Before Gwen could fully react, the dinosaur-like creature roared and swung its giant fist.
The punch, carrying a powerful gust of wind, whistled towards her like a heavy hammer.
Gwen quickly crossed her Four Arms in defense. With a deafening boom, the ground instantly cracked, and half of her body was directly pressed into the earth.
Amidst the rising dust, Gwen was horrified. Normally, even if the opponent transformed into Ultimate Humungousaur, it shouldn't possess such terrifying strength.
She stole a glance at her opponent with the corner of her eye and realized that the opponent's body wasn't covered in the dinosaur skin she expected, but rather fur resembling a feline, similar to... a tiger?
"I warn you! Go with Hu Bao obediently! Otherwise, Hu Bao will spank your butt until it blooms!"
After this statement, the situation became very clear.
The opponent had obviously used the Omnitrix on his left hand to transform into a fused hero.
It was clearly a power + power combination of Ultimate Humungousaur and Hu Bao, so it was no wonder Four Arms couldn't withstand it.
Realizing this, Gwen knew she couldn't continue to clash head-on with the opponent.
Decisively, she pulled one of her four defending arms away and slammed it heavily onto the Omnitrix symbol on her shoulder, changing forms again.
Four Arms disappeared, and Ultimate Hu Bao's giant fist, now unopposed, slammed violently onto the ground.
With a roar, the entire fist was quickly covered in a layer of frost, and a chill instantly permeated the surroundings.
Ultimate Hu Bao was decisive; it didn't intend to give Gwen a chance to breathe. Its ice-bound fist unhesitatingly slammed into its own chest.
A dense green light erupted from its body. As the light dissipated, a small white figure replaced Ultimate Hu Bao, appearing in its original spot.
The next second, an incredible scene unfolded.
The small figure swayed, and in the blink of an eye, it split into countless identical individuals, densely covering the ground.
They uniformly took a deep breath, and then, sharp, piercing sound waves erupted outwards in a 360-degree, all-encompassing manner.
Wherever the sound waves passed, the air twisted and vibrated, the gravel on the ground were shaken into the air, and the metal walls of the warehouse emitted groaning, distorted sounds.
The sound waves lasted for a while but failed to harm the target, or rather, they didn't even know where the target had gone.
The original intention was to force out Gwen, who had most likely transformed into Ice Phantom, with the sound waves, but now it seemed she had already fled far away.
However, just then, one of the Spidermonkey clones, into which Benjamin had transformed, suddenly caught a glimpse of a blue figure speeding like a phantom in the distance with the corner of its eye, immediately realizing something.
They no longer hesitated, instantly merging into one. The small white figure lightly tapped the Omnitrix symbol on its chest. Green light flashed, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into XLR8.
XLR8 instantly took off, speeding towards the blue figure.
But the blue figure in the distance had a speed almost identical to XLR8 and had started earlier, so chasing it like this would definitely not work.
So, while running, XLR8 operated the Omnitrix on his wrist, selected the XLR8 avatar, slammed it down, and green light flashed again.
As it dissipated, XLR8's appearance had undergone some changes.
Lightning-like patterns began to appear on the chest of his exoskeleton, sharp arm blades extended from his originally slender arms, and the mask on his face gained angular, distinct parts, resembling Wolverine's mask.
His already fast speed was mostly due to the control of friction by the special spherical joints on his feet, thereby achieving high-speed movement. Now, the alternating speed of his legs was twice as fast as before, and his overall speed naturally doubled compared to a simple XLR8.
In an instant, the Speedy XLR8 combination erupted with even more astonishing speed, instantly catching up to the figure ahead like a streak of light.
Undoubtedly, the figure ahead was Gwen, also in her XLR8 form.
The moment he caught up, Speedy XLR8, due to his excessive speed and inertia, almost shot straight past. His feet scraped against the ground, creating trails of sparks, before he barely managed to stabilize himself.
Gwen, who had been caught up to, showed no panic. A purple light suddenly flared.
In an instant, her form began to reshape, transforming into Jetray in the blink of an eye, and she shot straight into the sky.
Seeing this, Speedy XLR8 dared not delay for a moment and also transformed into Jetray.
After additionally fusing with a Light Whip Pterodactyl using the Omnitrix on his wrist, he took a deep breath, his voice slightly trembling: "Alright, it has to be experimented with eventually."
Jetray's trembling fingertip lightly touched the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest; the symbol popped up.
He gritted his teeth and slammed it down. Four diagonal slashes immediately appeared around the symbol.
In an instant, an intense pain swept through his entire body like a surging tide.
A mournful scream erupted, shrill and desperate, echoing through the area.
Gwen was accelerating in the air when she suddenly heard a faint scream.
The scream sounded so painful that she instinctively looked back, only to see a blur, wrapped in dazzling light and shadow, flash past her side, moving so fast it was almost impossible to track.
Before she could react, an eerie green light transformed into a whip and coiled around her, instantly binding her, who had transformed into Jetray.
Immediately after, a massive impact struck like thunder. Gwen felt all her strength instantly drained, and her body uncontrollably plummeted towards the ground.
The wind howled in her ears. She desperately tried to spread her wings, attempting to stabilize herself, but her arms were bound by the whip and she couldn't move them at all.
No choice, I can only use this move... With a "bang," she slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Dust billowed, permeating the entire battlefield, obscuring visibility.
After a long while, the smoke gradually dispersed, revealing a blue sphere on the ground.
The sphere trembled slightly, slowly opened, and a massive figure emerged from within.
The sphere had now transformed into an alien creature with an appearance resembling a giant bear, its back, elbows, and shoulders covered in thick, hard blue plating.
Only now, this alien creature was sprawled on the ground, truly too exhausted to exert any effort.
"Cannonbolt..."
It was a good thing she had transformed into Ice Phantom earlier, immediately unlocking the final layer of authorization and opening the central control, allowing her to switch alien heroes in non-manual mode without time limits, otherwise she might not have lasted until now.
But the problem was, she had held on, but her body couldn't take it anymore.
Tired, so tired. She was currently just like Ben Tennyson during his alien hero phase. Was it a bit much to ask her current self to fight a fused Benjamin?
However, the opponent wasn't doing well either.
Not far away, Benjamin was drenched in sweat, one hand clutching his heart tightly, his body swaying slightly, as if he would collapse at any moment.
His breathing was rapid and heavy, each gasp accompanied by a painful grunt, clearly indicating that the recent transformation had placed an immense burden on his body.
Gwen also couldn't maintain her alien hero state, reverting from Cannonbolt to her human form.
She slumped to the ground, her face ashen, her fringe soaked with sweat and clinging to her face.
Yet, even so, she gritted her teeth, and her trembling right hand once again reached for the Omnitrix, her eyes gleaming with stubborn resolve.
Benjamin, forcing himself to rally, was about to launch another attack when the sight before him made his pupils contract sharply.
Above Gwen's watch, a phantom appeared.
It was a female figure composed of a brilliant starry sky, with specks of starlight flowing around her, like an inverted galaxy.
And on her head, three sharp horns grew.
Alien X! You prodigal girl, what are you doing?!