If the battle between Siegfried and Karna represented the official start of the 'Holy Grail War', then the capture of Spartacus represented the acceleration of the war. As for the one-on-one battles of more than six Heroic Spirits, it represented the war entering a white-hot stage. Then now, with the formation and activation of the Red Faction's Assassin, or 'Semiramis's', Noble Phantasm, it meant that this Holy Grail War was officially entering its 'climax'!
As the Ruler, Jeanne, although she was attacked by Karna at the beginning, she still held on to her duty as a Ruler and did not go to trouble Karna. Instead, she tried to figure out what had happened. But when she was about to rush to the Red Faction's 'fortress', her 'Revelation' activated.
This was an ability that a normal Servant could not have. With the power of the Greater Grail, she could 'predict' the future to a certain extent, but the result this time made her feel incredible, because in principle, although the images obtained from 'Revelation' would be fragmented, making it impossible to know certain things and requiring her to deduce them, the clues she obtained this time were completely opposite and even contradictory.
'What exactly happened? Is there something else wrong with this Holy Grail War?'
Although she still couldn't figure out what had happened, she at least knew the location where those images had occurred, and she simply changed her direction and rushed towards that location. And when she arrived at the scene, the battle had already begun.
Chiron and Atalanta were constantly running and shooting at each other in the outskirts of the town and in the forest; while Li Shuwen and Karna were looking at each other from a distance, constantly 'building momentum'. They both knew that the other party's strength was not simple, so they were both waiting for an opportunity; and the fiercest battle was the huge armor that was locked in a struggle with a carriage, and on the carriage, two figures, one red and one green, were also in a struggle...
She only needed to glance at them to know the target she was looking for - that strange black-haired young man with the ear stud.
Through the 'True Name Revelation' bestowed upon the Ruler, she could know the Noble Phantasm and 'True Name' of every Heroic Spirit participating in the Holy Grail War, but she found that the Lancer in her eyes was very 'normal'. There was no doubt that he was not a Servant of this Holy Grail War, nor was he a Heroic Spirit, but the Noble Phantasm he was controlling was a real existence.
She almost reflexively wanted to enter the battlefield and figure out the other party's situation, but then she stopped.
That's right, her duty was to supervise the 14 Heroic Spirits participating in the Holy Grail War. So was this young man within the scope of her mission?
Jeanne couldn't help but hesitate, but at this moment, an even more incredible thing happened.
The entire earth seemed to shake, and then a huge 'fortress' slowly floated towards them from a distance.
"This is——————the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?!!"
Using her ability, Jeanne instantly saw the essence of that floating fortress, but before she could react, the battlefield on the other side underwent a drastic change.
There was no doubt that the presence of the 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon' was undeniable. Almost everyone's attention was drawn to it, and the reason for saying everyone was because there was nothing in a certain man's eyes anymore. In his eyes, there was only his enemy!
When Karna discovered that the 'floating fortress' was the fortress they had lived in before, he was also inevitably surprised for a moment, and this gave Li Shuwen an opportunity.
The air seemed to become scorched under the constant clashing of their rising momentum, but that momentary flaw made Li Shuwen strike with abandon!
"Bang!!"
The ground was stomped into a deep pit, and Li Shuwen himself, holding his big spear, shot up into the sky like an arrow released from its string, and Karna, although he was a moment late due to his hesitation, was not afraid at all.
His scorching magical power was instantly injected into his long spear...
"Cling~!"
Along with the swing of the long spear, the accessories on it made a pleasant clanging sound, and at the same time, the entire long spear was wrapped in a terrifying solar flame, but the nameless big spear in Li Shuwen's hand was stabbed forward without hesitation!
"Slap~!"
The shield made of flames was instantly shattered, and the long spears of the two finally met.
"Boom!!"
At the same time, the flames on his body and the spear ignited at the same time. The flames that were enough to ignite all things returned without success this time. It turned out that Li Shuwen's body was also wrapped in an invisible 'membrane'.
There was no doubt that he could not use 'magic', but he had a special power called 'Ki'!
The strong wind raised by just one strike of the two created an extremely exaggerated shockwave in the air. If the battlefield of the two had not been in mid-air at this time, the entire town would probably have been completely destroyed in this one strike.
But Li Shuwen was not satisfied!
"Slap~!"
Li Shuwen could not fly, but he had other methods for air combat, such as 'stepping on the air'. Although it could not last long, a brief stay was enough, but at this moment, the gradually approaching fortress in the sky suddenly flashed with a strange purple halo, and then——————
"Pop~!"...
With a burst of crackling sounds, several purple lightning bolts struck straight down, and with a shake of Li Shuwen's big spear, the several lightning bolts were instantly scattered, but their 'mission' had already been completed.
Karna directly broke away from Li Shuwen's pursuit and flew towards the 'city' in the sky. At this time, it was too late for Li Shuwen to catch up with the other party, or rather, at the current distance between them, if Karna was determined to leave, he no longer had the ability to keep the other party.
"Karna!!!"
The unwilling roar was deafening, and Karna, who had been accelerating away, suddenly stopped.
"My apologies, Assassin, this is my Master's order."
After saying that, Karna flew towards the fortress without looking back, and Li Shuwen fell from the sky with extreme unwillingness...
"Bang!!"
With a loud bang, he landed firmly on the ground, creating a large pit.
At this time, Li Shuwen's expression was gloomy. There was no doubt that Karna's appearance had completely stirred up his fighting spirit, but the other party turned around and left just as he had gotten excited. This undoubtedly made him have nowhere to vent the strength in his whole body, and finally——————
"Boom!!"
He smashed the ground fiercely with the tail of his spear, and another large pit was created beside him.
"Hah~!"
After exhaling sharply, he lifted his big spear with one hand and jumped out of the one-meter-deep pit.
There was no doubt that Karna's departure made him extremely unwilling, but he also knew that pointless anger was meaningless. After venting his resentment with that one strike, he did not hesitate to rush towards Lancer, but he only saw a green light flash by...