Honkai Summoning.

"Not bad." The golden-haired man praised, then waved his hand and tossed out another pile of treasures.

"As expected of a super-rich sir, remember to call me next time you need me, I'll be there whenever you call!" The penguin suddenly became excited, but his body began to slowly become transparent, and tiny specks of light floated out from his body.

After he unleashed his power, forcing Captain Dragonfly and Berserker to retreat, he himself was unable to stay. The role of the two adjudicators was originally to bring the derailed Holy Grail War back to normal.

Now that the goal has been achieved, the penguins will naturally return.

Chapter 97 This is part of the rules; if you're unhappy, don't play.

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"...Finally back to normal." Seeing that the penguin had also disappeared, Gilgamesh looked at Artoria and Irisviel and laughed, but there was an indescribable danger in his smile.

"He clearly enjoys using it." Su Mo muttered from the side, extending one hand to form a fist, and the Demon-Slaying Crimson Rose appeared in his hand, the spear blade lightly tapping the ground.

"Huh, is it two against two now?" Irisviel said, resting her head on Artoria's shoulder.

“I’ll deal with the lady, you deal with the Saber,” Su Mo said to Gilgamesh.

“Okay.” Gilgamesh gripped the sword Ea and looked at Artoria.

"Actually, it's not two against two."

Li Yunlong's voice came from afar, and the surrounding scene instantly changed, transforming from Fuyuki City into a battlefield filled with the sounds of gunfire.

"Wow."

Su Mo looked at the ash stains on his clothes and laughed.

Gilgamesh looked at her ugly clothes with a strange expression. Normally, she wouldn't even look at such tattered clothes. But seeing the warriors around her, who were also wearing the same clothes and roaring, she inexplicably felt a surge of energy.

"Comrades! Kill them! Kill these little devils—no, damn it, kill these monsters with me! Bring me my Italian cannon!" Li Yunlong's majestic and domineering voice came from the front.

The man dressed in grey stood at the front of the group, raising a large machete and roaring. The flashes from the shells reflected a bloodthirsty hue onto his face.

"kill!"

The independent members around them roared and charged towards the ghoul army.

"You've enveloped all the ghouls within the barrier?" Su Mo asked, leaping over Li Yunlong in a few bounds.

"Hmm." Li Yunlong nodded. "Most of the ghouls in Fuyuki City are in here. That Dragonfly Captain thing is pretty powerful. It trapped me for several minutes, and I finally had to summon other people to burst it. I was going to help you guys, but these monsters surrounded us." Li Yunlong said.

Captain Dragonfly's Flying Dragonfly, while incredibly effective at trapping people, has a drawback: it can only capture a maximum of 999 people. Gilgamesh used the Heaven-Splitting Star of Ea to break Captain Dragonfly's barrier, while Li Yunlong won by sheer numbers.

They summoned over a thousand members of the Independent Group, directly destroying Captain Dragonfly's Flying Dragonfly. This perfectly illustrates the saying "many hands make light work."

"Where are Madam and the Saber King?" Su Mo asked.

Li Yunlong had enveloped both him and Jin Shanshan within the barrier, so naturally he couldn't abandon his two greatest enemies unless Li Yunlong had already been corrupted by evil.

However, this guy is blessed with **glory**, making it even harder to corrupt him than to corrupt Gilgamesh.

"They slipped away the moment they came in. They're among those ghouls," Li Yunlong said, pointing to the ghoul army not far away.

As the two were talking, the Independent Regiment soldiers had already engaged the ghoul army in close combat, their large swords aimed directly at the ghouls' heads. There was no other way; although Li Yunlong and Su Mo had looted the military base, they hadn't obtained many firearms, especially ammunition, which was in short supply.

The ghouls were not strong in combat, but their numbers far exceeded those of the Independent Regiment warriors. After a battle, their ammunition was quickly exhausted, and the fight turned into close combat.

Fortunately, while the Independent Regiment warriors were outnumbered by the ghouls, their individual combat prowess far surpassed theirs. A single, swift strike could shatter a large head into the air. Furthermore, blessed by the **Radiance**, they wouldn't turn into ghouls after being bitten by one.

Under these circumstances, the Independent Group, with far fewer troops than the ghoul army, withstood the enemy's frenzied offensive, even gaining a slight advantage. Their morale soared, and victory seemed only a matter of time.

"boom!"

A distinct artillery barrage, starkly different from the background fire, echoed across the battlefield. Li Yunlong's Italian cannon was beginning to prove its worth, though it lacked the flamboyant display it displayed in the outside world. The shells landed amidst the horde of ghouls, clearing a large open area.

A few minutes later, the clearing was filled with the remaining ghouls.

"boom!"

"boom!"

With the continuous shelling, the Independent Regiment's momentum in gaining the upper hand became increasingly apparent.

"Hmm? Something's wrong." Li Yunlong's expression, which had been focused on the battlefield situation, suddenly changed, becoming more serious.

"Madam has made a move." Su Mo nodded.

Behind the ghouls, a tide of black mud began to spread out. The ghouls that were touched by the mud roared, their originally gray and lifeless eyes turned red, and they gradually changed from walking upright to crawling, starting to resemble wild beasts.

The black mud spread like a plague, quickly reaching the foremost ghouls. One ghoul roared, ignoring the greatsword that was about to strike its head, and lunged at the warrior before it.

The greatsword, which could have cleaved the ghoul in two, stopped halfway down the ghoul's head. The ghoul's immense strength knocked the warrior to the ground, and then it bit into his shoulder.

A few seconds later, both "people" got up, but the Independent Regiment soldier had also turned into a ghoul and become the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong frowned and ordered, "Italian artillery, prepare, retreat, and move into the city for street fighting."

Originally, they engaged in direct melee combat because these ghouls could hardly harm the Independent Regiment warriors. Now that Irisviel has intervened, the situation has reversed, and Li Yunlong will naturally respond accordingly.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The Italian cannons bombarded again, barely separating the Independent Regiment fighters from the ghouls. However, there were too many ghouls, and with only eight Italian cannons, the crisis could only be temporarily resolved.

Before the Independent Regiment fighters could retreat to the "city" map behind them and use their own strength to fight off the ghouls, they would be trapped in the ghoul army.

"There is no need to retreat back into the city."

At this moment, Jin Shanshan arrived beside Su Mo and Li Yunlong. She was still wearing the same gray coat she wore on the self-propelled boat after they became comrades-in-arms, but now it had many gold patterns, making her look extremely noble.

"Just retreat to the cover behind."

Gilgamesh gently brushed her long hair aside, pulling it from her chest to her back. After being feminized, she made many more of these small, womanly gestures. "You have shown me what a true warrior is. I will help you."

As Gilgamesh's voice rang out, halos of light appeared in the sky, which were none other than her Gate of Babylon. However, instead of the weapons Gilgamesh usually used, a stylish AK-4-7 emerged from them!

"The Fire Kirin AK with unlimited ammo, that penguin sold it to me just for collection purposes... Now, I, the King, bestow this weapon and glory upon you, great warriors!"

One after another, cool-looking AK47s, seemingly with flames burning on them, fell into the hands of the Independent Regiment soldiers, and gunshots immediately filled the sky above the battlefield.

"That's pretty impressive."

Su Mo said from the side, "With the elite warriors of the Independent Regiment and the Fire Kirin AK with unlimited ammo, the ghouls began to fall in droves like wheat being harvested."

The advantage gained due to Irisviel's intervention was reversed in an instant.

Just then, from behind the ghoul army, Artoria leaped into the air and unleashed several sword strikes in quick succession. The black sword light merged into a massive black curtain of light, enveloping everyone within it.

"Humph!"

Gilgamesh snorted coldly, took out the Star of Ecstasy and raised it high. The spinning blade also unleashed extremely terrifying power, and black and red patterns like spatial rifts instantly spread out.

"Damn it—my barrier!"

With Li Yunlong's angry curse, the illusory battlefield shattered instantly upon the collision of the two powerful forces.

A large number of ghouls and many independent fighters perished directly from the impact of the force.

The battlefield shifted from Li Yunlong's Independent Unity Zone back to Fuyuki City. Gilgamesh laughed wildly, and the sky was once again filled with the glow of the Gate of Babylon. A large number of Noble Phantasms and weapons were bombarded towards Artoria, who was falling from the sky.

Artoria, suspended in mid-air, wielded Excalibur to block most of the attacks, but was still struck by a barrage of Noble Phantasms. Her body flew backward like a cannonball, seemingly crashing into a building and causing a loud bang.

"King of Knights, you are worthy to be my opponent!"

The golden figure slowly disappeared from Su Mo's side, clearly heading to cause trouble for Artoria.

For various reasons, Gilgamesh never really fought well in this Holy Grail War. One reason was her pride and underestimation of her opponents—in her own words, she would end the fight in an instant if she were to fight seriously.

On the other hand, it's also because of the various schemes of others. Who told you to be so strong? How else would we play if we didn't scheme against you?

Fortunately, the penguin was just there for show and then ran away. Otherwise, if he and Gilgamesh had really teamed up—making people stronger by recharging is part of the Holy Grail War, so if you don't like it, don't play.

Although the penguin is no longer around, Gilgamesh seems to have finally begun to unleash his full potential in a battle.

In the distance, the glow of the Gate of Babylon and the black sword light of Excalibur after Artoria's corruption appeared in the sky. Buildings began to collapse in swathes, and the earth trembled in the aftershocks of their battle.

"Poor Fuyuki City," Su Mo sighed insincerely. "I wonder what those survivors are thinking."

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Final Move

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The survivors' thoughts were naturally things like, "Has World War III broken out? Is the world going to end? The comics weren't lying after all. Earth is really on the road to destruction."

Of course, their ideas had no impact on Fuyuki City or the current state of the Holy Grail War; they could only hide in a safe place and wait for these terrible destroyers to disappear.

Those outside who had completely sealed off Fuyuki City felt utterly terrified. Luckily, they had acted decisively and sealed off Fuyuki City; otherwise, the commotion they caused would have been far beyond what they could easily cover up.

The Mage's Association began berating the Holy Church: "What kind of Holy Grail War are you getting into? Now look what you've done! You're responsible for this mess! The Eighth Secret Society is one of your people, right? And they're supposed to be the overseers of the Holy Grail War? Overseers my foot! Don't play dumb, take responsibility for yourselves!"

However, the Holy Church was not to be trifled with, and immediately retorted: "Aren't you magicians the ones participating in the Holy Grail War?! What right do you have to talk about us?! Let's fight!"

Although the two sides exchanged heated words, it was all just talk. In the current climate, war is simply out of the question.

They could only vent their anger by hurling insults at each other and engaging in small-scale covert struggles.

The mess this Holy Grail War has caused is enough for them to curse for a year and a half. Thinking about it that way, it seems a little comforting. After all, both sides have their pride, and they can't just start cursing without any reason. Finding an excuse makes their cursing seem more justified.

The church and the magicians' association are having a good time arguing.

In Fuyuki City, the Holy Grail War has reached its most intense point. The corrupted Artoria possesses an extremely large amount of magical power, and although she has been at a disadvantage in her battle against Gilgamesh, she has not shown any signs of defeat.

However, Li Yunlong's regiment faced off against the ghoul army. Under Li Yunlong's command and with their dazzling equipment, the ghoul army suffered greatly—if these ghouls still possessed the ability to think, victory would only be a matter of time.

"That's all for me." Su Mo stood next to Li Yunlong and yawned lazily.

When others are engaged in team fights, it's considered a blessing if your team doesn't have a single bad teammate. Su Mo is in a team fight. His teammates are all playing like gods, so Su Mo has nothing to do.

"Shouldn't we be having tea now?" Su Mo walked over, placed a chair that had been overturned but had miraculously remained intact, sat down, and leisurely looked at the sky.

Normally, someone who acts so arrogantly would be beaten to death, but everyone's busy right now and nobody cares about him.

"Old Wang, are we going to kick the bucket after this Holy Grail War ends?!"

Li Yunlong's voice reached Su Mo's ears.

"Could you use a nicer word?" Su Mo said helplessly, then replied loudly, "If nothing unexpected happens, this is it." He didn't explain his difference to Li Yunlong.