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

Chapter 239 What is the Crown Time Temple (Two in One)

The raised head of the Yamata no Orochi exuded a foul stench, and its huge body twisted and broke through the blood waves. It opened its huge mouth, and huge flashes of magic gathered faintly in its throat. The next moment, the violent breath symbolizing death turned into eight streams of dark light that poured down!

"call!"

Hercules fired arrows continuously, and the arrows pierced through the atmosphere with the force of thunder, and the burning breath was like tangible and soft cheese, piercing and tearing it apart easily, as if the archery had entered a fantasy realm.

In fact, this is true. With the support of the school's techniques "Shooting a Hundred Heads" and "Military Belt of the God of War", Hercules, who has already reached the level of a god in archery, does not even need to take aim. He lets the arrow go upstream and breaks the breath of the Yamata no Orochi in just a moment!
Boom! He even let eight arrows shoot directly into the snake's mouth, piercing the huge head and causing it to explode with blood!
The roar of the Yamata no Orochi that originally resounded throughout the venue suddenly stopped, like a kite with a broken string. The head that had been raised high was now bleeding profusely, and the body fell back into the sea of blood.

Although its still growing divinity prevented the Yamata-no-Orochi from dying and losing its combat effectiveness, at least at this moment, it needed to stop and repair itself, which created a nearly perfect opportunity for Hercules' teammates.

Full marks! Nice! You are indeed a great Greek hero!

Finkel hid inside the armor and cheered secretly. At the same time, he subconsciously glanced at the "Alchemy Array High Load Operation Warning" and the "Energy Remaining Meter" that had dropped a bit displayed inside the mecha, and he began to feel a little heartbroken again.

Damn, it’s powerful, but it consumes too much mana, right?
Please! Please! Oh my god! Brother Energy Meter, you must persevere until the end of this battle!

Just as Finkel was praying desperately in his heart, Emiya and Ushiro Gozen had already seized the opportunity, formed a team and continued to move forward.

Near the throne, the normal mountain road surface has disappeared. The space here seems to have expanded extremely. The fishy smell of the underworld is spread all around, and from time to time, extremely penetrating howls can be heard in the sea of blood where soul fragments are floating.

Both Emiya and Ushiro Gozen had stern faces, trying hard to ignore the "death language" of their fellow humans.

At this point, any unnecessary grief and mourning would only distract attention and waste the great opportunities created by teammates.

They used the Yamata-no-Orochi's majestic body, which was as strong as a mountain and exposed in the sea of blood, to quickly jump forward.

As we reached this point in the journey, the surrounding black fog began to gradually turn into an ominous blood-red color.

The tangible torrent of blood flowing all around finally converged under the bright red tree-trunk-like pillar supporting the throne, as if transporting endless life force just to hold up the supreme throne stained with the blood of the untouchables.

The distance was gradually shortening, and Ugly Gozen drew out his blade and aimed it at the towering pillar.

"…It's too late for you guys."

At this time, the god stood firmly on a high place, gently shaking his sleeves, and rotten maggots fell from the cuffs of his moon-white robe.

She seemed to be dancing on a tall, narrow stage, her crimson hair was as red as blood, and her hideous face began to become increasingly rotten.

"Izanami" sings and dances as if performing a traditional Noh play.

The themes of Noh often involve humans and ghosts, and performers need to wear masks that symbolize their corresponding identities.

But God herself is supreme, and she needs no mask.

Her face itself is becoming "Yellow Spring-like", becoming more and more like the great god Yellow Spring!
"All the happiness in the world is like a flash of flower in the moonlight. Only loneliness and pain always accompany us in the depths of the underworld."

"The survival and struggle in this world are but a grain of sand in the myriad phenomena of the mortal world. It will turn into ashes in the blink of an eye. Everything will eventually pass away, only the god of death will live forever!"

"Open it here, Yahindōn!"

After the brief song and dance, the god opened his sleeves, revealing his colorful funeral clothes that looked even more eerie. A trace of divine aura emanated from him, causing the surrounding space to begin to change dramatically.

"My temple, the pillar of heaven, has spun a net of the underworld, which will capture all the pitiful living beings!"

The dark fever surges.

Rumble!
Ugly Emperor didn't care about her and directly drew his knife to chop down the terrifying thunder that cut through the sky. However, the tangible darkness instantly expanded and turned into countless black tides, absorbing and swallowing the thunder. Then, it was violently released in all directions with the pillar as the center!

Emiya heard some unfamiliar terms, "Yashiron-den?"

Ugly Gozen's face was solemn, "Could it be the Yaxun Palace mentioned in the myth?"

According to Japanese mythology, Izanagi and Izanami first used the Heavenly Jade Spear given by the gods to stab the sea and stir it before lifting it up. At this time, the seawater dripping from the tip of the spear condensed into an island. After the island was formed, the two gods erected the Heavenly Jade Pillar on the island and built the Yahiro Hall.

Thus, this place became the temple where Izanagi and Izanami united to produce the land.

In other words, this is the original temple of creation!
The heaven and earth roared, and the two rows of towering bronze pillars that originally did not exist in the Nezu Shrine trembled in an environment where the divine energy spread. They glowed faintly during this emergency activation ceremony, and were coated with a layer of white jade luster, as if recreating the mythical Jade Pillars of Heaven!

Emiya, who was anxiously observing the changes around him, soon discovered this scene. It turned out that those pillars were not decorations, but components to activate the temple device!
These pillars stand on the ground, taking deep root downwards, while surrounding the battlefield with clever distribution. The regularly arranged towering pillars are connected by magical power and resonate with each other, condensing the originally bland black fog into a substantial dark barrier!
The sky disappeared and the earth disappeared!

The trembling pillars suddenly disappeared, and the surrounding background turned into a boundless darkness. The team that was fighting against the gods seemed like brave warriors who were isolated and helpless, with no chance of survival, and were trapped alive in the dark barrier.

"Master, we can't delay any longer! He seems to be successful!"

After saying this, Ugly Gozen closed her eyes. She was trying to feel whether her Bull-Headed Heavenly King, the Great Divine Envoy, could be officially summoned.

"No, not yet." Emiya stared at the god on the platform, projecting a black longbow in his hand. "If this guy already has the god core, he would not need external forces to build a venue of this level, and he would not be so easily suppressed by us."

The real Izanami is at least at the level of the Mother Goddess of Creation. The scale of her after completion is far different from that of the eight million gods of the general level. How could she possibly make such a big noise but little result?

"I am the bone of my sword——"

Emiya chanted only one sentence, and then completed the instant projection at a speed far beyond his previous speed...

Essentially, this is because once the Infinite Blade System mental landscape is constructed, its projection process is greatly shortened, and the steps become directly retrieving a new copy from the backup in Infinite Blade System.

Then he placed the projected "Dojikiri Yasutsuna" on the bow and aimed at the approximate position of "Izanami" in the darkness.

"Whoosh!"

The pseudo-canonical treasure broke through the air and collapsed on the high platform, blasting out a dazzling and huge fire, comparable to the explosion of a large-scale cluster bomb. It was like a huge spherical ball of hot fire, which instantly evaporated a large area of black water flowing from "Izanami".

The next second, with the help of the situation created by Emiya and the conspicuous light, the huge thunder that Ugly Gozen slashed with his sword followed closely. The thick and violent electric currents densely woven into a net, covering every corner around the throne of God, vowing to blast all the death and foul air into scum!

"……it's useless!"

"Izanami" sneered, and the huge electric current and fire eventually dissipated, but the breath of God did not weaken in the slightest.

Her body became more and more "Yellow Spring", and even her throat became rotten, so her voice was rough and hoarse, which made people feel uncomfortable. However, despite the seemingly rotten and smelly corpse, her divinity had undergone a further qualitative change.

Because in the myth, Izanami who entered the underworld was corrupt and covered with maggots.

Perhaps, the closer one is to the mythical state, the higher the divine defense will be.

The god also kindly added, "Yashimono is my temple, which is my real body, my anger and resentment, my incarnation of Hades, and the great cornerstone that erodes the world."

"In other words, when I ascend to godhood, the temple will be my statue and the proof of the Mother Goddess of Creation's status as a god. I am the temple and the temple is me!"

"Do you think that the steps to becoming a god are merely to sublimate the body and soul? You are totally wrong. Myths from ancient times have all recorded that temples are indispensable as ritual venues. This is the true meaning of the birth of myths!"

Spiritual reshaping is the core key to the White King's ascension to godhood. She first used a large amount of killing and mental abilities to control human public opinion and behavior.

As a result, a Nibelung-like environment suitable for spiritual recasting has been widely created in the present world. Based on this, it accumulates strength like gaining a "fame bonus".

The second step is to secretly use and gradually control the Holy Grail Alchemical Matrix to create the Nibelungen that erodes reality, and expand the scope of erosion outward by controlling the earth veins of the entire Tokyo.

At this point, the entire Tokyo became a natural place for the White King to exert his spiritual reshaping to the greatest extent.

The third step is to select a group of human souls harvested through mass killings to become hundreds of ghosts and monsters, and spread them out to create more killings and collect soul materials for her.

The remaining souls are used as sacrificial materials and are sent back to the World Tree along with the servant souls. These souls are processed through mental brainwashing. They are the carriers of mythological information and the "basic data package" for adding the throne of God to the "server" of the World Tree.

And in the end, she herself would choose the place to ascend to the God, transform the site, build and prepare the temple.

Is it possible to complete the ritual of becoming a god simply by sacrificing a large number of souls? How is that possible!

If one wants to use the alchemical technique of spiritual recasting, which uses human myths and legends, to its full potential and become the supreme god, then one must prepare it exactly according to the rituals of human mythology.

In fact, among the elements in real mythology, "sacrifice" is an indispensable way to reconcile and transform power in human concepts, and "temple" is a place for sacred activity rituals that must have been established in ancient times.

The so-called beginning of mythology is the opening of the temple ceremony.

The so-called deification is the process of transforming the entire temple into a divine body and statue, and completely sublimating into a higher-dimensional divine spirit!

Then, "Izanami" openly spread out the moon-white sleeves and rotten arms that had just been torn by the fire and lightning to the two people below. The cloth and skin that had been burned to ashes were restored to their original state as if time had gone back.

"Hahaha! I've clearly warned you before, but you're still attacking me now - what a pity, it's too late for you, it's already too late! The temple and I are inseparable, and I only need the final step to jump over the door to the throne!"

"What!" Ugly Gozen didn't expect the result to be like this.

In other words, must we treat the temple as Izanami's true body and defeat it together? Like just now, whether we attack the Yamata no Orochi or Izanami herself, it will all be useless?
Emiya was not terribly shocked. Based on Izanami's words, he thought of something...

The Crown Temple of Time.

The Demon King Goetia, who appeared in FGO as the final boss of the first part, disguised himself as King Solomon and caused a disaster called the Human Burning. His base is also called the "Grand Time Temple".

Because King Solomon is a Servant with the title of Grand Servant, and the Grand Time Temple is a small universe created based on Solomon's magic circuits, an inherent barrier independent of the timeline and the world. The Demon King is completely integrated with the Demon Pillar and the Time Temple.

Izanami just mentioned that she will become one with the temple and complete the ceremony of becoming a god. In other words, this barrier space will become her own, and can be regarded as a living barrier...

That's trouble.

Judging from the phenomenon just now, the result of the integration of the two is that if the god himself is killed, he will be resurrected by the temple, and if the temple is destroyed, it will be restored because of the existence of the god himself.

In order to completely eradicate this existence, three conditions need to be met: destroy the temple, destroy the god himself, and cut off the connection between the two.

Fortunately, since “he” himself said that the two had not yet fully ascended to godhood and the inherent barrier of the living body had not yet been completed, then Emiya had a tricky way to cut off the connection between the two——

Keep the original plan unchanged and use his infinite sword system to lock the god's body in!
In this way, the two are in different "worlds". For God, the temple does not exist, and for the temple, God does not exist either.

"Avenger, do you feel like you can summon that now?"

Emiya spoke quickly. He didn't say it explicitly, but Uzumaki must have understood what he meant.

"……able!"

“In the name of the Command Seal—!”

As Emiya spoke, he jumped up with both feet and stood on Ugly Gozen's floating shoulder armor. The latter immediately understood his intention, and lightning quickly condensed in circles under Emiya's feet and around his shoulder armor, like a brightly flashing electromagnetic acceleration ring.

"——Use all your strength to release your Noble Phantasm!"

Boom!

Thunder exploded, and the sudden flash of lightning was extremely dazzling. At the same time, Emiya's figure broke through the sound barrier in an instant and rushed straight to the platform where the god was.

Then, Ugly Emperor smiled brilliantly under his visor:
"Obey my Lord's command! Since this place has become a hell, filled with ugly, squirming insects - the Bull King has turned evil and rebellious! Disappear! Don't show up!"

"Why do you have to struggle so desperately——"

Shen originally had an attitude of fearlessness. She saw Emiya rushing straight towards her, but so what?

No matter how close the distance is, it's just a matter of seeking death!

However, the next moment, her face changed. Outside the temple's barrier, there was a huge guy that was violently attacking and trampling the temple!
Damn it, it was the big guy summoned by the servant just now. Even if this thing destroyed the temple, it could not interrupt the process of becoming a god. The temple would automatically repair itself due to the integration, but!

In front of him is this Emiya, rushing towards him with a fearless look. They are probably planning something bad!

"Hmph, no matter what tricks you come up with, you will never succeed. Huang Quan, devour all living beings!"

The god opened his arms, his sleeves spread out to face the cold wind.

A huge amount of darkness suddenly erupted from all over his body. It was a terrifying area attack that could kill any living being that was touched by it. It almost went straight to Emiya's head, and was even going to cover him, and kill Ugly Gozen who had activated his treasure!

"Shoot a hundred heads——"

The nine well-prepared arrows illuminated an area in the infinite darkness. They turned into long meteors with tail flames, and even flew right past Emiya, piercing the dark torrent! Obviously, the judgment on the living could not deal with the treasure of the dead.

Well done, great Greek hero!
Emiya praised silently, and stomped his feet hard. Flames flashed rapidly under his feet, like a temporary flame accelerator, which made him break away from the gliding shoulder armor that was flashing with lightning in an instant and fly towards the platform at a faster speed!

And Izanami's face, pale with panic, was getting closer.

Very good, the capture range of the inherent barrier, infinite sword system is coming. Emiya pointed the sword at the spirit and chanted the spell:
"I am the bone of my sword——"

Come on, you fake and shoddy Mother Goddess of Creation, come and go to jail in this small world with me, who is good at making counterfeits!

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Rumble, rumble!

Nuo Nuo was shocked by the deafening thunder.

Not long ago, she followed Charlotte and Xia Mi to a leyline node near Nezu Shrine.

According to Charlotte, controlling the earth veins is the first experiment and the success rate is hard to say. In order to be as close to success as possible, it is best to choose the nodes of the earth veins near the battlefield based on the principle of proximity, so that the servants participating in the battle can be more directly affected.

After choosing a location, Nuonuo and Charlotte witnessed with their own eyes how Junior Sister Xia Mi transformed into a master of earth escape and dug a super cave several hundred meters deep in the ground in just a few seconds.

...No, Junior Sister, who the hell are you? How did you do that just now? Nuonuo was full of doubts, because Xia Mi's movements almost became afterimages, and she couldn't see clearly at all.

However, Charlotte, who grew up in an alchemy family, seemed to have some guesses. A trace of disbelief and shock flashed across her face... He was so familiar with the earth, could he be the king of the earth and mountains?
However, Charlotte wisely did not speak out at this critical moment. She chose to remain silent, and raced against time with Xia Mi to seize control of the earth vein and try to operate it.

So, Nuonuo watched the two people's inexplicable earth vein operation again... This time it was not that he couldn't see clearly, but he couldn't understand it at all. Or in other words, in this world, except for the top alchemists, no one else can understand it.

"Amazing, worthy of being..."

Under Xia Mi's guidance, Charlotte completed the tampering of permissions and the reconstruction of flows, so the little sister subconsciously admired her and wanted to praise her, but she thought it was not appropriate to expose the other party as the Dragon King in person, so she stopped herself in time.

"Hey, it's nothing! Little sister, you are still young and there is a lot of room for improvement!"

Colonel Xia Mi patted Miss Charlotte's head gently, as if he was accidentally bullying the little girl because of her height.

In fact, she was also amazed at Charlotte's talent in alchemy, which was only slightly worse than her own.

You know, this complex earth vein operation was actually done by Xia Mi through the blood alliance contract, contacting Norton for remote guidance. Her true level... was not as high as Charlotte imagined.

'Little sister... still young... damn..."

Charlotte was so angry that her face turned red when she heard Xia Mi talking about things that were not related to the topic and insisting that she was a child. Unfortunately, she couldn't get angry yet.

Damn it, what if I reveal my identity as the Dragon King in a rage, and the King of Earth and Mountains crushes my head?
...Be patient and bear with it. If you take a step back, you will have a broader horizon.

However, Nuo Nuo who was standing next to her was really curious about Xia Mi's identity, so she asked casually, "Charlotte, what did you just say she is worthy of?"

“Mmmmm… As expected, as expected…”

"Oh, what else could it be? Of course she said, 'As expected of you, you are the direct junior sister of Master Emiya'!"

Xia Mi's words were obviously an excuse for Charlotte. Her smile was as beautiful as a flower, but it concealed a dagger. Her smile seemed to kill all the flowers when one flower bloomed.

Nuonuo curled her lips and automatically ignored this sentence.

Charlotte, however, didn't know the situation. Xia Mi was introduced by Emiya before, so Charlotte thought that the Dragon King and Emiya had been secretly in contact for a long time, so she believed Xia Mi's words.

She opened her eyes wide with disbelief. Emiya, you dragon-slayer, are you really that bold or just too hungry? You can even eat the Dragon King. What's the point? It can't be because she's pretty, right?

"Let's get started. We'll first strengthen the Archer and Avenger of this Holy Grail War." Xia Mi contacted Norton for remote guidance while working with Charlotte.

"Wow, so this is the route we took!"

Charlotte didn't know the truth and her face was full of awe. She thought that the Dragon King was not human, so it was reasonable for her to be a little outrageous... Of course, she silently and automatically ruled out the special case of Emiya in her heart.

"By the way, I used Mercury AI to detect the flow of other nodes. Why do they seem to be abnormal too?" Charlotte asked from time to time.

"Uh, this..."

Xia Mi was sweating profusely after being asked questions by this model student.

Norton on the other side of the Blood Alliance was still dealing with Tsukuyomi with Fenrir and had no time to attend the class Q&A session. He just urged Xia Mi to stop dragging it out and get everything done quickly.

In order to maintain her character, Xia Mi simply made up a sentence:
"Don't worry about that. The connection of the earth veins is universal. Different nodes will affect each other. Our adjustment of this node will also affect other areas... The most urgent task is to quickly complete the strengthening process of the heroic spirit."

"Oh oh oh!" Charlotte gave up thinking without any suspicion.

You are the Dragon King, you are right.

Nuonuo watched the interaction between the two people with boredom, but soon found it boring and turned to look at the battlefield in the distance.

Suddenly, a faint noisy sound rang in my ears, like the sound of people singing praises to the gods, chanting that Izanranzun is unparalleled and Huangquanjin Great God spreads death...

Finally, it sounded like thunder and lightning.

Nuonuo noticed that a huge thunder bull suddenly appeared in the distance - was that the Bull-Headed Heavenly King, the great envoy?

But at the same time, the soul that was summoned from her body trembled, shouting the solemn words of "Ascend to the gods, ascend to the gods!", mixed with the rumbling thunder, tormenting her body and mind.

"It's so noisy!"

Nuonuo immediately covered her ears. She was surprised and annoyed. It was okay that she had been having strange dreams recently, but why did she start to have auditory hallucinations now?

(End of this chapter)