Whoosh!!!
Within the vision of [Clock Up].
The passage of time outside stretched endlessly, the flames of explosions resembling crimson lotuses blooming slowly in midair.
And amid this nearly motionless inferno, three unstoppable streams of light were slaughtering everything in their path!
Tendou Souji's hands became scarlet afterimages, every flicker leaving a string of deadly sparks in midair.
Kagami Arata's heavy, deep-blue armor barreled through the swarm like a berserk meat grinder, tearing apart every unmolted Worm in his path!
As for Lin Xiao, he took the aesthetics of violence to the extreme.
His red-and-silver masked armor was like a rampaging beast. Every heavy punch and sweeping kick carried a piercing sonic boom, brutally carving an alley of flesh and blood through the green sea of Worms!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Green Worm fluids splashed slowly through the air like raindrops. In just a few seconds, these three human weapons blasted a full hundred Worms to pieces!
However...
"There are... too many!"
Kagami Arata cleaved through two Worms with a single slash, his chest heaving beneath his heavy armor.
Enough ants could bring down an elephant.
They weren't aboveground, but inside a completely sealed underground fortress! Thousands upon thousands of Worms were packed into this cramped space, forming a wall of flesh with virtually no gaps.
[Clock Up] consumed stamina and the Rider System's energy at a terrifying rate.
As the battle dragged on, the three men's punches visibly slowed.
"An opening."
At that very instant, the Worm commander who had been watching coldly from the sidelines-Nogi Reiji-finally moved.
Hum!
Nogi Reiji activated his unique ability, [Time Freeze]!
Time, already stretched out, was forcibly brought to a halt!
"What?!" Tendou Souji's body abruptly froze in midair.
Bang!!
The enormous claw of a Fiddler Crab Worm slammed into Tendou's chest, sending sparks