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

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with jealousy. With anger rising, the huge dragon body sways, and the dragon's tail stirs up the water and slaps it out, causing the surging tide to instantly condense into a dense torrent of ice spears like rain!

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Emiya finally adapted to underwater combat after wearing the black scale armor, and it must be said that Melyucina is useful in every sense of the word.

Her skin allowed him to freely change speed and turn underwater with just the slightest movement of his limbs. His mind and vision were nearly beyond normal, and the increase in his physical strength was also considerable, allowing Emiya to use some simple and crude attacks...

For example,

He projected an ancient sword with an extremely long blade, raised it easily and threw it with great force. The water around the sword was cut in an instant, and the flying ancient sword flew a long distance under the amazing power of the dragon.

In an underwater environment that is not suitable for bows and arrows, Emiya's throwing method can actually make the Noble Phantasm fly farther.

"...However, continuously exerting this kind of power consumes a lot of magic power, so it's better suited to a quick throw like this."

The originally regular water flow was repelled and scattered by the rapidly expanding light and heat explosion. A large amount of seawater was rapidly heated until it vaporized, forming a huge steam bubble that completely enveloped the enemy. The heat and impact that had not yet overflowed from the inside caused a large number of incoming corpse guards to be roasted and bombarded.

However, the sudden attack of the ice spears will eventually pierce the high-temperature bubbles generated and then break them by condensing them.

"Huh? Who's coming from that direction...?" Emiya looked up and saw a massive dragon flying towards the square at the highest point of the old city. A twisted spear was stuck crookedly on the platform...

It's Kungunir!

Emiya now felt that this dragon looked familiar, so this dragon might be...

呲呲呲!

The densely condensed ice quickly expanded. With the dragon as the center, the water flowed around it like a subject or soldier, changing its posture obediently and condensing into an increasingly vast glacier!

Woc, Bing! It’s really you!

Emiya decisively pulled out the Dragon-Severing Platform, which emitted a louder cry than ever before. When he reproduced the complete Dragon-Severing Platform in the form of a projection this time, the ancient bronze sword reacted extremely actively. Facing the huge water dragon in his sight, it excitedly let out bursts of roars.

This excitement was not like the bloodthirsty desire to kill the enemy, but rather an impassioned war cry as if one had met a worthy opponent and was facing a fateful battle.

The faint spiritual light condensed and trembled, flowing out uncontrollably under the deep sea water pressure.

"What's going on? Is this the same projection reload we used against Odin?"

If Emiya hadn't gripped the hilt tightly, the Dragon Severing Platform would have been out of control and would have flown away, as if it was going to chop down the dragon with its own sharpness.

Boom——

Leviathan's vast ice flow condensed into huge mountains, seemingly slowly but actually rapidly pressing down. The glaciers gathered into mountains, and when they fell down, there was no doubt that this thing would crush Bingjie and half of the ancient dragon city into pieces.

Emiya tightly grasped the Dragon Severing Platform and swung out a torrent of boiling blue flames, but the power was several times stronger than its normal state, which even surprised himself.

A fiery burning phenomenon began to spread at the bottom of the glacier and swelled at an alarming speed, like an activated fire dragon releasing enormous amounts of heat. The ice melted by the intense heat dissipated piece by piece, forming white foam.

A faint light reflected from the distant white foam, and Emiya was actually aware that he was catching a glimpse of a strange vision.

[Dayu could control floods and slay dragons.]

The familiar figure, the figure of Dayu that had only flashed for a moment during the War of Odin, reappeared among the snow foam.

In a trance, Emiya saw Dayu's back as he used an ancient bronze sword to cleanly cut off the evil dragon's head. The dragon's corpse was hidden by his broad back. A woman named Yaoji walked beside the back. Dayu and Yaoji discussed the forging of a magic weapon and swore an oath:

If in the future there are evil dragons causing floods, they should be killed with the Dragon-Breaking Platform.

The scene was washed away by the water, and the sound of the figure gradually faded away with the roar of the water...

Emiya couldn't help but blink again. The illusion disappeared in an instant, and the snowflake-like fragments gradually dispersed.

Afterwards, half of the iceberg was revealed, quietly melting.

The massive glaciers created by Leviathan were originally like vast peaks, but they were split into two halves by Emiya's unconscious sword. Even the remaining parts were being melted faster by the heat released by the scorching current!

Is this... the projection reload succeeded again? Is Dayu's power taking over?

Emiya subconsciously looked down and saw that the Dragon-Breaking Platform, which was projected in its complete form, was shattered into half of a sword.

Noble Phantasm projection... projection loading... He seemed to have grasped the key.

Chapter 108: Faith as the raw material, fantasy as the skeleton

Noble Phantasms are weapons praised in legends, and once used, they can exert legendary effects.

This definition doesn't seem to give any useful information.

To put it another way: essentially, the strength and effectiveness of a Noble Phantasm is based on the legends people already have.

For example, the treasure of Vlad III, known as the Impaler, called "King of Punishment", can deploy 20,000 stakes within the domain, which can be used for attack, defense, movement, control, etc. This treasure was derived from his horrific deeds of cruelly piercing his enemies with sharp stakes during his lifetime, which was sublimated by people's repeated stories.

Vlad III's other treasure, the "Inheritance of Blood", originated from the "Dracula" series of novels created based on him, which gave rise to the image of "Vampire Dracula".

This image was also sublimated into his Noble Phantasm through widespread dissemination, allowing Vlad III to transform into a vampire when activating this Noble Phantasm.

Through this example, we can understand the composition of the Noble Phantasm:

Whether it is a true historical allusion or a false story, it is always based on human beliefs as raw material, human fantasy as the skeleton, and sublimated on this spiritual foundation.

Emiya finally understood why the "Dragon-Breaking Platform" was so powerful, but he couldn't grasp the essence of "Projection Filling" from it and allow himself to bless the power of the Noble Phantasm's original owner, Dayu...

It turns out that the missing Noble Phantasm is spiritual "sublimation"!

Sublimation is an important step in recasting the half-broken dragon platform until it is complete, and it is also a necessary condition for his proficiency in projection filling.

If Dayu's illusion hadn't suddenly appeared during the fight, Emiya would have almost missed the biggest flaw in this projection technology, which also determined the specific difference between a false Noble Phantasm projection and a Noble Phantasm projection that could truly achieve projection filling:

The projection of the Noble Phantasm in the past was merely a reproduction of material and technology, but at this stage of sublimation, it is a reproduction on the spiritual level!

To put it in traditional terms, the former has form but no spirit, while the latter has both form and spirit!

Successfully capturing the fleeting flash of inspiration, Emiya looked at Leviathan opposite him, who was surprised by his recent slash.

He decisively infused his magic power into the Dragon-Severing Platform again. Based on his familiarity with projections, he tried hard to recall the back of Dayu to condense his fantasy and recast the sword body of the treasure.

The Dragon-Breaking Platform responded with a joyful dragon roar, and the countless spiritual lights within the ancient sword also danced in joy...

These are the souls within, the souls of the past and present sealed within the sword, quietly providing a vast amount of faith. They are cheering and shouting the name of the god Dayu, and they are reciting the mythical epic of slaying dragons and controlling floods in ancient times!

The huge spiritual energy is like countless trickles that converge into rivers!

"drink--!"

Emiya took the initiative to rush towards Leviathan, and at the same time, his magic circuits were overloaded to produce new magic power. Even his skin flashed with sizzling glimmering patterns. He swung the sword while infusing it with surging magic power.

This time, the mottled and cracked half of the broken sword no longer projected a complete sword body all at once, but began to "grow" slowly!

What will grow out will be a sword blade that is truly reborn!

This time, the Broken Dragon Platform is the real "Broken Sword Recast" - the Broken Dragon Platform for slaying evil and punishing evil!

Boom——

With one blow, the vast deep sea was suddenly shocked and impacted, and at the same time was torn apart by the surging sword energy. Like a spatial fault, a brief and narrow vacuum was cut out between the heavy water bodies!

The streets of the ancient city below, where the alchemy array was arranged, were inevitably affected, and a dark abyss was forcibly cracked along the straight slashing line!

"What kind of power is this!?"

Leviathan's face was filled with surprise. This wasn't his first time fighting Emiya. Back then, he was acting as a human puppet, so the transmission of power was limited, so he could only fight Emiya back and forth. Judging from his performance, he felt that Emiya's strength was—

Yes, from the perspective of a young human body, it is a bit high... but that's all.

Based on the strength of his complete dragon body, Leviathan was confident that even if he gave up one claw, he could still beat Emiya to a pulp with wounds all over his body.

But this damn human suddenly and inexplicably developed new power. Even Leviathan, the Dragon King, couldn't understand the source of this sudden increase in power!

No, who the hell are you? The White King's host from Japan? Or one of the more noble "three"?

Leviathan's brain was thinking frantically, but unfortunately he could not guess what kind of authority this was from Emiya's performance.

because……

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"Because this is alchemy. And the advanced areas of alchemy are not Leviathan's forte. Well, Leviathan is lucky to have figured out those equipments that Odin left behind."

Lu Mingze walked on the seabed in his small suit as if it were flat ground. He watched the battle from afar and turned a blind eye, because the observer had already foreseen what the final outcome would be.

He stood on the highest point of this ancient underwater city - a square surrounded by circular columns, but no one could detect him.

Lu Mingze walked to the forgotten control array, gently pulled out the Kungunir replica that was standing crookedly there, and collected it as his own collection as if nothing had happened.

"Spiritual Reforging (one of the 'Seven Kingdoms' of Alchemy) Ah, Emiya, you have glimpsed a whole new corner of the realm of excellence."

"Xia Yu and Yao Ji, the two forgers, only managed to master the basics of spirit reforging. Their designs for the Dragon-Severing Platform were indeed ingenious, but in the end, they only managed to reforge a semi-finished product like the 'Word Spirit·Nine Infants'."

"This person, Emiya, has taken this step directly into the realm of spiritual reshaping..."

When Lu Mingze looked up again, the sword in Emiya's hand was as incomparable as the vast and descending light from the sky, as if he had really reproduced the mythical fighting power.

Leviathan uses its endless water resources as its arsenal, continuously creating huge icebergs, ice spears, ice arrows, ice knives, etc., which look like an icy-white underwater frenzy from a distance.

But so far, apart from delaying Emiya's pace of destroying the ancient dragon city, everything else has had little effect.

"First, 'conceptual arming' is used to forge the abstract concepts into tangible entities, completing the foundation of reality. Then, 'spiritual recasting' is used to elevate the spirit, condensing the vague beliefs and legends into the crystallization of fantasy, and finally illuminating reality."

“…This is the Noble Phantasm.”

With Lu Mingze's level, it was easy for him to analyze the essence of Emiya's series of actions.

"Utilizing legends and beliefs is something that Dragon Kings like Odin and Norton haven't considered... Oh, not even the Black Emperor has considered. It's truly a groundbreaking feat."

"Haha, after all, dragons are not as weak as humans. They don't worship heroic stories and legends at all."

"Belief in miracles, longing for heroes, and praising legends—this is the spiritual strength needed by the weak, the inherently fragile human being."

"Unfortunately, before this, although the dragons had a deep understanding of alchemy, they didn't need faith and fantasy. Although humans couldn't do without faith and fantasy, they had never entered the realm of profound alchemy."

"And now, with Emiya, a natural born alchemical saint, it's only natural that this world would give birth to a Noble Phantasm, no, the 'Origin of Mythology'..."

Lu Mingze suddenly stopped when he thought of this. It seemed that he should remind Norton.

At this time, Norton probably still had no idea what the Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm was supposed to be...

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The sword wind whistles, the ice waves surge, and a corner of the mythical battle begins grandly on the bottom of the sea at this moment!

The amorphous water body was torn and cut like gel or jelly by the transparent giant blade transformed by the sword energy.

After Lu Mingze pulled out the replica of Kungunir, the tearing of the Nibelungen space actually began to stabilize, and the phenomenon of water bodies divided by space no longer continued to generate.

But the scene of tearing the vast ocean current before his eyes made the situation look no different from before!

Countless ice flowers bloomed, and countless ice spikes shuttled chaotically in the ocean currents like a dense transparent rainstorm. This was Leviathan's "little tricks" from time to time... He had put aside his ridiculous arrogance of "head-on confrontation" and tried to use the environmental advantages at all costs.

Although Shigong sensed the danger in his mind, he did not take it lightly. He held high the Dragon-Severing Platform which had "grown"... to be more precise, had been cast into its complete form, and a mighty blue flame flew out. Countless flaming dragons jumped out from the sword's edge without being swung or released.

The pale blue flames shot out rapidly, heating up countless seawater and causing it to evaporate. These water vapors instantly produced a large number of white steam bubbles, which were densely distributed in all directions. The spread of heat easily blocked the dense barrage of transparent ice spikes.

At the same time, these endless white foams continued to extend, like vast white clouds blocking the view and spreading towards the empty sea area and the ancient city area.

It's like a fog that makes it impossible to see inside.

Leviathan cautiously moved his dragon body, nimbly retreating. His massive body, tens of meters long, was incredibly fast, even more agile than a young human. Furthermore, as the Water King, his speed in the seawater surpassed that of his peers by a significant margin.

As for Emiya, who had been staying in the water, he had always been within his range of perception. But this strangely powerful human had now come up with this idea—it seemed as if he had hidden in a bubble of air that had evaporated dry of water and was now filled with fire elemental energy.

It doesn’t matter, Leviathan thought, this human won’t lock himself in a big oven, he will come out eventually.

Suddenly, Leviathan looked down sharply. There was no mistake, this was the place!

A stream of extremely hot and terrifying flames tightly wrapped around the sword wind, pushing away the pervasive water with incredible skill. The ferocious blue fire opened its fang-like mouth to devour anyone it could find, wanting to devour the Dragon King all at once!

"Don't underestimate my sensory network!"

Leviathan instantly caught the attack from the water flow, and with his speed, he was able to flap his wings lightly and avoid it along the water flow.

But the next second, the blazing stream of fire that should have just passed by exploded! This wasn't a direct hit, but a brilliant bombardment!

What a tedious little trick! Leviathan remained calm as white ice surged around him, instantly creating a thick, ice-white shield around himself to block and consume the spreading heat from the flames.

Blocked it?

No, Leviathan had miscalculated.

In another direction that he didn't notice, Melyusina, who had already rushed to the battlefield, threw a decisive sword at this moment.

Chapter 109 Norton, is he really not your biological brother?

"not good!"