Am I the only one in this team who is not Ultraman?

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Turning his head to look at Gatanothor's enormous body, with countless tentacles surging around him, Dimaga knew that he would have to bear the pressure alone now. He couldn't release the Time-Space Dimension, otherwise it would cause an even more uncontrollable disaster. Since that was the case, he could only risk trying the move he had thought of before.

On the other hand, Grimd thought differently from Gatanothor. Cosmos, Justice, Zeta, and Taiga had all been completely petrified. Although she didn't know why there was still a life force among them, she didn't care. In the end, she never took these Ultramen seriously.

However, these beings can be used as hostages to threaten Leo and force him to merge with them. Leo and Grimd are no longer just half-bodies of the Chaos God. If they merge, the Chaos God Grimd will leap directly back to the pinnacle of legend.

At that time, she will return all the universes to chaos, and there will be no longer any distinction between light and darkness. Her power will forever remain at its peak.

(It seems they don't intend to completely destroy the statues of Justice and the others.)

As Galatrom calculated in her mind, she stood up. Even though her armor was made of Gatanothor's skull material, the Chaos Ray attack had severely injured her. She even suspected that Grimd didn't kill her simply because he didn't want to break the last vestige of negotiation with Leo.

Grimd did have this in mind, but it was also because Galatron's defense was too strong. She originally wanted to completely incapacitate Galatron, but she didn't expect that Galatron could still stand up and her injuries were recovering rapidly.

“Is that so? Your assimilation with Sphia is so perfect…” Grimd wasn’t surprised. After all, this was a monster that Leo had his eye on, so it should perform like this. “So, do you think you can stop me all by yourself?”

"How would you know if you don't try?" Galatrom took a deep breath, pulled out the Mortalanga virus and stuck it into his arm, while also pulling out the Nix Spark he had developed. "I never expected it to get to this point so quickly."

This was not an unexpected outcome, but rather a situation that should have been anticipated. The enemy had become stronger over the past 30 million years, but apart from Leo, their combat strength was not on par with the enemy's; the gap was too large.

They made thorough preparations, but would the enemy just wait for them to attack? If only that were the case. However, Gatanothor and Grimd teamed up to ambush Leo, and the Dark Shadow Mage trapped the King of Ultra. Sometimes, you can only prepare for the worst.

Grimd was genuinely curious about what Galatrom could possibly come up with under these circumstances. She didn't mind playing with him a little longer, since Leo would eventually realize that he couldn't eliminate the Dark Shadow Mage and would have to rely on her.

[Spark materializes as Godis Zavors]

The voice made Grimd's face freeze for a moment. "What?"

The next moment, the patterns on Galatrom's body suddenly changed, and an unusual blue crystal extended out. The core in his chest also became more like a flowing color. Galatrom's aura suddenly rose too much, even reaching above Hyperion.

"...Spark Dolls, Dark Sparks are indeed troublesome." Grimd immediately understood what was going on. Leo defeated the four great sealed monsters and absorbed their ultimate darkness, so naturally he should have obtained the four related Spark Dolls.

Although these four monsters were only made into the Great Sealed Monsters by Gatanothor and Grimd's scheme, their strength was still considerable. After Leo realized that the Limit Fighter could not create the monster's true form because it lacked soul data, he had Dark Spark create Spark Dolls directly.

That damned Modius (though he's dead), if it weren't for him letting Leo escape their and Gatanothor's sight and become stronger in the Plasma Universe, how could the two of them have missed this?

But it doesn't matter anyway. Galatrom's strength is still far inferior to his own. Just because an ant has turned into a cat doesn't mean it can defeat a lion. Grimd is free anyway, so it doesn't matter if he plays with Galatrom.

The situation on other battlefields was also dire. Renlong, Rainbow Kagachi, and Jugglus were holding on desperately, and the MK4 and EX Pedanium Zetton that Leo sent to them could only help a little but could not play a key role.

Kai has completely lost consciousness. Darkness quickly enveloped him, stealing his light and transforming it into dark power. Ultimate Darkness is transformed from the Eternal Core, so this is certainly something he can do.

On Raymond's side, Gothizavors was completely unstoppable. Blaze, in his String Man form, could barely stand, but Dekae and Dyna had already fallen completely, as they did not have the protection of the Faldran armor.

Darkness surged in swiftly, robbing them of all their light. The Stringman gritted his teeth, leaving the radiance of Fadran and the radiance of the radiance sword to Dekai and Dyna respectively, so that they would be temporarily protected from the darkness. Then he injected himself with the virus of Mortalanga.

The pain vanished, replaced by a power even greater than that of wearing the Faldran armor. However, Gento could clearly feel the light within him rapidly fading, and his life was slipping away at an alarming rate—the price of power.

But he still charged towards Gordiszavores without hesitation.

Meanwhile, sensing that the lives of others were rapidly disappearing, Komon also decided to take a gamble. The power of Dark Lucifer was too great, and even Renina could not resist it. King Goldras could not hold out for long, and spacetime could collapse at any moment.

The situation was critical, and there was no time to hesitate. Komon also plunged into the Mortalanga virus, overdrawing his own life to gain power. He rushed towards Dark Lucifer, who had just defeated the Three Emperors, and threw a punch, which actually turned the tables and knocked Dark Lucifer back half a step.

However, the next moment, Gu Men was sent flying by a dark lightning strike. He only felt a tightness in his chest, but no pain. They were not afraid of death, and now pain could not be a burden on their bodies. Naturally, they would fight to the last moment.

Renina watched this scene with a sigh. She recalled the time she had seen Red King, who had sacrificed himself to protect the child and die with Zetton. Sometimes, some people do have things that they value more than life itself.

(Leo, I don't know what your plans are, but... you have to hold on.)

While the battle raged on one side, the eastern front was also under considerable pressure. Max was knocked down by the Magma aliens, and the poison invaded his body, making it difficult for him to stand up. As a result, he had to inject Mortalanga's poison to allow him to stand up again.

The timer on his chest was now only glowing faintly. Max had been infected with the Mortalanga virus before and should have been able to hold on longer than others, but now he could barely stand.

Volugan punched the Kirieloid away, and seeing that Max was still able to stand up, he sneered disdainfully, "Trying to hold on with injuries like that?"

With a wave of his hand, Volugan surrounded Max, but fortunately MK3 and Lina arrived in time to break the siege. Even so, Max could only...

“Ultraman Max no longer has the strength to fight…” Lina didn’t know what to say. She didn’t look at Daigo’s situation, but she felt extremely uneasy. The headquarters was also in a state of chaos.

"This is TPC headquarters. Notice: All defense units that have received this notice, return to headquarters immediately. I repeat: All defense units that have received this notice, return to headquarters immediately. There is an important mission!"

Fukami's voice made Kiyama Megumi increasingly uneasy. This was supposed to be Nozue's job. "What's going on?"

"...It has been confirmed that, apart from Ultraman Nexus who is still fighting, all the other Ultramen have lost. Ultraman Blaze was just defeated by Goddess Zavors."

"Right now, Vice Captain Leo, in his Hyper Zetton form, is still fighting the Dark Shadow Mage, but... it seems the battle is far from over."

The news struck everyone like a bolt from the blue. How could this be? It had only been a few minutes since the start of the war, how could they have suffered a complete defeat? Lina even felt a moment of dizziness and lost her composure.

"Lina!" Captain Munakata's voice brought Lina back to her senses. She then realized that a Zoga had pounced on her, but it was too late to dodge.

A flash of cold light appeared as Max's headdress cleaved Zoga in two. Lina narrowly escaped unharmed and instinctively looked at Max, who remained in the position of throwing the headdress before collapsing to the ground.

Max's injuries were too severe, the toxins from Volugan were deadly, and the Mortalanga virus couldn't even help him stand up.

This time, Max, having lost his light, did not revert to his human form. Instead, he gradually became transparent and then completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

"...Max has disappeared." Munakata realized what this meant. He gritted his teeth, suppressing his grief. Megumi clenched her fists. "Victory Team received. All members, return to headquarters immediately!"

"Falcon, Lightning, and Cool Dragon teams, received. Begin your return journey."

"Kangaroo Warriors, received. Begin your return journey."

"White Hawks, Raptors, and Liberty teams have received your confirmation and are beginning their return journey."

"This is Tenglong's new first team and Tenglong's new third team... Received."

"Lion Team, Horned Rhinoceros Team received."

"White Bear Team, Blizzard Team understands, return now."

"Royal Glory, Ironblood, and Storm teams confirmed, evacuation begins now."

"Night Raid Team confirms orders, now beginning the return journey."

Chapter 642 The Last Insurance

"Can you feel it?" The Dark Shadow Mage's Absolute Slash and Leo's Cosmic Supreme Impact collided, and the combined power caused the Earth beneath their feet to shake continuously. "All the Ultramen you believed in have been defeated."

"They trusted you so much, they believed you could solve the problem of Ultimate Darkness until the very last moment, but what was the result?"

"At worst, I'll fight you for another thirty million years." Leo was not afraid at all. The worst-case scenario was that he would use himself as an anchor point to seal the darkness. If thirty million years was not enough, several thousand or tens of thousands of years would not be a problem.

“Then there is no possibility of the eight Earths in the universe being separated again.” The Dark Shadow Mage knew Leo too well. He had no doubt that Leo was capable of doing such a thing. This guy was really reckless. He had to find something else to hold him hostage.

The Dark Mage is not taking action now not only because he needs to plunge humanity into greater despair, but more importantly because he doesn't want to push Leo too far. To this end, he wants to maintain the last vestiges of stability in this spacetime and ensure that humanity can still survive.

On the other hand, there was also a concern that Leo might be pushed to the limit and explode.

Now, all the effort and waiting have been worthwhile. The seed planted 30 million years ago has sprouted today, and the negative energy in people's hearts has begun to spread. A huge amount of negative energy is surging towards the Dark Shadow Mage.

Similarly, the Dark Shadow Mage also sensed that a considerable portion of the Ultimate Darkness that should have flowed entirely to him was being taken away by Gatanothor and Grimd, which made him very unhappy.

However, the negative energy was first converted from the already corrupted Eternal Core. These two guys could easily steal it, but unfortunately, they are still being held back by Leo. Otherwise, the Dark Shadow Mage would have gone to collect the debt himself.

"Powerful Bull-Breaking Fist!"

"Explosive Impact!"

The power of the dark-enhanced cosmic beast, the Buffalo, clashed once more with Hyper Zetton's fist, which was wreathed in death flames. This time, however, the balance was not maintained, and Leo was knocked back several hundred meters, staring incredulously at the cracks on his hand.

"Can you feel it?" The Dark Shadow Mage spread his hands, feeling extremely comfortable. Ultimate Darkness was surging in continuously, constantly strengthening and transforming Ultimate Tartarus's body. "Eighty percent, this body can now unleash eighty percent of my power!"

At this moment, the Shadow Mage was more excited than ever before. "I have been searching for a vessel to serve as my body all this time, and today has finally come!"

A massive darkness erupted, tearing the surrounding ground apart. A torrent of darkness surged forth, lingering around Leo and the Shadow Mage. The Shadow Mage absorbed it all, but Leo refused to accept it.

Looking at Ultimate Tartarus, now completely reduced to an enemy of the Dark Shadow Mage's body, Leo coldly asked, "...Was the matter of Planet Empera also for this purpose?"

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Dark Shadow Mage's clone caused a star to explode in the Empera Galaxy, leading to the destruction of the Empera civilization and the birth of the Dark Emperor Empera.

“That’s right.” The Dark Shadow Mage readily admitted this. “Thirty million years ago, I originally planned to implant your Dark Heart into Ultraman Triga’s body, making it my new body.”

"Unfortunately, the Earth's will granted him his own consciousness, and at the most critical moment, he chose to betray me, sealing the Zephyr Flower with his own body, and the Dark Heart was also sealed by Ultraman Ake."

"So I sent my clone to search the universe for a vessel to serve as my body, or to create one myself, but Emperor was too weak and could only exert 30% of my power at most."

At this point, the Dark Shadow Mage himself was also filled with regret. If his clone hadn't attacked Planet Empera, Leo might not have been born and become his biggest obstacle.

However, these words immediately ignited Empera, who had assimilated with Leo, and she rarely cursed out loud, "F*** you!"

Enraged, if Emperor Empera weren't just in his spiritual form, even if he were simply the Dark Emperor, he would have charged at the Dark Shadow Mage with his sword, ready to fight to the death.

Billions of people in the civilization of Empera, her parents, relatives, friends and kin, all died in this catastrophe created by the Dark Shadow Mage.

However, Empera quickly calmed down. She had to force herself to stay calm, as she was still assimilating with Leo. Her brief outburst of rage had also activated the ultimate darkness within Leo, adding unnecessary pressure.

“Leo…I’m sorry.” Empera fell silent again.

"It's alright, I'm annoyed too." Leo understood Empera's feelings. He clenched his fist, but the Dark Shadow Mage shook his head. "Look at you, Leo. You were also born favored by darkness, but why don't you know how to cherish it?"

Even though Leo rejected him, only a small portion of the ultimate darkness around him turned to the Dark Shadow Mage, while the majority remained around him, ready to be used by him at any time.

"I won't reject the power of darkness, but let's avoid negative energy." Leo never thought that darkness and light were necessarily good or bad, but negative energy was definitely not a good thing.

If he absorbs too much ultimate darkness, the negative energy within it will completely distort his personality and mind. He is currently fighting to protect humanity and the entire universe, but he may eventually become a tyrant who uses dark sparks to completely stop everyone's time.

"So, are we going to continue fighting like this... Oh, so this is your backup plan?"

The Dark Shadow Mage wasn't referring to the life-risking methods of Galatrom and Demaga, but rather to the actions of TPC.

Grimd, facing Galatrom, who had assimilated with the Spark Doll of Gordiszavors, was also somewhat injured. Galatrom's assimilated power was almost catching up with Grimd's level 30 million years ago.

Gatanothor was also surprised; Dimaga's headbutt had actually made her body sway.

Although its body is only a few thousand meters in size, Gatanothor absorbed so much Ultimate Darkness that its actual mass is greater than that of the sun. It is only because of the special properties of Ultimate Darkness that it can stand here. In other words, Dimaga can actually shake the sun in terms of physical power.

"Interesting. As expected of Leo's monster, how did you do that?" Gatanothor was genuinely curious. Demaga remained silent, but unleashed an even more powerful force, the Razor Shattering Wave shooting out and shattering Gatanothor's tentacles, which then continued to regenerate.

But this made Gatanothor understand what was going on. "So that's how it is. Instead of releasing the spacetime dimension, it swallowed it into its own body, causing the spacetime dimension to expand inside its body. This is very dangerous."

Gatanothor's tone was sarcastic. Even though Dimaga's body could constantly adapt to external pressure and develop immunity, the spacetime was different. She couldn't withstand such immense pressure indefinitely; it wasn't something she could do by overeating.

"Mind your own business," Dimaga wanted to say, but she couldn't open her mouth at all. As a spacetime monster, she was undoubtedly very powerful, and there might not be many in the entire universe who could compare to her.

Therefore, her spacetime realm is also exceptionally powerful. She incorporates the spacetime realm into her body to gain even greater power. Dimaga got the inspiration from Greeza, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult the first time he tried it.

But she knew that if things were difficult on her side, the situation on the other side wouldn't be much better, especially on the human side. She had to hold on.

With the Leo family's monsters holding the line, TPC headquarters was in a complete mess. There was nothing they could do; the speed and trend of the situation had completely exceeded their expectations.

"What should we do?" This was the first time Director Yoshioka had lost his composure like this. He hadn't expected that in just a few minutes, all the Ultramen except for Leo and Nexus had fallen, and the battle between Leo and the Dark Shadow Mage was clearly a close contest.

The eastern front can hold out for now, but if Gatanjah and his forces launch a direct attack, things could get dangerous.

What to do? This question lingered in everyone's mind. They themselves were not afraid to go to the battlefield, but now they had to consider the future of all human civilization and the Earth, and even several universes. The enormous pressure made it hard for them to breathe.

"Don't be nervous, we have a backup plan." The sudden voice made everyone look towards the entrance of the command room. They didn't know when, but King Joe, a blond-haired armored soldier, was already standing there. "Don't blame me for showing up uninvited, I was in a bit of a hurry."

Upon seeing King Joe's familiar face, Dr. Yao, Dr. Iwamoto, and many other renowned scientists from their time together stood up. "Professor!?"

"It's me, it's me. I'm not dead yet, but now's not the time for reminiscing." Armor King Joe waved his hand, looking at the situation on the big screen, his face somewhat grim.

“I never expected it to turn out like this… Call the defense team back, Yao, Iwamoto, Brandon and Lining, and that guy named Nozue over there too. Tango can’t handle it all by himself, so go help him. I’ll take charge of the rest of the plan.”

King Joe rubbed his hands together; she was Leo's last line of defense.

Chapter 643 All Members Return

When Lina and the others returned to the base, the situation had visibly deteriorated. Members from various defense teams gathered together, their expressions grim, their eyes filled with anxiety, and their hearts pounding with unease.

What should they do next? The Ultramen have all been defeated. The sudden recall from headquarters must be part of another plan. That's the only conclusion they can draw.

As former comrades-in-arms, their first formal meeting in many years had diminished their former vigor. Kijima wiped the sweat from her brow and looked at William, "Xuanren, he..."

William waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be so hesitant. "At this point, we can more or less guess what's going on. ESCG deals with Ultraman all day long and even goes on missions alone... Leo didn't intend to hide it from us."

Since things had come to this point, there was no need to continue the conversation. Jujian Hui glanced around and noticed that many familiar faces were missing. "The others haven't arrived yet..."

Halfway through her sentence, Megumi suddenly remembered something. She was so exhausted that she didn't immediately realize what it was.

"Guderian left yesterday. I heard that Bablu was blown up in his Desfasa while covering for the others. You should know about Zhao Lin's situation. And Johnson... couldn't dodge Saurus's missile and just left."

The White Hawks' captain, Johnson, or more accurately, Coles Johnson, was the son of Peters Johnson, the branch manager of the Americas branch.

"Of the group of people from the same cohort, there aren't many left. Apart from Gale, almost everyone else is here." Captain He Cang Yingfu of the Night Raid Team also came over; they were all from the same cohort.

Captain Gale is currently at Delta Force and cannot be contacted, while most of his other old friends are here.

Megumi Kijima and Munakata from the Victory Team, William from the European branch and Benjamin, the Storm Team captain, Ishimura, the Sky Base commander, and Eisuke Kazukura from the Night Raid Team... less than half of the last members of the Storm Raid Team are still standing here.

“All of Tenglong’s old comrades are gone. The area they were responsible for was under the most pressure… Not to mention the enhanced Dark Ruganoga, they even went to support Ultraman Orb.” Ivanov from the Eastern European branch took off his helmet, revealing his tired face.

"Where are the people from headquarters?" Liam, the captain of the Kangaroo Warriors, looked around, then his eyes widened. Opposite him, Director Sawai, Chief Yoshioka, Wang Jianjun, representative of the Asian branch, Marian, head of the European branch, Johnson, head of the American branch, and a group of others were walking towards them.