Chapter 2

When Qi Ming arrived at the battlefield, the "Land of Tiga," what he saw was a "hellish tableau."

The pyramid housing the three giant stone statues had long since been breached; the statues on the left and right had been smashed to dust, and Melba was launching fierce pecks with its sharp beak at the final Tiga statue.

Victory Feiyan 1 was struck by Golza's 【Ultrasonic Ray】 and plummeted toward the ground, trailing black smoke.

Ultraseven held his Eye Slugger and fought with Garula, but he could not break through its hard shell.

"Imaginary Saiwen, use your beam to shoot its throat! That monster's weakness is its throat!" Qi Ming shouted with all his might.

Because the work *Ultraman Tiga* was so excellent, he remembered most of the plot within it vividly.

In his impression, Garula had initially forced the GUTS team and Tiga into a bitter struggle in the original series due to its hard shell, but after the psychic prophet Kirino Mujio pointed out its weakness, Tiga killed it in one hit with just a simplified, non-charged 【Zeperion Ray】.

Imaginary Saiwen looked toward the source of the voice and was greatly shocked. How could there still be civilians who hadn't evacuated here... What a handsome young man!

A person like this could not be risking his life to come here and talk nonsense; he could be trusted!

At this moment, Golza, having finished off Feiyan 1, freed up its hands, and its thick tail swept Imaginary Saiwen to the ground like a leg sweep just as he was about to move.

Garula also pounced, pinning Imaginary Saiwen's right leg down with Golza and forcefully snapping it.

"Crack!"

A clear sound of bone breaking rang out, and Imaginary Saiwen twitched in agony.

At this very moment, it was just like that moment back then.

Ultraseven, unable to rise again.

At the same time, under Melba's persistent and fierce pecking, the neck of the Tiga statue cracked, and its head and body were separated.

"Bang!" Watching the Tiga head smash down in front of him, Qi Ming's expression was blank.

In this situation, is "stewing it into soup" still useful?

"Buzz..." At this moment, the watch on his right wrist reacted.

The button on the top left of the watch projected a green light screen, starting from the Tiga Crystal on the statue's forehead, performing a comprehensive scan from top to bottom.

The next moment, the watch's movement lifted, and a humanoid black silhouette appeared on the dial's screen.

Beside it were a few lines of text:

Ultraman Tiga.

Integration: 30%.

Rating: C-Class.

Through the scan, Tiga's data was extracted from the statue and stored in the watch?

But what does 30% integration mean? Is C-Class considered high or low?

"Roar!" The three super-ancient monsters noticed the movement on Qi Ming's side; they stopped tormenting Imaginary Saiwen and approached Qi Ming with heavy, slow steps.

It felt completely different from watching through a screen; this time, as a "person in the play," Qi Ming looked up, and the oppressive feeling brought by the monsters' massive forms made him feel a chill in his heart.

He had been targeted; he definitely couldn't outrun the monsters, so he could only go up.

It should be... used like this, right?

Qi Ming tapped the dial with his left hand and forcefully pressed the lifted movement back down.

A warm, blazing light enveloped him.

The flowing light rose, and a giant intertwined with red, silver, and purple colors appeared.

Ultraman Tiga, appearing!

"Sure enough, I can transform like this... It's so high, my head feels so bloated."

A massive stream of information flooded into Qi Ming's brain, letting him know in an instant how to "use" this body.

What a long skill list...

"A new Ultra Warrior, that statue has come to life!" Imaginary Saiwen, lying on the ground, felt deeply surprised.

On one hand, he was happy that brand-new power had come to help, but on the other, he worried that this Ultraman would end up with the same fate as himself.

"Roar!" Seeing the living Tiga, the three super-ancient monsters reacted even more intensely, roaring and assuming sharper attack postures.

"Taking on three at once right from the start? A bit tricky."

When was the last time I took on three at once? I remember now, it seems it was at the London Zoo, where I drove away three irritable kangaroos that were kicking an eight-year-old girl.

Qi Ming assumed a stance, moving in parallel with cross-steps, confronting the three monsters.

His neighbor, an uncle named "Qing Zizai," was a martial artist. After entering university, an old archaeology professor he got to know was also a master.

They saw that Qi Ming had a unique bone structure, his appearance and physique could "hold the line," and he was eloquent, sharp-tongued, and upright in his ways, so they unanimously agreed that such a genius could withstand great storms in the future and passed all their unique skills to him in one go.

Therefore, Qi Ming considered himself "slightly knowledgeable" in some combat techniques; as long as no accidents occurred, dealing with three monsters that only relied on brute force to cause trouble would not be a problem.

"Besides, I can be armed." After pacing to Imaginary Saiwen's side, Qi Ming's right hand grabbed the Eye Slugger on top of Imaginary Saiwen's head: "Borrowing this."

After saying this, he gripped the Eye Slugger properly and took the initiative to step forward and attack.

The first to bear the brunt was Melba, who was in the front. Qi Ming jumped and performed a vertical downward chop, and Melba immediately intercepted Tiga's right arm with its sickle-shaped right hand.

"Hooked already." Qi Ming turned his wrist, his hands coordinating for defense, using his left hand to pull and hook, while his right hand holding the Eye Slugger slid along Melba's right arm, directly cutting its throat.

The intense pain made Melba let out a long, mournful cry. Although it didn't die, the organ in its throat used to condense energy to fire the 【Melba-nic Ray】 was destroyed, causing it to lose its combat effectiveness for a time.

Just as Qi Ming was about to deliver the finishing blow, Golza swung its tail vertically again to sweep Tiga's lower body.

After being hit, Qi Ming reacted extremely quickly, using one hand to support himself on the ground and kicking Golza's head in the process. After causing a heavy blow to its head, he once again opened up a safe distance.

"I remember Golza's 【Ultrasonic Ray】 is fired from its forehead; this should have caused it some impact."

Qi Ming calculated while rushing toward the final Garula.

He condensed energy into his right knee, performing a flying knee strike in mid-air, knocking Garula to the ground.

Sky-Pillar Heavy!

Imaginary Saiwen, slumped on the ground, and the GUTS members Kishida and Shan Zhong, who had walked out of the crashed Feiyan 1, were stunned.

Just one encounter and he had crushed three monsters; so fast, so strong!

"Who exactly are you?" Imaginary Saiwen couldn't help but ask; he knew very well that there was definitely no one like this in the Land of Light.

"A passing archaeologist." Qi Ming answered while adjusting his posture.

An archaeologist?

Shouldn't he be a kung fu master or a fighting champion? Could an archaeologist really use these moves that were as sharp as a demon's and as graceful as a butterfly's?

Qi Ming: "We'll talk later."

Right now, the most important thing was the three monsters in front of him.

The probing was over; let's switch to the more powerful Power Type to finish them off.

He crossed his arms at the Tiga Crystal on his forehead and then slid them down forcefully.

Nothing happened.

Huh? Why was there no change?

Then, the more agile Sky Type?

Still no change.

"Ding-dong—ding-dong—ding-dong." The next moment, the color timer on Tiga's chest began to flash.

Qi Ming found it hard to believe.

Wasn't it supposed to be able to operate on Earth for three minutes? Only one minute had passed!

Wait, I think I know what 【Integration: 30%】 means now.

(End of chapter)