As soon as he finished speaking, the blazing sunlight on Shirou's sword disappeared completely, leaving only the originally bright and shiny blade.
For some reason, when Shinji saw the sword that had lost its abnormal appearance and returned to its original state, the pressure in his heart increased instead of decreased.
"careful-"
As he uttered the word, Shirou raised his left foot.
"—I'm going to attack."
By the time he took this step, he had already arrived in front of Shinji and finished the second half of the sentence.
That's right, he only took one step. The distance between the two was more than five meters, but he crossed it in one step. This is—
"Live steps?"
Shinji's pupils suddenly contracted.
One step at most, this kind of footwork he had only seen in Ryougi Shiki and Scathach, it was a footwork that could only be mastered by those who had studied oriental martial arts to a very high level. Shinji himself had only just touched the threshold, how did Amakusa Shiro master it? Wasn't he a third-rate fighter
As soon as doubts arose, Shinji immediately put them aside. Now was not the time to think about these things, the enemy's knife was already coming.
Ishtar held her spear across her body, blocking the blow that was coming down on her head.
The moment the sword and the spear collided, Shinji's palms trembled violently and he almost couldn't hold the weapon in his hand - the power of this sword was unusually great.
No, this is not a single knife attack at all. If it were just a single knife attack, the power transmitted from the knife would not be so layered.
This is a unique technique of stacking power, which is as difficult as the "live step". It can integrate the power of several swords into one sword, burst out instantly and catch the enemy off guard.
Caught off guard, Shinji stumbled back, feeling an unprecedented sense of discomfiture in his heart.
"Again? The combination of live steps and overlapping power, the famous swordsmen in history were only like this, how could Amakusa, a short-lived man who died at the age of 17, reach this level? Or is this his growth over the past 60 years?"
It is basically impossible for Heroic Spirits and Servants, who are already fixed beings, to grow, but Amakusa Shiro touched the Greater Holy Grail at the end of the Third Holy Grail War and was incarnated as a human being, which made it possible for them to continue learning and growing.
During his time as the church's agent, he learned how to use the "black keys", so it is not impossible that he has improved his swordsmanship. Although this is contrary to the information in Shinji's memory, Shinji's appearance here to fight Amakusa Shiro is itself an anomaly.
This explanation is reasonable, and Amakusa also has this talent and perseverance, but for some reason, Shinji has been denying this answer deep in his heart. What is wrong
In the brief moment when Shinji steady his steps and regroup, Shirou did not continue to chase him, but moved sideways, directly passed Shinji and attacked the vampire.
The vampire's previous injuries from the sun had not yet healed, and he did not dare to confront the sword that was imbued with the power of the sun. He summoned rafters to block Shirou while retreating.
The flying rafters could not stop Shirou's steps. He sometimes moved to the left and sometimes to the right. Although the frequency of his steps was not high, he made most of the rafters miss the target and shortened the distance between him and the vampire.
He exerted force on his wrist, and the knife flashed, striking the vampire's chest like a bolt of lightning.
At the critical moment, a muffled sound was heard from under the cloak. The cloak that was originally propped up suddenly lost its support and slid down softly. It was propped up by something before it touched the ground. It gathered into a human shape and released several hideous beasts at the same time.
Looking at the mist still remaining at the end of the beast's body, Shirou's eyes flashed with understanding.
It turned out that the vampire turned into mist a second before being stabbed by the sword. Mist has no substance, so naturally it cannot support the cloak, and his sword also fell into the air.
After the flash of the knife, the mist quickly gathered and changed into a solid body. Without a solid body, it can't attack, and if it doesn't gather again, the mist will disperse the cloak, and if Shirou uses "Sunshine" again, it will be over.
In order to avoid direct contact with Shirou, the vampire chooses to separate the familiar from his body to attack - this is also one of the vampire's abilities, derived from the legend of the Dead Apostles. Unlike the Dead Apostles who need to collect animal genes in advance to make a familiar, Dracula, who comes from the legend, has no such restrictions. As long as he wants, he can transform into various monsters.
Of course, Shirou didn't take these monsters seriously. Since they were the appendages of vampires, they had the same weaknesses as vampires and beasts.
Shirou swung his sword and a tornado of flames spread out in all directions, engulfing the evil beasts from all directions.
A flash of golden light pierced through the tornado from top to bottom, accompanied by deafening thunder, and a black gold spear came from bottom to top, carrying earth-shaking divine power. Although the fire tornado that Shirou created from his sword was powerful, it could not withstand the upper and lower attacks of two B-level treasures and was directly shattered.
Amid the sparks scattered all over the sky, Indra's Thunder and Ishtar's Spear passed each other, stirring up a brilliant light of divine power.
Wait, is there something missing
Where is Amakusa Shiro
When Shinji realized that something was wrong, he heard a gentle voice in his ear.
"Here it is~ Secret Sword—"
The blade cut through the air.
Oh no!
Shinji materialized the Shield of Athena at the fastest speed to protect his back.
With a "clang" sound, the sword hit the shield, making a crisp sound.
However, before Shinji could feel at ease, he felt a pain in his chest and abdomen. He subconsciously lowered his head and found that his eyes were full of bright red, the color of blood.
How is it possible? Didn't he block it? How could he be stabbed? And twice.
As soon as the doubts arose, the answer came, the answer spoken by Shirou himself.
"—Yan returns."
What, Yan Fan? How is this possible
Yan returns:
Type: Anti-human magic sword
Maximum capture: 1 person
The unique skill of the unknown swordsman who manifested under the name of Sasaki Kojiro was originally developed to cut down flying swallows in the air.
It flashed once from the real world, and then flashed twice at the same time, ignoring the concepts of time and space, creating a slash from three directions. It was a "Kischur Zelretch" that surpassed the elements of speed, dexterity, and feints, and it was an absolutely unavoidable magic sword.
Reaching the realm of the second magic simply by relying on skills, the ultimate sword skill named as a treasure, this is "Swallow Return", the highest peak of the known sword skills in the Type-Moon world.
"Live Steps" and "Stacked Strength" can be achieved by accumulating time, but "Falling Swallow" is impossible. It is a state that can only be achieved by the fusion of talent, hard work, state of mind, and luck.
Throughout the entire Type-Moon world, only the nameless swordsman Haoda finally reached this realm after years of practice. Even Miyamoto Musashi, who was said to have defeated Sasaki Kojiro, was slightly inferior to him, and even the heroes of the mythological era could hardly reach this realm.
How could a mere Amakusa Shiro achieve that