At this moment, scarlet lightning instantly covered Emiya Shirou's body, and the blade in his hand turned into a scarlet knight's sword.
The powerful swing even caused the surrounding atmosphere to tremble.
A sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and a red arc of light was raised, which was aimed at Cu Chulainn who was rushing towards it without hesitation.
Feeling the sharp gust of wind coming towards him, Cu Chulainn gathered his thoughts, grinned grimly, pointed his toes, and suddenly floated up. The spear that was originally thrust out was instantly blocked in front of him.
“Dang——Dang!”
The loud sound of metal clashing rang out in the space.
Under the red lightning, Cu Chulainn only felt the spear in his hand suddenly sink.
Then, a terrifying force that could not be ignored was shaken out from his hands, causing Cu Chulainn to be violently bounced back, his feet sliding hard on the ground, leaving two grooves.
"Lancer!"
Toosaka Rin watched the battle on the field with some nervousness.
As a master, she also wanted to provide some help to Cu Chulainn, but the armor worn by Shirou Emiya directly interrupted all the attacks and traps she wanted to set against Shirou Emiya.
Even an attack as fierce as Lancer's could only create a series of sparks on the armor. Toosaka Rin didn't think she could easily break through the defense of the armor.
Neither Gandr nor gem magic would probably have any effect on Shirou Emiya.
It may even affect Cu Chulainn's battle.
"Magic power released——"
Cu Chulainn retreated to the side of Toosaka Rin and looked at Shirou Emiya, whose body was flashing with red arcs of electricity, and slowly spoke, his eyes becoming sharp.
This kind of skill is not something that the Master can master at will.
"However, how long can you sustain such a violent release of magic power?"
With this tone, Cu Chulainn pointed his spear downward and prepared to rush forward immediately.
However------
"boom--!"
The ground where Emiya Shirou was standing exploded in an instant, and his body turned into a red phantom and retreated violently behind him, with a golden longbow quickly appearing in his hand.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
The sword arrow turned into a beam of light that pierced through space and poured down towards Cu Chulainn like a rainstorm.
“Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!”
Accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, Cu Chulainn did not even look at the flying sword and arrow. He waved the spear in his hand and easily deflected it, his eyes fixed on Emiya Shirou who suddenly retreated.
His brows were tightly furrowed.
"Is it a coincidence? Or——!"
Having said this, Cu Chulainn quickly lowered his body, a red light surging in his eyes, and he shook the spear in his hand violently. Strands of magic power swirled up, whistling like a roar, and his figure shot towards Emiya Shirou.
The sword arrow that pierced through the air was unable to penetrate the spear wielded by Cu Chulainn.
Even though an explosion occurred at the moment of contact, Cu Chulainn was able to quickly adjust his body shape and ran towards Emiya Shirou who was also flying without slowing down at all.
"Drink!"
Cu Chulainn roared loudly, and his body spun on the ground. His flying path was instantly deflected, and countless sword arrows flew past him.
All that could be heard was a whooshing sound, and in the blink of an eye, Cu Chulainn once again pressed in front of Emiya Shirou.
Without any hesitation, the moment Emiya Shirou entered the attack range, his arms shook rapidly, and the magic spear was like a red poisonous snake, drawing scarlet streaks of light in the air.
“Shhhhhhhhhh——!”
Afterimages of the gun bodies appeared in the air and pierced Emiya Shirou's body like raindrops.
“Ding-dang-dang-dang—!”
The shadow of the demonic spear that came rushing towards him collided with the red knight sword in Shirou Emiya's hand again and again at an astonishing speed.
It aroused a continuous series of crisp clashing sounds, as if playing a strange piece of music, hitting pleasant notes one after another.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang--!"
In the face of the continuous stabs, even with the help of his magic power, Shirou Emiya could only keep waving the knight sword in his hand to resist, and his body was defeated step by step.
This is not a gap in strength, but a gap in skill and experience.
"Is this all you have? Where did your momentum go?"
Facing Shirou Emiya, whose defense was a little awkward, Cu Chulainn mocked and provoked him, and his attacks like a mad dog kept falling on Shirou Emiya.
There were also many puncture holes on the armor.
If this continues, Cu Chulainn's rain-like attacks will sooner or later penetrate the armor.
"Then wait until you dodge this attack!"
For some reason, facing Cu Chulainn's ridicule, Emiya Shirou couldn't help but fight back.
"Varied!?"
At this moment, a seemingly ubiquitous samurai sword flashed with a mysterious light and flew in the air beside Cu Chulainn.
"Illusion collapses--!"
"boom--!"
A crisp explosion sounded from the air at this moment.
The dark, death-filled substance also burst out from it at this moment, splattering around like locusts.
"A poisonous curse?"
Cu Chulainn appeared dozens of meters away in an instant and stared angrily at Emiya Shirou who stopped and stood still.
He could feel that if he had not used rune magic to protect himself quickly when he retreated violently, so that the curse was blocked when it splashed, he would probably have been swallowed up by the dark curse.
Shirou Emiya is still a high school student, but he has already developed such a sinister tactic. Cu Chulainn can't believe what kind of person he will become if he is allowed to grow up.
Then, he slowly moved his body and once again raised his gun with the tip pointing downwards.
The moment he showed this posture, Emiya Shirou seemed to have seen something horrifying, and a red arc of electricity suddenly burst out.
Emiya Shirou retreated backwards at the fastest speed.
"Boy, you really know another way to release my magic spear--!"
Chapter 609: Victory or Defeat
"I can't deal with that weapon of yours--!"
Emiya Shirou, who was retreating violently, stopped and expressed his fear of the spear in Cu Chulainn's hand without any concealment.
Only by holding it in your hand can you understand the horror of the scarlet spear.
Gáe Bolg
Grade: B
Type: Anti-personnel Noble Phantasm
Maximum catch: 1 people
Attack Range: 2-4
Cu Chulainn modified the Gáe Bolg, a Noble Phantasm originally intended for throwing against armies, into a Noble Phantasm for use against humans. This became his ultimate move and trump card.
This move reverses the "cause and effect" that represents the order of things. The moment this move is released, the "result" of "the opponent's heart being pierced" will be created first.
The "cause" that "the gun hit the heart because it was pierced" came later. If you are not very lucky, it can be said that this move is a move that is certain to kill you if it is released.
The magic power consumption is low, and considering its strong effect of "almost certainly destroying the enemy's heart", it does not require much magic power, making it a very useful treasure.
Because the result of "piercing the opponent's heart" has already been achieved when it was released, even if Cu Chulainn was killed first, this result cannot be changed, and therefore the trajectory of the gun cannot be canceled.
If Cu Chulainn really intended to use it right in front of him and was about to release "Gáe Bolg", Emiya Shirou would have to retreat desperately to escape the attack range of this Noble Phantasm.
"Tsk! How on earth did you know that—?"
When Cu Chulainn heard what Shirou Emiya said, his brows furrowed tightly. Since the library could look up his own legend, it was not surprising for Shirou Emiya to know that he had two ways to release his treasure.
Oddly enough, he knew another move that would release the form.
There is no such thing as a book in a library that contains detailed records of every action.
If there really was one, Toosaka Rin would have discovered it long ago.
When she learned the true name of her servant, Toosaka Rin immediately went to the library to collect all the information, summarize and organize it, and determine what kind of judgment and behavior her opponent would have if he knew her true name.
So Toosaka Rin didn't care that Emiya Shirou was collecting information about Cu Chulainn in the library.
"Then you have to determine it yourself--!"
With these words, showing no concern for what Cu Chulainn said, the various swords and arrows in Emiya Shirou's hands turned into beams of light and flew towards him.
"Hmph! Slippery talk! But do you think you can get away with this?"
Cu Chulainn let out a cold shout, and his aura suddenly increased. The flying swords and arrows were destroyed one after another under his superb spear skills.
He shook the spear in his hand violently, and strands of magic power swirled up, whistling like a roar, and his figure shot towards Shirou Emiya.
The whistling bright red spear, the knight's sword flashing with thunder, and a rapier that looked like a cross collided fiercely.
The violent collision at this moment produced violent sparks.
"It's not over yet!"
Cu Chulainn laughed loudly, and his body moved suddenly, waving the spear in his hand with red light dancing, and he stabbed at the vital points of Shirou Emiya's body cunningly and cruelly.
"Cang! Cang! Cang! Cang! Cang! Cang! Cang! Cang!"
Amid the sound of steel colliding with steel, two thunderous attacks collided violently between the two, causing sparks to burst out again.
"Drink!"
Cu Chulainn's aura suddenly surged, veins bulged on his temples, and tremendous magic power gathered on the spear, rushing around like a surging flame, and with a fierce shock, he stabbed at Shirou Emiya's heart without hesitation.
"Zi la——!"
The crimson lightning also did not retreat at all. Arcs of electricity continued to surge from Shirou Emiya's arms. His feet were firmly planted on the ground, and all the strength in his body was condensed into one.
One hand tightly grasped the scarlet knight's sword, and the other hand tightly grasped a cross-like rapier and a spear that seemed to be out of place in such a fierce collision and suddenly collided with each other.
"clang--!"
The terrifying force exploded in an instant, and under this powerful impact, both of them were knocked flying backwards.
"In this deadly battle, you can't escape just because you want to--!"
As Cu Chulainn's words fell, he suddenly exerted force with his feet, and a deep gully instantly appeared on the ground. On the path of backward flight, Cu Chulainn quickly readjusted the spear in his hand.
It was as if the battle had returned to the first round.
However, in this situation, at this distance——
"Try to take it! It's my fatal blow!"
The moment he finished speaking, a surge of bright red magic power surged up from Cu Chulainn's spear that was pointed at the ground like a flame, causing waves of air and making the atmosphere become chaotic.
A thick magical aura covered it in a very short time, becoming increasingly dense.
In the blink of an eye, an energy shield containing terrifying magical fluctuations formed on the red spear.
Having already steadied himself, Shirou Emiya's body began to tense up.
At this moment, my heart was beating like a steam engine and my breathing was stagnant.
The magic power on that spear is too dangerous.
Under the current circumstances and at this distance, Emiya Shirou no longer has the opportunity to retreat from the distance freed from Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm.
But, isn't this exactly what he had expected?
In such a one-on-one situation, no matter how Shirou Emiya thought of strategies, he could not stop Cu Chulainn from releasing this treasure.
When the battle started, the distance between the two was too close. With Cu Chulainn's speed, Emiya Shirou had no chance of opening up a distance of more than several hundred meters.
He had to face that causal blow to the heart.
