Swish Swish Swish—
Karna continued to swing his long spear vigorously.
Each strike inflicted damage to the nearby land and trees.
Flames soared into the sky.
As the two battled, the earth bore witness to their relentless confrontation.
Swish—
Boom—
The long spear severed the arm of Namikaze Minato, and Minato's Rasengan struck Karna's chest, sending him flying.
"What is this?" Namikaze Minato raised an eyebrow as countless flesh tendrils emerged from his severed arm, connecting to the one lying on the ground, and it began to regenerate. "Don't worry, this body is now practically immortal. You can fight as freely as you want."
"Immortal?" Minato smiled. "In that case, I can try out some other techniques. But... my time in this form is limited."
Upon careful calculation, he estimated that he had less than three minutes left in this form.
"Just try to injure him as much as possible. Don't worry about anything else."
"Understood." Minato breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Karna, who had been sent flying without any injuries. "Indeed, my attack power isn't sufficient..."
But this was already his limit.
If he went further and transformed into the Nine-Tails, his original three-minute limit might shrink to mere seconds, and he wouldn't even have enough time for the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Boom—
Suddenly, two massive Chakra arms appeared behind Namikaze Minato and reached out towards Karna.
"Hah!" The legendary hero from Indian mythology leaped high into the air, his long spear engulfed in flames as he swept it across the ground. "Let's end it here."
"Not necessarily."
"What?" Karna was taken aback as Namikaze Minato suddenly appeared in front of him, even though he had just swung his long spear. Such a long spear was not easy to maneuver.
"Flying Thunder God Technique, it has indeed reached..." Concealed beneath the Chakra arms, a small Tailed Beast Ball in Namikaze Minato's palm imprinted on Karna's chest.
There, he could see the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique that Namikaze Minato had carved with his severed arm earlier.
Crack, crack, crack—
The surrounding armor began to shatter.
Blood flowed—
Karna, who had jumped higher, was hit repeatedly. "It's not over yet!" Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique once again to get closer, and his Chakra arms continued to strike the gaps in Karna's armor.
Namikaze Minato was also preparing a new Tailed Beast Ball.
His forehead was covered in sweat.
Simultaneously activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, controlling the Tailed Beast's Chakra, and using Tailed Beast Balls—all of this was putting a tremendous strain on his brain.
"Ugh." On the other side, Karna, who had been relentlessly attacked by Namikaze Minato, spat out blood. His head hung low as he watched Namikaze Minato.
Then, Karna's eyes shot out a beam of light!
Swish—
"Did he miss?" Karna furrowed his brows as he looked at his chest.
There, even though his flesh was blurred, he could still vaguely see a mark.
What kind of technique was this?
"I see, it's based on spatial teleportation. Well then, let's destroy everything here, including this place." Karna raised his spear high into the air, and behind him, a sun-like wheel began to burn with deadly flames.
From this great height, it descended straight towards the ground.
"Burn!"
Boom!
The earth itself began to burn. While it wasn't the release of a Noble Phantasm, this was still Karna full power.
In the next moment, his pupils contracted slightly.
On the ground, a golden sphere appeared amidst the shattered terrain.
That unknown golden energy had blocked his attack.
"It's truly powerful... and this isn't even a Noble Phantasm? I really want to see what it's like when a Noble Phantasm is unleashed." Namikaze Minato, who was hiding behind his Chakra protection, said with anticipation.
"Unfortunately, I can't let you see it now... I understand, Master—your command."
Swish—
Karna's golden armor dispersed, and his spear underwent a transformation.
"It looks like you'll get to witness my Noble Phantasm release. Witness the compassion of the King of Gods, for this is the final strike." Karna said as he raised his spear, appearing to float towards the sky.
Previously Tohsaka Tokiomi had given him the order to use his Noble Phantasm...
Be sure to... kill Caster!
In this Holy Grail War, facing a Caster who could change his form according to the enemy's abilities using "High-Level Summoning" was quite troublesome. Originally, this skill required the use of Command Spells to activate, which was a significant limitation.
But now, he had eight Command Spells in his possession.
Although Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't know how many Command Spells Caster had left, this didn't change the fact that Karna felt it was quite troublesome.
So... while he transformed, Karna guessed another trait— "Only one person can be summoned at a time, and other entities cannot be summoned until the time limit for the current one has expired." Utilizing this, he aimed to eliminate the opponent in front of him, whom Karna could still handle!
Otherwise...
Once he summoned even more powerful characters, things would get bad!
With this in mind, Tohsaka Tokiomi decided to have Karna unleash his Noble Phantasm.
"Experience the release of my Noble Phantasm: O' Sun, Abide To Death (Vasavi Shakti)!"
Boom—
As he said this, an annihilating blow was released from the long spear. It was capable of destroying the entire land.
"Roar—"
At the same time, like a wild beast's roar, a colossal golden fox appeared from the ground!
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