Ultraman: It turns out this is the easy mode.

It turns out that the "ball" Moriyama was referring to was none other than the alien monster, King Galahad—it can transform its body into a sphere to travel through interstellar space. It possesses not only thinking abilities far exceeding those of ordinary monsters but also a number of formidable skills. This creature is fascinated by spherical objects; the sharp horns on its head serve as both a detection radar and a close-combat assassination weapon; its 8-meter-long ears can withstand any noise except for the roar of airplanes; its cheek pouches can spew out scorching sparks when inflated; its arms possess astonishing strength, throwing a giant gas canister as easily as tossing a toy; and most importantly, its skin is ridiculously tough, even Ultraman Taro's [Strium Ray] couldn't penetrate it before his enhancement.

At this moment, the artillery emplacements at the Sett base were firing at full power, and several blue energy cannons, trailing long flames, accurately struck King Gara, who was hovering in the air.

The intense light from the energy explosion instantly enveloped the entire area, filling the air with smoke and dust. Even the monitoring screen was momentarily blinded by the white light. Cui Ming stared intently at the screen, his fingers unconsciously clenching, still pondering: If this broken ball breaks so easily, it'll save us trouble. But it might not be as hard as the intelligence reports.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the scene on the screen stunned everyone—King Garuda remained in its spherical shape, hovering in place, without even a scratch on the metallic texture of its surface. Those few maximum-power energy cannon shots from earlier seemed to have hit cotton, failing to even make it tremble.

Moriyama's voice, tinged with disbelief, came through the communicator: "Captain, the target sphere is undamaged! The energy cannon attack was completely ineffective!"

Cui Ming looked at the unharmed King Galahad on the screen, raised an eyebrow, and uttered two words: "Awesome."

These two words contained surprise, but also a hint of expected understanding. Any cosmic creature that dared to interfere at this time wouldn't dare loiter near the Sett team's base unless it possessed extraordinary abilities. He had previously thought that if the energy cannon could handle it, he wouldn't have to do it himself; now it seemed that King Gara's defensive capabilities were even more outrageous than he had anticipated.

King Garuda seemed enraged by the previous attack. Its spherical body began to spin rapidly, the patterns on its surface glowing with a faint red light. Its previously slow movement speed increased instantly, and it charged straight towards the base's turret. The surveillance captured the airflow generated by its rotation, which even caused the surrounding trees to sway wildly. Clearly, it was about to use its "Spinning Impact" attack.

As the King of the Gundam spun rapidly toward the turret, the turret squad's retreat speed couldn't keep up with its movement. Before Kotaro could get into position, Cui Ming turned around and ran toward the Yukikaze's storage compartment—he didn't want to watch his turret be smashed by this "broken ball," and he had no patience to wait for the monster to come to him.

The engines of the Yukikaze started quickly, and the blue fuselage taxied briefly on the base runway before taking off and speeding towards King Gara. Cui Ming sat in the cockpit, his hands rapidly manipulating the control panel, the targeting system firmly locked onto the still-spinning silver sphere. His tone was laced with malice: "Dare to run wild on my turf? I'll let you taste the power of the Super Temperature Difference Ray!"

The Super-Temperature Difference Ray is one of Yukikaze's deadly attacks, capable of instantly releasing extreme temperature differences to inflict devastating damage on its target. It has proven remarkably effective against many tough-skinned space monsters. Cui Ming intended to aim at King Gara's core, but King Gara was spinning at high speed, and its sudden change of direction, ascending into the air, caused the aiming system to malfunction, resulting in the ray deviating from its intended target.

"Whoosh—" A dazzling white beam shot from the muzzle of the Yukikaze, striking the bottom of King Karakor's spherical body—its rear end! The next second, King Karakor, which had been charging arrogantly, suddenly spun wildly like a cat that had been burned, letting out a sharp hiss as its entire body flew uncontrollably into the air, like a ball that had been kicked hard. It tumbled several times in the air before barely managing to regain its balance, transforming back into a non-spherical shape and landing on the ground some distance away. Rubbing its hit rear end, it glared angrily at the Yukikaze in the sky.

Cui Ming, watching this scene from the cockpit, paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh: "Well, I was pretty accurate; I hit him right in the butt."

Although it didn't hit the core, the power of the Super Temperature Difference Ray is no joke. You can tell from the way King Garuda was flying in pain that it suffered a lot.

Seeing this on the monitor, Moriyama's team member on the ground couldn't help but say into the communicator, "Captain, your marksmanship is a bit unexpected! But it's effective; that guy seems to be in a lot of pain!"

Cui Ming adjusted the Yukikaze's flight attitude, re-aimed at King Gara, and said smugly, "It doesn't matter where I hit it, as long as it hurts, it's a good move. Isn't this guy supposed to have strong defense? I'll see if its butt can withstand my second super-temperature difference ray!"

The Garuda King in the distance seemed to understand Trevor's words; its cheek pouches began to swell rapidly, clearly preparing to unleash a spark-filled counterattack. Seeing this, Trevor pressed the attack button again without hesitation: "Trying to counterattack? Too late!" Another beam of super-temperature difference shot towards Garuda King, this time targeting its rear end where it had just been hit—since that was its weak point, it would strike hard!
Just as Cui was preparing to launch the second super-thermal difference ray, the projection in the cockpit of the Yukikaze suddenly lit up, and the figure of Kanar appeared on the screen. She looked at the Galactus, who was still rubbing its butt in the monitor, and said helplessly, "Cui, can we change positions? I think its butt is the most durable."

Through data analysis, Kanar had long discovered that King Gara's skin defense was uneven. Although the skin on his buttocks was also tough, it was actually less resistant than the core area. However, even so, the effect of attacking the same spot repeatedly would gradually weaken.

Cui Ming looked at the projection of Kaina on the screen, then glanced at King Garuda on the ground, who was still grimacing. A wicked smile crept onto his lips: "Indeed, I saw it, but it's okay, let's continue! Let's stop here! Looks like it hurts!"

For him, whether he could quickly defeat King Garuda was one thing, but the key was to make the guy "remember the pain" - after all, this guy dared to cause trouble when he was preparing to mess with Zetton, so it would be a waste of the energy he had just wasted if he didn't give him a good beating.

Of course, the most important thing is that, as Kirisaki just said, King Galactus isn't an invasive species, so it's better not to kill it.
Tsk. (End of Chapter)