FATE: Target of Grand Master

Ding!

"We have arrived at B8 floor. Masters Xia Yan and Li Zhuang, please enter the arena."

Without a moment's delay, the two quickly arrived at the center of the arena.

"Xia Yan, stop pretending. I know you're very nervous right now."

Li Zhuang, who always considered himself an elite, planned to psychologically suppress Xia Yan before the battle began.

"ha?"

Xia Yan had no idea what Li Zhuang was talking about.

Li Zhuang continued in that "I know you better than you know yourself" tone, "For a Master who has always relied on powerful Servants, the bewilderment and helplessness when losing their greatest support is impossible to hide. Just admit it honestly, without Morgan by your side, you must be incredibly nervous right now."

Xia Yan put his hands in his pockets and whispered to Nero beside him, "Nero, listen, he's calling you a weak Servant."

"Player, my greatsword is already thirsting for blood. Why waste words with him? Let's start fighting."

After listening to Li Zhuang's endless rambling, Nero could no longer suppress his urge to kill someone.

"Don't rush. Guys who always act like elites are often fragile and insecure. Judging from his appearance, he's definitely still resentful about my previous defeat of him. Since he wants to play mind games, I'll play along. This time, I'll make him lose twice."

Seeing Xia Yan and Nero whispering to each other across from him, Li Zhuang's posture became even more arrogant.

"It's a bit late to start discussing countermeasures now."

"A solution?"

Xia Yan looked at Li Zhuang and laughed, "There's no need to discuss any strategies to deal with you."

"Say it again!"

Li Zhuang instantly flew into a rage.

"Fine, I'll grant your wish. Dealing with you, Li Zhuang, I don't need to discuss any strategies at all!"

Veins bulged on Li Zhuang's forehead, and his clenched fists cracked.

Just as he was about to explode, Li Zhuang forced himself to adjust his breathing, trying his best to regain his composure, and said in a somewhat distorted tone, "Your psychological warfare is too clumsy, I won't fall for it."

Xia Yan quickly echoed.

"Yes, my tactics were all clumsy, but someone just happened to fall for it once in the North American Singularity."

Which pot is not open to mention which pot!

Li Zhuang was immediately speechless, and his face turned an unhealthy red with anger.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Xia Yan added the last sentence.

"After you escaped from that trial, Chester recounted your deal in detail. Li Zhuang, how could you betray your promise and abandon Chester to run away alone? When I get back this time, I will spread your glorious deeds on the world channel just like you 'exposed' me."

"Damn it! You'll regret this! I issue this order in the name of my Command Spell! Romulus, crush the enemy's Servants with all your might!"

Enraged, Li Zhuang could no longer suppress his emotions and activated the Command Spell.

The red light fell upon Romulus, and the Roman emperor, who had stood upright like an old pine tree, finally slowly grasped the lance that had been slung across his back.

"Lord Divine Ancestor."

Seeing Romulus, who followed Li Zhuang as his master, Nero showed a sad expression.

"Nero, my child, there's no need for such an expression. Humans are not perfect. As an emperor, one must be tolerant of all kinds of people around you. Whether you can let them each perform their duties is a question that an emperor needs to consider."

"I have learned a lot."

Nero showed great humility in the face of Romulus's teachings.

"However, that's all in the future. What stands before you now is me, a man no different from 'Rome'. Try to defeat me, surpass me, and then you will be a greater emperor who truly represents 'Rome'."

Romulus got into position.

"Yes. I will do it."

Nero also held his sword in both hands.

The next instant, the two Servants charged forward simultaneously, and the clanging of metal against metal echoed incessantly.

While the Servants were fighting, Xia Yan and Li Zhuang, the Masters, were not going to be idle either.

Li Zhuang was the first to summon a rapier and thrust it straight at Xia Yan's position.

Judging from Li Zhuang's posture, he has indeed received some professional training. Unfortunately, his opponent is Xia Yan.

After easily dodging two thrusts, Xia Yan drew his black and white twin swords and clamped the blade of the rapier between them from the side.

Li Zhuang's pupils contracted; it was Gan Jiang and Mo Xie!

Why does Xia Yan possess such a weapon?

Has he even learned projection magic?

Li Zhuang's heart wavered for a moment, and he was distracted for a second. Xia Yan pushed him hard, and the rapier fell to the ground with a "clang".

Xia Yan naturally wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity, but just as Xia Yan swung his knife at Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang vanished as if teleported.

The next instant, Li Zhuang reappeared two meters in front of him.

This is a teleportation magic trick!

Xia Yan was also somewhat surprised that Li Zhuang could use such magic.

No, what Li Zhuang just used was probably some other kind of prop, similar to a displacement magic trick.

Xia Yan made this judgment based on two points.

Firstly, Xia Yan had seen Morgan use displacement magic many times while he was around Morgan. Even a magic genius like Morgan would have a casting animation before using displacement magic and would generate a lot of magical energy. However, Li Zhuang just now did not have any casting animation before using it and did not generate any magical energy at all.

Secondly, Xia Yan noticed that Li Zhuang's first reaction after the displacement was not to look at him, but to look around as if to confirm his location.

This performance reminded Xia Yan of an item he had seen in the BB Mall during the early stages of the trial—the Space Jump Shoes.

Xia Yan remembered that the effect of this prop was that it allowed short-distance spatial jumps after wearing it, but the direction of the jump would change randomly after each jump, meaning that each jump was a gamble.

Taking advantage of Xia Yan's moment of thought, Li Zhuang rolled over, picked up the rapier that had fallen to the ground, and launched another attack on Xia Yan.

After a brief moment of thought, Li Zhuang also concluded that Xia Yan had not learned projection magic, otherwise, compared to Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, Xia Yan should have had countless more powerful projection targets.

Xia Yan immediately dodged and simultaneously swung his black and white swords towards Li Zhuang.

Xia Yan was stronger than Li Zhuang in both strength and speed, so every attack Xia Yan made was a deadly threat to Li Zhuang.

Without hesitation, Li Zhuang disappeared again, and a moment later, he reappeared about 5 meters to the side of his original position.

Xia Yan compared the positions of the two displacements in his mind, and they were indeed different, which further solidified his guess about the Space Jump Shoes.

Compared to Xia Yan's contemplation, Li Zhuang's feelings at this moment were much more complicated.

During the North American singularity, the battles between the Servants were so dazzling that he was completely unaware of Xia Yan's strength as a Master.

The battle just now had already demonstrated the gap between him and Xia Yan. Even without a powerful Servant by his side, Xia Yan's strength as a Master was still top-notch, which made him feel a little regretful in addition to his shock and fear.

But now that things have come to this, he was still extremely unwilling to admit his mistakes.

After much thought, Li Zhuang could only think of one possible way to win: use the Space Jump Shoes to dodge Xia Yan's attacks, and at the same time use Command Seals to strengthen the God Ancestor again. As long as the God Ancestor defeats Nero in the Servant Battle, he could win.

However, just as he raised his right hand, preparing to activate the Command Spell again, a pair of golden pupils came into his view.