Chapter 35

Even though the enhancement granted by the Command Seal was fleeting.

Yet its comprehensive and potent effect could not be ignored.

Xia Zhi could clearly feel the true sensation of the vast magical power surging like a flood within his body.

And with the brief yet massive boost from the Command Seal, the magic array he had preset activated smoothly, encountering no unexpected obstacles, effortlessly turning the entire Yuan Cang Shan into a colossal "Alchemy Furnace".

The magical storm raging between sky and earth presented a terrifying scene like the apocalypse, but this seemingly heart-stopping turmoil was actually just a few remnant waves leaking out when the "Alchemy Furnace" opened.

The True Elixir to be refined was too astonishing, so he could not perfectly control such overwhelming "medicinal potency".

Merely a bit of Earth Vein Qi leaking out—

was enough to trigger a magical power surge, creating such an astonishing magical storm.

Xia Zhi did not mind this, after all he had not expected to reach a perfect, flawless state on his first formal furnace opening and elixir refining, and moreover his goal was to directly refine the entire Great Holy Grail into an elixir, an idea that was nearly fantasy to begin with.

If not for the Forbidden World's technology being too useful, perhaps he would not even find an opportunity to practice.

Even so, wanting to use the tyrannical "Boiling Stone Alchemy" secret art to move the power contained within the Great Holy Grail still seemed somewhat beyond his reach.

If this required the skill of Four Liang Move Thousand Jin, then the premise was that he himself first needed to have four liang of strength, and he still relied on the enhancement of three Command Seals fired in succession to make up the necessary value, barely reaching the threshold.

—But this was already enough.

He could not directly open the furnace to refine the elixir because he lacked the power source needed for the first revolution, lacking the magical power needed to start. But the vast magical power raw liquid was like a still sea of gasoline, as long as ignition succeeded...

After that everything would be on track, even if the Command Seal's enhancement effect faded, there was no need to worry or fuss.

So he just needed to seize the opportunity and refine that Great Elixir in the plan.

Of course—

Forming the elixir would take some time, so during this process, he still needed to properly handle that troublesome blond thug problem.

With a slight movement of his will, Xia Zhi, at the moment of activating the magic array and raising the "Alchemy Furnace", also decisively began to visualize his own image, summoning the arrival of "himself"!

The source of inspiration was Index's action in her original fate trajectory, summoning an angel to heal the fatal wounds she had received.

At that time, that silver-haired little nun was in a certain teacher's residence, using game memory cards, empty chocolate boxes, books, and dolls and other daily trinkets, as if playing a child's simulation game, building a microscopic model of a room on the tabletop, and then casting a spell.

Through this method, she constructed a miniature "Temple" on the tabletop, and connected it with a room in the real world. What happened in the room would also happen on the table, and what happened on the table would also happen in the room.

Then—

In this "Temple", she successfully summoned the angel's arrival, healing her own injuries and replenishing her life energy.

Strictly speaking, that was not a true angel, but something formed by the convergence of magical power, a shape produced according to the caster's will.

Its inner essence was a "Guardian", a temporary god in that regulated small world.

As long as one could successfully imagine the Guardian in the domain, fix its form, and freely control its actions, one could do some "incredible things" within a limited area.

What Xia Zhi was creating now was not a "Temple", but essentially it was also a "domain" created by magic, and the mechanism and principle of magic should be universal... He had specifically studied such a concept and felt it was not difficult.

After all, in the original fate trajectory, even that loli teacher who had no concept of this at all, as a complete ordinary person and magic outsider, could successfully trigger a miracle by following the steps.

As long as the appearance and duty allocation were correct, a ritual could be performed.

And the reason he visualized his own image was because this world still had the concept of Heroic Spirit Summoning, and he intuitively felt this would definitely cause complications, so he simply tried to imagine himself as a "Guardian".

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"Good good good—"

The golden Heroic Spirit curled the corner of his mouth into a cold and mocking smile.

He took out wave after wave of Noble Phantasms from a certain otherworldly space behind him, then turned them into a meteor shower descending from the sky, repeatedly and fiercely striking the Mo Shu Di below. In this short time, who knew how many Noble Phantasms he had squandered.

However, Gilgamesh's expression and eyes did not show a bit of heartache.

But this was normal, after all as a true cheat player, how could he worry about his game items running out. He was naturally the same, not caring where Noble Phantasms came from, anyway it was like someone helped modify the values.

"This King wants to see, just how long can you hold out!"

Speaking such words with a cruel and joking tone, the golden Heroic Spirit waved his hand again, and in an instant summoned another baptism of Noble Phantasm rain, accompanied by deafening booms, the magical power contained in the Noble Phantasms evaporated and spread like light and heat in an instant.

Facing such a fierce offensive like a flood—

The people below were still struggling to support, or rather actually more like a one-sided, full-effort passive defense.

Speaking of which, the reason the array could hold until now was actually not surprising.

On one hand, Medea displayed speed beyond imagination, she cast great magic at an incredible speed instantly, like a mender quickly stitching the defense line, performing emergency reinforcement and repair on damaged key nodes.

And on the other hand, Gilgamesh's arrogant and complacent mindset of having victory in hand was also a very important factor. Like a cat toying with prey under its paw, revealing his unique understanding and control of this duel.

Just now he was very angry, wishing to directly kill everyone.

But now he thought he had regained absolute control, so his thoughts and mindset naturally changed again.

Gilgamesh wanted to give the opposite side a bit of false hope, making them struggle desperately for it, finally torturing them until covered in wounds, then knocking them down in one breath, making them understand what despair was!

After all no matter what, this golden Heroic Spirit did not think he had any possibility of capsizing, the King's dignity could not be violated, his victory was as irreversible as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, Fansha how could one lose?!

—Basically that was the situation.

However.

Accidents and face-slapping always came too fast, like a tornado.

"Wh-what?!"

Gilgamesh's complexion changed drastically, he just snapped his fingers again in a dashing manner, in a very cool or rather self-thought cool posture, preparing to unleash another wave of Noble Phantasm rain, turning the dazzling sky into a raging offensive.

But just at this moment, an unprecedented shockwave suddenly erupted from the Vimana beneath him.

It was simply like a calm sea surface being abruptly torn open.

Raising a terrifying flood surge.

And corresponding to reality, the entire Tian Yu above Fuyuki City surged for this, the invisible magical power giant waves turned into a terrifying storm, directly howling and sweeping across Ten Thousand Things, nearly swallowing the entire sky.

Heaven and Earth changed color, Ten Thousand Things trembled.

If not for the Vimana's protection being strong enough, Gilgamesh would probably be thrown right out, not just severe shaking and rocking.

Gripping the armrest tightly, the golden Heroic Spirit's complexion turned ferocious; he quickly captured the source of all this turmoil—

It was a storm of magic power that suddenly erupted, like a long-dormant volcano suddenly awakening, spewing forth from within Mount Yuan Cang below, carrying suffocating spiritual pressure and shock, rushing straight into the clouds.

Before this apocalyptic eruption of magic power, the Golden Ship, undoubtedly hovering above the summit of Mount Yuan Cang, became the primary target, bearing the anger and challenge from deep within the earth.

However, he had no time to do anything; within the huge storm woven from Original Magic Power, something symbolic yet seemingly like a real entity suddenly collided most directly with the hull of the Ship of Light!

The bow was thrown high into the air, and the ship let out a scream!

The next second, a terrifying huge crack appeared on the hull without warning, spreading rapidly along the deck.

Immediately, the entire Ship of Light collapsed with a boom, completely shattered; its structure and form, unable to be maintained, were restored to the purest spirit particles, retreating from a miracle crystallized from fantasy back to the original form of magic power!

Amidst the sudden storm and rain, the golden Heroic Spirit fell like a meteor, watching with his own eyes as the Ship of Light, which bore his kingly majesty, shattered and dissipated into the horizon amidst violent turmoil.

"Soul fade! Soul fade!! A mere mongrel dares to provoke the majesty of the King!!"

His expression twisted to the extreme by rage, the golden Heroic Spirit's roar reverberated within the storm.

Although he still didn't understand exactly what was happening, he wasn't so stupid as to be unable to react; of course he knew he had surely encountered the enemy's counterattack, which instantly shattered the Ship of Light and struck him down from mid-air!

Being struck down from the lofty King's Throne was undoubtedly an unforgettable great humiliation to him, like a sharp sword piercing his pride, making Gilgamesh completely unable to accept it!

A mere mongrel...

A mere mongrel...

In his crimson eyes flashed unparalleled savagery; the madness and killing intent within seemed almost to condense into substance. Gilgamesh trembled with rage; as a King, he absolutely could not ignore such humiliation!

He must display what true King's wrath is to those humble mongrels who dare challenge his majesty, in an even more ferocious posture!

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Xia Zhi's consciousness and thoughts seemed to have left his original body, rising to the heavens above, overlooking from the highest place, with an extremely broad view, able to clearly see the entire city, as well as Mount Yuan Cang below...

Most eye-catching was the golden Ship of Light hovering above the mountain peak, shining brightly; though it appeared shrunk like a model under the sweeping magic storm, its rocking and swaying in the gale and huge waves was still clearly visible.

From such a perspective, all things seemed insignificant, just like an adult giant looking down at a city model meticulously crafted to true scale, bringing an indescribable wonderful sensation.

At the same time, Xia Zhi also realized his current state was extraordinary, virtual and real intertwined, his presence unstable, as if placed within a formless vacuum, possibly dissolving into nothingness at any moment.

—"When casting magic, there is one very important thing: deciding the size of the 'domain'."

The silver-haired little nun had reminded him of this precaution when teaching magic, and at this moment it seemed to echo in his mind.

Just like throwing a small stone into the sea won't cause much of a ripple, but throwing a small stone into a bucket can cause very large waves. The same principle applies: if one wants to use magic to change the world, one must first decide the range of the world one wants to change.

Xia Zhi inexplicably gained some insight, knowing what was going on.

But there was no way around it; strictly speaking, it wasn't that his chosen "domain" was too large, but that the Holy Grail System's "domain" was too large. Now, forcibly taking over the core hub of the entire Holy Grail System using a magic array, it was inevitable that the range affected by the magic would also expand accordingly.

Perhaps it wouldn't last too long...

After this glimmer of insight surfaced in his heart, Xia Zhi immediately adjusted his mindset, and decisively reached out his palm toward the Ship of Light located in the vortex of the magic storm under such circumstances.

Like a giant in the clouds, reaching his palm toward the earth below, five fingers spread...

He easily pinched the hull of the Vimana in one go, then suddenly exerted force, and that sturdy treasure ship began to scream...

The next moment, this ancient flying vehicle full of black technology feel, an Indian-made high-tech Noble Phantasm that uses solar crystals with mercury as fuel to generate solar energy for propulsion and can ignore physical laws to fly at high speed, collapsed directly within the storm!

Xia Zhi felt his palm also collapse all at once, and his entire body became somewhat unstable in form due to the sudden exertion just now.

He clicked his tongue in his heart, quickly locking onto the small dot falling within the storm.

He actually failed to pinch this fellow to death in one go; once more!

But feeling his form was now difficult to maintain, he simply directly drew a wisp of refined elixir qi from the "Alchemy Furnace" below, supplementing this huge and pure energy into his current form.

Anyway, it was just something condensed from magic power, shaped into a form according to the caster's will; so as long as enough magic power was poured in, it should be able to last longer and make the form more solid, right?

Holding this thought, Xia Zhi directly burned this huge amount of magic power in one breath!

No longer the vague illusion vaguely seen by Rin Tohsaka who was tainted by karma, but something everyone could see—a figure like a Magic God gradually appeared in the night sky.

(Chapter End)