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

Chapter 330: Floros, what are you doing?
Everything in the universe, every matter, every phenomenon, every detail, every thought and every idea has cause and effect.

Of course, generally speaking, perhaps a less mysterious description could be used to call it "things are universally connected."

bass--

Not long ago, the brilliant light of a divine sword flickered in the hand of the Susanoo Titan controlled by Emiya, poised to strike at the fate of karma.

Facing the light, Emiya's shining eyes, which radiated divine power, narrowed slightly.

visible.

If you are highly focused and completely attentive, without any distractions, you can indeed see the invisible lines between things, which are complex and densely connected with each other, which is the so-called cause and effect.

...After receiving some pointers from BB, Emiya realized the key to seeing through cause and effect.

First, we need to know the nature of these causes and effects, which are actually conceptual connections, just like completing the "conceptual arming" before, transforming the concepts into actual matter or force.

Now, Emiya also wants to regard the illusory chain of cause and effect from the perspective of mortals as a real interactive conceptual world, and understand this abstract vision at a higher level.

This was not difficult for Emiya, a godslayer whose life level surpassed that of ordinary humans and dragons.

Second, he needs to be "fully concentrated."

Emiya needed to abandon the combat mode he had been accustomed to since the beginning - the combat output mode of using the convenience of the mind's eye to simultaneously utilize multiple forces for complex attacks. And then transform into a single attack mode.

What is simplicity? Simply put, it means "simplifying the complex."

Specifically, it means to combine all the mind, body, and skills into one, and focus all of your heart and eyes on the next sword. Do not seek any additional targets, do not pursue more attacks or attack power, and make sure that the only thing left in front of your eyes and in your mind is this ultimate blow.

Emiya quickly understood the significance of BB's reminder.

In order to increase the output of Susanoo and practice the rich martial arts techniques brought by Niten Ichiryu, he has been constantly and eagerly increasing the various powers that Susanoo can use at the same time, and even planned to let Susanoo grow "four arms" so that the power can be accumulated repeatedly.

This certainly allows for a certain degree of numerical expansion, but it's somewhat powerless against mechanical monsters. After all, the God Slayer isn't truly infinitely strong.

On the contrary, the reduction in the types of power and the concentration of energy lead to a significant increase in control. As a simple kendo maxim goes, "The power of holding a sword with two hands is always greater than that of holding it with one."

Similarly, Emiya controlled his huge hands and tightly grasped the divine sword light that seemed to penetrate the sky and the earth. With his control greatly improved, he suddenly saw clearly that the sword in his hand had a similar flow of power to that of the snake god.

Yes, that’s right, the sword of Ame-no-Murakumo is of the same origin as the Yamata-no-Orochi.

They share similar roots, similar causes and effects! The essence of this kind of battle is "enemy and friend share the same origin"! By feeling the cause and effect of his own Susanoo, he can also understand the cause and effect of the other party!

This is an excellent experimental subject for Emiya, who is trying the causal field for the first time. If it were any other opponent, there would definitely not be such a "common origin" condition.

In this way, using this as a breakthrough point, he can clearly observe the causal relationship between each other and the parts that should be cut off.

Rumble!
At this moment, the violent storm in the Night Food Field was accompanied by roaring lightning. The light that suddenly appeared in Emiya's hand cut through the sky, briefly illuminating this extremely chaotic dark space.

The sky was so gloomy that it was almost dark, and the world was becoming increasingly chaotic, indicating that the space of Night Food Origin was collapsing at a further accelerated rate.

"Ahem...!" His expression suddenly changed slightly.

In fact, earlier in the day, Emiya had already completely restrained his power in order to achieve complete concentration. However, during the prolonged and intense combat, the immense energy flowing through his internal organs and limbs was too much for even a God Slayer's physique to withstand the unlimited high-intensity consumption.

So, not long before unleashing that extremely monotonous, yet all-powerful, causal sword strike that eclipsed the heavens and the earth, Emiya had completed preparations for his final outburst.

The towering snake god in front of him had been completely burned by the black divine flames that Shirou blasted out in the end, thus maximizing the reduction of the guy's defense and vitality, so that the other party would not take advantage of his focused strike to cause trouble.

Therefore, the snake's body, which was like a vast mountain, seemed to be submerged in a black sea of ​​heat.

Of course, the price of unleashing such a massive output in one breath is that Emiya's body becomes extremely hot, like surging lava, like an already powerful engine that is now heating up and about to overload.

"BB, how are the preparations going over there?"

Emiya stared intently at the snake god struggling repeatedly in the sea of ​​fire. The flow of power in the snake god's body became clearer and clearer as he concentrated his attention. His eyes seemed to see through more and more essence, just like peeling off the outer layer of an onion to reveal the inner layer.

The complex flow of divine power turned into a tightly intertwined cause and effect. After careful observation, Emiya was able to judge that the power of the snake god itself was not easy to cut off.

The only difference was that the vast causal power swirling around the snake god wasn't closely connected to the surrounding snake god's divine power, floating apart as if they were strangers. This was clearly the "Holy Grail Causal Power," which didn't share the same origin as Emiya's power as Susanoo.

As expected, even though he saw through the law of cause and effect, he could not kill everything. At least, the gods of the same level as him could only be killed by brute force. However, the part that relied on the forced combination of the Holy Grail and the earth veins could be easily dealt with.

Well, it’s decided. I’ll pick the softest persimmon.

Furthermore, behind the massive snake god, a massive spatial rift quietly opened up. BB noted this on the floating virtual screen in front of Emiya.

Due to the turbulence of the Night Food Origin, although spatial cracks are frequent, they also indicate instability, and there's no telling when they might suddenly disappear or shrink. After clarifying the various situations and making sufficient preparations, now is the best time to act.

The only thing missing is the situation of the real Tokyo City on the other side of the space crack. Although there is a real-time screen transmitted back and forth through BB, Emiya is not sure whether the opponent is within his attack line.

This wasn't like the previous Black Divine Flame, where Emiya could just unleash it like a sea of ​​fire, burning a large area with one blast, without even needing to aim. It was already an AOE skill, so wouldn't aiming be redundant?
However, this sword that penetrates cause and effect is obviously different, and its attack range is obviously much narrower.

[Senior, please don't be impatient! Wait a little longer, um——]

While BB's voice was sweet, her words were incredibly frustrating. [Minamoto-san is on a roll! She's desperately trying to lure the enemy into our planned area. Meanwhile, there seems to be something wrong with Mashu. Ah! What an unexpected problem...]

"So what's going on? I can't keep this sword here forever!"

Emiya was already completely focused on observing the cause and effect, with no time to glance at the virtual screen. The fact that he could find time to reply was already the limit. Furthermore, this was his first attempt, and if he dared to let his mind wander in this state, the probability of failure would increase dramatically.

[It's done! It's all right. So that's how they solved it over there? ...Senior, it's decided that it's you. It's time to create a miracle that will attract worldwide attention!]

"Hah! Six Paths, Five Wheels! Sword Blast, Draw Your Sword!"

Upon hearing this, Emiya stopped suppressing himself. He ignored the surging and somewhat overloaded circuits and organs in his body, and all the wild and unparalleled power was controlled by the bright sword light in his hand. Even Susanoo's form became unstable, gradually evolving from the image of an armored warrior into Acala holding a giant sword!
The sword light in his hand suddenly became piercing through the sky and formed a dazzling pillar of aurora!

"Hiss—" The serpent god, who was submerged in black flames, gradually broke free of her restraints. Suddenly seeing this scene, she felt an unprecedented sense of dread. Thus, her restless and irritable demonic nature mixed with her divine nature at this moment, causing her mentality to become almost insane and her physical presence to swell.

"All eight meridians are severed! The divine sword flashes!"

At the moment when the threat from the opposite side increased sharply, the snake god finally swung out its tail again. It was fearless to the sword master, and it was like the overwhelming sword pressure of a flood or tsunami!
"See this path of the sky—Isena, the great celestial phenomenon!"

On his first attempt, Emiya was unable to fully unleash the Musashi's Noble Phantasm, so in order to preserve its power, he concentrated all his energy on the final Sky Sword!
"Aaaaa——!"

The snake god's screams were higher than ever before, and Emiya couldn't tell whether it was arrogance, joy, or even madness. Perhaps from the moment Shuten decided to devour the Holy Grail for pleasure, he had entered a state of rampage even more deranged than alcoholism.

A flash.

The snake god saw a white flash with strange colors, which pushed away the sea water, divided the sky and the earth, split the rolling clouds in two and dispersed, and then swallowed up his own tsunami and huge waves. The sword slashed and swallowed up his own water sky. The light was obviously single, but it was extremely dazzling and gorgeous.

Although the gorgeous sword light was only a single color, how could any ordinary light compare to the sword light that could sever cause and effect? ​​She gave up resistance and admired it without hesitation, cheering for the beauty of this brief waxing moon ceremony.

The sword light that swallowed everything made the dark night food field shine again, making her feel pure and warm. The madness brought by the divinity gradually faded away, and Shuten-doji gradually recalled the past, the free and unrestrained years when the ghosts of Mount Oe were free.

As he watched the spiritual foundation that constructed his body shatter, and the vessel of the full moon that he had swallowed - the Holy Grail - fall out of it, Shuten-doji's mouth showed no regret or reluctance at all, but instead gradually formed a smile.

"Haha, I'm defeated."

"Ah, I won."

"...I never could have imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that such a brilliant and beautiful sword light, filled with such determination, would make my body and horns burn like the crater of a volcano."

"...?" Emiya thought to himself, "Something's wrong with you. You've already lost the battle, so why are you so happy?" A true joker, wouldn't he be happy even if he got humiliated?
[Wow, Senior, look, Miss Shuten-douji seems to be blushing. Her words just now were so ambiguous. Do you think she fell in love with you after being defeated by you?]

"Get aside!"

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The Impure World Castle of the Tokyo Incident.

Earlier, the Demon Pillar Flauros, who was about to leave to reunite with his fellows he had summoned, was blocked on the road by Mash.

"This, this place... Accelerator!" She announced nervously. According to the tactical deployment, Miss Minamoto no Raikou had already gone to intercept Ashiya Doman who was fleeing the scene, and she could not let the Demon Pillar escape.

"Hmph, even though I said I wanted to recruit you, that doesn't mean I'll allow you to be so tactless."

There was obvious displeasure in Flauros' voice. It didn't know why Mashu insisted on doing so, but it was obvious that if it stayed there easily, it would be plotted against by Chaldea.

Recalling his previous experience of being accidentally burned by the black fireworks on the other side of the space rift, Floros understood a little.

Hmm...are you trying to eliminate these unexpected factors through cross-border cooperation?
too naive.

Flauros suddenly spoke up, "Observatory! Asmodeus!"

"What?" Mashu suddenly felt that something was wrong with the flow of magic in the air.

[Little Marshmallow! Watch out for sneak attacks from behind!]

A new dark black demon pillar suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

No, it's very likely that it has been lying in ambush there for a long time!

Mashu immediately turned around, hastily raised her shield, and then launched a series of terrifying magic projections, forming a wide-area explosion vortex!
Rumble, rumble, rumble——

"Ah--!" Mashu felt the powerful force coming from the front of the shield. She was almost knocked back and almost flew out.

"This is the consequence of being tactless."

Flauros's eyes also shone brightly, and magic power was concentrated and released.

Boom boom boom boom——

"what!"

Enduring the numbness in her palms, Mashu switched direction again, but it felt like she was being played, and she was pushed back even further. Even her legs and toes ached from the continuous resistance. Now, the containment had failed, and she was the one being forced to retreat.

The demon god Asmodeus said coldly, "Boring, Flauros, you could have annihilated her with that strike just now, right? Why are you still playing tricks on me now?"

"Don't panic. Her shield is very strong. It's an extraordinary treasure. It might be worth observing..."

Under Mash's unwilling gaze, Flauros's figure slowly disappeared into the distance with Asmodeus.

We must intercept the enemy! Mashu exerted all her strength and ran again, but before she could catch up, Asmodeus's scream came from not far away:
"Flauros, what are you doing? Are you crazy?"

Boom!

A huge stream of magic power emanated from Flauros and hit Asmodeus!
"This is--!" Mashu watched in surprise. Asmodeus was hit into the predetermined straight line aimed at the space crack, and Flauros followed closely.

What on earth is going on!?
She watched as the two monsters inexplicably engaged in a fierce internal conflict. Then, more demon pillars, noticing something was amiss, emerged and joined in. Flauros's eyes flashed a golden emerald green, a stark contrast to the crimson glow of the demon pillar itself.

It reminded Mashu of Abbas, who was usurped by Floros. Mr. Abbas had a pair of emerald green eyes.

Wait, is Abbas still inside the demon god's body, waiting for this critical moment to emerge and cooperate with her? This is too unbelievable, like a hybrid transformed into Deadpool regaining his sanity before death!
"Mr. Abbas?" Mashu asked tentatively.

"..."

However, the only sounds on the scene were the angry roars of other demons. The demon pillar glowing green was the only one that had stopped talking and was only fighting with Asmodeus and other demons.

Then a mighty sword light flew out from the crack, splitting the city in two in a straight line, destroying the obstacles along the way, and several demons were ruthlessly swallowed up.

(End of this chapter)