In the time that followed, Eichi continuously prepared to subjugate Mahoraga.
Soon, another weekend arrived, and Eichi went to the mountains, far from the city, on the first day of his holiday.
Night fell quickly, and Eichi rose to prepare for action.
Cursed Energy surged throughout his body, and two Shikigami appeared beside Eichi.
One was Qiongqi, who had already made an appearance, and the other was the newly Fused Giant Elephant.
The Giant Elephant was a Shikigami Eichi obtained by Fusing Max Elephant, Orochi, and Enka.
Max Elephant was inherently thick-skinned and durable, and after Fusing with Enka, its powerful healing ability made it a qualified tank.
Orochi Fused into a snake tail much longer than the Giant Elephant's body.
The Cursed Energy on both Shikigami began to emanate outwards.
Before initiating the subjugation ritual, Eichi not only accumulated a large amount of Cursed Energy but also researched a method to enhance the Ten Shadows Technique Shikigami, based on the method of strengthening heroic spirits with Command Spells.
This process was simpler than Eichi imagined because the System had modified the Holy Grail before he left, and the heroic spirits summoned by the Holy Grail also existed in the form of Shikigami.
They were all Eichi's power.
The two Shikigami, strengthened to their most powerful state, began their actions.
Qiongqi flew into the sky immediately, and the Giant Elephant also walked in front of Eichi with heavy steps.
"Next, it's time for tonight's protagonist to make his entrance."
Eichi clasped his hands forward, chanting the Spell to summon Mahoraga.
"Burubee, Yurayura, Hachiken, Ikai Shinshou, Mahoraga."
Mahoraga's figure slowly appeared in front, and the chains binding Mahoraga broke one by one.
The strongest Shikigami once again appeared before Eichi.
"There's an old saying: 'There's a first and a second time, but no third or fourth.' Summoning you the first time was for self-preservation, so that doesn't count. This is my second time attempting to subjugate you."
Looking at Mahoraga in front of him, Eichi grew increasingly excited.
"Become my power, Mahoraga!"
Perhaps sensing Eichi's fervent gaze, Mahoraga grinned, and the Sword of Exorcism in his hand stabbed towards Eichi's head.
"Moo!"
The Giant Elephant in front of Eichi moved, its body, only slightly shorter than Mahoraga, charged towards Mahoraga.
Its trunk deflected the Sword of Exorcism's angle, and the Giant Elephant directly rammed into Mahoraga.
Mahoraga desperately grabbed the tusks, seemingly trying to break them off.
"Hiss."
A long snake tail extended from behind the Giant Elephant and bit Mahoraga's right arm.
Mahoraga's attempt to break the tusks failed, and he tried to retreat.
Qiongqi in the sky flew from behind Mahoraga, its sharp tiger claws reaching for Mahoraga's back.
Mahoraga turned and punched Qiongqi with his left fist, forcing back Qiongqi's attack, but he also failed to escape the Giant Elephant's entanglement.
The Giant Elephant stepped forward, its trunk and snake tail attacking Mahoraga from left and right.
Mahoraga was once again entangled by the Giant Elephant.
The Sword of Exorcism is extremely fatal to Cursed Spirits, but the Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique are not the same as Cursed Spirits, and Enka's Reverse Cursed Technique can also heal Shikigami summoned by the Ten Shadows Technique.
Therefore, the Sword of Exorcism was merely a sharp arm blade in front of the Giant Elephant.
Seeing the Giant Elephant successfully entangle Mahoraga, Eichi nodded with satisfaction.
When Eichi first Fused the Giant Elephant, he encountered a problem.
The Giant Elephant's defense was very strong, and its inherent brute strength and water attacks were not to be underestimated.
However, the Giant Elephant couldn't hold opponents.
That's right, as a tank, the Giant Elephant actually couldn't hold opponents.
A tank that can't taunt or aggro is as good as useless, isn't it?
Max Elephant was clumsy, and the Giant Elephant, which was even larger than Max Elephant, was even clumsier.
Previously, Eichi had sought out Geto to test the Giant Elephant's resilience.
Geto, after summoning a few Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, quickly discovered the Giant Elephant's weakness.
A few Grade 1 Cursed Spirits used kite tactics to make the Giant Elephant dizzy.
Spraying water was not very effective; at close range, the Giant Elephant didn't have time to charge, and under Geto's command, the Cursed Spirits even used the impact of the water jets to escape the Giant Elephant's sphere of influence.
Although ranged attacks greatly increased the power of the water flow due to charging and compression, the opponent also had more time to prepare.
The hit rate plummeted.
After realizing the Giant Elephant's weakness, Eichi began to ponder solutions.
In Eichi's plan, a Shikigami 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 Shikigami and Fusing it with the Cursed Energy on the Giant Elephant, Eichi chose Orochi.
Orochi's body was very long, much longer than Max Elephant.
After Fusing with the Giant Elephant, its size increased by another circle.
Orochi's unexpected and deadly attack methods compensated for the Giant Elephant's shortcomings in attack and holding opponents.
Moreover, with Enka'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 Eichi's expectations.
In the sky, Qiongqi began to fly towards the distance.
On the ground, the Giant Elephant was fighting with Mahoraga with all its might.
It wasn't long before Mahoraga gained the upper hand.
Eichi frowned; the gap between the Giant Elephant and Mahoraga was obvious. If it weren't for the Giant Elephant's powerful recovery, it might have been killed by Mahoraga several times by now.
At this rate, it wouldn't be long before Mahoraga would break free from the Giant Elephant's entanglement.
The most obvious sign was that the injuries on the Giant Elephant, which had just been struck by Mahoraga, were healing very slowly.
Clearly, Mahoraga had found a way to break the current stalemate.
Eichi crouched down and reached into his shadow.
The Ten Shadows Technique's shadow was like an independent space, capable of not only storing items but also allowing people to travel through it.
After Eichi first mastered the ability to store things in his shadow, he happily stuffed many items into it.
Then Eichi collapsed to the ground.
Eichi was pressed down.
Feeling that something was wrong, Eichi quickly released everything from his shadow, and the feeling of being crushed by the Five Fingers Mountain receded.
After several attempts, Eichi finally confirmed one thing.
His shadow was like a backpack; the weight of the items he put in would be entirely borne by him.
Eichi's right hand sank into the ground, and soon he retrieved two heroic spirit chess pieces from the shadow.
Berserker and Lancer.
Injecting Cursed Energy into the two heroic spirit chess pieces without reservation, the Berserker, over two meters tall and wielding a stone axe, and the Lancer, carrying a long spear, were summoned.
Shadow Servant: Berserker.
Shadow Servant: Lancer.
Eichi began to move forward to attract Mahoraga's attention, and upon seeing the initiator of the subjugation ritual, Mahoraga began to attack Eichi.
Eichi, with the help of the Berserker and Lancer, began to contend with Mahoraga.
Eichi did not let the Giant Elephant, Berserker, and Lancer engage Mahoraga in direct combat, as their strength was truly not enough to fight Mahoraga.
Moreover, attacking Mahoraga too early would only allow Mahoraga to adapt to all their attacks.
That would make it even harder to fight later.
Under Mahoraga's continuous attacks, the forest within a hundred-meter radius was quickly destroyed.
Eichi and Mahoraga were in clear view of each other, with nothing left to block or interfere.