Shirou hadn't thought about what would happen, but in the next instant, a shocking wound appeared on his right arm. If it weren't for the armor given to him by the Sword God, his arm would have been severed in an instant.
"Pfft!"
Just as sound cannot keep up with movement, even though Shirou had wounds on his body, the pain and the sound of blood splattering took a long time to subside.
"what happened?!"
For a moment, not only Shirou, but all the swordsmen below the Sword King level present showed a bewildered expression.
No one saw what had just happened.
Why is Kyrie Il still standing there, motionless, while Shirou, who is still a long distance away from her, has wounds on his body?
This bizarre scene shocked everyone.
"So this is the Sword King-level Blade of Light...?"
Compared to the others, Shirou's reaction was much calmer.
Because he had witnessed Gilead's incredible swordsmanship when he first met him a long time ago.
When a sword is fast enough, not only sight, but also hearing, touch, perception, and even all bodily senses will lose their sensitivity.
Just now, Shirou was able to use the Dragon God's techniques to block Gilead's sword, but now, even with the Dragon God's extreme skills, he can no longer keep up with Gilead's movements.
The essence of the Sword God style is extreme speed.
By pushing a single speed to its limit, one can create almost incomprehensible divine speed, and this divine speed swordsmanship also possesses extremely strong destructive power.
The armor Shirou wears is a specially made armor given to him by the Sword God. It can absorb magic power and battle aura, which means that the armor both restricts his movement and gives him extremely strong defensive capabilities.
Yet it was Shirou, clad in armor, who was wounded by Kyrie Il's sword.
If the opponent's sword had been aimed more precisely and struck a vital point, Shirou would likely have been defeated instantly.
Shirou has no chance of winning.
For a moment, all the swordsmen present had a negative attitude towards Shirou, not believing that he could defeat the Sword King Kyrie Irwin at full strength.
Kyrie Iain thought so too.
There were only two people who didn't think that way.
One is the God of Swords, and the other is Shirou himself.
From the very beginning, the Sword God had an expression of great interest, seemingly never expecting the battle to end in such a boring way.
As for Shirou, he definitely still has some trump cards up his sleeve.
Even when facing a Sword King who was giving it his all, he still had no option to easily admit defeat!
"Snapped!"
Kyrie Irvine drew his sword again.
Her sword speed was as fast as before, almost too fast for the naked eye to see.
Shirou was still completely unable to react, and wounds appeared on his body again.
However, unlike before, Shirou's wound this time was much shallower, and its location was also more insignificant, just a minor injury that wouldn't affect his movement.
Most people believe that this was Gilead showing mercy, not wanting to actually harm his opponent during the trial.
But only Kyrie realized that something was wrong. Her sword strike just now showed no mercy; in fact, she went even further, aiming for Shirou's vitals.
Kashiro seemed to be able to predict her moves out of thin air, and dodged at the same moment she swung her sword, avoiding a fatal blow.
Kyrie Irvine couldn't understand it and thought Shirou might just be lucky, so he tried swinging his sword a few more times.
The result was the same as before.
Although the sword successfully wounded Shirou, the wound was not serious. In fact, several sword strikes were later successfully blocked by the armor, without causing any damage to Shirou.
In his confusion, Kyrie Irvine finally realized where the problem lay.
During another swing of her sword, she discovered that the tip of her sword had not reached Shirou. This was not because Shirou dodged it, but because her sword was affected by some external force when it reached Shirou and was deflected at the crucial moment.
This situation is really unbelievable.
But Gilead realized that he had seen similar situations before.
She had once heard her teacher mention the Dragon God Orsteed. As one of the people in the world who knew Orsteed best, the Sword God described Orsteed's most powerful characteristic as a Dragon God, possessing a special Dragon Saint Battle Aura.
With his battle aura wrapped around his entire body, no attack could penetrate Orsteed's defenses and would be deflected directly.
"You didn't actually learn Austerd's Dragon Saint Battle Aura, did you?"
Kyrie Irvine asked in disbelief; she was truly shocked this time.
"Dragon Saint Battle Qi, what is that?"
But Shirou clearly had never heard of the Dragon Saint's Aura.
Because when Orstide fought him, she didn't use any magic or battle aura at all; she relied entirely on the powerful physique of a dragon to withstand the attacks.
Therefore, Shirou was unable to witness the exaggerated power of the Dragon Saint Aura.
However, Shirou's technique just now was indeed similar to the Dragon Saint's Aura, but the inspiration came from the Heroic Spirit Siegfried's Evil Dragon Blood Armor.
Due to the limitations imposed by the Sword God, Shirou was unable to wear the Evil Dragon Blood Armor for combat. Therefore, he attempted to project the Evil Dragon Blood Armor onto his own armor in advance, creating a kind of enchantment.
Since it was something similar to enhancement magic, Shirou completed it smoothly and, in conjunction with the magic release skill he had used earlier, created an effect similar to Dragon Saint Aura.
Since the Blood Armor of the Evil Dragon almost completely ignores most damage effects, Gilead's slash will not deal damage unless it reaches the corresponding level.
Even if it causes damage, the effect will be greatly reduced.
In addition, there are the techniques of the Water God Style.
This made Shirou a mobile fortress, and even the Sword King Kyrie Irvine would find it extremely difficult to break through his defenses.
Chapter 273 Projection, the Golden Sword of Eternity and Distance!
No one expected that the Sword Saint assessment would turn out this way.
Shirou's original opponent was Nina, who was at the level of a sword saint, but due to the sudden intervention of the sword god, his opponent was forcibly changed to Kyrie Il, who was at the level of a sword king.
While everyone thought Shirou would be no match for Gilead and would be instantly killed by him, Shirou successfully withstood Gilead's attacks. He even managed to prevent Gilead from breaking through his defenses by relying on his special skills and the Water God Style techniques.
Now, the Sword Saint assessment has completely spiraled out of control, heading wildly toward an outcome no one could have imagined.
"..."
After confirming that Shirou had not mastered the Dragon God's Dragon Saint Aura, but possessed a technique similar to it, Kyrie Irvine's expression became serious.
She didn't feel that it was unfair for Shirou to win using techniques other than swordsmanship.
After all, it was already the greatest injustice that the Sword King herself had to fight Shirou. Even if Shirou used some underhanded tactics, it wouldn't matter.
Most of the swordsmen present thought the same way; they wouldn't look down on or underestimate Shirou at a time like this.
The skill Shirou just displayed proved that even if his opponent wasn't a highly accomplished swordsman, he was definitely a formidable force not to be underestimated.
However, even with Shirou's skill, most swordsmen still didn't think he could defeat Kyrie.
If Shirou were to fight just an ordinary sword master, using his special techniques and the secrets of the Water God Style, he might actually have a chance to help him overcome a level difference.
But he was facing Kirinu, the Black Wolf Sword King, who was among the top powerhouses in the world of sword kings.
As the personal disciple of the Sword God, Kyrie Irwin's skill in the Sword God style is far beyond that of ordinary King-level powerhouses.
When Kyrie Irvine debuted under the Sword God, he was already able to easily defeat all swordsmen of the same level in the Holy Land of Swords. His terrifying fighting style made the swordsmen of his generation tremble with fear.
Even at the Water God Dojo, no one could match her swordsmanship. In the end, the Water God himself had to step in to suppress her.
In swordsmanship, Gilead was a true genius.
Even though her swordsmanship stagnated due to losing her goal over the years, her accumulated skills never disappeared; on the contrary, they became more profound with the passage of time.
Now that things have come to this, it wouldn't be unreasonable to call her a quasi-emperor level swordsman.
Therefore, if an ordinary sword master were to face Shirou's seemingly impenetrable defense, they would likely be unable to devise a way to break through it. However, for Kyrielight, even if Shirou used the double defense of the Evil Dragon Blood Armor and the Water God Style Secret Technique, she was not without a way to break through it.
"call……"
Without realizing it, Kyrie Irvine found himself in a sword-wielding pose, yet remained completely still.
Everyone could see Gilead's movements, but no one could understand what he was doing.
Only Shirou could clearly feel a terrifying pressure coming toward him.
Even before Kyrie Il had moved, Shirou could feel a slash that seemed to tear everything apart brewing within him.
We must not let this strike be unleashed!
Shirou made a judgment immediately.
During his battle with the Dragon God, Shirou also learned a lesson: never let your opponent make full preparations before engaging in battle.
At that time, the Dragon God's methods were so monstrous that Shirou didn't even have time to prepare the incantation for Unlimited Blade Works, and was directly defeated before Unlimited Blade Works could be released.
Even if Shirou had used Unlimited Blade Works, he probably still wouldn't have been able to defeat the Dragon God.
However, Shirou still learned a lot from the Dragon God's fighting style of disregarding everything and giving his opponent no chance.
Of course, he later learned from the gods that the reason the Dragon God gave his opponent no chance was because the opponent's magic power recovered very slowly after being depleted. Therefore, the Dragon God did not leave any room for maneuver in the battle and did not want his opponent to have any chance to consume excess magic power and fighting spirit.
Shirou didn't care about the Dragon God's thoughts; he simply acknowledged the Dragon God's fighting attitude of not giving his opponent any chance.
So now, facing the moment when Gilead is clearly gathering some kind of power, Shirou doesn't give him any chance. He directly raises his hand, takes out a bow and arrow, and makes a aiming motion.
"Projection initiated, pseudo-spiral sword!"
Without the slightest relaxation, Shirou directly projected his strongest archery technique.
Realizing that Kyrie Irwin might be preparing some kind of incredible technique, he could no longer give him any chance and directly projected his weapon.
"Is this the swordsmanship of the Kitakami-ryu school?"
To the swordsmen present, Shirou's action of drawing his bow and nocking an arrow led them to mistakenly believe that he was using the Kitakami-ryu technique.
After all, most swordsmen still consider Shirou to be a swordsman.
Although this swordsman's swordsmanship is strange and seems to be able to do everything, and he can't figure out the secrets of the Sword God style, he should still be a swordsman.
Seeing Shirou draw his bow and nock an arrow in this situation, they would naturally assume that Shirou had used the Kitakami-ryu technique again.
Because in this world, only the Northern God Flow is so unrestrained, treating everything as a weapon—not just swords, but also guns, knives, axes, bows…
The Kitakami-ryu's Kiba-ha is even more exaggerated, making it hard to imagine what kind of swordsmen these guys with ink and explosives in their pockets are.
With such a group of incredibly talented and ruthless individuals as role models, Shirou's use of a bow and arrow in a sword fight naturally didn't attract much attention.
However, everyone present underestimated Shirou's archery skills.
"Snapped!"
After he launched the pseudo-spiral sword, just as it was about to reach Kyrie Illusion, Shirou activated the technique of Imaginary Collapse!
He used the pseudo-spiral sword as a pawn, unleashing a terrifying explosion that swept everything away.
"Boom!"
A huge roar resounded.
The crowd around the dueling arena was dumbfounded. They never expected that Shirou would have such outrageous moves, which were completely beyond their understanding of swordsmen.
However, Shirou himself did not relax his attitude in the slightest.
He watched as Gilead was enveloped in the smoke of the explosion, but his Mind's Eye never stopped working, and soon, it sent him an astonishing intuition.
His body moved almost instinctively!
"Kacha!"
An astonishing burst of sword energy erupted from the smoke!
The sword energy was incredibly sharp, cutting through the air like a knife slicing a cake, tearing away people's vision as well, leaving an indelible white mark.
At the same time, the speed of this sword was boundless. Ordinary people's eyes could not even keep up with the movement of this sword. They could only vaguely see a shadow cutting through space and slashing straight towards Shirou.
In that instant when his thoughts couldn't keep up with his actions, no one thought Shirou could withstand Qian's sword strike.
Including Gilead, who wielded his sword.
This sword strike embodies her lifelong understanding of sword energy and represents the ultimate refinement of swordsmanship. It possesses not only extreme speed but also extreme destructive power!
Even if a true Dragon Saint's battle aura appeared before him, Kyrie Irving was confident that he could tear a hole in that absolute defense with this one sword strike.
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