Chapter 1355: NO. 259: Endgame Halt I: Numbers Are Even More the Foundation of Victory

NO. 259: Endgame Halt I: Numbers Are Even More the Foundation of Victory

In fact, although for the vast majority of cosmic criminals, monster cards are both convenient and powerful, able to easily circulate in circles and spark a craze.

But a craze is a craze precisely because tides rise and fall, and will eventually dissipate.

If one could survey history, one would realize that the fading of the monster card craze is only natural.

Because the criminals' communication circle has extremely fast metabolism, new competitors will always appear.

Badges, crystal cores, USB drives, glow stones… anything you can see in the hands of law enforcers will quickly appear among criminals, because criminals are criminals precisely because they need not obey, and even delight in trampling the law.

Such people, at the cost of being unwelcome in the light, gain choices far more diverse than ordinary people, and even more diverse than law enforcers.

Of course, there is another point that cannot be ignored: a certain technician named after Light constantly open-sources technology.

Defamation, imitation, surpassing—

——The process of these three stages always proceeds extremely quickly among cosmic criminals, so fast that often on the day an Ultraman warrior displays a new tool with higher capacity, better conduction, and easier portability, the next day similar marvelous tools can be seen appearing in the cosmic black market.

The next day similar, the third day identical, the fourth day…… there will be cosmic people with wide and wild channels, bringing out products whose power sources are even more human.

The capsules of the Ampere-la people, the glow stones of Dark Road Base El, etc. —you don't know where these people get their raw materials, you can only accept the fact that they indeed exist.

Of course, from this perspective, Aomo Lindun, who holds cards such as Gilbaralis, Variant Bahamut, and Crimson Lotus Godzilla, is also seen by others as a wild character; one can only say that the drawing machine with the Light of Land's database plus the Dark Ring as the card pool core truly gives infinite possibilities.

Even to this day, Aomo can still proudly pursue the dream of 'drawing various movie versions, stage plays, and external story bosses from the card pool'.

Don't bother saying whether you've drawn it or not; just say whether it's theoretically possible!

You can say! Just relying on this Dark Ring and the joint investment of the Land of Light, midway it can also give the Rhodes Island side a stake in the drawing machine!

This is enough to let Aomo focus on the road of card collecting, which has limitless prospects.

Although upon seeing capsules and badges and the like he would casually give them a once-over, enriching the display varieties on the counter, what he holds in his hand is always cards.

But these cosmic criminals obviously do not have such an encounter.

Although they still base themselves on researching monster-related products, and there even exist Baltan aliens specializing in Jetton, Pedom aliens specializing in King Golden Bridge, highly pure researchers devoted to extreme development of a single monster.

But monster cards have indeed long faded from their research horizon.

They will be regarded as ordinary weapons, simply distributed to subordinates, without caring whether subordinates become more extreme and radical in the process of use.

In a significant sense, this psychological effect of monster cards is also why many cosmic people abandon them; in the commercial field, Dai Ge's follow‑up production of capsules, badges, USB drives, and glow stones from cards is merely out of consideration for toy diversity, but in the research field, Ultraman Seiji will release these subsequent versions carrying different attributes precisely to make up for the shortcomings of earlier versions.

However, the glow stones and USB drives among those products are not considered his technology.

Just leaving idle chatter aside, when capsules can hold several Ultramen, when crystal cores can directly contain an enhanced‑form body, when USB drives can even hold another's ultimate form, facing the advantage of super‑large capacity, super‑strong performance, and still no loss of control that is stronger than six sections.

The gradual fading of monster cards in the eyes of various organization bosses is also only natural.

Although in Aomo's view, the monster card circle is still thriving—whether it's the transaction volume in the darknet black market, or Gui Yuan Zhi Tang's release of secret keys to expand the card‑production market—it's still not to the point of saying 'cards have been eliminated'.

But——

When he secretly gave the Beta Magic Blade a string of cards, the fact that three out of five had already been strung before anyone recognized it proved: in Lucazas, many cosmic people no longer recognize the combination of monster cards.

——This is still the synthesis formula for the especially well‑known powerful monster Five Emperor King.

Being shouted out by a Mefilas alien of the 'cultured person' type also cannot prove that monster cards are not obsolete; it's more likely that the Mefilas alien is well‑informed and experienced.

Damn it, is this circle no longer into monster cards!?

Could it be that because one can now directly stuff an entire Five Emperor King into a capsule, people nowadays no longer remember the basic formula!?

Materials gathered, the card that once served as a side‑kick when drawing Variant Bahamut, Crimson Lotus Godzilla, and the fire summon beast Ifrit——Golzan, the final piece of the Five Emperor King puzzle, is placed at the start.

Aomo then, by combining forces with Melba, constructed a destructive ray that can cancel the wind‑up!

GolMelbaCannon/GolMelba Cannon

It immediately manifested, after a second charge, shaking the earth and rending the sky!

From fine lightning transforming into a crimson light pillar of entwined gold‑red blazing light, then accompanied by a converging‑light beam and a crescent‑shaped light blade, it easily tore apart the sturdy‑seeming body of the juvenile Haipa Jiedun.

And closely following, the eight pink‑purple light beams of the falling‑flower‑flowing‑water monster sliced lines, mercilessly carving up the corpse.

"No——!"

The Baltan alien's anguished cry rose amid the sound of destruction, and the adult Haipa Jiedun that had just kicked open Gakura with one foot instantly vanished, as a distorted point appeared beside the Five Emperor King.

Bang!!

The dark‑red massive claw of Reicubas on the right wrist met the opponent's closed black‑gold sharp claw; the clash of tradition and innovation burst into dazzling fierce sparks, actually achieving momentary parity.

Merely an instant, the Five Emperor King, relying on its 75‑meter‑ton displacement plus strength, stood firm without retreat or sway, opposing the 70‑meter‑ton force of Haipa Jiedun.

As mentioned before, the Five Emperor King, as the pinnacle of the Heisei suture monster, paid the price of being targeted by the three Heisei thugs, gaining long‑term battle‑record preservation, standing firmly at the front of the T1 tier.

Although it cannot compare to mechanism monsters like Gurira that reside in T0, but regarded as a 'Heisei Tyrant', it not only possesses TV‑Boss‑level stats, but also, due to its suture‑monster origin, has diverse skills.

Friends with pilot experience all know that diverse skills mean a high operation multiplier, allowing the same varied performance in different pilots' hands, and better demonstrating an astonishing ceiling.

For example, right now Aomo, with an almost prescient lead‑time calculation, directs the obviously clumsy claw of Reicubas toward the opponent's swift lift, and in that instant of struggle——

A bluish‑green light‑shadow bursts forth from between the claws!

Reicubas's Ability/Reicubas Power!

It can serve as a freezing ray, or be transformed into a switching attack module of flame‑wrapped light‑ray shooting; in Aomo's hands it has no charging wind‑up that it ought to have, and it also clearly takes into account that the opponent will likewise fire fireballs, whose armor possesses considerable immunity.

Advance grasp, advance charge—at the moment the icy breath sweeps past, the SuperC. O. V. constituting its abdomen has already opened its maw.

SuperC. O. V.'s Ability/SuperC. O. V. Power!

Six dazzling golden light‑pellets burst forth in a scattering pattern; this force, whose aim is not ideal under normal conditions, hits every shot at this nearly point‑blank range.

It directly makes Haipa Jiedun stagger back four steps, yet amid the scattering ice shards it suddenly plants its feet, then almost instantaneously fires a crimson‑red fireball from its chest!

It meets a horrible eyeball dense with blood vessels.

DarkFireball/Dark Fireball!

Gan-Q's Ability/Eye Q Power!

The huge eyeball occupying the entire left wrist of the Five Emperor King is both a gauntlet far sturdier than its appearance and an active organ retaining the Eye Q ability; in an instant it acts like a high‑power ultraviolet lamp, emitting a burst of violet light that directly captures the megadegree fireball that ought to be able to split into multiple and attack from various angles, absorbing it instantly!

Then——

Boom!!

The purple light that lit up again was mixed with an obvious crimson hue.

No longer absorption, but a releasing strike, it met the arms of Hyper Zetton that suddenly rose as if reading a command!

At that instant! Under time that seemed infinitely stretched, white light flared, forming a cylindrical barrier surrounding the body, and under the swaying flames it blocked that Eye Q's beam.

Yes, the most noteworthy point about Hyper Zetton is that it is also a versatile all-rounder with diverse skills, even possessing a physical shield technique that the Five Emperors lack.

This barrier, which even Sai Luo's flying kick could hardly shake, was only fragile inside; it had once been shattered by Hyper Zetton's own swipe, sending Sai Luo flying.

And now, perhaps because the hastily fired dark fireball lacked power, it could be absorbed and strengthened by Eye Q's reflection, yet it failed to instantly shatter the barrier Hyper Zetton had opened for itself.

But it doesn't matter!

The Five Emperors will help you!

Still in that nearly solidified time, the slowed Five Emperors, with their heads and arms, are now aligning in a triangular formation, while their respective currents and glows accumulate.

Hun——

Time is very slow.

So slow that even some cultivators' curses are drawn out into muddled indistinctness.

But light is also fast.

So fast that no matter how much it is delayed, they still exhibit a smooth energy trend.

Using the Super Fusion Organ at the heart combined with the light flow surging from the edge's Faib King Core, it smoothly sweeps across the Victorium crystal on the back's vertebrae, then separately flows into the head and abdomen, and from the abdomen moves to the arms, instantly radiating three violent energies sufficient to sustain the undispersed purple light.

Its name is——

CatastropheSpark!

The spark of disaster spread rapidly, and in this brief minute of clash, it turned into three-colored strong light that shattered the barrier and swallowed the evil god.

——Bill ah ah ah! You damn thing!!!

Leaping about, hoping to send Hyper Zetton away with a single move—indeed, that's a kind of extravagant hope?

Watching as Hyper Zetton, blown backward by the spark wash, yet after landing two seconds later flapped its wings and rose, swift enough not to seem dying, even speaking human words.

The Five Emperors also let out a sigh of helplessness.

Although not dying counts as half-crippled, the shattered armor and scorched, twisted limbs have not been repaired, and he remains dissatisfied.

Because at this moment he is also shrouded in white smoke that cannot dissipate.

Organ components sourced from various monsters all around keep smoking as if their cooling function were poor, and the large eyeball on the left wrist has already burst and bled, visibly showing the result of having swallowed a trillion-degree fireball without waiting to cool before expanding.

If it were a game, just now his head should have had a health bar, and beside it an 【OVERDRIVE】 icon.

My teammates? Give me some support?

Love cannot help!

……

Do you think I look like I have time?!

No need to be so angry; I already turned my head and saw Aomo on each battlefield, watching the flower-flow water monster being chased by several monsters and enlarged space beings.

Also saw Lipiya encountering the Mefilas aliens and flame warriors.

And also the space beings faced by the three-in-one Orb, and the Ultraman Hei'an Assassin that blended in without any sense of incongruity, as if wearing newly remodeled armor.

Looks like everyone is pretty stress-resistant.

While still having energy to chat, Aomo felt it would be perfect if he didn't immediately unleash the enhanced version of the Celestial Authority Judgment·Leblondo.

After all, he had already seen the Ultraman Hei'an Assassin mingling among the space beings like a passerby, on-site copying Orb, Lipiya, and even a darkened version of the flower-flow water monster.

How could even monsters not be spared?

Is this the masterpiece that costs money and drains people?