Chapter 318: Kuuga

The Amadam Spirit Stone at Jiang Xia's waist grew brighter and brighter, his body seeming to flow with fierce fire.

His body also showed non-human bones, his skin engulfed in flames, jagged bones protruding on his head.

"Monster!"

The surrounding youths cried out in fear, everyone beneath the altar showed terror, as if they had seen a creature more terrifying than a Gurongi.

Is this Kuuga's true form? Compared to the Kuuga shown on screen, the Kuuga Jiang Xia has transformed into is utterly a monster.

Jiang Xia paid no attention to the chaos unfolding beneath the altar, the Amadam Spirit Stone rapidly merging with his body.

The Spirit Stone's power mutated his cells, turning the original cells into something like insect armor.

Unlike other Kamen Riders whose armor is external, Kuuga is truly flesh and blood.

The frightened people's eyes were like mirrors, reflecting Jiang Xia's current appearance.

Gold-colored, stag-beetle-like horns rose high, sharp bones protruded from his limbs like curved blades.

His steel-like muscles slowly undulated, his bones throughout emitting cracking sounds.

Jiang Xia clenched his fists tightly, an endless stream of power bursting forth within his body.

In this state he even had the illusion that he was not a Knight but a monster, the ultimate violence born of instinct.

Moreover, at the moment the Spirit Stone fused with his body, he felt as if his life essence were leaping forward, his cells seeming to come alive.

This is the Spirit Stone's special ability, able to materialize the user's inner will.

The purer the will in your mind, the greater the power you can exert; moreover, Jiang Xia's body has already undergone Evolution, enabling it to bear the Spirit Stone's power.

Likewise, the stronger the wielder, the faster the Spirit Stone evolves; the Spirit Stone meeting Jiang Xia is like oil meeting fire, beginning to unleash unimaginable massive power.

"Bang!" In just an instant, perhaps only a few hundredths of a second, Jiang Xia was already before the witch, his arm shooting out like steel to clamp her neck and lift her high.

Only a shrill scream was heard; the witch's seized body burst into dazzling flames spontaneously.

The entire altar glowed red-hot, scattered stones everywhere seeming to burn.

Even on the upper rock face, a huge bright spot appeared, the rock scorched by high temperature.

The violent heat's shock caused those surrounding the altar to lose their will to fight.

The clanging of weapons fell to the ground; those who had just been preparing to attack Jiang Xia trembled, their hands shaking as they stumbled backward.

But not everyone lost their will to fight from fear of Kuuga.

One was Rik, who had just defended Jiang Xia; the other was the village chief, looking already old and frail.

"Jiang Xia..." Rik murmured, worriedly looking at the strange red monster.

The village chief's cloudy eyes, however, became unusually clear at this moment, he looked with anticipation at Jiang Xia transformed into Kuuga.

"Spare me, spare me.."

The witch's increasingly feeble voice was opposite to her body like a burning torch; the crackling flames even drowned out her pleas for mercy.

"I'm not as kind-hearted as Rik; I only eradicate completely."

The witch, held aloft, her already charred black body gradually began to change.

The human shell was completely burned away, revealing a bluish-gray monster with spider traits.

Its head bore eight short Spider Legs extending outward, its arms also bearing sharp bone spurs, while the flames on her body gradually faded.

Compared to Jiang Xia's Kuuga, the two are hardly different—both are ferocious monsters; no one can say who is worse.

The Spider Gurongi's ferocious mouth twitched slightly; a strand of pure white spider silk shot from its mouth toward Jiang Xia's crimson eyes.

"Wouldn't it be better to live a little longer? Why provoke me?" Jiang Xia spoke in a flat tone. He had burned the witch merely to prove she was a Gurongi, so he hadn't dealt a killing blow just now; now it didn't matter.

Only saw him exert slight force with one hand, a crack sounded as crimson flames condensed into a fire pillar once again enveloping the spider monster.

If it still had the capacity to resist, just burn it a few more times.

"Aaaah!!!"

This time was different from the earlier skirmish; this time the burning occurred at the cellular level.

That pain exceeded the limits any living being could endure; even a Gurongi was the same, its anguished scream echoing thoroughly through the cavern.

The spider monster's body rapidly carbonized, its ferocious appearance quickly turning charred black.

"Gurongi, the witch truly is a Gurongi!"

No one knew who made the sound; instantly everyone looked at the spider monster Jiang Xia held up like a dead dog.

"How could this be? The witch truly is a Gurongi, Rik was right, we almost made a mistake just now."

The youths below found it hard to believe, for the witch had always been their bridge to communicate with nature, an emissary of the gods.

But now they were told the witch was a traitor of the Gurongi.

"Sorry, Rik, you were right, it was our fault."

Those youths all apologized to Rik; the ever-invisible Rik of the clan couldn't bear this, he could only wave his hands repeatedly, indicating he accepted the apology, indicating he had forgiven them, and asking them not to do so again.

At the same time, although they feared Jiang Xia's current form, they still bowed deeply to Jiang Xia holding the Gurongi, expressing the regret arising from the misunderstanding.

"Very well, being chosen by the Spirit Stone makes this village truly extraordinary." Jiang Xia nodded, withdrawing his gaze.

"Then now, you must pay the price for what you have done."

Jiang Xia's left hand seized the Spider Gurongi's neck, ignoring its eight hate-filled spider eyes; his right hand instantly wreathed in flames, he dealt a heavy punch to its belly.

"Ugh!!"

The Spider Gurongi's body slammed straight through the stone wall, emitting a painful hiss.

But soon it could no longer cry out; the part struck by Jiang Xia's fist surfaced with an extremely hot sealing sigil.

The spider monster's body was pierced through by the Spirit Stone's power, finally exploding loudly in the bright moonlight into countless fragments.

The huge flames seemed to illuminate the entire sky, excitement shining on everyone's faces.

"Has Kuuga been born?"

In a dark, lightless cavern, a strong, tall man with red long hair sat on a wide chair piled with stones, listening to the report of the monsters below.

The head of the reporting monster grew long ears like a bat's, and the wide membrane wings on its back had already folded.

Here its body trembled like a sieve, and it didn't dare lift its head to look at the man sitting on the stone seat.

The man slowly rose to his feet, the muscles on his body, strong enough to tear steel, faintly trembled.

He extended a hand so large it could be called huge, and with one hand grabbed the head of the reporting bat monster below, lifting it up in an instant, face to face.

"Go check out the strength of that Kuuga (Kuuga), I need a sufficiently strong opponent."

"If you can meet my demands, I will promote you to the next group." The man's low, deep voice like a great bell almost shattered the bat monster's eardrums.

"Okay, Great King."

The bat monster, at the moment the man released his hand, flew away without looking back, as if having made some kind of resolve.

(End of chapter)