Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

From the perspective of distant space, Earth appears as if a perfect geometric pattern has been constructed on one of Earth's continents.

Then, the blue figure that had drawn such a large area in a mere minute returned to Academy City at an overwhelming speed.

Everything happened in an instant.

With the overwhelming speed brought by the resurrected Gates, within a mere ten seconds or so that ordinary people could perceive it—

Gates wiped out all the alien Agito individuals in the city.

"How...is this possible..."

Ur was completely stunned.

The deep blue figure then landed beside the Time-Space King and looked at him.

"I've sent you the coordinates, and everything is going exactly as you said."

"Thanks a lot."

And so—at this moment, Yan Ming realized that all of this should come to an end.

He then looked directly at the alien Agito, the only remaining person in front of him.

"Leave the rest to me."

"What follows is something only I can accomplish."

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 179 The Replacement of Hunter and Prey

"No...impossible!"

Ur opened his eyes wide, his expression one of disbelief.

He simply couldn't understand why the resurrected Gates could reach such a level of power so quickly. This was completely different from when he first met him…

"You are all so ignorant, Time Tribulationers."

The azure savior responded to Ur in a dismissive tone.

"You made a huge mistake: underestimating us. From the very beginning, you thought we couldn't overcome your difficulties. You underestimated us from the start. But we will not underestimate an enemy like you. No matter how strong we become, we will continue to explore our potential."

The signature abilities of the resurrected Gates are compressing and expanding spacetime.

Fierceness corresponds to the compression of spacetime, while gale corresponds to the expansion of spacetime.

If Gates could infinitely expand the speed he could achieve in an instant, he would gain an ultimate speed far surpassing that of everyone else.

With this power, his speed could potentially surpass all conceptual levels, allowing him to leap into a world of divine speed beyond human comprehension.

The alien Agitos are indeed found in every corner of this world, and their infection rate is overwhelming.

But Gates' speed was faster than their infection rate.

This is why Yan Ming wanted Gates to handle this matter. Since he was temporarily unable to use his time reversal ability to cover the entire world and reverse the flow, the top priority was the power of the resurrected Gale.

Although Yan Ming could achieve a similar level of speed by accelerating his own time, he still couldn't match the capabilities of Geiz's form in terms of speed combat.

In Gates's resurrected Gale form, everything in the world can change according to his will.

He can either slow everything he sees down to the crawling of a snail, or maintain his normal sensory state and continue to move around the earth at a speed that surpasses everything else.

When light shines on an object, it naturally creates a shadow. But Gates has even surpassed the speed of this natural phenomenon.

With speeds faster than light, and combined with his own Rider System's ability to detect signals from Another Riders, Gates easily wiped out every Another Rider scattered throughout every corner of the planet.

They had an overwhelming advantage from the very beginning.

No matter what tricks these time-travelers pull, at most they can only delay their tragic fate to some extent.

"..."

Aura suddenly felt her whole body stiffen, and even her breathing seemed to stop.

At this very moment, in this Academy City, no… on the entire Earth, there is no longer a single Agito remaining… only that last one.

That which exists as the true form, the otherworldly, radiant Agito.

"how so…?"

As if unable to accept reality, Ulton collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open, staring at the only remaining alien knight.

"These are all evolved powers, so why... why can't I still win?!"

"So what?"

What--?

On the street, the words spoken by the motionless Time-Space King made Ur swallow hard once again.

"Whether you've evolved in power or learned some new moves you didn't know before, it's all irrelevant. Your power has indeed increased, so what? I don't care."

The Demon King, wielding two swords, coldly strode toward the last remaining enemy.

"No matter how hard you try, you can't beat me."

—You alone could never defeat me.

The two time-jackers seemed to hear sounds like these.

They knew when and where they heard those words, and they were very clear about the origin of that memory.

In that future called 2068.

That ultimate time-space king who reigns supreme over everything, Oma Zi-O... that's exactly what he said to the whole world back then.

just now.

The being named Shilun Yanming uttered the same words that the monster had!

Before them, the only remaining monster was Agito, the Otherworldly One.

“Ur…”

Aura looked at Ur, but all Ur could do was tremble heavily.

"...Run away."

It's impossible to win, there's no way to defeat them. It's not even a question of whether or not they can win. Ur should know that their stupidity was beyond redemption from the moment they chose to be enemies with that guy.

Even in any possible future, regardless of cause and effect, there is absolutely no future in which that guy can be defeated.

Even if I had gained the slightest advantage before, it was nothing more than a superficial hope given to me by the other party in order to play with me, in order to completely plunge me into an abyss of despair where there was no chance of victory.

Devil.

A being who knows how to give others hope, yet in an instant displays overwhelming power to completely crush that hope and bring them a future from which there is no way out, is a true demon king.

As Time Jackers, Ur and Aura are indeed beings who transcend ordinary humans; in a sense, they control time to some extent.

But no matter what, they are still just human beings.

As humans, they could not possibly defeat the monster known as the Demon King.

Everything that this figure possessed was beyond the comprehension of humankind.

"Run, Aura! That monster is simply impossible to 'defeat,' even if we had a million more lives, we couldn't afford to lose it all!!"

On the verge of collapse, Ur grabbed Aura's hand and ran towards the distance without hesitation.

Then the final battle began.

Holding two swords, Yan Ming approached the last alien Agito at a very slow pace.

The alien knight in front of them seemed to have felt this terrifying aura that was etched into their bones.

It trembled uncontrollably, as if it instinctively wanted to kneel down. Every time the demon king in silver-purple armor took a step forward, it felt an invisible force constantly pressing down on it.

That feeling... was like having the entire universe pressing down on you.

Compared to fighting the demon king before it, it even instinctively felt that fighting the resurrected one beside it would be a much happier thing.

Its survival instinct had completely rendered it incapable of thinking about anything else.

With a voice filled with grief, despair, and anger, the alien Agito pulled two enormous vertebrae from his body and transformed them into two extremely sharp, shining king swords.

Wielding a sword capable of slicing through anything, the alien Agito descended from the sky.

Clang—!

The power of light and the power of fire, two powerful forces, were poured into the twin swords.

But the sword strike it unleashed with all its might was so easily caught by the demon king in front of it with a single hand.

Overloaded, doubled.

By channeling all his immense power into his right arm, Yan Ming instantly repelled the monster, which even the basic configuration of the second-stage Time King couldn't suppress, and then raised his other sword.

A purple light flashed, and sharp cuts appeared cleanly on his abdomen.

The alien Agito cried out in pain.

It panicked repeatedly, but Yan Ming seized the moment and raised the strongest sword in his right hand from below, knocking the weapon away with a single blow.

After losing his weapons, Yan Ming swung his twin swords horizontally from right to left, the swords drawing out a beautiful crescent-shaped purple light.

A breathtaking yet aesthetically pleasing strike of judgment.

Each slash perfectly injected energy into the alien Agito's body, causing it to retreat repeatedly, with more than a dozen sword cuts already appearing on its chest.

But it's not over yet.

It still has a last hope.

As he covered his bleeding wound with one hand, the alien Agito caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that the two Shining King Swords that had been knocked away were now falling straight down from the sky toward the back of that guy's neck!

The power of wind, fire, and earth, as well as the power of light and fire, were all infused into the two sword blades.

If we can hit the opponent like this—

Boom!! Then, a strange sound that seemed to resonate throughout the entire world suddenly deafened the alien Agito.

It saw a burst of iridescent light appear.

In that instant, the two swords that should have pierced Yan Ming's neck stopped abruptly in mid-air without warning.

"Gurgle... Waaah—?!"

I can't understand it. Why? How could this happen?!

And just as it was feeling puzzled by this—

The Demon King had appeared before him without him even realizing it.

This time, without using swords, Yan Ming tucked the sword inside his palm, grabbed the opponent's shoulder armor with just his fingers, pulled the alien Agito behind him, and kicked it hard in the chest with his raised right foot.

A purple streak of light erupted, and the monster struck directly fell instantly about ten meters away.

Then—time, which had been still, began to flow again.

In mid-air, the two swords that were supposed to be aimed at Yan Ming's nape instead pierced straight into his flesh.

I heard the sound of flesh being torn apart, and I heard the enemy's desperate pleas and screams.

But none of that could ever change the Demon King's impending absolute judgment.

Confirming that the opponent had lost all mobility due to the weapon piercing his body, Yan Ming merged his two swords together and adjusted the pointer on his facial watch face accordingly.

"The ultimate Finish Time!"

It was neither a slash, nor an impact, nor a simple shooting or chopping motion.

Yan Ming reversed the combined strongest time-limit sword half a turn, causing the blade to pierce directly into the ground beneath his feet.

The intense heat of the golden energy caused the streets of Academy City to shake violently.

"King! Giri Giri Slash!"

boom--!!

That is the ever-flowing golden rock, a jet stream that can pierce through the clouds in an instant.

On the street between Yan Ming and the alien Agito, beneath the road surface, the power formed by the energy of the fatal strike continuously erupts from the road in the form of jets.

It's like a volcano about to erupt.

The alien Agito was confronted with this incredible scene, so it was terrified and wanted to escape, but there was nowhere to run away.