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"boom!"
Swords clashed.
The power of the Blade of Light is beyond doubt. Combined with Shirou's sword-king level strength, it almost directly cut the two swords in the hands of the Heroic Spirit Emiya into pieces!
However, victory did not come as a result.
Even with his twin swords torn apart, the Heroic Spirit Emiya remained unmoved and calmly reconstructed them in his hands.
"Ding,"
The power of the Blade of Light was weakened after the first collision, and in the second clash, Shirou's sword was no longer able to shatter Emiya's weapon.
Shirou was dumbfounded, never expecting that such a method could be used to break the Blade of Light.
Before he could even react, he saw the man in red unleash an unbelievable attack from the angle, sending him flying.
"Clap."
Shirou landed with difficulty on the sand dune, and before he could react, he saw dozens of swords flying up from the ground around the sword mound and rushing towards him.
"!!!"
Shirou swung his weapon with all his might, smashing the incoming weapons one by one.
Just as he was about to shatter the eighteenth weapon, the weapon in his hand finally gave way and shattered under the continuous impact.
Shirou could only desperately retreat to avoid the onslaught of swords, displaying an extremely disheveled appearance.
"The Sword God Style is indeed a good martial art, but whether a martial art is powerful or not ultimately depends on the user."
Emiya stood atop the sand dunes, like the ruler of the entire world. “In this world of Unlimited Blade Works, I have countless ways to block that Blade of Light. The methods of the Sword God School are too focused on one point, resulting in more offense than defense. Even if that Sword God himself came, as long as his Blade of Light cannot catch up with me instantly, I have ten thousand ways to deal with him.”
"..."
Shirou could not refute Emiya's analysis.
Because it is indeed true that he could not defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya with the Blade of Light alone.
"What, are you admitting defeat?"
Seeing Shirou's helpless expression, the Heroic Spirit Emiya revealed a mocking look, "You've spent decades mastering a vast amount of this world's technology, desperately becoming stronger to this point, and this is all you've achieved?"
"of course not."
Shirou spoke silently, without saying anything more, but simply threw away the broken weapon in his hand.
Unarmed, he decisively deployed the projection, and the weapon in the projection was none other than the King Dragon Sword that the Northern God III had used in his previous duel with the Northern God III!
Anything that has been seen can be projected, and even the Wanglong Sword is no exception!
Shirou knew that if he projected something that Emiya was familiar with, he would not be able to defeat him, because Emiya would definitely be able to project the same things that he was familiar with!
If we want to defeat the opponent, we must do something that the Heroic Spirit Emiya cannot do!
Chapter 347 Wang Longjian, Beishenliu VS Unlimited Blade Works!
Faced with the Heroic Spirit Emiya, Shirou chose to project the King Dragon Sword.
After realizing that he couldn't defeat his opponent with just the Sword God Style technique, Shirou decisively abandoned the Sword God Style, which focused too much on speed, and instead chose to project the weapon of the Northern God III—the King Dragon Sword.
The reason for this was that Shirou changed his strategy after realizing that he could not defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya with the Sword God Style technique.
For him, the best way to defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya was undoubtedly through projection.
However, ordinary projections cannot defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya, because if it is a projection that he can use, then the Heroic Spirit Emiya can naturally also control it.
Therefore, Shirou must attempt to project a projection technique that the Heroic Spirit Emiya has never seen and cannot master.
The King Dragon Sword of the Northern God III, which gave Shirou himself a huge headache and almost caused him to lose, is undoubtedly the best choice!
"Projection, start!"
Shirou slowly raised his right hand, and suddenly began to recall the appearance of the King Dragon Sword he had seen before, as well as the conception of the King Dragon Sword's core.
The prerequisite for using projection is to dissect the essence of the weapon, imitate its core, and finally completely reproduce its form.
Each step is extremely complex; even constructing the outer shell would be difficult for an average person.
For Shirou, projecting ordinary creations is indeed very energy-consuming, but when projecting creations like swords, the speed increases many times over!
"boom!"
Intense magical power erupted in Shirou's hand and gradually began to take the shape of a two-handed greatsword.
"Basic bones, explain it!"
"The constituent materials, explained!"
"Production technology, replicate!"
"Rely on experience, replicate!"
"Concept created, complete!"
Shirou perfectly replicated every detail of the King Dragon Sword in his mind, from every pattern on the blade to the various materials used in its construction, as well as the user's skill, making a one-to-one replica in his hands and restoring the King Dragon Sword.
In that instant, the moment he held the weapon, Shirou exuded an aura almost identical to that of Alexander himself, giving off an oppressive aura akin to that of a northern god.
"Huh? You didn't know you had that trick up your sleeve."
Seeing Shirou's actions, the Heroic Spirit Emiya smiled with interest. "Indeed, this is something only you can do. Weapons are different from Noble Phantasms. Even if I projected the same weapon as you, because I haven't learned the Northern God Style, I can't replicate the same technique as that Northern God III, nor can I use this King Dragon Sword."
"..."
Shirou did not respond to Emiya's words.
That's precisely why he chose to project the Dragon Sword.
Long ago, when he regained his ability to project, Shirou discovered that he could no longer project the weapons of this world at will.
In other words, although it is possible to project an identical weapon, the weapons in this world are not particularly powerful; their strength lies more in the wielder's skill. Therefore, even if Shirou projects a weapon from this world, he cannot directly gain powerful strength.
The reason for this is probably the difference between Noble Phantasms and ordinary weapons.
The reason why a Noble Phantasm is a Noble Phantasm is because it is the sublimation of the history and experience of a Heroic Spirit. It is not just a simple weapon, but more of an essence condensed from memories.
This allows Shirou Emiya to project his Noble Phantasm in the past, inheriting the experience and skills of the Heroic Spirit and instantly using the projected Noble Phantasm.
However, ordinary weapons are different. Weapons themselves do not have experience or memory. Even if an identical weapon is projected, if the user cannot use it as skillfully as the original owner, they will not be able to immediately improve themselves.
This is also why Shirou was unable to project the sword of the Water God and the sword of the Sword God, and instantly possess the combat power of these two god-level powerhouses.
In the past, Shirou rarely projected weapons from this world; at most, he would project them casually as consumables for use at will.
But this time, the projection of Wang Longjian was different.
The reason is that the King Dragon Sword itself is a very special weapon, possessing great power that is comparable to a Noble Phantasm. At the same time, Shirou himself, after training, has basically acquired abilities equivalent to the Northern God King level, and is not much different from the Northern God III himself.
Although the Northern God III possessed the name of the Northern God, his Northern God style techniques were not particularly refined. Due to his over-reliance on the power of the King Dragon Sword, Alexander's strength was at most at the level of the Northern Emperor, far from the level that Shirou could not imitate.
With his current strength at the level of the Northern King, Shirou is fully qualified to wield the King Dragon Sword!
"Boom!"
As Shirou suddenly raised his greatsword high above his head, the yellow sand in all directions stopped flowing out of thin air, suppressed by the exaggerated force as if it had come to a standstill.
This is undoubtedly Wang Longjian's gravity magic!
Although the projected Wanglong Sword was a level weaker than the original, the gravity magic it released still exuded an exaggerated sense of oppression.
Seeing Shirou in such a state, the Heroic Spirit Emiya's expression also became serious.
He no longer stood on the sword mound with the same ease as before, but silently raised his hands and projected his most familiar Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords.
Seeing Emiya's actions, Shirou did not waver. He simply raised the King Dragon Sword in his hand with all his might and suddenly swung it down!
"Twenty cuts!"
As the most classic move of the Hokushin-ryu style, Shirou's Twenty Slashes in his normal state are not considered any extraordinary skill, let alone compared to the Light Blade.
But when he was wielding the Wanglong Sword, the power of his sword strike was so exaggerated that it almost tore the earth apart, carving a long crack in the crimson sand.
"boom!"
Shirou's figure appeared in front of Heroic Spirit Emiya at an extremely fast speed.
Such an extreme twenty-slash is not only so fast that the latter cannot react, but also so powerful that it is impossible to defend against.
Even though the Heroic Spirit Emiya used his most familiar Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords to parry, he couldn't completely block the attack and was sent flying!
"!!"
Seeing this, Shirou didn't waste the opportunity and immediately followed up, unleashing even greater power.
Just as he was trying to defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya with a single sword strike, to his utter surprise, all the sword blades on the ground suddenly jumped up.
Under the control of an invisible hand, the countless swords and blades in this world, which resembled a smelting plant, began to rapidly generate astonishing killing intent!
We must stop them!
An instinctive thought arose in Shirou's mind.
Having briefly used Unlimited Blade Works once, Shirou knows better than anyone what this scenario means.
If we let our guard down here, we will be defeated instantly!
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly, scorching spirals exploded in all directions, and nearly a thousand, even tens of thousands of swords emerged from all sides, rushing towards Shirou at an extremely fast speed.
In an instant, Shirou unleashed the power of the King Dragon Sword at top speed, empowering himself with gravity magic to create a gravity shield!
Even so, it couldn't completely stop the almost ridiculously large rain of swords!
"Pfft!"
As one of the swords flew towards him, Shirou's forehead and cheeks were slashed by the sharp blades, and his body was covered in lacerations!
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, all the rain of swords finally stopped.
Shirou, covered in wounds, struggled to plant the King Dragon Sword in the ground. Although he hadn't been unaware of this outcome, he still showed a helpless expression.
The power of Unlimited Blade Works was still too exaggerated. Even with the King Dragon Sword in hand and the swordsmanship of the Northern God Style, he could not destroy all the sword rain.
In this world filled with the Infinite Blade, defeating an opponent head-on is an extremely difficult task!
The only thing that can do this is to create a weapon that is even more outrageous than the Infinity Blade, capable of completely eradicating and annihilating the Infinity Blade!
"Projection, start!"
The moment the thought crossed his mind, Shirou didn't hesitate. He directly abandoned the King Dragon Sword in his hand and unleashed a brand new projection.
That is everything he has accumulated since he came into this world, the ultimate sublimation of all his skills!
This was the only skill he believed Emiya could never do, and was incapable of doing!
Therefore, as long as we use this next move, we might have a chance to defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya, no, we must defeat the Heroic Spirit Emiya!
"Projection, Excalibur!"
Emiya was clearly prepared for Shirou's actions.
He already knew Shirou's trump card, and naturally made all the necessary preparations to counter Shirou's final move!
The ultimate magical power began to spread across the dunes of the Infinity Blade, like a terrifying sandstorm, sweeping away everything within the bounded barrier!
……
The battle between Shirou and the Heroic Spirit Emiya was fierce and intense. Although the details of the battle are brief, it was actually an extremely long one.
Both sides are extremely stubborn, so it will never be easy to determine a winner.
Meanwhile, the civil war in the Kingdom of Asura was changing every minute.
The day after the assassination attempt, Princess Ariel began preparing to defeat Minister Darius.
She first went to the dojo of the Water God School.
Despite knowing that the current water goddess Lydia is on Darius's side, Ariel still openly went to meet her.
The reason for this is that everyone knows that the current water god is not actually assisting Darius in doing evil.
The water god's purpose has always been singular: to protect Darius's life.
Because Darius had saved his life when he was young, the water god later swore that he would never watch Darius die. However, the water god did not actually approve of Darius's actions. He only protected Darius out of gratitude. Therefore, the water god could only unilaterally guarantee that Darius would not die.
Darius could not command the water god, much less order the water god to kill someone.