Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

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Looking at the figure standing alone in front of the raging fire, all Gates and the others could do was to help him from the sidelines.

"We must win, Mr. Yan Ming!"

"Don't lose to someone like that, Zi-O!"

Anya clasped her hands together.

She made a prayer-like gesture, closed her eyes, and silently thought to herself.

…Brother Yan Ming.

I absolutely, positively must survive!

boom--!!

Endless flames burned around him as Yan Ming raised his twin swords and faced the phoenix directly.

Needless to say.

Phoenix roared and spat out a fireball from its mouth.

A fireball with a radius of five meters and a temperature exceeding seven thousand degrees.

It hurtled towards Yan Ming at a speed comparable to that of a missile.

bass--!!

Then, a deafening sound ripped through the air.

Yan Ming directly swung his sword, using his strongest ultimate sword strike to slice through the fireball.

The fireball split in two, splitting open directly to his left and right sides.

But the fiery phoenix then unleashed even more fireballs at him.

However, in the face of absolute power, no matter how large the quantity, it is useless.

Yan Ming wielded his longsword repeatedly, using both hands to shatter the enemy's fireballs one after another.

His posture didn't look like he was wielding a sword; it looked more like he was dancing.

That's because Yan Ming possesses sword skills that surpass the limits. To outsiders, it looks less like a battle and more like a magnificent dance.

It is both elegant and deadly.

In contrast, Phoenix's fireballs are not simply launched one by one.

The intervals between each fireball shot are different, and the number of fireballs also varies.

Sometimes it's one shot, sometimes two, sometimes a third shot is fired at an even faster speed after a time difference between the two shots, and it can even fire countless smaller fireballs, but without any reduction in lethality.

Yan Ming could easily handle all of these.

The time consumed was far less than a second; the instant Yan Ming swung his knife was already less than one-hundredth of a second.

All of his physical attributes were enhanced several times over.

At the very least, he can unleash performance at twice the level of his basic form. In this state, Yan Ming can not only easily increase his strength to several times his original level, but he can also gain an even more powerful boost by overdrawing his body.

Phoenix unleashed three more fireballs, but Yan Ming deflected them all with a flip-like motion using his sword blade.

At this point, it began to take different actions.

However, even faster than that, Yan Ming had already anticipated what the other party's actions would be.

The pointer on his face spun rapidly, and then the "inevitable" outcome was directly presented in his consciousness.

He saw the future.

In the future footage, Phoenix spreads its wings high, and countless fireballs rain down from the sky, piercing through the entire city like arrows and engulfing everything in flames.

"Burn you and the whole city to ashes, let's see how you stop it then!"

Phoenix roared, flapping its wings, and then a large amount of fire elemental energy gathered from its entire body outwards.

The flames gathered above Phoenix's head, forming something as huge as a building.

With a speed surpassing Yan Ming's, Phoenix used the tail formed by the flames to directly shatter the fireball.

Tiny flames instantly exploded across the entire city.

Yan Ming noticed that the other party's purpose was not actually to attack him. Although such a small flame was extremely powerful, it was not enough to make him take it seriously.

What Phoenix really needs to do is launch a surprise attack on the people behind him.

Including Anya, these people had not yet transformed, and in such a sudden situation, they would only be caught off guard by the torrential rain of flames.

"I see, so that's what you're after?"

"How about that? Let's see how you dodge now!"

If the flames fall like raindrops, not only Yan Ming, but also the people behind him will be attacked.

This time, Yan Ming did not use his sword to counter the enemy's attack.

He slightly raised his head, simply watching the flames that were about to fall to the ground.

— Spacetime distortion.

Then, the torrential rain of flames all abruptly stopped in mid-air, accompanied by unnatural, distorted colors.

"what?"

Phoenix was slightly taken aback by what he saw.

But even that one-tenth of a second gave Yan Ming some free time.

He slightly raised his head, and then all the flames that had been held in mid-air flowed back at an even faster speed than before.

Time rewinds.

As Zi-O II, who possesses a portion of Oma Zi-O's power, he can naturally control all of time at will.

With this ability that transcends time, Yan Ming can freely limit his power to a certain range.

For example, if time were to stop, he could choose to stop time in the whole world, or relatively stop the time of a person, or even the arm of a person, or even the time of a single cell in their body.

Time reversal works in the same way; it can be used worldwide or applied to a single or multiple individuals.

Only those who can operate with such absolute freedom can be considered true masters of time and space.

Yan Ming was well aware that he possessed the capability.

Even though he had only been in this form for less than thirty minutes, he still knew how to use it the moment he gained this power.

Combat awareness, knowledge, experience, and talent.

Only by combining all of these can one maximize their own abilities.

After he reversed time, the flames shot towards Phoenix like sharp spikes.

Flames burned across the phoenix's entire body.

However—Yan Ming soon discovered that something was wrong.

"You really think... I can be hurt by my own power?"

Unharmed.

Even though Phoenix's entire body was scorched by flames, it was essentially the same as returning the item to its rightful owner.

Water can extinguish fire, but when it returns to the sea, it is simply returning to its rightful owner. The same principle applies to Phoenix.

"There should be a limit to stupidity! Watch closely, this is how my power should be used!"

Its wings vibrated instantly.

In that instant, Yan Ming predicted the opponent's next move—a sprint, flying at a speed that his physical body could never keep up with.

From a purely physical perspective, the speed is likely on par with Clock Up.

It's about fifty times the speed of sound.

Phoenix landed instantly, flapping his wings formed of flames. A fiery red barrier appeared directly in front of his body, amplifying the power he gained during his charge.

At this speed, Yan Ming absolutely cannot keep up.

It hurtled straight toward the king of time, intending to pierce its heart with an even more powerful impact—

It was avoided.

Completely ignoring the enemy's movements, Yan Ming instantly turned his body, perfectly avoiding Phoenix's attack.

"what?!"

Time accelerates.

Indeed, Yan Ming's own system functions are not yet up to the level of Clock Up, but he can easily catch up with his opponent by relying on his ability to manipulate time.

Accelerating one's own relative time to keep up with the opponent's relative speed is child's play.

This once again shocked Phoenix, but Yan Ming would never let such an opportunity slip by.

In the instant he dodged the enemy's attack, he thrust both swords at the opponent's abdomen once more.

puff-

The mechanical structure inside the flames was instantly torn apart by the blades of the strongest limit sword and the time limit sword.

That was the power to wipe out an entire mountain range with a single strike.

This is merely the power of the blade itself.

When Yan Ming holds the strongest ultimate sword, the second-stage Time King system can also assimilate the weapon with its own system to further enhance output by synchronizing the strength of the ability.

In other words.

Even a simple poke like this can cause far more damage than the destruction of a mountain.

Phoenix, pierced by the force of the frontal attack, let out a very pitiful cry.

While struggling, it spewed flames from its wings, blasting Yan Ming away.

Phoenix instantly appeared at a distance, while Yan Ming raised his twin swords.

He adjusted the hands on his watch face.

"Zi-O is the strongest!"

"Finish Time!"

Not only did Yan Ming load the strongest Limit Sword into its super skill activation state, he also loaded the basic Time Odyssey watch onto the Time Limit Sword.

Phoenix gathered his power and instantly unleashed a fireball many times larger than before at himself.

But he was not afraid at all.

Facing the enemy's attack head-on, he crossed his two swords in a cross shape.

"Zi-O! Giri Giri Slash!"

"Overlord Slash!"

The purple and colorful sword energy completely tore apart the extremely hot flames.

Moreover, it shows absolutely no intention of dissipating.

With a speed even faster than Phoenix's, two sword energies instantly pierced through its entire body, leaving huge cross marks on its surface.

"Gurgle—!"

Phoenix seemed to want to scream, but Yan Ming didn't even give it that chance.

The power of the double cross will dissipate everything.

The phoenix's body was detonated.