"Damn it! How did these guys get here so fast—"
Dark red patterns had already crawled all over Sakura Matou's face, making her look incredibly bizarre and twisted.
Normally, for the Holy Grail to descend, Sakura Matou, the Lesser Grail, had to assume the form of the Holy Grail, just as Irisviel had during the Fourth Holy Grail War. But with enemies like Illya still around, she obviously could not turn into the Holy Grail and lose her fighting power. Thus, she could only prolong the descent time in exchange for forcing Sakura Matou to maintain her human form.
However, since the vast majority of her power was being used to open the passage and guide the Greater Holy Grail's descent, her strength had truly been weakened considerably.
"Illya..."
"Don't worry, I value my life very much~" Illya smiled, dispelled the Medea puppet, and said seriously, "Big Sister Artoria, go make the choice you believe is right!"
All of the remaining Command Spells were exhausted. Artoria, whose magical energy had nearly run dry, instantly returned to her peak condition, and her attributes were greatly enhanced as well.
At the same time, Illya changed into the Dress of Heaven, took hold of the Jewel Sword, and left Avalon's protective range.
"Teleportation!"
Illya instantly appeared before the pitch-black hole that resembled a black hole.
"What are you doing?!"
Black Sakura had been watching Artoria and the enormous hole above her. She noticed Illya's movement immediately. But it had happened far too suddenly; even if she gathered the Black Shadow at full speed, it was already too late to stop her.
Then Black Sakura watched, dumbfounded, as Illya flew straight into the hole.
"This... is she trying to kill herself?!"
Beyond that hole was actually the Greater Holy Grail's main body, Justeaze, and