Chapter 55 Gray vs Lu Bu (2/2)
Gray's eyes widened and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
The memories of Archer, one of the most famous Heroes in all of history flowed into his mind. His technique, Nine Lives was originally developed as an archery technique to slay the hundred heads of the Lernaean Hydra in and instant. It shot a hundred arrows in the time it took to blink, killing the Divine Beast in an instant.
It was redeveloped for Saber and Lancer's to use once he died, and legends of him using his spears and swords were born.
Gray let out a deep breath before exploding forward with untold speed, causing Superman of all people to raise an eyebrow as deep cuts embedded themselves in the Earth, cuts that appeared when Berserker dodged Gray's blows, causing the twenty year old to cut straight through the concrete.
Countless sparks bounced off the others weapon every time steel clashed with steel. And the massive Berserker had to make an effort to dodge Gray's blows to his nether regions, never once opting to block a blow to his tėstɨċŀės.
Berserker roared in response to Gray's actions, but never once denouncing them as the Servant charged forward with newfound vigor and hatred towards the smaller Pseudo-Servant sending waves upon wave of slashes, cuts and thrusts towards Gray, the latter parrying them at the last moment, causing several cuts to appear on his clothing despite no blood being drawn.
The Chinese Servant frowned as his spear strikes did no actual damage, spinning one more time to gain enough momentum for the massive man to smack Gray with the flat side of the Sky Piercer. The twenty year old was sent flying backwards once more, and noted the strange posturing that Lu Bu was taking.
The giant of a man slammed the blunt end of his halberd into the ground once, causing the sharp end of the blade to burst into a red and yellow colored flame. The heat of the tip was nothing to scoff at either. The concrete had already started to bubble under the sheer heat coming from the giant weapon.
”!”.
Another roar escaped the Berserker Class Servant. The black parts of his eyes turned red with bloodlust, and the power contained within the flames grew even stronger as a result.
Gray's eyes widened at the familiar looking skill and shouted,
”Berserker! You would use Madness Enhancement here!? That is an Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm! You could kill everyone in the vicinity of the blast!”.
He was met with another meaningless grunt. Berserker, under his Madness Enhancement gained a boost to his stats. His strength, endurance and agility all exceeded Achilles, and due to the Servants honor, he didn't want to use another Servants Noble Phantasm.
Gray turned around and noted a somewhat familiar looking redhead with a camera man standing behind her. The redhead started talking the moment her eyes met with Gray's and he gestured for the woman to get to safety.
She shook her head causing Gray's eye to twitch.
He let out a deep breath and Gray watched as Berserker's spear turned into a bow. The tip of the spear transformed into an arrow, still covered in a bright red colored flame.
Gray let [Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē: Spear-tip of the Star Traversing Skies] dissipate, and reached out towards another one of his Class Cards, the image of a saint carrying scales on the back could be seen.
”!”.
Berserker let out another roar as he noticed the change in Gray's demeanor, as did Kara and Wonder Woman, who had spent more time with the Pseudo-Servant than any other person present. Kara in particular was shocked by the sudden change, and noticed the shift in eye and hair color after she noticed the change in aura around Gray.
Memories of thousands of years long since passed flowed into Gray's mind.
Searching during the final years of his life for the elixir of life would would supposedly grant one eternal youth.... ”In the North there is the Great Wall, in the South there is the Lingqu Canal”, both feats accomplished by the First Emperor of China....
He was Huangdi of the State of Qin. His rule was absolute right up until the day he died.
Gray's body flashed a bright white light and his Greek armor was replaced by a Chinese garment whose name eluded the members of the Justice League. None were familiar with Chinese history or Chinese mythology. Even Diana who specialized in ancient relics and artifacts.
His hair grew longer and took on multiple shades of blue. Being darkest at the base and lighter at the ends of the strands. His eyes grew red, but not with bloodlust, with arrogance and absolute authority. Long flowing robes covered his body, reaching down to the ground, yet no dirt marred the beautiful looked robes, even as they were dragged along the dirt.
Gray seemed to have grown taller, more dignified as he placed his left hand behind his back and held a decorative sword in his right. He looked at Berserker's figure, who let go of the bowstring, sending a massive blast of fiery red mana towards Gray, who merely waved his left hand and spoke,
”[The Dominating Beginning: The First Emperor]”.