Chapter 310: To Save Someone!!!

She gently pressed San Yue Qi's shoulder, lowered her voice: "Xiaosanyue, look, Archer is now back‑facing us."

San Yue Qi looked as instructed, and indeed, Archer standing atop the streetlamp was fully focused on the alley below, his splendid golden armor—especially a certain part—still glittered in the dim light, the target obvious.

"Eh? Sister, you aren't thinking…"

San Yue Qi instantly understood, her little face crumpled, her eyes filled with conflict, "Still… still want to go? That's not good…"

…always feel my conscience hurting!

Chang Ye Yue pulled her close, her voice softer, coaxing: "Xiaosanyue, look how dangerous it is below. Archer is about to launch an attack; your 'savior' may be strong, but might not fully protect Mr. Tohsaka and the others. Lin and Sakura are also down there; can you bear to watch them get riddled like a beehive?"

"But…"

"This is to save people."

Chang Ye Yue said firmly, while gripping San Yue Qi's hand that had formed the Ice Bow, steadying it toward Archer, and gently resting her other hand on the bowstring and the spontaneously formed crystal‑clear Ice Arrow, "Just like last time—precise, swift, concealed. Sister will add a bit of extra material; he won't notice the arrow's source."

A sliver of dark‑red, blood‑like glimmer flowed from Chang Ye Yue's fingertip into the Ice Arrow, instantly making its aura flicker and blend with the surroundings.

San Yue Qi watched Lin and Sakura's frightened faces in the alley, glanced at the black figure blocking the way, then stole a look at Archer's swaggering back and the densely packed Noble Phantasms behind him…

She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, her pink lashes trembling: "Alright, alright! To save people! I'll shoot!"

She drew the bowstring, Chang Ye Yue's hand steady on her back, together adjusting the angle.

San Yue Qi opened one eye, aiming carefully.

"Release!"

Swoosh—!

The Ice Arrow left the string silently, wrapped in Chang Ye Yue's power, like a breath of cold merging into the night wind, tracing an almost undetectable arc, flying with pinpoint precision toward the golden figure atop the streetlamp.

Pfft!

A faint yet strikingly clear sound of metal piercing armor and flesh rang out in the silent alley battle.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Archer on the streetlamp froze rigidly.

The Insect‑Armor Assassin in the alley halted, its dark‑red visual fissure seeming to "blink" once.

Yuanban Shichen, Lin, and Sakura involuntarily glanced at the newly added ice‑blue ornament on the Hero King's revered rear, a familiar position and style.

Archer's expression shifted from focused murderous intent, to a momentary blankness, then an incredulous stiffness, finally solidifying like a volcano on the brink of eruption.

He turned his head piece by piece, looking at the spot where he'd been struck again.

The Ice Arrow, after completing its Task, melted away quickly as before, leaving only a wound oozing a hint of bright red.

A brief deathly silence.

"Puh…"

Lin clutched her mouth hard, her little face flushed red, shoulders shaking violently, tears about to burst—but they were tears of laughter!

Sakura bit her lower lip tightly, burying her face against her sister's back, body trembling.

Yuanban Shichen wore a blank stare as his worldview was shaken again; he glanced at Archer, then subconsciously touched the spot he'd just been healed, still faintly aching, a strange association making his mouth twitch involuntarily.

"Who…?"

Archer's voice squeezed out between his teeth, low at first like a trapped beast's whimper, then suddenly rose into a ferocious roar that tore the night sky, "Who—who—?!!"

His blood‑red eyes instantly locked onto the general direction of the incoming Ice Arrow—the abandoned three‑story building, where a faint glimmer flickered behind a window!

"Miscellaneous Cultivation—!!!"

Endless humiliation and rage drowned Reason String; Yuanban Shichen, the black monster—none of it mattered now!

He vowed to shred to pieces that bastard who dared humiliate him twice in the same way!

The Noble Phantasm amid golden ripples changed direction, and he himself instantly turned into Golden Light Particles, blasting toward the small building!

And at the exact moment he vanished, Chang Ye Yue and San Yue Qi heard Black Curtain Lady's concise latest command echo in their minds:

【Run.】

"Go!"

Chang Ye Yue grabbed the bewildered San Yue Qi, still wondering "Did I do something wrong again?", before Black Umbrella could be taken; the two fled like startled rabbits, leaping out from the opposite side of the window and vanishing at top speed into the tangled terrain and night.

Perspective shift.

Saber panted lightly, her emerald eyes locked onto Mother Insect, the holy sword's glow dimmer yet still radiant.

She knew the previous strike had cost much, and the enemy had entered an even more dangerous state.

"Careful! It's about to attack!" A Xing's calm warning sounded.

The massive body of the Mother Insect swung violently, its huge tail bristling with spines and slime, slamming toward the edge of the platform where everyone stood!

Simultaneously, its snarling proboscis opened, spewing a torrent of ink‑green slime like a high‑pressure water gun, covering a vast area!

"Scatter!"

Saber let out a low shout, pushing off her feet to dash sideways!

Rider let out a roar, steering the Divine Car Wheel to evade to the other side.

A Xing's reaction was equally swift; instead of retreating, she stepped forward, swinging the seemingly ordinary Metal Ball Club with one hand, tracing a silvery‑gray arc that precisely met the droplets of acid splashing nearby!

Sss—!

When the club struck the acid, a faint corrosive sound rang, yet the club's surface only rippled with an almost invisible sheen, and the acid was repelled.

A Xing kept moving, using the momentum of the club swing to dash low, targeting the robust limb of the Mother Insect that had been briefly exposed by its tail swing, a thick appendage rooted to the ground!

"What is she trying to do?" Rider exclaimed.

The limb was sheathed in a thick carapace, obviously extremely hard.

Saber also noticed A Xing's move, but she hesitated not, raising her sword again almost the instant A Xing surged forward!

This time she did not unleash her true name, yet the golden battle aura on the blade burned fiercely as ever!

She vaulted upward, evading another spray of acid, slashing with her sword at the Mother Insect's retracting proboscis, drawing A Xing's attention and creating an opening!

Haha! Interesting! The King also comes!

Rider laughed, spotting another opening as the Mother Insect, while simultaneously dealing with Saber and A Xing, revealed a gap; he drove his chariot forward with a sudden burst of speed, purple lightning coiling around his short sword, and thrust fiercely into the softer joint of the Mother Insect's side abdominal armor.

The Divine Ox's iron hooves smashed the swarms of small insects surging along the path!

The Mother Insect emitted an angry hiss; it obviously possessed considerable intelligence.

Faced with a three-pronged attack, it abandoned spraying acid, swung its huge head like a battering ram, and slammed into the airborne Saber!

Meanwhile, the limb targeted by A Xing suddenly rose, descending with the force of a thousand pounds, aiming to stomp that clueless little bug into mush!

On its side facing Rider, several carapace plates flipped open, exposing the honeycomb-like holes below, from which countless bone spikes, whistling with sharp piercing cries, shot out like a downpour!

Danger struck the three in an instant!