Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Is she someone he knows? Or someone he doesn't? Is she the real Teacher Da Ye? Or was she sent by someone else?

Never mind, it's not important.

Tsugumi smiled, looked at Joan of Arc, gently beckoned with her finger, and said in an extremely pleasant voice...

"If you want it, then stop me yourself! With your sword, your faith, your flame, and your skill!"

He looked at the astonished Joan of Arc and laughed wildly.

"Don't try to pressure me with the will of God. I stand here, I perform miracles, and ultimately I act according to my own will!"

"What nonsense about the glory of the Lord, the grace of the Lord, and the commands of the Lord! These are all useless thoughts! I am who I am, and He gives me the strength to do so! Even if He didn't give me these things, I would still do them!"

"So, come and try to challenge us, challenge the Knights of Apocalypse, Saintess of France!"

"...Okay, I understand."

She held high the pure white banner blessed by angels, pointed the sharp tip of her spear at Dongjiang, and said with utmost seriousness her holy and beautiful face.

"I will guide you onto the right path with my devotion!"

Right now,

This scene was also shown to the world by Tsurugi, and the Saintess from France became the object of longing and hope in the hearts of countless people at this moment.

Come on, Joan of Arc! Don't lose to the terrifying Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!!!

In an instant, countless people cheered for the beautiful Saint Maiden. After all, even though what Tsugumi and the others did was indeed a good thing, to most people, compared to the dark and terrifying Apocalypse Knights, the pretty Saint Maiden was more like the righteous one!

War has begun!

We lost!

"My Lord is here (Luminosite Eternelle)!!!"

It took Joan of Arc three seconds to realize that she was no match for the one in front of her. She struggled to hold the holy banner in front of her. On her left and right, countless wronged souls, seemingly endless, were swept in by the rolling gray fog!

Some of these souls even formed angelic shapes. These soul-stealers tore apart the souls of sinners to unleash even more terrifying shocks, constantly eroding and destroying the barrier that Joan of Arc had so painstakingly maintained.

"What's wrong? Saintess, weren't you going to purify me?" Tsurugi looked down at the struggling Joan of Arc and said mockingly.

"If you don't put in a lot of effort, you won't be able to do anything."

This scene looks exactly like the devil unleashing his tyranny and wantonly oppressing the great clergy, and the next scene will probably be the clergy accepting the power of the Lord and turning against him!

However, no

After waiting for more than ten seconds, Tsurugi seemed to get tired of it and walked up to Joan of Arc, her palm emitting a holy light.

The next moment, the barrier formed by her Noble Phantasm, which directly converted extra-standard (EX) magic resistance into physical defense, was easily torn apart.

No, it's not so much that it tore open, but rather that it didn't even try to defend against the holy light!

The billowing gray mist immediately surged into the barrier through the cracks, engulfing and binding Joan of Arc amidst her cries of alarm, rendering her unable to move!

"It seems someone would rather support me than you."

Tsurugi's hand gently touched Joan of Arc's forehead; the burning, holy light shone so brightly, so blindingly, in the hand of this terrifying knight of death.

Even in such a terrifying state, the radiance and miracles of heaven still shone upon him without reservation.

Even Joan of Arc received such radiance only on very rare occasions.

How profound is the Lord's grace toward him!

In that instant, even Joan of Arc felt a sense of loss and self-doubt, and in that brief moment, Tsugumi took out Pandora's Box.

The black mud covered Joan of Arc's body without reservation.

The Saint Maiden's screams of pain and struggle were so piercing and terrifying, but from beginning to end, no divine light descended to save her, and the holy light in Tsugumi's hand remained dazzlingly bright.

Ultimately, the moment she became a Servant, she ceased to be the saint she was in life. Between the glory of the Lord and the grace of God, and her mission to protect humanity and the Throne of Heroes, which truly prevails?

Looking at the Servant card that had already formed in her hand, Tsugumi glanced at Jeanne d'Arc struggling in the black mud and said with a wicked grin.

“I will make you flesh and land in England as Joan of Arc, the Soul Reaper. I will make you burn the entire British Isles with fire, not as that illusory being, but as your own will.”

"stop!"

"No, just like he said to me. At this very moment, your Lord absolutely does not want you to let those people and their descendants go." Tsuruga laughed wildly.

"He means you should burn all the British! If you don't believe me, go ask him and see if he'll answer you?"

Just as Tsurugi was altering and corrupting Joan of Arc's spirit foundation, an incomparably dazzling and brilliant golden starlight instantly attacked Tsurugi.

Dongjiang Weiwei

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He glanced sideways, stretched out his hand, and the billowing gray mist formed a wall of sighs composed of countless souls, easily blocking this attack that condensed the concept of Venus!

"Forcing a girl to do something she doesn't like to do is not gentlemanly at all!"

The one who made such a sound was the goddess Ishtar, who sat atop the Heavenly Bow Horse Anna. However, she was not the one in Snowfield City who possessed the homunculus, but rather the Ishtar who had merged with a part of Rin Tohsaka!

Why would this singularity-limited Servant appear here? It's not important, not at all.

Anyway, Tsurugi has no desire to think about these complicated problems!

Dongjiang looked at her, then glanced around, at the dense, thunderous dark clouds, at the undulating, powerful spiritual cores, and then spread his arms wide, laughing wildly.

"You want to deal with me? Then stop hiding, come on, all of you, come at me!"

His two hooked scythes ripped through the surrounding space, accompanied by billowing black mist and a maniacal laugh.

"You hiding dogs, I'll blast you to smithereens!"

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228. Let's fucking fight! (Happy New Year!)

As flashes of light appeared around her, the Servants who surrounded Tsugumi appeared!

First and foremost is Ishtar, the goddess who replaced Gilgamesh as Archer and was specially summoned by Tokiomi Tohsaka based on their compatibility!

Possessing immense power and authority, she is the goddess of beauty, harvest, and battle in Mesopotamian mythology. The most powerful goddess in legend, favored by the gods!

Its Noble Phantasm is a terrifying existence with A++ destructive power, and among all Servants, it is an exceptional existence that would be absolutely impossible to defeat under normal circumstances in the Holy Grail War!

Her arrival was to deal with the invaders from other worlds, and among them, there was probably—no, there definitely was Tsurugi!

But is Ishtar the only expert here?

No, that's not it.

The dark figure swaying and coiling around the Tsurugi River was Hassan, known as Youyi. His power was insignificant compared to the Tsurugi River, yet he was always ready to sacrifice himself and summon the one who would bring him death!

In the sky, amidst the dazzling thunder, stood a figure riding a raging, endless bolt of lightning.

His conqueror was Alexander the Great, and also the possessor of the power of the great god Zeus!

He was not a descendant of Zeus, and his lineage was very distant from that era. He may have inherited some of the power of Zeus's descendants, but his bloodline had long since thinned.

But at this moment, with Kenneth's amazing operation, he used the combined effect of the three magic furnaces to communicate with the earth's veins, descend the spirit origin, and finally, with the help of the Gemstone Elder, observed the essence of the Machine God and gave it a brand new form!

It has obtained the power of thunder, and incredibly, it has been allowed to possess the power to wield the true power of the great god Zeus!

That's not all. Seeing its shadow in the dark clouds after the thunder roared, and the fleeting ram-like horns on its head, suggests that it has probably also obtained the authority of another deity.

He was recognized as the son of God at the Temple of Amun in Egypt, becoming the offspring of two gods in the Hellenistic Egyptian concept of Zeus and Amun. Since Amun's sacred beast was a ram with two horns, his son would naturally also have two horns.

Before the Twin-Horned King, who has now fully acquired this power, the two-faced Sukuna would probably be crushed into dust in a second!

But that's not enough, not enough, and not just that!

Tsurugi looked ahead; there was a scorching heat emanating from it.

Scalding hot, fiery, as if scorching the sky, that rich, deep aura belonging to the red dragon!

Dongjiang could feel the power bestowed upon him by the white dragon surging within him, and his Albion heart beating. Read "Crossing Through Heavens, Can You Be Smarter Than Me?" and enjoy your reading time.

"That's enough, Saint of another world!"

Accompanied by a powerful and heroic shout, a member of the Artoria team appeared in front of Tsugumi!

However, it seems that this Artoria, whether in terms of figure, appearance, or anything else, exhibits qualities that are much stronger and more powerful than the original Knight King.

Lord Logres, that is the name she was given, a King Arthur without the name of King Arthur, a crowned figure in fantasy, the ideal king of the Kingdom of Logres!

It can be understood as choosing the best option from countless possible scenarios, ultimately achieving Artoria's most perfect and ideal state. No longer concealing her gender, ascending the throne as a woman, she makes no mistakes, never admits defeat, and is the most ideal embodiment of the so-called knightly concept.

The holy sword in her hand is also in a fully unleashed state, representing its true output after reaching the final moment. In other words, this Artoria is basically equivalent to the Grand Saber!

In short, it's Emperor Artoria!

Is that all? Is it just you?

Tsurugi looked at them, unable to hide her disappointment.

"So, all the powerful figures who came to intercept me are just a handful of you? Damn it, you're really disappointing!"

No, there are, there are many more!

They were all watching and observing, weighing when to take action, each wanting to be the one to reap the benefits.

Whatever, whatever the hell!

"What an arrogant fellow!" Ishtar said, arms crossed, looking displeased.

"We don't necessarily have to be enemies, as long as you abandon your actions," Lord Glores said in a deep voice.

"As long as you give up what you want to do, we don't have to be hostile, and neither do we or the world want to be against you."

"Really? So, should I be grateful?"

Dongjiang tilted his head slightly, and the next moment, he burst into laughter, laughing wildly along with the souls composed of gray mist around him.

"Hahahaha, you've really been looked down upon!"

"Gaia? Alaya? Or some other bullshit nonsense? No, I don't care!"

He spread his arms wide, raging madly amidst the surging death and gray mist.

"Now I have power! Now I can be myself! Now I can fucking do whatever I want!"

"Since things have come to this, why waste words? Why back down? Why compromise?"

"That's the mindset of the weak. As the strong, at this moment, the only thing I must do is—fight!!!"