As Gilgamesh completed the True Name Release, the pure golden arrow shot towards Tohsaka Rin. Tohsaka Rin instinctively swung the god-slaying spear in her hand, cutting and shattering the arrow. However, this did not mean Tohsaka Rin had destroyed the noble phantasm released by Gilgamesh. That arrow was not the main body of the noble phantasm; it was merely a marker for a targeting attack coordinate. The true noble phantasm itself was—in Earth's outer space, on a satellite orbit!
EX-rank Anti-Civilization noble phantasm: Sword of Summoning Floods—sword of oath, enki!
From the moment of activation, the torrent would increase daily, accumulating into a great tsunami, the prototype of Noah's flood, the Giant Waves of Nabishtim, by the seventh day! The purpose of the previous arrow was merely for aiming; thereafter, the "sword of oath, enki" deployed in satellite orbit was the real deal, bringing down a "Star of Destruction" formed by seven arrows converged into one from satellite orbit to the ground.
The flashing golden arrow from outer space had already located Tohsaka Rin's coordinates and was crashing down. Unwilling to sit idly by, Tohsaka Rin gritted her silver teeth, holding the god-slaying spear in reverse like a javelin and pointing it towards space.
A+-rank Anti-Country noble phantasm: Brahma, Curse Me!
This was Karna's hidden ultimate skill type noble phantasm release method. Originally, magic power was injected into the divine spear "Blade of Immortality," and the divine spear was projected, releasing a destructive radiance like an avalanche. However, at this moment, the Blade of Immortality had been replaced by Tohsaka Rin with the god-slaying spear, which incorporated the Golden Armor of Immortality, its power further enhanced to A++ rank noble phantasm!
"Brahma, Curse Me!"
A solar nuclear bomb powerful enough to shatter the entire Honshu Island! The god-slaying spear blasted upwards against gravity, towards the sword of oath, enki falling from the cosmos! At this moment, Tohsaka Rin could only hope that the true deployment position of the sword of oath, enki would not be too low… The golden arrow falling from the sky and the divine spear breaking through the air upwards collided at an unknown number of kilometers above the ground. Two unparalleled noble phantasms met at the boundary layer between the atmosphere and space, their arrowheads and spear tips colliding with precise accuracy!
Boom—!!!
At this moment, it was as if a new sun had truly appeared on the other side of the Earth! The exploding solar divine flames erupted at the boundary between Earth and space, illuminating the dark side of the Earth that was facing away from the sun in an instant.
At this moment, an extremely unreasonable solar storm swept across the back side of the planet. The suddenly erupting solar energy destroyed all artificial satellites and space stations above Japan, turning them into debris that continued to orbit Earth as space junk.
Tohsaka Rin raised her hand to summon the god-slaying spear from afar. However, the scene she least wanted to see still happened: the golden "Star of Destruction" exploded at the point of impact with the god-slaying spear. This was not destruction by the divine spear, but rather its true entry into the activation phase!
Centered on the exploding Star of Destruction, a giant crimson array pattern, like a huge net, enveloped the entire planet, unfolding on the outermost layer of the planet. A so-called Anti-Civilization noble phantasm is a noble phantasm capable of destroying a planet's civilization with a single full-power strike!
Although at this moment, it had not undergone seven days of operation to maximize its power, the ominous and disastrous crimson fine lines still covered the sky within the maximum visible distance of Tohsaka Rin. The grand power surging invisibly within the sub-array was about to display its might!
There was no escaping now. Tohsaka Rin's gaze turned towards the vimana suspended a dozen kilometers away, where Gilgamesh stood upright. Tohsaka Rin's eyesight could clearly discern every muscle fiber on his body. His gaze towards Tohsaka Rin remained serious, earnest, and calm. On his left waist, there was a stone tablet book suspended by a golden chain, inscribed with talismans and characters Tohsaka Rin had never seen before.
Perfect Projection Magecraft granted Tohsaka Rin the ability to discern the True Names of all noble phantasms, and that stone tablet book was no exception: book of the abyss of the spiral labyrinth (codex of the spiral city).
Needless to say, this was the original work/canon of the legendary book of the abyss of the spiral labyrinth (codex of the spiral city), inscribed with characters from beyond humanity. Even a handwritten grimoire written in Italian could serve as an A+ rank noble phantasm; the mere ability to automatically generate infinite magic power was enough for it to exist as an exceptional noble phantasm.
No wonder his magic power was inexhaustible!
In the original work/canon, Gilgamesh, who had not released the Star of Omniscience, naturally did not know that his treasury contained such a noble phantasm that provided magic power to its user. But at this moment, Gilgamesh, who was already intimately familiar with all the noble phantasms in his Gate of Babylon, naturally would no longer keep it hidden in his treasury.
At this moment, a sound like shattering glass rang from above. The spreading, gigantic crimson magic power patterns shattered like a mirror. And when these sky-obscuring patterns and arrays completely collapsed and shattered, the end began… Boom!!!
The sea transformed into a furious, sky-devouring beast! The waters of ten thousand miles of ocean all turned into its giant maw and rushed into the sky, swallowing the thousand-meter space centered around Tohsaka Rin! The seawater rushing skyward exposed the seabed scenery a thousand meters below to the air, creating a circular tsunami that surged up to twenty thousand meters high!
The endless seawater that rushed to the high heavens collapsed into the space within the ring. At this moment, Tohsaka Rin, standing a thousand meters in the air, was definitely beneath the tsunami. The water pressure from the countless tons of seawater falling from twenty thousand meters high across ten thousand miles of ocean, even with Water Protection, would inevitably crush her completely, merging her with the seawater. After all, pure "force" is absolutely unavoidable!
Between an individual and the world, the gap is always infinite. A calamity-class noble phantasm that drew upon the world's natural power, capable of destroying civilizations and nations, was unleashed solely to kill Tohsaka Rin. Facing the irresistible might of the world, for others, this might be the end of their lives, but Tohsaka Rin would never resign herself to such a desperate conclusion.
"Burn completely! O Sun, Obey Death!!!"
Amidst a hoarse cry, Tohsaka Rin once again activated the ultimate secret technique of the divine spear in her hand. A god-slaying beam, hotter than the sun's core, shot skyward, contending with the world-ending tsunami, "Giant Waves of Nabishtim," unleashed by the sword of oath, enki.
The sword of oath, enki, guided by the noble phantasm's deployment, invisibly stirred the ocean to unleash a world-ending tsunami. In contrast, "O Sun, Obey Death," released by the god-slaying spear, was a god-slaying secret technique released entirely by Tohsaka Rin's own magic power. At this moment, these two opposing forces represented Tohsaka Rin, with her individual strength, confronting the mighty power of the natural ocean!
At this moment, Tohsaka Rin was as if holding up the entire pressure of the tsunami with the divine spear in her hand. The burden on her magic power, stamina, spirit, and even soul was unprecedentedly immense. The scorching light, capable of melting the world, gradually showed signs of weakening.
"Uh—ah!!!"
The Second Magic, already difficult to sustain, was further amplified. The parallel space rifts within the inner world tore open even wider, and along with the surging, infinite magical power came the unbearable agony of a soul overwhelmed.
The soul was shattering, collapsing. This was the inevitable price of forcibly using a supreme mystery beyond one's grasp, a power one was not yet ready for. Rin was like the previous Old Magus of the Fifth Magic, using magic without the fundamental basis to control it, leading to the collapse of her soul from its very root.
But Rin, still holding onto this resolve to burn herself out, poured an immense amount of magical power into the divine spear. The solar divine flames, bursting forth, released a heat that could melt time and space! The grand solar divine light amplified, and the aurora, soaring into the sky, evaporated the world-ending tsunami! It pierced through the clouds, illuminating and dissipating into the infinite cosmos.
However, just as Rin had not yet lowered the god-slaying spear in her hand, Gilgamesh, who had reappeared after the curtain of heavenly water was evaporated, stood on the vimana. In his hand, he held a sword hilt that resembled a mechanical device, but instead of a blade, there was a crystal-red net like an electronic network, shimmering with mysterious luminescence.
As Rin neutralized the great tsunami from the sword of oath, enki, the widespread net quickly converged into one. It seemed to have captured enough of what it needed, and the converging net compressed into a sparkling, luminous orb, floating before Gilgamesh.
Seeing this, Rin let out a helpless, bitter smile.
"After termination, is it creation again? This is truly..."
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