Astolfo and the others finally managed to get onto 'Babylon' without any trouble by using Spartacus to attract the firepower and relying on Astolfo's superb driving skills, but it would still take some time to find the enemy. However, it was not unexpected that Achilles and Atalanta would come to find them first.
On the other side, Shirou Kotomine took Caster with him to personally hunt down the crazed Spartacus, and the battle between the two 'Noble Phantasms' continued to be in a deadlock, but the development of one battlefield was completely one-sided.
Using his attributes, which were strengthened to the limit, and the bizarre characteristics of his Noble Phantasm, Vlad III, riding his beloved horse, actually temporarily suppressed Karna. If it weren't for the other party's 'armor' being strong enough, he would have already become a bloody mess, but even so, his condition was not too good.
But even so, Vlad III had no intention of slowing down his offensive.
Not to mention whether he would show mercy to Karna, who was an 'invader', the fact that the other party had not released his Noble Phantasm was enough to make Vlad III wary. After all, the other party had already reported his 'True Name', and with the information collected by Darnic, a large part of the information about this 'rebellious hero' from ancient India had also been collected.
It was impossible for him, who had many legends, not to have a powerful Noble Phantasm. So the only explanation was that the other party was deliberately hiding it.
'The simplest way is to kill him before he releases his Noble Phantasm!'
A fair duel?
This is a battlefield!
A battlefield of life and death!
What's fair about that?
There is only life and death here!
And under Vlad III's可以说是 crazed assault, even Karna, who was known as the 'Little Sun', was left with wounds all over his body. As for the flames he created with his sun divine power, they were also blocked by the constantly erupting spikes. As long as these spikes created with magical power could block the other party for a moment, he could successfully move.
The battle between the two turned the ground into a sea of fire, and the countless spikes in the sea of fire seemed to have turned this place into a 'mountain of blades and a sea of fire' that only existed in hell in legends. And what was even more terrifying was that in this 'mountain of blades and a sea of fire', there were also the corpses of the killed homunculi and the destroyed Dragon Tooth Warriors, which made the battlefield even more tragic.
And through the battle with Vlad III, Karna also deeply realized one thing—although he would not be killed by the other party without using his Noble Phantasm, being suppressed all the time was not a solution.
'I can only release my Noble Phantasm.'
"Stab~!!"
As Karna suddenly stopped, Vlad III, who was following closely behind, instantly caught up, and at the same time, countless spikes surged out from within Karna's body, but this time, he did not immediately use his flames to burn these spikes to ashes. Instead, he held his long spear horizontally and looked straight at Vlad III——————
"O' Sun, Become My Armor (Kavacha and Kundala)"
Even when he was using his Noble Phantasm, he acted extremely calmly, as if no one in this world could surprise him, but what was extremely inconsistent with his expression and voice was the terrifying magical power when he released his Noble Phantasm.
First, the armor and the earrings, and then, a faint light began to glow on that strange 'long spear'.
Then, Karna, who was wrapped in the faint light, began to emit surging flames from within his body. His whole body was completely enveloped in flames, and the constantly growing spikes on his body were also completely turned into ashes in the flames.
The blood was vaporized, and the wounds were healed in the flames...
Vlad III, who noticed that his opponent was acting strangely, did not hesitate to use his 'Noble Phantasm' on the other party again.
But an extremely incredible scene appeared.
He could be certain that his Noble Phantasm had been activated and that spikes should have been generated inside the other party's body, but these spikes were completely turned into ashes the moment they came into contact with the other party. At this time, Karna was like a blazing flame, and those terrifying spikes simply could not be generated.
And at this moment, the other party fiercely swung his spear, and countless sparks shot out, and Karna himself directly broke through the flames and rushed to his front.
Looking at the 'long spear' that was raised high in front of him, he did not hesitate to raise the double-edged spear in his hand...
"Bang!!"
With a huge roar, the spikes under Vlad III's feet shook violently.
Although in normal circumstances, Karna's strength was much greater than Vlad III's, with the blessing of the 'Nation-Protecting Demon General', his strength was not only not weaker than the other party's but was even slightly stronger. Otherwise, he would not have been able to shake Vlad III's long spear with the force of his downward motion.
But this was only the beginning. After all, Karna himself did not fight by relying on strength.
"Boom~!!"
Blazing flames spewed out directly from his long spear. Although it looked no different from before, Vlad III felt the difference between these flames and the previous ones.
If the previous flames' main damage relied on high temperature, then at this time, these flames that seemed to be mixed with divinity were by no means something an ordinary person could extinguish.
"Hah!"
With a low shout, Vlad III fiercely exerted force, pushing Karna's long spear up, and at the same time, he fiercely squeezed the side of his beloved horse with both legs. The horse, being extremely intelligent, fiercely took a step forward, and this sudden burst of power made Karna almost unable to hold the long spear in his hand. The final result was that Karna, who was flying in mid-air, was directly pushed back several steps, while Vlad III looked at his scorched hands with an ugly expression.
But thankfully, Darnic in the back also used magical power to help Vlad III heal his wounds, but there was no doubt that this was just a drop in the bucket. Karna, who had already released his Noble Phantasm, was the true 'Son of the Sun God', the strength of the legendary 'Golden Triad'!
And this was only the beginning...
On the projection, with the release of Karna's Noble Phantasm, the battlefield became even more insane. A forest of countless spikes, controlled by Vlad III, converged into a torrent and bombarded Karna from all directions.
This looked magnificent, but in reality, it meant that Vlad III was at his wit's end at this time.
His Noble Phantasm was best at dealing with a large number of enemies, because as long as he activated his Noble Phantasm, all the enemies who crossed into his 'homeland' would be attacked indiscriminately. This gave him infinite possibilities. In theory, the more his 'homeland' expanded, the more terrifying its power would be.
When he was first summoned, it was just an ordinary B-rank Anti-Army Noble Phantasm, but with Darnic's help, it had now been upgraded to a B-rank Anti-Country Noble Phantasm. In theory, as long as he had enough magical power supplied to him, he could even impale all the enemies on the land of Romania. Of course, this was only 'in theory', as the magical power required to truly cover the entire country of Romania would be a staggering number. In reality, the biggest improvement after the upgrade was the 'target range'.
Coupled with the characteristic that it could be launched from inside the enemy's body, it was simply the most terrifying Noble Phantasm. The enemy might not even know how they died, just like when Lancer was captured. He didn't even know how he was attacked.
But while it had many advantages, its disadvantages could not be avoided, and that was its killing power against a single enemy. When faced with Heroic Spirits who were not afraid of internal damage or even had the Battle Continuation skill, the threat of his Noble Phantasm would drop sharply.
Just like now.