Chapter 526: The Holy Grail War
Buzz~ Boom!
A scarlet aura wrapped around Kaito Shirogane's body like a cocoon, and in an instant, it violently erupted.
Tohsaka Rin's eyes rolled back. The intense aura fiercely pierced into her mind. She felt as if she was instantly swallowed by the ocean. Her consciousness went dark instantly, thud...
Emiya Shirou's eyes similarly rolled back, but his spirit was tougher. While barely maintaining his mind, he bit his lip hard, using that pain to keep himself from fainting.
"What is this... ah..."
The world seemed to become twisted in his eyes, and those panic-stricken people in the distance fell in batches like straw at this moment.
As far as the eye could see, on this completely leveled ground, only a few people were left standing.
Emiya Shirou felt as if he was standing at the edge of a terrifying storm. That impact made it almost difficult for him to breathe on his own.
The petite girl knight in the blue skirt and silver armor displayed a strong sense of stability at this moment. Saber moved her steps, blocking in front of Emiya Shirou.
"Shirou, take a deep breath. This is not wind; it won't suffocate you."
Saber's emerald eyes stared at the man standing in the distance. The other party's figure was tall and straight, standing proudly in an almost twisted posture.
The terrifying aura was like a tide, with him as the center, spreading and crashing outwards ring by ring.
Almost sweeping across more than half of the city.
All the ordinary people within sight fainted from the impact of this overly powerful aura. Those who could stand, besides the Heroic Spirit Servants, were only a few guys with strong willpower.
Kuzuki Souichirou instinctively blocked in front of Medea. Sasaki Kojiro's injuries had already been healed by Medea. At this time, he also took a step out from behind the two, the [Monohoshizao] unsheathed and held upright in front of him.
The sharp sword intent seemed to cut through the tide, lessening the pressure on Medea and Kuzuki Souichirou slightly.
"Who exactly is this monster?!"
Medea's voice was somewhat strained.
Heroic Spirit Emiya's figure was similarly tall and straight. His outfit rustled wildly under the impact of the Conqueror's Haki.
He first flashed past with a step, extremely fast placing Tohsaka Rin further away, beside that Rider.
The weak purple-haired girl, Matou Sakura, actually still retained her consciousness at this time, which made Heroic Spirit Emiya seemingly think of something.
But the situation was severe at this time, not allowing him to continue thinking. Medusa then nodded to him.
Right now, that girl radiating the light of Command Spells all over her body, and the unprecedentedly terrifying Assassin standing in the field, clearly revealed one meaning.
[I will crush you all right here and end the Holy Grail War]
Although they couldn't understand the other party's arrogance, combined with the abnormal changes that occurred previously, these Servants already had no choice but to unite and prioritize "expelling" this person.
Before this, these Masters and Heroic Spirits had all encountered Mercenary Tao, either suffering attacks or facing coercion.
Joining hands against the enemy at this moment also didn't have much hindrance.
Saber went against the Conqueror's Haki that was like a hurricane. This surging spirit couldn't affect her in the slightest.
Among these Heroic Spirits, she probably had the best affinity for this kind of aura-type ability.
She was inherently the King who ruled England; she similarly didn't lack something like spirit.
"Nameless Assassin, state your True Name."
"With this kind of spirit, you could never be a nameless martial artist obscured by history~"
Saber held her sword with both hands, advancing towards Kaito Shirogane with an absolutely standard knight's gait.
Seeing almost no ordinary people standing in his field of vision anymore, Kaito Shirogane was satisfied. A battle of this level didn't need to be disturbed by the clamor of those bugs.
Listening to Saber's question, he shook his head, his fluorescent white long hair dancing wildly.
"Mercenary Tao is naturally just... Mercenary Tao!"
As if echoing his own words, Kaito Shirogane suddenly pushed off with both feet. His whole person disappeared like a spirit crane. In the next instant, he had already appeared in the sky hundreds of meters away.
With his arms spread like a spirit crane spreading its wings, he was simulating the martial arts combat style of his "teacher" Mercenary Tao from his memories.
With the blessing of the Swirl of the Heart, he could almost experience the effect of the 3rd Tier Transcendent Helix in advance.
The people appearing in his memories could similarly be simulated.
Whoosh!
The sound of his figure breaking through the air became light. Almost instantly, Kaito Shirogane appeared in front of Saber, his fingers formed like a sword, pitch-black as ink.
Pfft!
The sword fingers thrust out, black light flashing and vanishing.
Saber, however, raised both hands to block!
Clang!
The sword light brushed past Saber's gauntlet and plunged into the ground, emitting a muffled pfft sound.
Saber's eyes trembled. The other party's speed was bizarrely fast. In just this instant of blocking, the air in front of her had been emptied.
Saber didn't need to wait for the other party's figure to condense in her pupils. Relying on instinct, she retreated a step, holding the sword with both hands and slashing violently.
Boom!
At the same time the air was torn apart by the sword light, Saber actually felt the sword in her hands sink.
In the next moment, she saw Mercenary Tao bizarrely tap in the air. His body floated upwards, not falling, but instead stepping onto her sword blade with one foot.
Following the momentum of her sword to land on the ground, his movements were incomparably light, unaffected by her sword momentum in any way.
This is a martial artist...
During her long combat career, Saber had naturally encountered this kind of technique-type opponent. She immediately took a step forward, the gauntlet holding the sword hilt striking towards the other party's chest.
Originally, this strike was naturally meant to attack the other party's face, but the height difference between the two was too large, so she temporarily changed to attacking the chest.
Pfft!
A hand struck later but arrived first, blocking in front of Saber's sword hilt and immediately gripping it.
Terrifying force erupted instantly.
Saber's face changed, and magical energy erupted instantly.
Kaito Shirogane felt a terrifying power erupt from the palm of his left hand in an instant. Gold and red light exploded, and he took the opportunity to retreat a few steps.
"Coincidentally" dodging the twin swords Heroic Spirit Emiya slashed horizontally from behind.
Kaito Shirogane dodged Heroic Spirit Emiya's swordsmanship one by one like taking a leisurely stroll, but his gaze was still on Saber.
Artoria gripped her sword with both hands, as if having made some kind of resolution. In the next moment, raising both hands high, terrifying power began to rise at an exponential rate.
She was going to release her Noble Phantasm!
At this moment, Kaito Shirogane sure enough felt that kind of life-and-death crisis again.
The Sword of Promised Victory is one of the few Noble Phantasms capable of killing a user of [God Hand] in a single strike.
The reason is unknown, but after being struck by it, multiple lives will be lost at once.
This ability was undoubtedly the one he was most wary of among the Heroic Spirits present.
Roar!
Abruptly, a terrifying roar erupted.
The violently exploding shockwave directly blasted the caught-off-guard Heroic Spirit Emiya flying.
Heroic Spirit Emiya's reaction speed was also quite fast. Placing his twin swords in front of him blocked a portion of the damage. As his whole person flew up, a shadow enveloped him.
It's Mercenary Tao. So fast!
With movements completely violating the laws of physics, Mercenary Tao instantly approached the blasted-flying Heroic Spirit Emiya from the air, pinched the other party's head with one hand, and violently smashed him towards Saber.
(End of Chapter)
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