Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 689 Devouring Red Eyes

"Bang! Bang!"

As the storm clouds parted, a full moon once again illuminated the Earth.

Two giant figures burst out of the atmosphere one after the other. One was burning with cold, dark blue hellfire, while the other was enveloped in scorching white light. Both were S-class bosses, but Xia Chuan, the latter, surpassed the former in every aspect.

The "darkening and becoming stronger" theorem seems to have no effect here.

No matter how Dark Lipia attacked, Xia Chuan was always one step ahead. In direct clashes, Dark Lipia's defenses were always broken first, and the Hellfire, which resembled a protective force field, became increasingly unstable.

"cut!"

The Dark Eight-Part Light Wheel expanded rapidly, but before it could be thrown out, it was shattered by Xia Chuan's powerful dodge.

The attacks continue.

A beam of light pierced through the hellfire, forcefully slashing a gash in Dark Lipia's chest, where a wide-ranging explosion of blood-red and black lightning erupted.

"Clang!"

"hateful!"

Dark Lypia quickly distanced itself, and although the rift healed in an instant, it still felt a surge of shock and anger.

"Lypia!"

"Da da!"

Xia Chuan's arm trembled violently as the lightsaber extended and transformed into a whip of light, lashing towards Dark Lipia. Suddenly, a sound like the ticking of a clock echoed through the space-time.

The silent universe fell even deeper into stillness.

"Time stop?"

"Haha, don't forget I also possess your divine power!"

"Splash!"

Xia Chuan dodged the deadly beam fired by Dark Lipia with its arms crossed, and moved through the time-stopped field with afterimages.

Unlike his opponent, he couldn't turn the entire copy spacetime into a domain, but being immune to replication abilities didn't require much effort.

"It's all my power, just a fake. What are you so smug about?"

"Sizzle!"

Xia Chuan raised his hand and released his mental power, creating a sealing barrier several kilometers long that enveloped Dark Lipia, who had made a move in the void.

He had the same ability, but the difference in their levels was too great, which was why he was at a disadvantage before.

escape!

Dark Lipia's laughter abruptly stopped. Instinctively, it wanted to teleport away, but found that the space had been completely sealed off.

left!

right!

Despite repeated attempts to break through, the Dark Lipia T-shape remained sealed and erected, leaving Xia Chuan to watch helplessly as his ultimate attack beam solidified.

"Bang--!"

Brilliant lines tore through the night sky.

Dark Lypia roared as it was swallowed by intense light, silently traversing the universe with layers of thunderstorms, until it crashed into the moon with a deafening roar amidst a hundred-meter-high dust wave.

A crater several kilometers long ripped through the lunar surface, and flames instantly spread across the surface, leaving a huge bat emblem that nearly blew the moon apart.

"Ahem!"

Dark Lipia, buried deep in the pit, crawled out in a disheveled state, its shattered giant body restored to its original state by being enveloped in flames.

"It's no use, I..."

"Clang!"

The giant Xia Chuan followed closely as he landed on the moon. A Dark Lucifer card in front of his arm shattered space, and a black hole-like vortex violently devoured the surrounding red and black flames.

To conquer darkness with light.

The dark aura that had been barely keeping up with Xia Chuan suddenly plummeted.

"What is this?"

Dark Lipia tensed up, its red-eyed phantom appearing as it felt the fear of death deep within its consciousness.

"What are you trying to do? I am the Will of Darkness! The Dark Universe..."

"What kind of will comes from in the dark universe?"

The giant Xia Chuan opened his palm, sucking in the Lucifer card along with the red-eyed phantom and Dark Lipia.

A dark universe, in which only he remained alive, silently appeared in his mind.

True darkness is linked to destruction, and he saw the final outcome very clearly. Red Eyes was at most an evil will in the end.

"call!"

All the dark energy on the moon's surface was completely devoured by Lucifer's card, reaching a critical point where it seemed about to advance to SS rank.

As the master, Xia Chuan clearly sensed a hint of resistance, but still managed to put it into the system space with his fingers.

As a result of the Red-Eye's demise, the darkness that once enveloped the Earth has completely vanished.

The giants he summoned also repelled the monster army amidst flashing red lights.

Asuka Dyna greeted the cheers of the crowd on the Tokyo coast alone, puffing out his strong chest in a victorious pose, instantly maximizing his emotional impact.

"You won?"

Xin Xingmian stood in the consciousness space for a while before he came to his senses.

"Was our world saved? I... I saved the world... What about Risa? Will Risa disappear too?"

Xia Chuan gazed at the Earth, the boundary between night and day, without responding to Xin Xing Tsutomu.

……

Dawn breaks.

The bay town is regaining its popularity.

Xia Chuan brought Xin Xingmian back to Earth, and the radiance subsided as they landed on the edge of the school playground.

Nanase Risa lay unconscious in the burning ruins, gradually regaining consciousness from the shock of the previous explosion. Before she could realize anything, Natsukawa reached out and pulled her up.

A look of surprise reappeared on her slightly smudged, fair face. She stared intently at Xia Chuan until he picked up the glowing red ball from the ruins, at which point she spoke up: "Now, make your final wish."

"Risa!" Shinseiki Tsutomu hurriedly snatched the red ball from Natsukawa's hand. "What final wish? Risa, are you still thinking about disappearing? The world is already..."

"I have seen the possibilities of the world," Risa Nanase gently shook her head. "Tsutomu, miracles don't happen every time. The real way to change fate is to make the source of destruction disappear forever."

"The red ball may not be the source of destruction; it can also be used to save the world."

Xia Chuan patted Xin Xingmian on the shoulder, and the rosy sphere instantly turned into a pure blue under a burst of bright light, the power that aroused desire was permanently erased.

Before the two could ponder for long, the blue sphere automatically flew up and merged into the King's Ring in Xia Chuan's hand.

A ring of light radiated outwards, centered on the school, causing the entire ruined battlefield to rewind time to the moment before the battle broke out.

As long as it is not powered by desire, this time-space device itself will not cause a disaster.

"Whoosh—!"

"Turns out I'm this popular in this world. If I had enough energy, I could have taken down those monsters with a single punch. Don't believe me? It's only because the monsters suddenly disappeared that I..."

Asuka Shin, who had turned back into a human, was quite smug and kept boasting about his abilities to Inui Smile, until he was enveloped in radiation light and still hadn't realized what was happening.

"What kind of power is this?"

Seeing the town rewind time with his own eyes, Asuka Shin's face became unusually subtle.

Is this considered Ultraman's power?

The Lipia I saw when I was a kid was so amazing, it was much more powerful than Ultraman Tiga!

Asuka Shin couldn't help but stiffen his neck and turn to his senior, Daigo.

"What's wrong?" Daigo asked, puzzled. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Long time no see, Daigo."

Xia Chuan smiled and temporarily refrained from sending the Ultra Warriors back to their respective timelines.

However, the rising star, who had been excitedly shouting, now shyly hid behind him.

"Uh," Daigo greeted awkwardly, "I'm still more used to you and Shinjo together. You'll go back sometime, right? Shinjo keeps talking about it."

"New City."

Xia Chuan recalled the time when he possessed the body of the extra king.

For him, it didn't actually take long.

We should meet soon.

"Huh?" Asuka Shin belatedly realized what was happening and, looking at Natsukawa who resembled Shinji Kaminaga, suddenly became stammering, "S-Senpai, I'm Asuka. Please take care of me from now on!"

(End of this chapter)