Chapter 220: Shen Dai Jian

Sal Restaurant, soft white incandescent lights, the restaurant already closed.

The air was filled with a cheerful flavor, as if the whole world had become somewhat different.

Xiao Xi rolled up her sleeves, stood on the back kitchen stove, and was rinsing the ceramic plates she had made, her face unable to stop smiling.

Letting the boss lady work alone for an afternoon, she felt a bit embarrassed, but she really had no way.

"Xiao Xi, I'm going out for a bit."

Jiang Xia fastened his buttons, then said to Rixia Bu Xi Dao.

"Come back early."

She raised her head and looked at the present Jiang Xia, saying, in her eyes there seemed to be only him.

"Hmm, I just have a little matter to take care of."

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "Once the matter is settled, I'll rush back right away."

The goal of gathering the Insect Instrument was already close; he not only completed the Sea Pa Worm, but also added the remaining Insect Instrument's interface into the Hundred Insect Sword.

Although the Insect Instrument belonging to Jia Dou World could summon in real time, after all there was only one; once summoned, another person would lose combat ability, which is not what Jiang Xia wanted to see.

The copied Insect Instrument actually belonged to Jiang Xia himself; it could be retrieved into the panel and summoned in any world, but the original could not be summoned across worlds.

"Still hunting Alien Insects?" Jiang Xia began reading the data of Shen Dai Jian.

As expected, there were also two copies.

Night, quiet, pitch black, no one around, Alien Insects appeared.

The black factory was inconspicuous in the night, steel and concrete supporting this long-abandoned factory, a result of industrialization, but now it was occupied by Alien Insects.

The former heavy industrial area was now riddled with scars, the already rust-covered iron door still bore a sealing tape forbidding entry.

However, the sealing tape had now broken, the iron door seemed to be severed at the waist by something sharp, completely collapsing onto the dust-filled concrete ground.

The originally empty factory now faintly flickered with light; unknown why, the lights here seemed extremely unstable, accompanied by a harsh rustling sound.

With a clang, Jiang Xia's figure appeared out of thin air, stepping directly onto the iron door broken into two sections, and on the severed wire faintly appeared the trace of a sharp sword.

The air still carried a faint burnt smell, even after so long it lingered in the air.

Jiang Xia followed the burnt smell all the way deeper, finally reaching the area where the light kept flickering.

The continuously exploding flames served as illumination; viewed from the factory's exterior, it looked like the constantly flickering neon lights.

But for Jiang Xia, it was not just the Sword Scorpion; more valuable was that Shen Dai Jian, for some unknown reason, had actually found another area storing Alien Insect Eggs.

Perhaps guided by the instinct of the Insect King, Shen Dai Jian saw this factory teeming with countless Alien Insects.

Shen Dai Jian, who already intensely hated Alien Insects, was completely enraged by this place.

When Jiang Xia saw Shen Dai Jian, countless Alien Insects crawled out of the darkness, like real insects, everywhere, blocking the sky and covering the earth.

Some Alien Insects had even completed molting, they unfolded the hardened, opaque cuticle-made wings on their backs, hovering in the air,

The ground and sky were occupied by them, in all directions filled with the hissing and fluttering sound of their wings.

"All Alien Insects must die!"

Shen Dai Jian waved the sword in his hand, continuously attacking the Alien Insects coming at him from all sides.

Green blood continuously sprayed from the Alien Insects' bodies, gradually covering the ground, turning the factory even into a marsh.

Shen Dai Jian had been killing from afternoon to night, his strength draining with each sword swing; to him this place was hell.

He had depended on his sister since childhood; when he saw his sister die at the hands of Alien Insects, his life was no longer his own,

but he was prepared to exterminate all Alien Insects, even at the cost of his own life.

Seeing so many Alien Insects before him, he naturally wanted to stay; as long as there were Alien Insects here, he would not leave—wasn't this exactly what he had been seeking?

The Alien Insects in the Shibuya area had already become scarce; just when he thought they were about to be wiped out, fate let him discover this huge place storing Alien Insect Eggs.

This was a place even Yoruichi digging three feet deep couldn't find; just as Shen Dai Jian alone searched the streets for Alien Insects, he happened to discover it.

He had no doubt this was his destiny; as long as one Alien Insect went out while he was alive, he would be unworthy of the surname Shen Dai, unworthy to be the man who wields the sword representing God.

Shen Dai Jian clearly knew he could not eliminate this place alone; he clearly understood the gap between himself and such a number of Alien Insects, and had long prepared himself for death.

If time could flow backward, he would rather have died himself initially, rather than his beloved sister.

That would be fine; after avenging his sister, he could go see her.

"Whoosh!"

Shen Dai Jian propped his sword on the ground, he raised his head to look around, he didn't know how many Alien Insects he had killed,

but they were all larvae; the adults merely stood by watching, as if following some order, just using an endless stream of larvae to drain his stamina.

This move indeed nearly exhausted him, but seeing the adults hovering in the air around him, he was unwilling to accept this; at least he wanted to eliminate those adults that would enter an accelerated state.

Shen Dai Jian raised his hand again, pressing on the tail of the Sword Scorpion Insect Instrument.

"CASTOFF."

Only the sound of metal colliding was seen; the armor covering Shen Dai Jian's body instantly shattered, sending a strong impact toward the surrounding larvae.

"Boom!"

Countless metal fragments shot out from his body, as if something had exploded.

The metal fragments, carrying strong impact, shot straight at the Alien Insects, blasting a sizable gap in the larval swarm.

The surrounding moment fell into stagnation; the adults originally hovering in the air also received orders and began to accelerate one after another.

The current Kamen Rider Sword Scorpion completely changed its form; the ugly armor on its body vanished entirely,

revealing a body covered in purple armor, shoulders bulging, head bearing a horn like a scorpion tail, like a purple knight composed of a scorpion's exterior and a bat's eyes.

"I will defeat all Alien Insects!"

After Shen Dai Jian roared that, his body again burst with power; he raised his right-hand sword high, directly attacking the adults in this nearly still domain.

Purple electricity spread; the adults died on contact, the flames that erupted were several times more intense than those of the larvae.

This was his final battle; he would kill as many Alien Insects as possible, until he could no longer swing his sword.

It's really just like how I was back then.

A soft sigh echoed within this accelerated domain.

This great one has arrived!

A black shadow turned into an attacking weapon, continually bombarding the adult Alien Insects' bodies, instantly causing all the Alien Insects preparing to surround them to freeze.

What is that, a new type of insect device?

Shen Dai Jian gazed in astonishment, and like his Sword Scorpion, they were both living things,

But this thing probably shouldn't be considered an insect; it's more like a pitch-black metal bat.

Jiang Xia slowly extended his arm, sweeping through the air.

Before Shen Dai Jian could clearly see the specific action, explosions rang out around him, green flames encircling,

The tight circle of Alien Insects that had originally surrounded Shen Dai Jian was instantly blown open.

The explosion in the accelerated domain was so slow that the flames almost hung in the air, and Shen Dai Jian could even hear the terrified roars of the adult Alien Insects.

He didn't know why, but he could see through the Alien Insects' fear in their hearts, yet he felt the Alien Insects were afraid, afraid of the man standing before them.

After the attack, kival also obediently stayed on Jiang Xia's shoulder.

"For Alien Insect swarms like this, the best way is to destroy them all together." Jiang Xia surveyed the surrounding Alien Insects.

I bite.

Colorful patterns instantly spread from Jiang Xia's wrist across his body, and his originally fair face also blossomed with the markings exclusive to the Tooth Blood Vampire.

"henshin (transformation)"

After the sound like a shattering mirror rang out, dark kiva appeared before Shen Dai Jian.

Dark kiva merely lifted its arm lightly, then suddenly swung down.

The dark insignia suddenly expanded, instantly colliding with the Alien Insect swarms, causing a violent explosion.

The shockwave shot up into the sky, mixed with crimson lightning; those Alien Insect swarms that Shen Dai Jian could never finish killing were annihilated the instant the dark insignia covered them.

Countless metal instantly turned into fragments; upon breaking, it released an astonishing shockwave outward, like blades.

Air blades sliced through the factory's foundations and supports.

With a boom, the abandoned black factory here collapsed in a violent explosion.

(End of chapter)