“Transform!!!”
You Hong’s enraged roar echoed throughout the entire Mirror World.
As he inserted the platinum card deck into his belt, the core cross-wheel structure suddenly lit up with dazzling brilliance!
An indescribable torrent instantly swept through his entire body!
Immediately following, pieces of armor appeared within the mirror, conforming to his body.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Clang!
A series of crisp, pleasant metallic clangs, like precise gears meshing, rang in his ears.
As the light receded, he sharply opened his eyes and looked down at his reflection in the showcase.
His reflection in the mirror had completely changed.
A streamlined, silver-white armor, outlining a powerful and agile physique, with platinum plating covering the joints, gleamed with a cold luster.
At the center of the chest plate was the enlarged, cross-wheel symbol, emitting a faint platinum glow, with several colorful gems, seemingly containing stars, embedded in the wheel.
The helmet’s compound eyes were a deep green, as if encompassing a Universe.
“Is…is this me?” You Hong’s voice, with a metallic echo, came through the faceplate, filled with novelty and incredible excitement. “This is so cool!”
Before he could admire it further, he felt a chill!
Whoosh!
A fishy wind blew! A spider’s leg, gleaming with metallic cold light and a scream that tore through the air, had already slammed down exactly where he had just been standing!
Boom!
The showcase glass instantly shattered, and a large section of the wall behind it collapsed!
“Damn it!” You Hong cried out, but his body reacted before his mind.
He was no longer the ordinary person he was before; after all, the transformation brought not just a cool appearance but also enhancements in all aspects.
“Bang!” The car roof slightly dented under his foot.
With just a Splash, he covered a distance of several hundred meters.
“Awesome!” This feeling of lightness instantly made You Hong swell with confidence. “Watch me beat you guys to a pulp!”
He took the initiative! Using the car roof for leverage, he lunged at a spider monster closer to him. His speed was so great that it left a platinum afterimage in the air.
Thud!
The fist, encased in silver-white armor, landed squarely on the relatively fragile connection of the monster’s head carapace!
Crack!
A clear cracking sound rang out!
The spider monster let out a painful shriek, its massive body staggering back several steps from the punch, its crimson compound eyes flashing violently.
“Huh? So fragile?” You Hong landed, looking at his fist, both surprised and delighted.
He knew he had been enhanced after becoming a Kamen Rider, but he hadn't expected the increase to be so absurd.
Another monster seized the opportunity to ambush him from the side, its sharp leg piercing towards his waist like a spear.
You Hong didn’t even think, he just turned sideways and raised his arm to block!
Clang—!
The clash of metal!
The sharp leg tip struck the armguard, sending a shower of sparks, and the immense impact made You Hong slide back a few steps, but his arm was completely unharmed!
“Is that all? Just a scratch?” You Hong shook his arm, his confidence soaring.
It seemed the defensive power of his basic form was also terrifyingly strong.
The two spider monsters also seemed to realize that this “iron can” in front of them was not to be trifled with. They no longer charged recklessly but began to circle, attempting to find an opening, hissing menacingly.
You Hong focused intensely, wary of the monsters’ movements, while subconsciously reaching for the card deck at his waist.
According to the setting, cards were the true source of a Rider’s power.
He skillfully opened the card deck and pulled out the cards stored inside.
“One, two, three…” You Hong froze.
There were only three cards in the card deck!
One depicted a blurry yet majestic platinum outline (Advent Arceus), another was a spinning wheel symbol (Create Vent), and the last one was a destructive beam of light piercing through heaven and earth (Final Vent).
“Huh? Only three?” You Hong was a bit bewildered.
He remembered that other Riders should have many cards, so why did he only have three?
But now was not the time to worry about that. He decided to use this Advent card first.
You Hong made a snap decision.
The two monsters were still eyeing him menacingly. While he could fight with his fists and feet, it was too inefficient, and who knew if it would attract more?
He deftly manipulated his fingers, precisely drawing out the “Advent Arceus” card, and without even looking, inserted it into the summoner slot on his left wrist, which resembled a magnificent duel disk!
Advent!
The dial at the center of the summoner instantly lit up with dazzling platinum light, and a solemn, grand electronic voice suddenly rang out!
Buzz!!!
An indescribable pressure instantly descended upon the entire silent space! The air seemed to solidify! Time itself seemed to become viscous!
The two spider monsters, which had been hissing moments before, were instantly frozen in place, as if an invisible giant hand had gripped their throats. Their crimson compound eyes were filled with an instinctive, ultimate fear stemming from a fundamental level of life!
Their massive bodies trembled like sieves, unable to move an inch!
You Hong was also startled by this sudden, terrifying pressure. He sharply looked up at the sky!
The sky…had cracked!
No, it wasn't cracked.
It was as if the entire Mirror World’s sky had become a mirror covered in cracks, and at the center of those cracks, an existence whose greatness was beyond words was slowly descending!
Its elegant and majestic platinum body, as if forged from the purest starlight and ancient metal, emanated a gentle yet inviolable light of creation.
The massive golden cross-wheel structure embedded in its body slowly rotated. Its posture was so noble and transcendent; its mere existence seemed to be redefining the Law of this space!
“This…this is…???” You Hong’s mind went blank.
He had seen countless giant creatures in tokusatsu shows and anime, but the existence before him—its form, its majesty, the “Origin” like aura it exuded—completely exceeded his scope of understanding!
Did it resemble a deer? A sheep? A Dragon? Not entirely! It…was simply It! The unique Supreme!
A name exploded like thunder in his chaotic mind—Arceus!
“Holy crap!” You Hong’s voice trembled, filled with extreme shock and ecstasy, because he knew he was…
Invincible!
The fully manifested Arceus, its deep eyes like an endless galaxy, indifferently swept over the two spider Mirror Monsters below, which were as tiny as dust and completely petrified by fear.
There was no roar, no superfluous movement.
It simply raised a front hoof slightly, and with elegant casualness, gently tapped downward.
Boom—!!!
An indescribable light! Pure to the extreme, a platinum radiance that seemed capable of purifying everything, like the first cry of creation, instantly engulfed the two spider monsters!
There was no explosion, no screams.
Within that absolute radiance, the two fierce Mirror Monsters, like ice and snow exposed to sunlight, vanished completely, silently, annihilated, disintegrated, and dissipated without even a speck of dust rising, as if they had never existed.
As the light receded, the street returned to silence.
Only the majestic figure of Arceus hovered in mid-air, radiating eternal brilliance, and the platinum Kamen Rider on the ground, dumbfounded.