Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 458 Wake Up

"Transformation."

"Clang—!"

A red and black halo filled the space, and even underground, a blood-red full moon seemed to emerge.

Ebert and Ino Hyun were as if they were frozen in place, struggling to resist while staring intently at "Saruwatari Kazumi," who was being blessed by an unknown power.

As a camera belt appeared, the Fang Bat II and the Knight Card mirror image solidified into the King Kiva armor.

Level 8 Dark Kiva.

"W-What's going on?"

Having finally crawled out of the ruins of the collapsed Heavenly Wall Ring, Himuro Gentoku stared blankly at the scene above, witnessing the entire transformation process of "Saruwatari Kazumi," feeling as if something was stuck in his throat.

There are more and more things in this world that are beyond our comprehension.

"call!"

As the swirling airflow contracted, Kiva's dark cloak figure was fully revealed in the Time and Space of "Build, Ride" and his imposing aura, exceeding level eight, swept over everyone on the battlefield.

"It's Kakuju-sensei!"

Eberl's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but speak up in surprise.

I thought Kakuju was just a minor character, since I didn't feel any threat from him, but I didn't expect him to be such a big shot.

Did the other person release their genetic material prematurely, just like him?

The oppressive aura of the fully-formed being was far too intense. Keep in mind that he was not the same person he was 5 years ago, yet he could still give him such a feeling, as if he were facing his vampire king brother directly.

What level of danger is required?

Not so good.

Eberl glanced at the gloomy-looking Yi Nengxiangang out of the corner of his eye.

"Blood! We can worry about destroying the Earth later. How about we deal with this guy first?"

Without hesitation, Eberl threw Pandora's box to Yi Nengxian Gang as if it were a hot potato.

The reason I initially cooperated with this guy was to deal with his good brother, since the other party's true identity was the sealed former vampire king, making him an undeniable enemy.

Now, facing an unknown life form comparable to his older brother ahead of time, he can only put up with the situation for now.

"snort!"

Yi Nengxian glanced coldly at Ebert, then solemnly turned to face Xia Chuan's dark Kiva figure as he put away Pandora's Box.

"Sizzle!"

The dissipated energy finally stabilized. After Xia Chuan waved his hand and flung Himuro Gentoku out of the pit, his gaze returned to Ebert and the other two.

Compared to the original adaptee, Kazumi Saruwatari's compatibility was surprisingly high. At least the Dark Kiva transformation was quite perfect, and he was completely adapted in just a short time.

Perhaps this guy really is a parallel universe counterpart of Akane.

"Bang--!"

Just as Yi Nengxian made the first move, the figure in the underground cloak armor flashed, breaking the calm. However, the next moment, he shot backward at an even faster speed, crashing through several layers of the Heavenly Wall Ring, just like the Exorcist Kaito, and almost drowning in the lava.

"Ebolt!"

"knew!"

Ignoring Yi Nengxian's angry roar, Ebolt rapidly rotated the Evolution Driver joystick to condense black hole energy, pulling up large areas of underground soil and rock fragments into the air.

Damn it, can't even buy some time?

Although the black hole's energy could be further increased, the combat-experienced Ebolt chose to release it ahead of schedule.

"Black Hole Finish!"

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan teleported behind Ebert and, at the same moment Ebert turned and kicked, released his power first, interrupting the black hole energy attack and blasting Ebert away at the same time.

His target wasn't Eberst, but having that guy unleash unlimited black hole attacks was a threat nonetheless.

"Bang!"

Immediately following below, Yi Nengxian launched an attack, causing a large-scale energy shockwave to spread and even causing a small-scale spatial collapse.

Like Ebert, Inoken also used his opponent as bait, feigning weakness while using the Heavenly Wall Ring as cover to fully construct his vampire ultimate technique.

"Sizzle!"

Xia Chuan felt a special energy wrapping around his body, seemingly trying to bind him and pull him towards Yi Nengxian's deadly attack.

They even concealed their methods when dealing with the Exorcist.

None of these vampires are simple.

Was he killed off by the plot in "Tron: Build & Ride"?

"call!"

Before Inoken could succeed in his attack, Natsukawa broke free of his restraints with a tremor of his arm and instantly flashed away, allowing Inoken's fatal blow to strike the sky wall behind him.

The entire sky wall ring instantly disintegrated and exploded under the impact of the fist.

"Boom!"

"I'll do it!"

Ebert also found an opportunity to attack, but Xia Chuan dodged it again as soon as he got close.

He used to be the one who could outpace the knights in speed, but now it's the other way around—he can't keep up with Xia Chuan's speed.

"Bang!"

Yi Nengxian, who had just returned, accelerated by stepping on the Heavenly Wall Ring, but still failed to change the outcome of missing her target and almost collided with Eberl.

The head enhancement device has greatly improved reaction speed, hit rate and evasion rate, and the visual sensors and data collection devices are also running at high intensity all the time, but they still cannot detect Xia Chuan's movements.

This terrifying power once again reminded him of the vampire king, Killbus.

Why would such a powerful being appear on Earth?

Watching the dark Kiva figure continue to easily dodge Ebolt's attacks, Inoue Kenji's heart tightened, and he shouted to join the battle: "Ebolt, give me your power!"

"Are you kidding me?"

Ebert refused without hesitation.

He knew very well what made Blood truly terrifying; this guy could endlessly fuse with other vampires, and might just create an even more troublesome monster.

What if the other party doesn't return the power?

"Attack again! This guy's just fast; I'll stop him!"

After shouting, Ebert flashed back to the center of the Squash, and the suspended Pandora's Box started to glow and activate again. The Squash, which had been still, began to rotate again, and an invisible force enveloped Natsukawa and Kenjiro Ino.

"hurry up!"

"call!"

Xia Chuan slightly raised his head amidst the rapidly flowing red vortex, looking directly at the two vampire knights. He pressed his fingers onto the belt driver, and the phantom of Fang Bat II appeared behind him in sync.

"Wake Up 1!"

The first awakening whistle blew along with the shouts of the Fang Bat, its clear sound piercing through the heavenly wall and resounding loudly. Immediately afterwards, layers of red and black energy rippled out from Xia Chuan's body, and the power of the Demon Emperor gathered in his right fist.

The whistle continued to sound, echoing through the underground space, finally resonating and raising countless specks of dust and sand.

Time seemed to slow down.

Despite being incredibly small, Kiva's dark figure, surrounded by a giant celestial wall, possessed an aura as bright as the sun.

"Sizzle!"

"Great Dragonic Finish!"

Yi Nengxian's strongest ultimate move has arrived once again, accompanied by a dragon-snake energy body tens of meters long. Its light, along with the red glow of the celestial wall lava, illuminates the entire underground space.

The attack was a deadly strike without any reservation, so much so that Wan Zhang and two other vampire phantoms appeared behind Yi Nengxian Gang due to the plasma collision. This was equivalent to combining the power of four vampires on Earth, which even shocked Ebert himself.

Even so, Ebert still felt uneasy.

Dark Kiva, seemingly calm at the eye of the storm, exudes an even greater sense of oppression.

"careful……"

"Bang--!"

A hook punch blasted the dragon-snake energy body and crashed into the sole of Yi Nengxian's foot.

The Dark Kiva armor did not collapse; instead, Ino Hyun-chan himself began to disintegrate. The collapsing space was the first to backfire on him. Fortunately, the terrifying force from his feet helped him out and pushed him out of the destruction zone first.

"Ugh!"

Yi Nengxian had just lost control of her body and was rolling around and spinning rapidly under the restraints of the sky wall.

Escaping the backlash is not the end.

An even more destructive energy comes from the Dark Kiva.

"Wake Up 2!"

As the second stage whistle sounded, even Ebert couldn't control Pandora's Box this time. The Squash Sphere exploded and disintegrated into countless fragments, and the underground world also turned into a state of chaos.

Level 8.5 brought Dark Kiva's power to an astonishing level, and it's far from reaching its limit.

"call--!"

The surface of the deep pit.

Himuro Gentoku led the now-conscious Ishidou Misora ​​out of the earthquake zone, and as soon as he turned around, he was stunned to see a thick beam of red light shooting into the sky.

"Get down!"

"Boom!"

The area around the pit trembled violently, and a massive cloud of dust and mist swept outwards like a tsunami. In a moment of crisis, Himuro Gentoku could only use his back to block the impact, but the Martian Queen managed to wake up in time and erect a golden shield.

The princess, who had previously shown little emotional fluctuation, now displayed a clear expression of surprise.

The energy surge that erupted ahead was even greater than her life-or-death battle with the fully-formed Eberst, and even more powerful than the attack she launched at the cost of her life.

"Internal strife among the vampires?"

(End of this chapter)