Chapter 288

After two shots of the Zepellion Ray, Trigger's energy was depleted, and his figure vanished accordingly.

A green speck of light drifted out from the corpse of the dead Muruchi and was absorbed by the Ultraman Arbitrary Key.

【Access/Convert】.

"Green, as expected of a C-rank small-time thug."

After the conversion was complete, the Star Gift reached 5 points.

"Not enough... A-rank Ultraman Gaiya requires 6 points. It seems I'll have to take a gamble with Zoffy." Qi Ming clenched his right fist.

At this moment, his PDI communicator rang; Emi sent him the situation that had just occurred.

The Alien Gador was pulled into the Meta Field, and a new monster appeared.

"This monster is 【Aboras】! Very good, as long as I kill it, I can gather enough Star Gift!"

Thinking of this, Qi Ming immediately rotated the dial, and the silhouette of Ultraman Gaiya appeared.

Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya.

Integration: 70%.

Rating: B-rank.

"Come on!" Qi Ming tapped down.

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In Tokyo District L, the flow of people was like a startled ant colony, fleeing in panic across the shattered streets.

Office workers in suits and leather shoes discarded their briefcases, OLs whose high heels had long since vanished stepped barefoot over glass shards, mothers hugged their crying infants tightly, and an elderly person's wheelchair was abandoned in the middle of the road.

Kofu, who had left the sea base at some unknown time, appeared here.

Amidst this chaos, Kofu's figure appeared particularly abrupt; he walked against the flow of people, his eyes reflecting the burning streets.

Several fires that had not yet been extinguished lingered in the ruins, sending billowing black smoke into the lead-gray sky.

"Why do such excessive things..." he muttered.

The roar of Aboras grew closer, and the ground trembled continuously with its footsteps.

The next moment, three huge figures appeared abruptly in the center of the ruins.

The Alien Gador, along with the slowly disintegrating Black Orb and Nexus.

It was simply too strong; even within the Meta Field, it had cut through two Ultramen with overwhelming force.

Nexus reached its limit, the Meta Field dissipated accordingly, and the two Ultramen who had gritted their teeth to hold on until the end also disintegrated and turned back into humans.

Senior Ji Shi Zhun fainted directly, while Director Airan Cheng could still twitch.

The Alien Gador began to accumulate energy, preparing to finish off the two.

Seeing this, the Normalt envoy's smile grew increasingly intense.

The next moment, her expression froze.

A flash of red light in the sky, and a towering giant descended from the heavens, landing heavily on the ground.

"Boom!" The earth trembled, and dust flew!

Ultraman Gaiya V2, appearing!

The Normalt envoy's face turned gloomy: "Ultraman Gaiya... are you going to hinder us again?"

"If you insist on protecting humans, then I will have to strip you of your title as the Guardian of the Earth after I reclaim the Earth with my people."

Qi Ming did not see the Normalt envoy; at this moment, his attention was on Senior Ji Shi Zhun and Director Airan Cheng.

"Are you two alright?"

Director Airan Cheng: "Seems like I'm still alive, but I can't feel any pain. Am I numb?"

Qi Ming: "... You two go down and rest first, leave this to me."

After speaking, he looked at the sharp-edged Alien Gador, then looked at the rampaging Aboras not far away, his brows slightly furrowed, but they soon relaxed.

Force kill Aboras while enduring the Alien Gador's attacks?

No need, there is a more convenient method.

The next moment, the blue Liquidator condensed in Ultraman Gaiya's hand; Qi Ming gave the Alien Gador a shot, and then gave the distant Aboras a shot.

The Alien Gador did not move at all after being hit; although it did not break its defense, it immediately used its purple destructive ray to counterattack.

Aboras, having been hit, had sparks flying all over its body; injured, it roared and lunged at Ultraman Gaiya.

In an instant, he drew the aggro of both monsters simultaneously!

This left Kofu, who was watching the battle from below, very puzzled.

At a time like this, shouldn't one try to defeat them one by one? Why provoke two opponents at the same time? That's too arrogant.

But he soon realized something: "I understand, he wants to use a borrowed knife to kill..."

He saw Ultraman Gaiya start to run; he dodged the Alien Gador's continuous bombardment and rushed toward Aboras.

The purple destructive ray poured down like a rainstorm, and Qi Ming dodged flexibly in the gaps. His footsteps were as precise as dancing on the tip of a knife.

Every side-step just happened to let the beam graze his shoulder armor, and every roll was calculated precisely to the millisecond.

"Is this guy really infinite firepower? How is this energy reserve even greater than the Noble Phantasms in the Gate of Babylon of the Golden Flash in 'Fate'?"

"Destroyed the district, defeated Nexus and Black Orb, does he have zero consumption?"

When the seventh beam exploded, the muttering Qi Ming finally rushed to the front of Aboras and suddenly made a sharp stop and turn.

Aboras was lunging with teeth and claws, its sharp hooked claws only ten meters away from Ultraman Gaiya's throat.

"Vajra Fist!"

Ultraman Gaiya's right fist suddenly erupted with dazzling red light, and a full-force straight punch slammed into Aboras, causing it to let out a shrill roar, its limbs twitching crazily.

At this time, the Alien Gador's eighth destructive ray had already arrived.

"Defense Descent!" Ultraman Gaiya's left hand, however, clamped onto Aboras like iron pliers, and Ultraman Gaiya spun with astonishing waist strength, lifting the screaming Aboras as a shield in front of him.

"Boom!" The Alien Gador's destructive ray slammed into Aboras, causing it to suffer heavy damage, almost losing the power to resist.

"Shoo!" It didn't feel anything wrong at all and continued to release destructive rays toward the front.

For this terrifying alien who only thought about destroying everything in front of it, the concept of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" did not exist.

So it simply hit Aboras along with it, wanting to penetrate it and then attack Ultraman Gaiya behind it.

Six purple destructive rays swept over like the scythe of the Grim Reaper; Aboras could not resist and was eventually beaten to pieces.

Aboras, confirmed dead.

A green speck of light appeared, and Qi Ming immediately used the Ultraman Arbitrary Key to pull it.

【Access/Convert】.

Qi Ming decisively chose to convert.

Star Gift: 3.

That's enough, I can upgrade to Ultraman Gaiya SV!

But...

That movement of transforming into Ultraman Gaiya SV was enough for the Alien Gador's destructive ray to hit him several times.

The surrounding high-rise buildings that could serve as cover had all been blown to pieces, and there was no one left to cover him.

It seems I can only find a way to make it stiff first, actively creating an opportunity for myself to upgrade!

Next, Qi Ming and the Alien Gador pulled back and forth for a full half-minute.

During this period, he hit the Alien Gador several times with the Liquidator, but he could never rush to the front.

He tried to slide, but was soon beaten back by the Alien Gador's accelerated attack frequency.

Finally, he found a flaw and released the Quantum Stream with a short charging action toward the Alien Gador, hitting the latter's pincer-shaped arm used for blocking.

"Bang!" This pair of pincer-shaped arms was shattered once again.

"Very good, next he will use his self-healing ability to repair his arms, then I will..." Qi Ming held his hands high above his head, preparing to upgrade to Supreme Ultraman Gaiya.

But a scene that surprised him happened.

The Alien Gador lowered its shattered arms; it actually did not repair its body immediately, but instead released purple destructive rays toward Ultraman Gaiya again.

Ultraman Gaiya, caught off guard, was hit in the abdomen and flew backward heavily.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three consecutive purple beams slammed into Ultraman Gaiya's back like heavy hammers, and Qi Ming felt a burning pain. The fleeing people not far away saw this scene, their faces filled with despair.

Can't even Ultraman Gaiya deal with it?

Only the Normalt envoy breathed a sigh of relief, looking very satisfied at Ultraman Gaiya, who was suppressed by firepower and unable to move.

Qi Ming endured the pain, calculating the counterattack plan rapidly in his mind while accumulating strength, preparing for a desperate fight.

Must break free immediately; if hit a few more times, he would be beaten to death alive.

But breaking free doesn't mean he can counter-kill; as expected, he still needs someone to cover him to upgrade to SV.

So...

"Renlong, can you hear me? Renlong, hurry and send a monster to help!" Qi Ming clawed at the dirt and shouted toward the underground.

As a result, the support really came the next moment.

Qi Ming felt the attacks that kept falling behind him disappear; he turned his head and saw a blurry green figure blocking in front of him.

It was the energized Kofu.

"Look, what is that!" The fleeing people were attracted by the new movement and turned back to see this scene.

"That seems to be Kofu, the vicious alien wanted by the Defense Force!"

"Clearly a vicious alien, why go to protect Ultraman Gaiya?"

"Stupid! Is what the Defense Force says credible? Their Minister Jiantong just turned into a monster directly, attacking the TPC every day. I think they are the monster's lair."

"That's right! Since the Defense Force is bad, then this alien they are smearing isn't he a good person?"

"It seems that the Mets alien protected by the Victory team member named Qi Ming before was also such a good person. Besides Ultraman, there are kind aliens!"

The fleeing citizens discussed heatedly, and Ultraman Gaiya stood up with a carp leap: "Get back!"

In the original series, Kofu died because he helped Max block the Alien Gador's attack.

Is the tragedy repeating... No, Kofu's aura is declining, but it is not in a near-death state.

That's right, what Kofu is enduring now is just the Alien Gador's ordinary destructive ray, not the super-strong destructive ray of the charged version in the original series, not enough to be fatal.

The next moment, the organ on the Alien Gador's chest glowed—seeing that the ordinary destructive ray could not kill Kofu quickly, it began to charge!

Qi Ming did not live up to Kofu's cover; he saw Ultraman Gaiya raise his arms, blue light condensed between his palms, he lowered his hands, and his whole body bloomed with crimson light.

Supreme Ultraman Gaiya, appearing again!

"Shoo!" At the same time, the Alien Gador released the terrifying charged destructive ray, Qi Ming's Ultraman Gaiya SV blocked in front of Kofu and used the Ultra Barrier to block this blow.

This fatal blow did not land on Kofu; fate was changed!

"Kofu, your stepping forward protected the planet you love, the humans you love." Qi Ming turned back and said: "You have done a great job, go down and rest first, I will slaughter this guy!"

He looked at the Alien Gador, the surging energy in his body made him full of confidence!

Kofu nodded weakly and returned to human form.

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!" The Alien Gador was still firing purple destructive rays continuously; this time Qi Ming did not dodge again, he rushed up head-on!

"Bang!" Supreme Ultraman Gaiya charged forward, every step making the earth tremble; he was like a warship breaking through waves, advancing steadily in the energy torrent, blocking all destructive rays!

The Alien Gador's destructive ray was useless against Ultraman Gaiya SV!

This change made the former, who performed like a killing machine, show astonishment for the second time.

This guy, actually became so strong!

Ultraman Gaiya suddenly accelerated, his right fist slamming heavily into the Alien Gador's abdomen. The moment the opponent bent over, his left hand grabbed its neck, and a shoulder throw smashed this killing machine heavily into the ground.

"Boom!"

The ground within a hundred meters collapsed in response, and the shockwave blew away all the surrounding building debris. Before the Alien Gador could get up, Ultraman Gaiya had already leaped into mid-air.

First throw!

Ultraman Gaiya brought his legs together and chopped down like a battle axe. This "Earth Drop" hit the Alien Gador's chest squarely, smashing its entire body thirty meters into the ground.

Second throw!

Qi Ming also had no intention of giving the opponent a breather; he also wanted to beat the enemy to death with combos!

He saw Ultraman Gaiya grab the Alien Gador's legs and whip them heavily against the ground like a whip.

"Good, well done!"

"Ultraman Gaiya is so strong after changing his appearance, too strong!"

The fleeing people in the distance stopped, and seeing hope, they cheered, rooting for Ultraman Gaiya.

Kofu, who had returned to human form, saw this scene and a smile appeared on his pale face: "This is... the Giant of Light who protects the Earth."

Only the Normalt envoy's face turned ugly.

"Shoo!" Ultraman Gaiya suddenly threw the Alien Gador high into the air, then Ultraman Gaiya SV soared into the air, and a flying kick kicked it back to the ground like a meteor.

Ninth throw!

The mushroom cloud generated by the impact rose into the air. When the smoke cleared, the Alien Gador was already lying in the center of a two-hundred-meter-diameter crater, its energy core flickering.

Ultraman Gaiya SV's destructive power was far greater than its recovery speed; it had suffered heavy damage.

"Crack!" Qi Ming, not feeling reassured, broke its pincer-shaped arm again, and then began to charge his finishing move—【Photon Stream】.

"Ultraman Gaiya, stop!" Seeing this scene, the Normalt envoy could no longer sit still.

"The Alien Gador is a foreign aid invited by us Normalt to assist us in fighting humans. This is an internal conflict between Earth civilizations, you have no right to intervene!"

She shouted loudly, hoping to make Ultraman Gaiya lose focus for a moment, giving the Alien Gador a chance to counter-kill.

But from the scene, Supreme Ultraman Gaiya did not even turn his head, was not interrupted, and he neatly completed the entire charging action.

He saw Ultraman Gaiya, with his palms together, shift his right palm downward, and the energy belt formed between his hands erupted with an astonishing blow.

Photon Stream!

The Alien Gador was penetrated, its body stiffened, and it was blown to pieces.

Alien Gador, confirmed dead.

It's over; after a bitter battle, he finally defeated this terrifying alien.

A purple speck of light spiraled out from the Alien Gador's fragments and was absorbed by the Ultraman Arbitrary Key.

The green speck is C-rank, the blue speck is B-rank, then this purple speck...

【Access/Convert】.

Qi Ming decisively chose to access.

The dial rotated, and the Alien Gador's outline appeared on the screen.

Alien Gador.

Integration: 60%.

Rating: A-rank.

As expected, purple represents A-rank!

After seeing the Alien Gador die, the refugees around the ruins cheered, shouting long live, and Kofu, after revealing a trace of a smile, no longer forced himself and fainted directly.

Only the Normalt envoy had an unlucky face, looking as ugly as if she had eaten a dead mouse.

The next moment, she felt a chill down her spine, and cold murderous intent enveloped her.

He saw that Ultraman Gaiya SV had not left; he slowly turned his head and stared at her.

"The Alien Gador was brought over by you Normalt, that's what you said just now, right." Obviously, Qi Ming was not deaf and had heard her shouting just now.

The Normalt envoy argued strongly: "That's right! Extraditing foreign aid in war, have humans done it any less?"

Extraditing foreign aid in war, does that refer to the situation where the United States defeated the British with the help of the French and won the War of Independence to build the country?

Qi Ming looked at Senior Ji Shi Zhun, Director Airan Cheng, and Kofu nearby; the three were covered in bruises and had all fainted.

He looked at the surrounding ruins again; severed limbs and bodies protruded from the gaps in the reinforced concrete, and charred corpses were scattered on the rubble like broken dolls.

The casualties this time were too great.

His fists clenched involuntarily.

The Normalt envoy was still accusing: "You use Ultraman Gaiya's power to act recklessly, favoring humans, do you deserve the status of Earth's Guardian? Aren't you afraid..."

Her words stopped abruptly because Qi Ming no longer endured it.

Ultraman Gaiya SV's fist slammed into her like a meteor, beating her into meat paste.

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