summoned spirits and fusing it with the Cursed Energy from the Giant Elephant, Eiji chose Orochi.
Orochi was very long, significantly longer than the Full Elephant.
After being fused into the Giant Elephant, its body size increased by another tier.
Orochi's unexpected and deadly attack method compensated for the Giant Elephant's shortcomings in offense and crowd control.
Furthermore, with the Nue's Reverse Cursed Technique for healing, Orochi didn't have to worry about being completely destroyed.
With this snake tail, the Giant Elephant finally met Eiji's expectations.
In the sky, Qiongqi began to fly into the distance.
On the ground, the Giant Elephant was fighting Mahoraga with all its might.
Before long, Mahoraga gained the upper hand.
Eiji frowned. The gap between the Giant Elephant and Mahoraga was obvious. If it weren't for the Giant Elephant's own powerful recovery, it might have already been killed by Mahoraga several times.
If this continued, Mahoraga would soon break free from the Giant Elephant's entanglement.
Most noticeable was that the wounds the Giant Elephant had just sustained from Mahoraga's attack were healing very slowly.
Clearly, Mahoraga had found a way to break the current situation.
Eiji squatted down and reached into his shadow.
The shadows of the Ten Shadows Technique were like an independent space, where not only could items be stored, but people could also move through it.
As soon as Eiji mastered the ability to store items in his shadow, he happily stuffed many things into it.
Then Eiji collapsed onto the ground.
Eiji was pressed down.
Sensing something was wrong, Eiji hurriedly released everything from his shadow, and the feeling of being crushed by a five-fingered mountain finally receded.
After several attempts, Eiji finally confirmed one thing.
His shadow was like a backpack; the weight of whatever he put into it would press down on him exactly as it was.
Eiji's right hand sank into the ground, and he soon retrieved two Heroic Spirit Chess Pieces from his shadow.
Berserker and Lancer.
Infusing Cursed Energy into the two Heroic Spirit Chess Pieces without reservation, the over two-meter-tall Berserker holding a stone axe and Lancer holding a spear were summoned.
Shadow Servant - Berserker.
Shadow Servant - Lancer.
Eiji began to move forward to attract Mahoraga's attention. Upon seeing the initiator of the taming ritual, Mahoraga began to attack Eiji.
With the help of Berserker and Lancer, Eiji began to maneuver around Mahoraga.
Eiji did not let the Giant Elephant, Berserker, and Lancer engage Mahoraga in combat, as their strength was truly insufficient to fight Mahoraga.
Moreover, attacking Mahoraga too early would only cause Mahoraga to adapt to all their attacks.
This would make it harder to fight later.
Under Mahoraga's continuous attacks, the forest within a hundred-meter radius was quickly destroyed.
The area between Eiji and Mahoraga became completely clear, with nothing left to provide cover or interference.
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