*BOOM!*
A large pit was punched into the hard stone floor by Mo Shuying. Purple light flared like flames around his hand, and half of the Magecraft Tome in the pit was instantly destroyed by his punch. The remaining half was also rendered inert, falling silent.
Mo Shuying waved his hand, collecting the still-intact books into his spatial storage. These books were not living beings; they were more like magical tools, so they could be stored. He then stood up, and a Dragon's Eye Phantom swiftly shot out.
"How can there be so many…"
The Dragon's Eye Phantom flew out and observed the deeper parts of the passage. Magecraft Tomes were occasionally flying by, and there were quite a few of them. If he were to clear them all, it would take a significant amount of time.
*BOOM!*
At that moment, the entire passage shook again. This tremor seemed to originate from the surface. The fact that he could feel the ground shaking even here indicated how intense the battle between Karna and Tesla was.
"I can't waste any more time."
Mo Shuying frowned. The black pillar of light that had risen from the ground earlier still hadn't disappeared. So far, only Tesla had been summoned. If he didn't stop this soon, who knew what else might emerge.
And so,
"I'm going to charge straight through now. I have a technique to conceal my presence, so they shouldn't discover me. You just follow behind, or… you can return to the surface first, in case a major battle breaks out and you get caught in the crossfire."
Mo Shuying turned and said to the group, lingering for a second as he looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned, but before they could speak, Mo Shuying had already turned, charging forward and activating Presence Concealment in one fluid motion.
Whoosh~
Mo Shuying transformed into a wisp of wind and vanished, moving like a phantom. With the Dragon's Eye Phantom scouting ahead, he could identify most of the enemies and obstacles in front of him.
Swish~
A Magecraft Tome floated by in front, but Mo Shuying didn't make a move, simply leaping over it from behind.
The Magecraft Tome turned around, appearing very confused, yet it detected nothing unusual.
Thus, Mo Shuying continuously dodged the obstacles presented by the Magecraft Tomes. Upon reaching a larger space deeper inside, he immediately moved along the wall.
This was because there was a Fire Elemental in the center of the large space.
This wasn't an artificial Fire Elemental like Hohenheim's; it was a true elemental spirit. It had been summoned here to guard this passage. Such spirits couldn't be easily killed, so Mo Shuying didn't waste any time fighting it.
Delving deeper, Mo Shuying felt he was already several hundred meters underground. In other areas, groundwater would likely have gushed out multiple times by now. However, Mo Shuying vaguely recalled that the Mage's Association's underground complex had several levels, each measured in kilometers. His current depth hadn't even breached the first underground level of the Mage's Association.
However,
Mo Shuying's goal wasn't to reach the deepest part. After continuously dodging several waves of powerful monster guardians, the Dragon's Eye he had sent out spotted a man constantly chanting!
This was a tall, sharp-eyed man with blue hair, dressed in a Mage's Robe. Before him, a black Magecraft Array floated in the air, and in the center of the array, a golden Holy Grail continuously emitted black light. Clearly, this man was the ultimate mastermind.
"Found you, you little worm!"
The moment Mo Shuying discovered this figure through the Dragon's Eye Phantom, a wide grin spread across his face!
The man chanting the spell seemed to have also noticed the Dragon's Eye Phantom. The instant he turned his head, he saw a fleeting eye, and his instincts screamed a warning of danger. The next second!
"Swish!"
A golden light erupted before his eyes, and Mo Shuying flashed out from within it! His tightly clenched fist slammed down violently towards the man!
*CRASH!*
With Mo Shuying's merciless punch, the formerly handsome blue-haired man instantly became headless. Blood gushed out, and he was utterly disoriented.
"Heh! A decisive kill!"
Mo Shuying heard the sound of experience points being gained in his ear. It was rare to kill an opponent so smoothly! He truly did have the talent of an Assassin!
However, even though the blue-haired man was dead and on the ground, the black Magecraft Array did not stop. Mo Shuying wanted to approach and see how to deal with it, when suddenly!
*SPLAT!*
A large quantity of fresh blood suddenly gushed from the headless corpse on the ground! All the blood in its body was instantly drained, rushing into the black array and finally pouring into the Holy Grail.
*BOOM!*
The black light intensified, becoming even more powerful! In the sky outside, a massive aura was now converging!
"Still causing trouble even after death, hmph."
Mo Shuying scoffed, then reached out towards the Magecraft Array, intending to retrieve the Holy Grail.
But just as Mo Shuying's hand drew near!
Gurgle!
Suddenly, a large amount of black mud overflowed from the Holy Grail! It transformed into the likeness of the man Mo Shuying had just killed! He stared at Mo Shuying with immense hatred!
"You, you bastard!"
The man could still speak, but his form was unstable, constantly writhing, struggling to maintain his shape.
"What's wrong? Upset? If you're upset, get up and bite me!"
Mo Shuying extended an internationally friendly gesture, making the blue-haired man almost drop dead again from anger.
"Bastard! Don't get cocky! Even if you killed me, it's useless now! A stronger destroyer is about to descend, and they have all been granted Mad Enhancement! With such an attribute, even a Saint will obey their inner violent desires and utterly destroy this world! This era! No one can stop it! Hahahahaha!"
The man shouted, then burst into loud laughter.
Mo Shuying's eyelids twitched. A golden Holy Sword materialized in his hand, and without a word, he struck down the black mud man. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he swung the sword at the golden Holy Grail!
At this point, he no longer cared about recovering the Holy Grail intact. After all, even fragments of the Holy Grail could heal, so shattering it and taking it back would amount to the same thing.
*BOOM!*
The sword light flashed, and as if it wasn't the first time, the golden Holy Grail was directly sliced in half.
*CRACK!*
The Holy Grail fractured and fell to the ground, but the black light enveloping it suddenly surged! As if in a final struggle, the black pillar of light rapidly expanded, forcefully pushing Mo Shuying away, and then shot its remaining power towards the sky!
Meanwhile, outside!
Karna was locked in a fierce battle with Tesla. Fortunately, the buildings surrounding the Mage's Association had long been uninhabited, otherwise, innocent people would surely have been harmed.
Just as the two were fighting with true intensity, on the verge of unleashing their strongest techniques to decide the victor...
*BOOM!*
A black light suddenly flared in the sky, finally coalescing into a black beam, descending like a black meteor.
*CRASH!*
The meteor's impact created a massive shockwave, immediately followed by the loud neigh of a horse. Under Karna's gaze, a beautiful Rider, clad in full black armor, astride a white-maned black horse, and wielding a black Long Spear, slowly approached!
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