When mentioning the word "wanted criminal", Lin Zhongtian narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Tong Shen with a smile.

Under his gaze, Tong Shen's back broke out in cold sweat. He smiled awkwardly and said, "If I say that I was not the one who called the police, would you believe me?"

Lin Zhongtian said with a half-smile: "What do you think?"

Tong Shen blinked his eyes, suddenly turned around and ran out of the house, shouting: "Archer, there are enemies here!"

“…”

Lin Zhongtian twitched the corner of his mouth and stretched out his big hand, and Tong Shen returned to him as if time had gone back.

"You little bastard." Lin Zhongtian grabbed Tong Shen's shoulders and sneered, "I sold you the real thing with good intentions, but you betrayed me. Should we settle this account?"

“…”

Tong Shen swallowed in shock, and glanced at Toosaka Rin and Emiya Shirou who were outside the house and had no reaction. His heart was filled with unbelievable shock and unspeakable fear.

"Big...Big brother." Tong Shen suppressed the fear in his heart and whispered carefully, "Tomb robbing is against the law."

Lin Zhongtian rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Isn't buying and selling illegal?"

Tong Shen was speechless for a moment, and then hesitantly explained: "I have reasons to buy it."

"..." Lin Zhongtian looked at him steadily, then suddenly let go of his hand and said, "Forget it. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a great joy in life. I am a magnanimous person, so I won't argue with you any more!"

“…”

Tong Shen breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when he suddenly heard Toosaka Rin's anxious voice coming from the front.

"Tong Shen, hide quickly - no, Archer, protect this house quickly!"

Tong Shen was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but turn his head to look outside the door.

Not far away, in the direction where Saber and Berserker were fighting, an exaggerated axe sword was seen flying towards them, with whistling air currents entwining around the axe sword, making it look extremely powerful.

Hearing Toosaka Rin's words, Hong A jumped down from the roof without hesitation and condensed two short swords, one black and one white, in his hands.

But before he could stop the flying axe and sword, a slender hand suddenly stretched out from above his shoulder.

"……when?!"

Hong A's pupils shrank as he watched the big hand reach out in front of the axe and sword, and then in one thousandth of a second, he slightly bent his fingers and accurately flicked the spinning blade of the axe and sword.

"call--"

The whistling airflow turned into a strong wind that swept away. The axe and sword that were spinning at high speed paused for a moment, and then instantly broke through the sound barrier, carrying layers of sonic boom clouds, and shot in the direction from which it came.

At this time, Berserker was still roaring in the same place.

The next moment, the spinning axe cut off his head, and then flew towards the temple wall with the remaining momentum, easily penetrated the wall, and disappeared into the woods outside the temple.

“Rustle, rustle—”

Flocks of birds took off from the woods.

Saber held the invisible sword in her hand, staring blankly at the body that suddenly fell to its knees in front of her.

In front of the door of the house not far from her, Toosaka Rin and Emiya Shirou stared blankly at the headless body in front of them, and then turned their heads stiffly to look at Hong A who was also standing there in a daze, and the tall figure that appeared behind him.

Lin Zhongtian ignored the gazes of the two people. He just patted the shoulder of the red-clothed hero in front of him and spoke lightly.

"Go play somewhere else."

After saying that, Lin Zhongtian turned around nonchalantly and returned to the stunned Tong Shen.

"…Who are you?"

Tong Shen came back to his senses and asked in a difficult tone.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "I didn't plan to meet you so early, but I have something to do and need to leave for a while, so I came here early to speed up your progress."

“…”

Tong Shen stared at Lin Zhongtian in a daze.

He understood these words separately, but why couldn't he understand them when they were put together?

"……What's the meaning?"

"You'll soon understand."

Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, and then turned his gaze to Lu Bu who was shrouded in a shield of light.

…

"High-speed divine words: space replacement!"

A purple light flashed, and a huge amount of magic power gathered in front of Medea in an instant, trying to exchange the space in front of her with the space behind Lu Bu.

But at this moment, there was a flash of silver light around, and the slightly fluctuating space was forcibly frozen by some force. The Fang Tian Huaji, which was supposed to stab her back under the effect of space displacement, pierced Medea's body in an instant.

“Puff——”

The pitch-black halberd blade pierced through her chest, and Medea spat out a mouthful of blood, and the hood on her head fell off.

Her long light blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall, with two pointed ears sticking out from her hair. On her exquisite and beautiful face, a pair of light blue pupils like the clear sky looked at Lu Bu in front of her with fear.

“…It’s actually an elf?”

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, but still lifted Medea's body high up without hesitation and threw her to the ground fiercely.

"call--"

The sound of whistling wind came from his ears, and Lu Bu swung his halberd without looking back, and hit the figure behind him with the halberd's blade.

Soichiro Kuzuki spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body shot backwards like a cannonball.

Originally, he should have crashed into the city wall not far behind him, but at this moment, the barrier of Hulao Pass seemed to become suddenly fragile, and was actually penetrated directly by Soichirō Kuzuki's flying body, turning into a spot of light and dissipating.

"boom!"

After crashing through the silver light shield, Soichiro Kuzuki flew seven or eight meters away. After falling to the ground, he rolled three or four times in a row before he barely stopped in front of Toosaka Rin and Emiya Shirou.

Seeing Soichiro Kuzuki's face covered in blood, Toosaka Rin and Shirou Emiya were slightly stunned.

The latter ignored the incredibly powerful human youth and quickly squatted down, trying to help Soichiro Kuzuki up.

"Teacher Kuzuki, are you okay?"

Before Emiya Shirou could extend his hand, Toosaka Rin silently stopped him.

"Emiya-san, don't forget that Kuzuki-sensei is Caster's Master..."

“…”

Shirou Emiya was slightly startled, and then his expression became complicated.

Hong A looked thoughtfully at Medea, whose figure had become somewhat blurred, and analyzed softly, "I see. When the person who was designated for the duel is on the verge of death, the barrier will disappear, and the other challengers who were pulled into the duel will not be implicated."

“Good analysis!”

Lu Bu walked out of the silver light shield, looked at Hong A with appreciation, and then saw Lin Zhongtian not far behind him.

"Forest……"

Lu Bu's face was filled with astonishment, and he subconsciously uttered a word.

But then he reacted and quickly changed his words, "Being close to death is not the only condition for the barrier to disappear. Subjective defeat or direct surrender can also invalidate the duel barrier!"

“…”

Hong A looked at Lu Bu with a twitching mouth, as if he didn't expect that this guy would tell him such important information directly.

Not only him, Lin Zhongtian also felt helpless.

He knew that Lu Bu was trying to make up for his slip of the tongue, but there was no need to exchange information for that, right?

"I see……"

Soichiro Kuzuki spat out the blood, supported himself on the ground with his hands, and managed to stand up.

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows slightly, put away his slightly panicked expression, and turned to look at Kuzuki Soichiro.

I saw the other party calmly assuming a fighting stance, with an indescribable murderous aura rising from his body.

Shirou Emiya was stunned when he saw this, and couldn't help but say: "Teacher Kuzuki, Caster has been defeated and will soon dissipate. You have no reason to continue fighting... As long as you give up the Holy Grail and give up the battle, we will never hurt you!"

"He's right..."

A faint voice came from the side. Lu Bu tilted his head slightly and looked at Medea, who was kneeling on the ground, covered in blood and her body was already a little weak.

She raised her head while forcing herself to endure the pain, looked at Kuzuki Soichiro and pleaded, "Master, I did what happened tonight without telling you, and I will bear the consequences alone... You are no match for him, and you will only die in vain if you do this."

"Yeah, I'm definitely no match for him."

Kuzuki Soichiro said calmly: "But since I have accepted your request, there is no reason to give up halfway. After all, this matter started with me, so naturally I have to end it..."

Hearing what Soichiro Kuzuki said, Medea was stunned at first, and then she showed an extremely beautiful smile.

"I understand. Then let me enjoy your final battle, Soichiro..."

Looking at Medea with a bright smile, Tong Shen suddenly had a feeling of "winning, but also losing".

"How does it feel to eat dogs and wolves on the spot?"

Lin Zhongtian put his arm around his shoulders and asked cheerfully.

Tong Shen was slightly startled, and felt a little strange about this sentence.

But before he could think about it, the bricks under Soichiro Kuzuki's feet suddenly exploded.

The figure in tattered pajamas turned into an arrow and rushed towards Lu Bu with a trail of afterimages.

When he was close to Lu Bu, Soichiro Kuzuki slightly raised his right arm that was hanging by his side, and suddenly thrust it out as if it was equipped with a spring.

“Swish, swish, swish—”

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen fist shadows that were difficult to see with the naked eye attacked Lu Bu's head.

But Lu Bu just shook his head slightly and easily avoided them one by one.

"The movement is much slower than before. Has the magic's strengthening effect ended?"

Lu Bu said this lightly, then suddenly swung out his arm, grabbed Soichiro Kuzuki's neck and lifted him up high.

Seeing Soichiro Kuzuki struggling in Lu Bu's hands, Medea was not sad, but felt even happier.

Lu Bu sighed and said, "Since you have fought me with all your strength, I will let you die without any pain..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Bu exerted slight force with his five fingers.

Soichiro Kuzuki opened his eyes slightly, and then lost his voice completely.

"I'll give it back to you..."

Lu Bu threw Soichirō Kuzuki's body to Medea.

Medea quickly caught it, then held Soichiro Kuzuki's head, looked at those lifeless eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and her body gradually turned into a bright point of light and dissipated in the air.

"alright!"

Lin Zhongtian suddenly clapped his hands, awakening everyone with complicated expressions from their trance.

Except for Berserker who had been resurrected from the dead, and Saber who was fighting with the former, everyone including Hong A, Toosaka Rin, Emiya Shirou, Tong Shen and Lu Bu turned their eyes to Lin Zhongtian.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "For some reason, the progress of the Holy Grail War will be accelerated!"

"Always hiding in the dark and fighting is somewhat unworthy of the Holy Grail's name, so I decided to build a magnificent booth for you, which will serve as the final battlefield of the Holy Grail War!"

As he spoke, Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly and stretched out his right hand in front of everyone's stunned gazes.

The next second, there was a rumbling sound from the earth, and the ground beneath their feet rumbled up in front of everyone's shocked gazes...