Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 440 Mission: 03-2 War of Gods
The farce on the lower level is coming to an end, while the battle on the upper level has just begun.

"Hahahaha—yes, that's right! That's right!"

Countless arrows ripped through the sky like a shower of meteors, and the burning flames threatened to ignite the heavens. And in the center of the rain of flames, Nero swung his blade, causing the sky to surge like a wave of blade light, engulfing the rain of fire.

Upon arriving at the fifth simulated singularity, Nero was warmly welcomed by the Servants stationed there. Karna and Arjuna, two of the most elite Servants from Indian mythology, joined forces to attack her.

Unlike the first two simulated singularities which were too far-fetched, the heroic spirits in the fifth simulated singularity were truly taking "Destroyer Beast" as their primary goal and acting seriously. This overflowing sense of responsibility even caused the pair of enemies who should have been incompatible to join forces.

For Nero, this time it was finally "a bit challenging".

So, this is right. This is how it should unfold normally.

"Why are you laughing?"

A flash of golden light tore through the tide, and he re-entered the battlefield, trailing endless flames behind him. It was Karna, clad in the Indestructible Armor. He single-handedly slammed past Nero's blade, enduring a hail of fire from his companions behind him, and fearlessly wielded his spear to kill Nero.

Karna, possessing both the immortal golden armor and the all-destroying spear of victory, could truly threaten Nero. This is the true power of the Heroic Spirit. These heroes, from ancient times, present times, and future, wielding artifacts created by man, gods, and heaven, represent the endless passage of history, naturally endowed with such abilities and weapons. Therefore, if they were united, theoretically, there would be no unbeatable foe.

But that's right. If the enemy had no power to fight back, wouldn't the battle be boring?
What Nero hates most is boredom.

So, she smiled and answered Karna's question: "Of course, I am smiling because you are trying so hard to please me."

She swung her sword and cut off the rain of arrows shot by Arjuna with the bow of the god of fire from behind her, and then she met Karna who was coming towards her.

Karna's Sun Disc Armor was reputed to be indestructible, capable of neutralizing even Nero's most serious attacks, making it a truly conceptual Noble Phantasm. Therefore, a conceptual defense must be pierced by a conceptual attack—Nero had already seen something nearly identical in the small garden.

Although it was a pity that for the sake of the world and her own safety, she did not dare to unfold the simulated star creation map to seal this divine treasure as she did in the small garden, but she did have a conceptual weapon in her hands.

Karna swung his spear, the tip of the spear pointed at Nero's throat. Nero dodged, but the spear continued to pursue him, plain and ordinary.

That’s right, anyone who has played a certain famous soul-based ninja-themed game knows that using a sword against a gun is extremely difficult before the official “cheating ability” is detected.

As a long-handled weapon primarily focused on stabbing, a spear's range is even more than double that of a sword, a distance even longer than the difference between life and death. Conversely, a long sword versus a short sword, with only a span of arms between them, presents significant challenges before a successful approach is achieved. Against a spear, a sword user has virtually no chance of getting close.

But that was only for ordinary people. For transcendents, the attack range of sword energy was far greater than that of a spear. This was also the underlying logic behind swordsmen being able to defeat spearmen in certain games. But therein lay the problem. Facing Karna, clad in golden armor, Nero's sword energy wasn't very effective in penetrating his defense. To defeat Karna, her best bet was to use the Yama Blade's separating power to attempt to strip the armor from him.

So, was Karna's attack to be forged? No, no, no, that was too dangerous. Once Karna unleashed his Noble Phantasm, the enemy struck by his spear tip would be engulfed in boundless lightning. That lightning, the radiance of victory, was designed to grow infinitely stronger, and would not cease until the enemy was reduced to ash. Even Nero could never withstand such a blow head-on.

So, this very real and extremely real problem for ordinary people stood in front of her.

How do you defeat an enemy with a spear with a sword? If you ask this question to someone in the martial arts community, you'll likely get a lot of different answers. But if you change the question to, "What should you do when you're holding a sword and facing an enemy with a spear?", then the answer suddenly becomes just one.

Everyone would answer: "Turn around and run immediately. Bet he can't outrun you."

and so--

Nero dodged the spear tip by moving sideways, and Karna immediately shook the spear, allowing the force to pass through the lever, causing the spear in his hand to fall like a steel whip.

Logically, the next development should be that Nero was forced to raise his sword to block, and then Karna drew his spear and retreated to prepare for the next round of attack. That would return to the scene at the beginning.

Nero did block the attack, and the translucent blade and spear collided. But at the same time, Nero also rushed out, chasing after the retreating Karna.

The blade in her hand tore through space, allowing her to instantly appear behind Karna.

"what?!"

Karna dodged Nero's stab in astonishment at the maximum distance, and turned the action of putting away the gun into a sudden attack, forcing Nero to retreat.

And at Nero's original position, the blue shadow drew his sword and stabbed again.

Yes, this is Nero's answer to the question just now.

——So, if you can’t defeat them alone, why not just call for one more?
Sadly, Karna wasn't fooled. He ignored the demon clone's counterattack, his gaze fixed on Nero himself as he vanished into thin air. He was betting that Nero's clone didn't possess the same power as the original, and wouldn't be able to break through the golden armor's defenses.

His bet was right. At the same time, Arjuna also shot a rain of arrows in the air, covering the demon clone and Karna together, trying to destroy the demon clone.

But this is where Arjuna made a wrong bet.

"Where are you looking at?"

A playful question rang out from behind Arjuna, who was soaring in the air, a gentle breath caressing his ears. Unfortunately, along with these words, there was also the sound of his body being pierced.

"?!"

Arjuna, pierced by the blade, began to lose his form. But even so, he cried out at the end of his life:

"Shiva's halo, surge with the collapse!"

(End of this chapter)