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The Reizorium Ray had a special-attack property against Ultramen, capable of continuously decomposing their light particles. It was equivalent to directly breaking down a human's cells!!
Even with the Land of Light's Life Solidification Technology, resurrecting Mebius after he had been decomposed into light particles was a near-impossible task.
And under the bombardment of the Reizorium Ray, Mebius's body was turned to ash and smoke in an instant!!
Alien Empera's terrifying beam even lingered for a short time after completely obliterating Mebius, directly overwhelming the Ultra Brothers' combined ray. With just a single strike, it knocked all the brothers to the ground.
This only added insult to injury for the Ultra Brothers, who had already been through a great battle.
Though they were not annihilated into light particles like Mebius, they were still heavily wounded, and the timers on their chests all began to chime.
At that very moment, a continuous stream of Inpelaizers was still pouring towards Earth.
The dense swarm of Inpelaizers, like a plague of locusts, cast a shadow over everyone's hearts.
This overwhelming darkness and pressure shattered humanity's last hope.
Despair... once again, it was a bottomless despair.
The despair that overflowed the screen made countless viewers feel a tightness in their chest, a suffocating feeling that made it almost impossible to breathe.
Mebius... was dead??
Completely decomposed into light particles, utterly erased on a physical level??
Even with his brothers by his side, even when humanity had not given up, even the combined beam of the Ultra Brothers could not withstand Alien Empera's attack?
"No, no, no, you're kidding! This has to be a lie, right?"
Ryu Aihara, who was watching the projection, collapsed to his knees as if all his strength had left him. "Completely... completely powerless. From beginning to end, we humans have been nothing but playthings in Alien Empera's hands..."
Despair, a bottomless despair!!
He couldn't protect anything. He couldn't protect the Earth, he couldn't protect humanity, and he couldn't protect Mirai.
In the world of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Yukino Yukinoshita's clenched fists were trembling, her back drenched in cold sweat.
One powerful enemy after another, one disaster after another. Human life, in the face of calamities more terrifying than any natural disaster, was so fragile!
Was this the despair that Alien Empera bestowed upon humanity? Could humanity ever reignite its hope? What... what could they possibly do to defeat that terrifying enemy?
[The Horn-Breaking Demon: It shouldn't be like this... Mebius... he can't be revived?]
The members of the TPC's Victory Team, faced with such a powerful Alien Empera, all stared wide-eyed and clenched their fists. Their hearts were filled with indignation, but they were powerless to change anything...
At this time, within the Dark Empire, the Dark Four Heavenly Kings couldn't help but kneel collectively before their emperor.
Even though the Empera in the projection had berated them as useless and even moved to kill them, they didn't dare to have a single rebellious thought at this moment.
Because Alien Empera's absolute power surpassed them all!! With just a single thought, Empera could kill them...
This was the gap between the sun and a speck of dust, the gap between an emperor and a slave, a gap that could never be crossed.
Beneath the ruins of R'lyeh, the great snail Gatanothor gazed at Empera on the screen, its expression filled with dread.
The dark planet Gransphire also became extremely vigilant.
The Angel of Destruction Zog, the Ultimate Lifeform Tartarus, and the Dark Demon God Dark Lugiel—the many faces of darkness across the universe all revealed grave expressions when faced with such a powerful Alien Empera!
Whether they were Ultramen or terrifying final bosses, even the heroes and villains of other infinite dimensions felt an incomparable dread and... fear!!
This was Alien Empera, the true Dark Emperor of the universe.
The despair and oppressive feeling he brought had already overflowed the screen.
This thought surfaced simultaneously in the minds of viewers from many dimensions.
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[On the light curtain, Ryu Aihara dazedly reached out his hand, as if trying to grasp something, but... he couldn't catch anything.
The members of GUYS watched Mebius get annihilated, too stunned to even react for a moment!!
"Now you understand, don't you?" Empera said coldly. "The Ultra race can never defeat me!!"
When the emperor in the far reaches of space got serious, he didn't even need to be physically present to effortlessly clear away any obstacle.
"There's... no chance of winning!!"
Inside Phoenix Nest, Ryu Aihara knelt on the floor, his chest heaving violently. His body had also reached its limit.
"Mirai... what did he do? Why is Mirai gone!" Marina refused to believe the fact that Mebius was dead, shaking her head constantly.
In the city, a cold and bleak wind swept across the land. Having witnessed the destruction of their hope, humanity began to despair.
But at this moment, Assistant Inspector Tsuruyama, with tears in his eyes, still said, "I said I wouldn't let anyone be sacrificed! That includes the Ultramen! We absolutely cannot let a single Ultraman die!!"
"You all go, quickly!! Go to the Ultra Warriors' side! There must be another way!"
Teppei Kuze froze for a moment. "But, if I leave here! The Inpelaizers that come next will destroy this place..."
But he received a firm reply. "It doesn't matter!! This is a place of our memories, too!!"
Alien Empera stood in the dark sky, his voice mocking. "Father of Ultra, regret it! The future of the Earth, the planet you called irreplaceable, has finally been severed!!"
As the emperor delivered his final declaration of destruction, Ikaruga and Marina were supporting Ryu, and they met up with Teppei and Konomi.
They looked at the fallen Ultra Brothers, the timers on their chests having lost their final light.
Without a doubt, the Ultra Warriors... were dead.
Tears filled the eyes of all the GUYS members.
"Ultra Warriors..." Ryu knelt on the ground, his eyes vacant. He muttered, "Again... I couldn't protect anything..."
George's face was filled with grief. "We've even lost Mirai..."
Konomi's face was also etched with despair. "It's all over..."
Marina closed her eyes in pain. "The Earth and the sun are both..."
Is that what you really think?
A voice filled with justice and authority echoed in the ears of the GUYS members.
[Ace]: You should be able to hear us. Though our bodies have fallen, our spirits will continue to protect the Earth until the very last moment.
Looking towards the body of Ultraman Ace, Marina was stunned. "Ultra Warrior...?"
[Jack]: Mebius dissipated into light, but as long as the light of humanity has not vanished, he will not die!
[George]: Mirai isn't dead?
[Seven]: That's right. It is because you humans are here that he was able to hold onto that last breath. No matter what kind of powerful enemy we face, he and we will fight alongside you.
[Konomi]: Ultra Warriors, you all...
[Ultraman]: Zoffy-niisan and Taro, they have returned. We will gather the last of all our brothers' energy and re-condense it onto Mebius. But this is still not enough. We need your help.
[Teppei Kuze]: Then... what do we need to do!!
[Taro]: Light... you must become light and fight together with Mebius!
[Ryu Aihara]: Become... light?
[Zoffy]: As long as the bond you have built still exists, you can fight side-by-side with Mebius!
The heartfelt words of the Ultra Brothers entered their ears. Then... their bodies vanished together, becoming countless brilliant and beautiful particles of light!
Near the sun, before Alien Empera, a light a hundred times more dazzling than the sun itself appeared.
"Is that you?"
An Ultra Warrior defeated by the Reizorium Ray could not possibly be restored. Not even the Land of Light's Life Solidification Technology could do it.
But the Mebius before him had defied Alien Empera's expectations.
A blue and white light flickered across his body, and then... it burst forth with an intense radiance. With its sheer presence alone, it destroyed the countless Inpelaizers flying towards Earth.
That's right. Possessing the power of all the Ultra Brothers, even incorporating Super Taro who could use the Cosmic Miracle Ray.
This was the strongest form of the Ultra Brothers—Mebius Infinity!]
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The moment Mebius Infinity was born, the viewers outside the projection were stunned for a moment, and then erupted in infinite ecstasy.
The Ultramen fell countless times, yet they stood up again and again. No darkness, no matter how terrifying, could break the bond forged of light between the Ultramen and humanity.
In the Land of Light, seeing the appearance of Mebius Infinity, Father of Ultra nodded in gratification. "The wish of the seven brothers to protect the Earth with one heart has successfully turned the impossible into the possible. Mebius Infinity... already possesses the power to fight Alien Empera!"
Beside Father of Ultra, Taro also nodded in satisfaction. Super Taro, a fusion of the five Ultra Brothers, was already a top-tier power in the Land of Light.
And Mebius Infinity, which incorporated Super Taro himself, was perhaps a form that only Father of Ultra, during his battle with Empera thirty thousand years ago, could contend with.
Light Curtain Commentary—
[The Uchiha Dancer: Terrifying willpower, terrifying power. So this is a bond? That something so flashy can erupt with such terrifying strength.]
[Detective Conan: No, it's not over yet. Didn't you hear what Zoffy said? This is just the fusion of the Ultra Brothers' energy. When GUYS also becomes one with Mebius as light, that will be Mebius's truly complete form!]
[Utaha Kasumigaoka: So Super Taro wasn't the strongest form of the Ultra Brothers. There's still Mebius Infinity! Can he also use the Cosmic Miracle Ray? The strongest ray in the universe!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: The strongest ray in the universe? Sounds amazing! What is it? Can it defeat Alien Empera?]
[Hachiman Hikigaya: Probably not. Even Zoffy in the projection said that the energy of the brothers alone is not enough, that they still need GUYS to become light. So... even the strongest ray in the universe will have a hard time defeating Alien Empera.]
[Ace Pilot of the Death Squad: GUYS becomes light? What does that mean? How can humans become light?]
[The Horn-Breaking Demon: Humans... becoming light? Does he mean for all the members of GUYS to transform into Mebius...]
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[The moment he saw Mebius Infinity, Empera became furious.
Why? Why did the people of the Land of Light always refuse to admit defeat? Why, after he had already used his full power, was he still wasting so much time on this remote and pitiful planet?
He angrily raised his right hand. "Did I not say it! The Ultra Warriors cannot win!!"
He unleashed a full-power Reizorium Ray. The Emperor's wrath had only deepened with the passage of time.
However, Mebius, opposite the Emperor, simply gathered energy and formed his hands into an "L" shape. Immediately after, the phantoms of the six Ultra Brothers' upper bodies appeared, all of them forming their hands into an "L" shape!
SWOOSH—!!
The sweeping beam swallowed all darkness. In the blink of an eye, it engulfed Alien Empera's Reizorium Ray and rushed towards him with no loss in power.
Reacting in time, Empera dodged to the side the moment his Reizorium Ray was swallowed, but his arm was still grazed by the Cosmic Miracle Ray.
A sharp pain shot through Alien Empera's arm. Clutching his arm, the Dark Emperor of the universe actually took half a step back!!
How could this be?
How could this be??
He, the Emperor, was actually injured? Besides Ken, there was another Ultra Warrior in the Land of Light who could injure him!
After a brief moment of shock, endless rage ignited in Empera's heart.
The dark longsword appeared once more. The Swarm, humanity, the Dark Empire—none of it mattered anymore.
The current Empera only wanted to turn everything within his sight into darkness, to shroud the entire universe in darkness!
And in close combat, Mebius Infinity used his hands as blades, fighting against Alien Empera.
Unlike Voice of the Stars Zoffy, as long as the feelings and energy of the Ultra Brothers remained, Mebius Infinity could exist for a long time.
Because of this, Alien Empera could not wear down Mebius Infinity's energy as he had against Zoffy. What's more, Mebius Infinity's energy capacity, to a certain extent, had already surpassed his own.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, that fragile human light was indeed continuously pouring into Mebius Infinity's body.]
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