Chapter 361: 357 I

"An Ultraman? So it appears—die!"

At the moment Trigga appeared, Galawong's massive mechanical right arm, towering like a skyscraper, slammed down, its shadow engulfing Trigga's form.

"Sky dash, speed of light!"

Qi Ming remained calm, swiftly transforming his form using the 【Sky Form Key】 crafted by Hikari—Trigga's skin turned blue.

Trigga Ultraman: Sky Form!

This was a speed-specialized form optimized for aerial combat, enhancing mobility at the cost of strength—just like Tiga, a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

But unlike Tiga, Trigga could compensate for reduced output with weapons.

The Ring Weapon reappeared, switched by Qi Ming into the 【Sky Bow】 form.

"Boom!" Simultaneously, Galawong's mechanical right arm—larger than Trigga itself—crashed down with a hurricane's force, the asphalt pavement collapsing like fragile pancakes. The shockwave hurled a wave of debris dozens of meters high, shattering every glass facade within a three-kilometer radius.

When the dust settled, only a two-hundred-meter-wide crater remained at the center of the attack.

The toy factory the Miki aliens had used as their base had been erased by their own hands.

Yet within this devastating impact zone, Trigga's form was gone.

"Where is he?" The Miki alien leader froze—then, in the next instant, Galawong's alarms flashed, detecting a blue afterimage among the clouds.

There, Trigga hovered five hundred meters above ground, bowstring drawn taut, an energy arrow glowing with blinding blue light.

Lampart: Assault Arrow!

"Shhh!"

The blue arrow pierced the air and struck precisely at the joint connecting Galawong's right arm.

With a screech of tearing metal, the hundred-meter-long mechanical limb crashed to the ground, kicking up a hundred-meter-high cloud of dust.

"Right arm disconnected! Balance system damaged!" Alarms blared through the cockpit.

"It actually pierced Galawong's body!" One Miki alien trembled at the power of the strike.

This was the Sky Form's ultimate technique—of course its power was immense.

"Damn it! Launch missiles!" The Miki alien leader slammed a red button. Armor panels on Galawong's back opened, releasing hundreds of tracking missiles that roared skyward, weaving a net of death in the air.

"So the full Galawong has missiles too." Qi Ming nodded; Trigga's form blurred instantly, darting through the missile swarm.

Blue afterimages traced countless elegant arcs—each missile nearly struck, yet he evaded by mere millimeters.

After the barrage ended, as Qi Ming paused mid-hover, sudden change erupted!

Galawong's smiling face suddenly fired a yellow, swirling beam that struck Trigga dead-on.

"Boom!" Trigga's blue body tumbled like a cut kite, crushing a building evacuated of civilians into rubble, concrete and rebar spraying like rain.

"So they still had a trick up their sleeve—what a variety of attacks." Qi Ming rose quickly, soaring back into the sky, and unleashed a barrage of shots from the Sky Bow at Galawong.

The Miki aliens directed Galawong to focus all attacks on the rapidly moving Trigga, minimizing damage to the city below.

Hui Mei, having escorted the Star Cloud trio to safety, pulled out her PDI communicator: "Base, this is Hui Mei—Trigga Ultraman needs support."

"Support is en route—Shan Zhong and the others have already departed," came the reply from Zhuxing Tuan over the PDI.

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Meanwhile, at a special factory in the oceanic base.

Agamus and Hikari stood side by side, the former staring upward in disbelief at the colossal pillar-like object.

This was Agamus's first task upon arriving in this timeline—the pure-hearted version of himself had been assigned to assist Hikari in crafting an oversized cane.

A thirty-meter-tall multi-functional cane.

"So… what's this thing for?" Agamus didn't understand the mindset of "ancient humans."

Hikari: "It supports justice."

Agamus: "Support justice? Is there evil here that justice must oppose?"

After calming Reriran and the Shiba inu yesterday, he'd tried to learn about this world—but found his room's computer couldn't connect to the internet—He Zhi's doing.

So he still didn't understand this world. The next moment, Hikari received a message via his PDI communicator; he paused, then turned on the television.

The news footage froze Agamus in place.

My name is Agamus. For reasons too bizarre to explain, I crossed time and space to arrive on Earth in the year 2024.

On the first day, I was furious, convinced that this past Earth—untouched by Sphera—must be peaceful and prosperous, with no role for me.

On the second day, I saw a four-hundred-meter-tall giant robot battling an Ultraman in the city.

Four hundred meters tall!

"This is bad—what do I do!" Agamus frantically turned to Hikari.

Hikari remained calm: "Follow the plan. Engage and eliminate it."

His composure stunned Agamus—why aren't you panicked? Don't you realize you're facing a heavyweight opponent?

Are such events common in this timeline?

Am I the country bumpkin from outer space?

At that moment, the door burst open—Queen Amaterasu stormed in, leaning on her cane: "Qi Ming needs help—how's my shipment?"

Agamus froze again.

Qi Ming? The blue giant fighting the four-hundred-meter-tall giant robot… is that Qi Ming?

He can transform into monsters… and now into Ultraman?

Are ancient humans this versatile?

Hikari pointed to the towering cane standing in the glass factory behind him: "It's ready."

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Meanwhile, in Tokyo's F District.

Just now, Qi Ming had been struck again—this time by a red, lightning-like beam fired from Galawong's frowning face.

Then he said, "I've figured out your attack patterns—you won't hit me again," and began his dragon-like maneuver.

Trigga soared upward, firing continuous shots from the Sky Bow while moving at high speed—each arrow aimed squarely at Galawong's head—its cockpit.

Galawong's massive frame grew clumsy under Trigga's Mobile Corps Commander tactics. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't touch him.

A dense net of fire is meaningless if it can't catch the wind.

Trigga's Color Timer began flashing, but Qi Ming showed no sign of conserving energy—he pushed full output.

Blue energy arrows exploded in brilliant bursts against Galawong's head; inside the cockpit, the Miki aliens panicked: "If the cockpit is breached, we're done! Protect the cockpit!"

The damaged mechanical left arm struggled to rise, barely shielding the head's vital points.

Trigga flashed sideways, circling to a blind spot, facing directly at Galawong's crying face—he began charging.

"Cry? Even crying counts as time." Trigga channeled energy into the Sky Bow and fired another blue beam of light: "It's over."

Lampart: Assault Arrow!

"No!" The Miki aliens in the cockpit screamed in despair.

The next instant, Galawong's head exploded like a watermelon struck by a sledgehammer—metal shards and plasma sparks scattered everywhere.

The crippled body tilted, crashed to its knees, and sent up a sky-obscuring cloud of dust.

Hui Mei and the Star Cloud trio, watching from afar, held their breath.

"Is it over…?"

Soon, the smoke thinned—they saw Trigga standing proudly atop the ruins.

That was Qi Ming's efficiency—he had already eliminated the four-hundred-meter Galawong before any reinforcements arrived.

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Writing action scenes is really hard… I know many readers skip them, but for the sake of quality, I can't avoid writing them.

First chapter done; the second will be posted before two o'clock (maybe even before one).

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