Era of Heroic Spirits: I Was Exposed by Alaya

She couldn't believe it: "Aren't you a swordsman? How can you project Jiang Ziya's Noble Phantasm?"

The [God-Slaying Whip] was precisely the strongest Noble Phantasm wielded by Jiang Ziya, the protagonist of that era, during the deification ceremony.

It possessed a special attack against gods, designed to lash at deities!

"Actually, I'm a magus."

A faint smile appeared on Nameless's pale face.

He swung the God-Slaying Whip once more, striking fiercely at his opponent.

Under the assault of this whip, which specialized in suppressing divinity, Tamamo-no-Mae—the spirit of the sun goddess Amaterasu—was suddenly subjected to extreme suppression.

Tamamo-no-Mae sneered, "Even if you can project the God-Slaying Whip, at best it can suppress my divinity. It poses no threat to me, the Human Order's Calamity."

The God-Slaying Whip was indeed her bane.

Back when she was Su Daji, she had suffered under that bastard Jiang Ziya's attacks, leaving her powerless to resist.

All that talk about corrupting the Shang Dynasty—it was just the result of the gods' scheming.

She was merely a pawn.

Her so-called journey to Chaoge to serve King Zhou was nothing more than an illusion she casually cast.

As a true deity, how could she possibly love ordinary humans?

Only someone like Nameless, a guardian of human history and one blessed by Alaya, could earn her favor.

"But it's enough!"

Nameless replied with a smile.

Just then.

Hinako, who had been standing at a distance, suddenly stepped forward: "If we want to restrain her as planned, I must return to my original form!"

"Drink."

Nameless extended his hand, paying no heed to the blood he was losing.

Battling Qin Shi Huang and Tamamo-no-Mae had already drained much of his blood, all of it used to nourish her.

If not for the powerful regenerative blessing of Shennong when he summoned the ancestral deities earlier, he would have long since bled to death!

Not to mention, he also bore the blessings of the Olympian gods, granting him [Battle Continuation].

He would not stop fighting until the last drop of blood was shed!

Once she had her fill, Hinako's eyes burned with crimson flames, unleashing the terrifying power of an inner sea spirit of the world.

She whispered, "Ancestral Power, unseal!"

As a spirit from the Inner Sea of the Planet, her existence was even more unique than that of the gods.

She could share etheric mana with nature itself, with no need to store mana within her body.

She could draw upon it endlessly from the outside world.

Her human form had only constrained this ability.

Now, after consuming Nameless's blood, she had finally returned to her true form.

Hinako—

No, she should now be called Yu Mei-ren.

Endless blood mist swirled around her, as if a mournful song echoed in the air.

Yu Mei-ren soared toward her opponent, wreathed in the blood mist: "Tamamo-no-Mae, take this!"

"Hmph, useless. Even as a spirit of the Inner Sea of the Planet, you stand no chance against me!" Tamamo-no-Mae mocked.

Earlier, she had considered collaborating with her to deal with Nameless and Qin Shi Huang, only for her to instantly switch sides and aid Nameless wholeheartedly.

How pathetic!

Unlike her—if she couldn't have something, she'd take it by force.

If you don't even dare to take what you want, how can you claim to love someone?

"Useless, you say?"

Yu Mei-ren laughed brightly, "Explosion is art—let me show you my true trump card!"

The boundless magic of the natural world converged into her body, transforming into an endless magical source as vast as the Holy Grail.

Even the immense magic summoned by Tamamo-no-Mae was completely devoured by her.

The sky turned utterly crimson.

The earth became blood-red!

The heavens and earth changed color as the dirge of death descended.

Yu Mei-ren spread her arms wide, embracing the moment with fervor. "By sacrificing my body, I cast upon you the strongest curse—"

[Lament of the Cursed Blood and Corpse Dissolution]

"Stay away from me!" Tamamo-no-Mae finally realized what she intended to do and instinctively tried to retreat.

But it was already too late!

The terrifying magic within Yu Mei-ren's body erupted violently at that moment.

A vast crimson energy wantonly engulfed everything.

This was Yu Mei-ren's trump card.

By abandoning her physical form, she pushed her magic beyond its limits, using a curse to bombard her opponent before reconstructing her body—a suicidal explosion attack!

Tamamo-no-Mae, who had already been forcibly suppressed by the God-Slaying Whip, suffered grievous wounds once more under this frenzied self-destruction.

Tamamo-no-Mae roared in fury, "You're truly insane!"

A lunatic who inflicted eight hundred wounds on the enemy at the cost of ten thousand to herself!

Who in their right mind would detonate their own body and use it as a Noble Phantasm to attack?

The spectators were stunned—

-[A suicide attack? You can actually do that?!]

-[To be called insane by Tamamo-no-Mae, the Beast of Humanity… terrifying!]

-[This is horrifying! Tamamo-no-Mae is a deranged, blackened yandere, but you're a suicidal maniac!]

-[Who even remembers the refined literary girl, Hinako… and this is supposed to be a lady?!]

Roya gulped. "An angry lady is truly terrifying!"

This was too frightening—she actually launched a suicide attack without hesitation.

Are you freaking a bomber or something?

Miyu nodded in agreement. "Big Brother really has it rough—being targeted by the Beast of Humanity who wants to extract his soul, and now this self-destructing fairy has her eyes on him too..."

"True."

Illya shuddered at the thought.

Let's not forget, she had also been summoned into the Lostbelt and traveled alongside Hinako Akuta.

She had initially thought the other girl was a quiet, refined lady—only to discover her violent side later.

"Why did you guys even think of her as a lady…?"

Souma was utterly baffled.

That woman's nickname was literally [Angry Old Akuta]—how could anyone mistake her for a refined lady?

The whole "literary maiden" act was just a front she put up at the beginning.

The price of getting her to act nearly drained him dry!

Absolutely terrifying.

Even he couldn't sustain her.

Couldn't she just switch to a different bodily fluid instead of blood?

...

Under the stunned gazes of everyone present,

Yu Mei-ren, who had just self-destructed, had already quietly reconstructed her body and was now lying in Nameless' arms.

With a playful smile, she said, "Well, what can I say? Only a fairy with a Spirit Core linked to the environment can pull off a self-destruct attack like this!"

It's not like she could die anyway.

With the immense blood energy Nameless provided, reconstructing her body was a breeze—so of course, she wasn't afraid.

"You damn bastard, I'll send you straight into the sun—let's see if you survive that!" Tamamo-no-Mae snarled in fury.

But first, she needed to replenish some energy.

Becoming a Beast of Humanity was only possible through her collaboration with the Fantasy Tree, which granted her the massive energy required for her transformation.

After taking consecutive hits, she was now determined to fully mobilize the Fantasy Tree's power to suppress all her enemies.

Just as she was about to make her move—

Nameless had already launched his next attack. "Enkidu, if you would."

Whoosh—

Golden chains, gleaming like spears, erupted from behind him, surging toward Tamamo-no-Mae as she tried to retreat to the peak of the Fusang Tree.

This was the mightiest divine weapon of the Mesopotamian gods—

[Enkidu!]

At this moment, Nameless had projected it, transforming it into the ultimate binding Noble Phantasm—

BOOM!

Countless golden chains erupted with their full might.

Piercing through the massive flaming tails, they coiled around Tamamo-no-Mae's radiant body, binding her tightly and leaving her unable to struggle free.

"Damn it! You bastard!"

Tamamo-no-Mae let out a furious roar.

If she could just return to the peak of the Fusang Tree, she would regain access to the terrifying energy equivalent to the Lostbelt's origin.

All the suppression she had endured would be shattered in an instant.

No matter how much they resisted, no one could stand against her while she wielded the power of the Fusang Divine Tree!

And yet—

This short distance might as well have been an insurmountable chasm, leaving her utterly helpless.

At that moment, Nameless quietly drew a bow, smiling faintly. "Actually, I'm not a swordsman, nor a mage—my real class is Archer."

"???"

Tamamo-no-Mae was instantly baffled.

You, with your insane close-combat skills—an Archer?!

"Back then, when I let you devour that Golden Crow's origin, I warned you not to harm humanity."

Nameless' hand now held an ancient-looking arrow, seemingly crafted from beast bone.

"You can actually use that arrow?!"

Tamamo-no-Mae's eyes widened in shock.

This arrow—it was the very one they had retrieved together when they went searching for the Fusang Divine Tree.

At the top of the divine tree lay the corpse of a golden crow.

This was one of the golden crows shot down by the great archer Yi in ancient times.

A golden crow wielding the power of the sun was a genuine deity-level existence.

And Yi, who had felled a full nine golden crows—his strength was unimaginable.

He was absolutely qualified to be a Grand Archer!

Or rather, he was already a Grand-class existence like Qin Shi Huang.

He simply hadn't been granted a Grand Saint Graph.

Tamamo-no-Mae never expected this.

Nameless, who had long become an ordinary human, could actually wield the Noble Phantasms left behind by Yi—

[Bow of Solar Bane] and [Arrow of Solar Bane]!

This was the ultimate counter to her, who possessed the power of the sun!

Only now did Tamamo-no-Mae realize that her opponent truly had the power to kill her.

No wonder he had allowed her to devour the golden crow's corpse earlier and even deliberately warned her in advance!

Tamamo-no-Mae sneered, "Too bad you're not a Grand Archer. You can't unleash its full power."

If Yi were truly resurrected, she would be in grave danger.

But her opponent wasn't Yi.

He was merely a Master from Chaldea.

"You, the Beast who seeks to end human history—to truly defeat you, only a Grand-class Servant will suffice."

Nameless smiled faintly. "When I performed the summoning earlier, I already received Yi's blessing and legacy. In other words, I possess the potential to become a Grand Archer!"

"Hmph, a legacy is just a legacy. A Grand Archer—one who reaches the unreachable heavens, who shoots down the untouchable fantasy—you have no right to that title!" Tamamo-no-Mae scoffed.

Yi, who had shot down nine golden crows, was indeed a worthy candidate for the title of Grand Archer.

No one was more qualified than him.

But!

Nameless was not him.

Forget shooting down nine golden crows—he hadn't even defeated beings weaker than them.

There was no way he could become a Grand Archer.

None of that truly mattered, though.

The divine weapon [Enkidu] he had projected was on the verge of being shattered by Tamamo-no-Mae's overwhelming power.

This conversation was nothing more than a stalling tactic.

"Oh? How do you know I can't shoot down a golden crow?"

Under her disbelieving gaze, an unfathomable power erupted from Nameless' body as he truly drew the bow.

[Bow of Solar Bane] and [Arrow of Solar Bane]—after millennia of slumber, their radiance finally blazed once more!

"What?! You're sacrificing your Grand Archer-class Spirit Origin?!" Tamamo-no-Mae stared at him in shock.

He could have become a Grand Archer, yet he had discarded it without hesitation, pouring everything into this single shot!

At this moment, she felt a suffocating sense of crisis descend upon her.

This wasn't an empty threat—he truly could do it!

Nameless drew the bowstring and unleashed his strongest attack:

"Just as my teacher, King Hassan, once said—the title of Grand is not what I seek. The proof of my strength lies in this single arrow. Let me bend the bow and shoot down the sun!"

"In the name of preserving human order, I shall strip you of your solar power!"

BOOM!

[Bow of Solar Bane] bent to its limit, its terrifying power erupting in full force.

The dazzling [Arrow of Solar Bane] shot straight toward Tamamo-no-Mae, still bound by [Enkidu].

"NO!!!"

Tamamo-no-Mae let out a scream of terror, desperately trying to evade.

But it was futile.

The arrow pierced straight through her.

The radiant solar light surrounding her began to dim under its power.

Tails burning with solar flames crumbled and dissipated under this single arrow.

The dazzlingly brilliant [Sun-Piercing Arrow] shot straight through the heavens without the slightest obstruction, shattering the Great Wall suspended in space in a thunderous explosion!