Chapter 118: with translation of chapter title

Haidong Dashu landed, sprang upright, and he could feel that half of his body had already lost sensation.

He lowered his head to look at his arm; the sharp tentacle had pierced directly into his blood vessels and was swiftly moving through his body.

Moreover, the surface of his right hand had become smooth as new, with no trace of injury.

But Haidong himself knew that his right arm had already been occupied by that snake.

Thanks to his special constitution he could barely suppress this thing's infection, but to completely drive it out he would likely need the help of his companions.

As soon as Haidong lifted his head, he saw a stranger in white clothes walking toward him from not far away.

His body in a sorry state, he lay prone on the ground, and a wisp of white mist instantly drifted away from him.

Crimson Magic Emperor power pressed directly from all sides onto Haidong Dashu, who had knelt on the ground.

Red Sun, a technique created by Jiang Xia focusing his power.

The sharp Magic Emperor Sword mercilessly slashed straight at Haidong's left shoulder.

"Bang!!!"

Watching the Kamen Rider summoned by Haidong, Jiang Xia couldn't help but sigh, the technology of the Ultimate Form Card had already approached the peak of this world.

A flash of blood light instantly turned the Magic Emperor Sword red, and Jiang Xia waved it casually.

Jiang Xia's left hand slowly rose, that crimson light wave carrying a faint glow.

The Kamen Rider Diend with a blue block on its head was flung backward directly.

Any trace on the palm not in contact with it was enveloped by Dark Kiva, and a crimson light mass gathered in the palm.

And Haidong Dashu, following Jiang Xia's gaze, saw that the stranger before him was looking at his left hand's Diend Driver.

Just now it was purely luck; Haidong Dashu felt lingering fear—this was his backup plan for taking the Magic Emperor Sword.

"henshin"

Haidong looked at Jiang Xia raising his sword to chop, showing no fear at all, instead being extraordinarily arrogant.

Using the Kiva that had inherited the Magic Emperor Sword under his control to take the sword away, thus bypassing the selection mechanism of this life‑absorbing demonic sword.

The crimson Magic Emperor power flared again, emitting a brilliance like a sea of blood.

What puzzled Haidong was that the snake in his right arm, after completing its parasitism, showed no movement at all, allowing him to successfully summon the Aurora Curtain.

"Hmph, I'm a thief, and I hate most having things in my hand taken away."

His body instantly turned into a blade of blood light, ignoring the knights who continued to launch attacks at him.

At the last moment he transformed, relying on Diend's special nature toward Knights, barely blocking the descending Magic Emperor Sword.

Yet Haidong's speed in summoning the Aurora Curtain was still a bit too slow compared to Dark Kiva.

Now, the cards at the waist of Haidong Dashu, clad in Diend, kept drifting out and continuously slotted into the Diend Driver.

Dark Kiva once again covered Jiang Xia's body.

Watching the knights charging at him, Jiang Xia felt no fear; the summoned knights were merely puppets, and even by sheer strength they were far from being a match for Jiang Xia now.

This time, what shot from the gun barrel was not bullets but Kamen Riders formed from cards, also summoned puppets.

At this moment, Haidong, who already had one foot stepped into another spacetime, heard a piercing whistle of wind.

He looked at Haidong Dashu with a fierce glint in his eyes.

With a boom! Smoke and dust rose, and the rumbling sound was deafening.

And a golden‑colored Kamen Rider resembling a bat, before Haidong Dashu, turned into particles and slowly dissipated, finally becoming a card that fell from the air.

"Did you manage to catch it with Diend's summoning ability?" Jiang Xia reached out, pinched it, and said slowly while looking at the Magic Emperor Kiva on the card.

Haidong crossed his arms, using all his strength to firmly block the Magic Emperor Sword.

Like a tornado cutting through the air, a wind capable of tearing steel apart.

The Magic Emperor power covering it was like an invincible blade.

While Jiang Xia dealt with the summoned knights, Haidong finally managed to summon the Aurora Curtain.

"I am the king of this world, also called Kamen Rider Kiva."

At this moment Haidong suddenly noticed that the surrounding sky had darkened, the crimson domain slowly unfurling, and Jiang Xia's body surface flickered with dark‑red electric arcs.

Haidong felt his body about to be shattered by this brutal force; he weakly lifted his hand, and the ground cracked open in an exaggerated fissure, like a huge spiderweb.

"How about it, will you hand it over or not?" Jiang Xia slowly raised the Magic Emperor Sword in his right hand, aiming its sharp blade at Haidong Dashu.

"Really, talking while standing doesn't hurt the waist."

Haidong Dashu immediately shut down the Aurora Curtain, but by the time he realized it, it was already too late.

The extremely sharp blade seemed to have struck some obstacle, sending sparks flying.

And Haidong now had no recourse; the knights he had just summoned were of little importance.

"Shlick!"

Just as Haidong's body merged into the Aurora Curtain, Jiang Xia, who had been surrounded by knights, moved.

In the instant Jiang Xia turned to light, everything exploded outright; his shattered body turned into cards, which Jiang Xia then collected.

But even so, Haidong felt a tremendous force pressing gradually from the sword's blade onto his body.

However, Haidong has now completely lost any qualification to obtain the Magic Emperor Sword, because that card fell into Jiang Xia's hands.

Haidong struggled to his feet, "Who exactly are you, and why do you know about Diend?"

Although Haidong liked this splendid and powerful sword, he did not like the idea of thrusting its tip into his body.

Jiang Xia looked at Haidong lying on the ground resting and said, "Leave what's in your hand and get out of this world."

Just like an extremely unstable sun rising in Jiang Xia's palm, light and flames shooting forth, the crimson fire instantly engulfed Haidong Dashu.

The Magic Emperor power concentrated, and a searing sensation instantly spread throughout Haidong Dashu's entire body.

"Boom!!!"

A column of light shot up from the explosion's center, tremendous power surging forth, directly turning this area into scorched earth.

His hands trembled wildly, the sword's edge already pressing against his neck, about to cut him open.

Dark Kiva's defensive power allows him to ignore all the Knights' attacks here.

When the Knights were attacked by Jiang Xia, they were covered in the Demon Emperor's power on their bodies,

The blood-red blade, carrying the power to rend everything, surged toward them, directly cutting down the frontmost Delta and Kamen Rider into cards.

The sound effects of various Kamen Riders also began to repeatedly chant their names.

But he never expected that the backup measure prepared for stealing things would actually have just saved his life.

Jiang Xia broke the power's restraints, and a huge Dark Kiva mark completely enveloped all the Kamen Riders here.

Although it's a copy, the power it contains is genuine, just like the panel; now I can't let you go.

At almost the same moment, Haidong Dashu was like naked, alone facing the tsunami.

The mark covering the sky, bearing crimson lightning, slammed down; any enemy struck by the Demon Emperor's power was instantly turned into a card.

In contrast, Jiang Xia merely used his right hand and already had Haidong immobilized.

Now using the Dark Kiva armor again, its power has increased severalfold.

A crimson figure directly grabbed his neck and pressed him to the ground.

As the force pressed down, Haidong Dashu's body gradually bent, finally kneeling directly on the ground.

However, Haidong still wasn't shattered by the blow.

Although the loss is not small, it's better than leaving the Diend Driver and his life here.

Looks like you've already left the Kiva world, well done, Kamen Rider Diend.

Jiang Xia watched as the explosions continued, various Knights' ultimate moves flying across the sky, and there was also a battlefield path of a huge moving fortress in the sky.

(End of chapter)