"Rider Kick!" ×2
The Rider Kick made its first appearance on Douluo Continent, and its performance was fairly satisfactory.
Minami Kotaro's Rider Kick directly blasted apart the poison sphere above his head, but after consecutively using Emperor Stone Flash and Rider Kick, Minami Kotaro's Soul Power had also declined.
Thus, the task of attacking Dugu Bo was left to Shadow Moon.
As Shadow Moon leaped into the air, his entire foot emitted a green glow. This was the sign of a finishing move, and of course, Dugu Bo could tell that Shadow Moon was preparing to unleash one.
Dugu Bo was rather puzzled by the two of them. Whether they had fought the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team or faced him, neither had used any Soul Skills or revealed any Soul Rings.
However, Dugu Bo was fearless. After all, his Fourth Soul Skill had also given him a shield.
But when Shadow Moon truly struck Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Shadow Moon's foot and Dugu Bo's shield locked in a stalemate, and neither could overpower the other.
As the two remained deadlocked, the point where they touched began to emit the sizzling sound of welding.
Dugu Bo grew interested and did not make a move, wanting to see whether Shadow Moon could shatter his shield.
Seeing that the stalemate could not be broken, Shadow Moon immediately put more force into his leg.
With a bang, Dugu Bo's shield was ultimately the first to give out, shattering apart.
Yet Dugu Bo was not surprised. Instead, a complicated expression appeared on his face.
He wanted Shadow Moon to break the shield, because that would prove the other side was strong, yet he also did not want him to break it. It was an extremely complicated feeling.
But the shield had broken in the end, and Dugu Bo was relieved.
Relieved as he was, Dugu Bo was also prepared to get serious.
"Playtime is over. If you have no other tricks, then this contest ends here. Once it's over, you'll apologize to Yan Er and the others!"
Dugu Bo said this without blushing or skipping a beat. Although he had only reached this point by using the strength of a Soul Saint, holding the upper hand meant he was about to win.
However, Dugu Bo's mindset had also begun to change. At first, he had wanted to teach the two a lesson and give them a warning. Now, he intended to give them a way out.
After all, they were geniuses—true peerless geniuses, not at all inferior to the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.
Dugu Bo had no intention of destroying such talents. In the future, they could become teammates with his granddaughter Dugu Yan and develop a bond. After he was gone, they could also serve as a guarantee for the Dugu family's future.
Besides, the two had only wanted to give the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team a warning. Otherwise, they would not have accepted the Heaven Dou Emperor's invitation to come here.
Only by letting those noble brats witness their strength would they willingly become teammates.
As the saying went, throw one punch to avoid a hundred more. That was exactly the reasoning.
Although Dugu Bo did not visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy often, and people generally treated him with great respect, he was no fool.
Dugu Bo had not lived through all those years for nothing. He knew perfectly well what those so-called noble students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, who acted so respectful to him in public, were like in private.
Their fathers had followed the Heaven Dou Emperor into the pass and completed the family's lifelong KPI, so naturally, they feared nothing.
That meant they had no inherited Martial Souls and relied entirely on their ancestral Noble Titles to swagger around.
Dugu Bo could naturally guess exactly what sort of things they were capable of doing.
So Dugu Bo was willing to forgive them. Shadow Moon had not truly harmed Dugu Yan, after all. Give them a way out, have them apologize to Dugu Yan, and the matter would be settled.
Then Heaven Dou Royal Academy would learn of their true strength, and the two would face far less unnecessary trouble.
The academy would also recognize their talent and place greater importance on them.
Once they apologized, the estrangement would disappear. They were geniuses, after all; Yan Er would surely forgive them for having a few more eccentricities.
Given enough time, they could develop a bond. Then the Dugu family would have someone to look after it in the future, and if the Heaven Dou Empire achieved more victories and honors through the two of them, Snow Prince would surely be even happier.
Then, if the Heaven Dou Emperor saw their achievements and granted them an official post or Noble Title, that would be even better.
Of course, if one of them developed feelings for Yan Er, there would be nothing more to say. What, Tian Yuheng? Who was that? Never heard of him. Truly never heard of him.
Dugu Bo had already planned out the future developments.
But what Dugu Bo had not expected was that, despite the enormous gap in strength, the two still wanted to make one more attempt.
Dugu Bo did not think much of it and simply let them try again. In any case, he had nothing to lose.
Shadow Moon and Kamen Rider Black looked at the gap between them, then turned to look at each other.
Green compound eyes and red compound eyes met, and they gave each other a slight nod.
The two suddenly stood side by side, their hands forming the famous large-bowl gesture from a certain electric eel's song about becoming something-something.
Their J-shaped hand signs were placed at either side of their belts.
Kamen Rider Black's belt emitted a dazzling red light, while Shadow Moon's mechanical-style belt emitted a dazzling green light.
Then, almost at the same time, Kamen Rider Black kept his left hand still and raised his right, while Shadow Moon kept his right hand still and raised his left.
Their hands crossed between them, forming a huge X.
"Is this Martial Soul Fusion? No, there cannot be Martial Soul Fusion with such low compatibility. They're each borrowing part of Martial Soul Fusion's power!"
Qin Ming initially thought the two were performing Martial Soul Fusion, but he quickly realized something was wrong and came up with a bold guess.
Just as Qin Ming had predicted, Kamen Rider Black and Shadow Moon had fused their Martial Souls, but not completely. They were merely each using part of the power of Martial Soul Fusion.
Normally, if one Soul Master was a 1, then two Soul Masters performing Martial Soul Fusion would be a 3. But Kamen Rider Black and Shadow Moon were now each 1.5!
At the same time, their appearances suddenly changed.
A blood-red saber suddenly appeared in Shadow Moon's hand: the Satan Saber.
Kamen Rider Black's transformation was even more obvious. He changed from Kamen Rider Black into Kamen Rider Black RX!
Dugu Bo on the arena naturally noticed their changes as well, but he was merely impressed by their idea.
"Kotaro, let's go together!"
Shadow Moon said, gesturing with the Satan Saber.
"Let's go together!"
Kamen Rider Black RX nodded in agreement.
At that moment, music suddenly began playing around the arena.
"Transcending time, racing through the skies, for this Earth."
"Can you see it? The way love burns fiercely."
"At the bottom of darkness, dangerous traps are waiting for us."
"Those who believe are justice."
"What's that sound?"
Dugu Bo was puzzled.
I caught COVID. This feels awful.