Public Execution Starting from the Saber
Chapter 23

God Spear Li Shuwen, Su Yun's Experiment

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In an instant, Emiya Kiritsugu felt a chill rush to his head. He quickly retracted his firearm and said in a low voice to Hisau Maiya, "Maiya, there is someone on top of the overpass. It should be a Servant. My position has been exposed; we need to relocate immediately. Also, do not look at him. He seems to be able to sense when someone is watching him. He is a very dangerous guy."

As he spoke, Emiya Kiritsugu began to move rapidly, utilizing cover to shift his position. He did not know if this would be effective against a Servant, but his instincts compelled him to do so.

Upon hearing Emiya Kiritsugu's words, Hisau Maiya felt a jolt of alarm. However, she did not act rashly, instead shifting her sniper scope toward Saber and Lancer, who had resumed their fierce battle. She knew that Emiya Kiritsugu needed her to keep watching the situation.

At this moment, the intensity of the battle between Saber and Lancer had increased by more than a notch compared to before.

Saber no longer hid her Invisible Blade; there was no need to anymore, so every attack was imbued with Mana Burst.

Without holding back, the Knight King truly displayed the formidable martial prowess that had brought her victory in a hundred battles. The terrifying Mana Burst made every one of her strikes surge like a golden torrent, shattering the concrete ground and slicing through the shipping containers caught in the crossfire as if they were tofu.

Although Lancer's raw power was far inferior to Saber's, under the influence of Super Enhancement Magic, he was not much weaker. As a Lancer, he held an advantage in speed, allowing him to remain evenly matched with Saber without falling behind.

A battle of this caliber between the two had far surpassed the standard combat of ordinary Servants. Any average Servant facing either of them would be easily blasted into smithereens.

In truth, this was no longer the plot of the original Fate/Zero, but rather the power Artoria possessed under Nasu's original settings, while Diarmuid's enhancement demonstrated the capabilities his Master should possess as a top-tier Master.

Under these circumstances, the visual impact of their battle had reached the level of the Fate film Heaven's Feel. With flashes of spears and swords, the scope of destruction was immense, and the light and shadow effects were maxed out, reaching the level of light pollution.

At the same time, combined with the destruction of the terrain, the impact was perfectly interpreted; the pulverized ground seemed to represent the collapse of the values held by people in the real world.

In the real world, people at this very moment were stunned by the exaggerated battle.

Although the initial fighting was astonishing and made people yearn for the extraordinary, it was mostly just high speed and greater destructive power than ordinary people, falling within the scope of traditional martial arts novels.

But the current battle had completely transcended that level, resembling combat from a xianxia film.

Moreover, this was different from a film. After all, films are fake; no matter how well they are shot or how realistic the special effects are, they remain artificial.

People would at most feel the shock of a visual feast, without having many other thoughts.

But the Light Screen was different, because in everyone's subconscious, they believed this to be real.

When power of this magnitude turned from fiction into reality, the resulting shock was far beyond what artistic works like films could compare to.

Reality is the most shocking thing of all.

This level of immense power made everyone on Earth—even the high-ranking officials of various countries who possessed the power to destroy the world—feel ashamed.

Undoubtedly, whether it was Saber or Lancer, the power they displayed at this moment was at a level that could easily annihilate modern military forces.

The greatest hope for modern armies facing these two existences was that their weapons might be effective; otherwise, it would be a one-sided slaughter.

Powerful, magnificent, terrifying.

The two powerful Servants used their performance to continuously shatter the worldviews of all humanity, reshaping people's thoughts within the debris, making their understanding of the extraordinary increasingly clear and increasingly exaggerated.

The fantasy power generated by this kind of collective worldview reshaping was extremely terrifying.

Su Yun looked at the fantasy power, the first digit of which had already turned into a 3, and his mood was quite pleasant.

With over 30,000 in fantasy power, he had already recovered the costs invested last night and earned double that.

And this was not the limit of the harvest, because the content of this episode in the Light Screen had not yet ended, and even if it did, the influence it generated would cause people to produce a continuous stream of fantasy power afterward.

Undoubtedly, this was a profitable business that would yield long-term returns.

And...

"By now, someone should have discovered the true identity of that old man, right? I wonder if a Servant who has been gone for less than a hundred years can give me an unexpected surprise?"

Su Yun narrowed his eyes and revealed a smile; the classic "narrow-eyed people are monsters" look.

Just as Su Yun had guessed, or rather, just as he had arranged, many people could not sit still on the spot.

Moreover, these people mostly shared one characteristic: they were basically septuagenarians or octogenarians, old people with one foot in the grave, among whom were many seniors over a hundred years old.

At the same time, the identities of these people were basically the same: they were martial arts grandmasters within the Flame Kingdom.

A hundred years ago, the mountains and rivers were in turmoil, a chaotic era arrived, and the intense collision of modern ideologies and the extreme class contradictions within the Flame Kingdom erupted, causing this great civilization to fall into chaos for decades.

It is said that chaotic times produce heroes, and that era was also a period when martial arts experts emerged in endless succession.

One of them, named Li Shuwen, was a grandmaster of the Baji Sect. His mastery of Baji Quan and Baji Spear had reached its peak. In that turbulent era, he fought his way to the name "God Spear" with a single spear and a single fist, shaking the world, spreading his prestige through martial arts, and earning fame both at home and abroad.

He was the "Hard fist has no second strike, God Spear Li Shuwen"!

Such a martial arts grandmaster spent his later years teaching many disciples and would enthusiastically guide young martial artists who came to seek advice.

In that era, countless Flame Kingdom martial artists received his grace and inheritance, and those among them who lived to the modern day were all titans of the Flame Kingdom's martial arts world. They were still alive and well, and even in this chaotic era of Mystery Resurgence, their figures could be found.

Now, as these older generations saw the mysterious old man captured by Emiya Kiritsugu's sniper scope in the Light Screen, they could not sit still.

Because that old man was none other than the grandmaster who once shook the world, Mr. Li Shuwen!

The old man's sturdy character was exactly the same as in the memories of those titans of the Flame Kingdom's martial arts world!

This undoubtedly represented one thing, a fact that was both shocking and exhilarating.

That was—Li Shuwen, a grandmaster who had passed away less than a hundred years ago, had actually ascended to the Throne of Heroes to become a Heroic Spirit, and had been summoned in the Light Screen.

Everything was because Li Shuwen was different from other Servants; he was the closest to this era, especially since these people had actually met Li Shuwen. That ultimate sense of immersive fantasy created an ultimate and pure fantasy power.

This was the reason why Su Yun had magically modified the Fourth Holy Grail War, letting Li Shuwen appear in this Holy Grail War instead of some Hassan of the Hundred Faces!

He wanted to test whether this situation could generate more fantasy power.

Facts proved that Su Yun's guess was correct: the more immersive the situation was for people, the more fantasy power it produced!

Moreover, the refined fantasy power also produced new miraculous uses.

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