Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

--boom!!

At that very moment, the time of everyday life and reality shattered.

Less than five meters away from Homura Akemi, a golden laser beam shot out horizontally.

It instantly destroyed half of the street in front of them.

Boom! Flames and explosions scattered everywhere, and the once bustling street was instantly reduced to ruins.

The girl's pupils constricted slightly at that moment.

At the same time—another amazing thing happened.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"

In contrast, another person flew out.

A man with an afro who rolled on the ground once and then got back up.

Following closely behind was another young man dressed in black and white... a young man with purple eyes.

"That bastard! How dare he treat me like a ball and throw me around like that! I can't take this anymore!"

"Eh...?"

Leaving aside the man with the afro and red eyes... Homura Akemi definitely knew the other person.

Shilun Yanming.

It was him...? Homura Akemi became slightly excited at the thought.

Meanwhile, another man shouted angrily, pointing to a silver...was that a belt?!

"Transform!"

"Sword Form!"

After a flash of crimson light, he transformed into a knight clad in white and red armor.

In front of at least dozens of people on the street, he struck an incomprehensible pose.

"Hey, I'm back again—Ouch! You little brat...why did you suddenly hit my head again!"

Not only the onlookers, but even Homura Akemi looked at this person with surprise.

"...Is he an idiot?"

Volume Nine: The Demon King Appears: Chapter 378 Multiple Monsters from Different Knight Worlds

Let's set aside for now the guy who was wearing red and white armor.

"Ugh... Waaaaa!!"

Right in front of Yan Ming and Taotaros, a figure appeared that startled the passersby.

Even Homura Akemi showed a surprised expression when she saw the two figures.

"What...is that?!"

Approaching from the end of the street were figures constantly wreaking havoc in all directions.

On one side is a towering red monster, its entire body crimson, with a cape-like bio-armor on its back, wielding a greatsword.

On the other side were creatures that were completely out of place with real life, as if they had appeared from another dimension, with faint, distorted blue-green creatures all around.

The mere fact that these two unidentified individuals were calmly walking slowly toward Yan Ming and his group on the street was enough to cause a massive riot.

"What, what is that thing?! It's a monster!"

"Is it an alien? It definitely is!"

"Take a picture quickly! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; you might become an overnight sensation!"

"Hey...! Stop, stop filming! That thing... is looking this way!"

"What did you say?!"

Just as a few onlookers were watching and discussing, the red monster began to move.

It raised its greatsword and plunged the tip deep into the ground.

--boom!

Then, the boulder, which was nearly three meters in size in front of it, was directly shoved away by the long sword.

The red monster slammed its sword against the flying boulder, sending it hurtling directly toward the onlookers.

"Ahhhhh?!"

"Are you kidding me?!"

Passersby were terrified and ran around frantically. However, those onlookers who tried to take pictures of the monster were so frightened by being at the closest distance that they were too scared to move.

But in that critical moment, time stood still for the entire world.

A burst of iridescent light enveloped everything, including those who couldn't escape in time, the flying boulders, and the two monsters that were trying to attack them.

The only person among them who could move was Homura Akemi.

No… she quickly realized the situation and looked directly at the man standing to the side.

"Whoa—! W-what's going on? Why is the stone suddenly floating in the sky? Huh? Why are all those people who were just laughing at me unable to move?"

"I stopped time, so don't worry about them."

"Stop time?!"

Momotaros, transformed into Den-O, shouted in a very surprised tone.

Come to think of it, Den-O is clearly a knight associated with time, so why was he so surprised when he saw time stop? Yan Ming couldn't help but wonder to himself.

Ziga—

"…Um?"

Just then, Yan Ming noticed something unusual.

Although he managed to stop time in the entire world in time, at this very moment, strange, distorted sparks were still constantly appearing on that bluish-white creature.

It's as if it could start moving again at any moment.

'Does this guy interfere with time management...?'

After confirming that the other party could not break free from his time ability in a short time, Yan Ming looked directly at Homura Akemi behind him.

The two then made eye contact with each other.

"...Is there anything I can do for you?"

"No need, I didn't include you in the time-stopping category. Help me move the person who was almost hit by the stone away, and then you should go home as soon as possible."

After hearing Yan Ming's words, Akemi Homura's heart was slightly... stirred.

As a magical girl, she also possesses extraordinary powers, but... with her own power alone, she has no way to help the man in front of her.

Moreover, his current actions clearly indicate that he is afraid of getting hurt himself.

The two monsters standing there were just like the demons before, possessing combat abilities that surpassed her own... Homura Akemi had already guessed this, and she also understood why Yan Ming didn't let her get involved.

But she felt very uncomfortable about it.

This man... he is clearly the one who protects everyone's fate. When he encountered setbacks in his own life, he was the one who stepped in in time and resolved the despair that affected everyone's future.

But when faced with the person who once saved her, Homura Akemi didn't even have the right to help him.

The difference in combat strength was too great... She was well aware of this.

Homura Akemi buried these emotions deep inside and ran quickly to those people, trying to get them to a safe place as much as possible.

"Hey, what's up with that little girl over there? Why didn't you stop her too?"

"Is there even a need to ask that, senior?"

"Of course, Brother Tao, that young lady looks like she has a very close relationship with this young man."

"Momotaros can't even see that? That's incredibly stupid!"

"Tsk... I'm telling you three, you're really annoying! I'm your senior in terms of seniority! And yet you talk to me so disrespectfully—whoa?!"

Just as Momotaros was complaining to the other three Otherworldly Gods.

Yan Ming grabbed his arm and pulled him directly towards himself.

—Thump!

Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound suddenly came from behind them.

"What's wrong this time!"

Momotaros looked straight ahead, the smoke and dust dissipated, and then quickly froze in mid-air because time had stopped.

Behind the two appeared a group of strange people of all sizes.

These strange people... each had an orange, bizarre, helmet-like head, but their bodies were all different. Some had the bodies of ordinary people, some wore bodysuits, and others held weapons that looked like knives and forks, making strange noises.

Right in the center of these monsters.

A person holding two forks, with a darker complexion and a touch of blue on their skin, stood there.

"Who is this guy? He looks like he stepped out of one of those sword and sorcery games!"

Just as Momotaros was making fun of the other party's appearance, Yan Ming had already recognized all the enemy's identities.

But the truth was somewhat unbelievable to him.

The orange-headed oddballs who appear in large numbers over there are the easiest to identify.

Bugstar is a group of virus-type monsters that emerge after the Bugstar virus infects humans... Understanding this isn't the most important thing, but what puzzles Yan Ming the most are the monsters standing next to these Bugstars.

Its true identity is—the Water Angel, the most favored supreme deity by the side of the Creator of Humanity, the Dark Force.

The appearance of oddities from different worlds in the same world is undoubtedly Tid's doing, but—

"Why is the Water Angel, who is a supreme god, able to command those Collapse Entities?"

As the Water Angel raised her twin tridents, all the Collapse Entities roared and charged towards them one after another.

At the same moment, a new anomaly occurred directly in front of them.

Boom!! With the relentless efforts of the pale blue monster, it and the crimson monster beside it distorted spacetime, cleverly mitigating the effects of time stop from a side dimension.

A pincer attack.

Now, not only were there two strange men in front of them, but they were also surrounded by a group of strange men behind them.

"what…!"

At this moment, Homura Akemi, who had just escorted the other passersby to safety, couldn't help but cry out.

Noticing her worried look, Yan Ming simply nodded reassuringly at her.

"Don't worry about me, this won't cause me any trouble."

At this moment, the group of Collapse Entities had all approached.

Bang! In that instant, the crimson slash knocked down a large number of Collapse Creatures.

"Hey, have you guys forgotten about me standing right here?"

Momotaros stepped on one of the Collapsed Primals and slung the sword over his shoulder.

His nonchalant tone made no attempt to conceal his boldness.

"I don't care how many of you there are, just come as many as you have!"

"Since you put it that way, then I'll leave everything here to you."

—Huh? Momotaros couldn't help but freeze in place.

Then, just as he had said, Yan Ming left Momotaros alone on the spot while he went to face the remaining two strange men head-on.

"Hey! You're really just leaving like that?! You only have two over there, but I have to deal with a whole bunch!"

"You're really stupid, senior. Anyone can see that those two monsters are much stronger than these!"

"That kid probably realized that Brother Tao's strength was not enough to fight those two monsters, so he went to deal with them himself."

"So, in the end, they just left the simple, cheap, and weaklings to Momotaros, right? Hehe~ Does that mean Momotaros can only deal with these weaklings?"