The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2273 Energy Frenzy
Silent and unnoticed, yet overwhelming.

At a glance, there were countless of them, spread out in front of Tiga, filling a large area of ​​his field of vision, crowded like sardines in a can, enough to make someone with trypophobia die on the spot.

"I'm really hungry."

Tiga muttered to himself as the vines began to move after the palm-shaped light arrow was released, vying with each other to rush towards it. However, the vines around the landing point beat them to it, enveloping the palm-shaped light arrow first and then absorbing its essence.

The vines that failed to grab even a tiny bit of energy didn't tear at the lucky vines like wild beasts. Instead, they reached out towards Tiga. This scene inevitably reminded people of Medusa's head, with its head full of snake heads flicking their tongues as they approached their prey. Yes, that's roughly the feeling. Anyway, it's quite disgusting.

Light-based techniques are probably unusable. Well, not entirely unusable. A single vine can't absorb and store much energy. If you release an excessive amount of energy within a certain time frame, you can burst the vine. However, this will cause more energy loss. What could be done with one unit will require two or even three units.

If there were only a few vines, it wouldn't be a problem; a little more energy would solve the issue. But now there are hundreds or even thousands of vines. Just that many vines must consume a tremendous amount of energy.

Anyway, it doesn't feel like it can be solved by a single Zepelion Ray. As for the Ultra Blast, it can create a huge explosion with super high temperature, but with so many vines, I'm afraid I'll get tangled up like a dumpling as soon as I get close and then have my energy sucked away like crazy. That feeling is not pleasant at all. Just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, he has more than just these two skills.

He picked up the Dimensional Fighting Device and took out the Ultra Dimension Card:

"Cosmic Armor, activate!"

As the green and silver Ultra Dimension Card slid through the slot of the Dimensional Fighter, it itself transformed into a dazzling light, landing on Tiga's body and solidifying into a hard armor with a silver base and emerald green overlay. Under the light emanating from the surrounding mountains, it gleamed with a metallic luster, looking majestic and domineering.

This is the Cosmic Armor, an extremely powerful suit of armor made from the super-metal space titanium. It not only possesses defensive capabilities surpassing Ultraman's, but also significantly enhances the wearer's various stats. The extent of this enhancement depends on the wearer's skill level. Most importantly...
The weapons in this armor set are physical.

The armor completely covered Tiga without leaving any gaps. Unless you could drill through the armor, you couldn't touch Tiga's body, let alone absorb his energy. And physical weapons are not made of highly compressed energy. Even if you tried your best to absorb energy, you could only absorb some metal shavings at most. It wouldn't be a complete loss of energy, but it would be close enough.

This is the biggest advantage of physical weapons and equipment. Of course, there are also disadvantages. Once damaged, unlike energy weapons which can be repaired immediately by simply charging, physical weapons require a long time to recover or even need to be sent back to the factory for repair.

It's too late, but it's soon!

In the blink of an eye, Tiga's entire body glowed, and then his seemingly sturdy cosmic armor appeared. He raised his right hand, and the armor on both sides of his waist opened, from which two curved cosmic darts shot out, spinning upwards and converging until their tails collided and locked together with a snap, forming a double saber. Tiga grabbed them and then swung his right arm downwards with force.

wow——

With a crisp metallic scraping sound, the handle in the middle of the double sabers instantly stretched several times its original length, while the cosmic darts on both sides tilted accordingly, transforming in an instant into a double-edged slashing spear with a total length of sixty meters.

But it wasn't over yet. Tiga gripped the metal shaft of the Double Slash Spear tightly in his right hand, continuously pouring energy into it, causing the Double Slash Spear to gleam brightly. Visibly, the energy flowed towards both ends, and the blades at both ends, receiving the infusion of energy, expanded like inflated balloons. In just two or three breaths, the blades had expanded to two or three times their original size, reaching a length of nearly twenty meters, becoming the ultimate weapon—the King's Saber.

In this process, energy dissipation is inevitable. After all, the cosmic armor is a physical piece of equipment, not an energy condensation. Therefore, energy cannot be converted to 100% efficiency, and there will always be some loss. This lost portion dissipates into the air and is detected by the vines.

They immediately went berserk, like a pack of wolves with bloodshot eyes, howling as they all charged forward.

As the saying goes, a hundred people are a diverse bunch; a thousand people are boundless; and ten thousand people are utterly limitless.

The volume of a single vine is equivalent to that of dozens or hundreds of people. When hundreds or thousands of vines move together, the scene is comparable to a hundred thousand troops of a war god rushing to achieve results, which is quite boundless and as powerful as a tsunami.

Opposite this overwhelming force, Tiga stood alone atop the mountain, clad in armor, wielding a battle blade, raising his head to gaze upon the countless enemies filling the sky.

"bring it on!"

Tiga leaped into the air, activating the space thrusters beneath his feet. With a whoosh, Tiga's speed increased dramatically, reaching peak speed comparable to a Sky-type in just a few breaths. What kind of speed was this? Five thousand meters per second! To describe it as fast as lightning would not be an exaggeration at all.

In the blink of an eye, Tiga rushed to the forefront of the vine sea and then brandished the King's Saber.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Chopping melons and cutting vegetables, mowing grass with unparalleled skill!
The vines, which looked thick and tough, were as fragile as paper in front of the King's Saber. One slash and a large section would be gone. They were no match for the King's Saber.

The advantage of the double-edged blade was fully utilized at this moment. When the blade was swung forcefully to the left, the front blade took advantage of the force to cut the vines in half, while the end blade was also cutting as it rotated to the right, severing a large group of vines coming from the right.

bang -- bang -- bang --

A blizzard began to fall from the sky, but these 'snowflakes' were all vines that Tiga had cut off, falling in large chunks from the sky and crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

The King's Saber, unstoppable!
No matter how many vines came, they were all cut down with a single stroke. His arms were swung with great force, and the blades were impenetrable, displaying the unyielding style of Gongsun. Therefore, despite facing many vines, none could break through the sharpness of the King's Saber and were all cut down.

In a few swift movements, Tiga pierced through the vine formation, allowing him to burst out from behind in his space thrusters. One man, one sword, cutting through the enemy lines!
Without even a moment to catch his breath, he immediately twisted his waist, forcing himself to make a 180-degree turn. Then, he raised his legs, causing the space thrusters to propel him backward, thus achieving a reverse thrust effect and rapidly reducing the speed of Tiga who was moving forward.

This deceleration effect is very good, taking more than two-thirds less time than normal deceleration. However, this method is not usually used because the pressure is too great.

This is equivalent to someone pushing you forward from behind, and suddenly someone in front of you is pushing you in the opposite direction. Being sandwiched from both sides, the kinetic energy of the two is compressed. If your body strength is not enough, you will definitely be injured. Only because he was wearing the space armor, which absorbed a large part of the pressure, did Tiga dare to do this.

Although it's dangerous, it's undeniably incredibly cool. It's like suddenly making a sharp turn while skiing, the ice blades cutting through the snow, kicking up a flurry of snowflakes—beautiful and dazzling. Of course, if you don't play it right, you'll end up in the hospital, so it's generally not recommended unless you're wearing cosmic armor.

Anyway, Tiga was having a blast wearing his space armor. After slowing down with a sharp turn and a reverse thrust, he looked up at the sea of ​​vines and saw that it had shrunk considerably. The reduced volume was all on the ground, and the remaining part was timidly gathered together, no longer the fearless greed it had before.

"Ha, is that all you've got?"

Tiga swung his King's Saber, then leaned forward, activating his space thrusters to propel him forward at an even higher speed. The man and his saber charged forward once more, their main theme being: the brave are fearless, and the weak must retreat.

Clearly, the vines were not weak either, or perhaps their intelligence was not very high, allowing their predatory instincts to overcome their fear, causing dozens of vines to once again approach Tiga, and then—

Swish!
One slash can cleave the heavens and earth, one sword can shatter the sky!

Velocity multiplied by weight equals kinetic energy!

At this moment, Tiga's speed reached an astonishing Mach 15, and his weight reached an astonishing 60,000 tons. This kinetic energy was terrifying beyond belief. Coupled with the sharpness of the King's Saber, with one slash, let alone these dozens of vines, even a mountain could be split in two.

Unsurprisingly, amidst the 'sizzling' sparks, more than a dozen vines were instantly cut in half. Then, Tiga flipped his wrist, reversed the direction of the King's Saber, and swung down the other end, slicing off another large swath of vines.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
This time, it only took three strikes, much more efficient than last time, to cut through the vine formation without sustaining any damage. This was because Tiga's speed was too fast and his blade too sharp. In comparison, the vines were as slow as snails, unable to catch up with Tiga, let alone touch him.

call!
This time, Tiga didn't use a cool sharp turn and brake, but instead used normal deceleration, taking the opportunity to catch his breath.

Although it's cool to break through enemy lines, it takes a huge toll on your mind and body. After two consecutive battles, even Tiga, despite wearing space armor, couldn't help but feel a little tired, so he took this opportunity to catch his breath.

When Tiga turned around after a short while, he looked at the sky again. The once dense sea of ​​vines was now sparse, with only a few large and small ones remaining, and it had lost its momentum.

"That's it?"

Tiga curled his lip, thinking, "I thought he was so powerful, but it turns out he's only this good. That's really not enough."
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The remaining dozen or so vines suddenly fell downwards, causing Tiga to quickly look down. To his astonishment, the vines rapidly retracted into the giant cocoon. No, it could no longer be called a giant cocoon, as its shape had undergone a tremendous change, expanding more than tenfold in size, like an inflated balloon. This caused the original giant cocoon to become round and plump, and the wrinkled surface to become smooth and flat. Even more incredibly, the vines that had fallen to the ground around it had completely disappeared.

No, they didn't disappear; rather, they absorbed into the giant cocoon. Tiga clearly saw that the vines he had severed in the distance were swarming towards the expanding cocoon like worms. Despite their wriggling motion, they were quite fast. As soon as the severed vines touched the cocoon, they immediately wrapped around it and merged with it, increasing the cocoon's size even further. This process of wrapping around and expanding little by little caused the cocoon, which was originally only twenty or thirty meters long, to have now grown to more than ten times its original size.

"this thing"

The more Tiga looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, until the remaining dozen or so vines contracted to the surface of the giant cocoon, at which point he blurted out, "Queen Monera?"

This pose and posture are so similar to Queen Monara, but...
"Why is it like this?"

Monet's Green Queen, he fought it. It looked extremely ferocious and terrifying, with a giant mouth on its head, wing-like vine tentacles on its sides, a bloated body with a huge net, and countless roots connecting it to the earth at its base.

But this one in front of me, although it is big enough, is only big enough. It is missing one or another of the little parts of Queen Monera. It is a complete downgrade to the extreme, smaller than an airport.

Just as Tiga was about to fly down and slash the thing, the giant cocoon burst open.

Click!Click!Click!
From top to bottom, from front to back, and from left to right, countless cracks appeared almost simultaneously and spread rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the surface of the giant cocoon was covered with cracks, and then it shattered with a crash.

Yes, it was a deafening roar, like a sudden explosion. The whole thing burst open, and countless fragments, like shrapnel from cannonballs, flew in all directions, striking the mountainside with deafening bangs, carving deep craters and kicking up clouds of dust.

Another portion seemed to be directed towards Tiga, covering a large area of ​​airspace and forming a dense rain of bullets. If Tiga wanted to dive, he would have to face these shrapnels and had to quickly swing his King's Saber to intercept them.

Ping! Ping! Ping!
Despite the numerous shrapnel projectiles, Tiga's swinging speed was not slow, and all of them were blocked, creating a gap a hundred meters wide, allowing Tiga to pass through the hail of bullets unharmed. Looking down, in the billowing dust, a monster tens of meters tall stood proudly, looking up at Tiga in the sky, their gazes meeting.

"Others borrow a hen to lay eggs, but you borrow eggs to lay your own eggs." Tiga suddenly realized, no wonder Dr. Kisaragi was left unattended, no wonder Monera's vines withered, no wonder Monera's spaceship disappeared. It turned out that everything had been stolen and occupied.

(End of this chapter)