Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

But he wasn't worried at all.

Under Swartz's watchful gaze, in the blink of an eye, all his injuries vanished, and he was fully restored to his peak condition.

"Could it be that he has manipulated his own time?!"

Going back in time—this is an incredibly simple and easy-to-understand phrase.

Since the body is seriously injured and burdened by overload, why not just control your time and restore yourself to the state before the injury?

Based on this simple principle, Yan Ming can even continuously rewind his time to maintain a semi-permanent fighting ability.

In terms of strength, Swartz is far superior to Yan Ming. The fact that he was able to bring Yan Ming to the brink of death with just one strike shows his overwhelming advantage.

But Yan Ming has more advantages.

Wisdom, ability, combat awareness, and quick thinking.

Everything was combined to turn the greatest disadvantage into the greatest advantage.

How could this new Demon Lord, who has only reached the second stage of Zi-O, become so strong?

Swartz didn't understand.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot allow the other party to continue living in this world.

But in the next instant.

A pale blue figure appeared directly beside him.

"Reve Hayate! Shippu!"

"Haaah—!!"

That was a sudden and absolutely unexpected attack.

Unleashing over a hundred million combos in less than an instant, coupled with being ambushed, even Swartz was forced back a step.

"You bastard—?"

He quickly looked behind him, but by then the blue figure had already retreated at lightning speed.

Gates Gale, the Resurrected.

Arriving beside Yan Ming with overwhelming speed, Gates stood directly next to him.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

"You won't die, keep fighting."

Such a nonchalant response, coupled with the fact that he appeared to be completely unharmed, immediately shocked Gates even more.

Ultimately, how will all of this end up?

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 183 Flexible and Adaptable Battles

"Tsk... So what if your numbers have increased?!"

Swartz will never let an opportunity to defeat his opponent slip by.

Although Yan Ming's abilities are not easy to deal with, and even now there is Meikoin Gates coming to help him, Swartz is very clear that the advantage is still on his side.

These two people are far inferior to himself after transforming into Another Decade, both in terms of defense and strength.

As long as he touches the other person even once, it counts as a victory for him.

All that's left is for him to find the right opportunity.

Then, Swartz raised his hands again.

Countless dark purple energies transformed into card-like forms in mid-air, locking onto Yan Ming and Gates.

"Oops!"

Even with the speed of the wind, Gates was still afraid of Swartz's attack, because once he touched it, he would be completely finished.

But just as those cards were about to attack.

Yan Ming instantly raised his hand and waved it, and the sky was immediately covered by an invisible energy.

The purplish-black energy attacks were all twisted and blocked, and then all dissipated in place.

It was Yan Ming who used his ability to accelerate time to speed up all these attacks to the moment they were completely destroyed.

"Don't panic. If you panic at this time, you will fall into the enemy's trap."

"That's right..."

Gates wholeheartedly agreed with Yan Ming's statement: if Gates starts to scare himself just because Swartz is powerful, then he truly has no chance of winning.

They each picked up their weapons and then, in top form, took their steps toward Swartz.

boom--

Purple and blue figures simultaneously broke through a realm known as dozens of times the speed of sound.

One side expands time, while the other side accelerates time.

From Swartz's perspective, it looked like two bolts of lightning of different colors were approaching him.

In response, Swartz also swung his hands, channeling immense power into his fists, and slammed them towards the two men.

The fist, enveloped in dark purple energy, tore through the air and blasted out with overwhelming speed.

But just as they were about to touch, their bodies were abruptly avoided.

"what?"

Needless to say, Gale's super-high speed is unparalleled. Even Zi-O II, relying on the time acceleration effect, can reach an ultimate speed second only to Gale's level.

The two dodged Swartz's punches from the left and right sides, and then moved to his left and right sides.

Immediately afterwards, the flashing blades and shadowy swords crashed down.

Swartz was jolted forward by the fierce attack, with a barrage of bombardments erupting from both sides.

"You two...!"

Despite possessing the power to easily crush opponents, they still get toyed with by them.

This feeling is like a tall human trying his best to crush a few tiny sparrows, but because of the sparrows' own ability to fly and their agile body structure, he is repeatedly outmaneuvered by them.

This is how Swartz feels right now.

He raised his hand again, throwing out the energy that had been replenished, which then attacked the air in the form of countless spikes.

Such a dense area is even finer than raindrops, making it impossible for the human body to avoid.

Faced with that massive, exaggerated attack, Yan Ming raised his hand again, stopping the attack in time.

A burst of iridescent ripples, and all the dark purple spikes vanished from mid-air, falling outside the timeline.

Seizing the opportunity, Gates took a step at supersonic speed.

Raising the Time Folding Claw in his hand, he pulled the trigger of the weapon repeatedly. The radiance that wrapped around the claw like a whirlwind instantly gave it greater and faster power and attack speed.

"Don't try to succeed."

Boom! The world was thrown into chaos.

That was a distortion of time and space, and what followed was... a halt in time.

Even the resurrected Gale, who was at supersonic speed, was forced to stop in place.

'Oh no...oh no!'

Gates couldn't help but panic. No matter how fast you go, once time is stopped, you are completely powerless.

But in the very next instant...

Under the influence of another force, Gates immediately regained control over his body.

Without a doubt, that was the time stop that Yan Ming had helped him remove.

"You—!"

While cursing Yan Ming in the distance, Swartz quickly shifted his gaze to the front, because Gates was already charging towards him with a weapon in hand.

Although his strength and defense were overwhelmingly superior to the two guys in front of him, that didn't mean he would be unharmed after being attacked by them.

Swartz is by no means invincible, so if he is not careful, he could be overturned even when facing ants.

then.

A silvery curtain instantly appeared directly in front of Gates.

"Humph!"

As he swallowed Gates' body, Swartz then reversed its orientation—stepping out backwards from the aurora curtain in front of him once more.

"what?!"

"Too late, die!"

The roaring monster unleashed its energy in the form of a kick, aiming directly at the back of Gates' neck, leaving him with absolutely no chance of survival.

But Swartz seems to have forgotten one thing.

In his resurrected Gale state, Gates not only gains incredible speed, but his reaction time also receives a dimensional boost with the help of the system and his abilities.

After reacting with lightning speed, Gates immediately bent down.

He then unleashed a charged attack towards Swartz's leg.

"Combined Claw Slash!"

"ha--!!"

The azure claws pierced through the air, delivering over a million attacks in a mere millisecond.

Swartz gritted his teeth, and sparks inevitably flew from the front of his body.

By the time he took a few steps back, Gates had already disappeared from sight.

Instead, a figure that had been approaching without anyone noticing took its place.

Shilun Yanming.

The opponent was wielding two swords and was attacking him head-on in a dual-wielding style.

"Zi-O is the strongest!"

"Overlord Slash!"

"How could such a weak move possibly work on me!"

Bang!! Just as Yan Ming's deadly slash came from directly in front, Swartz blocked it with the back of his right hand.

Just as he expected.

The surprise attack with the Overlord Slash and the Time Limit Sword alone was far from enough to break through Swartz's conscious defense.

The two swords, crisscrossed with purple and colorful streaks of light, struck the opponent's gauntlets in a crossed pattern, but Swartz blocked all the force with a single hand.

'Let's take advantage of his approach and kill this toughest one first!'

At this distance, Yan Ming had no chance of evading it.

Swartz blocked the opponent's attack with his right hand, then gathered energy in his left hand and blasted it out again in the form of an energy blast.

In this way, the shell would pierce through Yan Ming's body and send him to his death.

—Buzz.

That was an unnatural distortion.

Upon closer inspection, one can notice that Yan Ming's swords are no longer attacking Swartz's arms.

Swartz's energy blast was embedded in the opponent's abdomen in a bizarre manner, and then passed through him perfectly from behind.

"Varied--?!"

This is an illusion; it's Yan Ming projecting himself from a few seconds ago onto the present timeline using the principles he learned in the previous battle.

But Swartz completely forgot about that.

Once his attack completely pierced through the time-distorted phantom, the real Yan Ming returned to the present from outside the timeline.