Unlock Kamen Riders in Douluo's Way

Yin Xiaoya watches the children, a mix of admiration and confusion swirling in their eyes. They're captivated by the flash of Kamen Rider Meteor, the raw power, the sheer spectacle of it all.

It's over if you are handsome? He can't help but internally scoff. These kids...

Ma Hongjun, the portly boy with the downcast gaze, looks particularly awestruck. Yin Xiaoya turns his attention to him.

"Can you talk to me?"

Ma Hongjun stammers, pointing a chubby finger at his own chest. "Me?"

"That's right. I came looking for you, actually."

"Looking for me? Why?" Ma Hongjun's voice cracks with uncertainty.

Before Yin Xiaoya can answer, the other students are already buzzing with excitement, nudging Ma Hongjun.

"Didn't you hear? Kamen Rider wants to recruit disciples at Shrek Academy! He must have taken a fancy to you!"

Ma Hongjun's expression is a picture of disbelief, a question mark etched on his face. Me? A guy with zero potential? What could he possibly want?

"You don't need to doubt yourself," Yin Xiaoya says, cutting through the noise. "I did come to you about that. But there's a misunderstanding. I'm not recruiting disciples. The Kamen Riders aren't about a strict master-apprentice relationship. Becoming a Kamen Rider stems from your own belief, your own persistence. At most, we're just seniors and juniors."

The students erupt with renewed enthusiasm.

"Then do we have a chance?"

"Yes, yes! If there's no threshold for Kamen Riders, we want to be Kamen Riders too! Being a soul master is too difficult!"

It's clear they've seen the flashy fight and latched onto the idea of easy power. Yin Xiaoya's lips tighten. If they think being a Kamen Rider is a whim, they're sorely mistaken. If everyone just wants it without the commitment, without the heart, there's no way this world will ever give birth to a Kamen Rider organically. And that's what he wants to see, what he needs to spark.

"Whether you're a soul master or a Kamen Rider, you first need to figure out why you want to be stronger. If you don't even know that, even if you have the power, it's not truly your own. Any power worth having comes through dedication, through sacrifice. It doesn't matter if your martial soul is trash, or if it's mutated. But if your heart is weak, then you're truly weak. And you'll never become a real Kamen Rider."

The group of children seem to grasp some of his words, but their understanding is incomplete. Yin Xiaoya doesn't push it. They'll understand the full weight of those words sooner or later.

He claps Ma Hongjun on the shoulder. "Come with me."

Too many outsiders here. He doesn't want them privy to certain things. He knows he's already attracted unwanted attention, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. If he wants to take root in this world, he has to integrate into its conflicts, whether decent or villainous. It's a necessary process.

"Hey, if you have time, fight me one-on-one."

As he steps past the group, Dai Yin's voice stops him.

"There will be a chance, but not now. Let's go."

Ma Hongjun shoots a resentful glare at Ma Sheng, who's sitting cross-legged, recovering, then hurries to catch up with Yin Xiaoya. But he bumps into him from behind almost immediately.

Yin Xiaoya had stopped abruptly, sensing something approaching. It wasn't just him. Everyone present felt the presence of a force almost as powerful as a Title Douluo. They all turn in the same direction as a voice full of rage surges towards them, carried on a wave of heat.

"Martial Soul Hall!!!"

In the distance, a figure engulfed in golden flames rockets towards them like a living fireball.

"Bi... Bibi Dong?" Dai Yin exclaims, taken aback. He never knew Bibi Dong possessed fire abilities.

The killing intent radiating from the approaching figure shocks the Martial Soul Hall elders. They quickly mobilize their soul power, jointly erecting a soul power barrier in front of them.

BOOM!!

The barrier is struck, and the four elders are the ones who give way. They and their barrier are blasted back more than ten meters. The sight stuns everyone, including Hu Liena and the other Martial Soul Hall students.

"Hmm! This power... Titled Douluo!?"

"A second Titled Douluo has appeared at Shrek Academy?"

"No, that woman is Bibi Dong! She's one of the Shrek Seven Monsters! She can't be a Titled Douluo!"

"Then what is this power...?"

"Focus on defense! Don't let your guard down! She's coming to kill us!"

Of everyone there, Dai Yin, who knows Bibi Dong the best, is the most bewildered. While Bibi Dong is certainly the strongest among the Seven Monsters, she's not this strong.

"Master really treats his little girlfriend well."

Yin Xiaoya instinctively raises an arm to shield his face from the searing heat. He alone knows the full story.

[URGENT! Subject's physical functions are weakening!]

The system's warning spikes his anxiety. Liu Erlong is the kind of woman who doesn't think about consequences when she gets riled up.

He heard yesterday that the Liu Erlong of this world reached the level of Titled Douluo. And now, she has reappeared in the form of an Eyecon, inheriting all the power from her previous life. This power can't be wielded independently in the Eyecon state. Besides becoming a Kamen Rider, it can only be used by possessing a human body. Even then, whether the possessed person or the Kamen Rider can handle the full power is a gamble.

Bibi Dong has great potential, sure, but she's still growing. She simply can't handle the full force of a Titled Douluo. Even if Yin Xiaoya transforms into Kamen Rider Ghost, he can't handle that power right now.

"That idiot, because of the Martial Soul Sect, she's completely forgotten what I told her! System, forcefully recall Liu Erlong's Eyecon!"

[Received. Recalling... Recall successful!]

The four Martial Soul Hall elders suddenly feel the pressure vanish. The suffocating heat dissipates. Bibi Dong, seemingly with her soul ripped away, takes one confused look around before collapsing, unconscious.

Yin Xiaoya clenches Liu Erlong's Eyecon tightly in his fist. It's still trembling with rage.

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill them!"

Yin Xiaoya sighs, helpless, and throws the Eyecon into the system space. She's beyond reasoning right now. She needs to cool down before anything can be said.

He suddenly notices the Martial Soul Hall members advancing towards the unconscious Bibi Dong, clearly with ill intent. Before he can react, another overwhelming force descends on the scene.

"You dare!"

Flender plummets from the sky, carrying Yu Xiaogang on his back. He unleashes a wave of soul power, blasting the elders back. Unlike Bibi Dong's power, which only approached Title Douluo, this is the real deal, the raw force of a true Title Douluo.

"Dean Flender, this woman attacked us without warning! If we hadn't reacted in time, the consequences would have been dire! Do you have an explanation?"

Flender scoffs, about to retort, but Yu Xiaogang, cradling Bibi Dong in his arms, stops him.

"You have offended me. My disciple had an accident during her cultivation and lost control, almost losing herself. I apologize for disturbing everyone."

Yin Xiaoya nods in admiration. As expected of Yu Xiaogang. Even in this situation, he maintains his composure. That kind of mentality is truly remarkable. It seems like he only loses his cool when women are involved.

"It turned out to be Master Yu Xiaogang's disciple. No wonder she showed such amazing power. Anyway, for your sake, Master, I won't pursue this any further. Let's consider it a way to offset the misunderstanding between the juniors just now."

To Yin Xiaoya's surprise, the Martial Soul Hall elders, who had been cold and arrogant since their arrival, suddenly became respectful in front of Yu Xiaogang. There's something about Yu Xiaogang that clearly makes them uneasy.

After a few more pleasantries, Yu Xiaogang asks Flender to take the elders to a quiet place to discuss matters. He then asks Su Xuan, who has arrived, to help carry the unconscious Bibi Dong away.

"I think you owe me an explanation."

Facing Yu Xiaogang's gaze, Yin Xiaoya instinctively looks away, silently cursing Liu Erlong for her impulsiveness. Everyone said this needed to be handled slowly, but she had to cause a scene on day one. Plus, he probably learned something from Flender, which is why he is saying such things to himself.

"Ahem, my explanation is easy to give. You have to think about how you will deal with it in the future."

He's silent for a moment, then asks, "Where is Dong'er now?"

"Didn't Su Xuan take her away just now?"

"That wasn't just now..." Yu Xiaogang seems dazed, as if his brain isn't fully functioning. "What did you do?"

"It's just for the dead to have a way to communicate with the world again. Don't worry, Bibi Dong just fainted. She'll be fine after waking up. As for the other one, you need to calm down now. I think you also need some time to calm down, to be honest, I'm really curious. These two characters are completely different. How did you manage to win?"

"I... that's none of your business."

How arrogant can you be? He thinks. So hypocritical.

"Okay, okay, it's irrelevant. In short, you should settle things with the Martial Soul Hall first. There will be time to deal with these private matters later, and you have to give the two of them some time to face each other."

With that, he turns and pulls Ma Hongjun, who's been bewildered the entire time, away.

"System, tell Liu Erlong I'm not letting her out until she calms down."

[Understood, Host.]

Finding a quiet training room, Yin Xiaoya doesn't waste time. He asks Ma Hongjun to summon his martial soul. Ma Hongjun complies, releasing it without hesitation. It's just a rooster, about the size of ordinary poultry, looking nothing like a phoenix.

In Tang San's world, he was born in a village of spirit chickens, but when he arrived, his martial soul mutated into an evil fire phoenix.

In this world, it's completely reversed. Born into the powerful Phoenix Sect, his martial soul mutated into a pheasant. Like Yu Xiaogang, he was kicked out of his own family.

After that, he came to Shrek's "trash" class to receive specialized training and has been trying to improve his status. But his martial soul has mutated so negatively that his soul power cultivation is painfully slow, not even close to Yu Xiaogang's pace. To put it bluntly, he may not even be as good as Yu Xiaogang in his lifetime.

"So, what advice did your master give you regarding your cultivation?"

"He said my martial soul is negatively mutated. Even if I absorb soul beast spirit rings that are highly compatible with the Phoenix martial soul, it's impossible to transform back into a phoenix. So he told me to do the opposite: absorb spirit rings with power completely incompatible. That way, there might be a chance for another kind of change. But that opportunity only comes once: the first spirit ring I absorb. If there's no change after the first one, it means complete failure, and I have to give up being a soul master."

"I see. I saw in your file that you've reached level fifteen but haven't gotten your first spirit ring. Is that because of this?"

"Yes, to increase the success rate. The age of the spirit ring I can bear is too low. The first one can only be a white spirit ring, less than a hundred years old. The chance of a white spirit ring bringing about change is slim. So, Master told me not to rush, to wait until my spirit power reaches level nineteen before looking for a spirit ring. That way, I can bear a yellow-level, century-old ring."

"Well, that's it."

Yin Xiaoya agrees with Yu Xiaogang's suggestion. It's clearly the route of the Evil Fire Phoenix, even if Ma Hongjun doesn't have much hope for himself. Yin Xiaoya has every reason to believe that following his master's advice will give him a high chance of success.

"Senior, are you really going to make me a Kamen Rider? If I become one, will it affect my ability to be a soul master?"

Yin Xiaoya frowns, then asks, "If I said it would affect it, what would you do?"

Ma Hongjun hesitates, then bows deeply. His belly prevents him from bending over much, making the gesture look almost comical.

"If that's the case, I'd still choose to be a soul master. I've put in so much effort, and I won't give up without seeing results. So, I can only apologize and thank you for thinking of me."

Yin Xiaoya smiles. In this world, Ma Hongjun is only twelve years old, about the same age as Pupu and Fang Xin, but he already has the mentality of a protagonist. He made the right choice.

"System, analyze which Rider series he's suitable for."

[Analysis complete. Please accept the data, Host.]

A faint light flashes, and a grey-white item that hasn't been unlocked appears in Yin Xiaoya's hand. This item is completely unexpected.

"What? Are you sure this is right for him?"

[Matching degree: 120%.]

"..."

Yin Xiaoya is silent, unsure how the system's matching works.

"Forget it. I trust you."

He hands the item to Ma Hongjun.

"Eh? Senior, what's this?"

"Hold onto it. In a little while, we'll go to the Soul Beast Forest together. We'll find your first spirit ring. Don't worry, the power of Kamen Rider and the power of soul master won't conflict. Master and the headmaster approved this."

With that, he leaves, lost in thought, while Ma Hongjun stares at the object in his hand, completely puzzled.

"Is this a human face? Not really... Eh? This part seems to fold... Huh? After folding it, why does it look like a tuning fork?"

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