#560Chapter 532 Absorbing SaberAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 532: Absorbing Saber
Between heaven and earth, pure white light engulfed everything, and all sound completely vanished, only slowly recovering after a long time.
Hoo~
Hoo~
Wei Gong Shirou gasped, looking at the scene before him; half a corpse still stood in place.
Its upper body seemed to have been diagonally sliced through the waist by a giant sword.
Tao Pai Pai's handsome and sinister face had long since disappeared.
In the sky, the thunderclouds had completely dispersed, and above the ruins of Fuyuki City, a massive chasm tens of thousands of meters long had split the ground.
Because the city's foundation had already been shattered, the destruction caused by this sword far exceeded imagination.
But Wei Gong Shirou had no time to think more at this moment; he merely clutched his heart, then felt fresh air surge into his lungs, and the world seemed to turn colorful once more.
From the moment Tao Pai Pai unleashed his terrifying aura, directly stunning everyone and then initiating a brutal hunt, he felt as if his familiar world was about to be utterly destroyed by this monster.
This was not the Holy Grail War he had imagined.
Both Rin Tohsaka and Saber had told him that the Holy Grail War was merely a war among mages, a special struggle hidden behind the real world.
But Tao Pai Pai had turned the Holy Grail War into a brutal slaughterhouse.
Thinking of Rin Tohsaka and Matou Sakura being struck by lightning, he grew anxious again.
"Saber, let's quickly go check on Rin Tohsaka and…"
Wei Gong Shirou suddenly froze, his heart instantly plummeting to rock bottom, as if he had witnessed the most terrifying scene, even forgetting to breathe.
He looked at Saber, who stood motionless before him, utterly silent ever since that sword strike.
A sharp pain suddenly shot through his heart.
He was suddenly seized by intense panic; even though they hadn't been together long, Saber's integrity and strength had left a deep impression on him.
She had also saved him from danger multiple times.
Wei Gong Shirou almost dared not approach.
"Saber?"
"Hey, Saber, are you alright!"
Wei Gong Shirou tremblingly approached the young knight; the next moment, his eyes turned red, and tears blurred his vision.
The blonde female knight's hair had come undone, spilling over her shoulders; that dazzling golden hair, however, seemed to have lost its vital luster, appearing somewhat dim.
Her blue battle skirt was soaked with blood, and her silver armor was intact, but it seemed to have been shattered internally long ago.
"Sa…ber…"
The girl's emerald-like eyes trembled twice, her eyelids too heavy to lift, but she still managed to open her eyes.
Her eyeballs lacked the strength to move, and her head was too heavy to lift.
"Shirou…"
Her voice was faint, like the chirping of a cicada.
Wei Gong Shirou immediately crouched down beside Saber, only to hear her whisper.
"Run…"
Wei Gong Shirou was startled, not understanding what she meant, but the next moment.
Rip!
The sound of thunder tearing through the sky echoed again.
A frantic wind, accompanied by an icy aura, spread out from before him.
That terrifying aura, that chilling presence…
Wei Gong Shirou incredulously looked up, only to see disgusting flesh tendrils rapidly wriggling on the half-severed corpse, intertwining like maggots.
Soon, more and more flesh tendrils appeared, and the half-missing corpse became whole once again.
Muscles began to reshape, blood vessels regenerated, followed by the epidermis, as pale skin gradually emerged from the flesh.
"What in the world… is going on?!"
Wei Gong Shirou felt a sense of despair; Saber's powerful and resolute strike, a blow that had almost cost her life, hadn't killed this guy after all?!
The world suddenly darkened, as thunderclouds completely covered the sky above Fuyuki City.
Thump.
A perfectly normal footsteps, but in Wei Gong Shirou's ears, it rumbled like thunder.
The next moment, a pale hand grasped his head.
"Heh, the mighty king let you run, so why would a weakling like you stay here?"
"Is it because of your dream of being a hero of justice, or… foolishness?!"
The characteristic mocking tone sent a chill down Wei Gong Shirou's spine.
Tao Pai Pai… had indeed revived!
Bai Cangshu looked at the panel before him.
[Trait: Twelve Labors, resurrection count consumed (0/11). Please replenish in space or wait for magic power to naturally recover.]
Just one sword strike had cut off nine of his resurrection counts.
No, it should be said that this sword strike had completely severed all of his Twelve Labors' resurrection counts; the only reason he hadn't died was due to his own immortality…
In this world, his immortality was quite remarkable!
He could still revive even after being cut in half.
In fact, because he was currently an Assassin, even if his physical body were completely obliterated, he still wouldn't be considered truly dead.
Of course, at that point, whether he could revive would no longer be up to him.
Perhaps he would become something similar to God's Hand Roland in the Pirate World.
Wei Gong Shirou instinctively struggled, but the large hand on his head didn't budge at all. Bai Cangshu looked at the blonde knight, who still remained standing, with a look of admiration.
Bai Cangshu casually tossed Wei Gong Shirou aside, then began to gently clap his hands. [Ghost Disc: Shared Fate] was a skill capable of locking onto a target within sight and transmitting the exact damage received to that target, similar to a mutual destruction ability.
He had acquired it long ago but had never found a suitable opportunity to use it. In this world, by leveraging his powerful immortality against Saber, who had lost her [Avalon, The Everdistant Utopia], it meant that Saber's powerful sword strike not only killed Bai Cangshu but also killed herself.
He continued to applaud, for Saber, for Artoria; this King of Knights had indeed given him a huge surprise.
This level of power could no longer be explained by merely the Holy Sword of the Star being powerful enough, nor by Saber's high-level Mana Burst.
This abnormal power amplification, from the perspective of Bai Cangshu's Heart Vortex, had only one explanation.
Or rather, the so-called Sword of Promised Victory itself contained the 'heart' of this King of Knights and countless people who had died following her.
That sword strike descended like terrifying divine might.
Clap, clap, clap!
Bai Cangshu clapped his hands as he approached, then placed a hand on Artoria's head.
Dark power erupted accordingly.
[Possession of Yin Spirit]!
Bai Cangshu emitted a strong absorption force, that most powerful effect on spiritual beings, which instantly caused Saber, whose consciousness had fallen into chaos, to begin to dissipate.
Wei Gong Shirou tried to step forward again, but a black hand-blade thrust directly towards his neck.
Wei Gong Shirou instinctively dodged, but he found that no matter how he dodged, the hand-blade could not be shaken off.
"Stop, Assassin!"
Bai Cangshu's hand-blade stopped just before the boy's neck, its sharp force cutting a small wound on the boy's neck.
Ilya stopped Bai Cangshu.
At this moment, the King of Knights' Servant body finally disintegrated, transforming into a blue-white spiritual body that merged into Bai Cangshu's body.
At this moment, Bai Cangshu felt immense satisfaction.
Not only had he gained a bit more soul energy, but more importantly, he felt the exhilaration of achieving his goal.
[You have assimilated a new spiritual body: Heroic Spirit Artoria]
[Soul Energy +6, Current: ?]
[Special Property: small grail initiating…]
[Initiating…]
Before Ilya and Wei Gong Shirou could speak, Bai Cangshu suddenly felt a powerful force emerging within him.
The grandeur of that power far surpassed any individual Heroic Spirit.
Almost instantly, it tore through the already somewhat shattered boundary of Bai Cangshu's consciousness sea.
Pfft!
Bai Cangshu coughed up blood from his mouth and nose, but he felt no pain; his face was filled with fanaticism as he looked towards the ruins of Ryudoji Temple in the distance, or more precisely, towards the location of the Great Grail there.
It was faster than he had anticipated, perhaps because White Mask had already merged with Gilgamesh, so assimilating White Mask also assimilated Gilgamesh's existence, or perhaps the shattered leylines had somewhat affected the Great Grail's ritual.
But in any case, Bai Cangshu saw that the outcome of his complete victory in the Holy Grail War had already appeared…
He spread his arms, allowing the Heroic Spirit to begin perforating the outer wall of his consciousness sea.
"Here it comes, here it comes, I, as the small grail, am summoning the Great Grail… Ha~"
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