FATE: Target of Grand Master

Musashi was unable to dodge in time and was splashed with black blood, immediately feeling a sense of discomfort.

This blood is poisonous!

However, thanks to its resistance to Magic A, it won't have a significant impact for the time being.

Musashi did not retreat; instead, he charged even further toward the shadowy figure, which surprised the figure and caused the figure's actions to be momentarily delayed.

Even if it's just for a moment, it can be incredibly deadly when the opponent is Musashi who is fully focused.

Just as Musashi was about to kill the shadowy figure, an even smaller shadowy figure appeared behind Musashi and swung a dagger at his neck.

Musashi instantly changed his stance, drawing his short sword to block behind his neck, while his long sword continued to slash at the shadowy figure.

Unfortunately, in that brief moment of delay, the nimble black figure escaped her attack range.

"Zabaniya!"

Not only that, the shadowy figure immediately launched a counterattack, its long hair once again transforming into blades as it attacked Musashi.

clang!

Two ice pillars shot from a distance, flanking Musashi on the left and right, blocking the first attack from the dark figure.

"Musashi, are you alright?"

Anastasia was the one who made the move, and she also noticed that these newly appeared Shadow Servants were vastly different from the previous ones.

Now, their abilities are comparable to those of regular Servants, and fighting them is no longer as easy as before.

Anastasia's arrival turned the battle into a two-on-two fight once again. However, before Musashi could catch his breath, the petite black figure that appeared later split into countless identical clones and attacked the two of them.

"Using a poor human wave tactic against Caster was an incredibly foolish decision."

Anastasia naturally disdained this method of attack.

As a Caster-class Servant, it's much more troublesome to deal with a single powerful Servant than a large number of inferior enemies.

"dimension!"

A massive black shadow appeared behind Anastasia, and countless ice spikes pierced towards the smaller black shadows that split off. However, Anastasia, who thought she could easily destroy them, discovered that these smaller black shadows did not seem to be degraded clones. Each of them was as strong as a normal Servant.

Therefore, apart from a few who were unable to dodge and were pierced through the body, most of the small, dark figures that split off avoided the attack of the ice spikes.

Xia Yan also noticed something was wrong with the petite, dark figure.

Needless to say, the first shadowy figure who could use so many of Hassan's special techniques could only be Kyoko.

Although the shadowy figure that appeared later resembled Jack, Assassin's Jack only possessed the ability to summon mist to conceal himself, and should not have the ability to create clones.

Could it be that it is?

As if to verify Xia Yan's guess, the group of petite black shadows all changed and transformed into tall black shadows that were more than two meters tall. Each shadow had long horns growing on its head, its hands turned into sharp claws, and a pair of wings growing on its back. The image was extremely similar to the image of demons in countless works of art.

"Noble Phantasm! The Mist will vanish along with the dawn of London!"

Sure enough, it's Jack the Ripper, a Berserker!

Countless demons immediately extended their claws and pounced on Anastasia.

In desperation, Anastasia could only erect solid ice around herself. Although she successfully blocked the demons' attacks, she also trapped herself in place.

On the other side, Kyoko also learned from the previous battle and no longer approached Musashi easily. Instead, she used her agile body to keep a distance from Musashi at all times.

As she exerted herself, the poison in Musashi's body began to spread, eventually affecting her mobility.

"Hahaha..."

Musashi's breathing grew heavier, and his vision began to blur.

The situation is getting a bit bad.

Musashi instinctively blocked Kyoshiko's first blade, but could not withstand the second, more cunning attack, and a hideous, gaping gash was slashed across his back.

Seeing this, Xia Yan disregarded his own safety and ran towards Musashi.

Seeing this, Kuang Xinzi immediately switched her target to Xia Yan; however, her attacks were all blocked by Morgan, who was protecting Xia Yan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xia Yan hoisted the unconscious Musashi onto his shoulder and ran backward.

Kyoko did not pursue, because Morgan in front of her gave her an even stronger sense of pressure.

Just as Kyoko was about to unleash another ability to attack Morgan, Morgan summoned a barrage of black gunfire first.

After observing Kyoko's attack patterns, Morgan knew very well that the best way to deal with her was to actively suppress her. Only in this way could he avoid falling into her extremely rich array of assassination techniques.

Morgan originally did not intend to take action, since her previous Noble Phantasm had consumed almost all of her magic power. However, seeing that these two newly appeared Shadow Servants were no ordinary people, she had no choice but to take action to suppress them.

"A miracle doctor! Please!"

Xia Yan carried Musashi in one arm and Ereshkigal in the other, and arrived in front of Asclepius.

"Medical God, please!"

Although Augustus was not good with words, after observing the battle situation, he understood that the current situation was not good.

Xia Yan's Servants are in dire need of help. Morgan's mana is greatly depleted, Anastasia is trapped, Gorgon is confronting Surtr, Nero is absent, and Musashi and Ereshkigal are injured.

Among the Servants he had contracted, Babbage had exhausted his mana, von Hohenheim was not a Servant with strong combat capabilities, and Asclepius was even less of a threat. Even including Avisbroun, who was not present, Augustus's forces were not sufficient to fight.

Therefore, Asclepius, who can heal Musashi and Ereshkigal, is of particular importance.

"Okay, don't rush me. I hate patients who rush doctors."

Although Asclepius spoke in a harsh tone, he still took action.

Once Asclepius gets moving, Xia Yan will no longer worry about his two wounded soldiers.

However, the current situation is far from good. The opponent's shadow servant is far stronger than he expected, and Surtur above his head has begun to accumulate magic power again.

Not to mention Gorgon, even Skadi has to help him deal with Surtr. There are no spare combat forces available for deployment. If the enemy produces a new Shadow Servant, their situation will become even more difficult.

Just as Morgan was relentlessly suppressing Kyoko with his black gun, she suddenly felt as if her head had been put into a washing machine, spun and crushed, and then she lost consciousness.

Morgan may not have realized what was going on yet, but Xia Yan, who was watching from the sidelines, could see it all clearly.

The space above Morgan's neck, along with her head, was distorted, as if forcibly shredded by a powerful force.

As Morgan fell to the ground, Xia Yan's gaze swept around, and he finally spotted a new Shadow Follower not far away.

Although her face is not visible, judging from her graceful figure and flowing hair, the prototype of the other party is clearly a young girl.

Combined with that ability to distort space, Xia Yan had an answer in his mind—Asagami Fujino!