Compared with the rafters controlled by Vlad III, the rafters summoned by Shinji looked a little "malnourished". Rather than being rafters, they were more like large nails growing on the ground, pillars, and fences.
But Shirou did not look down on Shinji because of the small size of the rafters. He had completely understood Shinji's plan.
The function of these rafter piles covering the ground is not direct attack, but auxiliary, and double auxiliary.
The first level is to change the terrain in order to block Shirou's elusive footwork.
The second level is for Shinji himself. "The Roar of the Beast" is a self-protective treasure that converts damage into magic power, recovery ability, and explosive power. For the person who holds this treasure, moderate damage will not only not affect the action, but also become a benefit, such as piercing the sole of the foot.
Obviously, Shinji intends to use this self-abuse method to strengthen himself. Although he has to endure both physical and mental pain, what is this pain compared to Scathach's "body control" course and the blow of losing Justisia
As long as he could kill the bastard in front of him, he would be willing to be cut into pieces.
He pinched the seal with his hand, and the increasingly powerful magic power stored in his body was continuously injected into the "Qingyun Sword", turning the entire altar into a sea of fire.
At the same time, Shinji rushed towards Shirou with his bare feet.
Every time he is pierced by a rafter, every time he is burned by a flame, Shinji will gain magic power from it, part of which will be used for self-recovery and enhancement. The excess is used to support the treasure and the "magic release" skill.
In this way, "Roar of the Flawed Beast" and income and expenditure reached a balance. It would not be like Spartacus, who was stretched by more and more magic power and turned into an alien shape and finally exploded, nor would it fall into the point of being unable to fight due to huge magic power consumption. No wonder Shirou praised:
"There are no useless Noble Phantasms, only incompetent Servants. You have done much better than Vlad III and Spartacus."
As for why Shinji obtained the Noble Phantasms of two servants who had already retired, Shirou could also guess the answer.
Justisa used the Holy Grail as a medium to perform the magic of "incarnation" on Shinji. The Holy Grail itself did not have enough magic power to support this magic, and the only thing that could be used as fuel was the "Servant's Soul" stored in it.
In other words, Shinji's body at this time is composed of the Lesser Holy Grail and the souls of Vlad III and Spartacus. With this premise, borrowing the power of the two people has become possible instead of impossible.
The fact is indeed as Shirou guessed, Shinji's "incarnation" is due to the direct fusion of the Holy Grail, along with the soul of the servant stored in it.
Originally, according to Justisa's magic structure, after the body was completed, the function of the Holy Grail to restrain the soul should no longer exist, and Spartacus and Vlad III would be freed. This is why the two agreed to help Justisa complete this magic.
However, before the two were freed, Shinji made a deal with them - lend me your power, and in return, I will defeat Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.
The two servants agreed without hesitation.
Spartacus's goal is to rebel against those in power, and now, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada has become the supreme authority who holds the Greater Holy Grail. If Shinji wants to "rebel" against him, he is naturally willing to help.
Vlad III fell directly under the sword of Shiro Amakusa, and his wish was shattered. For the tyrant, this was intolerable. He had no way to take revenge before, but now that he had the chance, he would never give up.
However, the two have already left the stage and no longer have their jobs or servant bodies, so they cannot provide direct help, and Shinji does not have the ability to rebuild servant bodies for the two and allow them to "revive".
In the end, the two berserkers chose the most drastic approach, completely decomposing what little of their existence remained and transferring all their strength to Shinji, allowing Shinji to gain the power to compete with Shirou and even defeat him.
Shirou's strength is in his skills and experience, the dual extremes of sword (katana) and footwork, and he can perform attacks at the level of a Noble Phantasm. But because he is a Servant, Shirou's physical abilities have been fixed, and his attributes are the same as when he was first summoned more than 60 years ago -
Strength C, Durability C, Agility B, Magic A, Luck B, Noble Phantasm D.
To be honest, this attribute is really not that good. It is not even as good as Shinji, let alone top servants like Altria, Karna, and Siegfried.
And this is exactly Shirou's shortcoming, and also Shinji's only chance to win.
It is impossible to catch up in terms of skills, even if Shinji is given another hundred years, he will not be able to catch up. Ever since Shinji obtained various Noble Phantasms, he was destined not to specialize in one and master it to the extreme.
He can only make up for it in other places, such as equipment and physical fitness.
In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Gilgamesh has fully demonstrated what equipment advantage means and what it means to have many Noble Phantasms and be able to do whatever one wants.
In this Holy Grail War, Spartacus fully demonstrated what it means to crush with strength, and what it means that in the face of absolute power, all skills are nothing.
Now Shinji wants to turn himself into Gilgamesh and Spartacus. Maybe he can't reach the heights of both, but the combination of the two can be sublimated to the point where he can kill Shirou, which is enough.
Qingyun Sword, wind and fire fill the sky.
The blood-stained king ghost and rafters were scattered all over the ground.
The sickle for hunting snakes is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, pursuing it relentlessly.
Even though you are suffering pain all the time, this pain is the only way to victory and revenge.
With every step he took, every time he was burned by the flames, he could feel himself getting stronger.
Strength, endurance, agility, magic power, all attributes, the entire body.
Starting from B, which was already the peak, it soared all the way to A and continued to rise, and finally even broke through the limit that could be defined by the panel, the immeasurable EX.
That was truly an exception, a true superhuman body, and every movement was truly earth-shaking. That was to say, the entire space had been reinforced by Semiramis' magic, otherwise it would have been torn to pieces by Shinji long ago.
Even so, the altar used to hold the Holy Grail had been largely dismantled by Shinji using the purest power, and Shirou's situation became increasingly precarious in the increasingly violent power.
Honestly speaking, having fought to this point, Shinji really admires Shirou.
Yes, admiration. It has nothing to do with grudges or likes and dislikes. It is just pure admiration for the strong.
With only basic attributes that are not high (compared to a servant) and a sword, he has managed to persist until now. His incredible skills open people's eyes time and time again.
There are rafters all over the ground and nowhere to stand? It doesn't matter, as long as you don't step on the tip, you can still move around and perform your skills by stepping on the side edge.
Wind and fire everywhere? It doesn't matter, the sword enchanted by Shakespeare can also release wind and fire, the two cancel each other out, and Shirou, who releases attribute attacks by swinging the sword, has a much stronger control over wind and fire.
Not enough power? It doesn't matter. No matter how strong the power is, it is impossible to achieve absolute uniformity. Just hit the weak point. If the power of one blow is not enough, stack a few blows. If that doesn't work, you can use traction to unload the force.
Shinji had been used more than once by him to channel his power into the earth in this way, and even the rafters he had erected were destroyed. Every time at this time, Shirou would take the opportunity to adjust his situation by being down to earth.
At this moment, Shinji truly realized what the ultimate is. It is not a move at the level of a Noble Phantasm, but rather it is hidden in the little things in daily life. With the accumulation and stacking of these, the so-called "dimensional jump", "image collapse" and "multi-dimensional twists and turns" will naturally come into being.
However, from the moment he killed Justisa, there was no room for redemption between the two.
As Shinji truly acquires a superhuman body and gains equally ultimate absolute power, Shirou's absolute technique is finally broken.
You have elusive and unpredictable movements, and I have EX-level agility. No matter where you appear, I can catch up with you.
You can hit my weak points, and you can't resist my weakest point.
You can use a small amount of force to move a large amount of material, but what about ten thousand pounds? What about a hundred thousand pounds
No matter how you change, I will always be the pressure!
I, Matou Shinji, don't need anything else today. I will just rely on my attributes and equipment to kill you!
It is so unreasonable, so simple and crude, and the simpler and cruder the method is, the more unsolvable it is.
This is also the reason why he chose not to bring his companions with him. The wind, fire, rafters and piles do not distinguish between friend and foe, and the increasing strength leads to a decrease in the control of the body. The more you move, the more serious the deviations become, and you may hurt your companions if you are not careful.
Only fighting alone can avoid this situation. As for the flaws caused by the wrong movements, Shinji doesn't care. The stronger the strength, the stronger the body's recovery ability. Come and chop if you have the guts.
As long as he was not beheaded or pierced through the heart, Shinji did not care about other injuries. In order to avoid this, he even took the opportunity to pick up the Shield of Athena.
This makes Shirou's situation even worse. In the past, the gap between the two was so big that one "heavy pressure" could be ignored. But now, the gap has been filled, and a little weakening will lead to fatal consequences.
Finally, Shinji, who had transformed into a humanoid Tyrannosaurus, seized the gap of Shirou's "dimensional jump" and the magic power in his body exploded like a landslide and tsunami, and pressed forward together with the snake hunting sickle in his hand.
"die!!!"
This attack contained all the magic power that Shinji could unleash, and its power was unprecedented, and it was definitely not something that Shirou could withstand alone.
And Shirou did not even think about resisting. Before the sickle blade hit him, he did a very simple action - raising his left hand.
Then a powerful magical power suddenly attacked from the side, knocking Shinji away without any preparation.
Shinji rolled on the ground, the anger and hatred in his eyes becoming more and more intense.
He didn't need to see it with his eyes to know where the magic came from. It was the magic of the Holy Grail that he was most familiar with, the colorless magic that came from the same source as Justisa.
Ever since the two met, this magical power has always been by his side, supporting him and protecting him.
But now, this magic power fell into the control of the enemy and became his enemy.
Feeling Shinji's gaze, Shirou took a leisurely breath.
"Don't look at me like that. You have the 'Roar of the Flawed Beast' and the 'Bloodstained King Demon', as well as a sword, shield, and sickle. What's wrong with me borrowing a little external force? Didn't I just say that there are no useless Noble Phantasms, only incompetent Servants. Noble Phantasms have nothing to do with level. The key is whether you can use them. You use your Noble Phantasms better than Vlad III and Spartacus, and I certainly use my hands better than Amakusa Shiro Tokisada. The Left Hand Xanadu Matrix is activated, connecting to the target Holy Grail, and projecting magic power continuously."
As Shirou chanted, tiny dots of light appeared around the Holy Grail, each containing a high concentration of colorless magic. Magic itself has no properties, but the impact of its radiation is comparable to that of laser weapons.
In just a moment, more than ten holes were punched into Shinji's increasingly powerful and uncontrollable body. Although these injuries were repaired immediately, Shirou also completed a new round of chanting at this time.
"Right arm (Haer), connect to the target altar, space reset."
In an instant, the original pattern of sky, wind, fire, and earth rafters was broken, replaced by a vast space that filled the field of vision and continued to expand. Compared with this space, the two anti-military treasures were so small.
This strange scene was beyond Shinji's comprehension. He had no idea how Shirou had done it. For the first time since the war began, he did not take the initiative to attack, but instead took a defensive stance.
"This way, the space available for manipulation is much larger. Don't look at me like that. This space was constructed by Semiramis, not me. I just used my right hand to extend the folded space. I guess I know a thing or two about space manipulation."
"You know a thing or two, you know a thing or two. You can use 'dimensional jump' and 'dimensional twist', and you still know a thing or two. Semiramis knows a thing or two about magic, and you know a thing or two about space manipulation. You two are really not from the same family, you are not from the same family!"
If it was normal, Shinji would definitely complain like this, but now he was in no mood at all, and just withdrew the mental power that controlled the "Blue Cloud Sword" and the "Blood-stained King Demon". The space has been extended, and the attack range of the two treasures is not enough to complete the task of blocking and restraining. Instead of wasting the already stretched mental power, it is better to concentrate on controlling the body.
It was at this time that Shirou finally revealed the aura of a swordsman.
"I have been suppressed by you for so long, it is my turn to attack, let's start the second round - I will use the Command Seal to strengthen my body!"
In a flash of red light, Shirou's basic attributes rose across the board. He had long been prepared to make up for his shortcomings. It's just that no one has pushed him to this point until now.
He took a step forward. This stepping posture was not the first time Shinji had seen it. It was the prelude to the "Three-stage Thrust of Ignorance" - a step beyond the sound.
PS: Erye: I know a thing or two about treasures.