Oasis Bodyguard

"The next match will also pit a rookie fighter against a nine-win contender. And this nine-win contender is the younger brother of the Desert Living Buddha, who was defeated in the previous match."

Host Ao Ang's voice carried throughout the entire Soul Arena.

"Then, let us welcome the rookie, codenamed Den-O!"

The audience at the Soul Arena clearly did not know Ryotaro, so the cheers were not particularly loud.

Of course, that also had something to do with Ryotaro's shy personality.

After all, Ryotaro's personality was still not suited to appearing in a scene where all eyes were on him. But one particular scumbag was different.

Urataros directly possessed Ryotaro, and Ryotaro did not resist much either.

That tuft of blue hair fluttered in the wind, and Ryotaro's appearance instantly became much more handsome.

Meanwhile, Ryotaro's opponent also emerged.

"Now, let us welcome another nine-win Soul Arena overlord!"

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

As he spoke, a muscular, burly man strode onto the stage with heavy, solid steps.

The moment Oasis Bodyguard truly appeared, cheers swept through the Soul Arena wave after wave.

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

It was clear that, like the Desert Living Buddha, Oasis Bodyguard's nine-win title had made him immensely popular.

Oasis Bodyguard also spread his arms and shouted in a manner that suited the Soul Arena's audience.

"Ah!"

Oasis Bodyguard had been completely bewitched by the stage, utterly immersed in the spotlight.

Every time Oasis Bodyguard took a step toward the audience, that section of the stands erupted in cheers.

Just as Urataros thought Oasis Bodyguard would keep showing off like some celebrity, Oasis Bodyguard stopped on his own.

"Alright, both sides, Martial Soul Avatar!"

The host had clearly seen Oasis Bodyguard's antics plenty of times. Once Oasis Bodyguard stopped showing off, he officially began the proceedings.

"Haah!"

Oasis Bodyguard's skin cracked apart, and his muscles swelled as if inflated, eventually tearing through his clothes.

His already enormous body grew even larger, gradually transforming into a massive monster.

Oasis Bodyguard's sturdy face stretched longer and longer, eventually turning into a long crocodilian snout.

Smack!

A long tail grew from behind Oasis Bodyguard. It slammed against the arena floor, kicking up a cloud of dust and making the platform crack loudly.

Oasis Bodyguard had completely become an upright, walking crocodile man.

Yet the dry-looking skin covering his huge, powerful frame and violence-laced muscles gave off an utterly terrifying feeling.

In Oasis Bodyguard's right hand, he held a single-edged greatblade as tall as a person.

Under the lights, the metal of the greatblade reflected a chilling, icy gleam.

"Henshin!"

A Belt appeared around Urashima Taro's waist, and Urashima Taro lightly swiped the card in his hand across it.

The Belt emitted a dazzling light. Within it, a small train seemed to circle around Urataros, before he finally transformed into Den-O's Platform Form.

Then Urataros pressed the blue button.

"Rod Form!"

Several pieces of armor flew over and slowly assembled into a breastplate.

Finally, a glowing blue object came to rest atop Platform Form's head, like an upside-down turtle, before forming his face.

Thus, Kamen Rider Den-O Rod Form descended!

"Would you like to try getting hooked by me?"

Urataros put his feet together, supporting one hand with the other, while the raised hand rested against his face.

"What the hell are you even saying?"

Oasis Bodyguard said no more and directly activated his Third Soul Ring.

"Third Soul Skill, Oasis Enlargement!"

Oasis Bodyguard threw back his head and roared. Powerful Soul Power continuously poured into his body.

Before the eyes of the many spectators, Oasis Bodyguard's body kept growing until he stood several meters tall.

A sand-grain-like aura coiled around Oasis Bodyguard's enormous body.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

With every step Oasis Bodyguard took, a massive footprint was left in the ground.

"Die!"

Oasis Bodyguard threw back his head and howled, then charged straight ahead with his enormous blade in hand.

His tremendous strength drove his massive weight forward, and with every step Oasis Bodyguard took, the arena did nothing but gain another footprint and shake without end.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Luckily, the host had stepped off the stage in time. Otherwise, he might have been shaken straight off it.

"Haah!"

His enormous body completely blocked Urataros's path, preventing even the lights from reaching where Urataros stood.

Urataros could even see the cold gleam of the lights reflecting off the scales on his body.

Oasis Bodyguard raised his giant blade. At that moment, Urataros seemed to have lost all room to dodge.

"Ha!"

With Oasis Bodyguard's immense strength behind it, the giant blade came crashing down.

Just as the audience was about to witness Urataros being reduced to ashes—

The scene they imagined never appeared.

Boom!

An entire section of the arena had been sliced away by Oasis Bodyguard. In other words, only the area behind him remained.

A tremendous roar and clouds of dust spread throughout the arena.

The dust even blocked everyone's view. Fortunately, Flender was there.

Flender summoned his Martial Soul and gave his enormous wings a light shake with Soul Power. The dust that blanketed the sky quickly dispersed.

What remained on the field was Oasis Bodyguard.

And, of course, Urataros, who had dodged Oasis Bodyguard's attack and now stood behind him.

However, because of Oasis Bodyguard's huge body, most people did not notice Urataros's tiny figure compared to Oasis Bodyguard at first.

The audience was too busy being stunned by Oasis Bodyguard's destructive power.

Due to budgetary and various other reasons, the arena's size did not change based on the number of competitors.

This meant that solo spirit battles and group spirit battles sometimes took place in the same venue.

And for the sake of spectacle, the venue for team battles would be made larger to give those Agility Attack Type Soul Masters room to perform.

So while it was called an arena, it was actually several football fields in size.

That also meant that the kind of destruction that could not even be achieved in past team spirit battles had now been accomplished by Oasis Bodyguard alone—and even more impressively.

Seeing that entire area completely carved away, the audience cheered even louder.

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

"Oasis Bodyguard!"

The audience's confidence in Oasis Bodyguard rose to another level. Such a scene of even greater destruction clearly made their blood boil even more.

"Ooh, that was really impressive."

At that moment, Urataros's voice rang out somewhat "inappropriately."

Only then did most people notice that behind Oasis Bodyguard's huge body stood the seemingly "tiny" Urataros.

"That's great, Ryotaro is okay!"

Xiao Wu cheered. Usually lively to begin with, she had also been swept up by the atmosphere at the scene.

But while Xiao Wu was happy, Tang San was not.

Still, Tang San did not say it aloud. Instead, a trace of fear rose in his heart.

Such tremendous power... Even I might not have been able to dodge it. Yet he actually avoided that attack. So it can be done like this...

Tang San pondered deeply, since he had witnessed the entire process of Urataros's dodge.

Third update. I want to add illustrations too, but I don't know how to insert pictures into a chapter. I asked the editor, but the editor never replied. This is tough.