Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 424 Gods

"Bang!"

A passenger plane with its tail broken off flew over Tokyo and crashed into the bay. The flames that erupted seemed to be influenced by the planet Megahex, casting a strange halo over the sky.

A massive vortex of clouds continued to gather, with bursts of lightning flashing in the center.

The atmosphere began to break away.

However, no one cared about these things at that moment.

The people who had hidden fled the building in terror, and in the blink of an eye, they engulfed Xia Chuan in the street.

Shelters were no longer the first choice; everyone instinctively wanted to escape the Tokyo area. However, the entire street was soon blocked, leaving only wails and roars.

Xia Chuan walked against the chaotic crowd to the bay harbor, silently gazing at the battlefield of Zeya City.

Ground fighting continues.

"Haven't given up yet?"

Before the combined mechanical warrior was destroyed, it seemed to have activated a backup plan within the instance, resulting in the total destruction of the entire fusion instance.

There were no winners in this struggle, and it lost its value for further conquest.

At this stage, no one can handle the planetary crisis within the instance, and the alien alliance is no exception.

"it's over."

Xia Chuan closed his eyes, shook his head, turned around, and summoned a dimensional barrier.

A new battle has begun, and every enemy awaiting him is formidable.

He needs to focus all his efforts on conquering the new world, and his level must be raised as quickly as possible.

……

"Gaim!"

"Is it still too late?"

Zeya City.

As Chiki Torajinnosuke piloted his spaceship-shaped vehicle out of the tower ruins, he looked back at the numerous Lockseed Knights desperately protecting him on the ground. Facing the silhouette of the planet Megahex descending overhead, despair and resentment alternated.

"Didn't you claim to be a cosmic deity? Doesn't Your Excellency have any way to deal with this?"

"I wish I could find a way!"

Kuzuha Hirota had unspeakable suffering.

He wasn't an omniscient and omnipotent god; to be honest, he was merely granted certain authority by Helheim and received a portion of Helheim's power.

The power of the gods is indeed immense, possessing all sorts of incredible abilities, but it's impossible for them to directly help him deal with Megahex.

In fact, he had already used divine power to fuse the power of Armored Warrior and Chariot, but the result was only the destruction of one enhanced mechanical warrior. It was nothing in the face of the endless mechanical army, let alone dealing with the planet Megahex itself.

"Damn it, we finally managed to close the time portal, but it only bought us this little bit of time... Is this the end for Earth, for humanity?"

Kuzuha Kouta watched in agony as a large amount of matter was assimilated and devoured by the phantom of Megahex.

As the man of origin, he could have taken Takashi Mai and fled Earth to escape into space, but he couldn't just let Earth perish.

This is the place he once risked his life to protect, and it remains so now.

"Let's give it our all!"

Suddenly, the silent Shinnosuke Tomari burst into action, flooring the accelerator and hurtling into space.

The closer they got, the more they could feel the immense size of the planet Megahex, but there was no turning back now.

"That thing assimilated ZZZ's virus core, so it must also have a similar core weakness. As long as we destroy the core, there's still hope!"

Why?

With a trembling voice, Kaguya looked towards Tokyo, his mind blank.

"Have you given up too?"

"Sizzle!"

Blue light expanded across the surface of Planet Megahex, and several giant mechanical bats merged with the enhanced mechanical warriors around them. An energy seal rotated and covered the front of the spacetime tunnel. Before the chariot could even get close, several blue energy cannons were already charging up and taking shape.

Kuzuha Kōta was deeply shaken.

Although Xia Chuan reversed time, he still clearly remembered the scene of being pierced and destroyed by the energy cannon of the hand seal.

The energy beam before them was several times larger; a direct hit would likely result in instant evaporation.

"Get out of the way!"

"No, no," Tomari Shinnosuke's arm stiffened, "If you dodge, then..."

"Whoosh!"

Before the two had much time to think, a bright light flashed above the clouds, and a blue energy beam blasted through the atmosphere and fell down.

Not only were mounted vehicles targeted by the attack, but the ground battlefield was also not spared.

"Bang bang bang!"

A series of explosions reverberated across the city, causing ripples of energy to spread through the void. After a powerful shockwave dissipated, all the blue energy beams were blocked.

Even the mechanical legion that was blocking the chariots nearby was wiped out.

"What?"

Well!

As Xia Chuan's ultimate ascended form appeared in mid-air, he almost lost his balance and fell to the ground. Cracks appeared on the surface of his armor, and faint traces of blood seeped out.

Having just survived a fierce battle, and needing to recover, he forcibly intercepted Megahex's attack, and even with the mental amplification from the Kuuga System, he still suffered severe damage.

"Who are you……"

Pu Jinshu came to his senses in confusion and looked curiously at the unfamiliar figure of Kuuga in front of him. Just as he was about to express his gratitude, he found himself being locked on by a gaze.

"Bang!"

Xia Chuan pressed his arm against the chariot, activated his telekinesis, and instantly destroyed the chariot along with the two knights inside.

"We forgot to collect the Chiqi card."

With a casual flick of his wrist, Xia Chuan swatted away the fragments of the chariot and the rider, then turned to look at Planet Megahex, gathering the rider and armored knight cards in his hand.

"Is it the core?"

The planet Megahex has lost its original will; rather than wanting to devour Earth, it wants to perish together with it.

No wonder the planet itself, which had been sending out mechanical warriors, suddenly appeared; it was probably sabotaged by the Alliance from the very beginning.

Xia Chuan gazed silently at the ever-expanding surface of the planet Megahex, the silhouette of a giant looming behind him.

The loss of control over this thing is both a disadvantage and a benefit.

If he had a complete consciousness, he would never have stayed at this time, but having weaknesses is another matter.

Even a one in ten thousand chance is still a chance.

Want to give it a try?

After examining the two knight cards that shone brightly in his hand, Xia Chuan walked into the reopened dimensional barrier passage in a deep voice.

"Kudzu leaf!"

"How could this happen?"

On the ground in Zeya City, the Lockseed Knights stared blankly at the smoke and clouds of explosions high in the sky. Just then, a piece of wreckage from a tank fell down with thick smoke, and the Gaim Ultimate Lockseed bounced down with it.

Even being destroyed along with Planet Megahex is better than witnessing Gaim and Knight perish like this.

Is someone who saves lives and then kills them a devil?

"Huntai..."

"Kurota-nii!"

"Bang--!"

On the other side of the spacetime tunnel, the surface of a pale blue metallic planet suddenly flashed with explosive light, and the protective barriers were destroyed.

Megahex doesn't seem to be very technologically advanced; it's more inclined towards the evolutionary path of mechanical life forms, and the entire planet is essentially a giant life form.

This life form has now completely gone mad, and before Xia Chuan could even search carefully, the Megahex core itself was exposed.

The key to creating the field that shields the knight's abilities lies in this core.

"scare!"

Xia Chuan dodged the mechanical bat behemoth, concentrated all his mental energy around him, and transformed into a stream of light that flew toward the core.

Compared to his expectations, the planet Megahex was pitifully fragile as a whole, and did not behave as terrible as it did on Earth.

While the unity of will did allow Megahex to overcome the Helheim erosion crisis, it also severed the future of civilization, leaving it with no choice but to seek evolutionary power from the outside.

"Whoosh!"

After dodging the energy beams in a series of blinks, Xia Chuan quickly pushed the closed belt module to the side, and at the same time, the phantom of the Armored Warrior appeared in front of him, and the figures of more than a dozen knights also appeared behind him.

Kiva, Kalista, Ryuki, Faiz, Kabuto, Hibiki, Den-O, W, OZ, Wizard, Agito, Exide...

The armored warrior and the galloping cavalry, as the main riders of the dungeon, simultaneously transformed into streams of light and merged into the sealing mark kicked out by Xia Chuan's footsteps.

Unlike simple mirror card stacking, this is a true full-power Rider Kick, which does not increase his individual combat stats, but can bring his overall destructive power to the limit.

In his current state, he can only unleash attacks of this magnitude at most; whether it succeeds or not depends on the fate of this fusion instance.

Ignoring the laser beam array that lit up the surface of the colossal planet, Xia Chuan broke through the mechanical warrior aggregate blocking his way and accelerated towards the source of all energy fields.

The intense physical exertion and mental exhaustion made it difficult for him to continue, but fortunately he managed to hold on until he reached the core.

"Boom!"

"Who...are you?"

At the last moment, Megahex seemed to regain his senses, and the exposed core began to sink, but it was too late.

As the knights combined their kicks, countless cracks spread across the core's surface, and the combined power of the armored warrior and the rider seemed to undergo a chemical reaction, forcefully penetrating the core.

"Bang--!"

Earth.

The Lockseed Knights could not see the specific situation on the planet Megahex; they only saw the spacetime tunnel violently shaking with bursts of fire, and soon the planetary outline that covered the entire sky collapsed.

"This is……"

The assimilation process was interrupted, and the city, which had been in a state of apocalypse, seemed to come to a halt, instantly returning to its original peaceful and sunny state.

If it weren't for the collapsed ruins everywhere and the remains of the mechanical warriors, everyone would feel as if they had just experienced a dream.

"Bang!"

As Natsukawa Ultimate Kuuga landed with a thunderous crash amidst a streak of light, his right foot continuously spewing out hot air. The spiderweb-like streets instantly crystallized, while the surrounding area burned and melted into magma.

The afterglow of the explosion of the planet Megahex overhead fell in wisps, making Xia Chuan look as if he were wearing a golden armor.

"Whoosh!"

"You, you, you..."

Remembering the destroyed Knight and Gaim, everyone retreated in terror and despair once again when faced with the demonic black and gold figure of Ultimate Kuuga.

Only Quwen Jiedou looked on with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

"What exactly happened?"

"It's him! Evil Warrior!"

Wu Daoguang couldn't control his chest heaving, his breathing became heavy, and he collapsed to the ground. Under the pressure of the familiar feeling, the figure of Kuuga in his eyes was suddenly replaced by Evil Warrior.

"Run! Run!"

"it's over."

Ignoring Wu Daoguang's calm glances around, Xia Chuan raised his hand and released a yellow crystal light, pulling the Kaito with the Excalibur back into the Magic Gem World before turning and leaving the scene.

He successfully cleared the new fusion dungeon and immediately closed the dungeon portal, but the Alliance probably already had some idea.

He'd better return to his own world as soon as possible before the other side reacts, to avoid any unforeseen complications.

Anyway, he got the benefits.

Although the number of cleared worlds did not increase, and I only regained the right to merge new worlds, my level still increased by 0.5.

Level 8, like Level 5, is a dividing line. To be honest, it's a bit unexpected that the God level can be increased by 0.5.

All Rider Transformation Level 8.5.

Maximum combat power: 9.8.

If we disregard other factors and only consider strength, he is already very close to the level 10 ceiling.

This fusion instance turned out to be an opportunity.

"Yuya!"

The woman who originated from the Takashi dance moved continuously, teleporting to catch up with Xia Chuan, who was preparing to step into the dimensional portal to return.

"Did you save the world, Yuya?"

"I've already said I'm not Hiroya Kakui."

Xia Chuan stopped in his tracks.

"If it's for the sake of Gaim and Knight, don't overthink it. I just borrowed their power and recovered quickly."

"I know, Yu... everything the God has done is to save this world," Takashimai bit her lower lip, "but can't we stay? At least we should stay with everyone..."

"No."

As Xia Chuan waved his hand and stepped into the dimensional passage, two beams of light dispersed on the spot, revealing Kuzunoha Kōta and Tomari Shinnosuke looking at each other in bewilderment.

"The rest is up to you."

"Perhaps," Mr. Belt interjected abruptly only after the dimensional barrier disappeared, "this is the true god."

"..."

Kuzuha Kōta looked slightly embarrassed.

If he doesn't want to be a god, then so be it; at least he's not a human being.

"Ahem, true gods are too lonely. It's better to be human."

"Whoosh!"

This is the study in the villa.

After sending the second Fang Bat to gather information, Xia Chuan rested his head on his pillow and took a short nap, quickly regaining his energy.

It's been a long time since I've had such an intense battle.

The league has put a lot of pressure on him this time, mainly because he didn't have much time to prepare.

I don't know what the other party will do next.

The Kamen Rider universe is too interconnected, with many parallel universes similar to those between "Knight Rider" and "Gaim".

He may still face new challenges, and the next one will only be more powerful, perhaps even involving a Class B life form.

"Aliens? What's going on with these guys?"

Xia Chuan gently massaged his temples with his fingers.

The more I get to know them, the less I understand these aliens who remain on Earth.

Take a short rest.

Just as they were about to check on the situation in the Magic Gem World, they sensed the presence of Goto's dejected and haggard figure outside.

Formerly the Frog Knight, now the Game Knight Hero.

They disappeared after returning from the Armored Warrior instance. Why are they contacting us now?

Xia Chuan's gaze seemed thoughtful.

He was powerless to help the bounty hunter in his predicament.

The other party's son, who disappeared as the root cause of the game's problems, has no chance of being resurrected.

(End of this chapter)