Chapter 166: Confrontation

This battle is different from others; Jiang Xia has become isolated and helpless, able to rely only on himself.

And this, too, was something he had decided upon the moment he stepped onto this asteroid.

Jiang Xia knew that the critical point of evolution was right before him; it could not only save Fengdu, but also allow him to take a major step forward on his own path of evolution.

He picked up the Magic Emperor Sword and adjusted his condition to its peak.

Crack!

Once again, the surroundings fell into silence, and the swirling dust hovered in the air.

ClockUp

The Alien Insect Queen spat out a mouthful, and pure white spider silk instantly unfurled at the underground opening, forming a sheet of web, and the speed was so fast it was almost impossible to react.

The web directly wrapped around his body, and the spider silk carried this special adhesive, firmly sticking him in place.

"As expected of the Alien Insect Queen, capable of using all the Alien Insects' abilities, but this is an ability I'm most familiar with."

Swish!

Crimson Magic Emperor Power instantly condensed behind the Dark Kiva, and several huge red spider legs extended directly from behind Jiang Xia's back.

Although his body was firmly stuck, his form was not limited to that size; a few red lights flashed, and the spider web was instantly cut. Compared to the spider legs formed from Magic Emperor Power, the webs woven by the Alien Insect Queen were still slightly inferior in toughness.

However, Jiang Xia clearly understood that the Alien Insect Queen before him had not exerted her full strength; she seemed more to be playing.

The Alien Insect Queen spread her colorful wings, and her extraordinarily graceful, beautiful body instantly appeared; this pose was more charming than most artworks in this world, but if you became intoxicated by her beauty, you were already dead.

In an instant, her hands turned into claws and lunged at Jiang Xia; under the same ClockUp condition, her speed was not merely fast—it was almost like instantaneous movement.

However, Jiang Xia, who had just broken free from the web, was already prepared; he was not aiming at the Alien Insect Queen's body, but at the energy core constantly pulsing within her.

This allowed him to sense her next move, as if he had foreseen it beforehand—a feeling, the sensation of all his bodily senses pushed to the limit.

The spider legs behind him instantly blocked the path of her claw attack, but this time, the eight blood-red spider legs were instantly blasted into fragments and vanished into space.

Jiang Xia's right hand swung the Magic Emperor Sword toward the constantly pulsing energy core; this time, the Alien Insect Queen's lunge was as if she were aligning her chest's weak point with the Magic Emperor Sword.

Slice!

The Magic Emperor Sword did not pierce the Alien Insect Queen's chest; at that moment, time paused once again, albeit briefly, and she, relying on her control over time, directly twisted her body.

The Alien Insect's exoskeleton directly covered over, and the power of her blood vessels swiftly flowed through her entire body; the fine blade struck her arm, which was like crystal, causing the body carved like a jade gem to sustain only a slight injury.

The Magic Emperor Sword truly cut through anything, leaving several cracked sword marks on her arm, but this was already the end.

"Your sword is indeed excellent, but it can only slash my skin."

The Alien Insect Queen's voice became much colder, and the overlapping voices also became unified.

She directly attacked Jiang Xia.

This time it was no longer a petty skirmish; green electric arcs continuously gathered from her wings onto her arms, and this was not the attack that had just torn apart the spider legs—if it struck Jiang Xia directly, even the Dark Kiva's armor could not withstand it,

its power was enough to forcibly knock back the Dark Kiva.

"Being able to wield all the Alien Insects' abilities, most Alien Insects do so by spraying venom or using their innate claws to tear enemies.

and the Alien Insect Queen now is the strongest among them. Now, if struck, even with Dark Kiva armor, one cannot fully block the damage, but the Magic Emperor Sword can cleave her exoskeleton."

The warning coming from his body was indeed a reminder, but it meant nothing.

Kamen Riders are essentially warriors constantly walking the edge of death; the monsters' strength will not change the resolve to kill them, and upon setting foot on this path, he had already prepared himself.

The claw that lunged forward like a lover's embrace—although its speed was outrageously fast—Jiang Xia instead felt a gentle breeze brushing against him.

"Damn it, a mental attack!"

Only when the claw pressed against the Dark Kiva's facial armor did he forcibly break free from that continuously transmitted gentle sensation.

But now there was no way to evade the attack; retreat was impossible, so he could only trade injury for injury.

Jiang Xia's faceplate suddenly lit up, and the black Kiva emblem on his back emanated outward, instantly turning into scattering blood-red particles.

"WakeUp1" the kival at his waist sounded.

Jiang Xia clenched his right hand into a fist; on his black armor, Magic Emperor Power gathered on his right arm, sharpness fully revealed, aiming at the core, he blasted toward the oncoming Alien Insect Queen.

"DarknessHellCrash (Dark Abyss Fall)"

And the Alien Insect Queen also realized that Jiang Xia was aiming at her weak point.

Although her defense was extraordinarily strong, she also did not want to risk her own existential core.

She slightly twisted her body to dodge the attack, and her attack shifted some targets, but it merely redirected the aim at Jiang Xia's head to his chest; this did not hinder her goal of killing Jiang Xia.

The Dark Kiva's cape behind him suddenly covered the front of her attack.

The gem-covered right arm first struck the cloak known as the "Dark Veil," and after its power was reduced, it still managed to grab the front of the Dark Kiva's chest.

Instantly, sparks flew everywhere.

Jiang Xia's attack then unleashed a full-force blow upon the Alien Insect Queen's diamond-like chest.

Boom!

The Dark Kiva's impact directly pierced the Alien Insect Queen's body, and a dark-red arm protruded straight out from her back.

But beneath his helmet, Jiang Xia's complexion was extremely grim.

At this moment, the crystals inside the Alien Insect Queen's body all turned into flowing water that tightly wound around his right arm, instantly solidifying and firmly binding his arm within her body.

As long as her internal energy core is not damaged, other attacks are like striking a crystal giant tree; even if smashed into fragments, they can be reconstituted by expending energy.

At this moment, their distance was already very close; deep behind the Alien Insect Queen, eight spear-like spider legs, moving so fast they left only a blurred shadow, surged from her back toward Jiang Xia.

This time it was not like Jiang Xia's direct stab; instead, it wrapped around his body, just like a spider feeding,

and the tips of her eight spider legs still exuded a foul, fishy odor.

On her face, which resembled a work of art, a cruel smile appeared—this was the exhilarating feeling unique to hunting prey.

After her step-by-step evolution, this was the first time she felt this excited; Jiang Xia was the only one capable of arousing her interest as prey.

This was the ultimate enjoyment of her mental state; she wanted to inject venom into him like a true spider preying on its victim, then devour him bite by bite, and leave the remaining body for research.

Jiang Xia gave a bitter laugh and said:

"Once injected with toxin, I might also instantly lose my ability to resist; this is worlds apart from the spider monster I first encountered."

"The Spider Fang Vampire probably wouldn't even dare to stretch out a Spider Leg in front of the Alien Insect Queen. Aside from Evolto's brother, this is likely the strongest spider-type monster."

"But I can't die here!" he roared.

(End of Chapter)