It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 37 The Holy Grail Arrives
Summer Solstice is decisive.

This decisiveness was due to his previous prudence and vigilance.

From the beginning, he regarded Miss Sakura and the white-haired loli as the biggest potential threats. He once suspected that these two girls who looked harmless were actually the masterminds behind this Holy Grail War...

Now it seems that such speculation may not be nonsense.

After all, the once-mighty Gilgamesh has fallen.

But Miss Sakura appears at this moment, just like the climax of the drama, like the villain who is lurking until the last chapter and then unveiled.

She clearly saw this situation, but she was still able to walk forward confidently. Faced with such a situation, instead of imagining that she is as arrogant as Gilgamesh, it is better to believe that she does have the confidence and strength.

In short, that is to say, she thought she could handle the summer solstice just now.

Of course——

After making this judgment, Xia Zhi decisively made the most correct decision. Perhaps he was a little hasty, and the temperature for the pill was still a little short of what it needed to be, but he could not risk waiting for the perfect moment to make the pill.

Anyway, his body was in a huge state at the moment, and he could use this huge body to swallow the equally huge real pill in one gulp...

After all, even if a Servant could materialize, its body was essentially just a form of condensed magic power, which was no different from the Guardian's body that was currently manifested through visualization in this area.

Whether absorbing the True Pill in the form of a Servant or devouring it in the form of a Guardian, the essence is the same.

After realizing this meaning, Xia Zhi resolutely chose to swallow the real pill made from the entire Holy Grail in his current form.

Swallowing a golden elixir into the stomach——

I finally realized that my destiny is in my own hands!!

This sentence was fully reflected at this moment.

The filled Holy Grail was completely melted into a real pill, gathering sixty years of abundant earth spiritual energy accumulated by the dragon veins. Its power was unparalleled.

At this moment——

The immense energy essence carried by the real elixir erupted like a volcano.

Xia Zhi felt that his form was becoming more solid and condensed at an unprecedented speed. As the embodiment of magic, he was undergoing a rapid transformation visible to the naked eye under the continuous infusion of huge energy.

The vast and pure source power did not even need to be transformed before it turned directly into usable magic power. At this moment, he felt that his own power was soaring at a terrifying speed, reaching an unprecedented level of strength.

However, the excessive magic power was equally huge, and he felt a little out of control.

This is only natural, after all, the Holy Grail is actually a super advanced magic furnace core.

It is not something that humans can understand how much magical power Xia Zhi would possess if he refined this super-high-level magic furnace core that exceeded the specifications into a pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Similarly, it is not so easy to control magic power of this scale.

"..."

"..."

The purple-haired girl, no, now the silver-haired girl stopped, and her empty eyes seemed to show some emotions again.

Her expression quickly turned gloomy, as if a storm was about to come. The blackened magic power lingering around her was like a low-pressure area that was visible to the naked eye and was spreading and expanding, just like negative emotions taking shape, so thick that it seemed as if it could overflow the boundaries at any time.

She stared closely at the tall figure that shouldn't exist, without making a sound, saying a word or making any movement.

but……

Perhaps as if reflecting the girl's inner thoughts, a group of black shadows suddenly and continuously emerged around her at this moment.

These black shadows were like two-dimensional paper-cut phantoms leaping out of three-dimensional space. They were exactly the same as the previous black shadows, just like jellyfish rising from the ocean to the land, except that their size was obviously much larger than before.

——If they were still the size of ordinary people before, they have now generally expanded to a towering height of more than ten meters.

——Even if three Hercules were stacked together, they probably wouldn’t be able to reach the height of these “Shadow Giants” before them.

It's just that because they seem to have no thickness, as thin as a piece of paper, and shaped like two-dimensional giants, these summoned black shadows look somewhat funny. If each of them did not exude extremely ominous magic, they probably would not have much deterrent effect.

In the blink of an eye, these shadow giants that rose from the darkness and shadows had silently surrounded the remaining defense line in front of Ryudo Temple, and launched an attack on Medea and Altria without hesitation.

The expressions of both of them changed slightly at the same time.

The silver-haired girl opposite was clearly confronting that guy just now, but she turned around quietly and attacked them directly?
——What is this?
However, despite being a little surprised, Artoria's first reaction, urged by her vast battlefield experience, was to immediately raise the holy sword in her hand, and her eyes instantly became sharp.

Medea was even more direct. Without any hesitation, she waved the staff in her hand and instantly released countless light bullets that could rival great magic. They hit the giant black shadows as densely as falling stars.

However, even with such a fierce and intensive attack pouring down, the encirclement formed by those shadow giants remained motionless, still wriggling and rapidly approaching, even touching and merging with each other -

It was as if they had merged into an airtight black bowl, directly enveloping the two servants.

There was a faint flicker of light between the gaps, but in the blink of an eye, even these gaps were stitched up, as if suppressing all the resistance along with it.

It seemed that after just one encounter, two more servants were about to be caught off guard and preyed upon.

Boom——! !

Without any warning, a shining beam of light split the thick night sky in two, like a bolt of lightning suddenly dropping from the sky. The moment it came into sight, it accurately hit and tore the target apart.

It pierced through several "Shadow Giants" and tore a gap in the encirclement.

The rumbling sound was like dull thunder, rolling across the earth.

The shock wave that broke through the air caused waves of scorching heat. It took several seconds for the scorching afterimage in the air to slowly disappear.

"Quick! Let's get out of here!"

Artoria reacted extremely quickly. When she saw a breakthrough in the encirclement formed by the Shadow Giants, she immediately and decisively chose to break out.

"Is this... a cursed bullet?"

Although Medea reacted immediately, she was still somewhat confused.

With the eyesight of a magician of the Age of Gods, she naturally recognized the nature of the beam of light just now. It was just an ordinary curse bullet. It was just a curse that destroyed health. However, if the concentration of magic power was high, it could directly cause physical damage. But...how high does the concentration of magic power have to be to produce such an effect like a railgun?

Even if Medea came by herself, she couldn't do it.

The only possibility is... the ball of brilliant light that the guy just swallowed is definitely the source of magic power that created the Holy Grail!
The Greek witch couldn't help but grit her teeth and glared at the sky with some annoyance. She had sensed something was wrong since the magic storm began, and she immediately realized that the guy had deceived her.

Otherwise, the prepared backup plan would only directly detonate the entire Yuanzang Mountain.

Instead of triggering such a magical storm.

Although she didn't know the details, Medea knew that the guy had definitely used her. However, at that time, she was suppressed by Gilgamesh's rain of Noble Phantasms and had no extra energy to think too much.

——It was not until now that Miss Witch realized the truth.

"Don't leave!!"

Seeing the prey escaping right before her nose, the silver-haired girl's face suddenly became even gloomier, and she subconsciously wanted to urge the shadow giants to chase after it.

However, immediately afterwards, there was another loud bang, and the shining and scorching magic beam struck again, directly tearing through the obstacles in front of Altria and the others, and directly evaporating several shadow giants that had just appeared.

Xia Zhi certainly knew what Miss Sakura wanted to do. It seemed that as long as she successfully preyed on a Servant and absorbed the Servant's soul, her functions would be greatly enhanced.

Frankly speaking, he and his opponent should have a mutual understanding on this point. He eats the Holy Grail, and the other party eats the Servants. To a certain extent, it is simply that great minds think alike. In any case, neither of them intends to conduct the Holy Grail War in an orderly manner.

But there is no way, the other party is obviously an enemy now.

There is no doubt that what the enemy wants to do is what we must destroy...

So Xia Zhi tried to control the terrifying magic power that was so huge that it was about to run wild, while performing the simple offensive magic he learned from Vivian. Laser-like spell bullets burst out from his fingertips, and beams of magic power cut through the sky.

He has only learned some basic general magic so far, and very few of them can be used directly in combat. However, the huge amount of magic power surging in his body at this moment is his absolute confidence at this moment.

Because for a magician, magic is resources and ammunition.

Possessing nearly unlimited magical resources would be like possessing a vast fortune for a magician.

It is similar to the saying that you can do whatever you want if you have money, except that magic is more versatile than money. Magic can accomplish many things and produce various results called "miracles". It can be said that the more magic resources a magician has, the closer he is to being omnipotent.

Just like the so-called Holy Grail, its essence is nothing more than a high-density magic crystal. Why can it fulfill wishes?

It is because it possesses almost infinite magical power. In the hands of a magician, almost nothing is impossible.

Using terrifying magical power to drive low-level magic, which unleashed astonishing destructive power, he easily helped two colleagues or former colleagues out of trouble, while also continuing to carefully watch the actions of Miss Sakura.

To prevent the other party from suddenly playing some outrageous or scary cards.

However, from what we can see now, the girl doesn't seem to have used any other tricks except constantly summoning the Shadow Giant.

Seeing that the situation seemed hopeless, she even began to bite her lower lip unwillingly. Her empty eyes were dazed and dull, and she subconsciously muttered to herself, "This is not fair--" or something like that.

and many more……

Could it be that she also possesses immense strength but lacks specific attack skills?!

This thought suddenly flashed through Xia Zhi's mind. He originally thought that the last enemy to appear should be a very powerful and difficult one. He might have some incredible skills or mechanisms, or even a super BOSS that could transform into a second stage...

Is this the result?
Somewhat unconvinced by this conclusion, he narrowed his eyes slightly and no longer observed cautiously. Instead, he pointed his fingertips directly at the girl below, ready to attack her directly to test any possible cards she might have.

The magic power gathered instantly...

Then it burst out!!
The huge laser cut through the air like a knife, instantly piercing through the huge shadow blocking the front. Even the shadow of the Holy Grail, which was made of black mud and appeared through the girl's unique physique, could hardly withstand this powerful and miraculous attack.

It's not a Noble Phantasm, nor is it a Servant skill...

It's pure magical violence!
"cherry--!!"

Toosaka Rin had just climbed up the mountainside, panting, after trudging through the mountain path with difficulty, and rushed back to the top of the mountain. What came into her eyes was such a cruel scene, the moment when the magic laser that cut through the night sky pierced through the body of the silver-haired girl.

She couldn't believe this would be the result and almost collapsed and rushed over.

"Master, don't be careless!" Fortunately, Altria, who had just retreated here, was quick-witted and grabbed Toosaka Rin.

The swordsman girl also didn't believe that the girl who seemed to be the last villain boss to appear could be solved so easily. Not only did she think it was unlikely rationally, but even her intuition was giving her a warning.

The next scene seemed to confirm her ominous premonition.

Even though she was pierced by a huge magic bullet, she didn't fall down. She even stood there with a blank look in her eyes. In contrast to her calm eyes, Sakura's expression became extremely unstable, as if she was gritting her teeth in resentment.

It was as if she heard someone urging and bewitching her over and over again in her ear.

"Don't hesitate..."

"Stop harboring false hopes..."

"Even now, you are still unwilling to accept my full power..."

Sakura opened her mouth but said nothing. She slowly turned her head and looked at Toosaka Rin who appeared over there. Looking at the excited face and eyes full of concern, she suddenly felt a pain in her heart!
Meaningless!

It's totally meaningless! What on earth am I still hoping for? What on earth am I still praying for?
No one will truly hear my cries for help, and no one can truly empathize with my pain and resentment! ! Not even my former sister will understand, and will never understand——

The more I see her concern, the more resentful I feel about it!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!!"

She opened her mouth and let out a meaningless scream, her emotions completely collapsing like a dam bursting, wanting to vent all the resentment and darkness.

At this time, everyone could see that although her body had been pierced through, there was no bloody hole.

Instead, a "hole" appeared...

It seems to be connected to the void outside the world...

This is Sakura, the Holy Grail, revealing her true nature. After all, she is the vessel of the Holy Grail, and the Holy Grail is, in a sense, a fixture, attempting to fix the "hole" leading to the outside world... something wants to be born into this world from that side.

(End of this chapter)