Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Medea's brain froze for a moment after being suddenly kissed. The next moment, a strong magical power flowed from Shinji's mouth, making the somewhat illusory barrier become solid again.

Everyone present was no magic novice, and once their brains came back online, they realized that this was just replenishing their magic. But to say that they didn't think too much about it... that was naturally impossible.

The explosion lasted for seven or eight minutes, and Shinji and Medea were finally separated. After being released, Medea staggered and almost fell down. Her head was dizzy, and her face was red, looking like a young girl in love, which made Sakura beside her feel something was wrong!

But Shinji had no time to care about these things. Something went wrong in the plan and he had to fight quickly. The barrier covering the few people disappeared and he scanned the deep pits around him. The missile attack just now was his original intention to eliminate all the old bug's clones to prevent it from escaping with a fatal blow.

But now he was not sure whether this move could kill Zōken. His Sharingan shook rapidly in his eye sockets, trying to find something wrong.

Suddenly, a deep pit filled with black mud attracted Shinji's attention, and he saw Matou Zouken coming out again in human form, but his body, which looked like rotten swamp mud, made people feel uncomfortable...

“Haha, I didn’t expect that after all the preparations I made, I was tricked by a little brat like you! But don’t think it’s over, the best part is yet to come!”

Then a red light flashed, and Assassin, who was being chased by Lancer in the distance, suddenly froze, and then instantly turned into a point of light and disappeared.

"Tsk, he ran away?!"

Lancer, who caught up with him, was unhappy to see his opponent fleeing from the battlefield, but he didn't expect that this situation actually allowed him to escape...

The disappeared Assassin regrouped and reappeared next to Matou Zouken, but Shinji was not surprised by the appearance of Hassan. In comparison, he was more concerned about Zouken on the other side, who was covered in black mud and in an unknown form that had never appeared before!

"Rider, I leave the Assassin to you. Be careful of his red hand. If you catch him, he will take your heart."

Hearing this, Medusa's face became serious, and she summoned two short swords or long spikes with iron chains. This was the true appearance of her weapons, which had not been reflected in the previous fight with Shinji. She rushed forward and fought with the Cursed Arm Hassan. Because of Sakura's sufficient magic power, Hassan fell into a disadvantage in just a moment.

But the old bug still stared at Shinji calmly, and then Shinji no longer hesitated and rushed over with a knife. Zang Yan also smiled strangely, and a huge magic circle appeared, and countless black tentacles shot towards Shinji.

"Chidori Flow"

Lightning flashed on Shinji's body, and at the same time, a ball of lightning enveloped his left hand that was not holding the sword, and his running speed also increased to a higher level.

The tentacles around would be repelled by lightning as soon as they approached. A blue-white light flashed by, and the next second it directly pierced through Zou Yan Matou. Zou Yan showed a painful look on his face, and an evil smile of success.

Shinji:!

His left hand was stuck in the black mud and couldn't be pulled out, and his right hand was also entangled by the tentacles that followed. In the crisis, Shinji had no choice but to increase the output of Chidori's magic power. Electric arcs surged in the black mud, limiting Zang Yan's attack. At this time, a giant red hand appeared behind Shinji and gently tapped his back...

Time went back to a few minutes ago, when Assassin and Rider started a chase. The speed difference between the two was not much, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while. As the two continued to approach the battlefield on the other side, Assassin suddenly stopped, and at the same time, the black mud next to him also stretched out several tentacles to wrap around Rider. While dodging the tentacles, Hassan untied the bandage on his arm, and a red arm emitting an ominous aura appeared in front of him.

Medusa looked at the giant hand flying towards her, and remembered Shinji's warning. She did not choose to resist but quickly dodged. However, the hand continued to rush towards the restrained Shinji...

"Oops!"

Turning his head stiffly, Assassin now had a slowly beating heart in his hand!

Medusa's pupils contracted, and she ran forward to stop him, but the next moment... her heart was instantly crushed by Assassin, and blood mixed with flesh fell to the ground. On the other side, Shinji's body was also shocked, and a large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth. His gradually dim eyes reflected Zouken's crazy expression.

“Hahaha…hahaha! Looks like I won, kid! Don’t worry, I will control your body well to help me win this war, haha… hm?”

Zang Yan, who was halfway through laughing, suddenly felt something unusual. He looked down and saw a strange wooden thorn stuck in his body. At the same time, a familiar young boy's voice came to his ears, but to Zang Yan now it was like the whisper of a devil!

“People always trust what they see with their own eyes too much, and arrogantly think that their plans will not go wrong. However, it is precisely because of this little bit of arrogance that they have caused a tragic result that is beyond redemption.”

"Wood Release? Grafting Technique"

The wooden stick that pierced his body instantly began to grow inside his body, and then several wooden sticks broke through his body surface, fixing Zang Yan in place. Looking at Shinji in front of him, he saw that his body suddenly swelled up, and then turned into several crows and fled...

"Caster uses the Noble Phantasm [Ten Thousand Symbols Must Break the Rules]!"

Medea teleports to Shinji's side, holding a strangely twisted dagger in her hand, and stabs it into Zou Yan's body.

"Ah! What is this!"

A violent white light emerged, and Zang Yan did not suffer any harm, but he felt that the connection between him and the black mud was cut off, which made Zang Yan look panicked for the first time.

Having lost the connection with the black mud, his vitality was rapidly fading away. He looked at Shinji in horror: "No, no! Don't kill me, I can..."

"It's over...Grandpa!"

A knife pierced the insect-like body inside Zang Yan's body, pinning it to the ground. Knowing that he could not escape, Zang Yan instinctively waved his limbs to try to break free from the control, but it was useless, and finally he completely died...

Shinji half-knelt on the ground, looking at the insect that had completely lost its breath, and suddenly memories of more than ten years came to his mind: the insect room, the carved insect, Kariya, Sakura, and finally the scene froze on the hideous face of Matou Zouken before his death.

"it's over…"

The Sharingan in the eye sockets began to spin wildly, and the afterimages left behind gradually blurred, and then slowly merged together to become a pair of hexagram-shaped Kaleidoscope Sharingan!

"Are these two techniques..."

The moment Shinji opened his eyes, he felt the power of his eyes. Although it was a bit unexpected, it was still worth being happy about.

The ownerless black mud next to him had shrunk into a small ball, looking like it was about to disappear, so Shinji quickly asked Medea to put it away. After Medea cast three sealing magics in a row, Shinji also cast a Four Symbols Seal for safety before he felt relieved.

As for the Assassin, he ran away immediately after seeing his Master was dead, as if the Master's life or death had no effect on him.

Shinji stood up and walked over to Sakura.

At this time, no matter how dumb Sakura was, she knew what was going on. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face. She couldn't believe that her nightmare had ended just like that. A handsome knight saved her and gently extended his hand to her...

"Someone's outside. Caster, take us back to Ryudo Temple."

After a series of huge explosions, a large group of people were successfully attracted outside, including some magicians. Fortunately, Medea's barrier blocked the view. Now Shinji's strength is still a secret to others, and there is no need to show it to other masters too early.

Afterwards, the group came to Ryudo Temple for a while. Sasaki Kojiro, who was guarding the gate, sensed something and came out with a smile to welcome the victorious warriors...