A boisterous female voice eerily echoed from the top of an empty container, but neither the Servants' aura perception, nor the Magicians' magical detection, nor Kiritsugu Emiya's thermal sniper scope detected any life presence at that location.
Just as everyone thought it was another sound transmission spell, a sudden, explosive surge of magical energy appeared out of thin air on top of the empty container—
Boom!!!
Azure magical energy flames shot up ten zhang high, and the suddenly ignited air created a strong gust of wind, blowing through the hair of everyone present.
"Mana Burst! This level…"
As the saying goes, experts see the method, while laymen watch the spectacle.
The magical flames obscured the user's true appearance, so Saber couldn't see clearly, but she could tell at a glance what skill this was.
Mana Burst, it was a Mana Burst of a higher realm than hers!
As Saber, whose core combat foundation relied on Mana Burst, she couldn't help but be astonished at this moment.
After seeing Rin appear, Rider paused in surprise for a moment, then a rough smile spread across his lips.
His large, coarse hand pressed down on Waver's head beside him, directly forcing him to lie prone inside the chariot.
"Boy, stay down!"
"Rider, you, what are you doing aga…"
Boom!!!
Waver hadn't even finished his complaint when, as if an invisible sky had crashed down, a sudden air pressure pressed him firmly against the chariot's floorboard.
The chariot, God-Speed Wheels, Rider's noble phantasm, suddenly shook violently!
Even the two divine oxen pulling the chariot were unable to withstand this immense force and took three steps back.
After the irresistible immense force passed, Waver, still shaken, looked up to see a girl dressed in a dark red coat, like a high school student, radiating a vast, ocean-like magical energy fluctuation!
The suffocating pressure, like a river of stars pouring down or Mount Tai pressing down, made it almost impossible for him to breathe.
This level of magical energy… simply unheard of! Is this the power of a Servant?
The crimson-clad girl was currently in mid-air, her right foot's inner side pressing against Rider's sturdy raised right arm.
Clearly, in that instant, she had attacked from above, like a meteor striking the earth.
If Rider hadn't pressed him into the chariot just now, the air pressure and wind force generated would have been enough to throw him flying.
One must know that there were still two Servants and Masters present at this time, and the situation a novice Magus like him would face once separated from his Servant was imaginable.
The simple, light black women's long boots were slightly embedded in the rock-solid arm muscles.
Rider's smile grew wider, and the flames of battle ignited in his large, bell-like eyes.
With a swing and a shake of his thick arm, which looked capable of choking a giant bear, his left arm released Waver, and his palm, as large as a cattail fan, reached out to grab Rin.
Freeing his right hand from Rin, Rider drew the iron sword from his waist.
This sword was not Rider's noble phantasm, but it held significant importance in human history.
Legend has it that it was the first iron longsword forged by a Western human nation, presented to the King of Conquerors by a city-state he had conquered at the time.
At this moment, Rin demonstrated the ultimate application of Mana Burst and her unceasing martial arts cultivation!
Without needing to rely on any target for leverage, every inch of her skin could control and compress magical energy to form a supportive surface.
Thus, Rin remained in mid-air, commencing the second battle of the night with the King of Conquerors!
Boom! Boom boom boom boom boom…!
If the battle between Saber and Lancer was a contest of spear and sword, knight against knight, each showcasing their ultimate martial arts, then the battle between Rin and Rider was a struggle of speed versus power!
Boundless magical energy, thick as the sea, filled her body, strengthened by the dragon's bloodline, imbuing her with unparalleled dragon's might.
Every strike Rin unleashed with her fists and feet at this moment was like a meteor crashing to the earth!
Waver Velvet finally experienced the powerlessness of weakness for the first time. One wave after another, heavy as mountains, a continuous air pressure pressed him firmly against the floor of the car. All his bones creaked, and even breathing became an almost unattainable luxury.
He truly couldn't believe it; only by experiencing it firsthand could he understand the extent of what so-called strong individuals could achieve.
Mana surging like a tsunami, fists that shattered atmospheric resistance, and an iron sword that, though devoid of any mystery, possessed power comparable to a noble phantasm.
Rin, going all out, radiated a blue glow of Mana from her eyes. Relying on Mana Burst to compress the air beneath her feet and the shockwaves from her clashes with Rider, she moved at a speed surpassing any spatial record, creating a circle of Mana afterimages around Rider in mid-air!
"Ahahahahah…!"
Rider's tall figure stood as steady as an unmoving rock! No matter how swift, bizarre, or unpredictable Rin's attacks were, he perfectly countered and blocked them from all directions. The iron longsword, though not a noble phantasm, became incomparably powerful in his hands!
The lightning of the divine bulls, the roaring Mana, the flesh and blood of fists and feet, collided with blades from historical legends.
"Heh Ah—!"
The King of Conquerors' sword clashed with Rin's arm, the sweeping blade slicing Rin's sleeve from wrist to forearm in two. A string of sparkling flames erupted on her skin, yet not even a white mark was left!
The earth-shattering force caused the two powerful divine bulls to retreat step by step. The ground beneath the wheels was already cracked inch by inch, and the solid asphalt road had collapsed into a ten-meter-deep pit.
Because the battlefield wasn't moved freely as it was during Saber and Lancer's duel, the physical destruction to the surrounding environment seemed somewhat less. However, this battle, where every punch was like a planetary explosion and every kick made the ground tremble, though not as beautiful as the intertwining of spears and swords, nevertheless shocked the onlookers with its raw power.
"That girl… is she Berserker? But if so, having lost her reason due to Mad Enhancement, that martial art is too exquisite. And this Mana, stronger than what Saber releases, shouldn't belong to Berserker, who is supposed to have the lowest Mana attribute…"
Lancer looked at Rin, who was fighting in the void, somewhat lost in thought, and couldn't help but speculate aloud.
Irisviel couldn't see their super-high-speed movements. All she could feel was the storm-like aftershocks erupting from their battle. But vaguely, she felt that the dark red figure was exceptionally familiar… "Saber, I just felt that the voice was somewhat familiar. The one fighting Rider is…"
Irisviel couldn't help but ask Saber, who was shielding her, while trying to block the strong winds.
"Hmm, I really didn't expect…"
Saber gripped her invisible Holy Sword tightly, her silver teeth clenched as she watched the dark red figure engaged in fierce combat.
A chaotic storm raged through the deserted shopping street, destroying and trampling everything in its path.
Boom!!!
Mana coiled, compressed, and strengthened to its limit. Rin's right fist, as dazzling as a comet in the night sky, collided with Rider's longsword, accompanied by divine thunder and wild electricity, in the fiercest clash since the battle began! Rin's light body, using the recoil from this blow, flew high and leaped back onto the top of the container where she had stood before.
Standing against the wind, with a beauty that could topple nations, she slightly tidied her messy twin-tails and dark hair. Her deep red coat, swaying in the wind, was somewhat tattered from the recent battle, like a red butterfly dancing in the breeze.
"Good evening, everyone. To gather historical heroes and magnates from different eras, from ancient times to the present, whose names have been passed down through millennia, for a contest of strength and a clash of ideals, sparking the most brilliant flames—that is the greatest charm of the Holy Grail War!"
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