They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

BB unceremoniously squeezed out the last of this guy's value, then used a pointer as a pen to write and fiddle with it, collecting all the spirit particles transformed by the White King into a cube-like container... Emiya looked at it and inexplicably felt as if he had seen a soul urn.

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"Senior, are you all right? I think I heard a loud noise."

Mashu in the courtyard looked curiously at BB and Emiya as they walked out of the palace gate. They were fully dressed... except for the urn in their hands.

"Oh, it's okay. The enemy has been defeated. We have gained a lot of intelligence. As expected, the Holy Grail War took place in this burning city, but it got out of control for some reason. There are also out-of-control blackened Servants left in the city. We may have been unlucky and didn't encounter them when we were on the road earlier."

As Emiya spoke, he complained that he was not able to find the blackened Servant in time to find out the truth. He asked Herzog, but Herzog had never studied Servants at all. Instead, he was afraid of those mutated evil servants and wanted to avoid them as much as possible.

Mashu couldn't help but feel ashamed after hearing this. Is this considered "bad luck"?

"Senior, let's put it aside for now. Mr. Abbas looks like he's about to wake up!"

Mashu said as Emiya looked over to him and saw that Abbas' eyelids were fluttering slightly and his fingers were moving. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes and tried to get up from the futon. "Are you okay?"

"...Hiss, my head feels a little dizzy, but it's okay." Abbas narrowed his emerald eyes and waved his hand to refuse help. He looked around and realized that this was not the Chaldea medical room. "Captain Emiya is here too - huh? Where is this place?"

Mashu kindly explained the situation to Abbas on Emiya's behalf, and the latter suddenly realized, "I'm sorry, it was my fault. I didn't expect to be attacked while repairing Chaldeas, which led to the accident..."

"This has nothing to do with you," Emiya said. "Unless I'm on guard 24 hours a day, no one else can handle a premeditated attack from the Demon Pillar."

Emiya also didn't expect the Demon Pillar to be so brave.

I think according to the current situation, it is impossible for Flauros to install a bomb like in the original. After all, he knew that Emiya was not easy to deal with, so he could only seize the time to act while Emiya was too late, so this happened.

In the original novel, Chaldea was bombed by Flauros, leaving only a few cats and kittens. The only master, Fujimaru Ritsuka, was still an ordinary person. Even when Fujimaru Ritsuka embarked on a journey to repair the singularity, he was not respected by the Demon Pillars...

However, in this world, with Emiya's extraordinary combat power, the Demon Pillar is forced to use a more radical action plan. Given the Demon Pillar's ability to cause trouble, this singularity F may also become extremely troublesome.

For example, what Herzog mentioned, "blackened servants cannot be killed", is something that does not exist in the original FGO.

In other words, Emiya must be prepared to make all singularity copies, starting from singularity F, "hell difficulty".

"...Let's talk about the current situation. Our top priority, besides investigating the situation, is still to try to establish contact with Chaldea. BB, are you confident?"

BB blinked. "It depends! According to common experience, if the Holy Grail War gets drastically out of control, the ley lines will inevitably be affected."

"Theoretically, Marshmallow's shield could act as a catalyst to contact Chaldea, but if the leylines are disrupted, the operation would be much more difficult, and it might even lead to some unexpected risks—"

"What's the risk?"

"...Of course it's to attract the attention of the mastermind!"

As Emiya and the others talked, Abbas stood up, holding his head. The drowsiness in his mind finally dissipated. He looked out at the magnificent flames of the city burning in the distance, as if a hot wind was blowing towards him. The withered trees in the shrine courtyard cast slightly swaying shadows in the dim firelight...

"No, something's happening! There's someone over there!"

Abbas narrowed his eyes, he felt that there was something hidden in the shadow of the trees outside the courtyard!

The reactions of Emiya and the others were obviously not slow. Even Mashu was so nervous that she raised her shield. "Enemy spotted! It's a Servant!"

A monk in ancient costume came over, holding a long gun in his hand, with a crazy look on his face. "There's a smell! There's a smell! It's the smell of life, the smell of the living! It's awful!"

A monk? He's good at using a spear... No, that spear has forked blades on both sides. Is this a Jumonji Spear?

Emiya looked at the appearance of this person, thinking thoughtfully, could it be the Hozoin Inshun who appeared in the subspecies singularity "Mountains of Corpses and Rivers of Blood" under the stage of the Sogoku - the master of the Hozoin style spearmanship?

"——In this day and age, someone actually knows my name? Even so, it's okay, it's okay, it's absolutely okay!"

Even after his true name was revealed, Hozoin Inshun didn't hesitate at all. He was filled with murderous intent, "Hozoin Inshun is dead! I am neither human nor monk. I am the 'Heroic Swordsman'!"

"Arise, our polar region, ablaze with blood! A stage for a deadly battle, a mountain of corpses and a river of blood, absorbing and devouring the souls of the defeated!"

The young monk, his eyes red, roared, "Come on, let's fight it out!"

The sky and the earth changed color, and the world was replaced.

Mashu and the others around Emiya opened their eyes wide, and in an instant... the inherent barrier was released!?

It was as if the skeletons floating on the sea of ​​blood had piled up to form the ground, and a red moon was floating in the dark sky. This was the stage that devoured all the dead in battle.

Chapter 314: Connect! Transform! Send!

The Death Battle Arena, a special barrier space that appeared in the subspecies singularity of the same name, simply creates a deathmatch environment where the loser's soul is absorbed and sacrificed. It's similar to the Dark Duel in Yu-Gi-Oh!

However, with the previous experience as a lesson, Emiya couldn't guarantee whether this barrier was the same as he knew.

So even though Hozoin Inshun on the opposite side let out a war cry that could reach the heavens and earth, Emiya remained calm. He first looked at the strange red blood moon in the sky... There was nothing too abnormal, at most it made people feel uncomfortable, but it was not the Infinite Tsukuyomi that could drag people into an endless illusion.

Apart from this, the biggest anomaly is the skeletons under their feet. These white bones and skeletons are stacked layer upon layer, forming the stage of the decisive battle with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

Emiya bent down and picked up a skull. The surface of the skull was covered with a thin layer of ash. After blowing it away, the white bone and the uneven shell were revealed.

For no reason, he thought of Herzog's previous statement that "servants who lost control would kill anyone they saw." Could it be that the piles of bones under their feet were actually the city residents who disappeared in the sea of ​​fire?

"Come on, come on, fight to the death!" Baozangyuan Yinshun shouted angrily, and after gathering strength, he rushed up directly!

Abbas, among the onlookers, was almost stunned by the roar filled with bloodlust and brutality. This was completely different from the typical half-blood who had fallen into the deadpool...

That materialized aura transformed into an invisible aura and spread out, making people feel physically uncomfortable and uneasy, just like the legendary "demon spirit". Even the red moon in the sky seemed to be a little redder.

But what surprised him even more than this was that Hozoin Inshun rushed straight towards Emiya, while the latter remained indifferent, or even completely defenseless.

"Captain Emiya! Be careful!" Abbas couldn't help but remind him. Although he didn't know Captain Emiya very well and had never heard of the reputation of the God Slayer since entering Chaldea, it is absolutely not advisable to underestimate the enemy and be careless!

After saying this, Abbas looked at BB and Mashu again, only to see that Mashu, who had originally raised her shield nervously, actually breathed a sigh of relief:

"Hozoin Inshun... turns out to be the warrior monk who popularized Hozoin-ryu's spearmanship! It's said that he created the 'Uri Jushiki' (style of attacking the sky), praised as 'capable of reaching the realm of gods and Buddhas,' and even battled the renowned swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi!... It's a good thing he approached Emiya-senpai!"

Mashu is worthy of being the Chaldean human encyclopedia, and she has a good grasp of all kinds of historical knowledge, but the last sentence alone left Abbas confused.

What did he mean by "Luckily he found Emiya!"? Abbas was a little confused. They were all teammates, weren't they supposed to support each other? How could they be so lucky and lament that they weren't the ones who suffered the consequences? Fortunately, while he was puzzled, the clear battle situation had already provided a perfect explanation.

Ping!

The sharp blade of the Jumonji sickle spear pierced the air and passed by a high-speed afterimage, but was blocked by the small knife that Emiya projected casually, making a crisp metallic sound.

"Such a crazy warrior! Really crazy!" Baozangyuan Yinshun's expression was still crazy.

"You dare to resist the essence of the Hozoin-ryu with such a short blade?! You are just a mere human, how ridiculous! You are truly overestimating your own abilities!"

The ten-character sickle spear changed instantly, and multiple moves were manipulated effortlessly by Hozoin Inshun, including slashing, slashing, clubbing, and three-stage thrusts...

The combination of the eleven Li-style moves is like a delicately interlocked machine, or like a torrential downpour of force that will penetrate any obstacle that stands in its way!

This attack, with the help of the blackened "Heroic Swordsman", became extremely powerful, several times more violent than a normal Servant. Every afterimage of the Tenmon Gun pierced the atmosphere and emitted a shrill scream. Even the invisible aftermath would gouge out deep scars ranging from tens to hundreds of meters long when it swept across the ground.

Therefore, in just a second or two, there was no intact place left on the entire ground covered with bones - the hills collapsed, and the ground cracked like a dense spider web. Mashu, who was not far away, raised her shield and resisted with all her strength, which gave her teammates enough time to watch the battle.

However, what shocked Abbas was that Emiya's hand speed was even more amazing. The knife in his hand flipped continuously along with his arm, and the short and hard blade flew out countless afterimages, intercepting all the cross-word spear moves that almost surrounded him!

Abbas's gaze continued to move downwards, and he even saw that the land several meters around Emiya's feet was not damaged at all, completely blocking the deadly wind pressure impact accompanied by the gun shadow!

After five years of self-training, Emiya's mind has already reached perfection. His current operation is more like reducing the output intensity and using smaller-scale power to verify the strength of his mind, just like trying to use a delicate and tiny lighter to trigger a sea of ​​fire that can only be created by the roar of a dragon, a master-level operation.

The mind's eye is the battle insight that calmly assesses one's own situation and the enemy's capabilities, thereby finding the correct solution. Maximizing this insight allows one to grasp the infinite details of battle, truly achieving the goal of "knowing thy enemy and knowing thyself, and thus securing victory in a hundred battles."

And if this precise insight is supplemented with sophisticated power and skills, it can produce even more wonderful results.

As far as the specific process is concerned, it is nothing more than sensing the opponent's strength and direction through the mind, and then forming a thorough defense and equal counterattack. After offsetting layer by layer, one can naturally keep one's own posture perfect at all times and dissolve the enemy's offensive into nothingness.

To use the words of a certain master, it is: receive! transform! develop!

In short, under this operation, the overlapping deadly gun images of Baozangyuan Yinshun seemed to have crashed into the bottomless abyss, but could not cause any waves, and he was completely defeated.

Now, who is overestimating his own abilities?

"...It's astonishing! Even with the incredible strength and fortitude I've acquired, I'm still unable to break through your 'momentum'!"

At this moment, a flicker of solemnity finally crossed Hozoin Inshun's mind, his bloodlust swirling around him. After all, while the "Heroic Swordsman" state did make a normal Servant evil and bloodthirsty, it was merely a change in their thinking and behavior, not the kind of mindlessness that would occur in a high-level frenzy.

Therefore, Baozangyuan Yinshun's offensive suddenly stopped, and he was secretly shocked. This enemy was not simple! He actually used a knife to block his Baozangyuan style spear technique!

His ancient martial arts skills are actually no less profound than his!

"You just feel it now? It seems you are happy too early!" Emiya's demeanor suddenly changed.

The last move of the transformation, the “transformation” hasn’t even started yet!

"Ok?"

The vigilant Hozoin Inshun raised the tip of his spear again and charged forward, because he saw that Emiya suddenly gave up the knife and melted it again in the orange flame to deform it. Then the blade stretched, forked, and even extended into a long stick shape - that was the Jumonji Spear!

Emiya created a Juumonji gun on the spot!

Then, like Hozoin Inshun, he raised his spear and fought back!

...No way? Could he be trying to—?

Baozangyuan Yinshun had a premonition or guess in an instant, but this guess was too horrifying, making him a little skeptical!

Ping ping ping!

The sound of gun blades clashing became even more violent, echoing in the open space, seemingly no different from before.

However, Baozangyuan Yinshun was already shouting in his heart that it was incredible. The opponent's spear skills were sharp and changeable. In just a few moves, his spear skills went from unfamiliar to proficient. Then, the sharp edge swung out overlapping spear shadows, which cut through the atmosphere and set off a storm that was more powerful than Baozangyuan Yinshun's offensive!

Yin Shun of Baozangyuan was almost blown up into the sky along with the ground under him by the sharp storm. The wasteland of bones was greeted by sharp blade wind pressures that swept across thousands of meters. The earth wailed, blood-red dust and bone fragments filled the sky, and the strange and changeable gun shadows continued, as if they were determined to gouge out a vast basin in the strange bone-white earth!

After only dozens of moves, Baozangyuan Yinshun could no longer hold on, and even the barrier of the "Mountain of Corpses and River of Blood Death Battle Stage" could not be maintained, and the world returned to its original state.

Hozoin Inshun himself flew out of the courtyard of Yaki Shrine, like a rag blown away by the storm created by the spear tip, and crashed into the pit. His body was almost torn apart, and the hand holding the spear handle was shaking violently. But more seriously injured than these, it was his inner heart that was injured -

Emiya just used the same spear technique as him, the authentic and even exquisite Hozoin-ryu spear technique, and then suppressed him in turn!

"Sure enough!"

Emiya realized that the Mind's Eye did have advanced uses.

Of course, this isn't simply the True Mind's Eye (True), but rather the False Mind's Eye (False) brought on by the divine power of Susanoo. This skill, in other words, relies on a sixth sense to instinctively perceive information and make the optimal decision. Only with dual Mind's Eyes can one be so powerful as to fully understand the opponent's moves and replicate them.

"...Mmmmm, this enemy is far more powerful than I expected! However—without a martial art capable of severing past karma, even the most powerful physical trauma or mystical technique cannot destroy the power of this undead corpse!"

Baozangyuan Yinshun in the pit quickly climbed out, and all the injuries on his body seemed to have recovered as if time had gone back, and he became intact.

"This is too fast! He recovered in the blink of an eye!"

Mashu exclaimed softly, and Abbas also looked heavy-faced. BB had tortured Herzog into revealing that the blackened servants could not be killed. They found it unbelievable at first, but after actually witnessing it, they found it increasingly difficult to deal with.

Although Emiya is powerful, his opponent can be reborn infinitely and exhaust the people of Chaldea!

"...Is he really immortal?" Emiya himself was a little skeptical, mainly because the White King Herzog was too fake. Although he had revealed the information, it still needed to be verified.

So after the trial was completed and the use of the mind's eye was successfully experimented, the Juumonji Spear in Emiya's hand changed again in an instant, turning into a divine sword with dazzling golden light.

This time, there was no holding back or restraint. He raised his divine sword high, and the abyssal divine power transformed into a golden light with the power to split mountains and rivers. He swung it at Baozangyuan Yinshun, who had just climbed out of the pit.

A tiny but terrifying golden light flew away.

Abbas, the only member of the Chaldea team who had never witnessed the power of the God Slayer, finally understood what a mobile natural disaster was.

The mountain land that had been pitted was like a small sun dropped into it, and the brilliant explosion crushed the blood-red soil into nothingness.

The high-energy, indiscriminate bombardment destroyed everything. Like a divine hand radiant as the golden sun, it instantly shattered the rolling mountainous terrain stretching over a thousand meters, expanding tenfold and a hundredfold to the surrounding area. Even the underground river of the Red Devil River was instantly vaporized by the explosion, gushing out a massive amount of water vapor.

So, after this brief explosion of light, all that was left was a desolate giant basin emitting hot air and smoke.

"..." Abbas was speechless. Could a single person's strength reach this level? No wonder Mashu and the others acted so calmly. Even he was about to be assimilated...

He took a moment to glance back, only to see Mashu pull out two packets of instant coffee from the inside of her shield. She took the tea set BB handed her and began to brew it, muttering, "Senior, do you prefer a less bitter and milky flavor?" BB, on the other hand, jokingly said, "Don't forget to add more ice cubes..."

Something seems off about this painting. Are you so sure the battle is about to end that you're taking it easy? And Mashu, why are you stuffing weird things on the inside of your shield?

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Emiya looked into the abyss, but soon he sensed a figure climbing up quickly, rapidly rising up the cliff face. It was none other than the restored Hozoin Inshun...

Baozangyuan Yinshun's eyes were red, and he seemed to be even more murderous. He showed no sign of retreating. Perhaps he was relying on his immortality and was full of courage. "Useless, useless! If I don't cut off the blade of karma, I can't break this corpse!"

In reality, Hozoin Inshun was getting a bit impatient as the fight wore on. He couldn't win with his melee techniques, and his ranged bombardment was even more of a hindrance. With his superb divine weapons already unleashed, how could a "commoner Servant" like him even have the chance to fight back? Wouldn't he just be a living, breathing punching bag?

The "Heroic Swordsman" blackening buff was supposed to make the Heroic Spirit fearless of death and fall into a battle frenzy, but Emiya actually beat Hozoin Inshun so hard that he had no choice but to get out of his "hot-headed" state.

He had no choice but to deliberately publicize his immortality to boost his morale, but in fact it was to cover up his inner restlessness.

Besides…what if this human being actually consumes a lot of energy and cannot use the power of the artifact level for a long time?

Emiya had no idea what the other person was thinking. No matter how he looked at it, he looked calm, his heart rate was steady, and his breathing was long. There was no sign of over-exertion at all.

He simply observed Hozoin Inshun's recovery process through his attacks. Seeing countless tiny embers flying from the void, they continuously patched up the cracks on the Servant's body, restoring him to his original state, Emiya was a little amazed.

Even if his entire body was blown into nothingness, he could still be resurrected out of thin air? It really doesn't make sense!

He even immediately thought of an advanced use for this immortality—it allowed the Heroic Spirit to use certain powerful moves that damaged or even destroyed their Spiritual Base without restriction! If they were truly out of options, they could also achieve super-powerful damage by burning their Spiritual Base or self-destructing it!