A white light flashed, and the world seemed to have been put on mute. A massive gash extended outward from Karna's abdomen, growing longer and longer, as space itself was sliced open by this single sword strike.
After an unknown amount of time, the faint sound of wind reached the ears of Aoko and the others again. Everything returned to normal, but the rift in the sky sliced open by that sword was still extending outward.
"How is this possible..." In mid-air, blood gushed from the wound on Karna's abdomen, and he fell powerlessly and heavily to the ground.
"The power was still too great."
Asagami Fujino looked troubled at the rift that was still expanding and sighed. It seemed that being too strong was also a bit disadvantageous, as she couldn't fight with her full power at all. Even though she had suppressed her Strength for that last move, the damage caused was still too significant. If she hadn't specifically diverted the power of that sword strike from Karna's body to the space around him, Karna would have directly returned to the Throne of Heroes just now.
"Let's fix this first." Looking at the rift that had grown quite large, Asagami Fujino had a thought, and the world began to repair itself. The massive rift quickly shrank and closed, finally returning to its original state.
Asagami Fujino walked up to Karna. At this moment, Karna was on the verge of death, his eyes closed, and his chest barely moving. If it weren't for the fact that Karna was still of some use to Asagami Fujino, he would have already dissolved into points of light and dissipated; he wouldn't be forced to hang onto a breath of life by Asagami Fujino now.
Although she had given Matou Kariya cheats, he was truly too useless and provided no entertainment at all. He had even ruined her date today, so Asagami Fujino decided to have him withdraw from the Holy Grail War today. However, there was still something to be done before that.
With one hand pressed against Karna's chest, the mana within her surged, and brilliant blue mana flooded into Karna's body. Simultaneously, centered on Asagami Fujino's hand, a complex magic circle emerged on Karna's chest, then sank into his body, followed by another magic circle, and so on.
"Mongrel!"
At this moment, Gilgamesh manifested in mid-air. Looking at Asagami Fujino beside Karna, he said coldly, "You're the one who caused this, aren't you? I didn't expect that in this boring era, there would actually be an opponent like you."
Asagami Fujino acted as if she hadn't heard Gilgamesh's words, but the curve of her lips grew wider and wider.
As the final profound magic circle merged into Karna's body, Karna's closed eyes snapped open. His original heterochromatic eyes, one red and one green, had both turned completely crimson.
Asagami Fujino withdrew her hand and looked at Karna with a smile: "You've been buffed! Now go!"
"Aah!" Letting out a furious roar, Karna instantly vanished and reappeared in front of Gilgamesh.
"How is this possible!" Gilgamesh was instantly shocked, but before he could react, the red-eyed Karna had already thrown his fist. Countless fist shadows rained down unreservedly upon Gilgamesh's golden armor, much like Luffy using his Rubber Gatling.
"Honestly, hit his face. Why are you hitting the armor?" Asagami Fujino muttered.
"Bastard!" Summoning the Chains of Heaven to bind Karna, Gilgamesh hastily pulled away, retracting the golden armor that was already on the verge of being scrapped. Behind him, countless golden ripples appeared, and numerous Noble Phantasms were aimed at Karna and fired all at once.
0--- "It's useless." Asagami Fujino, watching the scene, said indifferently. Among the magic circles she had cast on Karna earlier, besides a Berserk effect, there was also an ability similar to an Indestructible Body. Unless it was a Noble Phantasm of A-rank or higher, it could only cause a certain amount of damage, and even then, the Noble Phantasm would need to be released; simply firing them out was of no use at all.
Countless C-rank Noble Phantasms bombarded Karna's body, but not only did they fail to cause any damage, they didn't even leave a mark, instead shattering into pieces directly.
"No effect? Then this time we'll use B-rank, no, A-rank to see if you can block it! Mongrel!" An enraged Gilgamesh completely opened his Gate of Babylon, with countless golden ripples expanding behind him. Various swords, spears, and staves emerged from the ripples; these were undoubtedly all A-rank Noble Phantasms.
Asagami Fujino, watching the spectacle, wasn't worried at all. Instead, she teleported to the side of Aoko and the others, produced three lounge chairs and several buckets of popcorn, and sat comfortably while holding the two Little Lolis, Sakura and Kallen.
Not far from this street in Fuyuki City, Saber, whom Asagami Fujino had seen before, was now driving a black motorcycle and rushing here at high speed. The battle between Gilgamesh and Karna had undoubtedly attracted this Heroic Spirit.
Not just Saber, but the Rider of this Holy Grail War was also rushing toward this location.
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