Ryudō Temple was where Fuyuki City's Ley Lines converged, and also where the Holy Grail was hidden.
The long night had ended, and the Holy Grail War had reached its final stages.
Artoria, Gilgamesh, Sasaki Kojiro, and the few remaining Heroic Spirits had rarely joined forces, struggling against the great demon soaring through the sky.
"You mongrel! You dare look down on This King?!" Gilgamesh, half-crippled by the adopted-son buff, could no longer unleash Noble Phantasms. He could only weakly open the Gate of Babylon and fire a torrential stream of Noble Phantasms.
"Excalibur!" Artoria, at full strength, unleashed her Noble Phantasm's killing blow.
The Knights of the Round Table and the other Heroic Spirits each unleashed their ultimate moves. Light converged as they sought to destroy the great demon in midair through concentrated fire. Just like in hero movies, they would use unity, cooperation, and miracles.
But this time, they were not facing an ordinary demon.
They were facing Replicated Zheng Zha.
"Struggle in vain." The great demon looked down upon all the Heroic Spirits from on high, the black flames around him abruptly swelling. He raised his thick right hand, and black particles rapidly gathered above his demonic claw. With a whoosh, they condensed into a pitch-black sphere.
The black sphere was perfectly round and terrifying beyond measure. The air around it shook into uneasy ripples. Then the sphere rapidly expanded, growing to a diameter of ten meters in the blink of an eye.
The great demon held the black sphere aloft, as though lifting a black sun.
"Original Darkness - Black Sun."
With a sweep of his hand, the black sun crushed downward with the force of a collapsing heaven. Along the way, it shattered the Heroic Spirits' ultimate attacks into dregs. No matter what techniques they