Chapter 250: East Sea

Jiang Xia walked on foot along a small road, lush green grass growing along it.

A breeze blew over the grassland, grass blades swaying gently; occasionally a few lively cicada bird calls sounded, flying toward the sky dotted with white spots like a painted scroll.

Spring has now passed, and Jiang Xia is preparing to begin his next journey.

However, before heading to the next world, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered he still had one matter left unresolved.

Now that he has time, he should indeed retrieve that thing.

Actually, saying he was going to handle it, Jiang Xia also needed to cross worlds via the Aurora Curtain; he wanted to retrieve it because he previously needed this item.

Although he no longer needs it, it is still a treasure, and incidentally it could enrich his collection.

However, searching for its location still wasted some time; he crossed four whole worlds before finally pinpointing the exact spot.

Those who possess the Aurora Curtain ability can indeed treat world‑crossing as a habit, whether traveling or playing, but they must ultimately return home.

Right now Jiang Xia walks in this somewhat special parallel world; of course the battles here have long ended, and knightly power is no longer needed.

Still, this is his first time visiting a parallel knight world, so he briefly observed his surroundings.

Along the way, the roadside grass and not‑yet‑fully‑grown dandelions, as well as some dense trees.

In the soft sunlight, the distant skyscrapers rising from the ground gradually became clear, and Jiang Xia also clearly saw the thing he was seeking.

Jiang Xia finished the grassy path and stopped before a house, quietly examining this utterly ordinary building.

He indeed never imagined that a thief who had stolen so many different treasures across worlds would actually be staying here.

He saw no trace of those treasures; Jiang Xia gripped the slightly yellowing iron handle and gave it a light twist, and the door opened.

"Who are you?" a gun with a somewhat strange barrel pointed at his body the instant Jiang Xia opened the door.

Jiang Xia kept one hand in his pocket and withdrew the other from the door handle, staring at the gun muzzle only a few centimeters from his head; a flash of gold light flickered in his eyes like burning flame.

"Ah!" he cried out in pain.

Under the skin of the gunman's right arm, something began to writhe instantly.

A strong stimulation instantly spread through his whole body, and the black‑blue gun clattered to the ground.

"Don't you recognize me anymore, Hai Dong Dashu?"

Jiang Xia watched Hai Dong Dashu collapse from pain, crouched down, and lightly tapped his arm with his hand.

Immediately, a slender, scaly little snake slipped from under Hai Dong Dashu's skin and affectionately coiled around Jiang Xia's arm.

This serpentine creature is the long‑unseen Moon Eye; when Hai Dong Dashu first came to steal the sword, Jiang Xia had already placed it inside his body, and now it should be reclaimed.

Having shaken off the Moon Eye's restraint, Hai Dong Dashu reacted with abnormal speed, his right hand re‑grabbing the fallen Diend Driver.

His agile body instantly rolled backward, the gun muzzle realigning on Jiang Xia, who was still interacting intimately with the Moon Eye.

"What is your purpose?"

Hai Dong Dashu's visage was stern, his eyes never relaxing; he knew the power of the man before him and doubted he would kindly help a thief out of pure goodwill.

Hai Dong Dashu raised his gun, his whole body tense; by contrast Jiang Xia was far more relaxed, as if he didn't even notice the muzzle.

He gently soothed the Moon Eye, after which it burrowed into the dial of Kiva.

"Diend Driver, I need to borrow it for a while."

Jiang Xia looked at Hai Dong Dashu and stated his purpose openly; there was nothing to hide.

He truly wanted Diend's power, at least needing to hold it for a period of time.

"What if I don't lend it?"

Hai Dong Dashu glanced at the surrounding terrain; he had lived here for over twenty years, and although his reputation here isn't great now, it's still much better than before.

"If we create an opportunity and give him a little time, he can summon the Aurora Curtain to escape." "Then we can only resort to a bit of force."

Jiang Xia produced a device resembling a camera, its central circular lens bearing the insignia of ten Kamen Riders.

"Decade Driver, why is it with you, and how is Shi doing now?"

Hai Dong Dashu knew very well that a Decade Driver could not be in anyone else's hands unless it had been defeated or stolen.

He himself is Diend, having stolen it from the Great Repair Card, though he almost died there.

"If you beat me, I'll tell you the current situation of Mon Yezhi; but if you lose, you'll have to lend the Diend Driver to me for a while—how about that?"

Jiang Xia looked at Hai Dong Dashu before him and replied.

"All right." Seeing Jiang Xia's Decade Driver in his hand, Hai Dong Dashu dismissed the thought of fleeing and agreed.

Hearing Hai Dong Dashu's agreement, Jiang Xia merely smiled.

If he truly wanted to seize it, he could simply stop time and take the driver; but he now wishes to test Decade's combat ability.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Xia and Hai Dong Dashu arrived at a plaza paved with blue‑stone bricks.

Fighting inside buildings would easily damage things and restrict movement.

The Decade Driver was fastened to Jiang Xia's waist, and the adjacent card box automatically ejected the Pink Knight card.

Moreover, the knight forms Jiang Xia had previously used were simultaneously unlocked in the card box: W, Kabuto, Kiva, Time King, and the related knight cards.

Jiang Xia's Decade is not just the main Rider; it also contains all the Rider cards and corresponding form changes from the W, Kabuto, and Kiva worlds that he possesses.

Furthermore, the knight forms Jiang Xia himself developed each have their own cards, and upon acquisition they instantly activated over a dozen knights.

When Jiang Xia replicates the setup on other belts, the Decade Driver will synchronously update, gaining all related forms.

Once all knight forms have been acquired, it will automatically upgrade to Magenta, that is, the NeoDecade Driver.

By then Jiang Xia should be nearly invincible.

Looking at the Decade Knight Card in his hand, Jiang Xia raised it and inserted it into the driver.

Hai Dong Dashu also inserted the Diend Knight Card into the side driver.

"henshin (transformation)"

Pink and blue blocks popped out from their respective drivers, collided in mid‑air, and emitted a low‑humming sound.

Several phantasms swirled around Jiang Xia, emanating abnormal energy fluctuations, merging into one.

A crackling sound like shattering glass rang out instantly, and the blocks in the high sky quickly fell.

A rich pink hue stained the originally gray-white armor, and a piercing yellow light shone from the small horn on the forehead.

Jiang Xia watched as Diend finished his transformation, and suddenly a surge of energy burst from his original body.

Instantly, the powerful shock enveloped Haidong Dashu's body in a flash.

Bang bang bang!

Haidong Dashu's body was instantly flung into the air by the shock, but he quickly pulled the trigger with his right hand, and an energy-formed bullet shot rapidly toward Jiang Xia.

Watching the bullet in the air move as slow as a snail, Jiang Xia merely extended his right hand slightly and gave a gentle pinch.

The surrounding space suddenly trembled; Haidong Dashu, still in the air, felt a weight descending from heaven, almost crushing him.

That is a domain, a domain that can control all things in the world—the Garden of Eden.

Within this domain, everything is under his control; he need only slightly adjust gravity to suppress most Knights.

(End of chapter)