Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

From those words, the old man had already expressed his stance to Shirou Emiya.

But before Shirou Emiya could make any move, his body transformed into birds and vanished from the spot.

"Zheng——!"

The seal was also activated at this moment, and a mark like a magic circle appeared under Shirou Emiya's feet.

"not good!"

Only then did Shirou Emiya realize that the old man's purpose was to keep him in place so that he could complete the setting of the Freedom Technique.

But now, with that red light shining, Shirou Emiya has no way to escape from it.

He could only do it in this final moment.

"【Ever-Changing】【Possessed by Evil Spirits】!!!!"

As Shirou Emiya felt himself being swallowed by the red light, one thread after another quickly surrounded him in a semi-circle, and a set of scale-like armor swiftly covered him, like a bowl, completely enveloping Shirou Emiya.

"boom----!"

A violent impact erupted the moment Shirou Emiya completed it.

The raging pale white flames instantly engulfed it completely.

The terrifying temperature made Shirou Emiya feel as if he had stepped into a steamer.

After his battle with Shana, Shirou Emiya paid close attention to the flames. He remembered that when he killed those dolls, and when Fariagne regenerated, pale white flames would appear.

Shirou Emiya speculated that this was probably the different forms in which the power of each Flame Haze and each Crimson World Apostle was manifested.

He certainly wouldn't naively believe that the flames Fariagni used to repair himself couldn't burn people.

Previously, Faria Gni thought that Shirou Emiya was just a human and hadn't used his full strength at all.

Therefore, upon realizing that Fariagne was trying to frame him, Shirou Emiya's first action was not to immediately put on [Demon Possession], but to use [Transformation] to create a barrier.

Although the [Evil Spirit Possession] wouldn't melt due to such high temperatures, it clearly doesn't have heat insulation capabilities. The flames don't need to destroy its defenses; they only need to burn the person wearing the armor to death.

Even with Shirou Emiya's quick reaction, the temperature generated by the flames was still unbearable for him. It wouldn't be long before he suffocated to death in that sweltering environment.

However, what Shirou Emiya needs is this time to react.

"Projection started (Trace on)"

Shirou Emiya, clad in armor, pounded the ground with punch after punch, and in a very short time, he was underground.

"boom--!"

With a thud, Fariagni, suspended in the air, looked at Shirou Emiya, who had emerged from the ground, with great displeasure.

"Tsk——!"

He quickly flew into the sky, away from Shirou Emiya, while the dolls on the street rushed towards Shirou Emiya one after another.

The puppets attacking Shirou Emiya now are not as weak as they were before.

Among them are beings of enormous size, capable of turning Emiya Shirou into mincemeat with a single, gentle blow.

Fariagni couldn't just stay in his base and wait for [Bad Blade] to arrive before taking action.

This is extremely inefficient, and given Shirou Emiya and Shana's search speed, they will find their hiding place sooner or later if their location is discovered too early.

Fariagne was not confident that she could evade Shirou Emiya's pursuit once again.

That sword shot at him from the bow almost, just a hair's breadth away, from making him the first Crimson World Demon Lord to die at the hands of a human.

He will probably become a laughing stock in the entire Crimson World.

It's not that humans haven't defeated Crimson Lords, but Crimson Lords are extremely powerful among them, and their numbers simply can't overcome them. No human has ever been able to kill a Crimson Lord.

He also clearly realized that he was no match for Emiya Shirou, so in order for his plan to be implemented normally, Fariagne would not sit in his base waiting for the arrival of [Broken Blade].

Chapter 247 One-Sided Battle

"Everything is for the master!!!"

"Kill that human!"

"do not run!!"

As high-grade phosphorescent materials, these dolls are far superior to the dilapidated dolls Shirou Emiya had encountered before, both in terms of craftsmanship and combat capabilities.

Its speed, strength, and defense are all far superior to the phosphorescent particles that previously devoured humans. But these are not the main factors.

Compared to those puppets with only the simplest thinking logic, these phosphorescent beings are clearly more intelligent. Each phosphorescent being has its own way of thinking and its own logic of behavior.

Even their fighting styles are not entirely the same; they may even cooperate with each other to unleash even greater power.

All of these phosphorescent creatures, whether human-like or beast-like, glared fiercely at Shirou Emiya, who had just emerged from the ground, and pounced on him with bared teeth and claws.

But Shirou Emiya, trapped deep within the encirclement, showed no panic; his eyes beneath his armor became extremely resolute.

Shirou Emiya simply reached out and grasped the air beside him, and the two samurai swords, their blades facing outwards, were firmly held in his hand.

Perhaps because Shirou Emiya knew his swordsmanship wasn't very good, or perhaps because he believed that fighting with two swords would end the battle faster, Shirou Emiya preferred dual-wielding to fighting with a single-handed sword.

If you look closely at the two reverse-blade katanas that Shirou Emiya has now appeared in his hands, you will be surprised to find that these two swords are not as slender as they were when Shirou Emiya first forged them.

It seems that in order to adapt to his own way of fighting with dual swords, Shirou Emiya made his two reverse blades shorter, thicker, and more refined, gradually moving towards the direction of short swords.

"Bam—!"

Amidst the cracking sound of the air, Shirou Emiya shattered the ground, his figure transforming into a blur as he charged forward.

"First, we need to understand the current situation!"

As he charged forward, Shirou Emiya pondered where he had come to and what kind of situation he was in.

With this thought in mind, Shirou Emiya accelerated once more, without dodging, and collided head-on with the charging Phosphorus.

"Sword Breathing, Wind Form: Cold Autumn Mountain Wind!"

A massive wind blade, extremely large and swirling around Shirou Emiya, was generated from below as he waved his hands.

"Pfft—! Pfft—! Pfft—!"

Countless tearing sounds rang out in that instant, and a large number of dolls and phosphorescent particles were cut in two by such a slash.

Even with their self-awareness and greater power, they could not stop Shirou Emiya from slaughtering them.

The reverse blade doesn't mean this weapon is harmless; cutting these phosphorescent particles to pieces is an easy task for Emiya Shirou.

Although he often uses projection magic to perform other people's sword skills, don't forget that Shirou Emiya himself has also practiced swordsmanship for a long time. Using dual swords to perform moves that can be performed with a single sword is not difficult for Shirou Emiya.

After all, this sword technique isn't that profound, so it's only natural that Shirou Emiya can use its variations.

It was fortunate that there weren't many people at the location Fariagne chose; otherwise, Shirou Emiya would never have used such a wide-range, lethal sword technique.

Of course, there is another possibility: the reason why this street is deserted is because the Crimson Lord known as the Hunter devoured all the humans in this area in order to defeat Shirou Emiya.

Since he had already been discovered, there was no need to use the torch to conceal his whereabouts. Why not use it when he could obtain a large amount of existence power in such a simple and direct way?

Compared to the torch, devouring the life force of a human requires certain steps; it cannot be done simply by killing them and directly plundering their life force.

Simply killing humans causes their life force to dissipate in the air. It is precisely because the life force of humans cannot be easily plundered like that of torches that the Crimson World Apostles who devour humans want to avoid the Flame Haze Warriors.

"Sword Breathing: Flame Form - Flame Demon!"

Different breathing methods represent different power generation techniques and different breathing patterns. When changing one's own breathing method, due to the change in power generation techniques, muscle movement, and breathing patterns, the body cannot adjust quickly, which will produce extremely strong pain and make it difficult to fully exert the power that another breathing method can achieve.

Just like Tanjiro switching from Water Breathing to Sun Breathing, he would feel extremely uncomfortable and might even have to hold his breath.

That's why Tanjiro needs to find a breathing method that suits him, combining water breathing and sun breathing.

Perhaps due to Shirou Emiya's talent, or perhaps due to Avalon's restorative properties, Shirou Emiya has learned a wide variety of techniques, and he is already accustomed to switching between different techniques.

Different power techniques and breathing patterns do not cause Shirou Emiya any physical discomfort; Shirou Emiya can switch between breathing methods in a very short time.

One second he was using Water Breathing, the next he was using the extremely intense Fire Breathing, but Shirou Emiya still couldn't feel any tightness in his breathing.

Sword Breathing is the ultimate manifestation of Shirou Emiya's mastery of various techniques.

If Sun Breathing is a general-to-specific approach, then Emiya Shirou's Sword Breathing is a specific-to-general approach.

He made all the breathing techniques more suitable for Shirou Emiya, allowing him to switch more easily between different breathing methods.

In short, although the breathing methods are different, they are all within the framework of sword breathing. It's just that within this framework, some slight modifications have been made, resulting in different power generation techniques and breathing patterns.

"what!"

"How can it be!"

"No!! Ahh ...

With a fierce, twin-bladed slash accompanied by raging flames, screams began to echo throughout the phosphorescent area.

For some reason, although these phosphorescent particles exist for combat, they can feel death and pain, but Shirou Emiya shows no mercy to these phosphorescent particles that can feel pain.

The surging slashes were unleashed without any hesitation.

"Pfft—! Pfft—! Pfft—!"

The sound of tearing echoed continuously through the street.

"Ugh—! Ugh—! Ugh—!"

Phosphorus's screams echoed continuously.

All the phosphorescent particles that rushed towards Shirou Emiya were easily cut in two by the terrifying, dance-like slashes, as if slicing through paper. Accompanied by pale white flames, countless severed limbs and remains scattered in the air and turned to ashes.

Emiya Shirou remained incredibly calm, but his hands continued moving as he charged forward, searching for the figure of the "Hunter" Fariagne.

He knew that eliminating any number of phosphorus particles was meaningless; only by eliminating the Crimson World Demon King would all this stop.

Chapter 248 seems to be the end?

Emiya Shirou was like a meat grinder, unleashing a whirlwind of slashes that tore apart the surrounding phosphorus.

Under such circumstances, even those menacing phosphorescent projectiles could not reach Shirou Konoe.