FATE: Target of Grand Master

The last of the three corrupted Servants—Ibaraki-dōji—did not immediately join the battle. Instead, he looked up, his gaze fixed on Ibuki-dōji, who was manipulating wind and lightning.

Ibuki naturally noticed Ibaraki's gaze. At this moment, the Servants remaining on Vimana were relatively weak. After a brief analysis, Ibuki deactivated the effects of Wind and Lightning and landed back on the deck of Vimana.

"You have the aura of Shuten-dōji, but you are not Shuten-dōji."

Ibaraki seemed to want to confirm Ibuki's identity and did not rush to make a move.

"Ibaraki, it's been a long time. My name is Ibuki-dōji, but I was once Shuten-dōji."

Ibuki spoke the second half of the sentence in the same tone that Shuten-dōji had used before.

"That's right, that's definitely Shuten-dōji's feeling, then there's no problem."

Having said that, Ibaraki took out his large yellow bone sword and charged straight at Ibuki.

"Um?"

Ibuki was somewhat confused, but that didn't stop her from using the Kusanagi sword to block Ibaraki's large bone sword.

Ibaraki immediately sheathed his sword, turned around, and slashed out again. The movement was fluid and incredibly fast. However, Ibuki's reaction was not slow either. His mental control was more flexible than his physical control, and the two were caught up in a high-speed battle of offense and defense.

"Ibaraki, you seem to have a problem with me."

Ibuki sensed a strong killing intent from Ibaraki's attack.

"Yes, I have a lot of complaints about you. Shuten-dōji, you clearly possess immense strength, yet you indulge in pleasure, leaving the task of ruling the oni hordes to me. If you had managed them properly, the oni of Mount Ōe might not have been wiped out by the Genji, and you wouldn't have lost your life. Since you're going to die anyway, it's better to die by my hand than at the hands of the Genji!"

Ibaraki's face twisted with regret and madness, and he swung his great bone sword with even more force.

"Oh dear, I didn't expect you to think that way, Ibaraki. I'm sorry, when I was Shuten-dōji, I was indeed too willful and pushed all the troublesome things onto you."

Ibuki continued speaking in Shuten-dōji's tone.

"Even so, I will defeat you today."

The Kusanagi sword flashed behind the frenzied Ibaraki and cleaved him in half at the waist.

Ibaraki looked down at his body, which was beginning to shift out of place, and laughed.

"Shuten-dōji, even if you are stronger than me, I am now immortal. You can defeat one of me, but what about ten, twenty, or a hundred?"

As he spoke, Ibaraki's upper body turned into black powder and disappeared, but black mud gushed out from his lower body, and in the blink of an eye, a new upper body grew back.

Ibaraki's magical energy began to surge, and he unleashed his Noble Phantasm without hesitation.

"Noble Phantasm! The Great Grudge Rises at Rashomon!"

The enormous, burning demonic claw lunged straight at Ibuki.

"It's no use."

Ibuki recalled the Kusanagi sword and infused it with magic power. The Kusanagi sword immediately lit up with a green light, as if magic power was being released, and with one strike, it cut Ibaraki's giant demon claw in two.

"As expected, in terms of individual strength alone, I will never be your match."

Ibaraki was not at all surprised that Ibuki had easily broken through his Noble Phantasm.

"But what if ten of me used my Noble Phantasm on you at the same time?"

Ibuki's pupils contracted as she realized that ten Ibaraki-doji had appeared on the deck of Vimana without her noticing.

Through perception, Ibuki could determine that the ten Ibaraki-doji had similar spiritual origins and were all in their true forms.

The ten Ibaraki-doji shouted in unison, "Noble Phantasm! The Great Grudge of Rashomon Arises!"

Ten enormous, burning demonic hands shot towards Ibuki's direction simultaneously.

Upon seeing this, Ibuki's face also showed a rare solemn expression.

"Activating Noble Phantasms isn't just your prerogative. Fear! Tremble! Calamity is about to befall you."

Ibuki rapidly increased the magical power within her body.

"Kamui draws his sword! Divine Sword - Greatsword of Kusanagi Art!"

Eight giant white snakes emerged from the clouds overhead, biting down on a huge ghostly hand. The falling rain extinguished the flames on the ghostly hand, and the white snakes closed their massive mouths, swallowing the ghostly hand whole.

Immediately afterwards, eight giant white snakes attacked the owner of the eight demonic claws, crushing the eight Ibaraki-doji into dust.

The remaining two Ibaraki-doji and their Noble Phantasms were killed by the Kusanagi Sword, which was filled with magic. Ibuki wiped out all ten Ibaraki-doji with a single Noble Phantasm.

"Excellent! As expected of Shuten-dōji! But as I just said, I am inexhaustible. How many rounds can you last?"

When Ibuki's Noble Phantasm effect dissipated, ten more Ibaraki-doji stepped on Baallahum's body and leaped from the Black Sea all the way to the deck of Vimana.

"You, and all you Masters, will perish here!"

"Noble Phantasm! Three-Stage Thrust of Ignorance!"

Okita Souji killed Ushiwakamaru again.

"This is the sixth one."

Okita Souji counted silently in his mind.

Although he had killed so many Ushiwakamaru, Okita Souji always felt that the other party was just toying with him, based on the fact that the other party had never used his Noble Phantasm.

"Hahaha..."

Souji's breathing became heavy. Although Morgan's enhancement and mana restoration spells provided some relief, the fatigue from the battle continued to accumulate. Even with sufficient mana in his spirit origin, his combat power would still decline.

"What's wrong? Is the genius swordsman about to give up?"

Ushiwakamaru reappeared, his longsword aimed at Souji's head.

boom!

A magic bullet pierced through Ushiwakamaru's body.

She looked in surprise at Lan Muyan standing not far away, holding an AWM sniper rifle and standing with one foot in front of the other.

A wisp of smoke rose from the muzzle of the AWM as Lan Muyan pulled back the bolt, his eyes fixed on Niu Ruowan through the scope.

"Mere humans!"

boom!

Another magic bullet was fired, this time hitting Ushiwakamaru in the head.

Since the battle had come to a decisive moment, Lan Muyan was not going to hold back and was going to use whatever he had.

"Ah Lan!"

Seeing Lan Muyan's efforts, Okita Souji gripped his katana, assumed a fighting stance, and once again faced the newly appeared Ushiwakamaru.

"It's no use! Both you and your Master will die here."

The newly appeared Ushiwakamaru appeared very angry. Instead of engaging in close combat with Okita Souji, she directly activated her Noble Phantasm.

"Noble Phantasm! Dan-no-ura: Eight-Ship Jump!"

Eight Ushiwakamaru attacked Souji from multiple directions simultaneously.

Oh no! I can't possibly hold off so many people at the same time!

Just when Souji thought he was about to be killed, a familiar voice came.

"Noble Phantasm! Three Thousand Worlds!"

Bang bang bang!

The bullets fired from the arquebus instantly attracted the attention of Ushiwakamaru's clones. On one side, more than ten arquebuses were firing simultaneously, while on the other side, eight Ushiwakamarus were using their swords to cut the bullets. The two Noble Phantasms were immediately locked in a stalemate.

However, using a sword to cut bullets was ultimately a poor strategy. As time went on, one of Ushiwakamaru's clones couldn't keep up and was killed by Nobunaga's Noble Phantasm.

The remaining clones of Ushiwakamaru faced immense pressure and subsequently collapsed, with all the clones, along with Ushiwakamaru's main body, being killed once again.

Souji looked at Nobunaga and said, "Nobunaga, weren't you fighting Musashibo Benkei? Now that you're here, what about the other side?"

"Don't worry, we have support over there. We just need to focus on our work here."

Seeing Ushiwakamaru reappear, Souji and Nobunaga were on high alert.