Chapter 43 - Sorry, I'm a Passing Kamen Rider
Li Ling’er had a shoulder injury that was causing her considerable pain. However, she couldn’t just stand by and watch as Tian Mi and Jackal Lord engaged in intense combat. She had to endure the pain and join the fight.
Kamen Rider Agito’s Ground Form had high defensive capabilities, with a balance between strength and speed. In this form, Li Ling’er didn’t have access to any weapons and had to rely on unarmed attacks.
With Li Ling’er’s assistance, Tian Mi’s burden was lightened. The two women teamed up to attack Jackal Lord, making it difficult for him to defend himself.
Jackal Lord was relatively weaker among the Lords. He was fast and agile but lacked in other areas. His defense wasn’t strong, and his primary means of attack was the Judgment Scythe.
Tian Mi used the Storm Halberd to engage Jackal Lord’s Judgment Scythe, creating opportunities for Li Ling’er to launch close-range attacks. Their cooperation was flawless, and they fought smoothly, quickly overwhelming Jackal Lord.
Qing Mu watched the battle and, seeing that the two women weren’t in much danger, couldn’t help but smile and mutter to himself, “I never expected Li Ling’er to possess the power of Kamen Rider Agito, Ground Form. She shouldn’t be called Li Ling’er; she should be Zhao Ling’er!”
Li Ling’er and Tian Mi had exceeded Qing Mu’s expectations. He had initially thought that these two women had the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Agito but didn’t have remarkable combat abilities. However, he had clearly underestimated them.
The two women clearly weren’t newcomers to fighting monsters; otherwise, they couldn’t have been so skilled and composed. Under their continuous attacks, Jackal Lord sustained significant injuries, with multiple wounds covering his body.
“Ling’er.”
“I got it.”
With just one call, Li Ling’er understood what Tian Mi was planning. She used all her strength, enduring the pain, to clamp down on Jackal Lord’s arm. In an attempt to break free, Jackal Lord bit towards Li Ling’er’s shoulder, tearing through her Kamen Rider armor, which had diamond-like hardness. Li Ling’er, suffering even more, let out a painful scream.
“Ah!”
Tian Mi, despite the agony of watching her friend hurt, didn’t hesitate and swung her halberd.
“Bang!”
Tian Mi knocked Jackal Lord’s Judgment Scythe out of his hand. With no weapon in hand, Jackal Lord was like a toothless tiger.
“Let go of Ling’er! You beast!” Tian Mi shouted in anger.
Tian Mi, infuriated, attacked once more with Storm Halberd, carrying a powerful hurricane force, and thrust it fiercely.
“Splurt!”
Tian Mi pierced one of Jackal Lord’s eyes, blinding him.
The pain caused Jackal Lord to scream in agony, and he released Li Ling’er, clutching his eye and staggering backward. Li Ling’er’s shoulder injury was excruciating, rendering her too weak to continue the fight. She knelt down on one knee, holding her shoulder in pain.
Tian Mi, filled with anger and hatred towards Jackal Lord, gathered the power of the storm into her Storm Halberd. The weapon emitted a faint blue-white light, and tornado-like phantoms swirled around Tian Mi.
Realizing that Tian Mi was preparing a deadly attack, Jackal Lord turned to flee, but it was too late at this point. Tian Mi leaped into the air, empowered by the storm’s force, moving as fast as lightning, and swung Storm Halberd fiercely toward Jackal Lord.
It seemed that the strike would land on Jackal Lord, but at the critical moment, another figure emerged from the darkness, swinging a scythe with a chain to intercept Tian Mi.
“Bang!”
Tian Mi, caught off guard by this unexpected development, was struck by the opponent, forcing her to abort her ultimate move. She fell heavily to the ground.
The attacker revealed their true form: another Jackal Lord.
Both Jackal Lords looked similar in appearance, with only slight color differences in their bodies. One was red-black, and the other was blue-gray. The red-black Jackal Lord wielded the Judgment Scythe, while the blue-gray one used a chain scythe called the Atonement Scythe.
“Tian Mi!” Li Ling’er, anxious for her friend, called out.
“I’m okay, just a bit sore,” Tian Mi replied as she struggled to get back on her feet.
The blue-gray Jackal Lord’s attack was even more potent than the red-black one’s, and Tian Mi’s defenses were not as strong as Li Ling’er’s. Thus, the injury she suffered was more severe than she let on.
“Whoosh!”
The blue-gray Jackal Lord threw the chain scythe.
However, this time, the blue-gray Jackal Lord wasn’t trying to attack Li Ling’er or Tian Mi. Instead, he used the chain scythe to retrieve the fallen Judgment Scythe.
“@##%^@” (Your weapon, take it back.)
With these words, the blue-gray Jackal Lord returned the Judgment Scythe to the one-eyed, red-black Jackal Lord. Despite his bleeding eye and severe pain, the red-black Jackal Lord, now resembling a one-eyed pirate, caught the Judgment Scythe, ready to continue the fight.
Just dealing with the red-black Jackal Lord had already proven challenging for Tian Mi and Li Ling’er. Now, they faced another Jackal Lord with even greater combat strength, and the situation took a turn for the worse.
Li Ling’er’s heart sank as she felt that their demise was imminent. She remembered Qing Mu still being nearby and turned to him, shouting, “Qing Mu! Run! We might not be able to defeat them!”
Qing Mu sighed and shook his head. “Looks like I have to help out.” He then inserted his Decade Rider Card into the Decade Driver and activated his transformation.
【KamenRide! Decade!】
In the pitch-black night, his crimson Kamen Rider Decade armor stood out prominently.
The blue-gray Jackal Lord had thought he had the upper hand, but now Qing Mu, a peculiar individual, had unexpectedly joined the fray. However, Qing Mu was not using Agito’s power, which left the blue-gray Jackal Lord conflicted about whether to make Qing Mu a target.
“@%%*¥%” (You’re not Agito. Who are you?) He asked, the classic death inquiry.
Qing Mu clapped his hands and calmly replied, “I’m just a passing Kamen Rider, that’s all. Remember it well!”
This response left the blue-gray Jackal Lord puzzled. In comparison, Li Ling’er and Tian Mi were even more shocked. Li Ling’er asked in amazement, “Qing Mu! You can transform too? Are you also Agito?”
“No, I’m not Agito. I’m Kamen Rider Decade, which is different from Agito,” Qing Mu clarified.
Li Ling’er had never seen any other Kamen Riders besides Agito, so Qing Mu’s explanation confused her. Tian Mi, on the other hand, was less concerned about whether Qing Mu was Kamen Rider Decade or Agito and more interested in knowing if he could handle the two formidable Lords.
“Hey, Qing Mu, these guys are pretty strong. Do you have the fighting strength to handle them?” Tian Mi inquired, her primary concern being whether Qing Mu could help them deal with these two Lords. If not, the three of them might not make it out of this situation alive.