Dead?
It died just like that?
The countless viewers across the infinite multiverse were stunned when they saw this scene.
Wasn't... wasn't that a bit too anticlimactic?
This was Hyper Zetton, the strongest individual among all Zettons, a monster that had reached the fourth tier of godhood, one of the most powerful monsters in the Ultra universe.
Although Ultraman Saga's strength was also beyond imagination, and there was nothing wrong with him winning, why did it feel so rushed? It felt forced, like a plot device.
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Alien Bat: "I'm losing it, I'm really losing it! Why?! What about Hyper Zetton's teleportation? Is that binding beam really so powerful? Ultraman Reiga launched a sneak attack right in front of Hyper Zetton's face, so why did it act like it didn't even notice?!"
Watching his creation get killed, Alien Bat's heart bled. God knew how much he had invested to cultivate a single Hyper Zetton. It had taken thousands of years! Thousands! He had aged from a tender youth into a middle-aged uncle, only to have his creation not only betray him but also die in such an absurd manner!!
How despicable! Simply despicable!!
The more Alien Bat thought about it, the more his anger boiled over. How could they launch a sneak attack like that? Don't the Ultra Warriors call themselves righteous? Aren't they warriors of light? How could they resort to such tactics? Is this what you call a sneak attack from the side of justice?!
Alien Zetton: "It's over? It's just... over? Hyper Zetton has been eliminated?"
Watching Hyper Zetton's body explode, Alien Zetton was speechless for a long time. When he finally came to his senses, he fell into a silent depression.
He didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Hyper Zetton, such a beautiful biological weapon, such a powerful monster, had died just like that.
If Hyper Zetton had been in his hands, he would have worshipped it for three generations.
From this, one could see just how much Alien Zetton coveted Hyper Zetton. Thus, after its death, he felt both regret and helplessness.
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Light Curtain Bullet Chat
The Uchiha Dancer: "In a battle between the strong, the slightest deviation can alter the entire outcome. It is precisely because the power levels of Hyper Zetton and Ultraman Saga were so close that Ultraman Reiga was able to control Hyper Zetton so easily, creating an opening for Ultraman Saga."
Detective Conan: "No wonder Ultraman Reiga appeared so suddenly. It seems he already knew this move would be effective against Hyper Zetton. That assist was quite potent."
"I Want to Drink Mei's Sister's Juice": "You all blame it on Hyper Zetton or Ultraman Reiga's assist, but can't it just be that Ultraman Saga's skills were superior? Say what you will, but in the fight against Hyper Zetton, Saga had the upper hand the entire time. From the moment he appeared, he never gave Hyper Zetton a chance to fight back."
March 7th: "Exactly, exactly! Ultraman Saga is so handsome and so powerful! Even without Ultraman Reiga's help, he definitely would have won in the end!"
Although compared to the previous boss battles, Hyper Zetton's death was relatively perfunctory, but... on careful consideration, it seemed quite logical.
After all, in terms of fusion materials, Ultraman Reiga is not much inferior to Ultraman Saga, and in terms of sheer numbers, he even far surpasses him.
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[On the light curtain, after Hyper Zetton was eliminated, a blue light gradually appeared in the deep starry sky. This light was like a meteor shower, flying toward every corner of the battlefield.]
"Is this... the life force that Hyper Zetton devoured?"
The blue meteor shower streaking across the sky was exceptionally beautiful, twinkling brightly in the void, drawing everyone's attention.
It pierced through the cosmos, landing upon the boundless Swarm, and then plunged straight into their bodies.
"Not good! That light is the light of the Swarm, born after Hyper Zetton devoured tens of thousands of its kind!"
As the most experienced veteran among the Ultra Brothers, Zoffy recognized at a glance what that light born from Hyper Zetton's death was.
As everyone knew, the Swarm was spread throughout the cosmos because of the Swarm King, which had inadvertently accelerated Hyper Zetton's birth.
Under normal cultivation speeds, with Alien Bat's ability, it would have taken at least several thousand years to hatch Hyper Zetton from its cocoon. For a proper birth, it would have needed to absorb the resentful energy of an entire universe.
If not for the Swarm King's ceaseless procreation providing an endless source of energy for Hyper Zetton's growth, who knows how much longer it would have taken to be born.
Therefore, although the current Hyper Zetton had devoured other life forms, it had devoured far fewer than it had Swarm insects. After its death, the light it released would naturally be from those devoured Swarm.
As kin of the Swarm, the Swarm King's progeny might have a concept of being "of the same race," but they wouldn't feel the slightest bit of pity for the corpses of their brethren. This meteor shower, formed from the remains of countless Swarm insects, was a heaven-sent gift to the Swarm.
After absorbing the energy of their fallen comrades, the Swarm's frenzy and strength rose to another level. A few elite individuals were already stronger than the average Space Garrison warrior.
Standing in the void, Ultraman Saga, the legendary warrior, looked at the Swarm before him and frowned. It was simply impossible to eliminate these abnormal insects in one go.
And fighting the Swarm here was clearly unwise. It was too much of a waste of time. Unless the Swarm King could be eliminated, a Swarm like this would sooner or later gather at the gates of the Land of Light again. After all, the Swarm King's breeding speed... well, those who know, know. It's astonishing.
"Ultraman Saga, and you Ultra Warriors from the future!"
Just as Saga was contemplating how to fight, Ultraman Father's signature appeared in the center of the battlefield.
"We old bones will take care of things here. The Swarm King has already left the Land of Light's detection range, but there must be another way to find its trail. The future... is in your hands."
Seeing Father of Ultra's resolve, Ultraman Reiga nodded in understanding and charged toward the direction where the Swarm King had vanished.
Ultraman Saga hesitated for a moment, then cast his gaze upon the "corpse" of Nexus. With a wave of his hand, Stelle reverted from her Nexus state back to human form and entered Ultraman Saga's body.
After ensuring Stelle's safety, Ultraman Saga vanished in a flash of light, evidently going to search for the Swarm King's trail.
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The Swarm King!
As long as it isn't killed, this battle will never end!
Speaking of which, the Swarm King was quite the coward. A single casual move from Noa had scared it witless, causing it to abandon Hyper Zetton and its tens of thousands of offspring to flee.
It wanted the Sacred Light, yet it was also the one to run away. It must be said, sometimes being an Aeon isn't all it's cracked up to be, at least not for the Swarm King.
After this battle, the Swarm King had thoroughly disgraced the Aeons.
Though, it's not like it represented all Aeons. In the hearts of the viewers across the infinite multiverse, the Swarm King was more like a special kind of monster boss.
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Light Curtain Bullet Chat
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "It seems Hyper Zetton is truly dead. But even in death, it managed to empower the Swarm again. I feel like the weakest individual in this Swarm is now on the level of an ordinary Earth monster."
Utaha creased her beautiful brows, a hint of worry in her heart. Without Ultraman Reiga and Ultraman Saga, the Land of Light's top-tier combat power, while not insignificant, was still far from enough to deal with a mountain of Swarm insects.
Although she believed in the abilities of the Ultra Warriors, this would inevitably lead to many casualties.
Detective Conan: "No need to worry. The Land of Light's strength is more than enough to handle the Swarm. The only concern is whether the Swarm will just multiply the more they are fought. After all, their racial talent is becoming more and more exaggerated."
Ruan Mei: "The Swarm... is still evolving. Even now, they are constantly adapting to the new environment and evolving into new forms."
In her laboratory, Ruan Mei gazed at the strengthened, frenzied Swarm on the screen and nodded thoughtfully. To achieve her goal, she needed to conduct a deeper analysis of the Swarm, and the light curtain was giving her just that opportunity.
Jing Yuan of the Xianzhou: "It has come to this. The end is simple. To be honest, while Voracity has some skill, it's ultimately a case of two fists being no match for four hands. With Ultraman Saga and Ultraman Reiga working together, Voracity never stood a chance."
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[On the light curtain, a flash of blue light appeared in the cosmos, and the figure of Ultraman Saga materialized in the endless starry sky.]
Although he had departed later than Ultraman Reiga, it was clear that with his spatial abilities, he was much faster.
Ultraman Saga glanced around. This was the star region where the Land of Light had last detected the Swarm King's disappearance. From the looks of it, apart from being barren due to the Swarm's invasion, there was no other movement. It seemed perfectly normal.
"Hmm... something doesn't feel right."
Within Ultraman Saga's body, the three human hosts stood in a space where blue and white intertwined. In the center was the just-awakened Stelle.
To be honest, it felt like she had been uninvolved for a long time. Ever since being defeated by Hyper Zetton, Stelle's memory was a blank, as if she'd blacked out.
So when she woke up to find herself having become Saga again, the feeling was hard to describe.
"Stelle, can you sense the trajectory of the Swarm King's movement?" Musashi, Ultraman Cosmos's human host, asked the young woman beside him.
Stelle, however, shook her head. Although she possessed many different types of energy and her power had improved qualitatively compared to when she first arrived, none of them could be used to track the Swarm King.
"The Swarm King has vanished, but given its disposition, it must be searching for other energy-rich sources to continue its propagation."
Stelle crossed her arms and deduced slowly, "In other words, the Swarm King's instincts will drive it towards places with more energy."
"In that case, is the target over there?" Asuka Shin cracked his knuckles, his eyes looking in a specific direction. Ultraman Saga and the late-arriving Ultraman Reiga also looked in the same direction Asuka was facing.
Outside the light curtain, countless viewers who saw this scene frowned. It wasn't that Stelle's deduction was wrong, but that the direction the Swarm King was fleeing was exactly the same region where Ultraman Noa had previously fired his beam.
If there wasn't some kind of coincidence at play here, the viewers across the infinite multiverse would absolutely refuse to believe it.
"The Gray Mist! It's the Gray Mist! The energy source attracting the Swarm King must be the Gray Mist!"
"Although a part of it was eliminated by Noa, it certainly wasn't completely destroyed. The Gray Mist will sooner or later descend upon this universe again!"
"Is the true form of the Gray Mist about to appear? It won't merge with the Swarm King to become an even more dangerous entity, will it?"
Outside the light curtain, countless viewers speculated, while the video continued.
Although Ultraman Saga didn't have the omniscient perspective of the viewers outside the light curtain, the aura of light he felt along the way was a constant reminder of the beam Noa had previously unleashed.
"This is really... astounding!"
Taking a deep breath, Stelle realized that the stronger she became, the more she could feel the near-infinite power of Noa.
It seemed that as a fellow legendary warrior, the gap in raw power between Saga and Noa was more than just a little.
"Ultraman Noa, and Ultraman King... what exactly are they fighting? It seems the answer will be revealed soon."
Although Musashi marveled at Noa's power, he also marveled at the opponents Noa and Ultraman King were facing. To make someone as powerful as Noa feel so troubled, his opponents must be extraordinary.
"No matter what, we now have a ticket to help them. With the power of Ultraman Saga, at the very least, we won't be a burden," Asuka said.
A hint of color flashed through Stelle's golden eyes as she spoke slowly, "Perhaps, the thing that Noa and the others are facing is the very thing that sent the Swarm King into this universe."
"And maybe, I can use the same method to leave this universe and go back."
Stelle thought this to herself, but she didn't say it out loud. Now was not the time to talk about going back.
That conversation could wait until after the Swarm King was destroyed.
The Swarm King had caused too much slaughter in this universe. Now, not even the Jade Emperor himself could save it.
Once they were free, Ultraman Noa and the others would surely flay the Swarm King and peel its tendons, crushing it down to its very concept.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Just thinking about that scene, Stelle couldn't help but shake her head. The Swarm King had brought all of this upon itself...
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