Beyond the Limit-Eight Crimson Drills!

As Ai-chan hacked through the last coded door, she managed to overcome numerous obstacles and reach the deepest part without any major incidents.

As expected, the poor panda was currently strapped to an experimental table with several tubes inserted into its body, continuously injecting a strange-looking purple liquid into it. Strangely, the panda did not seem to be in any discomfort; on the contrary, it was sleeping soundly.

Seeing this, Xing was relieved and wanted to rush forward to rescue him, but she saw an old acquaintance there.

"Cocolia?!"

Yes, that blonde woman is standing outside the laboratory right now, observing the situation inside through the window. The problem is, if Xing wants to enter the laboratory, she has to be within her line of sight; otherwise, it won't be good if she notices anything.

But the question is—why should I be afraid of her?

Just beat them up!

Thinking this, Xing picked up the Four-Panel Ninja Sword, intending to knock her unconscious, bite her, and then send a feather to the St. Freya Academy to accompany Anzu. But just then, the purple and yellow bottles in his belt started emitting white smoke.

Energy Depletion

As the notification sound rang out, Cocolia instantly deactivated her Build armor. Turning around at the sound, she saw the girl wielding Four-Panel Ninja Sword attempting to ambush her.

The two locked eyes, the girl's heterochromatic red and blue pupils filled with embarrassment.

Damn, my Ninja Manga usage time is up. Did I overuse it at Golden Ocean Park last time? Has it not recovered yet? (I seriously overused the Ninja Manga to call for backup last time.)

Faced with the sudden appearance of the mysterious girl, Cocolia was stunned for a moment, then her face showed uncontrollable anger. "Xin Kaslana!" She immediately pulled out Smoke Gun from her pocket and sprayed bullets at her.

"(How the hell did you recognize me?!) Auntie, you've mistaken me for someone else!" Xing quickly created distance, using her agility to dodge the shots, while simultaneously drawing her Falcon Gatlinger and exchanging fire with her.

At this moment, Yuki deeply felt Cocolia's strength as a soldier.

Faced with Xing's shooting, she would calmly find cover, observe Xing's firing rate, and look for an opportunity to retaliate. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she probably would have been hit by several bullets.

"(Tsk, I underestimated this female fox before, but my body isn't up to the task right now.)" Xing was a little helpless. There weren't many places to hide around the laboratory. If she stopped to transform, Cocolia could easily find her and shoot her down. She had to change her position quickly.

"Take this flashbang!" Xing took out Fullbottles light bulbs, shook it quickly a few times, and a strong white light enveloped the room.

"Octopus!" Light! Best Match! Are you ready?"

PS: Since I took out the light bulb first, I transformed into this form first. Fortunately, I don't know that Cocolia has the Blood Stalk.

"(Transform!)" Sachi silently chanted in his heart.

"Lightning Technician! Octopus Light! YEAH!"

As the white light faded, a pink and yellow knight appeared, her compound eyes formed by octopus and three lightning bolt patterns.

"Cobra!" Mist Match! Co-Cobra... Cobra... Fire!"

The familiar sound effect rang out, and Sachi subconsciously looked up. The familiar Cobra Knight slowly walked out from the other side, Cocolia's voice rang out. "Now, let's begin the second round, Sachi Kaslana!"

Cocolia took out Smoke Gun and a smoke sword, released smoke and disappeared. The next second, she appeared in front of Sachi, shooting and forcing Sachi to dodge. She took the opportunity to slash Sachi's vulnerable abdomen with her short sword.

"Ugh!" the girl cried out in pain, Cocolia fought with increasing vigor, forcing her to retreat step by step.

Damn it, the rhythm has been caught out, but... what a coincidence, this form is exactly the counter to your current armor!

The light bulb on the knight's left shoulder emitted a bright light, suddenly stimulating her eyes. Cocolia had to retreat repeatedly, but at that moment, the tentacles of the octopus pendant on the knight's right shoulder rapidly extended, binding her tightly and pulling her towards him.

Fortunately, they seized the opportunity, took out the Drill Crusher, and stuffed it into the rabbit's Fullbottles.

"Rabbit!" Ready Go! Vortex Break!"

The high-speed spinning drill pierced Cocolia's body. Caught off guard, she took the full force of the attack. The noblewoman's screams echoed through the space as her armor disintegrated into particles of light. Fortunately, Jackal had added protective measures to the armor to prevent her from being seriously injured; she simply fainted from the pain.

She hurriedly abandoned Cocolia, smashed through the wall, and entered the lab, yanking out all the tubes from the panda's body. She anxiously patted the panda's belly. "Hey, wake up, wake up, don't sleep!"

Panda: "ZZZZZZZ..." Sleeping soundly~

Fortunately, they took out a sausage and placed it on the panda's nose. The sleeping panda's nose twitched, then it opened its eyes, licked the sausage with its tongue, and swallowed it, eating it with relish.

"Looks like nothing's wrong." Xing patted its head speechlessly, fed it another one, and seeing that it was eating happily, he took out a Blank Bottle and tapped it on its head. "What was injected into its body just now should be Honkai Energy solution. Although I don't know why it seems unaffected, let's still wash that Honkai Energy of its body."

Black and white particles flew out from the equally black and white furry group and all flowed into the Blank Bottle in the knight's hand. The knight himself was completely unaware of this and even rubbed against the bottle in a coquettish manner, as if saying, "Give me another one, bro!"

The Blank Bottle lights up, and with the injection of the final particles of light, a panda pattern emerges on its surface, and the overall color turns white.

Panda!

Xing stared dumbfounded at the new bottle. "No way! It doesn't even need purification, and it's already usable?" Does that mean the panda's physique is comparable to that of a mythical beast like the Crimson Kite Bird?

There was no time to think about it. After confirming that Panda was out of danger, he remembered Cocolia, whom he had left outside. He rushed out and saw Cocolia, who had just woken up, struggling to pick up the Smoke Gun that had fallen to the ground. She quickly turned into smoke and left.

Xing: "Damn, I was thinking about pandas the whole time. I should have taken a bite before going to see them."

Left with no other choice, Xing could only pull out the Smoke Gun he had stolen from the Jackal, and quickly carried the panda away.

—The dividing line of setbacks—

Returning to Kane, although the frustration he suffered at the hands of the original Cross-Z user deeply affected him, as a genius capable of writing an introductory Gunslinger Arts that even Durandal could barely understand, his own strength was not lacking, although his physical body was no match for Kiana in her current state.

But all of that was really an accident. He is very strong. Even if Sachi used his strongest Phoenix Robot form, he was not entirely confident of defeating him in a real fight—assuming there were no accidents. Moreover, Sachi is now good at switching forms to fight unexpectedly.

Seeing the enemies surrounding him again, Kane sneered disdainfully and pulled the lever on the hilt of his sword three times.

Hippare!

Kane swung his weapon forcefully, slashing around himself while simultaneously pulling the trigger on the hilt.

Mega Hit!

The scorching dragon flames incinerated all the steel artifacts around him, and only the blue-gold Dragon Knight stood silently amidst the raging fire.

Cross-Z proudly raised his sword and surveyed his surroundings. "Who else?!"

Raven, clad in Night Rouge armor, emerged from the smoke beside him and kicked him in the smug face.

Kane: "???" For some reason, even though he'd been kicked like this before, it felt like the first time. How strange. Wait, the key point is—

The knight, who was flying backwards through the air, silently covered his face. Had Luming just happened to come out? How embarrassing!

Emotional Index: 3.5

P. S.: This is not a danger level, but only indicates the degree of emotional fluctuation.

Bang!

The Dragon Knight landed headfirst on the ground, but seemed to be unharmed. He immediately leaped up, placed the chain -Fullbottles into the Beat Closer, pulled the lever three more times, and then pressed the trigger.

Hippare! Mega Slash!

Golden chains flew from the sword, hurtling towards the Raven. The raven spread its bat wings, fully utilizing its mobility to easily dodge all attacks, and even returned fire with a barrage of shots.

"Damn it, don't run away if you dare!" Kane was furious. "You think you can take advantage of me because I can't switch forms like Luming?" No problem, today I, Kane Kaslana, will show you what "history always repeats itself" truly means!

Kane took a deep breath, took out his Build Phone, and glanced at the screenshot of Yae Miko from the live stream.

Emotional Index: 4.4!

"Take this!" Kane gathered dragon flames in his hand, then slammed it to the ground, the raging flames engulfing the entire battlefield.

Amidst the flames, Kane retracted the Build Driver, quickly donned the Grip Driver, and inserted the Dragon Gel.

"Dragon Jerry!"

The boy took a deep breath, pressed the lever-shaped starter, and the scene of his transformation, resembling a large beaker with an iron stand, was completed. An unknown liquid engulfed him.

"Crush! Flow! Overflow! Dragon in Cross-Z Charge! Buraa!"

The Jelly Dragon's physical form appeared, followed by a large amount of blue gel-like substance spraying from his head, landing on his body to form the final outer armor.

The blue and white Dragon Knight burst out of the flames and was in front of Raven in an instant, punching Raven hard in the face. "There is an old saying in Shenzhou: 'It is impolite not to reciprocate.' This is your return kick!"

Night Rouge was sent flying, crashing through the factory wall and into the depths of the nearby woods. Beside the fallen tree, Raven, having deactivated his transformation, coughed a few times and complained with slight dissatisfaction, "That kid really went all out. But that's not how you use power."

Raven took out the Grip Driver that Jackal had remade, filled a bottle with yellow gel, and muttered to himself, "Let me teach you how to use it."

"Robot Jerry!"

Crush! Flow! Overflow! Robot In Grease! Buraa!

Meanwhile, just as Kane was basking in his triumph over his successful revenge, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Against the backdrop of the black night, a knight in yellow appeared, his body displaying a distinct mechanical style.

Kamen Rider Grease, here I come!

"Who are you? Wait, your belt, are you one of my companions?" Kane was on high alert, preparing for battle, when he saw a strange knight joining the fray, but then he noticed the Grip Driver on Raven's waist and lowered his guard.

"What, you don't recognize me now that you've changed your look? Kid, you had a good time hitting me just now, didn't you?" A mechanical voice, neither male nor female, came from Grease.

Kane's eyes widened upon hearing this. "That voice is... how could it be? Why do you have the same driver as Luming?"

"Oh, didn't she tell you? The Grip Driver, she stole it from us in the first place." Raven replied casually, then walked towards him unhurriedly. Kane was shocked, but the situation didn't allow him to think too much. It would be better to defeat this guy and then ask Luming himself.

As the two riders, transformed using the Grip Driver, approached each other, they threw punches almost simultaneously—

Bang!

Kane's fist landed squarely on Raven's face, but Raven took the blow without uttering a sound.

However, Raven punched Kane in the belt, causing him to stagger back a few steps. Electricity surged through the Grip Driver, and the transformation was canceled.

"Despicable..." The boy, who had been hit hard, knelt weakly on the ground, glaring at the Raven and cursing through gritted teeth.

"Any method is acceptable as long as victory is achieved. If it were your companion, she could do the same without batting an eye. You still have a lot to learn, young man." Raven ignored him and walked straight over. "Then, come with me."

"Stay away from him!" Just as Kane was in despair, a familiar voice rang in his ears.

"An Undying Weapon! Phoenix Robot! YEAH!"

Fortunately, she spread her fiery wings and descended from the sky, landing in front of Kane. She looked at the knight she once admired with a gloomy expression, "Jackal is really capable, he actually managed to come up with this."

Raven spread her hands, correcting, "To be precise, this Knight System was already complete when you destroyed her Underground Base at Golden Ocean Park last time. It just didn't appear because you stole the Grip Driver. Come to think of it, even if it could have used it back then, it wouldn't have been able to contend with you, right? Thankfully—"

Before Raven could finish speaking, Sachi rushed forward and engaged in fierce combat with her, but it was clear that she was at a disadvantage.

In terms of strength, speed, and other stats, Grease is far superior to her current Build form. Unless she can obtain Build's transitional enhancement equipment, she probably won't stand a chance.

"In that case, let's try this!" Xing gritted her teeth, dragged her still-recovering body, and put the shark and smartphone into the Fullbottles.

"Same!" Small Phone! Rider Match!"

Are you ready?

Seeing the Raven stop attacking and observe the scene with great interest, he decisively shouted, "Build Up!"

"Standing By——Complete!"

Under a burst of red light, Kamen Rider Faiz descended into this world with the help of his junior. Considering his physical condition, he immediately unleashed his ultimate move, the Crimson Drill.

The red light cone was embedded in the Raven's chest, restricting its movement. Fortunately, it seized the opportunity, leaped up, and kicked the light cone with force.

"Not bad, little guy, but it's a bit weak." Unexpectedly, Raven broke free from the Crimson Drill's lock and punched her away while she was still in the air. "If you want to defeat me, six more of you wouldn't be enough!"

"Ugh!" The white shark knight crashed to the ground, the girl cried out in pain, and the Fullbottles she was carrying scattered all over the ground. What should she do? How could she defeat Grease in front of her now? Without Bubble Rabbit Tank, without Danger Trigger, she was no match for her in her early build and in her current state!

Just as Xing was feeling anxious, a gray, Fullbottles on the ground seemed to resonate with the shark bottle and started flashing at the same frequency once again.

Upon closer inspection, she realized it was Fullbottles Watches that she had obtained from Anzu.

"A watch, a shark? What can this conjure up? Wait, could it be... I have no choice but to take a gamble!" Glancing at the Raven who was still watching the show, Sachi, who was in Faiz Form, switched her smartphone energy bottle to a watch energy bottle, and a strange power surged within her.

"Build Up!" Xing quickly turned the joystick, and a small, exquisite mechanical watch appeared on her left wrist. Upon seeing this, the girl was overjoyed. "I knew it!"

The red Photon Blood gradually turned silver, Faiz's yellow compound eyes turned red, and the two breastplates opened, revealing the complex mechanical structure inside, which then turned into shoulder armor.

Kamen Rider Build, Faiz Accelerator Form, here I come!

Xing pressed the speed-up watch and whispered, "I wonder how many times my body can take this..."

Start Up!

As the sound effect faded, within a mere 10 seconds, Xing felt as if she had entered a completely new world.

The flames burned, the leaves fell, Kane and Raven moved—everything was so slow, like snails.

One, two, three, four... a total of eight crimson diamonds appeared around the Raven, and the Raven itself was completely unaware of this, because the speed was too fast at the moment, and it barely had time to react before the crimson diamonds locked onto it.

"If six more aren't enough, how about eight?!" The girl's body was groaning all over as she endured the immense strain, bracing herself for a scolding from Natasha afterward.

Three, Two, One—

Time was running out. Luckily, after picking up the Fullbottles that had just fallen, he didn't hesitate any longer, jumped up, and then—

Eight Crimson Drills!

To Kane's astonishment, eight identical red light cones appeared around Raven almost simultaneously, rushing into her body at a speed that Raven couldn't react to.

Grease froze, Faiz's red "Ø" logo appeared on him, and then a violent explosion occurred.

"Great! As expected of Luming!" Kane exclaimed excitedly.

Time Out!

As the ending sound effect played, a girl with a face as white as paper suddenly appeared before him. She tried to say something, but couldn't utter a single word. She collapsed onto the terrified Kane, blood flowing from her face.

"Luming, Luming, are you alright?" Kane was almost crying from fright. He picked up the weak girl, grabbed her cold little hand, and asked anxiously.

New mechs emerged from the factory, including the gloomy-looking Cocolia.

While still conscious, Xing used all her remaining strength to grab Kane's fingers, her eyes fixed on him. A Smoke Gun fell from her body, and after making her last effort, she passed out.

"What is this?" Kane stared blankly at the Smoke Gun, then quickly realized what it was and hurriedly grabbed it.

"Give me your life—" Cocolia, transformed into Blood Stalk, roared as she charged toward the two, but the bullets she fired only pierced through a thin layer of smoke.

In a critical moment, Kane used the Smoke Gun to quickly move the two away, achieving a narrow escape.

"Damn it, Sin Kaslana!" Cocolia was furious, but could only helplessly slam her fist into the ground in a fit of rage.

"Cough cough, this little guy really doesn't hold back..." The heavily injured Raven emerged from the firelight, discarding the already destroyed Grip Driver. Fortunately, the robot gel was intact.

"What does your looking for the Raven have to do with me Natasha Siola?"

Inside the pitch-black Reaven's, Kane, carrying a barely alive girl, burst through the locked door and shouted into the room, "Manager, Luming is badly injured! Are you there?"

But the only response he received was a deathly silence.