[199] In the Form of a Human

No—Not necessarily!

"Ripple—Dash!" Kazuya forcefully pulled back his right hand, the threads on his right hand glove entwining with the yellow short spear that had just been wrapped around Lancer. His left hand, covered in ripples, also moved towards the Heroic Spirit in front of him!

In an instant, watching as Lancer broke free from the mystic eyes of dark abyss through the release of magical power, Kazuya spoke, "Are you planning to retract your own spear? Or attack me with that red spear of yours? I guess you intend to sweep it across?"

"What—?" Lancer was slightly taken aback!

Indeed, just as Kazuya said, Lancer's red long spear swung towards him, but precisely as if anticipating Lancer's attack, Kazuya bent down and avoided it—

"Eat this! Ripple Dash!"

Kazuya threw a punch with all his might directly into Lancer's abdomen—

"Cough—"

Lancer coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his whole person staggered backward.

"I guess your next words are, 'How did you know how I was going to attack?'" Kazuya grinned.

"How did you know I was going to—!!!"

"Then let's bet one more time?" Kazuya exhaled slightly, "Are you going to retract the yellow spear in your left hand, or attack with the red spear in your right hand? Come on, let's bet. Is it red or yellow... I guess you'll probably choose the red one, right?"

"No—it's my foot!" Lancer kicked out suddenly, taking advantage of his agility, which had fallen to B but was still far beyond what a human could evade!

As long as he hit Kazuya's attacks once with his own strength!

"What... What—?"

Lancer's expression changed.

Evaded!

So fast, not... No, it wasn't about speed, but... this guy predicted his movements!

"It seems like I bet wrong... Hmph, but—"

Kazuya said, and a figure slowly appeared behind him.

It was a ghostly white entity, with a head shaped like a monkey, a blue brain, steam spraying from its ears, and no visible mouth.

"H" and "M" were written on its face on both sides.

It firmly grabbed Lancer's leg with one hand!

"What... What is this?"

"Oh, it looks like you can see it, no matter, it doesn't matter."

Indeed... Lancer also felt the fatal danger. He couldn't pull his leg out!

This guy's strength was incredible, even greater than his own, greater than the strength of his Servant!

In fact, Kazuya's Stand was far from matching Lancer's strength. After all, this wasn't Platinum Star or anything...

However—

Lancer, who guessed Kazuya's attack twice, and guessed what he was going to say once, was already weakened.

Although he didn't feel anything, in reality, his soul energy had indeed been weakened.

There was still a slight difference between spiritualization and soul, and Lancer thought that Kazuya held onto his soul at that moment!

Although he couldn't pull it out, he was still far from it.

But—just by pulling down one leg and knocking him out, it was still possible!

After all, Kazuya's Stand, apart from having a C in speed and B in endurance, had all other parameters, such as destructive power, range, and precision, at D.

So, Stand couldn't possibly be stronger than Lancer.

However, even so, he won! By grabbing his leg, he could gradually spread it and let his Stand knock him out!

By relying on his own strength, he finally defeated a Servant—

Puchi—

The next moment, Kazuya's face changed.

The yellow long spear pierced through his left hand!

In an instant, the red long spear cut off Lancer's leg—

"Beautiful!"

Lancer's left leg continued to bleed, standing there with only one leg, his face slightly pale, but one could still see the unyielding look in his eyes, "I didn't expect, in this era, there would still be someone who could inflict such injuries on me, even suppress me, truly amazing! So, let's begin—Round Two!"

This guy... actually directly cut off his own leg?

Kazuya took a deep breath, "Truly a renowned hero in human history... I underestimated you... Perhaps it's still too early now."

"No, I was indeed injured by you." Lancer's face was slightly pale, but he smiled, unyielding even in such a state, "I didn't expect that I would be injured by a human. You're even stronger than that priest from earlier."

Kazuya's heart tightened slightly, "Priest??"

"Hmm... it seems like you know him." Lancer fell silent for a moment, "He was a powerful warrior, but unfortunately, he met me, and compared to him... there's something I can't understand between you and me. Until now, you've displayed so many abilities... guessing my attacks and just now, what kind of ability was that? So, do you have any other abilities that haven't been revealed? Maybe, there's an ability that can defeat me, Diarmuid!"

"...I guess I'm not ready to reveal it at this time."

"Really?" Lancer smiled.

"Of course... but, I wanted to wait until your Master appeared behind you to decide whether or not to use it. I also wanted to test my own abilities and see if I really had the ability to fight against a Heroic Spirit."

Not far away, the Dead Apostle, who had been observing the battle, sneered slightly, "What did you come here for? To be ambushed like earlier?"

Moreover... he didn't expect Kazuya to be so powerful, able to fight even against Heroic Spirits.

If he had gone over there earlier, he might have been killed.

Kazuya clenched his right fist, "But, I didn't expect your Master behind you still hasn't shown up until now... now that I've almost revealed most of my moves, I don't want to expose myself too quickly. So... there's no other way... you'll die here."

"Well then—come!" Lancer had just finished speaking when his expression changed slightly, and he jumped with one leg, rushing towards Kazuya at high speed, "Watch out! Dodge!"

That was an order from his Master behind him.

The next moment, Kazuya clenched his fist, and a glow appeared on the back of his right hand... even though he was wearing gloves, it still couldn't block the glow on his hand.

Diarmuid was directly blown away, blown away in the distance. In the distance, he fell to the ground with his remaining leg stable.

After lifting his head and looking at the current situation, he was slightly stunned, "This is..."

Originally standing there, the person was gone. In his place was a Servant!

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