Chapter 514: Tao Baibai vs Heracles

Twelve Labors, condensed from the legend of the great hero Heracles in mythology completing twelve nearly impossible challenges.

It is the Noble Phantasm Heracles possesses after being summoned in the Berserker class, and its specific effects are divided into three parts.

First, this Noble Phantasm is similar to a conceptual armament; although there is no materialized armor, Twelve Labors acts like an invisible layer of armor protecting the Berserker, and any attack below B-rank cannot cause him any effect.

Furthermore, this defense is of an exemption nature, meaning you cannot break this defensive effect through accumulated damage or fatigue by continuously attacking the same spot;

Second, Twelve Labors possesses a cumulative passive resurrection ability; this is a resurrection in the complete sense, meaning it triggers automatically after he is truly killed, allowing him to resurrect without needing to release it himself. After accumulating 11 times, it is equivalent to saying one must kill Heracles 12 times to truly defeat this powerful hero.

Third, against damage already suffered, Twelve Labors will specifically generate resistance and immunity, which is to say, one cannot injure Heracles multiple times in the same way. Originally, Heracles himself also possessed the ability to see through all attacks he had witnessed, but the Madness Enhancement of the Berserker class sealed this ability of his.

Undoubtedly, this Noble Phantasm, with a rank of only B, has performance that is extraordinarily strong because it represents the heroic deeds of the demigod hero Heracles from the age of mythology.

Bai Cangshu kicked away the corpse parts of the ice demon Qiu Luo on the ground, while Tohsaka Rin and the Heroic Spirit Emiya exchanged a glance and both pulled back to increase the distance.

They were wary of this murderous madman Tao Baibai, but likewise, the pitch-black, violent giant that was like a demon god also made their hearts palpitate; at this very moment, the fact that these two were entangled with each other was the best thing possible.

Bai Cangshu's long black hair danced with the wind, and a white radiance lit up from within his body; in just a moment, that white radiance had enveloped his entire body, and the long hair behind him also turned into a fluorescent white bit by bit, with crystalline brilliance like tiny, shattered light spots drifting down from the tips of his hair.

"Hoo~"

Bai Cangshu breathed slowly, as if he had exhaled the very last bit of breath in his chest; there were no longer any external impurities in his body, his cavities were completely closed, and even his cells seemed to have been sealed off.

This state lasted for less than an instant; the next moment, his entire body's cells opened, and his fluorescent white hair spread out in all directions like octopus tentacles.

A fluorescent white, translucent, vortex-shaped tentacle began to extend toward the surroundings, making contact with the massive Magic circle carved into the cave, as if tiny, dark blood spots that had not settled for hundreds of years flew up.

Magic Power took shape in the air, and a towering momentum suddenly emerged from the ley lines.

That was the trace of the Greater Grail, but Bai Cangshu's focus was not there at this moment.

He opened his eyes, and they were entirely fluorescent white, with the pitch-black Berserker reflected within them, like a Worm sealed in amber.

【You have activated Noble Phantasm·Heart Vortex】

At this time, seemingly sensing a strong threat, Berserker turned his head and let out a violent roar.

Roar!

A searing white shockwave turned into substance and slammed into Bai Cangshu with a boom.

Bai Cangshu lowered his eyelids, his mouth half-open, his right hand fingers together like a crane, and he thrust them forward with a 'pfft' sound.

The movement was extremely slight, as if he had only moved a distance of less than a few centimeters.

But in the air, a clear crane cry appeared, and the transparent Force pierced the air, revealing a clear and sharp crane-beak shape.

Pfft!

The searing white shockwave was directly pierced by the Force, and an entire wall of air was penetrated from the middle, instantly vanishing into nothingness.

The maddened Heracles could not notice such exquisite martial Force control at all, and even if he could notice it, it was not something the tiny sliver of reason remaining at this moment could react to.

This person had, with almost impossible rationality, preserved a rare bit of reason as a Berserker, but those bits of reason and tenderness were all reserved for that petite, silver-haired girl.

Bang, bang, bang... Heracles sprinted through the cave, the tidal wave of power he stirred up twisting the surrounding air, and the cave, which had been frozen by Qiu Luo, began to collapse once again.

He arrived in front of Bai Cangshu in a few steps, and the massive Nameless Axe-Sword in his hand smashed down like a wall.

Bai Cangshu's figure twisted, and Heracles's movements were fully visible to him; he stepped past, almost brushing against the Axe-Sword.

As the Axe-Sword slashed into the ground and the massive force triggered a new round of tremors, Bai Cangshu had already pulled his body away, his right hand palm-like as a sword; as the pitch-black Armament Haki covered it, the Killing Intent Wave suddenly circulated.

Ring~

【Killing Intent·Great Demon Spear】!

Bang!

Bai Cangshu's hand-strike directly pierced Heracles's unguarded ribs; the impact scattered, but no blood appeared.

Heracles's figure only moved slightly, and he immediately turned his head, red luster radiating from his eyes, firmly locking onto Bai Cangshu.

Roar!

Amidst a violent turn, his fist and the Axe-Sword swung simultaneously.

Boom!

This strike no longer resembled a slash, but a smash that took an entire area of space as its target!

With absolutely no room for close-quarters dodging, Bai Cangshu did not use 【Wind Demon】 either; he folded his hands in front of his chest, and the moment the violent force reached him, he drifted backward into the air.

【Dispelling Force】!

With Bai Cangshu's current level of martial arts mastery, combined with that physical constitution comparable to a dragon beast, the Dispelling Force he could achieve far exceeded what that Sea Emperor imagined.

Bai Cangshu stepped lightly in the air, dozens of white Ripples spread to the surroundings, and he had already drifted down from the sky.

Heracles became even more violent.

Roar!

Boom!

Pitch-black light exploded, the glacier at the top of the cave shattered in an instant, and countless mountain rocks smashed down once again.

In this very environment, Bai Cangshu stood in place.

A C-rank ability like the Magic Spear, even when stacked with Killing Intent Wave and Armament Haki, still could not cause any effect on his physical body.

Is this a conceptual armament?

What level of ability in the space does a B-rank attack in the Fate world actually correspond to?

And also...

Whoosh!

Bai Cangshu's figure vanished instantly, his speed so fast it was like a ray of light.

Heracles reacted extremely quickly, and with a reaction speed completely inconsistent with his massive size, he suddenly threw a punch from top to bottom, hitting exactly above the rapidly appearing Bai Cangshu the moment he appeared.

Bai Cangshu's expression remained calm, thinking to himself, is this the ability of the so-called 【Eye of the Mind】? It can be called a super combat intuition.

Bai Cangshu had a mind to see through all of the opponent's abilities, so he did not dodge at all; in an instant, he raised his hand, golden Qi whistled from his fingertips, and the next moment, it shot into Heracles's eye socket from a distance as close as inches.

Pfft!

Bai Cangshu was simultaneously pierced by an incomparably violent force, smashing directly into the ground.

Boom!

The ground shattered completely, the mountain collapsed, and between Bai Cangshu's waist and abdomen, the Flame Dragon Scale and Armament Haki shattered at the same time, leaving a huge wound where his twisted intestines could be vaguely seen.

(End of chapter)