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Slaying Barbatos with Warm Wine

The rainbow-colored light gradually dissipated, and what Nian Zhuo held tightly in his hand was no longer the silver Time Driver, but the Sengoku Driver inlaid with a blade.

"Hmph, you're still alive? You're incredibly lucky." Barbatos said disdainfully, looking at Nian Zhuo standing in the colorful pillar of light. "And then what? What can you do now that you're so weak?"

The red eyes surrounding his body gazed down at Mordred and Mash, who were struggling to breathe and covered in wounds, as well as Momotaros, who had already deactivated her transformation.

Although he had many wounds on his body, his flesh was healing rapidly around those wounds. With his unparalleled magical power, Barbatos forced the three of them back, and he was now extremely proud of himself.

"From the very beginning, I said you could never become their guardian!" The surrounding black mist spread despair in all directions, casting a shadow over the already gloomy land. "You! A nobody? What can you possibly do!"

“...That’s true. From the very beginning, I never thought I would definitely win.” Nencho said softly with his eyes closed, placing the Sengoku Driver at his waist. “But even so—” Orange light shone in his right hand.

"—I will absolutely not give up!" Grasping the orange light tightly, the Victory Lock Seed appeared in Nian Zhuo's hand.

"No matter what, I will fight to the very end! This is the path chosen by that arrogant guy named [Nianzhuo]!" He pressed the lock seed and placed it on his waist.

He manipulated the handle beside him and slashed down at the Victory Lock Seed.

Above Nian Zhuo's head, a zipper opened up a space, projecting in a huge orange sphere.

It fell onto Nianzhuo's head, and the orange sphere gradually scattered, merging with Nianzhuo's body.

"Lock On! Soiya! Kachidoki Arms! Immediately deploy! Ei Ei Oh!"

"Drink!" The daimyo, Kamen Rider Gaim, bearing his banner, has arrived!

"It's not over yet! Now it's my turn to shine!" In his other hand, the Extreme Stillness Lock, which he was holding loosely, was emitting colorful light, and Nian Zhuo pressed it as well.

Buzzing—suddenly, many zippers appeared out of nowhere in the sky, and at the same time, a small circle was opened.

Spheres of various colors, looking like fruits, slowly descend from the circle.

"What—what is this?!" Demon God Pillar Barbatos could keenly sense that the function of those zippers was... just like what his king had done... no, even more advanced than that.

"It actually connects to another world..." The surrounding black mist condensed and gathered again in the sky to form huge black spikes, just like the one that had repelled Nian Zhuo before, but this time there were several of them.

Meanwhile, in the world linked by the Extreme Lock Species, a white-robed, blond-haired man was sitting in a pavilion drinking tea.

"...Oh?" He paused in pouring tea, then looked in one direction as if he had sensed something. "...So that's it, is it Nianzhuo?"

With his right hand loosely clenched, orange and golden light flashed simultaneously.

"Go, lend him a hand..." He threw the two orbs of light upwards, and they disappeared instantly, flashing with light.

"Keep it up, Nianzhuo." The man shook his head and smiled, picking up the teacup in front of him.

“Perfect, let me see how much you’ve grown, Nianzhuo.” Then, he put down his teacup, crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for something.

It was Kouta Kazuha, the "Man of Beginning" of Helheim.

"Stop playing tricks on me! Die!" Seeing that Nian Zhuo hadn't made a move, Barbatos stopped waiting and directly drove several black spikes toward Nian Zhuo, as if he wouldn't stop until he killed him.

Nian Zhuo did not move in the face of the attacking black thorns.

The fruit-shaped spheres falling from the sky all rushed towards the attacking black thorns.

In the blink of an eye, the various types of locks that Black Thorn used to land collided and turned into wisps of black smoke, disappearing completely.

"What!" Barbatos couldn't believe his eyes. His Black Thorn had been completely shattered in an instant! "What did you do?!"

Why were these black thorns instantly destroyed by the opponent when one of them almost defeated Nian Zhuo before? What exactly are those fruit-shaped spheres floating in the sky?

At this moment, the orange samurai decoration engraved on the side of the Sengoku Driver at Nian Zhuo's waist was gone, leaving only a lonely socket.

"Come on!" Suddenly, Nian Zhuo opened his eyes, inserted the Extreme Lock Seed into the socket, and twisted it again.

"Lock Open! Extreme Arms! Great Great Great Great General!"

It shot into the sky with colorful light, and at the same time, an orange and gold ball of light suddenly flew out from the space where the zipper was open and landed on Nianzhuo.

As the light faded, the black cloak billowed in the wind.

The silver armor, the black breastplate adorned with various fruit decorations, and the colorful eye armor still couldn't conceal its fierce aura.

With his black cloak fluttering and red lining billowing, the true majesty of a general descends.

"This is..." All eyes were focused on the silver figure.

"They actually did it...!" With a happy laugh, Ryotaro wiped the dust off his face and helped the more seriously injured Mash and Mordred to the side. "Alright, now it's up to Nencho."

“It’s just a different skin, so what!” Barbatos’s distorted voice came from his bloated body.

The surrounding black mist condensed into dense black spikes, which rained down on Nian Zhuo like raindrops.

Looking up at the oncoming 'black raindrops', Nian Zhuo drew his Peerless Military Blade.

A crimson light appeared, and Nencho pushed down the saber from his waist, which was attached to the Sengoku Driver.

"One? Ten? One hundred! Ichigo Charge—!"

With a berry-red sheen on the blade, Nian Zhuo swung his sword at the oncoming dense cluster of black spikes.

In contrast to the black raindrops, amidst the crimson light of Nian Zhuo's sword, tiny kunai faintly flew out, colliding with the black spikes shot out by Barbatos.

Immediately, explosions rang out in the sky, along with the hissing sound of black mist being evaporated.

But after the attack of the black spikes dissipated, the berry-red kunai remained, flying towards Barbatos's body at extremely high speed.

"How is this possible—Aaaaaaah!" First, his eyes widened in disbelief, then all the kunai released by Nianzhuo hit Barbatos's massive body without exception, leaving one circular wound after another.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!" The eyes on his body suddenly widened, and a huge amount of magic power almost solidified around Nian Zhuo.

The magical particles emitted a purple light, and in a daze, it seemed as if tiny flames were igniting.

"Ah... [The time for crossing the road has come!] Now I will transform into flames of sin and burn away all enemies!"

"Incineration Style: Barbatos—!"

Within the crimson eyes of the Demon God Pillar Barbatos, Nian Zhuo's tiny figure was completely engulfed by the flames unleashed from the massive amount of magic he had expended.

"Hahaha—hahahahaha!" Feeling the wave of heat washing over him, Barbatos' massive body laughed wildly, "What a pretentious fool! Burn to ashes in this fiery attack!"

An inconspicuous little grass, its green color suddenly blossomed in Barbatos's eyes.

"…!" Barbatos stared in disbelief at the plant that appeared amidst the flames that seemed capable of burning everything!

Then, the green plant suddenly grew, completely enveloping the enormous flames within its foliage.

Wisps of black smoke rose from the giant plant sphere, which then dispersed, but the flames that Barbatos had released earlier vanished completely.

"How is this possible!" Barbatos stood there, no, the entire pillar was frozen, staring at the plant ball in the center that was releasing boundless vitality.

"...Heh, now?" Nian Zhuo's calm voice came from the sphere, and the huge plant sphere gradually stretched outwards, revealing Nian Zhuo's unharmed silver figure. "Do you still think I'm some kind of charlatan, Barbatos?"

"...Who, who are you?!" Barbatos' massive body finally retreated, his eyes filled with fear as he stared at the man before him, whose identity he could not possibly discern.

"Me? My name is Nian Zhuo, just a knight." In his right hand, the golden light lay obediently in Nian Zhuo's palm. He looked up at the Demon God Pillar Barbatos, who was trying to escape. "This time, it's my turn!"

With a wave of his right hand, golden light flashed, and numerous vines sprouted out of thin air, wrapping around Barbatos's massive body like tree snakes. In the blink of an eye, they had entwined its bloated form, and the green leaves exuded boundless vitality.

"This...this is...!" Barbatos struggled restlessly, trying to break free of the vines binding it, but no matter what it did, it couldn't damage them in the slightest. "What the hell are these damned vines?!"

"Don't rush, the real attack is yet to come!" Nian Zhuo gripped the golden spear in his hand, planted it into the ground, and at the same time, he withdrew the golden light with his right hand, but still left the boundless vines.

He drew his saber from his waist again with his right hand, and a yellow wave gradually surged from the golden spear in his hand.

"Kiwami Squash—!"

“Spear Victory——!”

Numerous banana-shaped beams of light surged from where the tip of the Nianzhuo Spear had pierced the ground, rushing towards Barbatos, who was bound by vines.

"Ugh—what is this again?!" Just as he was struggling to break free of the vines, these banana-shaped phantoms appeared in front of him and once again firmly restrained him.

Not only that, the banana-shaped beam of light even scorched Barbatos's skin, causing him pain, but also making him realize that his wounds were healing more slowly.

"This is...!" His eyes widened suddenly as he stared at the banana-shaped beam of light that had him held captive. "It even has the effect of slowing down the flow of magic within my body!"

This was undoubtedly a major blow to his proud and powerful healing ability, leaving him with no choice but to increase the intensity of his struggles.

"Let me go, let me go!" While struggling, he suddenly felt a gust of wind in front of him that seemed to tear his body apart.

It was still Nian Zhuo, but this time he was holding not only the Peerless Military Blade, but also a huge object that looked like a matchlock gun.

It was the same orange musket that Katsuhiro had pulled out when he appeared.

Then, he linked the Musou Saber with the Matchstick Orange DJ Gun to form a huge blade, transforming it into the Matchstick Orange DJ Gun Greatsword Mode.

This time, Nian Zhuo held the sword in one hand, and with his free hand pushed down the military knife on the drive at his waist twice, and rainbow-colored fruit illusions appeared on the blade.

“Kiwami Au Lait——!”

"Peerless Slash!" Nian Zhuo swung his greatsword at Barbatos, who was struggling nearby but firmly restrained by the banana phantom.

The iridescent fruit illusion flew out and smashed into Barbatos's massive body, instantly creating a huge crater.

"——!——!——!" The scream was beyond description; Barbatos's massive body trembled as it was struck, and it was forced to retreat continuously.

It turned out that when the rainbow-colored fruit exploded, it also blasted apart the banana-shaped phantom and vines, allowing Barbatos to struggle free.

"Ha...ha..." Barbatos retreated rapidly, now only wanting to avoid being bound by the Nen Turbidity again. "It's alright, my magic flow has returned to normal. If this continues, as long as I can heal—"

"—You're thinking of using magic to heal your wounds, right?" Suddenly, the voice that Barbatos least wanted to hear came from the front. Turning his massive body, Barbatos's eyes focused on Nian Zhuo, who was carrying a greatsword.

"I'm sorry, your wish is probably going to be in vain." Nian Zhuo smiled at him and gripped the greatsword tightly again.

Nian Zhuo smiled, pressed down on the military knife on the driver at his waist, and struck it three times.

He then removed the orange locket from his waist and placed it on the sword.

A rainbow-like light emanated from the sword that Nianzhuo held in his hands.

"One? Ten? Hundred? Thousand? Trillion? Trillion? Fruits Basket—!"

It grew at an extremely high speed, and the rainbow-colored stream of light gradually transformed into a huge blade.

"This... how is this possible—!" With just one glance, Barbatos knew that his current body could not withstand this attack.

It will die, it will die, it will die, it will die, it will die! — The fear of death rendered its massive body immobile.

"Fire Rope Great Orange Unparalleled Slash—!!"

"Disappear, Barbatos!" Nian Zhuo roared, swinging down the rainbow-colored blade.

"I...I don't admit it...!" Staring at the rainbow-colored blade swinging towards him, Barbatos let out a defiant roar, "I...we, the Demon God Pillars...how could we be defeated by someone like you—!"