Chapter 517: Mercenary Tao VS Heracles
[God Hand] crystallized from the legend in mythology where the great hero Heracles completed twelve nearly impossible challenges.
It is the Noble Phantasm after Heracles descended in the Berserker Class. Its specific manifestations are divided into three effects.
First, this Noble Phantasm is akin to a conceptual armament. Although there is no materialized armor, the twelve labors protect Berserker like an invisible armor. Any attack below B-rank cannot affect him in any way.
Moreover, this defense is of an immunity nature, meaning you cannot break this defensive effect through accumulated damage and fatigue by constantly attacking the same spot.
Second, [God Hand] possesses a stackable passive resurrection ability. This is a resurrection in the absolute sense, meaning it triggers automatically after he is truly killed. He can resurrect without needing to activate it himself. Having accumulated 11 times, it's equivalent to having to kill Heracles 12 times to truly defeat this powerful hero.
Third, against damage he has already suffered, the twelve labors will purposefully develop resistance and immunity. That is to say, Heracles cannot be injured multiple times in the same way. Originally, Heracles himself also possessed the ability to see through all attacks he had seen, but the Mad Enhancement of the Berserker Class sealed this ability of his.
Undoubtedly, this Noble Phantasm, whose rank is only B, because it represents the heroic deeds of the demigod hero Heracles from the Age of Gods, has extraordinarily powerful performance.
Kaito Shirogane kicked away the corpse fragment of the Ice Demon Juro on the ground. Tohsaka Rin and Heroic Spirit Emiya exchanged a glance and both pulled back to open up the distance.
They were wary of this madman Mercenary Tao, who was full of killing intent, but similarly, the pitch-black, rampaging giant like a demon god also made their hearts palpitate. At this moment, these two tangling together was the best thing possible.
Kaito Shirogane's long black hair flew in the wind. White light lit up from his body. In just a moment, that white light had enveloped his whole body. The long hair behind him also turned fluorescent white bit by bit. Crystal-clear radiance, like fragmented points of light, drifted down from the tips of his hair.
"Phew~"
Kaito Shirogane breathed slowly, as if exhaling the last bit of air in his chest completely. There were no longer any external impurities in his body. His cavities completely closed, and even his cells seemed to be sealed up.
This state lasted for less than an instant. In the next moment, all the cells in his body opened up, and his fluorescent white hair spread outwards like octopus tentacles.
A translucent fluorescent white vortex-like tentacle began to extend outwards, touching the huge magic circle carved in the cave. It was as if specks of dull blood, precipitated for who knows how many centuries, flew up.
Magical energy took shape in the air, and a towering aura suddenly appeared from the leylines.
That was the trace of the Greater Grail, but Kaito Shirogane's mind was not there at this time.
He opened his eyes, which were completely fluorescent white. The pitch-black Berserker reflected within them, like a bug sealed in amber.
[You activated Noble Phantasm · Swirl of the Heart]
At this time, seemingly having felt an intense threat, Berserker turned his head and let out a violent roar.
Roar!
A blazing white shockwave materialized and crashed fiercely towards Kaito Shirogane.
Kaito Shirogane's eyelids were lowered, the corners of his mouth half-open. His right hand formed a crane beak shape and thrust forward with a pfft sound.
The movement was extremely slight, as if merely moving a distance of less than a few centimeters.
But in the air, a clear crane cry appeared. The transparent force pierced through the air, displaying a clear and sharp crane beak shape.
Pfft!
The blazing white shockwave was directly pierced by the force. An entire wall of air was penetrated from the middle, instantly disappearing into nothingness.
The mad Heracles couldn't possibly notice this kind of exquisite martial arts force control. Even if he could notice it, it wasn't something that the trace of reason he had left at this moment could react to.
This figure, with almost impossible rationality, preserved a rare tiny bit of reason as a Berserker Class, but that reason and gentleness were all reserved for that petite silver-haired girl.
Bang, bang, bang...
Heracles sprinted wildly in the cave, the frenzy of power he kicked up distorting the surrounding air. The cave frozen by Juro began to collapse once again.
In a few steps, he arrived in front of Kaito Shirogane. The huge Nameless Axe-Sword in his hand smashed down like a wall.
Kaito Shirogane twisted his body, having a full view of Heracles's movements, and stepped past almost brushing against the axe-sword.
When the axe-sword slashed into the ground, its huge force triggering a new round of vibration, Kaito Shirogane had already pulled his body back. His right hand forming a sword hand, pitch-black Armament Haki covering it, while killing intent fluctuation suddenly circulated.
Hum~
[Killing Intent · Great Demon Spear]!
Bang!
Kaito Shirogane thrust a Nukite directly into Heracles's unguarded ribs. The impact scattered, but no fresh blood appeared.
Heracles's figure merely moved slightly. He immediately turned his head, red luster radiating from his eyes, staring firmly at Kaito Shirogane.
Roar!
During his violent turn, his fist and axe-sword swung simultaneously.
Boom!
This strike no longer looked like a slash, but a smash targeting an entire area of space!
With completely no room for close-quarters dodging, Kaito Shirogane didn't use [Demon in the Wind] either. He stacked his hands in front of him. The instant the violent force hit his hands, he floated backward into the air.
[Shaori (Defensive)]!
With Kaito Shirogane's current martial arts specialization level, combined with a physical body quality comparable to a dragon beast, the Shaori he could achieve far exceeded the imagination of that Sea Emperor.
Kaito Shirogane stepped lightly on the air with both feet. Dozens of white ripples spread outwards, and he had already floated down from the air.
Heracles became even more furious.
Roar!
Boom!
Pitch-black light exploded. The glacier at the top of the cave instantly shattered, and countless rocks crashed down again.
Right in this kind of environment, Kaito Shirogane stood in place.
A C-rank ability like the Demon Spear, even with the superposition of killing intent fluctuation and Armament Haki, still couldn't cause any impact on his physical body.
Is this conceptual armament?
What level of ability in the Space does a B-rank attack in the Fate world correspond to?
Also...
Whoosh!
Kaito Shirogane's figure instantly disappeared, his speed as fast as a ray of light.
Heracles reacted extremely fast. With a reaction speed completely inconsistent with his huge size, he fiercely punched down from above. The instant Kaito Shirogane appeared, it just happened to smash down above the rapidly appearing Kaito Shirogane.
Kaito Shirogane's face remained calm, thinking in his heart: Is this the so-called [Mind's Eye] ability? It can be called a super combat intuition.
Kaito Shirogane purposefully wanted to see through all the other party's abilities, completely not dodging. In an instant, he raised his hand. Golden Qi whistled from his fingertips. In the next moment, it shot into Heracles's eye socket from close at hand.
Pfft!
Kaito Shirogane was simultaneously pierced by an incomparably violent force and smashed directly into the underground.
Rumble!
The ground completely shattered, and the mountain collapsed. Between Kaito Shirogane's waist and abdomen, the Flame Dragon scales and Armament Haki shattered simultaneously. A huge wound was smashed open, vaguely revealing twisted intestines.
(End of Chapter)
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