---o---
From Zetton's perspective, Hyper Zetton didn't really look much like a Zetton anymore.
For some reason, this was the thought that came to the minds of the audience across the infinite-dimensional universe as they watched this scene on the light curtain.
Zetton was a famous monster, one of the most well-known of them all. With its terrifying power and cool appearance, it was beloved by many aliens throughout the cosmos.
It wasn't just the Alien Zettons; a whole host of evil aliens like Alien Bat and Alien Empire coveted it.
But... the current Hyper Zetton not only far surpassed an ordinary Zetton in power, but its very nature had also become something different.
Although they didn't know how Alien Bat had accomplished it, one thing was certain: this Zetton's potential far exceeded the expectations of everyone watching outside the light curtain.
[Light Curtain Commentary]
[Gomora's #1 Fan: Besides EX Zetton, can Zetton evolve like this? Is this something only Alien Bat can do, or can my Zetton do it too? No wonder Alien Rayblood was able to sweep the universe back then relying on his monsters.]
[The Uchiha Dancer: So what if it's powerful? It's just an out-of-control animal, no different from the Tailed Beasts.]
[Ai Haibara: For a small subset of scientists, creating a being like a god... even if they know it will go out of control, they'll deceive themselves and choose to continue, just to complete this so-called great achievement.]
[Alien Bat: Shut up! Hyper Zetton will not go out of control! It will only obey my commands!!]
Ai Haibara's words seemed to have struck a nerve, instantly breaking through Alien Bat's defenses and making him jump out to retort.
[Herta: It has the potential to be a genius but is unwilling to admit its own mistakes? That's understandable. We have quite a few geniuses like that in the Genius Society...]
[Alien Zetton: Out of control! Hurry up and go out of control! I can't wait to see Alien Bat turned into a bloody mess!!]
---o---
[On the light curtain, despite having to face three Ultra Warriors at once, Alien Bat was not the least bit flustered. He had absolute confidence in his Zetton.]
[In the next moment, the three Ultras launched their attack on the Hyper Zetton larva from different angles!]
"Cosmos, you take Zetton from above! Dyna, attack it from behind!"
"Leave the front to me!!"
Zero nimbly dodged one of Zetton's one-trillion-degree fireballs. With his head sluggers drawn, he directly sliced off one of Zetton's tentacles.
"Understood!!" The two Ultra Warriors nodded in response, then went for Zetton's top and rear respectively.
Cosmos leaped into the explosive heatwave generated by Hyper Zetton's fireball. His right hand, wrapped in blue light, plunged down towards Zetton.
This descending palm strike actually passed straight through Hyper Zetton's body, completely destroying the glowing organ on its right side.
Unbelievable. When did his non-combat form become capable of unleashing such powerful combat abilities?
"What!!" It wasn't just the audience outside the light curtain; even Alien Bat was shocked. He never expected the perpetually slacking Master Musashi to possess such formidable strength.
"Nice one!" Zero didn't overthink it. Seeing Cosmos's effective attack, he clenched his fist in praise. This guy wasn't so bad after all.
Next, Dyna, who was in charge of the rear assault, gathered power in both hands and unleashed a powerful beam technique, shooting it straight at Zetton's back!
The astonishingly hot beam caused a searing pain on Hyper Zetton's back, making its enraged roar even louder.
However, Dyna did not stop his assault. He only ceased his attack and repositioned after the carapace-like skin on Zetton's back was completely dissolved by the high temperature.
Three tiny ants had made Hyper Zetton feel an unprecedented level of pain, a pain it had never felt since its birth.
Enraged, Hyper Zetton's scythes instantly extended. Like the Grim Reaper's scythe, they struck Cosmos's body with extreme speed. A brilliant shower of sparks instantly bloomed across Cosmos's body.
Caught off guard, Cosmos's body shot out like a cannonball, smashing into a rock wall. The impact alone looked incredibly painful.
Following the principle of beating a drowning dog, the Hyper Zetton larva instantly fired a fireball powerful enough to completely rob Cosmos of his ability to fight!
Just then, Zero arrived in time. Without hesitation, he entered his Ultimate Shining form.
The dazzling light emanating from his body forced Alien Bat, who was inside Hyper Zetton, to shield his eyes!
Zero caressed the blade of the Aegis of Palagye, charging towards Hyper Zetton's body at an unpredictable speed.
Sensing the danger, the Hyper Zetton larva resisted with all its might, using its tentacles and scythes to continuously block. But it was all meaningless before Ultimate Shining Zero. After all, it was just a larva. Being on par with a typical Ultimate Ultra was the peak of the Hyper Zetton larva's power. If it could even beat Ultimate Shining Zero as a larva, then would its adult form not be a match for even Noa?
"We can win!"
Watching the unstoppable Zero, Dyna clenched his fist and said. Ultimate Shining Zero was completely overwhelming the current Zetton. He was more than capable of making Zetton disappear from this universe for good before it could fully mature.
"No, stop!!!"
Unlike the excited Dyna, Alien Bat was on the verge of having his soul scared out of his body.
The body of Hyper Zetton contained the crystallization of who knows how many years of his painstaking effort. It was the strongest Zetton he had forged through immense hardship and countless dangers.
And Hyper Zetton's demonstrated power certainly hadn't disappointed him. As just a larva, it could defeat the Ultra Brothers and stand on par with a fusion-type Ultimate Ultra. Once it matured, even Ultraman King might not be its match.
But... it had to mature first!
Ultimate Shining Zero was no ordinary Ultimate Ultra. He was a combination of Zero's two most powerful forms. His true combat power could even go toe-to-toe with an Ultimate Lifeform!
Defeating the Zetton larva would be all too easy for him.
Seeing his years of hard work and crystallization about to be utterly destroyed, Alien Bat closed his eyes in despair.
Regret... all he felt now was regret. He should have been more patient. He should have waited until Hyper Zetton reached adulthood before making his move. Now, a single misstep had led to eternal regret! His years of hard work were about to be destroyed in one fell swoop.
Alien Bat closed his eyes, but... the explosion he imagined never came. There was nothing wrong with his body, and Zetton had not been annihilated.
"Huh?! This is..."
Looking at the figure before him, Alien Bat took a deep breath, his expression one of utter shock!
The previously vanished Tayzzyronth had reappeared on the battlefield. Not only that... the Swarm King even commanded its own children to use their hard, carapace-like shells to completely block Ultimate Shining Zero's attack.
"What!!" This time, it wasn't just Alien Bat; even Zero was dumbfounded, not understanding what the Swarm King was trying to do.
This... this wasn't right. Didn't the Swarm King lack intelligence? Why was It protecting Hyper Zetton?
And setting aside the fact that Hyper Zetton wasn't a true offspring of the Swarm King, even if it were, the Swarm King would only give a symbolic blessing, not step in to help when it was about to die.
"What... what in the world is going on!!"
Looking at the Swarm King's protective actions, Zero was utterly baffled. But one thing he could be sure of was that there was definitely some unspeakable secret relationship between the Swarm King and Hyper Zetton.
"Hahaha, heaven is truly on my side! I never thought Hyper Zetton's power would be enough to make the entire cosmic Swarm submit to it!!"
Unlike the confused Zero, Alien Bat was about to go crazy with joy. In his eyes, the only reason the Swarm King would sacrifice the Swarm to block Zero's attack was, in essence, out of fear of Hyper Zetton's immense power!
The instinct of a living being is to submit to the strong. At this moment, the Swarm King had also submitted to the great power of Hyper Zetton. ]
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[Light Curtain Commentary, seeing Alien Bat's excited look, the audience outside the screen couldn't help but show a few black lines on their foreheads.]
Where did Alien Bat get this confidence? To think the Swarm King would submit to Hyper Zetton—that was the best joke of the year.
Guess why the Amber King hammered the Swarm King to death instead of using his own martial prowess to conquer It and stop It from doing evil.
Not to mention that the current Hyper Zetton had completely taken on the appearance of the Swarm King. Even if Alien Bat did have some control over Hyper Zetton, the Swarm King could snatch it back with a flip of its hand. It could even turn Alien Bat into an insect lifeform just like Zetton.
[Light Curtain Commentary]
[Alien Bat: No, I don't believe it! Why? Why did it turn out like this?! My Hyper Zetton will become someone else's wedding dress? This kind of thing... NO!!!]
He was breaking down. Although deep down he was still unwilling to admit it, the hints from the light curtain were so obvious that even the stubborn Alien Bat had no choice but to accept it now. He was afraid he had truly made a wedding dress for the Swarm King, creating an incredible insect.
[Yukino Yukinoshita: The Swarm King actually intervened personally? Not even the King-Bugs receive that kind of treatment. Why? Did the Swarm King see Hyper Zetton's great potential and want to give it a hand?]
[Otto Apocalypse: The Swarm King acts on primitive instinct, but it also possesses a certain degree of intelligence. It seems... there's truly something about Hyper Zetton that attracts even the Swarm King...]
---o---
[On the light curtain, in the center of the battlefield, the Swarm King's reappearance was a surprise to everyone.]
[Under the Swarm King's oppressive might, Zero was being beaten one-sidedly. He was knocked to the ground by Zetton, and Zetton continuously stomped on his body.]
Humiliating, too humiliating!!
If Zero's temperament were any worse, he would have started cursing. Being pinned to the ground and stomped on by this multi-legged creature—and a multi-legged creature far weaker than himself at that—what Ultra could endure such shame?
But there was nothing he could do. He could kill the Hyper Zetton larva in seconds, but he couldn't beat the Swarm King!
Ultimate Shining Zero had almost no resistance against the Swarm King; his defenses were broken through directly!
The only one who could stop the Swarm King was Ultraman Reiga, who was fused from the energy of the New Generation Ultra Warriors. But Reiga was currently on cooldown and couldn't appear quickly.
So, the New Generation Ultra Warriors could only watch anxiously, continuously fighting off the surrounding insects, as Zero was trampled by Hyper Zetton.
Damn it, this is too much! How dare they treat Senior Zero like this!
A wave of anger welled up in the hearts of the New Generation Ultras. Although Zero wasn't technically a New Generation Ultra Warrior, which of them didn't have a connection to him?
The title "King of Cameos" wasn't just for show. If you took all of Zero's guest appearances in the New Generation shows, you could string them together to make a whole Ultraman Zero TV series.
Of course, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it indirectly showed Zero's status in the hearts of the New Generation Ultra Warriors!
He was like a big brother. Although he could be unreliable at times, Zero had never let them down.
"Senior Zero! Hang in there, we'll definitely come save you!!" the New Generation Ultras shouted one after another, the speed at which they slaughtered the Swarm increasing.
As for Zero, he was taking a frantic beating. Every time he wanted to fight back, the Swarm King would hit him from behind, making it so he couldn't even stand steadily in front of Hyper Zetton.
Seeing this, the nearby Cosmos wanted to help Zero, but his body was smashed by a falling rock caused by a casual blow from the Swarm King, and he could only be buried alive under the meteorites.
Dyna fared even worse. He was currently bound in mid-air by a bug covered in tentacles, put into various poses for all to see.
"Hahahahaha! So this is what it feels like to trample an Ultra Warrior underfoot? It feels great! Simply fantastic!!"
Under Alien Bat's control, Hyper Zetton frantically stomped on its opponent. At this point, Zero had already reverted to his original form due to his severe injuries.
"No, you can't make a move yet. Hold on a little longer, Stelle."
CRACK—!!
Hyper Zetton sent Zero flying into the distance, putting him together with Cosmos, pinning him under a giant rock wall. The falling rocks smashed onto Zero's body, causing secondary damage.
"Who were you just talking to?" Alien Bat asked doubtfully. Stelle? Which Ultraman was that? Why had he never heard of that name before?
Of course, Zero wouldn't tell him. "Guess. She's the hope of this battle!"
"She?" Before Alien Bat could wonder any further, the Swarm changed again.
The Swarm King Tayzzyronth had appeared behind Hyper Zetton at some unknown time, which made Alien Bat, who was inside Hyper Zetton's body, feel immense pressure.
Concept... the concept of Swarm Propagation, the terrifying divine power of an Aeon, was bestowed upon Hyper Zetton by the Swarm King at this moment.
RUMBLE!!!
The sound of twisting bones was heard. For some unknown reason, as if stimulated by something, Hyper Zetton suddenly stopped following Alien Bat's commands entirely.
It twisted its body frantically, letting out a deafening roar, and then collapsed amidst a series of shrieks.
Dead...?
No, it wasn't. It was... growing!! ]