Infinite Reincarnation: I am the Monster.

Chapter 538 The Vortex of Origin!

stomping on...

Amidst hurried footsteps, the black-haired man plunged into the black mud. He seemed to sink into the mire instantly, and all sorts of past illusions came rushing back to him.

But at this moment, Kiritsugu Emiya's empty eyes seemed to have a firm goal.

His body had already been altered by that mysterious woman, and the black mud that had previously eroded him had, in turn, become part of his body during the transformation.

This granted him a degree of immortality, allowing him to revive from a long slumber of death, and also gave him some resistance to the black mud's contamination.

With a low shout, Kiritsugu Emiya reached into the black mud and grabbed a withered, fleshy body.

He pushed off with his feet, twisted his body, and was about to throw the other person out of the black mud.

Crunch!

Kiritsugu Emiya used too much force, and the withered flesh in his hand made a strange sound as if it were being torn apart.

This startled him, but the next moment, a golden luster suddenly emerged from the black mud.

boom!
Kiritsugu Emiya's hand trembled, and he subconsciously loosened his grip. Immediately afterward, the black mud in front of him rapidly flowed and contracted.

His vision cleared instantly, and Kiritsugu Emiya felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows and a heavy feeling in his heart.

A pitch-black, withered corpse stood upright before him.

The man, who was originally tall and strong, had now shrunk to just over 1.7 meters tall.

His entire body seemed to be cast from black mud, with a faint crimson light flowing around it, but in the empty eye sockets of his eyes, there was still a trace of golden luster.

Emiya Kiritsugu subconsciously focused his gaze. He was extremely close to Tao Pai Pai, and could even feel the warmth contained within that golden light.

She exudes a completely different feeling from Tao Pai Pai and most people in this world.

Pure, idealistic, and the radiance of humanity.

Just by touching that light, Kiritsugu Emiya seemed to be able to recall the incredibly pure ideals of his youth.

"Why would someone like Tao Pai Pai..."

Kiritsugu Emiya instinctively moved closer, even bringing his face close to the other's desiccated eye sockets, trying to catch the golden light through those dark holes.

Puff, puff, puff...

It sounded like churning black mud, or like blocked blood beginning to flow, with countless worm-like flesh and blood coming back to life.

puff!
Two full eyeballs suddenly appeared from their sockets, their malice undisguised, their pure black pupils resembling condensed black mud.

"Tsk, unlucky comrade of justice, what do you want to do to me?"

His signature mocking tone, and the sticky killing intent that seemed to cling to his skin, made Kiritsugu Emiya immediately retreat.

This guy actually survived!

Before Kiritsugu Emiya could even begin to speak, Hakusou Shu shifted his attention away from him.

This guy is no longer a threat to him at all.

All the evil in this world

[Type: Special Creation, Material, Crafting Material]

[Quality: A Rare Treasure in the World]

[Description: The negative energy that was accidentally born in the Type-Moon world due to the Third Law contains the malice of the entire world.]

【Effect 1: Consumes 35000 A-grade Singularity Points * 1 Dimensional Point. Can be cast onto any spirit, causing a strong malicious erosion of that spirit. Spirits that resist the erosion can be materialized and given a physical body, while spirits that fail to resist will be corrupted and the user will gain control of them.】

【Effect 2: Can be used as material for forging (Note: Forging as material will have unpredictable consequences for the user, and this item will disappear after use)】

[Effect 3: This item can be consumed as a material for special abilities such as Felixir, Wishing Water, and Wish-Making Spells, but the items and abilities created will be distorted and maliciously directed towards the desired wish.]

[Effect 4: This item can be used as bloodline material to enhance one's bloodline. Each use will consume a small amount of this item, and the user will suffer corruption while gaining additional bloodline traits.]

Bai Cangshu's lips curled up, his smile evident.

These "black muds" can probably be considered a kind of all-purpose material.

It can be used to "receive flesh" into a spirit body, and it can also be melted into the bloodline like the [Heavenly Tyrant Blood] to gain enhancement.

At the same time, it also has special functions such as [making a wish]. Although the wishes will be distorted into malice, for the reincarnators, malice is often not a big problem.

Most importantly, if you want, this thing can also be used as a material for red-quality casting.

Bai Cangshu vaguely remembered that Bai Mian had mentioned something about "the stairway between spirit and flesh." Just from the name, it seemed to be the same type of thing as the "stairway to God" that the knight girl had mentioned.

This black mud, which possesses effects somewhat similar to the Third Law: Heaven's Cup, is likely related to the Ladder of Spirit and Flesh.

Now that he possesses both the [all evil of this world] and the spirit of the white-faced man, he has ample time to ponder those things. At this moment, however, something else is perhaps more important.

Bai Cangshu looked up at the blood moon in the sky, which seemed to be something other than this world, hanging high in the sky.

It was completely dark all around.

It should still be daytime right now.

But all the light has been taken away.

Bai Cangshu's flesh and blood became inflated as if being filled with air. Soon, as the erosion and suppression effects of [All Evil in This World] decreased, his regeneration speed also increased.

It was almost fully recovered in a short time.

As the black mud was completely absorbed, Illya and Shirou Emiya walked towards this side.

But the next moment, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately shouted.

"do not come!"

He sensed an extremely terrifying aura beginning to emerge, and the world seemed to blur in his eyes.

Illya instinctively stopped and grabbed Shirou Emiya in front of her. Her feelings for Kiritsugu Emiya were complicated; she harbored resentment, yet also a faint hope that she herself was unwilling to admit.

And this "younger brother" who had just stood in front of her with a sword felt strangely close to her.

Therefore, Illya, who didn't care about her own life or death, took the initiative to stop with Shirou Emiya.

The next moment, Illya saw her powerful Servant Assassin, Tao Pai Pai, turn around and give her a strange smile.

The other person was tall, with a wide grin that could be described as radiant or cruel, but the smile was undeniably striking.

She didn't understand what the other person was trying to express, and perhaps the other person didn't understand either.

After all, Illya had seen Tao Pai Pai's heart, which was even emptier than her own, a complete void.

The other party is a wild beast with no origin and no home, seemingly living only to pursue power.

But what value does power have if it has no purpose?

Ilya didn't understand.

But Tao Pai Pai had already raised his hands, and an unprecedentedly strong magical absorption force erupted.

Ilya's face paled. At this moment, she probably understood that Tao Pai Pai's smile was like a cruel joke.

"Noble Phantasm Unleashed, Heart Vortex!"

At this moment, Ilya lay prostrate on the ground, her magic circuits shining brightly, and the magic power in the ley lines was rapidly drawn into her and then absorbed by Tao Pai Pai.

She saw that behind Tao Pai Pai, enormous, semi-transparent tentacles, like tails shooting into the sky, suddenly plunged into the blood moon.

It was intertwined with the invisible vortex that spread outward from there.

That is... the power emanating from the Vortex of Origin...

Tao Pai Pai wants to enter the Root?
But he's clearly a Heroic Spirit, so he should eventually return to the Throne of Heroes outside the world...

Kiritsugu Emiya pondered the matter, but he was unable to explain, and could only touch his brow with one finger.

Bai Cangshu looked at Ilya, his eyes seemingly asking her a question.

[Should I kill this person, Master?]

Bai Cangshu had already sensed the immense tearing force emanating from the sky, compared to the remaining side quests and other rewards in this world.

He was more interested in the origins beyond the soon-to-disappear spacetime void.

Although he knew that Matou Sakura must have undergone some kind of change due to the Instrumentality Project, and that Matou Zouken had most likely been killed or absorbed by her.

Staying will surely allow you to unravel this part of the mystery and obtain certain rewards. In addition, you can also obtain the magic knowledge of the Matou and Tohsaka families, and even the legendary blueprint for the [Jewel Sword].

However... even other top-tier reincarnators might not have the opportunity to enter the [Vortex of Origin].

Ilya understood what her Servant meant, and in the end, she shook her head.

The next moment, crimson magical light fell from the blood moon, completely enveloping Tao Pai Pai.

boom!
The ground shattered, and the Vortex of the Heart and the Vortex of the Root intertwined, the immense tearing force directly sucking Bai Cangshu in.

In an instant, Bai Cangshu felt his body being torn apart, his constitution of over 50 points offering no resistance.

Consciousness was suddenly struck by a torrent and was completely lost in an instant.

You have come into contact with... the Vortex of Origin.

(End of this chapter)