What does it mean that the group members have given me back the light?

A moment later, only a huge crater remained on the spot. Yizumai Ru had completely disappeared, swallowed up by Chi You.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of ozone mixed with scorched earth. In the brief silence around her, Anna Hanami could even taste the metallic taste of blood between her lips and teeth—the result of biting her lip due to excessive tension.

Having devoured its powerful enemy, Chi You let out a satisfied low roar. The energy fluctuations surrounding its body noticeably increased to a higher level. It raised its head, its giant eyes, with only the whites showing, gazing at the dark, cloud-covered sky filled with surging energy.

At this moment, Banami also raised her head and looked at the sky that was torn apart by the energy turbulence. The roar of the battle seemed to have subsided for a moment, but the suffocating sense of oppression did not dissipate.

"Is it... over there too...?" she murmured to herself, a vague unease creeping into her heart.

In the instant that thought flashed through his mind—

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

A deafening roar, far louder than any previous collision, like the tolling of a primordial bell, suddenly exploded from the sky!

Chi You beneath their feet let out a low groan, and his massive body, three hundred meters tall, swayed slightly. The earth shook violently as if being sieved, and the dense forest in the distance also swayed wildly under the shockwave. The sky was like a shattered mirror, covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

!!!

Anna Hanami stared blankly at the bizarre scene before her. She couldn't even imagine the impact such power would have on the Earth if it were released on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, to everyone's astonishment, two enormous figures, like falling stars, streaked with long trails of light and flame, crashing straight down from the shattered sky to the earth!

One of the dark red figures was the first to crash heavily into the ground!

Boom——! ! !

A giant crater with a diameter of over a kilometer was formed instantly, and the shock wave, carrying billions of tons of soil and rock, spread out in a ring, sweeping everything away like a rolling ocean wave.

Deep within that crater, the horrific state of Dark Zagi was truly appalling.

It was wreathed in an inextinguishable flame of light, pure white yet carrying terrifying destructive power, burning its dark body like a malignant tumor. Large areas of its hard armor melted and peeled away, revealing a charred, writhing, indescribable flesh-like substance beneath. Its scarlet eyes gleamed, filled with pain and disbelief.

"Ughhhhh—Noah!!! Noah—!!!"

It rolled and howled violently in the lava pit on the ground, trying to extinguish the burning flames on its body. Each struggle caused more black and red particles to burst out of its wounds. The flames not only burned its flesh, but also seemed to be scorching its soul, causing it to let out a roar that was a mixture of extreme pain and overwhelming hatred.

And another beam of light fell—

"Chi You!" Seeing Anja's heart tighten, Banai immediately issued the command.

The enormous white beast shimmered with light, its form rapidly shrinking and changing, transforming in an instant into a giant bird. With a flap of its wings, it soared across the sky at astonishing speed, precisely catching the falling figure.

The light slowly dissipated from the giant bird's back, revealing Gu Nuo's figure. His eyes were closed, his face was as pale as paper, and his breathing was so weak that it was almost imperceptible. The next second, he swayed and fell forward.

"Nono?! Such white teeth, such white teeth, such white teeth..."

Seeing that Anja panicked, Bana hurriedly caught her and let her lean against her chest, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After a brief moment of panic, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly rummaged through Gu Nuo's pockets. Her fingers touched several cold, hard objects, and she quickly pulled them all out.

Several talismans engraved with different zodiac animal patterns lay in her palm.

“Cow…no…monkey…no…chicken…no, no…”

She anxiously examined the patterns on it, her eyes scanning back and forth between the various symbols: "Ah! It's a dog and a horse! This is it!"

She quickly placed the two talismans, each engraved with a dog and a horse, into Gu Nuo's cold palm, tightly wrapped her hands around his fist, and silently prayed.

Under her gaze, the dog and horse talismans gradually glowed with a faint golden light, and a wisp of warm energy slowly spread upwards along Gu Nuo's arm.

but……

The expected scene of his injuries healing instantly and Gu Nuo waking up immediately did not happen. The light of the talisman only lasted for a moment before it began to dim. Although his pale face improved slightly, he was still unconscious and his breath was still weak.

"Why, how could this happen?"

Seeing that Anzu was stunned for a moment, Banai carefully examined the talisman in her hand and then noticed that compared to the lustrous luster on the other talismans, the patterns on the dog and horse talismans appeared particularly dull, as if covered by a layer of gray.

The spell... has it reached its limit?

Just then, a faint groan came from her arms.

Gu Nuo's eyelashes trembled slightly, his brows furrowed with the intense pain in his body. He slowly and with great difficulty opened his heavy eyelids, his vision blurry as he focused on the anxious face of Banami Anja.

"...Hanami?" Gu Nuo's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.

"Nono! You're awake!"

Seeing Anja's surprised and delighted expression, Bana almost cried out, "How are you feeling? Is there anything else that hurts?"

Gu Nuo tried to move his body, but it triggered a violent cough. He looked helplessly at the two dimly lit talismans in his hand.

"It seems...they also need...a rest..."

The healing and immortality powers were passively triggered the moment Gu Nuo was still in giant form, forcibly keeping him alive until the very last breath. Otherwise, his human body, which had already exceeded its limits, would have collapsed and perished the instant the light faded.

Although Gu Nuo had vaguely sensed that the Dog Talisman was approaching its limit when he unleashed the Triple Ultra Bomb, he really didn't expect that just by adding one more layer, the load brought by the final Quadruple Bomb would increase exponentially.

But its power is indeed ridiculously strong...

Gu Nuo thought to herself, then clenched the two dim talismans in her hand tightly.

The surface of the talisman was slightly warm, transforming the last remaining trace of divine power within into a gentle flow of energy that slowly seeped into his battered body.

Nourished by this power, the nearly depleted vitality within him was reawakened, and his severe injuries healed at a visible speed. When his body was barely restored to the point where he could fight, the patterns on the dog and horse talismans completely lost their luster, becoming indistinguishable from ordinary stones.

"Hey……"

With a slight sigh, Gu Nuo decided to find a way to restore his two old friends, who had been exploited ever since they started following him, another day.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt something moving in his pocket.

Startled, he rummaged through his pockets for a moment, and the Dragon Talisman, which he hadn't used much, floated out automatically. A bright red light flowed across the surface of the talisman, and it split into two crimson energy beams that precisely connected to two other dim talismans.

zizi——

As if in charging mode, the patterns on the dog and horse talismans began to flash wildly, and the originally dull stone surface regained a warm luster, as if it was slowly recovering its energy.

"This, this is?" Yana looked at the scene with some surprise.

Gu Nuo paused for a moment, but now was not the time to think about such things. He put all three talismans back into his pocket, stood up from Banai's arms, and looked solemnly at the huge crater in the distance.

Approaching step by step, one could see that Dark Zagi was still trapped in the scorching flames of light, but it had now painfully stood up, its face contorted in a ferocious grimace as it glared at them:

"As long as...human fear remains...the darkness will not end..."

As he spoke, Dark Zagi's body seemed to be slowly recovering. Wisps of black mist gathered from all directions and slowly seeped into the core of Dark Zagi's chest. At the same time, the flames of light covering his body actually began to dim.

"There's no other way..." Gu Nuo thought to himself, reaching out to take out a sheathed short blade, preparing to forcefully transform again.

And at this moment...

The roar of a car engine came from afar, and both Dark Zagi and the two on Chi You looked over at the same time.

Two yellow, futuristic-looking modified cars sped towards them from a distance. Strange radar-like devices were mounted on their roofs. The cars came to an abrupt stop at a safe distance, and the devices immediately activated, releasing invisible special electromagnetic waves that precisely enveloped the area around Dark Zagi.

Dark Zagi was clearly stunned for a moment, then let out a roar of shock and anger: "What?!"

It clearly felt that the fear that was about to enter its body was eliminated by something invisible the moment it was about to enter. Its recovery process came to an abrupt halt, and although the flames of light on its body were weak, they were still stubbornly burning its body.

Seeing that the fear energy was blocked, Dark Zagi roared furiously, and dark red energy rapidly condensed in his palm, aiming directly at the two Victory Team cars!

But at that moment, Chi You, who had been hovering in the air, moved.

Its massive raptor form spread its wings wide, and violent purple lightning burst forth from its mouth and wings at the same time. These lightning bolts, like living thunder serpents, intertwined to form a destructive electric net, bombarding Dark Zagi relentlessly!

Crackling——!

Dark Zagi was violently distorted by the sudden and fierce attack, its energy form twisting violently, forcing it to abruptly halt its attack, which was only halfway complete. It angrily turned towards the white behemoth in the air, thus giving Gu Nuo an opportunity.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Nuo took a deep breath and nodded slightly to Banami, whose face was full of unspoken words.

Then, he drew his short blade again.

A dazzling light shot into the sky, and the silver-black giant and the dark red giant were entangled once again.

……

……

"Success!!!"

"Great! Your invention is fantastic!!!"

Horii Masami and Shinjo Tetsuo excitedly high-fived each other as they stepped out of the Sherlock and Drum patrol cars.

Beside them, electromagnetic waves emitted by devices on the roof of the vehicle created visible ripples in the air, like an invisible veil shrouding the battlefield.

In the distance, the sight of the Dark Giant being forced to retreat under the combined pressure of Ultraman and the White Beast undoubtedly heralded the dawn of victory.

"I only modified the device for purifying the River of Oblivion, but I didn't expect the effect to be so significant!"

Horii wiped the sweat from his brow, his face beaming with excitement:

"If this device weren't still too small in scale, and if we didn't need to use it on the battlefield near Dark Zagi to be effective, we could just deploy it in the city and eliminate these effects at their source!"

"Hey hey hey! Forget all that nonsense! Did you see that? Ultraman is about to win!!!" Shinjo pointed excitedly in the direction of the battlefield.

In the distance, the silver-black giant stood tall, his arms raised in front of his chest, the Nexus Armor shimmering with light, bursting forth with unprecedented brilliance.

On the other side of the light, Dark Zagi's body was on the verge of collapse. It staggered backward, and although it seemed that defeat was inevitable, it was still letting out bursts of roars - the sound was mixed with resentment and violence, like the last wail of a trapped beast.

……

……

The Nexus Armor on the silver-black giant's wrists emitted a dazzling light, and its arms quickly rose in front of its chest, with its right hand sliding smoothly to its left wrist.

Cascading light·storm!

A dazzling golden stream of light tore through the sky, carrying the power to disintegrate everything, and bombarded the purple circular barrier that Dark Zagi had barely managed to open!

The barrier distorted violently under the impact of the light stream, its surface constantly cracking with spiderweb-like fissures. Countless dark energy particles scattered like moths, and just as Dark Zagi was doing his best to maintain the barrier—

"Roar--!"

Chi You had somehow circled behind him, his giant wings outstretched, spewing out raging purple lightning serpents from his mouth! The lightning struck Dark Zagi precisely on the back, forming a pincer attack with the layered beams of light in front of him!

“Uhhhhhh——!!”

Dark Zagi let out a painful roar, the defensive barrier shattered, and the energy torrents attacking from both sides completely engulfed it. Its dark red body was violently sent flying like a kite with a broken string.

but……

You've been tricked!! Noah!!!

As Dark Zagi flew backward amidst a spray of dark red energy, a sinister glint flashed in its eyes. Its tattered body traced a twisted trajectory in the air. Although its energy form was constantly disintegrating, it still managed to maintain its orientation and prevent it from veering off course.

To think... they actually pushed me to this point...

Enduring the pain in its body, it landed on the ground, creating gullies, and stopped. It gripped the ground with its paws and moved with difficulty in the direction that was just a few feet away.

That was not long ago, when it was still the location of the pyramids!

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Chapter 74 The Seventh Successor – Kazuki Komon (4k5)

Darkness! I need the power of darkness!!!

As he struggled forward, Dark Zagi gritted his teeth and thought to himself.

The suicidal attack launched by that damned Noah's successor caused damage that was far more bizarre and troublesome than it appeared. Those flames of light not only scorched its energy body, but also corroded its most fundamental dark power like a malignant tumor.

At this moment, it clearly understood that it could no longer repair its collapsing body by absorbing the power of light, just as it had when it was resurrected.

It needs fear, it needs negative emotions... or even purer, more powerful darkness!

Just as it struggled and crawled somewhat disheveled toward the pyramid ruins—

A silver-black hand gripped its ankle like an iron clamp!

Dark Zagi turned around in horror, meeting a pair of pure white eyes, as clear as the moon, devoid of any emotion.

The opponent raised its other arm high, a rapidly spinning wheel of light condensing in its palm, and slashed down fiercely at its thigh without hesitation!

The sickening sound of a chainsaw cutting suddenly rang out, and a chilling sensation swept over Dark Zagi's entire body like a tidal wave.

!!!

Dark Zagi suddenly exerted force from his waist and abdomen, his body twisting rapidly like a wounded viper. A fierce kick struck the opponent's wrist joint, which was tightly gripping his ankle, while his other foot accurately lashed out at the silver-black giant's forearm, which was condensing a halo of light!