The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 176 Black mud is a special feature of the cup battle, you must taste it

The dark sky that had swallowed up the moon was occasionally pierced by bright purple lightning, instantly illuminating the dark countryside. The lightning was like the wrath of the gods, tearing through the darkness for a short time, but was quickly swallowed up by the endless night.

Emiya took the lead, leading the two people behind him all the way north, quickly leaving the grove. The wind suddenly blew hard, blowing up the hair of the girl beside him, as if urging them to speed up.

Charlotte followed closely behind Emiya, the Mercury Ritual in her hand constantly changing its form, and she scanned the surroundings vigilantly. Eri's face remained calm, as if this escape was just another adventure recorded in her notebook.

The gloomy forest landscape was rapidly receding, replaced by a long-disrepaired, mottled, abandoned highway. The highway was like an old giant snake, winding towards the distant horizon. At the end of the highway was a dark, silent city with no lights. Its outline was faintly visible under the electric light, like a sleeping giant beast.

Although Emiya and Eri were not familiar with this road, the outline of the city from afar made them feel strangely familiar - it seemed to be Tokyo. However, an endless stream of "Shadow Servants" were pouring in from that direction, as if the entire city had become their nest.

If that shit filled the city, would it still be Tokyo?

A chill ran through Emiya's heart. The scene before him was definitely not the real Tokyo, but the underworld or purgatory in mythology, filled with the roar of vengeful spirits and the howling of the dead. There was a suffocating sense of oppression in the air, as if even the wind carried the breath of death.

"So that's not Tokyo..." Emiya muttered in a low voice, his eyes solemn, "At least, it's not the Tokyo we are familiar with."

If the earth veins were really distorted to form a huge mirror space, then how great and powerful would the initiator be? Could it be... a "god"?
Eri continued to follow behind Emiya quietly, and the notebook in her hand had been closed at some point. She cast her eyes towards the dark city, and the relaxed and happy adventurous mentality quietly faded away, replaced by a hint of inexplicable familiarity in her eyes.

Pfft!

The flash of swords and sabers shattered the howling wind, and the air swirled, making a whining sound. Along with the sound of the wind, the limbs of the shadow servants cut by the sharp blades flew in the air and eventually turned into black mist and dissipated.

"Forging completed! Projection loaded!"

As Emiya ran, the Taia Sword was used up, so he raised his newly projected bronze ancient sword "Dragon Breaking Platform" with a cold light flashing on the blade. The galloping sword energy swept like a gust of wind. This super weapon that was powerful enough to fight against "Odin" was truly extraordinary. Ordinary shadow servants were simply vulnerable to it.

"The ditch is opened and all rivers return to their ruins!"

Boom!

The light of the partially released treasure shone, and a pale blue hot torrent gushed out from the tip of the sword, instantly illuminating the desolate surroundings of the abandoned highway.

Those shadow servants who were originally ambushing on both sides of the road had nowhere to hide under Charlotte's mercury reconnaissance, so what happened next was that they were completely annihilated by the terrifying light streams fired by long-range artillery such as Duanlongtai, like a surging river carrying fine mud and sand, never to return.

The world thus regained its brief tranquility once again. Only the thin layer of mercury molecules occasionally passed over the ground, quietly flowing and extending in all directions as the three people moved forward.

The dark city was getting closer.

However, at this moment, Eri seemed to feel a sense of déjà vu - a similar feeling of being stared at as the crawling shadow she encountered last time.

The huge, boundless, dark city seemed like a bottomless abyss. The wandering ghosts revealed their empty eye sockets with flickering ghost lights, which gathered into a mighty and mighty eye of hell, pressing down on her. The occasional short streak of linear lightning in the sky formed the bright purple bloodshot of this terrifying eye.

This time, the gaze she felt was far more intense and dangerous than last time.

In front...can't go...

Eri's fingers trembled slightly, and the fear and anxiety in her heart surged like a tide. She finally couldn't help but raise her hand and gently pulled the corner of Emiya's clothes who was rushing in front.

"Eriyi?"

Emiya looked at her suspiciously, his eyes full of concern.

"..."

Eri pursed her lips and shook her head. She didn't say anything, but took a page with words written on it from her notebook and handed it to Emiya.

Then, she bent down and picked up a broken sword with a strong smell of rust from the scattered Shadow Servants' weapons on the ground. The blade was covered with traces of time, as if it would break with a slight touch. However, Eri's steps were calm and firm. She walked straight to the front of the team and faced the huge army of Shadow Servants.

And the even deeper darkness behind the Shadow Servants.

Emiya took the note from Eri and quickly scanned the words on it. On the paper was written a short and messy sentence: "Black Shadow is coming..."

Dark shadow? What does dark shadow mean?
Emiya frowned, and information about the Holy Grail War flashed through his mind. Could the black shadow that appeared in the Holy Grail War be "all the evil in this world"?

“This girl…!”

Hearing Charlotte's exclamation beside his ear, Emiya looked up and was also surprised.

Eri was already swinging the worn-out ancient sword with a light gesture. It was clearly a low-quality sword that looked like it would break at any time, but in her hand, it seemed to have become a medium for casting a death sentence like a god.

She opened her mouth slightly, as if she was singing an ancient ballad. Her voice flowed like a spring and was as cold as death, with an indescribable rhythm. She simply stepped forward, swung her blade, and killed a Shadow Servant who attacked first. The armor and blade carried by the Shadow Servant were like fragile glass, shattering in an instant, turning into fragments flying in all directions.

The flying fragments and dust from the explosion seemed insignificant, but in fact they turned into an incredible and deadly torrent, which quickly spread to the dense army of Shadow Servants in front of them in an instant.

The death sentence has been handed down.

Each piece of debris carried the power of destruction. Wherever it went, shadow servants fell down and turned into horrible powder, like a domino effect, triggering a new round of death frenzy.

Emiya and Charlotte stared at this scene in amazement, their hearts trembling, as if they were watching a death sentence issued by the red and white priestess on behalf of the supreme gods. Eri's figure seemed particularly thin in the darkness, but she exuded a power that could not be ignored. Every time she swung her sword, it seemed to be announcing some kind of law that could not be violated.

Could this be... the divine authority that Eri gained as a vessel?

In the midst of shock, this thought flashed through his mind. However, before he could think more carefully, a greater crisis had already appeared before everyone.

That’s right, what Eri is wary of and even afraid of is not the endless stream of Shadow Servants, but the “Black Shadow” that controls these Shadow Servants.

Emiya held the Dragon Severing Platform tightly, walked forward quickly, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Eri, protecting Charlotte behind him. At this moment, he finally saw clearly what the girl had been so nervous about -

It was a black substance crawling on the ground, as if it had gained substance from the nothingness of the plane, and was expanding at an incredible speed. After being knocked down by Emiya and the others, the Shadow Servants did not completely turn into debris and powder and dissipate, but were pulled by an invisible attraction and swallowed by the huge and boundless black shadow.

So, every minute and every second, the black shadow was expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Emiya was startled, and a horrifying guess suddenly flashed through his mind: their practice of eliminating the Shadow Servants not only failed to weaken the mastermind behind the scenes, but instead caused its power to continue to grow!
The terrifying black shadow that continues to grow by devouring Servants... Could it really be "all the evil in this world"?
If that's the case, does it manipulate the Servant's mind by polluting the soul?

"Aaaaaa——!"

The crawling black shadow finally seemed to be full. After receiving a huge amount of souls, its body became majestic and huge. It rose steadily and rapidly from the ground and turned into a black shadow giant as big as a skyscraper.

The shadowy giant let out a chaotic roar, the sound was like the laughter, crying and roaring of countless people overlapping, it was incongruous and piercing. Its "face" turned towards the three Emiyas, revealing an insatiable desire to devour.

However, what the latter fed it was a torrent of ice and fire that could be described as a catastrophic disaster.

"The treasure is released! The Great Yu, the god who controls floods and tames waters, slays evil and punishes the evildoers, and cuts off the dragon platform!"

While the shadow giant was howling, Emiya swung the bronze giant sword. He chanted the words of liberation, and the radiance of the Noble Phantasm, which was like a reappearance of the myth, completely bloomed.

In an instant, as if the "Nine Infants" in the Classic of Mountains and Seas had let out a fatal cry, the empty desert road turned into a pale blue sea of fire, while at the same time a pale glacier of ice condensed. Ice and fire blended together, mercilessly freezing and burning the expanding black shadow giant.

A torrent of fire and ice flew straight out along the road, sweeping away everything, like a bright and dazzling river in the sky that washed away dirt. The black shadow giant that was hit first let out an increasingly miserable roar, as if countless souls were struggling in agony.

Emiya stared at the black shadow howling in the interweaving of ice and fire, watching it melt and disintegrate. After confirming that the other party had no power to resist the explosion of the Noble Phantasm, he finally relaxed his tense nerves a little. He turned sideways and faced Eri beside him, with a hint of relief in his tone:
"Eri, it should be okay--!"

However, before he finished speaking, an ominous premonition suddenly fed back to his body through his "mind's eye". Emiya's pupils suddenly shrank, and he jumped up almost instinctively, reaching out to grab Eri and quickly took her away from the spot.

boom!
The black shadow did not disappear! It directly ignored the obstacles of the physical medium and rushed out from under the ground without any warning, like a giant hand reaching out from the depths of hell, carrying a dark breath that swallowed everything.

"Wow wow wow—help!"

Emiya took a quick look and his heart sank. Charlotte had no time to dodge and was being forced back by the black shadow. She quickly recovered the spreading mercury and tried to form a shield to block the approach of the black mud, but because of the previous continuous reconnaissance, the mercury was too dispersed and she had no time to recover it completely.

Oops, I missed her!

A strong sense of crisis suddenly surged in Emiya's heart. He knew that Charlotte had the power of a pseudo-servant. Once contaminated by the black mud, the consequences would be disastrous! Her consciousness might be eroded, and she might even become a puppet of the black shadow.

However, the Dragon Severing Platform in Emiya's hand was unparalleled in attacking and killing enemies, but it was too powerful to save people. If the Dragon Severing Platform was swung at this close distance, the fierce sword energy would undoubtedly directly cover Charlotte and the black shadow, and the consequences would be equally disastrous.

At this time, the shadow was moving at an alarming speed, and its tentacles like black mud had already approached Charlotte's ankles. The girl's face was full of fear, and it was obvious that she had realized the danger hidden in the black mud.

The mercury liquid was struggling desperately under her control, but black mud emerged from the ground and penetrated every hole, like a giant hand reaching out from the depths of hell, carrying a dark breath that swallowed everything.

"Charlotte!"

Emiya shouted and was about to rush towards Charlotte, but was blocked by the black shadows that surged out. These black shadows surged up like a mud fountain that continued to spread, forming an insurmountable barrier. Seeing that time was running out, Emiya was extremely anxious.

He immediately began to project a new treasure in his hand, but he secretly sighed, it was too late...

(End of this chapter)