Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

Just as the boy was pondering his next plan, suddenly, he saw the tail disappear into thin air—not by becoming invisible, but rather…

Feeling the sudden gust of wind coming from behind, Nexus hurriedly dodged. The vanished tail suddenly appeared in the space behind him and launched an attack.

Gen Subaru glanced at the half-tail in the distance, then at the end of the tail that was attacking him, and immediately made a guess. It was probably a combination of the phase shift and the phase crossing ability of the marine alien beast that used its tentacles to directly attack reality from the strange sea.

However, it seems that this combination of abilities can only be used to make one leap. Otherwise, when he dodged just now, he could have used the leap again to knock him away since he couldn't dodge.

At this moment, Yizumeru sprayed a green spider web at Nexus. The color looked quite ominous. Gen Subaru raised his hand and used his Particle Feather to cut it open. Then, he nimbly passed through the gap and quickly closed the distance between himself and the alien beast.

As Nexus charged forward, the faces of Dark Mephisto and Dark Faust ripped off Izumaru's neck with a 'rip'. As black halos enveloped their eyes, dense dark light bullets and dark particle feathers shot out from their faces, and in an instant, a new 'net' once again covered Nexus.

Without hesitation, Gen Subaru used [Voidification] to avoid the attack, then dodged the claws of Izumi Meru's right hand, and slapped away the piercing tongue that spit out from his shoulder. Energy gathered, and the Atomic Fist was forcefully thrown down at Izumi Meru's chest.

However, to Gen Subaru's surprise, when he threw the punch, Izumi Meru didn't budge at all. Instead, he was thrown off balance by the recoil from the punch and blasted away by the fireball that Izumi Meru spewed out from his knee. At the same time, the long, whip-like maw that Izumi Meru spat out from the monster's head on his right hand took the opportunity to bite down on Nexus's arm, tearing off a piece of light energy, which was then swallowed by the maw.

But it wasn't over yet. As Gen Subaru was being sent flying backward, he didn't hesitate to activate the Ultra Guillotine. A terrifying halo of light flashed through the air, concentrating in one spot and slashing towards Izumi Murru's neck.

Unexpectedly, the body parts of Izumiru could be separated, causing Gen Subaru's calculations to go wrong. Only one of the Ultra Guillotine Blades hit another spot, while the rest were neutralized by Izumiru's fireballs or energy lightning. However, even the Ultra Guillotine Blade that hit did not achieve a better result than the Lightsaber's ultimate attack.

At the same time, Belial's eyes lit up, and in an instant, Gen Subaru felt a mental force impacting his brain, trying to induce hallucinations. At the same time, his bitten arm also experienced intense pain, which paralyzed half of Gen Subaru's body.

This guy... is ridiculously hard.

Gen Subaru looked at his hand, which was trembling slightly from the recoil. Compared to the pain in his arm, he was more concerned about the terrifying defensive power. Gen Subaru took a deep breath, suppressed the effects of the pain, and decided to rush over and attack again to see if there were any openings to exploit.

But the next second, Gen Subaru saw that every monster part that made up Izumiru separated from him and, like floating cannons, swarmed towards him under the cover of light bullets from Dark Faust and Dark Mephisto.

Upon seeing this, Gen Subaru immediately realized that something was wrong. Without saying a word, he created clones to try and intercept all the parts in mid-air. However, the parts of the marine alien beast emitted a seven-colored light, and Nexus's clones were instantly wiped out.

Caught off guard, Nexus was pierced through the shoulder by a swiftly approaching claw. Then, fireballs and beams of light blasted him back and forth, until finally, he was struck by a powerful tail and knocked onto a nearby mountain.

At the same time, the Izumeru reassembled and unleashed a dark beam of light at Nexus, striking Nexus's energy core. The powerful impact caused Subaru to let out a short, mournful cry. Immediately afterward, dense swarms of dark ivy plants emerged from the mountain cave, binding Nexus's entire body tightly. Streams of electricity spread from them to the giant's body, draining his strength.

Yizumeru also extended his piercing tongue and plunged it into Nexus's heart, using it as a medium to continuously draw energy from him. In the blink of an eye, Nexus's energy core began to glow red and flicker, and the light was also rapidly dimming. Yuan Mao could feel his own light energy disappearing rapidly like water being released from a dam.

The boy let out a low roar, unleashing his full Ultra psychic power, blasting the Dark Ivy apart. The power traveled along the piercing tongue and struck Izumiru, knocking him back two steps. Nexus was then freed and landed on the ground. However, the exertion was so great that Nexus had barely stood up before collapsing weakly to the ground, not even having time to assume a fighting stance.

Opposite him, Izumaru was striding with earth-shaking steps, roaring as he approached Nexus...

102 Nexus - Youth Form

As expected of a fusion of alien beasts, this... is truly formidable in combat...

Gen Subaru patted his cheeks, stood up unsteadily, and looked at the approaching Izumi Meru. His mind immediately began to race. Without a doubt, the strength of this alien beast had probably surpassed that of the progenitor alien beast. Gen Subaru had reason to suspect that Dark Zagi had poured all the fear energy he had collected into Izumi Meru.

This battle cannot be won by relying solely on solar energy reserves.

Subaru had already made up his mind, and there was still a path to victory. He still remembered that during the initial special training, Nexus's projection had shown him three forms—childhood, red youth, and blue youth.

Each upward evolution between these three forms brings about a qualitative change in Nexus's light, something that Gen Subaru had personally experienced during his initial training.

Furthermore, in past battles, Gen Subaru had already vaguely sensed the evolutionary power of the red youth form, but there was a barrier hindering his evolution, keeping Gen Subaru's Nexus in its juvenile form.

It's time to evolve, it absolutely has to evolve, otherwise, we'll never be able to defeat this Yizumeru. If I fail, the next generation of adopters, please take up my light, learn from my mistakes, and defeat this damned guy!

Yuan Mao closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, he was completely calm. The barrier was very strong, and simple light energy or dark energy was not enough. While maintaining the impact, he also had to increase the force of the impact. So... he had to first fuse these two energies together, then ignite them and intensify them. Only then would there be a possibility of a breakthrough!

However, just as Gen Subaru was desperately dodging the attacks of the Izumi Meru and preparing to launch his own attack, he suddenly discovered a rather awkward problem:

There isn't enough solar energy.

To be honest, Subaru is not yet able to achieve the same level of skill in light-dark conversion as Ultraman Tiga. Even after being reminded by Ultraman Ginga and participating in the conversion process himself, if either light or dark energy becomes excessively unbalanced, based on his experience in the Deep Blue Space, it is safe to say that there is very little chance of a successful conversion.

Should we wait a while to allow the light energy to recover?

The thought popped into Gen Subaru's mind, but looking at the increasingly terrifying power and density of Izumi Meru's attacks, and then looking at his own body, even though he had been dodging and avoiding Izumi Meru's frontal attacks, he was still covered in wounds. Dark Zagi probably wouldn't give him any time to catch his breath.

Haha, this is hilarious! I've always been proud of my solar energy reserves, but at this crucial moment, I'm stuck in a stalemate because of insufficient solar energy. What a huge irony!

Yuan Mao chuckled to himself, then activated the light-dark fusion without hesitation. He would not give up, and even if he could not see any hope, he would fight to the very last moment!

what! ! !

The moment Yuan Mao began to merge, he couldn't help but cough up blood. The unequal ratio of light and dark energy immediately caused the dark energy to go berserk. The boy wanted to turn his pure white light out and add it to the light and dark energy to act as a buffer and lubricant, but that pure white light was, after all, the light of new life. Under such violent clash, it was completely destroyed as soon as it appeared.

What's this guy up to now?

On the other side, looking at Nexus, whose body was covered in cracks and from which distorted beams of light were shooting out, Dark Zagi felt that Nexus might have lost control of his internal energy. But this host had given him too many 'surprises' that he couldn't tell if it was a trap set for him.

So Izumeru stopped advancing and bombarded Nexus with various beam attacks, targeting the giant of light who was still struggling to defend and dodge. However, due to his injuries, Nexus was like a target, and most of the attacks landed on him.

This time... my time is really up...

After being blasted away, Yuan Mao lay on the ground, looking at the overwhelming dark light bullets, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. He did not give up. Even now, he continued to merge light and darkness, and tried his best to support his body and dodge the dense attacks, but the results of both were unsatisfactory.

How infuriating! I finally caught a glimpse of Dark Zagi, but I couldn't kill him. What a pity! If only... if only I had been more careful and hadn't had so much light energy absorbed... If only... never mind, there are no "ifs." To everyone at TLT-J, and to Mr. Jugglus Juggler, Gai, Daigo... farewell...

Just as Subaru sighed, gritted his teeth, and prepared to deliver one last blow to Dark Zagi, in another universe, looking at the listless Daichi and X, Dr. Gehrman shook his head helplessly, walked over, and said softly:

"I've found out why you're having nightmares."

"Really? Dr. Gehrman!"

"Dr. Gehrman, you don't need to comfort me like that. As an Ultra Warrior..."

Daichi Ozora and X reacted immediately to these words, but X was still caught up in self-blame. Dr. Gehrman interrupted him, holding Nexus's electronic card in his hand, and said softly:

"Based on my research on this new card over this period of time, I have discovered that it not only stores Nexus's combat data, but his light also resides within it. Therefore, when you use this card, Nexus's light may have also merged into your bodies, which has led to some kind of communication between you and that child named Gen Subaru, which is why you have related dreams."

Dr. Gehrman spoke calmly, and Ax's attention was gradually drawn to him. Seeing this, Dr. Gehrman smiled slightly, inserted the electronic card into the instrument next to him, and said with a smile:

"So, using data from the four-dimensional monster Bruton, I developed this machine. Now, we'll put this Nexus electronic card in, and maybe we can use it to create a spatial passage to Subaru's world. Then we can bring that child to our base and give him a proper check-up..."

"What's your expression?"

Just as Dr. Gehrman was about to turn on the machine, he saw Daichi Ozora and the other Xio team members immediately hide and look at him with considerable wariness. This displeased Dr. Gehrman, but before he could vent his anger, Daichi Ozora said with some lingering fear:

"Doctor, I heard that the four-dimensional monster Bruno might attract the void monster Greeza. Your machine... won't attract it, will it?"

"....Won't."

"Doctor, you're hesitating."

"Shut up, Ex!"

Dr. Gehrman patted his stomach confidently, pulled down the starter handle, and said:

"This is my invention, how could it possibly be...?"

"boom!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a violent explosion blasted Dr. Gehrman away. The Xio team members quickly spread their arms and moved left and right, preparing to catch the stubborn doctor. However, as they moved, they collided with their own captain, who cried out and fell to the ground, using his body to catch the doctor who was falling from the sky.

"Doctor, you're so heavy, get up..."

"This shouldn't be happening! Why? Why did my instrument explode? This doesn't make sense!"

"Doctor, are you alright? Should we go to the medical department to check on you?"

While the development room was in chaos, no one noticed that during the explosion, Nexus's light had quietly dissipated into the fourth-dimensional space opened by the instrument.

At that very moment, Jugglus Juggler and Gai Kurenai, who were chanting sutras, suddenly opened their eyes. They realized that the Nexus power they possessed had vanished abruptly, as if the surrounding air had absorbed the power. Jugglus Juggler and Gai Kurenai exchanged a glance, realizing that something was wrong. They threw their religious robes aside and immediately began to investigate the phenomenon.

At the same time, Hikaru, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up. He sat up and looked at Ultraman Ginga, who was floating and looking at him. He asked warily what had happened. Ultraman Ginga sensed the Nexus Light disappearing from Hikaru and Sho. Without saying anything, he flew straight out, trying to open a passage to Subaru's side from the time tunnel that appeared in the Time Castle last time.

However, when Dark Zagi escaped last time, his methods were too brutal, so Ultraman Ginga ultimately failed to break through and could only hover in the air with an unfriendly expression, seemingly lost in thought, and lingered there for a long time.

On the other side, there was Daigo Madoka, who was sleeping; Cosmos, who was searching for Dyna and incidentally reformed a monster; Dyna, who was practicing spacetime power but ended up disappearing somewhere; and Gamu Takayama and Hiroya Fujimiya, who were racking their brains about how to achieve cell stability. All the people who had received the light of Subaru Minamoto noticed that something was wrong and began to take action in a tense manner.

In the fourth dimension, streams of light converged, transforming into meteors and heading towards its true form. Perhaps even Dark Zagi didn't expect that the Strange Sea, which he chose as the burial place of Nexus, was not so stable as a peculiar phase space. This became the key for the light to break through the spatial barrier.

So, just as Dark Zagi was grinning and waiting for Nexus's death, and Subaru was preparing for the final wave, a dazzling beam of light descended from the sky, shattering the dense dark light bullets and landing on Nexus's fading energy core.

In an instant, a raging energy storm surged in the strange sea. Amidst the scattered light particles, a figure stood out. Gen Subaru didn't know where the light came from, but he could vaguely sense the power of other Ultra Warriors mixed in with it. He figured that others must have sensed the crisis on his side through some means and offered him help.

Gen Subaru gratefully thanked the other Ultra Warriors, then channeled their power into the pure white light, making it stronger. This allowed it to act as a buffer between light and dark energy, and also to harness the energy that was over-excited when light and dark energy intertwined, further strengthening it to better fulfill its buffering role.

Thus, a clever cycle was achieved. In Dark Zagi's eyes, he saw three giant phantoms—[Miracle Pleiades], [Pure White Primal], and [Dark Giant]—emerge on Nexus's body. Then, these three beams of light simultaneously crashed into Nexus's body.

In an instant, a terrifying energy storm caused the entire Strange Sea to tremble violently. Dark Zagi looked around in astonishment at the cracks that filled the phase space before it shattered with a deafening roar.

However, he did not fall into the chaotic spatial flow. Instead of the Strange Sea, there was the Ultimate Cross Barrier and the Meta Domain. Looking at this familiar domain world, Dark Zagi silently turned his head to look at the center of the domain, where Nexus in his red youth form stood quietly.

Compared to his childhood form, Nexus now resembles a high-ranking samurai from an island nation dressed in a formal kimono. His body is covered in armor-like plates, and his color scheme has changed to a combination of red, silver, and black. A diamond-shaped, pure white core timer has appeared in the bow-shaped energy core groove on his chest.

At the same time, the juvenile form looks like it is tilting its head slightly, exuding a stubbornness, but the first impression this red youth form gives is one of composure.

However, the chosen one clearly had no intention of playing it safe. The instant the Meta Domain unfolded, Nexus's figure teleported to Izumaru's side. He raised his fist, and beneath his skin, black veins seemed to be flowing silently, transmitting energy.

At that very moment, Dark Zagi realized that the punch was coming very fast, but visually it seemed so slow. However, when it landed on Izumiru, the ferocity of the punch made Dark Zagi's expression change.

As Yizumairu was sent flying, he observed the area where he had been hit. Although the [Demon God Protection] there had not yet been broken, a deep fist mark remained. The head of the alien beast that had been hit was mostly destroyed and was struggling to heal itself.

I knew it! You definitely had something waiting for me!

Dark Zagi roared inwardly, then unleashed its tail and mandibles, preparing to launch a counterattack. These two alien beasts, using phase jump, ignored distance and attacked Nexus.

Faced with this attack, Nexus's hand, with its faintly visible black veins, steadily caught the tail that combined the power of the disc-shaped creature, and used brute force to break off the spikes on it.

With his other hand, he grasped the incoming mouthparts. Feeling the heat flowing within them, Nexus calmly released pure white light from his palm, transforming the heat into pure white light, along with the entire mouthparts.