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"In the beginning of the vast and boundless wilderness, the primordial chaos was just beginning to unfold."

The four passes are like dragons and tigers devouring each other, while the central stronghold is a place where ten thousand chariots raise their weapons and cloaks.

Emperor 043, with his wise and decisive rule, accepted the feudal lords; the Jin army withdrew and extinguished the lamps.

The eight vast lands were eventually unified, and the nine expanses began to share the same wind.

The celestial messenger, with wings spread, obscured the azure sky; he struck again and again, yearning for the heavenly mulberry tree.

But if only a magnificent ship could cross the deep sky, soaring through the stars to pay homage to the Medicine King.

Upon hearing this unfamiliar song, Emiya frowned, somewhat puzzled, but Feixiao's expression changed, and he immediately spoke up.

"It is the song of the Emperor's bow trail."

"The Song of the Emperor's Bow Tracks?"

"Written by a wise man from the Immortal Ship, it is a ballad praising the deeds of the Emperor's Bow and the Immortal Ship."

"...So, what's going on here?"

Just as Mr. Emiya was somewhat bewildered by this sudden turn of events, numerous cracks suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the already unstable cave space.

Just as Feixiao was quickly gathering his generals and ordering everyone to withdraw from the battlefield, from the other side of the crack, the same song that had been chanted just moments before was heard again, clearly.

"One of the nine beasts is called Yao Qing, and there are many knights in the cave in the sky.

The greatest knight is none other than the Emperor's bow, capable of drawing the eagle's bow to hunt the stars.

"Above the highest heavens, pluck the amber from the sky; below, meet the starry abyss, battle the void whale..."

The song's melody grew increasingly solid and clear, accompanied by the sound of cracks seeping through. Suddenly, a beam of light pierced through the cracked space.

"...Boundless hatred, endless conquest, how much sorrow has the hunter king endured? The arrow is on the bowstring, golden eyes blaze, the imperial bow must not look back!"

Chapter 143: My Major Is Starting to Match My Skills! (5/5)

"...Boundless hatred, endless conquest, how much sorrow does the hunter king bear? The arrow is on the bowstring, golden eyes blaze, the emperor's bow must not look back!"

A beautiful and stirring aria resounded over the battlefield.

A beam of light swiftly attacked from the other side of the rift.

The instant it landed on the battlefield, all the prisoners and the Jurchen mechs who hadn't yet managed to evacuate were instantly enveloped in a streak of light—just a moment…

They were completely annihilated within them.

Fei Xiao stared at that streak of light, a complex expression appearing in his pupils...

She had witnessed that beam of light before, and it was because of that witness that she had sworn never to let it fall before her again.

"The Emperor's Bow's Radiant Arrow."

Feixiao's soft murmur reached Wei Gong's ears, and he stared in disbelief at the streak of light.

But only for a moment, he frowned and retorted.

"If it really was the Star God who made the move, the power couldn't have been so little."

"...But it was indeed the light arrow of the Emperor's Bow, I have personally witnessed this beam of light."

"The Emperor Bow Master's record is verifiable. The arrow aimed at Fanghu destroyed one-fifth of the Fanghu Immortal Ship's area. And this attack... is absolutely no match for the power of a Star God. It's just a mere shell of a Star God."

Emiya's gaze locked onto the very center of that beam of light, spotting a figure there, and he immediately spoke.

"Perhaps that person can answer our questions."

Feixiao glanced at that figure, and with just one look, her body trembled uncontrollably, and her grip on her weapon almost slipped from her grasp...

"General!"

She instinctively called out that name to the figure, and the moment Fei Xiao called out that name, the figure walked steadily and calmly to the front of everyone's line of sight.

It was a fox-woman wielding a jet-black longbow. She wore extremely light leather armor, and her long, emerald-green hair danced in the wind. Standing before the crowd, her gaze swept over everyone present, and she slowly raised her longbow once more.

"Boundless hatred, endless conquest, how much sorrow does the hunter king bear? —"

Once again, the stirring song resounded as the fox-person archer, addressed as "General" by the Heavenly Strike General, locked onto the crowd present, as if intending to recreate the attack that had just destroyed the entire battlefield... the one that resembled the light arrow of the Emperor's Bow.

When that strike was once again deflected from the fox-person archer's hand, a sense of despair welled up in the hearts of all the Netherworld warriors.

This attack,

If they fell into their midst, they would have no chance of survival.

"I will lead the hunt—!"

Just as they thought the beam of light would descend upon them, a storm swept across the battlefield without warning. The beam of light, barely off the bowstring, was blasted away by the sudden storm.

Everyone looked on.

The storm that repelled the streak of light was actually a fox-human warrior wielding a battle-axe.

"It's General Tianji!"

"As expected of the victorious general! He actually managed to block that attack!"

Some of the Youfu military officers were even moved to tears of joy. Although they were not exactly afraid of death, they were unwilling to die in such an unclear way at the hands of people of unknown origin.

"All troops, listen to my command, withdraw from the battlefield and return to the upper defense lines."

Feixiao issued orders to the group of Youfu warriors, then his gaze sharpened as he looked at the fox-person archer with a blank expression.

"Here, I am the only one most suitable to be her enemy."

Having said that, a straightforward and joyful smile spread across her lips.

"Although I already know you're a fake, it still... it's been so long since I've dealt with you again, it makes me incredibly happy."

"General... no, teacher, the burden of hundreds of billions of people in Yaoqing has now fallen on my shoulders. You should not come back to compete with me for this position."

Upon hearing Feixiao's declaration, for a fleeting moment, a pleasant smile seemed to appear on the fox-woman archer's lips, but it vanished like an illusion.

The next moment,

That singing voice once again resounded across the battlefield.

"The arrow is on the bowstring, golden eyes blaze, the Emperor's bow must not look back!"

As if some function had been solidified, this fox-woman archer seemed to only know how to replicate the attack of the Emperor Bow Master, and once again plucked the bowstring, shooting out a stream of light that resembled the Emperor Bow's arrow.

"No avoidance! No regrets—!"

Facing the incoming streak of light, General Tianji, one of the Seven Heavenly Generals of the Imperial Bow recognized by the Emperor's Bow Master, wielded his axe, unleashing a storm powerful enough to tear apart planets, and launched a counterattack against the streak of light.

The unwavering will and combat experience honed through countless battlefields now dominated the fighting instincts of this Flying Sky General. Without needing to think further, his fighting instincts seemed to be etched into every muscle fiber of his body. His bloodline, originating from the Bu Li people, also began to emerge, further stimulating the combat power of this fox-human general.

Her fighting style was extremely brutal and fierce, imbued with an unwavering determination and fighting spirit. Each swing of her axe shattered the fox-woman archer's streaks of light.

"The former General Yaoqing, Yueyu?"

Gazing at the fox-woman archer, even Emiya could guess her identity. He raised an eyebrow slightly and couldn't help but stroke his chin, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu about her current appearance.

then,

His gaze then turned to the area not far away where the fox-woman archer had appeared...

"It feels a bit like a recording tape..."

"It's very much like a Servant summoning..."

"This General Yueyu might be a projection of the past."

but,

This is the Prison of Darkness.

It's not the Azure Immortal Boat.

Could the recording tape really detach from the planet itself?

Or……

Was a recording tape anchored in a special way?

"Singularity? Lostbelt? It feels a bit like something I've seen before..."

"But what are the conditions for 'summoning' this space?"

"...No, brother, we have to try."

"Let's find a relic from the Celestial Ship to test it out..."

Watching the former Yaoqing General Yueyu fiercely clashing with Feixiao, Mr. Emiya narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of a very suitable target as a summoning unit.

then,

He drew back the Aurora Curtain, returned to the Luofu Immortal Ship, and went directly to Jing Yuan, intending to ask him for a sacred relic that could summon a skilled opponent to compete against that Moon Guardian General.

"General Teng Xiao's belongings? Preferably weapons, please?"

"...There just happens to be one in the Shence Palace. What do you want to use it for, my brother?"

"Summoning General Tengxiao?! Someone summoned General Yueyu in the Prison of Imprisonment?!"

Fuck!

How come you can still encounter such a novel idea under these circumstances?

Chapter 144: Without a God Lord, how can I, a God Lord Jinchūriki, play this game?

"Let me see how to do it."

Emiya-sensei's mind contains the entire legacy of the guardian, Shirou Emiya. The life of this most orthodox male protagonist in the Type-Moon universe is far more exciting than that of the other main characters.

Most non-magic-rank, non-modern magicians wouldn't know much about planetary recording tapes.

This theory, proposed by Insect Lord when he was still a champion of justice, forms the foundation of the concept of Servant summoning.

"There is no concept of time here."

Upon entering that void, Emiya grasped part of the essence of this strange space. The power of the Herrscher of Reason granted him exceptional insight and analytical abilities. The knowledge derived from the Heroic Spirit Emiya also made his understanding of the recording tapes very clear, after all, it was a legitimate workplace.

"An incomplete 'record tape' should be something that appears only under specific conditions."

"The 'hunting' should be one of the conditions for its manifestation, while the other conditions... are unclear, but we can try... summoning it using a proper 'Servant Summoning' ritual."

The ritual of "Holy Grail Summoning" was constructed from scratch. Since the "seat" already exists, even if there aren't many individuals on the seat, it's still worth trying.

The ritual required for the Holy Grail summoning actually only requires two things: one is the "seat," namely the "Valhalla" where the Heroic Spirits 043 reside; the other is the ritual of projecting the Servant, commonly known as a spirit summoning jutsu or a divine invocation jutsu. The projected spirit summoned in this way may not be bound by the summoner and could even backfire on the summoner.

Therefore, the official Holy Grail War also prepared a third element, which is... "Command Seals".

However, Emiya doesn't intend to waste time building a Command Seal system right now. The ritual for summoning Servants is already quite troublesome. If it weren't for the fact that Emiya Shirou's inherited knowledge contains a lot of information related to the Holy Grail War, he wouldn't be able to quickly build a temporary foundation for summoning Servants.

"Then let's get started."

After placing the relic obtained from Kagemoto into this space that seemed very similar to the concept of a "seat," Emiya began the summoning ritual with practiced ease.

"The summoning spell is nothing more than a self-introduction tool."

"Actually, there was no need to make it so fancy, it's just that Type-Moon needed to maintain a sense of mystery during the review."

"General Teng Xiao, if you can sense the call from here, then respond."

As Emiya finished speaking, a beam of golden light, as sharp as lightning, pierced directly into the relic placed at the center of the summoning ritual. After about several tens of seconds, an exceptionally burly and robust man picked up the greatsword that served as the relic, then stepped out of the summoning ritual's magic circle and came before Emiya.

"Young friend, was it you who summoned me?"

"Could it be General Teng Xiao?"

"Indeed, may I ask who you are, young man?"

“I am Jingyuan’s sworn brother.”

"Oh? Jingyuan's sworn brother? Then how come you're still alive and kicking..."

Upon hearing this, Emiya was taken aback at first, then couldn't help but laugh. The burly man also revealed a hearty smile.

"Let's get down to business. What is the purpose of deliberately summoning this old man who is already dead back?"