Chapter 1629

On the west side of Fuyuki City, in the basement of an abandoned warehouse, there was a secret room that wasn't very large, about 50 square meters. Candles were lit in the room, casting a dim, yellowish light.

A priest sat on a wooden chair, a glass of red wine placed beside his hand, and various documents on the table. In such a dull and enclosed environment, an ordinary person would have felt uncomfortable long ago, but this priest's expression was calm, because this place was safe enough to keep him in an invincible position for a short time.

The priest's expression while reading was somewhat puzzled. Recently, he had a constant ominous premonition, a feeling as if he were being watched by someone, yet this feeling also seemed somewhat unreal. The identity of this priest was none other than Kotomine Kirei, and he didn't seem very happy right now.

Boom!

An explosion sounded from the doorway. The priest on the wooden chair rose and assumed a combat stance as a blurred figure flashed past his eyes.

After a sharp sound of wind breaking, Kotomine Kirei felt a stinging sensation coming from his spine.

With a 'squelch', a long blade pierced through Kotomine Kirei's chest. He looked down at the blood-stained blade tip; there was no need to guess—the one attacking him must be a Heroic Spirit.

"It seems... my speed is faster."

Su Xiao, behind Kotomine Kirei, let out a long breath. He was able to arrive so quickly because of his coordination with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

First, Su Xiao used the Duke of Silence to snipe at the three of them from a distance. Taking this opportunity, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had been tracking the three of them, began to run for its life toward the location where Kotomine Kirei was.

When the three of them rushed out of the Duke of Silence's shooting range, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately used the 【Wolf Clan Heirloom】. Su Xiao's previous charge toward the three of them wasn't to engage them in combat, but to rush toward the starting coordinate point set by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, having sprinted for several minutes, had also set an end point, using the 【Wolf Clan Heirloom】 to drag Su Xiao near it, allowing Su Xiao to overtake the three of them in one go and head straight for Kotomine Kirei.

As for whether Blood Gate had space-type abilities or scrolls, Su Xiao was gambling—gambling that this Fourth Tier adventure team didn't have high-tier space items or abilities. That kind of 'Anywhere Door' ability was not something a Fourth Tier could touch.

One must know that the 【Wolf Clan Heirloom】 was a Legendary-grade piece of equipment with a rating as high as 508 points. Even so, to complete a teleportation using the 【Wolf Clan Heirloom】, one needed to set an initial point and an end point, not just an 'Anywhere Door' to go wherever one pleased.

Su Xiao also had a space-type ability, Dragon Shadow Flash. Dragon Shadow Flash could indeed move freely, but the movement distance of this ability was only 12 meters.

According to Su Xiao's understanding, space abilities that allowed for arbitrary movement all had short ranges. Long-range ones were very slow, requiring the setting of arrays, designated coordinates, etc. The kind of ability that could instantly move a dozen kilometers with extreme precision required spatial coordinates, just like the 【Wolf Clan Heirloom】.

As for ultra-long-distance spatial movement without setting up spatial arrays, most were random. Those who were unlucky might move directly into a building, resulting in being crushed to death by the space and the building.

If Blood Gate really had the ability to instantly move near Kotomine Kirei, then Su Xiao was willing to accept this failure. That kind of ability or scroll was something even a Fifth Tier contractor didn't have.

Just as Su Xiao pierced Kotomine Kirei's heart with his blade, a spider crawled out from the ceiling of the basement, its eight spider eyes looking at Su Xiao simultaneously.

Above the basement, in front of the abandoned warehouse door, Nairoi stopped abruptly and opened the adventure team channel, using the team arbitrator's authority to issue an emergency message.

In the Blood Gate team channel:

Nairoi (Team Arbitrator): "The team's main quest is about to fail. All members within the Holy Grail world are to leave the team immediately."

This team message appeared before the eyes of all Blood Gate adventure team members within the Holy Grail world. Most of the hundred-plus members were stunned where they stood. They couldn't believe it—they had been defeated just like that? Up until now, they hadn't even seen the enemy's face.

If an adventure team's main quest is about to fail, the contractors of that team have one chance: to endure the penalty of having all attributes deducted by 60% and 50% of all assets confiscated to forcibly leave the adventure team. Is this an emergency escape? No, this is a slow death.

Inside the basement, Su Xiao had just pierced Kotomine Kirei's chest with his blade when a roar came from above his head, and Stan fell down along with a large amount of building debris...

Just as the roar came from above Su Xiao's head, the long blade in his hand shifted to the side. Pale blue light spread from the center point of Zhan Long Shan, and hundreds of fine blade rays spread out within Kotomine Kirei's body.

With a 'slash', Kotomine Kirei's body shattered. Almost simultaneously, the Blood Gate adventure team instantly lost 76 members as they were successively teleported out of the Holy Grail world. These people no longer had the qualifications to continue being enemies with Su Xiao; in fact, they wouldn't even easily reveal that they had once been members of Blood Gate in the future. As for the other members, they had only hesitated for a moment, and it was already too late—the penalty for leaving the team was too brutal.

Inside the basement, Stan looked at Kotomine Kirei's shattered body and the heart that had once been tainted by the Holy Grail's mud and was now slashed into minced meat. The team's main quest had failed.

The veins on Stan's neck bulged, and his fists clenched, making a 'crackling' sound.

"Damn it, where the hell did you come from, you plague god?"

Old Smoker walked into the basement with a calm expression. He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

"Bai Ye, even if I'm defeated, I won't die by your hand. Remember this: my name is Old Smoker."

Old Smoker exhaled a puff of blue smoke, the corners of his mouth curling up. Even if he died, he would die with dignity.

A chain appeared out of thin air behind Old Smoker and pierced into his spine. Cracks appeared on his skin, like shattered porcelain, and then it was gradually peeled away. In the blink of an eye, Old Smoker turned into fly ash, gradually evaporating into the air.

Even though Su Xiao had seen contractors forcibly executed many times, the terrifying fluctuations during a forced execution still left a fresh memory. If one day he sensed that fluctuation at close range, that might be his death date.

Inside the basement, Stan stared at Su Xiao quietly. Strangely, he wasn't forcibly executed. A curvaceous figure leaped down from above—it was Nairoi. She also wasn't executed, which made Su Xiao think that the two of them likely had the authority to exempt themselves from a main quest failure. He had obtained such a thing a long time ago and still kept it. However, after using such authority, Stan and Nairoi couldn't stay in this world for too long, and their gains in this world would be completely wiped out.

"Nairoi, your greatest weakness is being soft-hearted."

Stan spoke. Previously, when Nairoi issued the message that the main quest was about to fail in the team channel, she had used the team arbitrator's authority. That message could be seen not only by members within the Holy Grail world but also by members in other derived worlds. With so many members leaving the team at the same time, and dozens being forcibly executed, it was hard for members in other worlds not to notice. This would lead to turmoil in the entire Blood Gate adventure team.

"I'm different from you; I'm not as ruthless as you. Although those members are all bastards and murderers, since they followed me through thick and thin, I wouldn't let them be forcibly executed without knowing anything."

Nairoi's body gradually began to change. Although she was somewhat promiscuous, she was definitely a tough woman.

"Womanly benevolence."

Stan stopped paying attention to Nairoi and looked at Su Xiao. The situation now was very simple: two against one.