I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Preface: As a friendly reminder, from the beginning of this chapter to Chapter 209, the second master will face the only major setback in this book. If you have poor mental endurance, please skip it. By the way, there is also content about shirou showing off, so please skip it if you don’t like watching enemies show off.

As soon as he finished speaking, the light of the sun on Shirou's sword disappeared completely, leaving only the original sharp blade.

For some reason, seeing the abnormal scene fade away and the sword returning to its original state, the pressure in Shen Er's heart only increased instead of decreasing.

"careful--"

When he said this word, Shirou raised his left foot.

"——I'm going to attack."

By the time this step was taken, he had already arrived in front of Shen Er and finished the second half of his sentence.

That's right, just one step. The distance between the two was more than five meters, but he stepped across it in one step. This was——

"Active step?"

Shinji's pupils suddenly contracted.

One step at most, this kind of footwork was something he had only seen in Two Ceremonies and Scathach. It was a footwork that could only be mastered by someone who has studied Eastern martial arts to a very advanced level. Shinji himself has just touched the threshold. How did Amakusa Shiro master it? Isn't he a third-rate combatant designated by the emperor?

As soon as the doubts arose, they were immediately put aside by Shen Er. Now was not the time to think about these things, the enemy's sword had already arrived.

Ishtar's war spear was placed in front of him, facing the sword that cut off his head.

The moment the sword collided with the war spear, Shen Er's jaw trembled violently, and he could hardly hold the weapon in his hand - the power of this sword was unusually strong.

No, this is not a knife at all. If it were just a knife, the power coming from the knife would not be so layered.

This is a unique stacking technique, which is as difficult as "living step". It can combine the power of several swords into one sword, burst out instantly, and catch the enemy by surprise.

Caught off guard, Shen Er stumbled back, feeling an unprecedented sense of disobedience in his heart.

"Again? The most famous swordsmen in history are just like this. How can Amakusa, a short-lived ghost who died at the age of seventeen, reach this level? Or is this his growth over the past 60 years?"

It is basically impossible for fixed existences such as Heroic Spirits and Servants to grow, but Amakusa Shiro touched the Great Holy Grail at the end of the Third Holy Grail War and became a human being, so it was possible to continue learning and growing.

During his time as the church's agent, he learned how to use the "Black Key", so it is not impossible to improve his sword skills. Although this is contrary to the information in Shinji's memory, the fact that Shinji appears here to confront Shiro Amakusa is an anomaly in itself.

This explanation is reasonable, and Amakusa also has this kind of talent and perseverance, but for some reason, Shinji has been denying this answer deep in his heart. What is wrong with it.

During the short period of time when Shinji stabilized his steps and regrouped, Shirou did not continue to pursue. Instead, he took a step sideways, passed Shinji directly, and attacked the vampire.

The vampire had not yet recovered from the injuries caused by the sun, so he did not dare to confront the sword with the power of the sun. He summoned rafter piles to block Shirou and retreated.

The rafters piled up couldn't stop Shirou's steps. He sometimes moved to the left and sometimes to the right. Although the frequency of his steps was not high, most of the rafters missed and the distance between him and the vampire was shortened.

The wrist exerted force, and the sword light lit up, like a bolt of lightning striking the vampire's chest.

At the critical moment, a muffled sound came from under the cloak. The originally held up cloak suddenly lost its support and fell softly. It was held up by something just before it touched the ground. It gathered into a human form and released at the same time. Several ferocious-looking beasts.

Looking at the mist still remaining at the end of the evil beast's body, Shirou's eyes flashed with understanding.

It turns out that the vampire turned into mist a second before being stabbed by the sword. The mist had no entity, so it naturally had no way to support the cloak, and the sword fell into the air.

After the sword flashed, the mist quickly gathered and transformed into a solid substance. If there is no entity, it cannot attack, and if it does not converge, the mist will disperse from the cloak. If Shirou uses "Sunshine" again, it will be over.

In order to avoid direct contact with Shirou, the vampire chose to separate the familiar from his body to attack - this is also one of the vampire's abilities, derived from the legend of the Dead Apostles. Unlike the Dead Apostles who need to collect animal factors in advance to make familiars, Dracula who comes from legend has no such restrictions and can transform into various monsters as long as he wants.

Of course, these monsters are not taken lightly by Shirou. Since it is an accessory of a vampire, it also has the weaknesses of vampires, as well as those of beasts.

With a wave of Shirou's sword, a tornado of flames rolled around, swallowing up evil beasts from all directions.

A flash of golden light pierced the tornado from top to bottom, accompanied by deafening thunder, and a black gold battle spear came from bottom to top, carrying the power of shaking the earth and the mountains. Although the flame tornado that Shirou produced from the sword was powerful, it could not withstand it. The two B-level Noble Phantasms were directly shattered by the upward and downward attack.

Among the sparks scattered all over the sky, Indra's thunder and Ishtar's war spear passed by each other, sparking a brilliant light of divine power.

Wait, is there something missing?

Where are people? Where is Amakusa Shiro?

When he realized something was wrong, Shinji heard a gentle voice ringing in his ear.

"Here it is~Secret Sword——"

The blade cuts through the air.

Oops!

Shinji used the fastest speed to manifest Athena's shield and protect his back.

With a "clang" sound, the sword hit the shield and made a crisp sound.

However, before Shen Er could feel relieved, he felt a pain in his chest and abdomen. He lowered his head subconsciously and found that his eyes were full of bright red, the color of blood.

How is it possible? Wasn't it blocked? How did you get hit? And it’s still two swords.

As soon as the doubts arose, he got the answer, the answer said by Shirou himself.

"——Yan Hui."

What, Yan Hui? How can this be?

Yan Hui:

Type: Anti-human Demon Sword

Maximum capture: 1 person

The unique skill of the unknown swordsman who appeared in the world under the name Sasaki Kojiro was originally developed to cut down flying swallows in the sky.

One flash from the real world, and then two flashes overlapping each other completely simultaneously regardless of the concepts of time and space, resulting in slashing attacks from three directions. It is a magic sword that cannot be avoided due to the "Kischur Zelretch" that transcends elements such as speed, precision, and false attacks.

Relying solely on skills, he has reached the realm of the second magic. The sword is called the Noble Phantasm. This is "Yan Hui", the highest peak of sword skills known in the world of Xingyue.

"Active Steps" and "Stacking Strength" can also be created by the accumulation of time, but "Yan Hui" is absolutely impossible. It is the fusion of talent, hard work, state of mind, and luck, a state that can be achieved without any one of them.

Throughout the entire Xingyue world, only the unknown swordsman finally reached this state after practicing for a long time. Even Miyamoto Musashi, who is said to have defeated Sasaki Kojiro, was slightly inferior, and even the heroes of the mythical age could not match their level in single terms.

How could a mere Amakusa Shiro achieve this?