Just as Tokiomi Tohsaka had feared, Gilgamesh's actions had made him a nuclear-level threat on one hand, but would also expose Tokiomi's presence.
As it happened, Li Shuwen's Master was a killer who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
If he had been just a killer, that wouldn't have been much of a problem. The trouble was, he was the kind of killer who was willing to die for his cause.
Though the person he served wasn't the one he wanted to see victorious—or, more accurately, he had only ever served himself.
But that made no difference to him. He only needed to do what he wanted.
So from the very beginning, when he saw the threat Gilgamesh posed, he didn't hesitate to disregard his own Servant, Li Shuwen, or even his own safety. He ordered Li Shuwen to launch an assault.
Li Shuwen's Martial Arts, combined with the legends born of his assassinations, had given him a "Martial Arts" technique that could be called a Noble Phantasm. It was a single strike that condensed the Martial Arts he had honed over his entire life.
It was called "Baguazhang: No Second Strike."
As the name suggested, it needed no follow-up attack. It was just one punch—a seemingly ordinary punch, but without a doubt, an ordinary attack that concealed a finishing move.
A seemingly ordinary "straight punch."
Měnghǔ Yìng Páshān.
Li Shuwen's Baguazhang placed great emphasis on retracting the hand. Its movements alternated between sealing and closing, and combined circular motions with hooks. Of these, the "Měnghǔ Yìng Páshān" stance was his proudest. It embodied the principle of "going like an arrow, returning like a thread": using a fist as one would a spear, the front hand retracting like a thread to "circle," while the rear hand thrust forward