Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Yan Ming's fatal strike did indeed break through the opponent's defense.

However, although the ice on Baal's body fell off, it was restored in a very short time.

"call--!!"

Baal opened his mouth wide, and a fierce blast of cold air instantly swept towards Yan Ming.

Logically speaking, even in his transformed state, he would still be frozen solid if he directly faced this cold air.

Ignoring the slowly freezing armor surface, Yan Ming then took out another dial.

"D·D·D·Decade!"

"Armor Time...Decade!"

The ice, which was about to freeze, was instantly shattered by a sudden force.

Countless gray phantoms popped out from Yan Ming's driver, merging with his body and transforming directly into armor containing the power of Decade.

After a series of sound effects were omitted, Yan Ming gripped the Time Limit Sword in one hand and took out the Heisei Sword in the other.

Baal attempted to attack himself again, but was suppressed by Yan Ming's timely attack.

He raised his two swords, releasing purple and magenta sword energy in a crossed pattern.

The doubled destructive power shattered many of the ice blocks on Baal's body in one fell swoop.

The demon roared, and with each movement, its tail continuously shot out sharp ice spikes into the air.

The cold air from its mouth was also released towards Yan Ming.

While using his two swords to shatter the falling ice spikes, Yan Ming created an aurora curtain in front of him, which passed through his body and teleported him to a nearby location.

But when he came out, he found that even the air around him was frozen.

Some ice crystal-like particles floated in mid-air, and when they fell to the ground, they were all frozen, solidified air.

To some extent, this is behavior that transcends the laws of physics.

The demon's ice alters the structure of matter, completely ignoring its transformation process, and can directly change it into the state it desires.

If it weren't for special powers to fight back, Yan Ming, who wouldn't transform into a Kamen Rider, would probably have been turned into an ice sculpture.

"Be careful, my Demon King!"

Woz, standing nearby, hurriedly reminded himself.

Yan Ming looked up and saw countless ice spikes hurtling towards him.

You could feel that each ice spike was infused with unparalleled power.

That was the destructive power of a single ice spike, enough to shatter an entire kingdom's castle.

As the ice picks fell, Yan Ming calmly took out the third dial.

"Faiz!"

"Final Form Time! Fa·Fa·Fa·Faiz!"

His entire body was covered in silver-black armor.

As the LCD screen on the head changed images, the power of Faiz's Accelerated Form was superimposed onto the armor.

Countless icicles were about to fall.

Yan Ming's body disappeared in an instant, and the next moment, countless red electric drills appeared everywhere around the ice cones.

Every shot landed precisely on the ice pick.

Yan Ming, on the other hand, crushed the ice spikes with overwhelming destructive power at a speed exceeding fifty times the speed of sound.

He landed and then leaped again toward the demon.

"Stop running around like that... Go to hell!!"

Baal exhaled another burst of extremely cold air.

However, in Yan Ming's eyes, the world seemed to move as slowly as a snail.

He used his incredible speed to dodge to the left, directly avoiding Baal's attack.

If needed, Yan Ming could easily unleash more than a thousand attacks on Baal within that short second.

But he didn't do that.

Yan Ming then moved to the area behind Baal—the place where the children were kept.

Within countless thick blocks of ice, there were children imprisoned.

A total of 180 people.

For Yan Ming, the safety of the children would definitely be his top priority, rather than defeating the monster.

He raised the Heisei Sword and then turned the pointer on the blade.

"Hey! Ryuki!"

Once you turn to the Kamen Rider Ryuki icon, the power belonging to Ryuki will fill the sword as the icon is selected.

"Ryuki! Dual Time Break!"

Flames burn on the blade of the Heisei-era sword.

With a temperature of 5,000 degrees Celsius, Yan Ming was about to break the ice block in front of him.

And relying on his strength and skill, he can control the force to the most appropriate level, so as not to hurt these children.

He raised his sword and carefully and precisely pierced the ice.

Then--

The 5,000-degree heat slowly began to melt the ice in front of them.

Everything seems to be going smoothly.

only.

—Including the faces of several children, it seemed as if they too had been melted away.

"what?"

Yan Ming was startled and quickly drew his sword to extinguish the flames.

Somewhat surprised, he used the sword to cut the ice again, and this time, a crack appeared on the other child's face.

No matter how many times it is repeated or what method is used, similar results will be achieved.

Can't go wrong.

If we continue breaking the ice... we'll crush the children inside the ice block as well.

Whether by melting, cutting, or even using the spatial power of the aurora curtain to achieve reverse teleportation, nothing can save the children.

The children's bodies seemed to have become completely assimilated with the ice.

Although Yan Ming wanted to try to transform the Build dial into a genius armor capable of separating people from foreign objects, even spatial power was not working, let alone particle-level separation.

This is definitely not a situation that can be explained so simply.

Left with no other choice, Yan Ming had to retreat to the rear and cancel the acceleration mode.

The world in my eyes returned to its normal flow.

"--Well!"

"What's wrong?"

Both Baal and Woz paused for a moment, only to see Yan Ming's body suddenly disappear from the spot and then suddenly reappear in front of them.

"My Demon King... what are you doing? Wasn't rescuing the children the top priority?"

Woz looked at Yan Ming with some confusion. Why not use the extreme speed of the acceleration armor to take this opportunity to rescue the children?

"Hehehehe..."

On the contrary, Baal seemed to have seen through all of this.

It made a snickering sound from its mouth and then kept spitting out something like dirty water.

"You tried, didn't you? You tried to use your own strength to save those little devils."

"..."

"Unfortunately, it's pointless! I told you, it's a pipe dream for you to save those little devils. I'm telling you the truth, demons don't lie!"

Yan Ming had no choice but to stand still and stare at the other person as if he were holding back his aura.

"If the ice is destroyed along with the children, they will die too."

"This... even Decade's power isn't enough?"

Yan Ming did not respond, but the fact that he did not respond was enough for Woz to understand the current situation.

"So! What are you planning to do? These brats haven't just merged with me physically, they've even become part of me in spirit—soul, everything!"

Barr then revealed another shocking fact.

"If you defeat me, all those little devils frozen in the ice will die, but if you want to save them, you must defeat me!"

It's practically a paradox of cause and effect, a pure vicious cycle.

In a sense, the demon before us is an enemy we cannot defeat.

It wasn't that he was stronger than Yan Ming, which is why he couldn't defeat him.

But if we defeat it... then no one can save it.

"What should you do? What will you choose to do? Oh dear, this is a difficult situation. What should our great hero do? Tell me! Hero of humanity!"

Yan Ming calmly switched the watch face from Faiz and then took out the watch face from Ghost.

"Final Form Time! Gh·Gh·Gh·Ghost!"

The gold armor replaced the silver armor.

With gratitude and strength, Yan Ming slowly leaped into the air.

And with an absolute strike, he stabbed Baal.

Bang--!!

The power flowed through the entire body of the ice toad.

Countless cracks burst forth on his body, a scene of the ice covering Baal's entire body shattering.

Then, immediately afterward...

The children behind him also developed cracks all over their bodies.

"...Tsk."

Yan Ming had no choice but to immediately stop exerting force.

This action, in turn, caused Baal to swing his tail and send him flying with a single blow.

"My Demon King!"

Yan Ming, who had been knocked away, landed next to Woz, who immediately ran over to help.

"Are you alright, my Demon King!"

"Its output is not enough to harm me."

Relying on the power of the Grateful Soul, Yan Ming was able to withstand most of Baal's destructive force without injury.

But this is merely a delaying tactic.

"Hahahaha! So what are you going to do? Just keep knocking me down like this? How terrible! Those 180 children you wanted to save will all die! They'll die!!"

"Or are you going to become a punching bag? Just let me toy with you like this? Hehehehehe—!!!"

Barr sneered and delivered the most merciless mockery.

"What knight? What hero? Just a stray dog."

"A hero who saved 180 little kids? Is this what you call a hero? How laughable! How utterly laughable!!"

No matter how much Bahr mocked him, Yan Ming simply stood up calmly.