A Knight's Journey Begins in Faiz

Utilizing certain characteristics during a Rider's transformation can effectively prevent damage; this technique is applicable to many Riders. For example, the transformation animation before the Sword series can be used to injure enemies.

In IXA's security mode, just standing there evokes a sense of sanctity.

"This armor, what exactly is this thing?"

By the roadside, in the shadow of the Orphnoch, Jiang Yang seemed to see the creature naked in human form. But upon closer inspection, he realized he didn't.

"If you want to know, ask God, provided you have the opportunity."

"Don't be so arrogant. You're just a piece of metal. I'll tear you to shreds too."

Despite saying he wanted to tear Jiang Yang apart, Orpheus was extremely cautious. He first spat out two attacks, and then his arm split off tentacles that flew out.

Jiang Yang did not dodge the attack. He wanted to test the ixa's defense. The Orphnoch in front of him did not seem very strong, so it was a good opportunity to test it.

The attack landed on the IXA armor, sparks flying, but the actual damage was negligible. Jiang Yang only felt a slight pain in the area hit; it was far from being considered an injury.

The missile was followed by an attack from the tentacles. Like the missile, the tentacles also failed to break through Jiang Yang's defenses, and their attack power was even weaker than that of the missile.

"Didn't you say you were going to tear me apart? This is all you've got? Haven't you eaten? There's a ramen stand over there, how about I treat you?"

Sensing the mockery in Jiang Yang's tone, Orphnoch became completely enraged, and a curved blade appeared out of thin air in his hand for reasons unknown.

Caught off guard, the curved blade struck him. This time, the pain was much more intense where he was cut, but it still didn't reach the level of injury.

Orphnoch, on the other hand, was genuinely astonished to find that his attacks had been ineffective. His strikes were capable of cutting through steel—a basic feat for him. Yet, he hadn't even breached the opponent's defenses, nor had he forced the opponent to retreat a single step.

"The defense is pretty good. Next, let's test the attack power."

"What…"

Before he could finish speaking, a fist came into view. Before he could react, Orphnoch was sent flying by a single punch. Even Jiang Yang himself was somewhat surprised by this. He knew IXA had strong upper body strength, but he hadn't expected it to be this strong.

"Next..."

The speed of the ixa security mode is about 9.8 seconds to 100 meters.

As soon as Orphnoch landed, before he could even adjust his stance and get up, another fist landed on his face, the immense impact leaving Orphnoch completely dazed.

The IXA's Protective Mode punch has a nominal power of around 4.2t. To put this in perspective, Faiz's one of his special moves, the Massive Impact Punch, only has a nominal power of 5.2t. An ordinary Orphnoch would be instantly killed by such a blow.

While slightly weaker than the Great Impact, this thing doesn't need to be charged. Of course, Jiang Yang knew his calculation method was wrong, but that didn't change the fact that the Ixa was very strong.

With just three punches, Orphnoch was already half-crippled, his consciousness was beginning to blur, and he no longer had the ability to activate his speed mode.

Seeing this, Jiang Yang decided not to continue. He took out his flute and prepared to unleash his ultimate move.

Insert the whistle, push the fist, and then remove it.

"Ixa Knu-ck-le Ri-se Up!"

Using the fist gun as a gauntlet, he slammed it into Orphnoch's head, the immense impact shattering his skull and sending shockwaves through the road, creating a huge crater.

The immense power stunned Jiang Yang for a few seconds until he saw the Orphnoch ignite with blue flames, within which the Orphnoch turned to sand.

It was only then that Jiang Yang realized what was happening. He quickly got up, deactivated his transformation, returned to the War Lion, looked around to make sure no one was there, and then rode away in one smooth motion.

Just kidding, if someone saw what happened just now and he damaged the road, he wouldn't have the money to pay for it.

"However, Ixa is more powerful than I imagined."

With a punching power of 4.2, ixa is like a numerical monster in Faiz. In that fight just now, well, it could barely be called a battle, ixa showed a fighting power that matched his numerical value.

In fact, Jiang Yang was confident that he could kill him without using his ultimate move. He mainly wanted to see the power of his ultimate move so as not to misjudge his own abilities later.

The ultimate move turned out to be a bit too overpowered.

If the Preservation Mode is already this powerful, wouldn't the Burst Mode be even stronger? Most importantly, the Burst Mode also has the ixa Holy Sword available, which significantly boosts the combat power.

It should be noted that the ixa Holy Sword can still be used in security mode, but its power is significantly weaker, and there is no need for it.

However, after experiencing the power of ixa, Jiang Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief. He had been worried about how he would survive, but now he felt somewhat safer.

He didn't ride very far; he found a place nearby to eat something before setting off again. After asking for directions along the way, he finally found his way home.

In the rented room, Jiang Yang noticed that the system had made a sound, seemingly from when he killed Orphnoch. However, he didn't have time to check it at the time because he was busy eating. He only had time to check it now.

On the system panel, the progress bar had reached 1%, meaning he had won one battle. After ninety-nine more such battles, he could activate the system to leave this world and travel to the next.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yang's lips twitched. Fighting a hundred monsters? Seriously, does he think the Faiz world is a monster-slaying tower? Where is he going to find a hundred Orphnochs?

No, it's ninety-nine.

Is there a difference?

This system is truly outrageous.

However, upon closer reflection, it's actually not so bad. The system requires victory, not kill. Perhaps it can be described as defeating without killing, and then fighting again next time.

"How could such a good thing possibly happen?"

In short, it's obvious that exploiting system bugs is impossible; otherwise, you could simply find a monster to raise and farm wins.

There was nothing he could do but take it one step at a time.

In addition to this, the system has another message.

"First kill of Orphnoch, receive 1 lottery ticket".

This is an unexpected surprise. I didn't expect there would be a reward for the first kill. Given this pattern, will there be rewards like ten kills or a hundred kills?

Well, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start with the lottery.

"Please, please, give me a life-saving item."

With the IXA currently available, Jiang Yang doesn't lack combat power, but he does lack survival skills.

He didn't have any special requirements, just a smoke gun or a full bottle, preferably both for safety.

Sometimes, one shouldn't be too greedy.

Being too goal-oriented often prevents you from achieving the desired results.

The wheel stopped spinning, and Jiang Yang received the reward for this spin, a reward that he found quite strange: a coin, a transparent coin.

Judging from its appearance, this coin looks very similar to the coin in the Kamen Rider OOO world, but Jiang Yang has no information about this coin in his mind.

Clearly, this was neither a Cell Coin nor any of the Core Coins he had ever seen.

The prize description did provide some information, but Jiang Yang was still completely confused.

"Desire Core Coin (Blank). Note: Fill with desire, imagine me, draw near to me, become me."

"What the hell is this?"

I can't understand it at all, but I can confirm that this thing is indeed from Kamen Rider OOO, since it says Core Medal on it. I just don't know what the blank space means.

Does the fact that the colorless, transparent core coin means that the coin has no desires yet, so it needs to fill itself with desires and use those desires to cultivate the coin and make it a true core coin?

"Oh, this," Jiang Yang said, indicating his refusal.

Core Coin, what is that? What if he were to cultivate it and turn himself into a greedy person? Not to mention turning into a monster, Jiang Yang couldn't bear the thought of losing his sense of taste.

There are three things he cannot tolerate in his life: first, being disturbed while he sleeps; second, not being allowed to eat; and third, all other things he cannot tolerate.

In short, Jiang Yang had no intention of touching the blank coin. He didn't want to try it even if there was only a chance of success; it was too dangerous.

He was about to throw it into his backpack, but before he could do so, the coin had already disappeared.

To be precise, it entered Jiang Yang's body.