Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Go and get something done."

He tucked the watch face into his waistband and then looked into the distance.

"Something that only I can do."

A deep blue light enveloped Gates' entire body, and after a moment, he transformed into the resurrected Gates Gale form.

Woz watched him, then used his thrusters to fly directly out of the city and head towards a more distant direction.

What exactly is Yan Ming planning? Only Gates probably knows the answer.

In short, Wozniak was indeed struggling with this catastrophic situation.

But he didn't think Yan Ming would be so easily driven into a corner.

He was his most loyal subject, so even if the other party did not ask him to do anything, he would still trust him.

"I wish you all the best, my Demon King."

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boom--!!

After blasting away an unknown number of different sub-giants, Yan Ming confirmed the situation before him.

In roughly the center of the seventh school district, there is a segregated area.

Countless alien Agitos surrounded a figure in the very center, not daring to approach the center, while that figure led them all as if they were the leader.

"It was right here."

Previously, Yan Ming had encountered an alien knight called Alien Dragon Fang in the previous world.

That was the first time he learned about Another Riders. So after that battle, he asked Woz as many questions as possible about the Another Riders. Then, not long after, he was attacked by Another Build, which further confirmed his knowledge of the Another Riders.

So when Yan Ming first saw the Another Agito, he began to verify it with the information he had in his mind about the Another Agito that Woz had mentioned—most of it matched.

Except for the fact that their proliferation rate during infection far exceeds the level described by Wozniak, the results are basically consistent.

The reason for this situation is probably because these alien knights are now completely different in strength from before.

Yan Ming didn't know why they had become stronger than before, but in any case, since the time of the Alien Dragon Fang, these Alien Knights had all shown a level of power that they did not originally possess.

The same applies to the heteromorphic subatomic form.

However, although their strength and abilities have changed, what will certainly not change is their essence.

He walked to the blank circle and looked directly at the figure standing in the very center.

That is also a different kind of subatomic form.

However... its entire body is a mix of red and blue.

Half of its body is red, half is blue, and the chest area is a combination of gold and dark green. Only its head is completely the same as the other Agito.

However, its eyes revealed a red and blue luster.

Upon discovering Yan Ming, this alien Agito turned around immediately, opened its mucus-covered mouth, and spewed out scorching hot steam from its body.

"The real body is right here."

According to the knowledge Woz provided him, the Anomalous Agito, although possessing the ability to differentiate into individuals and multiply, still has an entity as its substantial subject.

Everything will end once the main body is defeated.

This is theoretically the optimal solution.

Yan Ming raised his twin swords and approached the alien Agito step by step. Judging from its current appearance, its power was far beyond that of an ordinary alien Agito.

Therefore, he will take this guy in front of him seriously.

After realizing Yan Ming's actions, the alien Agito's sharp teeth twitched, causing all the surrounding individuals to retreat.

It inserts its hands into its abdomen and pulls out something like bone marrow.

Those are its weapons: a halberd imbued with the power of wind, and a saber imbued with the power of fire.

Wielding two weapons of different lengths, the alien Agito roared and charged straight at Yan Ming.

bass--!!

Like a flash of lightning.

The weapon thrusting straight at him was the enemy's halberd, its tip wreathed in a dark blue hurricane that greatly amplified its power.

Yan Ming used the edge of his sword to hold off the tip of the opponent's sword, then slightly pried it aside, and then used the edge of his strongest ultimate sword to directly stab the alien Agito in the chest.

Just as the sword was about to strike, the opponent's blade blocked Yan Ming's attack with a strange arc.

The two equally matched forces clashed instantly.

In this stalemate, Yan Ming suddenly raised his foot and kicked his opponent in the abdomen.

He kicked the belt-like gemstone in one swift motion.

The weapon in the hands of the alien Agito fell one after another, while Yan Ming pulled the trigger of his weapon and slashed down one after another with a frontal slashing posture, gathering a large amount of energy.

"Knight's Slash!"

The bright purple light relentlessly sliced ​​through the alien knight's flesh.

Without even using time manipulation, Yan Ming suppressed his opponent simply through sheer power.

An explosion came from behind him, and the smoke of destruction enveloped the alien Agito's body.

And then it was all over.

—That's how it should be.

The true form of the alien Agito was indeed struck by Yan Ming and then dissipated on the spot, but—

Another individual standing not far away began to convulse.

Yan Ming looked at the other party warily, only to see its body expand continuously, and then change into a red and blue color scheme.

"I see."

By predicting the future, Yan Ming learned something.

That is, no matter how many Agito individuals are killed, even if the main body is destroyed, they will not perish.

If the main body is killed, an alternate entity will instantly evolve into the main body. If this new main body is killed, a new main body will evolve again, and so on in a continuous cycle.

Given his current predicament with Imagine Breaker, he doesn't dare to reverse time in its entirety yet. The same logic applies if time is accelerated. Moreover, Yan Ming doesn't think that accelerating the time of the Anomalous Agito to thousands or tens of thousands of years later would be a good thing.

They possess the ability to evolve infinitely, so directly accelerating time would only be falling into their trap.

But Yan Ming remained unperturbed.

He continued to raise his twin swords, facing the enemy directly before him, while the alien Agito used his toes to pick up the fallen halberd and saber, and once again attacked Yan Ming with a frenzied attack.

Swords flashed one after another, and the power of flames and storms swept together, creating an even more powerful three-in-one move.

However, Yan Ming was still not afraid of this attack.

He easily raised his hand, and the opponent's attack was accelerated to zero the instant it was about to touch him, while the weapon in Yan Ming's hand once again flashed with iridescent light.

"Zi-O is the strongest!"

Before the triple power of the alien Agito could erupt, Yan Ming accelerated his own time and arrived in front of his opponent.

He plunged the blade into its abdomen, and the iridescent light instantly engulfed the entire body of the alien Agito.

"Overlord Slash!"

The destructive force blew everything around it away.

If Yan Ming hadn't been in control, the rampaging sword would have completely sliced ​​through all the surrounding buildings. But under his skillful control, the iridescent lightsaber swept across the area, severing all the alien knights from the root.

The flames from the explosion filled the earth.

But when Yan Ming looked into the distance again, after they were destroyed, new alien species, the Agito, kept emerging from some unknown place.

This time, however, it's a little different.

As the true form of the alien Agito, its body continued to expand, transforming from its original three-colored appearance into a deep red color resembling a fiery hell all over.

Even the horns on its head have transformed into hexagonal shapes.

"It's evolved again..."

It reached into its abdomen and pulled out the spine-like object, transforming it into a sharp, silver-red longsword.

Shining King Sword.

With that longsword-like posture, the evolved alien Agito roared repeatedly and continued to swing its sword at Yan Ming.

Clang—!

After using his strongest ultimate sword to block the opponent's slash, Yan Ming truly felt that its power had increased significantly this time.

At least, it's no longer the level where you can easily slaughter someone with just the Knight's Slash, like before.

He carefully raised the tip of his sword, and just as he clearly felt the opponent's power slowly suppressing him, he instantly sliced ​​through the middle of the shining king sword with the blade.

But the alien Agito seized the opportunity to ignite flames in his hands and threw a punch directly at him.

Yan Ming stopped the opponent's hands in an instant, and then, in the form of overloading the body functions of the second-stage Time King, he pierced through the body with a sword, exploding its flesh with pure energy.

Nevertheless, countless other Agitos continued to attack him.

And the original body evolved from that source once again.

Click—click click—

This time, the alien Agito, whose body was filled with burning power, began to shine even brighter.

—This time, it is the power of dazzling light.

Upon reaching its final evolution, its strength far surpasses that of the original Agito-level Another Knights.

Yan Ming could clearly feel that the opponent's power was increasing without limit.

"…snort."

But so what?

With his movement, the energy within his body, which had been evolving without limit and increasing, was forcibly stopped because of Yan Ming's action.

Even the other alien Agitos around them all stopped in their tracks.

Stopping time, Yan Ming unleashed the Overlord Slash once more, this time wielding it in succession to annihilate all the alien Ajitas before him.

…Then, not long after, new Agito aliens once again filled the entire battlefield.

He just kept going on and on like this, fighting in the same old way.

"Is that guy... an idiot?"

Even Ur, standing in a distant building, couldn't bear to watch any longer.

He frowned deeply. That guy Zi-O just keeps fighting like this, fighting, and it's been going on for who knows how many times. Why is that?

Doesn't he realize that he has no chance of winning at all?

“…Ur!”

"What's wrong? Don't tell me you're planning to do something else this time..."

"No! Look over there!"

Guided by Aura, Ur looked directly in the direction she pointed and gazed at the distant location.

Do not…

To be precise, it was the distant sky.

So, both Ur and Aura, whoever they were, were stunned in place at that moment.

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The infection, known as the Aberrant Agito, has spread and completely covered the nearby continent.

But what comes next?

It was a deep blue flash.

With speed faster than lightning, he searched and explored every inch of the continent, every infected area, and wiped out all sources of infection.