Unlock Kamen Riders in Douluo's Way Ch 55

Seeing the child, now in a normal state, Mantis struggled to contain her excitement, aware that Yin Xiaoya was close by. Su Xuan, noticing her eagerness, gently handed the child over.

"You can't hold a baby like you did just now," Su Xuan cautioned.

Mantis gave Su Xuan a deep, grateful look. "Well, thank you."

Somewhat awkwardly mimicking Su Xuan's movements, she cradled the child, but her hardened body made it difficult to hold him comfortably. The baby started to cry, his face pressed against her unyielding form. Panicked, Mantis quickly returned him to Su Xuan.

"Look at you, a first-time mother," Yin Xiaoya said, shaking his head with a touch of amusement. "Well, I can't exactly blame you. Since you already know how to draw from the shadows of human life, why not imitate a human form?"

In the Kamen Rider OOO series, the Greeed could mimic human appearances; there was no reason Mantis couldn't do the same.

"I have the ability," Mantis replied, "but I haven't tried it."

"Try it now," Yin Xiaoya urged. "Your child can't be nourished by your body anymore. His race system is completely different. He'll grow up as a human, and you can't very well accompany him in your current form."

"What you said makes sense," Mantis conceded. "Then I'll try now."

Mantis nodded, and a mass of Cell Medals erupted from her, forming a figure. After a moment, a "Su Xuan" appeared, her expression unusually cold.

"Eh? Why did you become me?" the real Su Xuan asked, surprised.

Mantis-Su Xuan replied, "I'm not very familiar with the human body, so I can only copy what I see."

Yin Xiaoya raised an eyebrow, his eyes moving down from her face, his expression turning strange. He glanced at the genuine Su Xuan. Are you sure you copied it? The size is… different.

[Ding!!!]

Murderous intent! Yin Xiaoya quickly averted his gaze, coughing twice. "I'm sure we can't have you showing up looking like that," he said. "There's no other way?"

Mantis thought for a moment. "It's difficult to directly create a person who doesn't exist. I have no concept of them. Humans basically look the same to me; I can only tell them apart by gender. But if you make some fine-tuning on the original basis, there's no problem—like fat or thin, tall or short, young or old."

To put it bluntly, it was impossible to imagine something from scratch, but you could adjust existing features. "This… I can do it!"

"Okay, when you followed me, you must have seen other humans. You… uh, pick someone other than Su Xuan, and I'll help you adjust."

Mantis considered. Medals began to emerge from her body again, but this time the transformed figure was noticeably smaller. When the appearance took shape, both Yin Xiaoya and Su Xuan were surprised.

Su Xuan asked, "Why did you choose… Xiao San? He's a boy."

"Well, this kid looks… closer," Mantis replied, glancing at Yin Xiaoya.

After all, Mantis was a transformed soul beast. She probably sensed that Xiao San was a transformed soul beast, too, and therefore chose him as a base.

"Okay, since you can't just bump into someone's face, you should flip it over and make it bigger. Let's start changing it with Xiao San as a prototype."

So Yin Xiaoya and Su Xuan worked together. The Mantis version of Xiao San was feminized, aged, and given long hair. The two looked back and forth, and aside from the resemblance in the eyebrows, there was no similarity at all.

Su Xuan nodded in satisfaction. "Someone who claimed she was Xiao San's relative would be believed."

Yin Xiaoya shrugged. "As long as you two don't walk together, no one will connect the dots. All right, remember your new appearance. If you can maintain it, I'll allow you to be active in human society without returning to coin form."

Mantis nodded, a "happy" smile spreading across her face.

Seeing the unsettling grin, the two paused. Yin Xiaoya patted her shoulder helplessly. "Until you learn human expressions, you're not allowed to smile in front of others. If you want to laugh, at least don't show your teeth."

Mantis grinned all the way to her ears. She had a delicate and beautiful face, and she smiled like a character in a ghost movie.

"My lord, please give this child a name. I don't understand this part either."

"Yes, after all, if he's going to grow up as a human, he needs a name. I've already thought about it. He'll have the same surname as you: 'Mantis,' and his given name will be 'Immortal.'"

Su Xuan said with some disgust, "The mantis is not exactly famous for its longevity; why do you have to bring such an unlucky word into it? Can't you be more elegant?"

"You don't realize that the word 'immortality' is equivalent to his way of existence. Now that he's become an immortal beast, he's an immortal existence. And this is also a blessing for us. After all, within him, there are two forces that could destroy the world…"

He was the desire-driven creation conceived by the fusion of the core medal's power and the new life in the Mantis's heart. Sooner or later, he would go berserk and swallow the whole world. Yin Xiaoya had given him all the power of Kamen Rider Chalice, including the power of JOKER, to prevent that from happening.

If Yin Xiaoya transformed himself, he could simply unlock and use the power of Kamen Rider Chalice. But to suppress the devouring power of desire within Immortal, he heeded the system's advice and couldn't allow him to become a human Undead beast.

Within Undead, Joker was a special existence. When there was only one Joker in the world, the world itself would be destroyed. Therefore, what truly suppressed the devouring power of desire was the JOKER power that could also destroy the world. They were in a state of mutual suppression.

"...Now you should understand why I called him Immortal."

Hearing that there were two forces that could destroy the world within her child, Mantis felt remorse. But it was too late, and she could only hope that he would grow up smoothly.

"Okay, don't think too much. Let's consider our next move. Now that this child can't be placed in your body, it's inconvenient to continue looking for spirit beasts while taking care of him. How about this, Su Xuan? Take Mantis and Immortal and go back to meet everyone."

"Are you not coming with us? You've already unlocked a lot of power; do you want to continue? I think it's better to go back first and come back next time."

Yin Xiaoya shook his head. "What you said is actually right. If I really wanted to unlock all the Riders, there'd be no end. All the unlocks I have now are ones I can do at the moment and that I think are currently useful to me. I could pause and go back now, but I still have a soul beast to find before that. I'll go back as soon as I'm done."

Seeing his persistence, Su Xuan couldn't argue.

"Okay then, I'll take them back first, and you pay attention to your safety."

"Well, this is for you. I think you should already know how to ride." Yin Xiaoya took out the Meteorstar. "It'll be faster with this."

"You're giving me the bike? What will you do?"

"Don't worry, I still have another ride. Well, I'm ready to go. Go back quickly, lest another evil soul master or something run out."

After they drove away, Yin Xiaoya opened the system interface.

"My current points have been calculated, right?"

[Yes, except for the fragmentary points generated by some unlocking power events and the Invincible Mantis event that just happened, the liquidation of the major events has been completed. The Azure Flame Heaven Griffin incident, the evil soul master incident, etc., brought a total of 95,000 points and five lucky draws to the host. The host has also accumulated enough points to reach the peak of the first stage. As long as the host completes the unlocking of a main Rider form, the system will usher in the first upgrade. Please await further instructions, host.]

"So when the System upgrades, what new functions will there be?"

[They are all functions that can help the host to unlock the power of a Rider more conveniently. In addition, some things will be added to the exchange list of system points. Please await further instructions, host.]

"Okay, the next soul beast I'm looking for will unlock the power of the main Rider, and then I can upgrade it all in one go."

The reason he wanted to stay was that the soul beast marked by the system could unlock the power of a main Rider. Although he could only determine which Rider was unlocked after seeing it, as long as it was a main Rider and within his capabilities, he had no reason to refuse.

[Please ask the host to review the question. What is needed to upgrade is not the power of the main Rider but the form of the main Rider. It means that the host must successfully transform into the form of a certain main Rider.]

"Ah? So it has to be like that. Um… that's okay. Anyway, this trip is to unlock the goal of unlocking a main Rider form. Of course, it's best to get this soul beast in one go."

At this point, Yin Xiaoya began to pray that he wouldn't have to combine several powers to transform, otherwise, he would really lose his head.

Ten thousand points were exchanged for the Skullgarry. When he sat in front of it with a roar, Yin Xiaoya immediately fell in love with it.

As one of the rider machines of Kamen Rider Skull, it was a rare smart car of the RV type. It could operate on its own without human intervention, and more importantly, it could accommodate many people at the same time. This was undoubtedly very suitable for transporting everyone later.

Yin Xiaoya stared at the big skeleton with starry eyes; he really liked it indescribably. If you really wanted to compare it, the dual-ride RV must be better; after all, it also had a sea, land, and air convertible device. But in terms of aesthetics, the skeleton chariot was much cooler than the dual-riding chariot.

"Hehe, this is the difference between a tough guy and a semi-tough guy."

After speaking, Yin Xiaoya jumped into the chariot and let it drive towards the direction guided by the system.

Just as he was heading to his destination, a guest came to the scorched stone forest he had visited before, a guest with anger.

"Bastard! Where did you send that kid!?"

A roar resounded above the entire stone forest, and just relying on the sound alone produced an astonishing vibration, scaring the ghost-faced griffins into shrinking back. The Ghost-Gaced Griffin King, crouching in the middle of the stone forest, slowly opened his eyes and looked impatiently at a figure flying in the distance, a figure no weaker than himself.

"You old bastard, you haven't appeared in a thousand years. I thought you were taken away by humans. Now you're showing up for that child? It's ridiculous. Even if it's different, it's still a descendant of my ghost-faced griffin. What does it have to do with you?"

[Boom!!] The huge figure landed steadily in front of the Ghost Griffin King, exuding an aura no less than that of the Ghost Griffin King.

"Fart! That is also a descendant of my family, so it does matter! I can still feel its breath, but it has changed a lot. Tell me, what have you done to it!?"