Ultraman: It turns out this is the easy mode.

In the air, Nokochirin flapped its wings to dodge a dense barrage of missiles while desperately protecting the sextant in its arms. Its body was riddled with missile wounds, its wings scorched black, and it howled in pain. It desperately wanted to curse, its heart filled with resentment and anger—"Damn it, why?! All I did was find a 'lollipop' on Earth, enjoy a few sucks, and play for a while, why are they targeting me like this? First Unit-01 chasing after me, then a relentless missile bombardment—what did I do to deserve this?"
But it had no time to complain. Missiles kept coming, and it could only try its best to dodge them, without even a chance to catch its breath.

However, the next moment, a blinding flash suddenly ripped through the sky, instantly overshadowing the fire of the missile explosion and illuminating the entire horizon. Even Unit-01 on the ground was temporarily blinded by the flash.

Nokochilin instinctively stopped dodging, raised its head, squinted, and looked warily in the direction from which the flash had come—it could feel an extremely powerful aura that instilled fear in its very bones, emanating from that direction.

Jack!

A silver figure, accompanied by a flash of light, slowly descended from the sky. With a tall and straight posture, it radiated a dazzling aura of light. It was none other than Ultraman Jack, transformed by Cui Ming!

No one knew that Cui Ming had actually planned ahead—he had taken advantage of the chaos of the missiles to throw out EMP flares and flashbangs directly into the cockpit of Unit-01, both to interfere with Nokochirin's perception and to block everyone's view. Then, he took advantage of this opening to complete the transformation inside Unit-01.

Inside the cockpit, Unit-01 froze instantly upon sensing the power of light erupting from Cui Ming's body. Its mechanical armor trembled violently, more so than ever before, and even oozed faint "tears" again—it was crying in fear!

Cui Ming's voice, carrying a chilling sense of oppression, entered Unit-01's consciousness: "You know, stay put and behave. If you don't cooperate with me, I'll beat you to death."

In Unit-01's mind, everything was already in chaos, filled with desperate wails: "Family, I'm absolutely terrified! Dude, you clearly have such power, you can transform into Ultraman to fight monsters, why are you piloting me?! I'm just an EVA clone! I can't even beat the monsters, and I'm scared half to death by you, what did I ever do to deserve this?!"

It desperately wanted to "go on strike" right then and there, but faced with Cui Ming's threat, it didn't even have the courage to resist. It could only obediently stand still, letting Cui Ming's power of light surge within its body, not daring to move an inch.

In the sky, Ultraman Jack slowly raised his hand, gathering light energy in his palm. His gaze was cold as he stared at Nokochirin. Nokochirin, looking at the silver giant in front of it, was already trembling with fear. It even forgot to roar and tightly protected the sextant in its arms. It didn't even have the courage to run away. It could clearly feel that the giant in front of it could crush it with a single finger.

No wonder Nokkilin was afraid; the main reason was that Jack, who was transformed by Cui Ming, was significantly different from the normal Jack.

Leaving aside its muscles, which are as sharp as steel and full of explosive power, the scars covering its entire body alone are enough to terrify many creatures—scars of varying depths crisscross, there are sharp marks from cutting with blades, charred marks from burning energy, and several raised areas after healing from penetrating wounds. Every scar tells the story of the cruelty of countless life-and-death battles.

Just like in the wild, if you see a wild beast that is covered in wounds but still stands tall with sharp eyes, whether it is a human or another wild animal, you will instinctively choose to stay away—after all, the one that can survive countless fatal injuries is definitely the most dangerous existence.

At this moment, Jack, transformed by Cui Ming, was in this state, exuding the aura of death from countless battles. His mere presence was enough to freeze Nokochilin in place. Then, controlling Jack, without any unnecessary build-up, Cui Ming swung his massive fist, sending it hurtling towards Nokochilin with a whistling sound. Nokochilin was terrified, desperately raising his arm to block, but the next moment, a crisp cracking sound echoed through the air.

Its arm was smashed off by Jack's punch, the severed limb flying straight into the sky, dripping with blood. Nokochilin let out a heart-wrenching scream, its massive body tilting uncontrollably to one side.

At that moment, shouts suddenly rose and fell from the ground, clearly piercing through the smoke and reaching the sky:
"Ultraman! Don't worry! Don't get hurt because of that hostage!!!"

"Go Ultraman!!! Don't worry about that hostage!"

"Ultraman! Come on!"

"You bastards!!!"

Sextant, gripped tightly by Nokochilin's last remaining claw, was enraged by these words, his eyes blazing with fury. His roar was filled with bloodlust and despair. He was consumed by rage and resentment: "Are you all blind?! This bastard didn't hold back at all! He showed no regard for me, his hostage! He clearly wanted to kill me too!"
The next moment, Jack's second punch was thrown out, hitting Nokkilin's arm that was holding the sextant precisely. With a loud bang, the arm was blown to pieces.

"Aaaaaaah! You f***ing!!!"

Sextant lost its support and plummeted from the sky like a kite with a broken string, bursting out curses of despair and anger, but Cui Ming didn't bother to pay any attention to it.

Cui Ming had only one thought in his mind: kill Nokochilin. After all, Cui Ming hated these insect-like monsters the most; just looking at them annoyed him, not to mention that this monster had delayed him from finishing up the sextant.

In a flash, Jack appeared before Nokkirin, his left arm locking tightly around its neck, while his right fist rained down like a storm, each punch landing squarely on Nokkirin's head and torso. There were no dazzling lights, no complex finishing moves, only the most primal and brutal crushing power.

Nokochilin didn't even have a chance to fight back. Its scales were smashed to pieces, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and its huge body trembled and shrank under Jack's onslaught. Its mournful howls gradually weakened and finally it went completely silent—Nokochilin was beaten to death by Jack, who had transformed from Cui Ming.

Cui Ming's transformation into Ultraman always has one advantage: this form generally provides Ultraman with an all-around stat boost, and can unlock special mechanisms when necessary. However, most of the time, against monsters of Nokochirin's caliber, no fancy mechanisms are needed; pure stats are enough. (End of Chapter)