"What is that?!"
Seeing the Blazing Heavens Covering Seven Rings released from Shirou's hand, everyone present was shocked. They never expected such a strange power to be released from him.
Especially Muya, the captain of the royal guard who released fire magic, believed his big move, prepared for so long, was a Fire King level super spell, enough to crush a dragon's body.
But he never expected that such an amazing attack would be blocked by this human, who was at most a Sword Saint!
"What kind of magic is that exactly?"
In Muya's opinion, Shirou used some kind of incomprehensible magic to create that purple petal-shaped barrier; it was some branch of barrier-type magic.
But only Shirou himself knew that the power he was using was not magic at all, but pure projection magic.
Ever since he projected "Nine Lives Blade Works" and cut down the Red Dragon in Buena Village as a child, Shirou had hardly used the power of projection.
One reason was that he didn't want Servant Emiya to erode him further, causing his soul to be more strongly influenced by Servant Emiya. The second reason was that Shirou hadn't encountered any crisis that truly required him to go all out, even to the point of using projection techniques.
Even in Boreas Castle, when facing the kidnapped Second Princess Ariel, and encountering an opponent at the level of a North Saint, Shirou hadn't fully used projection. Instead, he had only relied on the reforged Sword of Promised Victory, using projected reinforcement, to defeat the strong enemy.
But the situation was completely different now.
Facing the royal guard captain, a terrifyingly strong person under the Demon Lord, who looked to be at least at the King level, Shirou had to use all his power to defeat him!
Even the power of projection, which could potentially erode his soul, he would use it anyway, without hesitation!
"Boom!"
The fire storm released by Muya was completely blocked by the Blazing Heavens Covering Seven Rings projected by Shirou.
After blocking the enemy's attack, Shirou's movements didn't stop at all. He didn't even show a hint of wavering. He directly took advantage of the opponent's stunned moment and charged forward at an extremely fast speed!
Muya saw Shirou's actions and realized that he intended to seize the opportunity to attack him.
"Spirits of the wind—"
So he immediately raised his right hand, creating a fierce wind to influence Shirou's movements.
But unexpectedly, Shirou seemed to have predicted it. In the instant Muya released the magic, he dodged a step ahead, even reacting the moment the other raised his hand.
This surprised Muya and everyone else.
It was hard to imagine why Shirou's reaction speed was so fast!
In fact, the reason Shirou was able to react so quickly was that he had inherited a skill called "Mind's Eye" from Servant Emiya, which allowed him to predict the enemy's actions and react accordingly. Also, he had been fighting and training with his younger brother Rudeus since he was a child, and his opponent was a Water Saint-level magician with the ability to cast without chanting.
In terms of practical combat ability, Rudeus possessed more fighting ability than most magicians in this world.
So during that time, Shirou developed extensive experience in dealing with various types of magic. Often, he could predict Rudeus's movements and what kind of magic he wanted to use just by feeling it.
Because he had this experience, Shirou wasn't flustered at all by Muya, a Fire King-level magician.
In Shirou's view, due to the lack of the ability to cast without chanting, Muya's actual combat abilities might not even be as pressuring as Rudeus had been.
The only problem was that Muya wasn't just a Fire King-level magician, but also a North God Style Saint or higher-level North Saint.
Shirou didn't dare to get close as casually as he had when fighting Rudeus, but he tried to shorten the distance as much as possible.
After all, only in this way could he truly seize the opportunity.
"His experience in dealing with magic is so rich… it seems I really underestimated you."
Muya had now completely abandoned all his carelessness.
Whether it was the Sword Saint strength Shirou had just shown, the strange magic that could block Fire Saint-level spells, or the exaggerated ability to adapt in battle, all made him realize that the young man before him was definitely an incredibly strong enemy.
So he abandoned all his underestimation and used his strongest power—
"Spirits dwelling in the lands of death! Please answer my call, and punish the target—Rain of Death!"
As Muya's voice fell, the surrounding environment was suddenly covered with a strange grey mist.
Wherever the grey mist went, everything became chaotic, as if it had turned into a swamp of death covered with countless deaths and despair, where humans could not survive.
At the same time, he further activated a new spell.
"God of Uncertainty! Please answer my call, and rise from the earth to the heavens—Earth Spears!"
In an instant, the entire adventurer's guild environment suddenly changed drastically.
The ground trembled, and countless rocks turned into spears, rising from the ground and suddenly swept in all directions, turning into a vortex of death.
Area-level environmental damage, and area damage sufficient to cover everything.
As the Demon Lord's royal guard captain, Muya's strength could be said to be one of the best, even among King-level powerhouses.
The speed at which he cast spells, even if it couldn't compare to Rudeus's casting without chanting, was practically instantaneous. Combined with his strong close combat ability and North God Style swordsmanship,
It could be said that Shirou was feeling a true sense of the gap and despair for the first time.
He clearly realized the true distance that existed between himself and true powerhouses!
But this didn't mean Shirou was going to give up.
For him, it was too early to give up now.
Everything had only just begun—
"I Am The Bone Of My Sword!"
Facing the oncoming rain of death and the endless rock spears, Shirou raised his hand to maintain the Blazing Heavens Covering Seven Rings while chanting Servant Emiya's incantation again.
As his chanting continued to accelerate,
The ground around Shirou also began to undergo drastic changes.
The ground changed out of nowhere, flames covered the space, and began to temper everything at an extremely fast speed!
Sword Magic!
The magic that Shirou had learned with the help of his teacher Roxy. Back then, he was still very unfamiliar with using it and needed a long preparation and chanting time to activate it on a large scale.
But now, after forging countless times, and deepening his understanding through the act of forging weapons, his Sword Magic had unknowingly improved during the process.
After all, Sword Magic is essentially just using magic to forge weapons.
As long as Shirou increases his familiarity and understanding of the forging process, the speed at which Sword Magic tempers weapons will naturally become faster!
"Clang!"
As Shirou's magic fully activated, countless blades appeared around him and turned into rotating blades of wind.
The number of swords was unbelievably exaggerated, at least two to three times the number of rock spears.
And after all the swords were born, they scattered at an extremely fast speed, forming a blade storm that was almost impossible to look at directly with the naked eye.
Not to mention ordinary people, even Muya widened his eyes at this sight.
This was the first time in his life that he had seen such a special magic. He never thought that such a talented person would exist, to the point that he felt a little pity for the talent, and his hatred of humans disappeared a lot.
However, Muya's actions still couldn't stop.
The two powerful spells he had prepared were unleashed in one breath!
"Boom!"
The Rain of Death and the Rock Spears erupted almost simultaneously, turning into the substance of death, tearing everything apart.
In the chaos, most people were almost knocked out of the adventurer's guild, including the black-armored knights under Muya's command. As members of the undead legion, they finally couldn't withstand this level of storm.
Only a very few people were still able to stand in place.
For example, Muya himself, and Ruijerd, and Eris who was protected by Ruijerd.
"Shirou… Brother!!"
Underneath the chaotic situation, Eris shouted anxiously, tears even appearing in the corners of her eyes. If Ruijerd hadn't been holding her, she probably would have rushed into the battlefield without any second thoughts to lend Shirou a hand.
But Ruijerd stopped her after all.
Although Ruijerd himself also looked worried, he was more surprised, because as a Superd, even though the scene was already in complete chaos, the red gem on his forehead still clearly reflected everything!
In Ruijerd's sight,
The death magic released by Muya was almost completely blocked by the Blazing Heavens Covering Seven Rings. Although the Blazing Heavens Covering Seven Rings was only a defensive barrier that blocked the front, unable to block attacks from all directions, Shirou activated Avalon, the scabbard of the Sword of Promised Victory, at the critical moment, using Avalon's barrier to offset the impact of the death magic.
As for the endless rock spears,
Although the rock spears were numerous and powerful, due to the lack of tempering and forging, not a single rock spear could penetrate the defenses of Shirou's Sword Magic.
The sword formation formed by countless swords could attack and defend. It not only tore apart all the incoming rock spears, but also turned into a solid defensive line, blocking all the splash attacks.
In the end, although he paid a huge price, Shirou had indeed completely blocked Muya's attack.
However, due to the large amount of magic power he had spent,
After the battle ended, Shirou knelt on the ground, exhausted. His magic power had been almost completely used up just now. Although running out of magic power wouldn't affect his use of swordsmanship and magic, it also meant that one of Shirou's trump cards had been removed, and the remaining battle was destined to become very difficult.
As things stood, Shirou had no more trump cards to use. At most, he had Servant summoning cards, and the Sword of Promised Victory in his bag.
But neither of those things could be used casually in front of people.
The former would expose his identity as Servant Emiya. As for Eris, she still didn't know about his identity as Emiya.
As for the Sword of Promised Victory, it might also expose the possibility that he was the blacksmith Muramasa.
After all, such a special weapon was difficult for ordinary people to forge, and people would quickly think of famous blacksmiths, and Muramasa would naturally be among them.
Just when Shirou was hesitating, not knowing whether he should risk exposing his identity and use his trump cards, a figure stepped forward and blocked his path.
"Ruijerd?"
Shirou widened his eyes, not expecting Ruijerd to step forward voluntarily.
He originally didn't want Ruijerd to reveal his identity as a Superd, so he had always prevented him from taking action.
But Ruijerd had obviously become impatient and could no longer sit still.
The moment the Demon Lord's royal guard appeared, he had already wanted to do something. Seeing Shirou's strength exceeding his expectations, he was a little stunned, so he didn't take action immediately.
But he had obviously made up his mind, and even if it meant exposing his identity as a Superd, he had to help Shirou.
"Let me do it."
The moment Ruijerd took out his trident, all the demon royal guards showed extremely wary expressions, a level of nervousness that was ten thousand times greater than what they showed for Shirou.
Even Muya, who had been calm just now, now showed a confused expression, exclaiming: "The spear of the Superds? You… could you be Dead End!?"
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