Chapter 420: Beast Grandfather's Dial

Aside from the Beast Driver that sealed it, there aren't many things it fears in this world, but the white mage before it certainly has a place among them.

Just now, to block the attack, it had already consumed a large amount of its internal magic power; if the same attack came again, it might be annihilated by the white mage before it.

It can't stay here any longer; after finally breaking free of the seal, it must go find food for itself.

Retreat might be a very good option.

After a fierce lion's roar, the magic chains binding it snapped instantly.

The huge lion phantom stepped in the void; its large lion eyes glanced at the white mage one last time, then turned and prepared to leave.

"Sorry, you're also my target."

Jiang Xia looked up at the chimera; the ring on his right hand suddenly glowed, aimed at the chimera in the sky, as if he wanted to grasp that huge creature in his palm.

Yes! Gravity (gravity)! Understand (understand)?

The chimera's body, mid‑air, suddenly showed a hint of stagnation.

The magic belt at Jiang Xia's waist recited the ring's effect; a magic circle suddenly unfolded above the chimera, the air instantly turned viscous, the magic circle slowly rotated, covering the sky, intricate magical characters engraved upon it, glowing faintly.

Cao Zhenqingren gazed up at the magic circle constantly expanding and gradually obscuring the sky; he couldn't utter a word, no language could express the shock in his heart.

It was like a magic apprentice seeing a great mage unleash a super‑tier spell as an opening move— a casual strike already made the world lose its color.

At first, the chimera enveloped by the circle felt nothing unusual, but in the next second a tremendous pressure instantly suppressed its body; it waved its claws trying to shatter the circle, but it was already too late.

The chimera's claws trembled violently, yet there was no movement at all.

It could not move; its body suddenly weighed dozens of times more, the sudden increase in gravity leaving the chimera's body uncontrollable.

Magic surged from its body, trying to resist, but to no avail; cracking sounds began to emanate from its surface.

Yet it had not given up; the chimera let out a lion's roar, heedless of magic consumption, attempting to smash the circle by force.

"Can you still hold on? Then let's turn it up a notch." Jiang Xia looked at the chimera and waved his hand casually.

The gravity that had been barely perceptible in the air suddenly solidified; the magic on the chimera could no longer support its body, and it fell from the air, crashing heavily onto the stone slabs.

Moreover, its body kept sinking, the floor tiles cracking as it inch‑by‑inch descended into the ground.

In the chimera's knowledge, it had never seen such powerful gravity magic— strong enough to literally yank it down from the sky.

That invisible gravity wove a giant net that bound its body; it let out painful howls, struggling desperately.

The sound of the ground shattering and the continual cracking on the chimera's body intertwined, spider‑web‑like cracks spreading outward from it.

Just then, the magic circle high above suddenly shattered; the chimera howled, all its heads crying out together.

The chimera sprang up from the pit, shook its head, shook off the debris on its body; the gravity magic could no longer restrain its movements.

But it understood that it hadn't broken free of the gravity bonds by force; rather, the magic ring's duration had expired— ordinary magic cannot run forever, let alone such a large‑scale spell.

All of the chimera's eyes lit up with flowing light, illuminating Jiang Xia's white‑mage figure.

All the heads on its body, accompanied by magic, turned into a storm swirling around the chimera, with magic building illusory bodies outward from each head.

This move is Ren Teng Gongjie's killer technique: using dice to summon a corresponding number of animals, each head matching an animal on the chimera's body; now the chimera itself activates it, needing no dice and able to exhibit each animal's traits.

"What a coincidence— my former form was also a chimera, though not a phantom, but a Tooth Blood Vampire."

Jiang Xia watched the circling animals with a sigh, then elegantly drew his flute‑sword, holding it to his lips and playing softly. Seeing the noisy flute sound rise again, the chimera let out a loud roar; the dice limit is six, so each animal appears sixfold, and the dozens of summoned beasts all surged toward Jiang Xia at once.

Bulls trampled the ground, peregrine falcons extended sharp talons, chameleons waved their long tongues, dolphins brought surging impacts— together they attacked. It was a beastly revelry.

This was its first true all‑out offensive; the earlier attack on Cao Zhenqingren had just been it playing around, like a cat toying with prey. Now it began to fight desperately.

The melodious flute notes swirled before Jiang Xia, forming a pale‑purple magic circle; the animals' strikes hit the circle, making its surface emit uniform drumbeats, matching the clear, rhythmic flute— like a beautiful performance.

A slight flick of Jiang Xia's fingertip condensed a light blade at the tail of the flute‑sword; he turned his body lightly, the white haori fluttering past, a transparent sharp shadow coalescing into substance— like thousands of invisible short blades.

It was a wind flowing like a sword forged from air; that purplish light blade pierced the animals' bodies, shattering them into yellow light points before they could continue attacking.

This is the battle of a proper mage— elegant, easygoing, maintaining a noble bearing.

Still, for Jiang Xia, it's undeniably cool, but he can only use it occasionally.

Again several spells were cast at once, but this time they were not attack or defense— they were buffs.

Jiang Xia gripped the flute‑sword; magic circles layered over the blade, emitting a faint tremor, as if anticipating battle.

Both sides charged at each other, the chimera and the white mage colliding.

The magic fluctuations on Jiang Xia's flute‑sword flashed, bearing a crimson‑gold radiance, directly turning into an ever‑extending light blade.

A gale swept by; the white figure, glowing with gold light, continually flashed, while the chimera repeatedly tried to swipe its claws to catch that speeding silhouette, to no avail.

The golden claws slammed into the ground, the powerful shock instantly causing cracks to burst and spread; the size gap exceeded that of an elephant and a human, yet size does not guarantee victory.

In the Kamen Rider world, the larger the body, the more attacks it can withstand.

The chimera's body suddenly collapsed; it had not ceased resisting, but a light blade pierced its body, inflicting grave injury.

In an instant, Jiang Xia was like a carver, directly scoring countless notches into the chimera's body.

Jiang Xia's body suddenly appeared above the chimera, stepping onto its lion head, his flute‑sword raised high, as if he would sever its head the next second.

"I surrender; don't kill me— do whatever you want with me, I can acknowledge you as my master."

Seeing the flute‑sword's tip draw ever closer to its neck, the chimera's lion eyes lowered its head to the ground, surrendering in a most spineless way.

It knew it was useful; the white mage had just said it was one of his targets— whether alive or dead was uncertain, but perhaps it could survive.

According to contract, Ren Teng Gongjie was merely its servant; without magic supply, it would devour his life force, but now it could only treat him as a servant.

The chimera cautiously opened its eyes, realizing it was still alive, and exhaled deeply— indeed, surrender had been the right choice.

But the next second it felt a hand pierce its core, its life force draining rapidly, a sense of death welling up.

"I clearly already surrendered..." the chimera whispered weakly.

"Exactly, so everything about you is now mine." Jiang Xia pulled his hand from the chimera's body.

"Beast!" The clockwork turned; on the blank dial that Jiang Xia had forcibly inserted into the chimera's body, a yellow Kamen Rider suddenly appeared, and the chimera's entire body was sucked into the dial.

At the same time, down the distant steps, Ren Teng Gongjie's waist belt and the ring in his hand vanished as the dial formed.

Another dial was in hand, but unlike before, Ren Teng Gongjie had truly lost the power of Kamen Rider Beast. (End of chapter)