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Chapter 349: The Curse of Relying on the Upper Limit and the Unsheathed Sword
Outside Emiya's residence.

As Cheng Xiang was charging towards the red archers, he sensed that the world in front of him began to withdraw and change, with a tendency to turn into a wasteland, as if an unexpected change had occurred.

However, he did not feel any strong psychological fluctuations in his heart, and even felt a little relaxed.

[The final trump card is an illusion, what a ridiculous trick.]

[But even if you cast an illusion, you can't evade my 'curse'.]

After paying the price of destroying his own body, he activated the [Magic Release: Remaining] which he had not yet fully mastered.

When he transformed his body into a truck with the steering wheel welded shut and the accelerator fully depressed and started sprinting, he had no choice.

He needs and must defeat the opponent here.

Only if this prerequisite is met can he carry out his plan and get away with it safely.

Therefore, Cheng Xiang, who was "manipulating" the skill [Magic Release·Remnant] like a three-year-old child pulling the reins to try to tame a warhorse, ignored the "illusion" that appeared before his eyes.

Instead, he was calmly calculating his next plan and final escape route.

[In another quarter of a second, the opponent will be within the range of [Curse] and [Shared Pain].]

[After successfully establishing a 'connection' at this distance, using my own HP limit as a 'resource' and exchanging HP and injuries with it, my chances of winning will reach 99.9%.]

Looking at the red archers who were just around the corner, Cheng Xiang, who showed the short knife hooked with rotten flesh, felt that victory was within his grasp.

However, the next moment, the inexplicable chanting from the red archer's mouth made him realize that the opponent's "illusion" was not that simple.
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“I am the bone of my sword
"Unlimited Blade Works."

As the red archer stopped chanting, the air was inexplicably filled with the roar of huge gears turning and biting.

The next moment, Cheng Xiang, who was charging towards the red archers and swinging his sword at his own feet, suddenly discovered something.

The short knife in his hand, which was about to activate the [Sharing Pain] skill, became 'out of order' like a kite with a broken string that disappeared without a trace.

The red archer in front of him had disappeared from the spot, replaced by a wilderness full of broken swords like a cactus.

The change in the scene also turned his almost 'out-of-control' attack into a perfect test of wind resistance and an experiment on the effects of the collision between the flesh and different swords.

【What kind of method is this? 】

After smashing several broken swords, Cheng Xiang finally controlled his body and completed the "brakes". He turned his head and saw the true face of this "new battlefield".

This is a red wilderness filled with swords of various colors and bordered by flames.

This was clearly not Fuyuki City, nor was it the mansion where they had just fought.

But it is a 'different world'.

The sound of the gears turning and the hot air passing by his ears made him feel like he was in an ironworks.

[Methods similar to [Field]?]

[No, if I could affect the enemy's [territory], I would have died long ago.]

Cheng Xiang looked into the distance and vaguely saw the dancing flames on the distant horizon and the vaguely visible Emiya residence.

Looking up a little more, I saw huge gears spinning and colliding all the time scattered across the rather gloomy and dark sky.

[Not completely eroding reality, but semi-open? ]

When he turned his head, he saw the red archer, whom he had judged to be killed by his sword, gasping for breath in the wilderness about dozens of steps away from him.

The man who was suspected to be a reincarnation and drew his long sword also appeared on the sword hill a little further away. Cheng Xiang could still clearly see the somewhat helpless smile on his face.

[Is it that you used a technique similar to the [Field] to pull so many people into the 'other world' and distance yourself from me?]

[Delay or? ]

The next moment, the "hunger" coming from the "alien limb" revealed the answer to Cheng Xiang's mystery.

He had already sensed that his devouring 'target' appeared dozens of steps away.

It was the blonde female Saber.

Interesting. Is this red archer acting as bait, and this woman acting as insurance?

[If nothing unexpected happens, my location will be immediately covered by a powerful attack.]

Cheng Xiang had already guessed the other party's plan and decided to play another "card" to reverse the situation.
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The blond and blue-eyed Knight King stood not far away, his aura calm and steady, his eyes revealing an unprecedented determination.

Standing in this wilderness, she seemed to have anticipated this situation.

At this moment, her body exuded an extremely hot magical aura like a dragon's breath.

It was the [Dragon Factor] and the red dragon heart in her body that brought her extremely powerful magic power increase.

Her eyes swept over Cheng Xiang and Fang Yi who was not far away.

Although he was somewhat surprised at the appearance of Fang Yi, after confirming the enemy's position, the Knight King still resolutely carried out the original plan.

The bandages wrapped around her hands served as a good fix for her thumb and index finger, allowing her to reluctantly swing the [Sword of Victory Oath] in an instant.

As the holy sword was swung feebly as if out of control, her skillful and long-planned [Magic Release] was also activated.

A torrent of magic power was drawn in front of her, which was a little crooked but still extremely powerful, emitting a scorching breath and heading towards Cheng Xiang to kill him.

[He can't dodge at this distance, but it should be enough to delay and buy some time.]

After releasing [Magic Release], Artoria did not hesitate for a moment. She completely ignored the severe pain in her hand when using [Magic Release] and instantly launched [Magic Release] in the opposite direction, causing herself who had swung the sword to retreat violently in a rather rough manner.

【You must keep your distance from him.】

Altria thought so.

He just looked at Cheng Xiang who was about to be covered by the torrent of magic power not far away, but a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Even with the help of his [Intuition], the Knight King had a vague feeling that something was not right.
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The red archer who escaped from the tiger's mouth also responded as planned.

With a single wave of his hand, thousands of long swords embedded in the hills were pulled out and suspended in the air like a school of migrating fish so dense that they were about to be trampled.

After a rough aim, it turned into several streams of light and flew towards the opponent, covering all the opponent's advance routes.

But this time he did not wait until the sword was close to the opponent as usual before using [Illusion Collapse] to detonate and maximize the power.

Instead, he detonated his [Noble Phantasm] before getting close to it.

This made the surrounding sword hills bare, and the activation of thousands of [Noble Phantasms] long swords gave rise to a powerful shock wave that made the wilderness tremble and groan.

Looking at Cheng Xiang and Fang Yi not far away who were caught in the double attack of magic torrent and shock wave, the red archer finally let go of his worries.

[There's absolutely no way he can continue advancing despite this shockwave! !]

After doing all this and assessing the enemy's situation, he still did not take it lightly.

While continuing to distance himself from Cheng Xiang, he also shouted at Fang Yi who was not far away and began to pass on information.

"Saber!!! There must be a limit to his ability to take damage!!!"

"I can't hold this scene for much longer. We have to kill him before it dissipates!" "If you want a reward, come out quickly."
"what--"

The cry of pain brought the red archer's words of information to an abrupt halt.
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There was no one around him and he had not suffered any attacks, but the body of the red archer showed an extremely abnormal collapse as if he was cursed, as if it was he who was hit by the shock wave instead of Cheng Xiang.

In just a moment, the red archer's limbs and torso were deformed into extremely exaggerated and flat shapes, as if they had been crushed by a hydraulic press.

The bones all over the body bent and shattered with teeth-grinding sounds under the impact of the shock wave.

The internal organs in his abdomen ruptured and his eye sockets exploded.

The eyeballs are about to be crushed and the person will soon go blind.

The whole person is tending to become a paper man.

The red archer, who had barely relied on the B-level [Anti-Magic] to buy some buffer time, looked at Cheng Xiang who was surrounded by the shock wave and reacted immediately.

【This is a curse that returns damage! ! ! !】

[He's only used it now, which means this skill must have limitations, or a price!]

The red archer subconsciously distributed most of the magic power that maintained the [Inherent Barrier], and began to operate the [Reversal Spell] to heal the body as if it were fully automatic.

With the help of the [Reversal Spell], he maintained the survival of his brain and soul core, ensuring that he would not disappear.

After regaining consciousness a little, his body began to fall backwards. Having lost his fighting ability, he looked at the dark sky that was beginning to collapse, but did not continue to perform the [Reversal Spell] to repair himself.

Instead, he gritted his teeth and chose to throw all of his remaining magic power into the [Inherent Barrier] which was like a bottomless pit.

He stabilized this somewhat special [Inherent Barrier] and pressed the pause button on the sky that was beginning to collapse and was almost crumbling.

The next second, he fell to the ground with his eyeballs bursting and he was blind.

Although he had completely lost his fighting ability, a satisfied and trusting smile appeared on his face.

[It seems that this is all I can do in this difficult battle.]

【The rest is up to you. 】

If you want that man to kill that undead 'monster', you must maintain this 'territory' and lock that undead 'monster' away.

Before he went blind, he had already seen the long sword drawn from its sheath in Fang Yi's hand.

As for that knife, he had absolute and blind confidence.
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Although Artoria, who was retreating rapidly, had not escaped the influence of the curse, she was much more respectable than the red archer.

Of course, it's only slightly more decent.

The triggering of [Intuition] allowed her to instinctively mobilize the magic power in her body when she swung the [Sword of Victory Oath], relying on her magic attribute that reached the A+ level, and built a layer of magic defense inside her body.

The returned [Magic Release] was weakened by the strong body blessed by [Dragon Factor], the [Anti-Magic A] skill that was ineffective against most magic and even against [Command Seals], and the armor worn by the Knight King that had the function of protecting against [Curse].

Therefore, in the end, the Knight King just fell to his knees, groaned a few times with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and then he barely stood up with the support of the holy sword.

Although it is much better than the red archer who is only breathing his last breath and whose life or death is unknown.

But it was obviously a bit of a stretch to ask this "disabled person" who couldn't even walk properly to continue participating in the battle.

Artoria, who was barely standing, watched Cheng Xiang, who had the same injuries as herself and the red archer, recover from his wounds in an instant, stand up and continue to sprint towards the scene.

For the first time in her life, she felt a little despair in her heart.

[This monster! To think he had hidden such an ability!]

[It was clearly a plan to severely injure and kill him, but he used it to his advantage!!]

At the same time, she also subconsciously deduced her own 'ending'.

[Looks like I'm going to leave here.]

[I didn't expect that you would leave before even experiencing a few battles? 】

[It seems that no matter what, this ending cannot be changed]

He just looked at the 'monster' that was rushing towards him unwaveringly, and deduced his own 'ending'.

Looking at Cheng Xiang who was running towards him unstoppable and Fang Yi who seemed to be still standing not far away, at the last moment, the unwillingness in the heart of the Knight King overcame despair.

【I can't accept this!!】

【I can’t accept this!!!】

[Although there is really no other way, but before I die completely, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, I will never give up! !]

She staggered, closed her eyes, and waved the holy sword in her hand weakly like a drunk, making a ridiculous and insignificant struggle.
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Cheng Xiang, who was running towards Altria, did not say any mocking words at this moment.

He was in a very bad mood at the moment.

The unexpected [Field] and ambush forced him to show a very powerful 'card' in front of his imaginary enemy - the damage-returning [Curse] and [Blood for Blood].

In order to ensure that the effect of this 'counter-injury' could defeat the two in one fell swoop, he also deliberately stopped the use of the [Immaculate and Perfect Body] which had a strong ability to avoid injury.

He proactively stopped the ability of [Talent] [Immortal Creation] to [consume [temporary health limit] or health to invalidate damage], as well as the ability to resist damage brought by the [implant] that cost him tens of thousands of points, had not yet been fully integrated, and would fall off when he died.

He relied on [Immortal Wounds] and [Blood and Flesh Accumulation] from five missions to gain a much higher health bar than that of an ordinary person, and simply endured these two fatal injuries.

At the same time, Soha generally allows the "alien limbs" in the abdomen to eat.

He consumed most of the [temporary blood limit] obtained by devouring limbs with [Blood and Flesh Accumulation], and also ate two recovery insects to quickly recover his body and continue fighting.

But he looked at Fang Yi, who was afraid to get close to him not far away, and Artoria, who was so close that she had become a piece of fat meat in his mouth.

Cheng Xiang was secretly delighted again.

[Sure enough, the health limit is the best 'limit'.]

[This 'cap' once again saved me from danger and allowed me to profit.]

[With the tolerance for mistakes provided by this health limit, I will definitely be able to survive to the end in this death game! ]

However, the next moment, Cheng Xiang found that the scene in his eyes was changing again.

But this time, what appeared before his eyes was not a strange scene, but a scene that he was very familiar with.
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At the same time, the voice of a strange man came to Altria's ears, making her subconsciously open her eyes.

“Although the archer’s plan backfired, causing me to swing my sword in vain before striking again.

"It helped the man with a thick health bar live a little longer.

“But it doesn’t seem to be an entirely bad thing.

"Are you the patient the archer mentioned who would be paid for treatment?"

It was Fang Yi who had already completed his sword-drawing move.

(End of this chapter)