Pfft.
A hand suddenly pierced Eichi's chest, and a large amount of blood flowed down the arm, staining the pristine arm crimson.
The magic bullets from behind Medea shot toward Tomie, forcing her back, and then Medea immediately began to heal Eichi.
Eichi, who had been filled with desire at some unknown point, had his difficult-to-think-with brain awakened by the life-and-death crisis.
Rumble.
After suddenly suffering a heavy blow, Throne of Heroes began to collapse.
Eichi's Domain became difficult to maintain, and Womb Profusion, which had almost been defeated, quickly regained lost ground.
Tomie's gaze flicked toward Kenjaku in the distance, revealing a dangerous expression.
Seeing this, Kenjaku immediately raised his hands, smiling to show that he had no ill intentions.
At the same time, Kenjaku also deactivated his Domain and quickly retreated.
Seeing Kenjaku's actions, Tomie turned back with satisfaction, admiring the heart in her hand.
Due to her lack of knowledge in Barrier Techniques, Tomie had not been able to develop her own Domain.
Therefore, she did not wish to operate within the Domain of someone who was clearly ill-intentioned toward her.
Clear enemies like Eichi were not frightening to Tomie. The truly frightening ones were teammates like Kenjaku, who hid who knew how many tricks up his sleeve.
Perhaps in the next second, Kenjaku would stab her.
Tomie raised the heart in her hand and brought it to her mouth.
Gulp.
A swallowing sound was heard.
Tomie's neck instantly swelled, then returned to its original slender and elegant shape.
Licking the corner of her mouth with satisfaction, Tomie stepped forward toward Eichi.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two arrows shot over from several kilometers away, forcing Tomie to stop advancing.
Because her attention had previously been focused mainly on Satoru and Sukuna, and Eichi had suddenly stood up, blocking Emiya's line of sight, Emiya had not been able to stop Tomie's actions immediately.
Medusa, upon realizing Eichi was injured, instantly abandoned Uraume, whom she had completely suppressed, and rushed toward Eichi.
'What is that? An illusion? If it's an illusion, when did I fall for it?'
His brain, awakened by the life-and-death crisis, began to constantly analyze the current situation.
'Did I start being affected the moment I saw her?'
Eichi quickly found the problem. When he first saw Tomie, she was a woman whose features were unclear.
At that time, if Kenjaku had not suddenly made a move, Cú Chulainn would probably have already pierced Tomie's heart with his Noble Phantasm.
But later, Tomie's figure became more and more like the person in his mind, and he actually ignored the fact that he was currently on a battlefield because he wanted to see her face clearly.
Thinking of this, Eichi raised his head, his gaze passing over Medusa, who was protecting him, and looked at the figure ahead.
"To think..."
Eichi looked at the figure in front of him in shock.
"No, it should be that I still haven't escaped Tomie's influence?"
With the emergency measures taken by the temporary Heroic Spirit Medea before her disappearance, and his full-power Reverse Cursed Technique healing, his extracted heart had already regenerated.
But Eichi could not care less about that at the moment, instead looking at the figure in front of him in disbelief.
The figure he had been thinking about day and night recently.
Artoria.
Artoria's originally sacred face now appeared demonic, and the few drops of blood that had fallen on her face when she had just devoured the heart made that demonic quality even more prominent.
Eichi felt his mind fall into chaos, and countless memories with Artoria appeared in his mind.
Medusa noticed Eichi's abnormal state and wanted to take him away as soon as possible, but Uraume and the Cursed Spirits Tomie had already surrounded them, leaving her no suitable opportunity to break through.
Due to the sudden severe injury that made him unable to maintain his Domain, coupled with his consciousness being interfered with by Tomie, Eichi currently only had Medusa and Emiya as combatants by his side.
The Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique had all disappeared because Eichi had not maintained them earlier.
Whoosh.
A strangely shaped arrow shot toward the massive Cursed Spirit Tomie at an extremely fast speed.
False: Spiral Sword.
The arrow successfully hit the Cursed Spirit Tomie's raised arm, which she used to block. In the next moment, the illusion began to collapse.
Boom.
A huge explosion erupted on the Cursed Spirit Tomie's arm. This strike not only blew off the Cursed Spirit Tomie's arm, but also knocked her down with its immense power.
Medusa immediately manipulated the chains in her hands to attack Tomie, and the moment Tomie dodged, Medusa bent down, picked up Eichi, and ran.
Medusa was already an extremely agile hero. Even while carrying one person, she could move quickly.
"This won't do."
Kenjaku, who had already reached the edge of the battlefield, revealed a cruel smile.
Instantly, dozens of Cursed Spirits intercepted Medusa.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
Uraume, who had already healed himself with Reverse Cursed Technique, also joined the battlefield at this moment.
Medusa could only keep dodging by relying on her advantage in agility.
The Cursed Spirits that had surrounded her were densely packed around Medusa, severely affecting her speed.
Furthermore, having to protect Eichi made Medusa even more constrained.
After all, Eichi, who was over 1.8 meters tall, was even larger than Medusa.
Moving with such a large target who needed protection naturally restricted her actions.
Moreover, Medusa's chains were not weapons meant for direct combat.
'In that case...'
Medusa hoisted Eichi onto her shoulder with one hand and reached for the back of her head with the other.
Just then, a Cursed Spirit, under Kenjaku's command, suddenly launched an attack.
An undetectable slender tentacle shot out from beneath one of the Cursed Spirits and hit Medusa's arm.
Eichi was sent flying by this strike.
"Master!"
Medusa's right foot traced a semicircle on the ground, quickly stabilizing her posture, and then she immediately rushed toward where Eichi had landed.
"Ice Condensation Cursed Technique: Straightfall!"
Suddenly appearing ice pillars trapped Medusa like an ice prison.
"Annoying!"
The wide purple blindfold fell, and Medusa's snake-like vertical pupils glared angrily at Uraume.
"Not good!"
By the time Uraume sensed the danger, it was already too late. Wisps of grayish-white energy spread across his skin.
After briefly controlling Uraume, Medusa did not continue petrifying him. Instead, she exerted herself to break free from the ice prison, wanting to rescue Eichi.
However, the surrounding Cursed Spirits attacked Medusa as if they had no regard for their lives.
Helpless, Medusa could only deal with the enemies in front of her first.
Boom, boom.
Two more explosions were heard.
The enormous Cursed Spirit Tomie directly blocked Emiya's shooting angle with her body.
Emiya could only shoot arrows while approaching the battlefield.
"I am the bone of my sword."
Soon, Unlimited Blade Works descended upon the battlefield, and the massive Cursed Spirit Tomie, as well as the many Cursed Spirits interfering with Medusa, were all confined within the Innate Domain.
Only Uraume, who had retreated from the battlefield to recover from petrification, escaped.
"Tch."
Seeing that Medusa's surroundings were now empty, Uraume could only step forward again to forcibly entangle Medusa.
Just then, Tomie, who had transformed into Artoria, had already arrived in front of Eichi and reached out her hand toward him.
(To be continued.)