Great, we're doomed now!

Then Gulansfia's attack followed—

"careful!"

Seeing this, Ye Shou appeared beside him in a flash, his body turning a mysterious blue. He raised his hands and immediately deployed an Ultra Barrier, a light shield that deflected the pursuit and successfully protected Zheng Mu.

Subsequently, under the pressure of the monster army, Ye Shou and Zheng Mu fought and retreated to gain a chance to catch their breath. The two eventually landed together on a frozen planet. The thousands upon thousands of layers of ice beneath their feet were as hard as steel, and the entire planet was devoid of any signs of life.

Looking up, Gulansfia covered the entire sky, like a huge dark curtain slowly approaching, and the oppressive feeling enveloped the entire planet as if it were a tangible thing.

More and more monsters fell like meteorites, crashing onto the frozen planet's surface, inching closer to the two giants, their roars echoing across the land.

Lucifer looked at the endless Specia sub-bodies before him, and at the six monsters that remained even after many were killed. He then glanced at the dark planet that could devour everything. The timer on his chest flashed faster and faster, and a resolute look gradually appeared in his eyes.

"This planet will eventually be swallowed up... Someone needs to take Lucia and the others back to Earth. I'll hold them off here. You go and meet up with Lucia."

Masaki's chest heaved violently as he stared at the sky, his fists clenched tightly. "I can easily escape on my own, you don't need to worry!"

"Don't put on such a show at a life-or-death moment."

Ye Shou glanced at it and said, "You should know that you can't hold out any longer, and I also know that you're already determined to die."

"I'm telling you this very seriously!"

Masaki spoke to Ye Shou in a rare, heavy tone: "You know this thing's weakness, which is very important information, but it seems we can't expose its weakness right now—our combat power is insufficient!"

Two people are far from enough to deal with such a massive monster army; we must return to Earth and gather everyone's strength... I can't do it; only you can protect Earth, understand?"

In Masaki's eyes, Ye Shou's safety is the most important thing. Even disregarding personal relationships, Ye Shou, as a warrior and "prophet," has guided TPC step by step to its current state. He occupies an irreplaceable strategic position in the great cause of fighting against darkness!

Masaki felt that he could die even if it meant his own death, but Ye Shou had to return to Earth with the intelligence in time to defend it!

"Are you telling me to abandon my companions and run away?"

"If this can save tens of thousands, or even all of humanity—why not?"

Masaki said without a doubt, "I am an Ultra Warrior, and I have long been prepared for this! If this can keep everyone away from darkness..."

"You are indeed an Ultra Warrior."

Ye Shou watched the approaching enemies, stood in front of Lucifer, and turned his head slightly: "But I am also—in my eyes, 'Masaki Keigo' is also a member of all humanity. Do you want me to watch you go to your death?"

“Ye Shou…” Zheng Mu murmured, unable to speak for a moment.

"The way to win is simple: just make it expose its weakness, and if it refuses—"

The light emanating from Ye Shou instantly deepened, and the mysterious blue patterns gradually lost their luster, replaced by darkness and crimson.

"Then beat it until it's willing!"

Chapter 394: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell - King Sphia (4K)

"Roar--!"

The crimson patterns around the Dark Giant surged, and its scarlet eyes blazed with fierce fighting spirit. Without any further charging, a torrent of scorching energy erupted from the timer, like a crimson storm sweeping across the universe, instantly engulfing the monster army rushing towards the two.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Wherever the energy torrent passed, the monsters were blasted into disarray, their hard shells shattering like paper, and ominous blue blood and bits of flesh flying everywhere. The once dense and unstoppable monster army was severely hampered.

They weren't exactly routed, but they were at least severely weakened!

"Ye Shou?!"

Masaki was not surprised by Ye Shou's Dark Shining form, after all, he had appeared in this form before.

During the Gakuma incident, the Dark Giant swaggered away rescuing the unfortunate monster. Everyone's not blind; who couldn't see that the Dark Giant and [Bayeri] look exactly alike…

However, he would not simply use energy attributes to distinguish between friend and foe. He knew that Ye Shou was hiding many secrets. As long as he could use this power with a righteous heart, the other human beings, including Zheng Mu, would not think there was any problem.

However, the power of this attack was indeed unexpected, comparable to Gransphia's Annihilation Lightning!

"call……"

Ye Shou lowered his hands, feeling the surging power within his body, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

The saying goes, "Darkening makes you three times stronger," which is like giving a character a reasonable reason to suddenly increase their combat power. But this is not a truth, at least not in the Arcane faction.

The "dark Ultraman" in the conventional sense, such as Belial or Tregear, were originally warriors of light, but due to the corruption of their hearts and the temptation of external forces, their life forms underwent a permanent transformation.

At this point, their power became even greater, but it had nothing to do with their attributes (corruption); it was simply that their energy scale had increased.

The same applies to Ultraman Tiga. The reason why the Dark Quartet was able to suppress the ancient world in the original work is not because the Dark Giants were stronger than the Light Giants, but because the four of them were originally the most outstanding warriors.

In fact, in cases like Tiga's, his dark form is actually weaker than his normal form!

Both Daigo and his original self from 30 million years ago were unable to unleash their full power due to their "using the power of darkness with the heart of light," making them generally weaker than Camilla.

Ye Shou's situation is special, somewhat similar to Lugiel's:

He did not fall from "light to darkness," but rather possessed both aspects from the beginning. He simply chose to manifest the "light" side and later developed the "dark radiance" form. It was by no means a reversal or a blackening.

For Bayeri, although he was born as a warrior of light in the ancient times, the [Path of Stars] and the [Path of Darkness] are completely equal.

Just like a "double-handed" person, one can be either left-handed or right-handed; the key lies in one's own perception.

Even with a heart of light, he can still wield [Darkness] with ease, because there is no paradox of light and darkness that negates each other within him.

Despite this, Ye Shouye still frequently reminded himself not to rely too much on the power of darkness.

Simply put, it's just so incredibly useful!

Dark Radiance is inferior to the original in terms of light-based techniques, but it is stronger in defense and physical combat, and also has a "predation"-like ability to enhance its endurance.

Not to mention the [Tyrant]... Ye Shou can change the course of the battle every time he uses it!

This is supposed to be a good thing, but if one relies on it too much, over time one will take it for granted and treat it as a trump card, thus becoming complacent.

No matter how strong the Tyrant is, it is absolutely impossible for it to kill Gatanothor if it is also of the Dark attribute!

Ultimately, only by developing the power of light to its limit can there be a possibility of overcoming this final trial!

Therefore, whenever Ye Shou wanted to strengthen something, his first thought was always Bayeri (Gundam), hoping to hone his "Holy Sword of Light" to the point where it could slay evil gods.

But things in this world often don't go as planned... When you really encounter this situation, you still have to resort to this dark power in the end!

"Roar!!!

Dark Radiance took a deep breath, releasing ripples that swept across the entire atmosphere. One after another, the ferocious chimeras stopped and hesitated.

It should be understood that these are all life forms eroded and controlled by the Sphia cells, completely extensions of the mother's consciousness, like puppets. In a place so close to the dark planet, their self-awareness should have been completely suppressed, and they would only charge fearlessly under the command of the mother.

Even so, the lingering instincts within their bodies still instilled in them a fear of Bayeri at this moment—

As if testing their intuition, Bayeri was quickly dominated by violent emotions, becoming even more ferocious than before. He charged into the monster horde, each punch and kick shaking the atmosphere, turning the space into a pond during a rain shower, with countless ripples intertwining.

boom!

Ye Shou infused the monster with dark power, tearing it in half with his ferocious power.

hum~

Lucifer's body shone with a milky white light, and he gathered light blades in his hands, rushing forward to join forces with Ye Shou.

He dodged a monster's bite by sidestepping it, his light blade sweeping across and severing its legs. Ye Shouze then teleported behind the monster and sent it flying with a powerful kick!

The two, one in light and one in darkness, worked together seamlessly, like two sharp blades, quickly clearing out the remaining monsters.

Just as the monster army was about to be completely defeated, the ground of the frozen planet suddenly trembled violently, the thick ice layer exploded, and a huge super synthetic beast broke out of the ice from underground. It was Neo Gagared, the leader of the monster army!

Its entire body was covered with a metallic carapace, and its forelimbs were transformed into two sharp blades that gleamed coldly in the vast white light.

"Shh!"

Neoga Red was incredibly fast, his bone blade slicing through the air as it hurtled towards Masaki.

Caught off guard, Ultraman Lucifer was slashed hard on the shoulder by the bone blade, instantly splitting open a deep trench from which golden particles overflowed... He endured the excruciating pain and tried to retaliate, but was struck four times in succession by the super-synthetic beast, and was forced to stagger backward by the heavy blow to his chest.

The timer on his chest was flashing more and more rapidly, its energy almost depleted.

"Let's give it our all!"

A resolute glint flashed in Masaki's eyes. Ignoring his injuries, he lunged forward and hugged Neogaard tightly.

Suddenly, Lucifer was enveloped in a chilling white light, which rapidly spread, freezing the super-synthetic beast's body layer by layer—

"Absolute zero explosion!"

Every cell in his body was instantly frozen without any doubt, and the super-synthetic beast was transformed into a giant ice sculpture, unable to move at all.

Masaki only wanted to trap the enemy, but he didn't expect that his body's energy was already on the verge of depletion. He knew that the enemy in front of him seemed to be subdued, but as soon as he let go, he would immediately revive - that powerful life force hidden at the cellular level was completely different from that of ordinary monsters.

Masaki even had a premonition that even if he cut off its head, he might not be able to kill it!

"Stay still, don't move!"

A cold light flashed in Ye Shou's eyes, the dark patterns around his body faded, and in a moment he returned to his normal silver-white state. At the same time, the light power in his body also recovered a little.

Wings of light unfurled behind him, the Gundam armor automatically assembled, and the golden sword gleamed with a terrifying light. He leaped into the air, the longsword tracing a hazy golden path as it slashed directly at the ice sculpture—

Clang!

The sword's edge appeared to slash through both Lucifer and the super-synthetic beast simultaneously, but it etherealized and passed through Masaki the instant it touched him, causing no damage whatsoever.

Neo Gagarad's ice sculpture was cut in two by a single sword strike, and the Ripple energy injected into it quickly destroyed it, causing the frozen body to shatter with a roar!

At that moment, Lucifer's eyes and the timer gradually dimmed. He let go of his hands and staggered backward, almost falling to the ground. He barely managed to stand and his body swayed.

Ye Shou strode forward, a soft blue light emanating from his palm as he continuously bestowed his own light energy upon Masaki. Ultraman Lucifer immediately felt much more energetic; although he hadn't returned to his peak, he still had the strength to continue fighting.

The amazing thing is that if Ye Shou input one hundred units of light, then Lucifer now has two or three hundred units!

—Let's not worry about whether it conforms to the law of conservation of energy; neither of them thinks there's a problem with it anyway.

"Come!"

Ye Shou raised his hand and waved it, and another golden holy sword appeared out of thin air and landed in Zheng Mu's hand.

"Take this; our battle is not over yet."

Ye Shou's earnest and calm voice sent a shiver down Zheng Mu's spine.

"you……"

Masaki gripped the holy sword, feeling the surging energy within his body, and looked at Ye Shou with deep concern.

At this moment, the frozen planet had been completely captured by the dark planet Gransfia, and its surface began to crumble. Huge chunks of rock detached from the planet and flew towards Gransfia. The two were no exception; pulled by a powerful gravitational force, their bodies involuntarily moved closer to the planet's center.

—The final battle has begun; there is no turning back!