I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

Wu Ming frowned slightly as he watched the swords he had projected again leave only small wounds on his opponent's body without penetrating them further.

Meanwhile, Li Cheng, who was moving alongside the monster, also sensed its changes. Its power increased, its body became more robust, and with its second resurrection, its strength had significantly improved.

"Hey, something's not right. Why does it seem like they're getting stronger the more they fight?"

The punch that should have knocked the monster off balance now only made Li Cheng's arm ache from the recoil. He immediately realized that the monster itself had undergone some kind of change.

"Looks like I underestimated this guy a bit. I'll have to get serious. Senior Li Cheng, is your friend someone I can trust?"

Wuming dodged another attack from the monster, raised his hand and used the blade in his hand to leave a bloody gash on the monster's body, while asking Li Cheng in a deep voice.

Is this guy planning to use that move here?

Immediately realizing what Wu Ming meant, Li Cheng's expression turned serious, and he replied, "No problem, Tie Feng can be trusted, but have you thought it through?"

"That's enough. Could you please hold them off for me for a while, Senior Li Cheng?"

After receiving a definite answer, Wuming immediately retreated, leaving the area affected by the monster's terrifying battle. Li Cheng then roared and rushed to the back of the monster's neck, grabbing its messy hair and pulling it down to the ground.

At the same time, Wuming, who had retreated outside the battle range, closed his eyes and began to spread his magic power as he chanted.

"I am the bone of my sword..."

The magic radiating a blue light gradually seeped into the floor and walls of the maze. This magic seemed to contain a strange power, causing the maze to undergo some unusual changes.

"This, this is..."

Tie Feng, who had never seen such a scene before, stared wide-eyed. The red monster, which had been entangled with Li Cheng, seemed to sense something was wrong and immediately roared as it charged toward Wu Ming, who was standing still.

"Rho Aias (Sevenfold Ring of Blazing Sky)!"

Upon noticing the enemy charging towards him, Wu Ming raised his right hand, and a massive, semi-transparent shield with seven layers was created, completely obscuring his view. The red monster roared and charged forward, crashing directly into the giant shield, shattering the first layer and causing cracks to appear in the second.

Li Cheng arrived at this moment. He leaped up, stepped onto the wall next to the monster's body, and used the momentum to jump and smash his entire body directly into the monster's face. He then slashed one of its eyes in half, and blood gushed out.

The next moment, he was grabbed by the roaring monster and flung away.

Meanwhile, the nameless chant had come to an end.

The so-called chanting is a necessary process for magic tricks involving complex engineering; powerful and complex magic tricks usually require an extremely long chanting period to perform. And what Wuming is chanting at this moment is his own unique magic, arguably the pinnacle of magic possible—

"So as I pray, Unlimited BladeWorks!"

A burst of blue magical light erupted instantly, creating a violent roar within the massive labyrinthine barrier. It was as if something similar had eroded it, forcibly squeezing into places that were previously inaccessible. Amidst the sounds of rocks cracking, yellow sand began to flow through the labyrinth.

Standing up from the pile of rubble, Li Cheng opened his eyes and looked ahead. In that direction, the maze that had once existed had completely disappeared, replaced by rolling yellow sand and countless swords standing on the sand dunes.

The unique ability of Nameless, the pinnacle of magic: Reality Marble. And what he controls is this desolate world with countless weapons, a barrier space similar to the labyrinth barrier. At this moment, under Nameless's dominance, this barrier directly encroaches on the original labyrinth barrier, completely replacing one-third of the labyrinth with his own barrier.

Click, click—

The blades in the sand dunes began to hum softly.

"Roar!"

After a brief moment of confusion, the enormous red monster roared angrily and charged forward again, striding towards Wuming. Wuming raised his right hand high, and countless swords floated into the air with his movement.

"Right here, I will end you completely."

As Wuming's voice faded, countless swords and blades flew like a storm towards the red monster charging forward.

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Chapter 19, Section 236: The Collapsed Labyrinth

Realistic Marble: Unlimited Blade Works.

This is a powerful ability unique to Wuming himself, representing the highest achievement a magician can attain.

Li Cheng didn't know how he acquired this ability, but he knew clearly that this desolate little world stored all the powerful weapons that Wuming's projection had copied and that he had seen before. It could be said that this place was a warehouse of all kinds of extraordinary weapons.

"But to actually use one's own barrier to erode the enemy's barrier, that's really reckless. I guess that's typical of the Emiya family?"

Li Cheng casually pulled a longsword stuck in the ground and spoke to Wuming. At the same time, the red monster, attacked by a large number of floating swords, roared angrily and charged forward like a chariot.

A chain, gleaming with golden light, bound the monster's legs, causing it to fall to the ground unexpectedly. Immediately afterward, Li Cheng and Wu Ming rushed forward from two directions, directly engaging the monster in combat.

The sounds of booming, slashing, and flying blood echoed continuously in this chaotic land of labyrinthine ruins and yellow desert. One after another, the swords and blades that had pierced the ground flew up, aiming at the enormous red monster. Some were shattered before they even got close, while others pierced deep into its body, splattering large amounts of blood.

Wuming hurled a massive sword, severing the monster's head. The severed head fell to the ground, rapidly melting and disappearing. The giant, who had collapsed, rose once more, and a brand new head began to rapidly regenerate.

"the third time!"

Li Cheng pierced the monster's knee with a golden-glowing rapier, forcing it to kneel. Then, with a swift turn, he slit the monster's throat with a dagger shrouded in unclean mist. The gushing blood splattered directly onto Li Cheng's face, staining his hair red. Immediately following behind, Wuming pierced the monster's skull with his sword, killing it once again.

"The fourth time!"

This time, during the monster's resurrection, the two distanced themselves. Wuming projected a longbow and then fired an arrow imbued with immense magical power, blasting the monster's body and everything within a radius of fifty or sixty meters to smithereens.

"The fifth time!"

Finally, Li Cheng and Wu Ming attacked almost simultaneously, each subduing one of the monster's arms before striking with their swords, piercing the monster's ribs and shattering its heart.

"..."

Under the watchful eyes of the two panting men, the red giant collapsed to the ground with a furious roar, never to rise again. Instead, it slowly disintegrated and quickly turned to ashes, leaving only a pool of bright red blood.

Li Cheng gasped for breath. This was the first time he had experienced such an intense battle since his fight with Cheng Yan. For the previous half hour, he and Wu Ming had worked together, pushing their strength to the limit. Now that the enemy was defeated, he felt as if his body was about to collapse to the ground.

"Now, we've finally taken it down, haven't we?"

Looking at the ruins of yellow sand, now only a pool of blood, Li Cheng said softly.

"It seems so. To be able to reproduce half of the Twelve Trials at its current level is somewhat admirable. But thankfully, this isn't the real Hercules, but merely a humanoid beast. Otherwise, the outcome of this battle might be quite uncertain."

Wuming, standing beside him, wiped the blood splattered on his head, then shrugged and said that he seemed to have remembered something. His expression turned displeased for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

The sandy world, once filled with countless swords, began to slowly fade and disappear. Li Cheng knew this was the disappearing inherent barrier. The two quickly left the vanishing barrier and returned to the shattered labyrinth. Soon, the barrier completely disappeared, leaving only a vast, empty labyrinth, utterly devastated.

"If you were to launch a few more barrier-erosion attacks, you might just destroy this labyrinth outright, right?"

Noticing that the maze's self-repair mechanism had become extremely slow and seemed unlikely to recover for a long time, Li Cheng realized that the maze was having a hard time dealing with the effects of Wuming's actions, and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"Please spare me this. This kind of barrier can't be used casually. You know, I already used up two-thirds of my magic power just to deal with that guy."

Wu Ming gave a bitter laugh and shook his head solemnly.

"That's a real shame. Oh well, let's go find Kiritsugu Emiya first."

As Li Cheng spoke, he sensed the contract with Zi, and then he discovered that Zi's use of power in the contract had stopped, which meant that she had won the battle.

Li Cheng was tempted to go check on her, but considering the current situation, he held back. The more important thing now was to find the last teammate, and Zi had emphasized the danger on her side; he couldn't go there now and had to avoid any potential interference.

Tie Feng, who was guarding the maze, looked at the two of them with a shocked and bewildered expression, especially at Wu Ming, whom he looked at as if he were a monster. Li Cheng gave him a look that signaled not to reveal anything, and Tie Feng then nodded with a dry laugh, withdrawing his somewhat impolite gaze.

"So, now only Kiritsugu Emiya remains to be found. Wuming, you should have a way to pinpoint his location, right?"

At the edge of the labyrinth's void, Li Cheng looked at Wuming and spoke.

"We can pinpoint the approximate location, but it will probably take some time to get there, as the terrain here is quite complex."

Wuming did not deny this, and stated it quite frankly.

"Then let's leave it at that and get going. We can't afford to waste any more time. Kiritsugu isn't the type of person who excels at high-intensity combat. He probably won't be able to last long in this kind of complex environment by himself."

As Li Cheng spoke, he walked forward, but then a strong sense of crisis suddenly gripped his heart. At the same time, Wu Ming also raised his head, revealing a wary expression.

Boom! Boom! Boom—

Amidst the violent shaking, akin to a magnitude 10 earthquake, this enormous labyrinth suddenly began to collapse.

Walls shattered, floors collapsed, the ground caved in, and the massive maze crumbled in an instant. Quickly realizing what was happening, Li Cheng and Wu Ming fled without hesitation towards the enormous void, dragging along Tie Feng, who was still bewildered by what was going on. The three of them leaped off the cliff edge of this level of the maze, plunging into the bottom of the void. Around them, the maze began to collapse, layer upon layer crumbling and overlapping.

"What... happened?"

Clearly sensing the barrier weakening, Li Cheng frowned and became serious. Wu Ming, however, seemed to sense something and rushed off in one direction. Realizing Wu Ming's reaction, Li Cheng frowned and quickly followed with Tie Feng.

Amidst the ruins, Kiritsugu Emiya, bearing multiple wounds, gasped for breath as he pushed aside a boulder that had been pressing down on him and slowly stood up, leaning against a section of broken wall. Wuming quickly rushed to his side and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his injuries were not serious.

"What happened? Emiya, did you do this?"

Li Cheng, who arrived shortly after, walked up to Kiritsugu Emiya and asked him a question.

"We found the core of this barrier and destroyed it, thinking we could destroy the labyrinth directly. However, it seems that because the owner of the labyrinth still exists, we were unable to completely destroy it."

Coughing up a mouthful of blood, Kiritsugu Emiya touched the blood on his face and, with Wuming's help, sat down on a relatively flat rock.

"Ah, ha, you're really something."

Li Cheng, who had just said that Kiritsugu Emiya might have difficulty achieving results in this environment, felt a bit embarrassed, but he still nodded seriously. After pondering for a while, this was all he could say.

"However, this completely enraged the owner of the maze."

Kiritsugu Emiya showed no sign of joy, but instead pointed to the other side of the ruins, where a huge body was crawling up from the rubble.

"If we want to leave here, we'll probably have to see what this guy thinks."

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Section 237, Chapter 20: The Minotaur

Covered in thick, snow-white fur, a robust and powerful white monster, resembling a Yeti, roared as it rose from the ruins, wielding two enormous, blood-stained axes.

A savage and bloodthirsty aura emanated from him. Beneath a pair of sharp bull horns, his face, which bore a slight humanoid resemblance but was twisted into an extremely ferocious expression, glared fiercely at the crowd before him. Then, with a ferocious roar, he charged forward, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Li Cheng, already exhausted from a series of battles and slightly injured, couldn't dodge in time and could only sidestep the opponent's blade. However, he was kicked head-on and sent flying far away, tumbling through the rubble ten times before barely coming to a stop. The white monster roared repeatedly, showing no intention of revealing its power, and charged straight at Li Cheng. Only after being slashed by Wu Ming did it shift its target.

"What's this guy counting for? Are there so many Super A-level martial arts experts these days? It seems like they're everywhere."

Li Cheng pulled his body out of the rubble and sighed helplessly.