Chapter 3

Beneath the night sky, the slightly damp soil suddenly burst open.

From it, a purple venomous scorpion emerged!

Sasword Zecter! A transformation device from the Kamen Rider Kabuto series.

It possesses a degree of self-awareness and can independently select a suitable user! At the same time, Yan Qing ended the call and focused entirely on the battle.

He drew out the Sasword Blade, gripped the Sasword Zecter leaping onto his hand, and inserted it into the blade!

Instantly, a purple knight's body appeared, covered in tubes injecting venom—Kamen Rider Sasword, Masked Form! Knights of the Kabuto series typically have two forms, distinguished by Cast Off.

The form before Cast Off is called Masked Form; after Cast Off, it is called Rider Form.

The Masked Form's armor is thicker and has higher stats.

The Rider Form can use Clock Up, and against knights without acceleration, it's basically overwhelming! But now he was in Masked Form.

"Come on, former strongest!"

"It's a pity you're not Zero-One!"

Pity?

Su Jing couldn't help laughing. "You really dare say that!"

He took a step forward and swung the Card Box Sword with force.

Yan Qing blocked with the Sasword Blade.

Clang!!

The clash of metal echoed, sparks flaring brightly where blade met blade.

But Yan Qing's wrist immediately trembled involuntarily.

It was caused by immense force! "Hn!"

"What is this power?!"

Before he could react, Su Jing calmly swept the Card Box Sword through the air.

The blade's sharp edge struck Sasword with full force, engulfing him in blinding fire.

"Hn!!"

Yan Qing cried out in pain and staggered backward.

But before he could steady himself, the Card Box Sword struck again.

A flash of cold light slashed down—he panicked and raised the Sasword Blade to block.

Yet every collision sent him reeling with the crushing sense of being on an entirely different level!

He was being completely dominated! Was this the power of the former strongest knight?! But this isn't Zero-One either!

Isn't knight combat mainly determined by Driver performance?

Is this mysterious pink Knight System really that powerful?!

He couldn't understand.

In reality, the White Emperor Driver's performance was perfectly average.

But unfortunately, he was Magenta! In Basic Form, even among the powerhouses of the Reiwa era, he was a powerhouse! Moreover, Yan Qing had made another mistake! While knight battles depend on performance and stats, the operator's skill and ability are equally vital!

For example, no one would think the battle power of the King's Kabuto was the same as someone else's Kabuto! And unfortunately, he was the former strongest knight! In terms of combat experience and technique, he was currently the best.

Do you even understand the weight behind Zero-One earning the title of strongest?!

Now, with his body restored to peak condition and Magenta Decade—Sasword alone wasn't enough to fight him! "Hmph!"

He let out a cold snort, swung the Card Box Sword horizontally, and the cold blade slammed into Sasword.

His body was instantly flung uncontrollably through the air, then crashed heavily to the ground!

"Ahh!!"

Yan Qing clutched his chest in pain.

"Damn it!"

"Since conventional combat won't work, then—"

"Cast Off!"

He suddenly pulled the Sasword Zecter on his hand, and instantly, his heavy armor released scorching airflows and began to shed.

In an instant, it exploded apart—Kamen Rider Sasword, Rider Form, appeared! Without hesitation, he slapped the Clock Up button on his waist.

His body immediately entered Clock Up state.

Clock Up is a unique ability of Kabuto-series knights, drastically accelerating the speed of particles around them, granting extremely high speed and reaction time for a short duration.

At this moment, Sasword's body vanished from before him!

Suddenly, Su Jing felt a chill before him and raised the Card Box Sword decisively.

Clang!! As expected, Sasword appeared, slashing with his blade.

But it was perfectly blocked by the raised Card Box Sword.

"Hn!!"

Sasword froze in shock.

No!! You reacted to Clock Up speed? Are you a monster?!

His scalp prickled—he felt this guy was even more monstrous than the Worms!

Is this even human reaction?! He immediately accelerated again, vanishing from sight.

Swish! Swish! Swish! As if frightened by that previous strike, Sasword only moved constantly around him, not rushing to attack—seemingly trying to wear down Su Jing's patience!

Like a hunter stalking prey, patiently waiting for the perfect moment to deliver a killing blow!

"Tch~" Su Jing raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had fought the Worms often enough—he understood Clock Up well.

Without acceleration to counter Clock Up, this is indeed troublesome.

Mainly because if the opponent wants to leave, it is truly difficult to keep them.

One still has to persuade the opponent to fight.

But just at this moment.

The card deck in his hand suddenly jumped, as if something was about to burst out.

Suddenly, the card deck opened automatically!

Swish! A set of Ride Cards appeared in his hand.

This is precisely the Kamen Rider Zero-One Ride Card!!

Hmm? Zero-One!

Is it the reward for defeating five Larva just now? No, that's not right, the system gave no prompt.

That means Decade's greatest trait is the ability to transform into various Riders through Ride Cards.

And the ways he obtains Ride Cards are mainly three.

One is to directly smash the opponent into a card.

One is to form a bond and obtain the corresponding card.

The third is that Wang Xiaoming, inside the Kamen Rider Gotchard movie, took photos that turned into Ride Cards! And now this situation seems like the second type! After all, the Zero-One in this world is Su Jing himself! Bonds or whatever, directly MAX!

So he obtained the corresponding Zero-One Ride Card!

"Should I say 'Welcome back', Zero-One~"

He raised his finger, tapped lightly, and violently inserted it into the Driver! 【Kamen Ride! Zero-One!】!

At this moment, when Yan Qing noticed his movement, realized something was wrong, and hurriedly tried to act to stop the unknown danger.

Suddenly!

Boom!!

A beam of light descended from the sky above, transforming into Rising Hopper, the form of that house-destroying locust! The instant it landed, it trampled indiscriminately.

Causing the completely unprepared Sword Scorpion's body to suddenly fly backward, clumsily kneeling half on the ground.

"This is! Zero-One's Rising Hopper? How can it be here!"

"How is this..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the figure of that pink Knight in front suddenly begin to change.

At some unknown time it had become the form of Zero-One's base body, while Rising Hopper transformed into armor and weaponry upon his body!

【Rising Hopper! A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick!】 Yan Qing: "!!!"

"Transform!! He transformed into Zero-One?!"

"What kind of joke is this!"

He couldn't believe it and rubbed his eyes; this was truly seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

Also true.

Anyone seeing this scene for the first time would be stunned.

When Wang Xiaoming first stole an account in his youth, he was also dumbfounded; one could actually play like this.

Let alone Yan Qing, who witnessed it right there on the spot.

Should we say his luck was good, being the first to see this famous scene?

Or was his luck bad~ (End of this chapter)