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The purplish-gold blade immediately burst into flames.

"[Magic Release]?"

Artoria was surprised.

Hassan had been infused with the concept of "Battle Aura" by Du Can a long time ago, and thus gained the ability to "Extend Battle Aura".

In this world, [Aura Release] is indeed transformed into a type of [Magic Release].

Du Can uses fire-attribute battle aura, and after being granted the concept of [Battle Aura Cyclone], Bai Mao Hassan naturally also releases fire-attribute magic power.

Hassan the Hundred-Faced had used this technique before in the battle of the Holy Church, and now he uses it again with even greater skill.

He can imbue weapons with fire-attribute magic, similar to the technique of [Battle Aura Infusion], which enhances the weapon's quality and performance while adding fire-attribute attack damage.

Artoria also used the [Magic Release] technique, pushing off with her foot and creating a large crater. She used the recoil to quickly approach Hassan the Hundred-Faced.

Hassan the Hundred Faces, wielding a flaming purple-gold blade, suddenly stomped his foot, using a fighting technique similar to the [Explosive Step]. He instantly released magic power, blasting a large crater beneath his feet. The immense recoil propelled Hassan the Hundred Faces toward Artoria!

The two collided, generating even greater air pressure and shock waves.

Sand and stones flew, and thunder roared.

The repeated clashes between the unseen sword of wind and the visible blade of fire were exceptionally spectacular under the faint sunlight shining through the great rift.

Large amounts of rock were pulverized, leaving deep scratches and scorch marks on the mountainside.

The two fought for a long time, and Artoria gradually mastered Hassan's attack patterns during the battle.

Then, she deliberately created an opening to lure Hundred-Faced Hassan into attacking, while she herself abandoned her defense and thrust the unseen blade of the Holy Sword straight into Hundred-Faced Hassan's heart.

That is usually the location of the Servant's lifeblood core; if it is pierced, the Servant will likely die quickly.

However, Hassan the Hundred Faces' purple-gold blade quickly sliced ​​across one of Artoria's arms, cutting her while the intense heat from the blade further damaged the arm's structure, rendering it completely immobile.

Artoria's attack, imbued with a killing intent, barely managed to pierce through the skin's defenses before failing to penetrate any further.

It's too hard; I can't get it in at all.

Seeing this, Artoria did not force her way through the defenses, but immediately broke away from the battle and jumped onto a nearby boulder.

She glanced at her left hand, which had been damaged by the blade and flames; the injury was quite severe, but there was nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, her left hand had already been cut by Diarmuid's gun in the previous battle, so this was just an additional injury.

Artoria secretly used her magic to try to heal her injuries. Although it wasn't as effective as Irisviel's healing magic, it was still somewhat helpful.

He quickly dodged Hassan's attacks while using his holy sword to block them.

"Assassin, how come your body is so stiff?"

Artoria asked the question not to get an answer, but simply to distract Hassan with her words and prevent him from concentrating on the battle.

“Saber, you are not far from failure. Why not stop here? Just wait here for a while until the Master has dealt with the Greater Grail, and then you can enter.”

Hassan the Hundred Faces naturally didn't have the habit of explaining his abilities, but he still told Artoria to stop fighting.

He wasn't quite sure how tough his body was right now, but he felt that most Noble Phantasms probably couldn't hurt him, and only a super-powerful Noble Phantasm like the Holy Sword could break through his defenses.

Because of the temporary protection of the [Indestructible Vajra] concept power, his physical strength at this moment is almost comparable to that of a body subjected to the [Twelve Trials], or the [Evil Dragon's Blood Armor] stained with dragon blood. Noble Phantasm attacks below B rank are unlikely to have much effect on him.

Artoria's holy sword, Excalibur, is definitely capable of breaking through defenses.

However, Artoria's left hand had been cut by Diarmuid before, and she had been unable to exert any strength. The power of her single hand was simply insufficient to fully unleash the power of the Holy Sword, so she could only pierce the skin, but could not pierce the heart.

"Since your Master says the Greater Grail has been corrupted, why won't you let us see for ourselves? If that's really the case, I will never covet the Grail."

Artoria continued to heal her wounds with magic while asking questions.

She found that the fire injury was relatively easy to heal, but the cut wound was a bit difficult to heal; it was as if a curse was hindering the healing of her wound.

"Is it similar to the curse of Diarmuid's Noble Phantasm, the Demon Lance?"

Artoria wondered to herself.

In reality, this is a conceptual power called "100% chance to inflict rupture damage on the enemy, and cannot be self-healed before the end of the battle".

After this percentage-based soul skill was transferred to this world, it seems to possess the conceptual power of [severing all tangible things], and the wound will absolutely not heal for a period of time.

“Saber, with your eager attitude, I dare not let you pass. You'd better stay here, otherwise, if you try to force your way through, I will kill you.”

"Assassin, we're already fighting, why are you so weak? I'll kill you, and you'll kill me, that's fair."

Hassan shook his head. Did he not know the principle that if you're going to make a move, you have to kill? It was just that his Master had given him the order.

"Since you are so stubborn, I have no choice but to kill you."

At this moment, Hassan's resolute gaze made him look like a ninja from the Rainin Sect.

Burning knife.

The burning knife, slice by slice.

Hassan's speed and strength suddenly surged again, and the flaming blade in his hand made Artoria feel a little overwhelmed.

"What's going on? Was he hiding his true abilities all along? Is he on the same level as us in terms of Spirit Origin? It's like he's mutated!"

Chapter 76 Artoria VS Hassan the Hundred Faces (Part 3)

Hassan the Hundred Faces' strength has increased to another level.

The attack was like a violent storm.

However, although Artoria is currently being suppressed, she is still able to hold on and maintain the stalemate.

Intuition, isn't that amazing?

No matter where Hassan the Hundred-Faced would attack, Artoria would anticipate it and prepare a defense.

However, it would be difficult to launch a counterattack. Artoria had counterattacked once before, but the opponent was completely unharmed, while she herself was injured.

Artoria felt that given the hardness of the opponent's body, her attacks in her current injured state were like scraping a cupping itch.

We must unleash the Noble Phantasm.

However, the next second...

"【Zabaniya】!"

Artoria has not yet unleashed her Noble Phantasm, but Hassan of the Hundred Faces is the first to chant the true name of his Noble Phantasm and unleash it.

In an instant, a veil of flames appeared on the surface of Hassan's body.

This veil is made of an extremely high concentration of fire-attribute magic, and it emits an extremely high temperature. If an ordinary person gets too close, they will probably be quickly scorched by that scorching heat.

The surrounding temperature rose instantly, and the air became distorted under the high temperature, turning this corner of the mountain crevice into an oven.

However, Artoria only frowned slightly, surprised that Hassan the Hundred Faces had suddenly unleashed his Noble Phantasm. She then became a little more cautious. There was no sign that she was harmed by the scorching air and the blazing flames, so the Noble Phantasm did not seem to have any effect on her.

Artoria's Gundam-level A-rank durability makes her body extremely tough, completely ignoring harsh environments that would be fatal to ordinary people.

The ambient temperature was high enough to quickly scorch a person's skin, but for her it only got slightly warmer.

In addition, her A-rank Magic Resistance is enough to make her ignore most magical effects. This is just an environmental change caused by the overflow of magic power from Hassan's Hundred Faces Noble Phantasm, which she can completely ignore.

She is, after all, the Red Dragon of Britain, how could she possibly be afraid of fire?

The fire blade that had previously slashed her arm was what injured her, but fire damage was easy for her to heal. However, the laceration damage was something she couldn't heal.

Therefore, this Flame Veil is fine for easily defeating weak opponents and killing ordinary people, but it's far from effective against skilled opponents.

However, Hundred-Faced Hassan was not discouraged when he saw that his Noble Phantasm had no effect. After all, the effect of this Noble Phantasm itself came from the concept of the [Aura Veil] given to him by Du Can. This Aura Veil was mainly used to defend against other people's attacks, and burning enemies with it was just a side effect.

The next second, he unleashed another Noble Phantasm.

"【Imaginary Gravity (Zabaniya)】!"

Hassan the Hundred Faces generated an immense attraction from his palm. This attraction did not affect Artoria, but rather himself, tearing away the fiery veil covering his body and concentrating it into the blade in his palm.

The purple-gold moon blade in his hand immediately began to emit astonishing energy fluctuations and crimson flames.

Hassan the Hundred-Faced raised his fiery blade, ready to strike Artoria.

Artoria's eyes narrowed slightly. Her intuition was warning her that the next attack was fierce and she probably wouldn't be able to dodge it.

She seemed to see the scene that would unfold in the next few seconds: the blade in Hundred-Faced Hassan's hand unleashed a beam of light that swept across everything in front of him like a pillar of fire.

Faced with this scene, Artoria immediately gripped the holy sword in her hand, and the gale wrapped around the unseen blade of the holy sword was blowing at an even faster speed.

"There's no other way. Although one of my hands is injured, I can still barely break free from the restraints of the [Invisible Air] and release the [Strike Air]."

Artoria thought to herself.

In the next instant, she pointed the unseen blade of the holy sword forward.

The Invisible Air barrier, which had bound the endless wind to the tiny area of ​​the sword's blade, was suddenly breached.

The endless wind surged out from the gap like a torrent, transforming into a one-time, massive wind pressure-type light cannon.

【Strike Air】!

The massive wind pressure cannon swept towards Baimao Hassan.

Hassan the Hundred Faces also officially unleashed the boundless fiery power contained within the purple-gold blade in his hand.

That was a powerful fire attack that forcibly absorbed the fire power of the "New Clothes of the Imaginary World" using "Imaginary Gravity (Zabaniya)," compressed it to its limit, and then released it all at once.

This move combines the two pseudo-Noble Phantasms bestowed upon him by Du Can, and its power is comparable to that of real Noble Phantasms.

He named this move "Zabaniya"!

The next instant, a massive pillar of fire erupted from the purple-gold blade in Hassan's hand, sweeping towards Artoria.

then.

【Strike Air】VS 【Zabaniya】.

The massive wind pressure cannon collided head-on with the massive pillar of fire.

boom!

Two beams of light with different attributes collided head-on, creating a thunderous and fiery effect.

Large amounts of sand and rocks were either blown into the sky by the enormous wind pressure or crushed and shattered by the massive pillars of fire carrying explosive shockwaves.

The scene of jagged rocks in the great rift was cleared by the shockwaves from both sides' ultimate moves, creating a clearing.