Chapter 156: Light Weapon, Fire!

Ming Hai Zhuangji watched his body becoming increasingly transparent; he knew his time was running out, and he looked toward Yuansai Wenyin.

Yuansai Wenyin nodded, turned her head and said, "Philip, go. Your power combined with Xiang Taro's is unbeatable."

At this moment, Ya Shuzi also sensed something odd, but she said nothing; merely being able to see him once was already the luckiest thing.

Her original goal upon arriving in Fengdu was to find her father; now that goal is fulfilled, she feels completely satisfied.

Beside them, Zhao Jing Long watched Ya Shuzi and Ming Hai Zhuangji's actions and also showed a hint of a smile.

Family affection is what he longs for most, so seeing Ya Shuzi's regained familial bond genuinely made him happy.

Reinvigorated, Philip pinched the small mechanical device in his hand.

By consulting Earth's data, he has already devised a way to deal with that band of dead legionnaires.

Philip and Xiang Taro mounted a motorcycle and set off together with Zhao Jing Long.

At that moment, Ming Hai Zhuangji's body slowly turned into a wisp, the data flowing into a tiny card that Yuansai Wenyin held in her hand.

"Separated from the apparatus, can it only last this little time?

But at least we have this, so Zhuangji's spirit can be revived successfully."

Yuansai Wenyin looked at the card bearing Kamen Rider Skull in her hand and slowly spoke:

"Was this also in your calculations, Jiang Xia?"

A person's life always carries many regrets, but as time passes, when you meet certain people, there may still be a chance for redemption.

"Come, I hope you can shoulder the responsibility of protecting Fengdu; Earth now can only rely on you."

Yuansai Wenyin watched Philip disappear into the distance and said in a voice that had to place the burden on him.

Clang—

The engine sword sliced the gate open, revealing before their eyes a massive light device that kept emitting a bright glow.

Philip could already feel that the energy was about to finish accumulating; time was running out.

Both sides stood again, almost stepping forward at the same time.

Dadao Keji's yellow hair fell wildly, framing a face like a sculpture; his eyes had turned completely gold, his gaze icy.

"The time left for you humans to survive is only a few minutes," Dadao Keji said.

In his hand, Dadao Keji held a small black military dagger, its blade bearing two additional grooves on each side.

Xiang Taro could only adjust his hat, spreading his hands into a fighting stance; compared to weapons, he excelled more in hand‑to‑hand combat.

Xiang Taro faced Dadao Keji, Philip faced Yu Yuan Lihua, and the remaining three faced the Fengdu toughman Zhao Jing Long.

Zhao Jing Long's flesh was no worse than that of the team members who had already become Never, indeed even superior.

The undead legion in black‑red combat gear and the city's Kamen Rider began a melee.

But Xiang Taro and Zhao Jing Long both understood that defeating them was not the point; they needed to give Philip a chance to disable the Eternal Memory.

Hoo!

Invisible pressure instantly rose as both sides engaged.

Both sides possessed powers beyond human, and although their battle was not as potent as that of the hybrid beings,

they likewise lacked any armor protection, relying solely on their bodies to withstand the enemy's attacks.

Among them, Philip suffered the most; he possessed the strongest mind,

but with his current stamina and a combat ability without a memory,

he couldn't even defeat an adult, let alone contend with the battle‑hardened Never.

"Do you only know how to dodge?"

Yu Yuan Lihua lifted her long leg and kicked at him fiercely.

But for Philip, who could sync Earth's data in real time and fully analyze movements, any action he could see and his body could keep up with, he could dodge.

"Combat power isn't the main point; finding the weakness is more important."

Philip bent down to evade Yu Yuan Lihua's sweeping leg, then pulled a small vial of red serum from his coat.

Using it, he injected the contents of the vial into Yu Yuan Lihua's body.

Based on his earlier evasion, Philip was now getting ever closer to the light apparatus.

"You?" Yu Yuan Lihua trembled inside, her body suddenly losing strength, the once powerful form crashing to the ground.

"Could it be a cell‑degrading enzyme?" she exclaimed in terror.

"No, it can't be produced that quickly, but once you know the detailed data on Never, you can use simple materials to disrupt your cells' balance and strip you of power."

Philip raised the bat that originally required Mimicry memory to operate.

He had already dismantled it and converted it into a gun, though the bullets were made from that special substance.

Philip fired several shots in rapid succession, knocking down the lingering dead soldiers tangled with their comrades one by one.

But that was only two of them; Dadao Keji ignored them, while Quan Jing Shui used a whip to pull the bullets away.

"Philip, now!" Xiang Taro clutched Dadao Keji's leg tightly and shouted.

Seizing the chance, Zhao Jing Long turned the whip around to bind Quan Jing Shui.

Philip rushed to the light weapon and swiftly inserted the device.

Swish!!!

The metal roared, and all the memories regained their power at that moment, while twenty‑six T2 Memories automatically ejected, leaving only a single black memory inserted.

Seeing this, Dadao Keji burst into a wild laugh: "The energy is fully charged; Fengdu has now become a hell."

The originally massive light weapon began to deform at that moment.

The weapon, once built of metal, now seemed to possess life; the top of Feng Du Tower opened, and the entire light weapon pointed toward the sky.

A gigantic countdown appeared on every screen.

Now everyone in Fengdu understood: once this countdown reaches zero, all of Fengdu's inhabitants will turn into monsters.

And Xiangtailang, Philip, and Zhaojing Long, at this moment their appearances also simultaneously appeared before all the people of Fengdu.

Under the gaze of the entire city, they transformed.

「henshin (transformation)」

The original T2 memories each flew toward their respective dead soldiers, and the T2 hybrid body fought the Kamen Rider T1.

Zhaojing Long took on four opponents alone, while Extreme W once again faced Kamen Rider Eternal.

"Whether we can protect Fengdu depends on whether W in its extreme form can evolve this time."

Jiang Xia said to Shotaro and Philip, who were fighting against Daodo Keji.

Unbeknownst to him, he had been in this world for a long time; upon learning the number of enemies, he felt loneliness for the first time, as if standing alone on an alien planet.

No one understands what you're saying, and no one will come to help you; you are merely a solitary warrior.

The wind of Fengdu is gathering, containing the power of Earth; the wind across the whole city is converging like W.

"Go, Kamen Rider!" the crowd shouted loudly.

No matter how loud the shout, it's useless; the so-called prayer is more the power of the heart, the power resonating with Earth.

"The people's prayers will turn into unparalleled power, like countless starlight continually gathering."

In the sound of the breeze, Jiang Xia said lightly.

Under Fengdu's prayer, W successfully evolved into the Golden Extreme form, and suddenly discovered a fact that terrified them.

The golden-yellow light column had already burst forth from the constantly deforming light weapon; the weapon activated.

However, the countdown on the screen continued to tick.

Could the countdown be fake?

As Golden Extreme W prepared to touch the golden light column, it was directly blown away by a powerful blast.

That golden-yellow light column gradually bent in the air, and a huge dragon radiating golden light appeared above Fengdu.

Moreover, the spring beneath Shin Island and the Yuansai residence suddenly erupted, and Earth's power began to pour in continuously.

The entire sky suddenly dimmed, and a rich golden light instantly enveloped all of Fengdu, like a golden sea.

The dragon soared in the sky, with a swish turning into countless streams of light, like a brilliant meteor shower; that dazzling brightness directly covered all of Fengdu.

"Haha, the monster is no longer just me alone, but an entire city!!!"

Daodo Keji's cape is now gone, and his body is pierced with 26 memories.

Moreover, a Devil memory is lodged in his dagger; when he prepared to use the 26 against W, he discovered the plan had already succeeded.

He instinctively lifted his head and gazed, spreading his arms to feel the energy, identical to his own bloodline, descending upon the earth.

The light was as brilliant as fireworks, coincidentally the time of Fengdu's fireworks festival.

In Shotaro's reluctance, the meteor shower fell, countless streams of light as if each had its own target.

In front of each person, the meteor stopped, transforming into a fairly complete polygonal gem, silently hovering before everyone in Fengdu.

It contains Jiang Xia's power; for anyone in Fengdu, regardless of age or gender, even a newborn about to be born, even if you have only a breath left, it will appear beside you.

Because it judges by the soul, even before Daodo Keji floats a crystal.

Before Golden Extreme W, moreover, float two crystals, one for each person, counted by head.

"Philip, what is this?"

Shotaro, who had just felt unable to stop Fengdu from turning into a monster city, now also couldn't make sense of it; is this what bodily modification looks like?

"Shotaro, catch it." Philip said.

"Ah? Okay."

When Shotaro touched the crystal, all the crystals in the city seemed to receive some command, instantly merging into the corresponding persons' bodies.

In the radiance, the golden light grew brighter, and on their exposed skin a faint beast-mark flashed, like a brand etched deep within the body.

At the moment the crystals merged into their bodies, everyone felt refreshed.

A warm current rose from the body and spread throughout, and the place that reacted most strongly to this power was the hospital.

Under the golden light's illumination, countless patients' bodies began to improve, as if their bodies had been released from restraints, becoming light.

"Jiang Xia, your sacrifice this time is truly too much."

Yuansai Wenyin wore a white windbreaker, standing beneath Feng Du Tower, watching this meteor trail sufficient to envelop the entire course.

Precisely because she sufficiently understood Jiang Xia's power's infection method, she would feel admiration for this student.

No, this is fundamentally not infection, but granting them power, and also the best way to distinguish friend from foe.

Although she doesn't know what kind of enemy Jiang Xia needs to face ahead, such energy consumption has already severely affected his combat ability.

If he fights in this state, not to mention victory, even survival would be difficult.

"Teacher, isn't it magnificent!" Jiang Xia stepped out from behind Yuansai Wenyin.

"Is there a problem with those coordinates? You know the problem, and you even wouldn't hesitate to consume your own lifespan to do it!"

Yuansai Wenyin looked at Jiang Xia, whose forehead already had a strand of white hair, and said.

"It's only 150 years; to me that's nothing, after a period of recovery it can turn black again."

Jiang Xia waved his hand as if nothing were wrong.

"I guess next, you will go alone to those coordinates, and then leave Fengdu to us." Yuansai Wenyin said.

"As expected of a teacher, you understand my thoughts." Jiang Xia applauded.

"Do you think I'm foolish? You've asked many times whether the spatial portal is ready, and you even specially let the soul serve as fuel.

Plus, the spatial fluctuations above Feng Du Tower have been so obvious lately that it's hard not to know.

"Someone has tried to open the spatial portal by other means to transport the enemy over.

"Those coordinates are the enemy's lair; Doctor Death died there; among so many worlds you didn't choose, you insist on this."

Yuansai Wenyin shouted at Jiang Xia; this was also the first time she had been this angry.

No, strictly speaking, the enemy we face is not human, but a worm, a worm that can take away human life.

So I chose to mark everyone here with my own mark; am I a genius?

Jiang Xia smiled and said.

Fengdu is left to you, Shoutarou and Philip have grown up.

Wakana and Sakura, even Saeko, and all the people in this city who have inherited my power—I believe they will protect this city well, even if I am not here.

Jiang Xia turned his head to look at Yuansai Ayane and said:

It's not that I insist on choosing, but they didn't give me a choice; the moment I obtained Philip's permission, I already knew things were almost irreparable.

He sighed and said:

Shuka, in the process of conquering parallel spacetimes, was also unlucky, directly provoking a worm capable of crossing planets, and then the entire army was annihilated.

The Death God Doctor's memory was taken, as a result they knew the direct coordinates of this world, and had the ability to open a spatial portal.

However, the Death God Doctor's humanity was not completely erased; he stored these abnormal coordinates in his memory, and with the help of Yuansai Ruiwei's hands, made it into a memory device, which then came into my hands.

This is the downside of parallel worlds, because you don't know what kind of weirdness is waiting for you.

Jiang Xia cursed, not knowing whether he was cursing himself or someone else.

Originally I thought with the ability of the East Sea Big Tree I could traverse worlds and enter the Knight War, but who would have thought what was left for him was a big pit.

Although the parallel worlds are exactly the same, it's just that this tiny detail is different, but people are the same.

But the external environment is different, and then, there is no afterwards.

The Magic Hour King also recklessly creates worlds and then destroys them; the world in his hands is more like a toy.

But Jiang Xia cannot just watch the world be invaded.

More importantly, when you have the ability to change, if you run away, you may regret it for a lifetime.

If he doesn't even have the courage to face the enemy, how could he have made it this far? He would have already died when facing the Spider Fang Vampire.

……

When the mark of beastification appeared on Daoda Keji's body.

He suddenly let out a miserable cry, covered his forehead with his hand, his body curled up directly, and countless scenes replayed in his mind.

From his birth to his accidental death, and then to him seeing the experimental subject who had been painfully rescued and who shared his same fate die before his eyes.

That heart-rending pain spread throughout his body, and tears slid down the corners of his eyes unknowingly, drop by drop.

At this moment, his emotions returned, his memory became extraordinarily clear, and even that feeling in his heart, that heart-wrenching pain, was stronger than before he was sixteen.

"What on earth have I done, Mina?" Daoda Keji knelt on the ground, looking at the light of Fengdu, and tears flowed.

Just then, the countdown ended.

(End of chapter)