Chapter 35: God-Slaying Spear!
Looking at the tens of thousands of Noble Phantasms raining down on him in a chaotic flurry, Zeus gave a manic, arrogant laugh and slightly raised his arms.
The gale howled, and his white hair fluttered as golden lightning flashed and spread frantically behind him. Then, tens of thousands of lightning spears—countering the incoming weapons—shot forth!
Boom, boom, boom—!!!
One explosion after another echoed through the cloud layers. With these blasts, the entire sky was instantly cleared of all obstruction.
Zeus handled the falling treasures with ease, yet he failed to notice that above the golden and blue light obscuring his field of vision, a certain figure was already standing there.
With the azure horizon as his backdrop, Shirou's silhouette hovered in place, overlooking the grand spectacle of his tens of thousands of treasures clashing incessantly with Zeus's golden lightning spears.
Next, light flickered in Shirou's hand, and the "Indestructible Blade" appeared in his grasp.
Simultaneously, a solar disc appeared on either side of Shirou's body, and his golden armor shimmered brilliantly under the reflected light.
"Let's see just how powerful you are."
Shirou weighed the "Indestructible Blade" in his hand. Then, accompanied by the sacrifice of the "Golden Armor," the form of the "Indestructible Blade" began to shift, transforming into a God-Slaying Spear imbued with the power to slay divinities.
"Zeus, watch closely.
Extinction... lies in this one thrust.
Burn to nothingness—'O Sun, Abide to Death- Vasavi Shakti'!"
As Shirou raised the God-Slaying Spear high above his head, raging crimson flames ignited and enveloped the shaft. The fire lit up the heavens, a sight that dazzled the soul!
At this moment, he seemed to become one with the spear. Amidst the surging red lotus flames, he shot toward Zeus below with an unstoppable momentum!
Everything in the surroundings lost its luster at that instant. Heaven and earth seemed to turn into a blank sheet of white paper, leaving only this God-Slaying Spear, streaking across like a falling star, as the sole source of color.
Within Zeus's pale golden eyes, a red lotus was reflected. Before he could even discern the true form of the incoming attack, his body was struck by the God-Slaying Spear.
BOOM—!!!
In that instant, the space above this sea area was sliced apart by that colossal power. A pitch-black, dim void swallowed the light; looking out, it appeared as if a black sun were rising.
Shirou narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene, then beckoned with his right hand, palm open. A second later, a golden glint from the spear shot out from the void with a sharp whoosh, and the "Indestructible Blade" returned to Shirou's hand.
Shirou stored the "Indestructible Blade" back into his Reality Marble. The "Golden Armor" had been sacrificed; to use the God-Slaying Spear again, he would need to forge another set.
Shirou turned his gaze back downward. Following his strike, a hollow had been evaporated into that part of the sea, and now vast waves were surging and billowing to refill the void. As for the "God-King" Zeus's current condition, it could not be confirmed until he reappeared.
"However, that strike definitely hit him. Even if it didn't kill him, it should have inflicted a heavy wound..."
Thinking thus, Shirou focused his gaze intensely on the sea. Suddenly, a vast area of seawater began to vibrate, with giant waves rolling and churning as if the ocean were boiling.
Then, the surface formed a massive whirlpool, and Zeus, his white hair billowing and wreathed in a deluge of golden lightning, charged out. Golden light from his body pierced the heavens, illuminating the world for tens of thousands of miles. He was as radiant as if cast from solid gold, his brilliance cutting through the sun and moon, majestic and powerful.
"He's still not dead!?"
The moment he appeared, Shirou could already see the gaping hole through the God-King's chest—clearly pierced by the God-Slaying Spear he had projected.
However, even after suffering such a grievous wound, his vitality had not completely ebbed away. The golden divine blood that flowed out turned into lightning the moment it appeared, falling under his command.
"My will... stands above fate!"
Letting out a roar, Zeus's face twisted into a snarl. Golden divine power surged through him, and the "Master Bolt" was unleashed to its absolute, searing limit.
Seeing this, Shirou gripped "Twilight" without a moment's hesitation. The pitch-black blade began to crack, and brilliant golden light poured forth from within.
"If once wasn't enough, then again!"
As Shirou swung the blade down, a surging pillar of energy erupted!
Faced with this strike, Zeus dared not be careless. He completely unleashed the power of his lightning and thunder. Bolts drifted through the sky, converging from all directions, slicing the
entire heavens into fragments. Dazzling lightning raced through the air followed by thundering roars that made the very heavens and earth vibrate.
As the lightning gathered, the bolt in Zeus's hand grew ever brighter. Upon reaching its peak, he violently hurled the "Master Bolt."
Rumble!
In that instant, a bolt from the blue rang out. The world turned dark, as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was rending; it felt as though the world itself would shatter.
The torrent of light collided with the concentrated, massive lightning. As their ultimate powers met, a terrifying pressure erupted. The entire world seemed to lose all sound at that moment. Then, the very frame of the continent was shaken. Seawater surged frantically, rolling into towering waves as if trying to flee from the impact.
Shirou hadn't expected that even fighting in the sky would cause such a massive disturbance. These towering waves might eventually submerge coastal cities. That said, he could no longer stop. If he ceased now and gave Zeus time to heal his wounds, the subsequent battle would only cause the disaster to expand further.
With this thought, while clashing with Zeus, Shirou projected even more Noble Phantasms and sent them flying toward him. Zeus's expression changed at the sight. Though he did not fear weapons below the rank of divine artifacts, he was currently unable to spare any effort to block them. Allowing them to hit would only worsen his injuries.
Seeing this, Zeus grit his teeth and swallowed his arrogance toward mortals, shouting loudly:
"Brothers who divide the power with me, I call upon you in the name of the 'King of the Gods'!"
Following Zeus's words, a massive whirlpool began to appear in the sea below. In the center of the expanding vortex, a man holding a trident appeared. He wore armor the color of seawater and held a golden trident that constantly released surging, vast sea-blue divine power.
As this god appeared, global torrential rains began to fall, followed by sweeping gales. The earth trembled, and despairing natural disasters continued to manifest.
The moment he saw that man appear, Shirou's pupils shrank.
"Sea Emperor Poseidon!"
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