Unlock Kamen Riders in Douluo's Way Ch 49

Yin Xiaoya bellows, "RAAAHHH!!!!"

Violent crimson flames erupted from Yin Xiaoya, a volcanic explosion contained within a human form. The shock wave, a searing heat wave, hammered the two attacking figures.

The men were thrown back, their faces contorted in pain. One skidded across the ground, a desperate attempt to halt his momentum. The other slammed into a nearby pile of jagged rocks, his eyes rolling back in his head as he lost consciousness.

The ground itself wasn't spared. The force carved a deep pit in the earth, a testament to the raw power unleashed. From this crater, a figure rose step by step, wreathed in flames. A pair of green eyes, predatory and sharp, gleamed from within the inferno, fixing on the fallen men.

They knew that look, the predatory gleam of a hunter sizing up its prey. That, coupled with the raw, wild energy radiating from the figure, banished any lingering underestimation. They faced a monster.

Gradually, the flames subsided, revealing a crimson body with a metallic sheen. A silver breastplate flowed with an ethereal glow in the fading light, and black, fin-like blades on his arms and back radiated a penetrating sharpness.

The head wasn't human, resembling the head of a savage lizard. This was Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha.

One of the men, scrambling to his feet, stammered, "This… what kind of monster is this?"

"Why panic?" the other snapped, trying to project confidence. "It should be a martial soul, like us."

"Can a beast soul become this?" the first shot back, his voice laced with disbelief. "Big brother, I have read books, you know!"

"When you were studying," the other retorted, "did someone tell you there are martial souls that manifest as ten-foot-tall golden statues?"

"Uh..."

Su Xuan's golden Buddha did make this form seem less outlandish. Reassured, the two regrouped, but this time they were wary, summoning all their strength from the start.

"Spike Fist!"

"Leopard Claw!"

A fist, wreathed in the image of a snarling wolf's head, hurtled toward Yin Xiaoya's face, while the other man's claw-like strike aimed for his silver breastplate.

Yin Xiaoya barely reacted to the blow to his face, simply tilting his head slightly. The strike to his breastplate felt like nothing. More than that, both men felt pain surge up their arms.

"Hungry..."

Before they could retreat, Yin Xiaoya's visor snapped open, revealing jagged, piranha-like teeth. He bit down, and blood sprayed into the air. The entire fist was pulped by his immense bite force. As for the other man's hand on his breastplate, it was gripped in a vise-like hold.

"Ugh!! My hand!! My… my strength!!"

His right hand crippled, the man couldn't channel his soul power. He collapsed to the ground, screaming in agony. The other man was terrified, frantically trying to break free from Yin Xiaoya's grasp.

But Yin Xiaoya was impervious to his attacks. He tilted his visor, chewing the flesh and blood, the crimson liquid flowing down the corners of his mouth.

"Bah!" He spat out the remains. "That's awful. Why does the flesh and blood of evil soul masters have such a sour smell?"

Seeing the man still thrashing and attacking him, Yin Xiaoya sneered.

"Don't worry, I'll help you get rid of it."

He lifted his free arm high, then brought it down in a savage arc toward the man's shoulder.

The man's eyes widened in horror as Yin Xiaoya’s blade-like forearm sheared through his shoulder, severing his arm at the root. Blood gushed out, but before he could even scream, another flash of sharpness filled his vision. The world turned upside down, and he saw his own body collapse before his consciousness vanished.

A disgusting stench filled the air. It came from the man whose hand had been crushed. He'd seen his brother dismembered and decapitated, and now he lost control of his bowels.

"Don't! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I only absorbed two people! Only two people! I won't do it again!"

His pleas were useless.

The blade flashed again, and another head tumbled to the ground, splattering Yin Xiaoya with blood. He didn't seem disturbed, more… indifferent.

He raised his nose, his senses heightened. The air was thick with the stench of blood, amplified by his enhanced senses. He recoiled in disgust and said, "Ugh, the blood of these guys is really nasty. Ah… I'm so hungry. I could eat raw eggs."

Alpha Amazon was the first Kamen Rider form he'd unlocked using a soul beast in this world. He could feel the Devil Belly Flame Lizard's essence within the belt.

He was experiencing the sensation of soul power coursing through his body. His physical form was strengthening, just as the system had promised.

But the change in his mental state… that wasn't from the soul beast or the soul power. It was coming from the Rider power contained within the belt. He had noticed it before.

Whether it was Kamen Rider Meteor, which he'd used the most, or Kamen Rider Skull, which he'd only transformed into once, after the transformation, his behavior and thoughts subtly shifted toward the persona of the original Rider.

The Martial Art fighting style in Meteor form, the tough-guy coolness of Skull… even now, as Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha, the brutal way he'd killed the evil soul masters didn't feel entirely intentional.

It felt… natural. The system hadn't explained this, but Yin Xiaoya had begun to understand. These subtle shifts in his personality directly affected the power of each Rider form.

"Ah, finally stopped spraying. Seriously, don't you feel uncomfortable with so much stinky blood on your body?"

As if nothing had happened, he raised his hand to wipe the blood from his face, but he was drenched. Rubbing it only smeared the blood further.

"Tch, what a pain. Flame!"

With a surge of power, the energy of the transformation, unlocked through the soul beast, now flowed freely through him. This was the benefit of the soul beast method.

After a few seconds, the flames subsided, and the blood vanished, leaving his armor gleaming. He might not care about it now, but when he reverted to his human form, if the blood stained his clothes, it would be a hassle.

"Okay, the bugs are gone. Now to find Su Xuan… huh?"

Just as he was about to deactivate the transformation, his heightened sense of smell detected a scent in the air. It wasn't the repulsive odor of the evil soul masters. This was pleasant, a delicate fragrance.

Shaking his head, his green eyes locked onto a boulder about fifty meters away.

"Over there!"

He leaped, landing on the boulder in a single bound.

"Yah!!!"

A sharp scream pierced the air, and a girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, stumbled out from behind the boulder, her face pale with terror. She stared at the lizard monster on the rock in horror. She couldn't understand how she'd been discovered. She'd hidden herself well.

"Well, it's not an evil soul master. Little sister, are you okay?"

Whether it was intentional or a side effect of the Kamen Rider Amazon transformation, Yin Xiaoya's voice was hoarse and grating. The girl burst into tears.

"Don't… don't eat me! I don't taste good! Woo…"