However, Wang Xiaoming simply stood there, watching Saber slash at him, and then reached out and grabbed the blade of the holy sword.
The physical enhancement of a Godslayer + the physical strengthening from the Chakra Fruit + Esther's steel body made Wang Xiaoming incredibly tough, and taking on the holy sword was no problem at all.
As for the Excalibur's nickname, the Sword of Promised Victory, if it could really cut through steel easily, then there wouldn't be a situation where a certain yellow short spear that could be broken in half by a Lancer couldn't even be cut through.
Moreover, Wang Xiaoming's body is now much harder than steel.
With his right hand grabbing the blade of Excalibur, Wang Xiaoming maintained his posture with his right leg stepping on Red A's back, looking down at the short Saber.
"It's over."
Wang Xiaoming directly reached out with his left hand, piercing through Saber's chest armor and straight through her chest.
"You!!!"
Saber looked in surprise at the arm that had penetrated her chest, her eyes revealing despair.
"Although I don't know why you were chosen by the Holy Grail again, I'm sorry, you can only leave the stage here."
As Wang Xiaoming spoke, he pulled out his left hand, taking Saber's heart with it. As a Servant, Saber was different from other Servants, she had a physical body. When she signed the contract, she hadn't died yet, so this heart was genuine, the heart of a red dragon.
The Fifth Holy Grail War, the first night, Saber was the first to be eliminated.
746. I can't control my body!
In the previous Holy Grail War, Saber lived to the end, and lost the basic magic power supply of the Greater Grail because the Holy Grail War ended, and returned to the Hall of Valor, but this time, Saber was the first to leave.
Wang Xiaoming didn't hold back at all. After grabbing Saber, he directly used what his left hand was best at: directly tearing out her heart!
Saber's heart was dug out on the spot. As a Servant, although her body was constructed of magic power, with her heart dug out, there was no possibility of continuing to exist, especially since her Master was originally a half-baked one.
Playing the fan's game once is enough, there's no need to waste time on her a second time. After all, this time I didn't summon Merlin to cooperate with me in playing the game. Bringing Merly here was just thinking that I might need her cooperation, but it doesn't matter if Merly doesn't need to appear.
Watching Saber's body turn into magic power and dissipate in front of him, this time Saber and her Master both lost the qualification to continue participating in the Holy Grail War. Wei Gong Shirou, who was knocked unconscious by Wang Xiaoming's slap, will have the Command Seals on the back of his hand disappear along with Saber after she disappears.
In his sleep, he had already withdrawn from this Holy Grail War.
After Saber disappeared, Wang Xiaoming shook his hand, shaking off the blood on his arm. The blood that was shaken off also turned into magic power and disappeared. That was Saber's blood, and it would naturally disappear along with Saber after she disappeared.
Looking at his left hand that had returned to cleanliness, Wang Xiaoming looked down at Red A under his feet. Since he wanted to get the rewards of the Holy Grail War, then Red A, as Archer, also had to be cleaned up. After all, he was already standing on Caster's side, so the number of roles that could be left was very limited.
Red A, this guy, is indeed not bad, but it's a pity that Wang Xiaoming won't hold back, and Red A is just a Heroic Spirit, originally a dead person, so there's nothing lost if he's killed by himself. At most, he'll just return to Alaya, as a Guardian, and then continue to travel on business.
However, Red A, as an old fox, has a set of life-saving experience. If he continues to lie down, he will surely die.
Therefore, he must make a desperate gamble!
"Master, use a Command Seal to summon me."
Through the contract, Red A sent a request to Tosaka Rin.
"Eh? Now? Okay, I'll use a Command Seal right away!"
"No, not now. You quickly leave here now, run far away, as far as possible. Wait until I say it's okay, then use a Command Seal to summon me."
"Okay!"
Listening to Red A's command, Tosaka Rin immediately stood up, applied a strengthening magic to herself, and then started running away.
Because of the previous explosion, Tosaka Rin had already hid on the periphery of the battlefield, so when running away from the periphery, she was not discovered.
Red A breathed a sigh of relief after sensing that his Master was rapidly moving away. Fortunately, he should be able to survive.
After breathing a sigh of relief, he once again observed Wang Xiaoming. This male King Arthur is too terrifying, too powerful.
It is impossible to probe again. Saber was directly taken away by the opponent with one blow. Even the Anti-City Noble Phantasm was not qualified to be used. He is just a Guardian, how can he compete with this kind of monster.
However, he still needs to do something to resist, at least to allow himself to survive this battle.
Projection, start!
Red A's hands gathered magic power, and twin swords appeared in his hands.
"Oh? Preparing to resist?"
Wang Xiaoming looked at the twin swords that appeared in Red A's hands and felt that Red A was preparing to take action.
"Resist? That's not the case. After all, Saber was easily killed by you. I don't think I can resist."
"Then what are you doing like this? Are you preparing to release a Noble Phantasm?"
Wang Xiaoming asked with a curious look. Of course, he knew what Red A's ability was, and knew what Red A's Noble Phantasm was.
Projecting various Noble Phantasms can be used to fight. After the battle, these projected Noble Phantasms can also be thrown out as bombs. The power is so great that you can even directly release the Noble Phantasm. Although the power may not be as good as the original, the burst is still powerful enough, and it really has some of the characteristics of the original.
So, now that he has summoned Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, in the situation where he can't cut himself, what Red A wants to do is probably summon the Noble Phantasm and then use it as a bomb to blow himself up.
Facing Wang Xiaoming's question, Red A smiled freely.
"Releasing a Noble Phantasm is impossible, but I can release something else."
Having delayed for so long, Tosaka Rin had already run far enough. At any rate, she had been practicing Bajiquan all the time. Tosaka Rin's physical fitness was still top-notch, beating ordinary people, and with the addition of strengthening magic, she had already run several hundred meters in this time.
"Master, now! Use a Command Seal to summon me!"
Because Tosaka Tokiomi was still alive, Tosaka Rin did not waste a Command Seal to prevent Red A from saying nonsense while Tosaka Tokiomi was watching.
Therefore, Tosaka Rin still had three Command Seals left. Using one Command Seal to save Red A's life was completely fine.
So, after receiving Red A's request, Tosaka Rin immediately used her Command Seal.
"In the name of the Command Seal, Archer, come to my side unharmed!"
On the back of Tosaka Rin's hand, a bright red Command Seal immediately disappeared. Then, Red A's figure appeared beside Tosaka Rin, and he was still unharmed.
The magic power replenished by a Command Seal even helped Red A recover most of his injuries.
And Red A released his projection at the same time as he landed.
"Broken Phantasm!"
Boom—
A sudden explosion came from the distance. However, this time the movement of the explosion was much smaller than when the Noble Phantasms collided before, but it was still a very violent explosion. The fire soared into the sky, and Tosaka Rin could clearly see it even from hundreds of meters away.
"Hey, what is that?"
Although Red A was in front of her, Tosaka Rin also heard what Red A said when he landed. She instinctively felt that the explosion was related to Red A.
"That's a gift I left for Caster, but he probably won't like it."
After speaking, Red A picked up Tosaka Rin and began to speed away.
He didn't think his fantasy collapse could kill Wang Xiaoming; at most, it could only injure him slightly. If Wang Xiaoming's defense was strong enough, he might not even be injured, and that would only enrage him. So, before Wang Xiaoming could catch up, he needed to create some distance.
In short: Run! ! !
Holding Tohsaka Rin, Archer leaped and sprinted away from Wang Xiaoming.
However, after only a second, he suddenly twisted around, carrying Tohsaka Rin back towards Wang Xiaoming.
"Huh? Archer, where are you going!"
Tohsaka Rin, held in his arms, was dumbfounded. Wasn't he supposed to run away? Why was he running back?
"I don't know either. I can't control myself!"
As he spoke, Archer returned to the center of the battlefield, tossed Tohsaka Rin aside, and slid to his knees in front of Wang Xiaoming, firmly catching the longsword Wang Xiaoming swung at him with both hands.
One hundred percent successful unarmed combat, activate!
747. Welcome back, Archer
Wang Xiaoming had anticipated Archer's plan from the start. He wanted to escape, and the twin swords, Kanshou and Bakuya, were just bombs he threw out to cover his escape.
When Tohsaka Rin left, Wang Xiaoming didn't see it, but he could clearly sense the magical energy receding with his magic perception. When he realized Tohsaka Rin was running away, Wang Xiaoming knew Archer was going to use a Command Seal to escape.
Wang Xiaoming wasn't worried. He would let Archer use a Command Seal to run away, give him some hope, and then, just as Archer was about to see the light, he would pull him back.
Right, that's how the old marshal played it when he was summoned. Wang Xiaoming wouldn't play like that with a child, but he had no problem playing like that with Archer.
"Welcome back, Archer."
Wang Xiaoming greeted him with a smile, looking at Archer kneeling before him, catching his sword with both hands.
Archer was stunned, completely dumbfounded.
Looking at the golden blade clamped between his hands, he was sure he wasn't hallucinating. He really was back, and kneeling before Wang Xiaoming, playing unarmed combat.
This golden sword looked huge and heavy, much heavier than Saber's Sword of Promised Victory. It was a true greatsword. Was this the male Artoria's Sword of Promised Victory? It looked terrifying. Luckily, he had managed to stop it with both hands, or he would have been crushed to death on the spot, even without the blade.
Wait, this wasn't about being crushed to death. The main point was why he had run back, and even taken the initiative to catch the blade with his bare hands!
Archer couldn't help but swallow, cautiously looking at Wang Xiaoming.
"How did you do this?"
"Is this your Noble Phantasm?"
Archer immediately thought that this was the effect of a Noble Phantasm. After all, Noble Phantasms, besides their pure destructive power, could also have all sorts of abilities, like Lancer's Noble Phantasm's causality manipulation, or Medea's Noble Phantasm's ability to sever magic and contracts. Each Noble Phantasm had different abilities, and the Servants' battles ultimately depended on the various effects of their Noble Phantasms.
The ability to control him to return was likely Wang Xiaoming's Noble Phantasm.
But what was the principle behind this Noble Phantasm? When was it activated?
Could it be during the time when he was captured by Wang Xiaoming and even turned into a Noble Phantasm to clash with Lancer's Noble Phantasm? He couldn't control himself at that time, and he was even turned into a Noble Phantasm. It must have been then that his Noble Phantasm had taken effect. His current actions were likely just the subsequent effects of the other party's Noble Phantasm!
Archer felt he had discovered everything!
But discovering it didn't mean he could solve it. He didn't even understand the principle behind this control effect.
"This kind of remote control ability seems to have established some kind of connection with you. I didn't even notice it."
After Archer imagined the reason for his being controlled, he didn't panic.
Because no matter what the Noble Phantasm effect was, as long as it could take effect, there must be a magical connection. All Noble Phantasms relied on magic to operate, just like a magician's magic required magic, whether it was their own magic or the magic from the Greater Grail, it all depended on magic!
But he just happened to have the ability to target magic.
As a sword bone, his Projection Magic could project many Noble Phantasms. Among the Noble Phantasms he knew, there was one that could sever magic, and even sever contracts.
That's right, it was Caster Medea's Noble Phantasm in this Holy Grail War, Rule Breaker.
A Noble Phantasm that could break all magic, barriers, and even contracts. Wang Xiaoming's ability to control him must have established a magical contract on him. As long as he projected this Noble Phantasm and stabbed himself with it, the contract would be resolved.
Of course, as a price, the master-servant contract between him and Tohsaka Rin would also be dissolved.
But this wouldn't affect the relationship between him and Tohsaka Rin. They could just re-establish a contract.
Because Caster was skilled in magic, she didn't disappear immediately. Other classes of Servants would basically retire on the spot if they lost their master, but Archer was different. The Archer class had a special inherent skill called Independent Action.
In this version of the Holy Grail War, Servants couldn't stray too far from their master, otherwise, they would suffer from insufficient magical energy supply. Unlike a certain Holy Grail War where 14 Servants were running all over the place, possibly running dozens of kilometers without any magic supply issues.
Therefore, most Servants operated near their master, and Archer's long-range attack characteristics meant that this class needed to leave the master to carry out remote raids, which led to them often possessing a skill called Independent Action.
This allowed them to continue to be active for a period of time after leaving the master, even if they lost their master.
Archer possessed this ability, so even if he broke the contract with Tohsaka Rin, it wouldn't affect his survival. He could continue to exist until he re-established a contract with Tohsaka Rin.
"Master, I've been hit by the effects of his Noble Phantasm. You need to leave here quickly, and like before, create some distance again. I'll try to find a way to break his Noble Phantasm."
"Huh? Wouldn't that be wasting another Command Seal?"
Tohsaka Rin had already gotten up from the ground at this time, and after hearing Archer's voice, she immediately retorted.
"But if I don't use a Command Seal, I might lose my life."
"Alright, I understand."
Choosing to waste a Command Seal over losing Archer and directly withdrawing from the Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Rin chose to waste the Command Seal.
After she got up, she immediately activated her Reinforcement Magic and ran away.
Wang Xiaoming and Archer watched Tohsaka Rin run away, without any movement, still maintaining the unarmed combat stance.
"It seems you've thought of a way to break my ability."
"That's right, I've already thought of a way."
Facing Wang Xiaoming's question, Archer had a confident smile on his face.
"Not only that, but I've discovered that when you release this Noble Phantasm, you seem to only be able to control me, and can't attack yourself... Pfft—"
