The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 314: Connect! Transform! Send!
The Death Battle Arena, a special barrier space that appeared in the subspecies singularity of the same name, simply creates a deathmatch environment where the loser's soul is absorbed and sacrificed. It's similar to the Dark Duel in Yu-Gi-Oh!

However, with the previous experience as a lesson, Emiya couldn't guarantee whether this barrier was the same as he knew.

So even though Hozoin Inshun on the opposite side let out a war cry that could reach the heavens and earth, Emiya remained calm. He first looked at the strange red blood moon in the sky... There was nothing too abnormal, at most it made people feel uncomfortable, but it was not the Infinite Tsukuyomi that could drag people into an endless illusion.

The biggest anomaly, besides that, was the skeletons they were stepping on. These white skeletons were piled up one on top of another, forming the battlefield of the final battle, a stage of mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

Emiya bent down and picked up a skull. The surface of the skull was covered with a thin layer of ash. After blowing it away, the white bone and the uneven shell were revealed.

For no reason, he thought of Herzog's previous statement that "servants who lost control would kill anyone they saw." Could it be that the piles of bones under their feet were actually the city residents who disappeared in the sea of ​​fire?
"Come on, come on, fight to the death!" Baozangyuan Yinshun shouted angrily, and after gathering strength, he rushed up directly!
Abbas, among the onlookers, was almost stunned by the roar filled with bloodlust and brutality. This was completely different from the typical half-blood who had fallen into the deadpool...

That materialized aura transformed into an invisible aura and spread out, making people feel physically uncomfortable and uneasy, just like the legendary "demon spirit". Even the red moon in the sky seemed to be a little redder.

But what surprised him even more than this was that Hozoin Inshun rushed straight towards Emiya, while the latter remained indifferent, or even completely defenseless.

"Captain Emiya! Be careful!" Abbas couldn't help but remind him. Although he didn't know Captain Emiya very well and had never heard of the reputation of the God Slayer since entering Chaldea, it is absolutely not advisable to underestimate the enemy and be careless!
After saying this, Abbas looked at BB and Mashu again, only to see that Mashu, who had originally raised her shield nervously, actually breathed a sigh of relief:

"Hozoin Inshun... turns out to be the warrior monk who popularized Hozoin-ryu's spearmanship! It's said that he created the 'Uri Jushiki' (style of attacking the sky), praised as 'capable of reaching the realm of gods and Buddhas,' and even battled the renowned swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi!... It's a good thing he approached Emiya-senpai!"

Mashu is worthy of being the Chaldean human encyclopedia, and she has a good grasp of all kinds of historical knowledge, but the last sentence alone left Abbas confused.

What did he mean by "Luckily he found Emiya!"? Abbas was a little confused. They were all teammates, weren't they supposed to support each other? How could they be so lucky and lament that they weren't the ones who suffered the consequences? Fortunately, while he was puzzled, the clear battle situation had already provided a perfect explanation.

Ping!
The sharp blade of the Jumonji sickle spear pierced the air and passed by a high-speed afterimage, but was blocked by the small knife that Emiya projected casually, making a crisp metallic sound.

"Such a crazy warrior! Really crazy!" Baozangyuan Yinshun's expression was still crazy.

"You dare to resist the essence of the Hozoin-ryu with such a short blade?! You are just a mere human, how ridiculous! You are truly overestimating your own abilities!"

The ten-character sickle spear changed instantly, and multiple moves were manipulated effortlessly by Hozoin Inshun, including slashing, slashing, clubbing, and three-stage thrusts...

The combination of the eleven Li-style moves is like a delicately interlocked machine, or like a torrential downpour of force that will penetrate any obstacle that stands in its way!

This attack, with the help of the blackened "Heroic Swordsman", became extremely powerful, several times more violent than a normal Servant. Every afterimage of the Tenmon Gun pierced the atmosphere and emitted a shrill scream. Even the invisible aftermath would gouge out deep scars ranging from tens to hundreds of meters long when it swept across the ground.

Therefore, in just a second or two, there was no intact place left on the entire ground covered with bones - the hills collapsed, and the ground cracked like a dense spider web. Mashu, who was not far away, raised her shield and resisted with all her strength, which gave her teammates enough time to watch the battle.

However, what shocked Abbas was that Emiya's hand speed was even more amazing. The knife in his hand flipped continuously along with his arm, and the short and hard blade flew out countless afterimages, intercepting all the cross-word spear moves that almost surrounded him!
Abbas's gaze continued to move downwards, and he even saw that the land several meters around Emiya's feet was not damaged at all, completely blocking the deadly wind pressure impact accompanied by the gun shadow!
After five years of self-training, Emiya's mind has already reached perfection. His current operation is more like reducing the output intensity and using smaller-scale power to verify the strength of his mind, just like trying to use a delicate and tiny lighter to trigger a sea of ​​fire that can only be created by the roar of a dragon, a master-level operation.

The mind's eye is the battle insight that calmly assesses one's own situation and the enemy's capabilities, thereby finding the correct solution. Maximizing this insight allows one to grasp the infinite details of battle, truly achieving the goal of "knowing thy enemy and knowing thyself, and thus securing victory in a hundred battles."

And if this precise insight is supplemented with sophisticated power and skills, it can produce even more wonderful results.

As far as the specific process is concerned, it is nothing more than sensing the opponent's strength and direction through the mind, and then forming a thorough defense and equal counterattack. After offsetting layer by layer, one can naturally keep one's own posture perfect at all times and dissolve the enemy's offensive into nothingness.

To use the words of a certain master, it is: receive! transform! develop!
In short, under this operation, Hozoin Inshun's repeated deadly gunshots seemed to have deliberately crashed into a bottomless abyss, yet they couldn't even cause a ripple, leaving him utterly helpless.

Now, who is overestimating his own abilities?

"...It's astonishing! Even with the incredible strength and fortitude I've acquired, I'm still unable to break through your 'momentum'!"

At this moment, a flicker of solemnity finally crossed Hozoin Inshun's mind, his bloodlust swirling around him. After all, while the "Heroic Swordsman" state did make a normal Servant evil and bloodthirsty, it was merely a change in their thinking and behavior, not the kind of mindlessness that would occur in a high-level frenzy.

Therefore, Baozangyuan Yinshun's offensive suddenly stopped, and he was secretly shocked. This enemy was not simple! He actually used a knife to block his Baozangyuan style spear technique!

His ancient martial arts skills are actually no less profound than his!
"You just feel it now? It seems you are happy too early!" Emiya's demeanor suddenly changed.

The last move of the transformation, the “transformation” hasn’t even started yet!

"Ok?"

The vigilant Hozoin Inshun raised the tip of his spear again and charged forward, because he saw that Emiya suddenly gave up the knife and melted it again in the orange flame to deform it. Then the blade stretched, forked, and even extended into a long stick shape - that was the Jumonji Spear!
Emiya created a Juumonji gun on the spot!
Then, like Hozoin Inshun, he raised his spear and fought back!

...No way? Could he be trying to—?
Baozangyuan Yinshun had a premonition or guess in an instant, but this guess was too horrifying, making him a little skeptical!

Ping ping ping!
The sound of gun blades clashing became even more violent, echoing in the open space, seemingly no different from before.

However, Hozoin Inshun was already inwardly exclaiming in disbelief. His opponent's spear technique was sharp and unpredictable. In just a few moves, his spear technique went from unfamiliar to proficient. Then, he unleashed a series of overlapping spear shadows, tearing through the air and creating a storm even more powerful than Hozoin Inshun's offensive!

Yin Shun of Baozangyuan was almost blown up into the sky along with the ground under him by the sharp storm. The wasteland of bones was greeted by sharp blade wind pressures that swept across thousands of meters. The earth wailed, blood-red dust and bone fragments filled the sky, and the strange and changeable gun shadows continued, as if they were determined to gouge out a vast basin in the strange bone-white earth!
After only dozens of moves, Baozangyuan Yinshun could no longer hold on, and even the barrier of the "Mountain of Corpses and River of Blood Death Battle Stage" could not be maintained, and the world returned to its original state.

Hozoin Inshun himself flew out of the courtyard of Yaki Shrine, like a rag blown away by the storm created by the spear tip, and crashed into the pit. His body was almost torn apart, and the hand holding the spear handle was shaking violently. But more seriously injured than these, it was his inner heart that was injured -

Emiya just used the same spear technique as him, the authentic and even exquisite Hozoin-ryu spear technique, and then suppressed him in turn!
"Sure enough!"

Emiya realized that the Mind's Eye did have advanced uses.

Of course, this isn't simply the True Mind's Eye (True), but rather the False Mind's Eye (False) brought on by the divine power of Susanoo. This skill, in other words, relies on a sixth sense to instinctively perceive information and make the optimal decision. Only with dual Mind's Eyes can one be so powerful as to fully understand the opponent's moves and replicate them.

"...Mmmmm, this enemy is far more powerful than I expected! However—without a martial art capable of severing past karma, even the most powerful physical trauma or mystical technique cannot destroy the power of this undead corpse!"

Baozangyuan Yinshun in the pit quickly climbed out, and all the injuries on his body seemed to have recovered as if time had gone back, and he became intact.

"This is too fast! He recovered in the blink of an eye!"

Mashu exclaimed softly, and Abbas also looked heavy-faced. BB had tortured Herzog into revealing that the blackened servants could not be killed. They found it unbelievable at first, but after actually witnessing it, they found it increasingly difficult to deal with.

Although Emiya is powerful, his opponent can be reborn infinitely and exhaust the people of Chaldea!
"...Is he really immortal?" Emiya himself was a little skeptical, mainly because the White King Herzog was too fake. Although he had revealed the information, it still needed to be verified.

So after the trial was completed and the use of the mind's eye was successfully experimented, the Juumonji Spear in Emiya's hand changed again in an instant, turning into a divine sword with dazzling golden light.

This time, there was no holding back or restraint. He raised his divine sword high, and the abyssal divine power transformed into a golden light with the power to split mountains and rivers. He swung it at Baozangyuan Yinshun, who had just climbed out of the pit.

A tiny but terrifying golden light flew away.

Abbas, the only member of the Chaldea team who had never witnessed the power of the God Slayer, finally understood what a mobile natural disaster was.

The mountain land that had been pitted was like a small sun dropped into it, and the brilliant explosion crushed the blood-red soil into nothingness.

The high-energy, indiscriminate bombardment destroyed everything. Like a divine hand radiant as the golden sun, it instantly shattered the rolling mountainous terrain stretching over a thousand meters, expanding tenfold and a hundredfold to the surrounding area. Even the underground river of the Red Devil River was instantly vaporized by the explosion, gushing out a massive amount of water vapor.

So, after this brief explosion of light, all that was left was a desolate giant basin emitting hot air and smoke.

"..." Abbas was speechless. Could a single person's strength reach this level? No wonder Mashu and the others acted so calmly. Even he was about to be assimilated...

He took a moment to glance back, only to see Mashu pull out two packets of instant coffee from the inside of her shield. She took the tea set BB handed her and began to brew it, muttering, "Senior, do you prefer a less bitter and milky flavor?" BB, on the other hand, jokingly said, "Don't forget to add more ice cubes..."

Something seems off about this painting. Are you so sure the battle is about to end that you're taking it easy? And Mashu, why are you stuffing weird things on the inside of your shield?
— Emiya glanced at the abyss, but soon sensed a figure rapidly climbing upwards, soaring up the cliff face. It was none other than Hozoin Inshun, who had fully recovered…

Baozangyuan Yinshun's eyes were red, and he seemed to be even more murderous. He showed no sign of retreating. Perhaps he was relying on his immortality and was full of courage. "Useless, useless! If I don't cut off the blade of karma, I can't break this corpse!"

In reality, Hozoin Inshun was getting a bit impatient as the fight wore on. He couldn't win with his melee techniques, and his ranged bombardment was even more of a hindrance. With his superb divine weapons already unleashed, how could a "commoner Servant" like him even have the chance to fight back? Wouldn't he just be a living, breathing punching bag?

The "Heroic Swordsman" blackening buff was supposed to make the Heroic Spirit fearless of death and fall into a battle frenzy, but Emiya actually beat Hozoin Inshun so hard that he had no choice but to get out of his "hot-headed" state.

He had no choice but to deliberately publicize his immortality to boost his morale, but in fact it was to cover up his inner restlessness.

Besides…what if this human being actually consumes a lot of energy and cannot use the power of the artifact level for a long time?
Emiya had no idea what the other person was thinking. No matter how he looked at it, he looked calm, his heart rate was steady, and his breathing was long. There was no sign of over-exertion at all.

He simply observed Hozoin Inshun's recovery process through his attacks. Seeing countless tiny embers flying from the void, they continuously patched up the cracks on the Servant's body, restoring him to his original state, Emiya was a little amazed.

Even if his entire body was blown into nothingness, he could still be resurrected out of thin air? It really doesn't make sense!

He even immediately thought of an advanced use for this immortality—it allowed the Heroic Spirit to use certain powerful moves that damaged or even destroyed their Spiritual Base without restriction! If they were truly out of options, they could also achieve super-powerful damage by burning their Spiritual Base or self-destructing it!
This incident is also recorded in the Impure World Reincarnation Technique in "Naruto".

However, what does the "cutting off past karma" that the other party keeps mentioning mean?
Emiya was thinking about the plot of the subspecies singularity Shimotsuna Province, but he seemed to have lost his memory.

Fortunately, BB brought a cup of coffee at this time——

"? What are you doing?" Emiya subconsciously reached out to take the coffee cup, and was suddenly startled when he put the cup to his lips.

He is in the middle of a tense and exciting battle right now, can he be serious?
"Hey, Senior, you've already tested everything you need to test. Now all we have to do is solve the problem of immortality, right?"

BB smiled as he glanced at Emiya who was becoming more and more relaxed, and at Hozoin Inshun who was climbing up with difficulty in the distance.

Senior, do you call this "thrilling"?

“…Yeah, that’s true.”

Emiya noticed Hozoin Inshun charging towards him again, screaming and wailing. He casually swung his sword, sending another golden light flying. Then, he took a sip of his milky instant coffee.

"Fuck you!" The other person's eyes bulged when he saw the golden light, and the whites of his eyes, which were already red, seemed to be even redder. I don't know if it was because of the casual attitude of Emiya who just drank coffee and dismissed him that irritated him...

The ending was nothing more than his face being hit by the basic attack of the Ame no Murakumo sword, and he was once again blasted into the bottomless abyss, shattered into ashes.

"So, BB, do you have any idea? His immortality... or perhaps the immortality of those other 'Heroic Swordsmen' seems to be related to some kind of karma."

Emiya thought, how should I deal with this thing?

He won't have to create a targeted weapon like the "Undying Slash" in "Sekiro" to get rid of these infinitely resurrected servants, right?
"The so-called 'karma' refers to cause and effect! Buddhism says that past good and bad karma can produce present-day suffering and happiness!"

BB quickly explained, "This causal relationship between good and evil is called karma, or in other words, cause and effect! Philosophically, this is often referred to as the interconnectedness of things."

"cause and effect……"

After BB's reminder, Emiya finally remembered that many Heroic Spirits' methods involved cause and effect. The most famous ones were Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, the Magic Lance, Bazette's Backlight Sword, which could reverse cause and effect, Miyamoto Musashi's Noble Phantasm, which could sever cause and effect, and Sengo Muramasa's "Eyes of Karma," which could see through cause and effect...

However, comparing it with his existing ability template, perhaps he should make some long-awaited efforts to improve Muramasa's "Eyes of Karma" and Musashi's "Six Paths and Five Wheels: Kurikalā"?
Emiya scratched his head, he didn't expect that he would have to pick up something he had put down before and practice it again.

Maybe these days it's not enough to just practice basic stats, you need to prepare more ways to deal with mechanical monsters.

He glanced at Baozangyuan Yinshun who had crawled out again, and casually slashed with a golden sword that was as powerful as ever.

Just when everyone thought the fate of this unlucky servant was about to be repeated, a scarlet figure rushed into the scene at an extremely fast speed.

“——Stand still like a mountain!”

The man's voice was powerful and deep, and he shouted loudly. Golden light exploded on the face of the red figure, but his entire body equipment flashed a bright red glow, and the golden light that should have been overwhelming was abruptly stopped!

Boom!

The divine power exploded, like a torrent of sun flames that destroyed the earth and burned everything, but it was diverted by the obstruction of the hard armor, separating from the two sides of the male figure to form two narrow "tributaries", blasting out oblique abyss canyons on the left and right, and Baozangyuan Yinshun happened to be behind the man and was safe and sound.

After a while, the golden light finally stopped destroying the ground, and the male figure staggered back several steps, panting, and the scarlet armor on his body also dimmed a little.

"what?"

Emiya put down his coffee and gazed into the distance. Being able to block the basic attack of Ame Murakumo Sword with limited output meant that the armor the opponent was wearing was at least at the artifact level.

"Hahaha! This corpse is none other than the 'Heroic Swordsman' Takeda Shingen! I never imagined my opponent would be a warrior wielding divine power! Facing such a formidable foe, my crimson blood is boiling...!"

The man, draped in a long cloak and cloud-shoulder robes, smiled heartily and announced his name. Although this man, like Hozoin Inshun, had red eyes, he didn't exude a murderous aura. Instead, he exuded a strong leadership aura and possessed a fierce and aggressive aura.

It seems that whether or not he transforms into a "Heroic Swordsman" will not affect his aggressiveness and dominance.

"Oh, it's Takeda Shingen! Is he the 'Tiger of Kai,' the legendary foremost general of Japan's Warring States Period? It's said he commanded the most formidable cavalry corps of the time, battling the 'Dragon of Echigo,' Uesugi Kenshin, to even strength, and later defeated the combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu!"

Mashu's attention was also drawn to her, and she quickly recounted the historical deeds of Takeda Shingen.

"I see, the Takeda family! The sacred armor you're wearing is the Shield Armor inherited from the Genji, right?"

Emiya happened to know this because it was related to the Eight Clans of Snake. Legend has it that the Shield Armor of the Genji was a gift from God. This armor was passed down to the Takeda family in later generations. The Takeda family was a branch of the Genji, and had an inextricable relationship with the Uesugi family of Uesugi Kenshin.

"That's right! Takeda is a cavalry team with extremely strong strength. Unless the Dragon of Echigo comes, no one can stop it-" Takeda Shingen announced publicly.

"Are you talking about Uesugi Kenshin? It's not impossible..." Emiya thought that Eri was just the pseudo-Servant who was hosting Uesugi Kenshin.

"Uh—I was joking, don't ask her!"

Takeda Shingen waved his hand. "Well, we have a new rival after such a long time! Raise high the banner of Fuu-rin-zan-zan! Ride across the heavens and earth and make your presence known, crimson warriors!"

Rumble...!
The earth began to shake, and buildings in the city began to collapse in large numbers. Amidst the smoke and flames, groups of ancient cavalrymen could be seen faintly. They seemed to be stepping on flames, rushing towards them, surrounded by red flames!

Mashu exclaimed in surprise, "Takeda summoned cavalry from afar! Could they be the famous Twenty-Four Generals of the Warring States Period? Or the Takeda army of yesteryear?"

"Haha, that's not the case! Some warriors may have their own banners or ideals, but they may not be willing to follow my 'Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain'!"

As soon as Takeda Shingen finished speaking, two figures from the galloping cavalry regiment jumped off their horses and landed next to Takeda in advance. They were a male servant holding a samurai sword and a musket, and a female servant holding a sword and carrying a bow and arrow.

They came riding on the horses of the legion summoned by Takeda, and they are undoubtedly the immortal "Heroic Swordsmen"!
Emiya concentrated and recognized their identities: Hijikata Toshizo and Tomoe Gozen!

(End of this chapter)