novelraw Chapter 511 511: Technique VS Stats
Chapter 511 511: Technique VS Stats
The sound of clashing swords continuously spread in the misty rain. Sasaki Kojiro's figure was agile, advancing and retreating freely. That incredibly long nodachi repeatedly forced Saber back from various inconceivable angles.
Saber frowned. She found it very difficult to adapt to the other party's swordsmanship.
Logically speaking, for this kind of swordsmanship movement, she could see through it after the same move was executed once or twice. But this nameless swordsman gave her a sense of danger every time.
Buzz!
A flash of blade light exploded, scattering the misty rain. Sasaki Kojiro also took the opportunity to retreat a few steps, opening up the distance. Holding the longsword in both hands, he slowly retracted it, and a condensed aura began to gather.
He slowly closed his eyes.
"Saber, you cannot use your Noble Phantasm, is that right?"
"What a pity..."
Sasaki Kojiro sighed. In the next moment, the longsword vibrated slightly. Artoria suddenly shuddered all over. She suddenly felt a chill in her throat, and a scene of her throat being slit by a sword appeared before her eyes.
Clack clack.
Saber subconsciously retreated a few steps.
Sasaki Kojiro didn't open his eyes, but a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
"As expected of Saber. Even in an incomplete state, you are still so sharp."
Emiya Shirou didn't understand what happened, but Juro was very clear. Although Sasaki Kojiro wasn't a normal Heroic Spirit, just a False Assassin summoned by Medea, who was a Caster,
He was a swordsman who had cultivated his skills to the pinnacle. Relying purely on technique, he could form a certain suppression over Saber, who found it difficult to use powers like her Noble Phantasm at this moment.
If Saber wasn't covered in armor all over, she would probably have suffered quite a few injuries by now.
At this kind of time, he knew it was time for him to step in. This kind of purely technical swordsman Servant was already the Servant with the best affinity for an ice-attribute mage like him.
Crack, crack~
A wave of cold air spread from beneath his feet. Juro temporarily put down the conflict in his heart and was about to step out, but suddenly felt an intense palpitation.
It was as if his heart uncontrollably started sinking in an instant. That oppressive, stifling feeling made him feel like he would die in the next second.
He clutched his chest, unconsciously panting heavily.
The world before his eyes had turned black and white, as if countless lines were falling.
This feeling is... Reiatsu?!
Juro had had quite a few dealings with the [Black Cannibal Flower] team, and naturally had exchanged blows with Chizha, who obtained the rare Zanpakuto strengthening, experiencing the oppression of Reiatsu on ordinary people.
But even when Chizha released his Zanpakuto, it was far from bringing him this kind of terrifying feeling.
Heroic Spirit Emiya already held the twin swords [Kanshou] and [Bakuya] in his hands. His muscles were tense all over, backing up against Tohsaka Rin and the others, guarding in front of them.
He looked seriously at that dangerous man at the very rear of the team.
The power radiating in that instant just now... was the oppressive feeling of a soul!
"What... exactly are you?!"
Sasaki Kojiro also opened his eyes, the [Secret Sword · Tsubame Gaeshi] unreleased. Saber was the same. Several people all looked behind them.
Kaito Shirogane opened his eyes, his consciousness returning from that space. The remaining silver-white luster in his eyes slowly dimmed. At this time, he clearly felt the restriction and suppression of the physical body on the soul.
It was like a cage, firmly locking up the power of the spirit.
Regarding this experience of briefly obtaining power and then losing it, Kaito Shirogane wasn't in a good mood. Therefore, seeing Heroic Spirit Emiya's guardedness and questioning towards him, he was completely too lazy to pay attention.
He merely looked indifferently at Sasaki Kojiro, who still blocked before the mountain gate, and Saber, who couldn't even display her complete "performance" due to the lack of magical energy supply from her Master, and took a step forward.
Crack.
The stone slab on the ground where Kaito Shirogane's foot landed instantly cracked. The cracks, like grayish-black snakes, rapidly snaked forward, passing under everyone's feet in an instant.
Juro subconsciously retreated a few steps.
In the next moment.
Boom!
Violent force erupted beneath the ground. The stone slabs exploded, and a gully over ten meters long was generated underground, its end exactly where Sasaki Kojiro stood.
Heroic Spirit Emiya instantly pulled Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou away. The dangerousness of this Assassin · Mercenary Tao was constantly rising in his eyes.
Temperamental and extremely brutal, this kind of guy is extremely dangerous!
Kaito Shirogane's gaze indifferently swept past Emiya Shirou, who couldn't provide a magical energy supply, and Saber, who couldn't fight with full force, then landed on the face of the swordsman in the purple samurai outfit.
"Come, let me experience your Secret Sword."
An intense aura continuously radiated. As Kaito Shirogane walked over step by step, he was thinking: if Sasaki Kojiro, as a pseudo-Heroic Spirit, was killed, would he enter the Lesser Grail?
Faint killing intent brushed past Sasaki Kojiro's cheek. He felt a completely different stimulation from before.
Saber still wanted to fight, but Juro and Emiya Shirou both dissuaded her. The two felt somewhat uneasy about Mercenary Tao and didn't want a conflict to occur.
Kaito Shirogane's hands hung by his sides, his long black hair dancing in the air. His eyes were half-open, his figure seemingly blending into the misty rain.
Sasaki Kojiro focused his mind, knowing the newcomer must be a Martial Arts Grandmaster. He slid his feet forward slightly by half a step and raised his hands.
In the next moment, an intense sword momentum rose abruptly.
His physical body, which wasn't considered very strong at all, seemed to instantly blend into some kind of imagery and rhythm.
The sword body was raised, [Monohoshizao] naturally guided, its trajectory profound, the arc like a swallow returning to its nest.
Hum!
With a hum of the sword, three sword lights lit up simultaneously.
One slashing from top to bottom, two slashing diagonally from the sides. Three sword lights slashed out simultaneously. But Kaito Shirogane, under the passive blessing of the [Swirl of the Heart], saw everything incomparably clearly.
There was no magecraft mixed in here, nor any special abilities like clones, nor any time acceleration or deceleration effects.
This was entirely technique, the comprehension of the path of the sword by a Kendo Grandmaster.
That was the Secret Sword condensed from [Skill].
Clang clang clang!
Three extremely fast sounds of clashing metal appeared. Kaito Shirogane's figure seemed to tremble like a phantom.
In the next moment, Sasaki Kojiro's stance was broken, retreating two steps, the webbing between the thumbs and forefingers of his hands gripping [Monohoshizao] having split open.
He looked at Kaito Shirogane, his eyes mixed with astonishment and shock-anger.
If he utilized grandmaster-level technique, then what Kaito Shirogane used to crack this exquisite sword skill was the most unadorned "stats."
He activated Setsuna, and with speed pure to the extreme, struck later but arrived first, completely blocking the three swords.
"It is indeed a beautiful sword skill. It's just a pity you are too weak."
Buzz!
Kaito Shirogane took a step, an afterimage left in place, his figure already appearing before Sasaki Kojiro from the wind.
His right hand slowly retracted like a longsword, intense aura condensing into one.
In this instant, Sasaki Kojiro's pupils dilated, seeing a familiar imagery appear.
In the next moment.
Hum!
It was clearly an arm as black as ink, yet it emitted an intense sword hum.
One slashing down from above, two slashing down diagonally from the left and right sides.
It was exactly the [Secret Sword · Tsubame Gaeshi] he poured his lifelong talent into cultivating!
Pfft!
The sound of flesh being sliced open appeared, but three wounds appeared simultaneously on Sasaki Kojiro's front.
Sasaki Kojiro seemed unable to feel the pain of being slashed. He merely looked blankly at Kaito Shirogane's right arm.
How could someone master my Secret Sword just by seeing it once...
When Sasaki Kojiro fell backward, Kaito Shirogane had already passed by his side.
"Juro, take him. Don't let him die."
At the same time Kaito Shirogane crossed the mountain gate, he immediately felt himself passing through a layer of magic barrier.
He looked up and sure enough saw that in front of the stone slab square of Ryuudou Temple, the witch wearing a purple magic robe had long been waiting there. And a man wearing a black suit silently appeared a dozen meters beside Kaito Shirogane.
(End of Chapter)
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