#557Chapter 529: One versus Many, Strong Enemy Tao Baibai (35K)AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 529: One Against Many, The Formidable Tao Pai Pai (3.5K+)
Saber, who was about to use her Noble Phantasm, saw the white-haired Archer thrown at her like a cannonball, forcing her to abandon her Noble Phantasm.
As she sidestepped to avoid him, she dragged her sword and charged towards Tao Pai Pai.
At this moment, everyone else finally realized that this was an asymmetrical battle.
Rip!
Suddenly, a terrifying crackle of thunder exploded, and the sky had unknowingly begun to gather dark clouds, with lightning surging within them.
Tao Pai Pai, even while being attacked by Saber and Archer, still had reserves of strength and used some new ability.
Ilya, standing behind, frowned slightly; she was constantly having a large amount of magical energy drained from her, and Assassin's extraordinary performance came with a massive consumption of magical energy.
If Bai Cangshu did not have Ilya as his Master, his Servant class would instead be a restraint for him.
The same was true for other Servants; the Servant class would limit a Servant's abilities.
The dark giant Berserker watched Ilya, who stood behind Tao Pai Pai, from afar, the red light in his eyes flickering continuously, like a malfunctioning robot.
As the strongest Servant in close combat here, he was the one truly capable of fighting Bai Cangshu up close.
But because of Ilya's presence, this dark giant was constantly suppressing his wild battle intent.
Thump thump thump...
Footsteps rapidly sounded; Sasaki Kojiro's steps were not swift, but his stride was light, his body tilted almost parallel to the ground, as if gliding along it, quickly treading the earth.
His drying pole suddenly swept horizontally.
The sword light instantly flared.
Bai Cangshu turned his head, his left index finger raised.
Clang!
The sword light vanished into his left hand; he then bent his fingers into a palm, took a step, and his left palm, enveloped in a terrifying wave of qi, struck directly from several hundred meters away.
[Cloud Dispersing Palm: Overturning Rivers and Seas]!
Boom!
The violent qi wave was like a wall, its force, along with the air compressed into a white wave, slammed into Sasaki Kojiro.
Sasaki Kojiro's eyes were sharp; he neither dodged nor retreated. The moment the qi wall reached him, he stomped heavily, and his overly long great katana came down from above.
A silver line cut through the qi wall.
Rumble!
Air currents and force wildly surged in all directions; Sasaki Kojiro's dark blue long hair was struck by a wisp of force, his hair tie came undone, and his hair scattered.
Yet, he revealed a satisfied smile. As he twisted his body, his drying pole changed its sword stance again. He was now a dozen meters in front of Bai Cangshu, and with a twist of his body, he unleashed a sword strike.
The intense sharpness, even before reaching Bai Cangshu, already stimulated dragon scales to appear on his skin.
This was a duel between a Sword Master and a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and at the same time, a duel between a true and a false Assassin.
Bai Cangshu also became interested. After unleashing one palm strike, he continuously clapped both palms.
[Cloud Dispersing Palm: Overturning Clouds and Covering Rain]!
Palm winds, like gigantic, blazing white palm prints, continuously struck Sasaki Kojiro from a distance.
Sasaki Kojiro's breathing hitched. Before he could react, a purple aurora had already lit up.
It was a figure of extreme speed, arriving with a roar from approximately four thousand meters away in an instant.
Its speed far surpassed any Servant present.
Bai Cangshu's Preemptive Strike and Mind Net were both active, and his body instantly became illusory, like a mirage.
Medusa, who had charged forward, had her eyes completely hidden beneath her blindfold. The stakes connected by silver chains in her hands pierced into the mirage.
She was now completely certain that this Assassin not only possessed strength comparable to Berserker but also speed and reflexes that rivaled her own, a Servant.
Bang!
Medusa's feet dug into the ground, and amidst the shattering stones, she instantly dissipated her inertia and charged in another direction.
Sasaki Kojiro's sword stance was also interrupted by Medusa's attack; the hand gripping the sword hilt released the stance of [Secret Sword: Swallow Reversal].
Hum!
But a figure appeared in front of him again. Sasaki Kojiro's expression changed, and he was about to raise his secret sword again, but a sky full of leg shadows had already appeared.
[Wind God Kick: Furious Storm]!
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
A dense flurry of impacts occurred. Sasaki Kojiro held his great katana horizontally, his body instantly sent flying. When he landed, he was lifeless.
Emiya watched the Servant, covered in injuries but with no discernible fatal wound, slowly disappear.
He frowned.
"Be careful, he might have some special ability!"
Saber once again stood in front of Bai Cangshu. Her Sword of Promised Victory continuously swung, but Tao Pai Pai vanished and reappeared like a phantom.
"It's an instant-death attack."
A female voice sounded, her purple long hair fluttering in the wind. Servant·Medusa, empowered by her Master's magical energy, displayed intense confidence.
Even under the effect of [Self-Sealing: Dark Temple], she keenly sensed several strong death presences during the sudden, violent kicking technique.
That swordsman Servant was directly erased by that death presence, without any resistance.
[You have assimilated a new soul, Servant·Sasaki Kojiro]
As she spoke, Medusa's purple blindfold had already vanished, and her entire body began to emit a faint purple glow. Bai Cangshu was very familiar with this appearance; it was the state of a Servant strengthened by Command Spells.
He raised his eyes and saw that several kilometers away, the girl named Matou Sakura had already risen, standing atop a highly raised piece of broken ground, her long dress fluttering in the wind, with a strange smile on her face.
"Ha~ So that's how it is. You've also achieved completion…"
Bai Cangshu instantly guessed how things had developed. A purple aurora flashed, and with a complete supply of magical energy, the strongest Servant here had changed.
Compared to Berserker, who was polluted by black mud and lacked rationality and continuous magical energy supply, and Saber, who was constantly in a state of low magical energy.
This Medusa, possessing divine essence, had become the strongest in reality.
Medusa's figure, like lightning, once again pierced through Tao Pai Pai's illusion with a kick. She stepped on the chain behind the stake she had shot, seemingly suspended in mid-air in front of Bai Cangshu.
Those terrifying [Petrifying Demonic Eyes: Cybele] from the age of myths instantly opened.
But Tao Pai Pai seemed to have foreseen it, and had already closed his eyes.
Hum!
Like instant movement, Medusa's highest-grade Petrifying Demonic Eyes easily captured Tao Pai Pai's dozens of instantaneous steps in the air. The next moment, he appeared from the wind.
A terrifying force, accompanied by the whistling of air, slammed a dark fist towards her head.
Medusa instantly lowered her body, her body flexible as if she were lying on the ground. Amidst the sound of air exploding above her head, Medusa took a step and appeared behind Tao Pai Pai.
The Nameless Short Sword in her hand suddenly stabbed backwards towards his temple.
Clang!
A fair finger appeared beside her head at just that moment, steadily catching the sword.
Whoosh!
Medusa, like a purple streak, retreated several hundred meters after failing her attack.
She now confirmed that this Tao Pai Pai was indeed troublesome, possessing remarkably skillful blind-fighting techniques to evade her Demonic Eyes in this manner.
"I am the bone of my sword."
"Steel is my body, and fire is my blood."
...
The chanting appeared in Bai Cangshu's ears. Bai Cangshu turned his head and indeed saw Emiya with one hand open towards him.
And in the distance, Kuzuki Souichirou's arms hung behind him, his figure like an arrow charging towards Ilya, while Medea floated above Kuzuki Souichirou, holding a strangely shaped short knife in her hand.
Further away, a black-haired man was crouched in the shadow of a raised landmass. In his scope, the crosshairs were once again aimed at that formidable Tao Pai Pai.
Bai Cangshu felt that everyone had finally seriously begun this war, and he was overjoyed.
No Conspiracy, no human sentiment, a complete head-on battle—this was the Holy Grail War he desired.
Bai Cangshu ignored Emiya, who was deploying his Unlimited Blade Works, and raised his right index finger.
In an instant, the rolling thunderclouds in the sky seemed to approach the ground in a flash, and that terrifying oppressive feeling made people uncomfortable.
[Thunder Arrow of Fate]!
Perhaps it was because Bai Cangshu had just become a true "Savior" in this world, saving it and gaining the trust of Gaia and Alaya.
This Thunder Arrow of Fate was incredibly terrifying.
The lightning in the sky moved like a giant dragon in the clouds, then, following Bai Cangshu's finger, it suddenly descended from the sky.
Rip!
The sky first darkened, then instantly became extremely bright, light consuming everything.
Only a scream was heard. Medusa's expression changed, and she looked back, indeed seeing that the high-rising rock where Matou Sakura stood had turned into wisps of smoke.
Neither the nearly ten-thousand-meter giant rock layer, nor Matou Sakura, nor Rin Tohsaka, whom Archer had deliberately brought over, were nowhere to be seen.
"You… you bastard…"
Emiya Shirou's eyes were blank, then his face instantly contorted. He crawled up from the ground and quickly rushed towards Bai Cangshu.
Faster than him was Medusa. A purple aurora instantly shot past Bai Cangshu's side, and her short sword was already at Bai Cangshu's neck.
This time, she was certain that the opponent had not closed his eyes. Terrifying magical energy passed through her Petrifying Demonic Eyes, instantly affecting his body.
Hum!
Bai Cangshu's entire body trembled. In his limbs, cell activity instantly vanished; not just activity, but even life force was being lost.
The smile on his lips grew more greedy. His white long hair danced behind him. He closed his eyes, attempting to understand the nature of that Demonic Eye.
But by the time he opened his eyes, the world had vanished, leaving only Emiya's final chant.
"So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works."
Giant gears rolled in the sky. Flames were everywhere, and various weapons were stuck in the ground.
"Unlimited Blade Works, huh…"
Bai Cangshu looked up as several streams of light exploded. He advanced instead of retreating, rapidly approaching Emiya.
[Fantasy Collapse]!
Rumble!
The terrifying power of directly launching and detonating a copied Noble Phantasm as a one-time consumable completely exploded the air in front of Bai Cangshu, and that impact force interrupted Bai Cangshu's forward momentum.
As the smoke cleared, a figure rapidly charged forward. In his hands, a black sword dragon slayer was firmly gripped. Dragging the sword with both hands, he unleashed a fierce slash while charging.
At this instant, behind Emiya, a muscular, burly man's figure seemed to appear.
This is… Guts's technique?!
Emiya saw himself clashing with black sword dragon slayer and Heracles. Now, he had copied this sword and possessed the martial arts techniques and physical strength of the sword's original owner…
"Ha… I didn't expect a Savior to be able to perform such a technique…"
Emiya was too lazy to waste words with Tao Pai Pai. He had already made up his mind and now felt his physical strength greatly enhanced.
Although he hadn't expected the owner of this sword not to be Tao Pai Pai, this original owner was also powerful!
He unleashed a sword strike, and a black shockwave emanated from the blade, instantly tearing through the air.
A massive sword light instantly spanned nearly a thousand meters, completely cutting through the ground.
This was swordsmanship from the One Piece World. Bai Cangshu thus confirmed that Guts had indeed undergone some enhancements after becoming a Reincarnator.
Bai Cangshu's hand suddenly flashed with light, and a black sword dragon slayer appeared, which was the genuine black sword dragon slayer.
He gripped this sword and violently smashed it towards Emiya.
There was no swordsmanship to speak of, but the force was terrifyingly immense.
Clang!
The two swords collided, and a blazing white shockwave exploded from the impact. Bai Cangshu noticed that Emiya now possessed strength no less than his own.
Emiya also realized this and once again used Projection Magic to copy a Noble Phantasm, directly throwing it at Tao Pai Pai at close range.
Boom!
Flames exploded, but a man completely enveloped in black Haki directly smashed through the smoke, appearing brutally in front of Emiya.
Emiya gripped his sword again, about to strike, but met the opponent's gaze first.
In those pair of purple eyes, a terrifying power seemed to instantly flow into his body.
"This is…"
Emiya instantly felt his body stiffen, his limbs beginning to petrify. The next moment, a black greatsword swept horizontally with a roar.
Puff!
[You have defeated Servant·Emiya Shirou. Main Quest: Flower of Evil, progress updated.]
[You have assimilated a new Servant.]
[You have been affected by the special nature of the small grail. You have gained the ability to perceive the Great Holy Grail.]
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