Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 274, Section 270: Star Gathering in Battle, V99 vs. the Dark Emperor (Two Chapters Combined)

"Shh!"

The moon trembled as a one-sided massacre unfolded.

Zolim's mountain-like body crushed through the lunar soil, unleashing a silent storm of death in the vacuum, and crashed menacingly towards Isilis.

Isilis struggled to fight back, dark red energy condensing into a devastating shockwave in his palm.

Qi Ming neither dodged nor evaded, but instead used the sapphire on his head to take the blow head-on.

This strike was powerful enough to level a mountain, and the move that had just knocked the Mejulang brothers to the ground had no effect on Zolim whatsoever.

Forget about effective damage, it didn't even cause any stun.

At the same time, Zolim's head slammed into Isilis like a collapsing mountain, and Isilis only had time to cross his arms.

"Crack!"

The sickening cracking sound echoed through the spiritual realm as Isilis was sent flying backward like a rag doll, carving a three-kilometer-long trench across the lunar surface before finally embedding itself in the crater cliff.

Its attacks could not harm Zolim, but Zolim's high-speed charge took half his life.

But Qi Ming was still somewhat dissatisfied.

"The defense is good, but the attack power is still a bit low, and it feels so awkward..." Qi Ming thought to himself, looking at the spiderweb-like cracks on Isilis's chest.

The sense of disharmony between a bipedal human and a limbless "snake" continues to trouble him.

At that moment, Dan Moroboshi shouted, "Those two guys are going to run away!"

Qi Ming turned around and saw the Mei Zhulang brothers quietly leaving.

They don't want to be enemies with this force.

"Hmph, trying to escape!" Qi Ming turned and charged, making the Mei Zhulang brothers tremble and flee as fast as they could, like rabbits being stalked by a giant python.

It has to be said that the brothers have a really good relationship. They didn't abandon each other when disaster struck, which made it easier for Qi Ming to pursue them.

It opened its massive maw once more, and blazing white flames traced plasma paths in the vacuum, blasting the two brothers into a frenzy.

Zolim's tail followed closely behind, and the lunar crust, under the impact of tens of thousands of tons, bulged up a wall of broken rocks tens of meters high, leaving the Mejulang brothers unable to stand up.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" As the continuous fireballs scorched them to a crisp, two beams of green light finally rose from the remains.

【Access/Conversion】.

【Access/Conversion】.

Qi Ming chose to convert all of them.

Star Gift: 10.
Manufacturing: 22/40.
Star Power has reached 10 points!
"Isilis is most likely also a B-rank. If I don't use it now, my Star Gift will overflow." With that thought, Qi Ming immediately performed Star Gathering.

This is the first time that star gathering has been performed while in a transformed state.

As Qi Ming pressed the button, the four buttons of Ultraman's random key emitted a green laser at the same time, and the four lasers formed a light curtain at the intersection.

A picture appeared on the screen.

In the deep sea, a group of crimson creatures with sharp, blade-like wings are swimming.

Qi Ming recognized the monsters at a glance; they were the winged space monsters called Arrigera, which first appeared in episode 38 of "Ultraman Mebius," titled "The Brave Fish of the Sea."

Qi Ming thought to himself, "However, there weren't that many Arigera gathered together in that episode of 'Ultraman Mebius'."

"The scene of the Arigera gathering in the deep sea seems to have only appeared in the episode 'The Dragon Cannot Take Off' in 'Mega Monster Battle'."

"So, the other side of the light screen is Planet Boris from the first season of 'Mega Monster Battle'?"

Then there's no need to send out a distress signal.

Soon, the camera on the screen locked onto one of the Arigera.

The light curtain dissipated, the dial of Ultraman's random button spun, and the silhouette of Aligela appeared on the screen, with three lines of text below:
Arigela.

Integration level: 60%.

Rating: C.

"It's only a C-level? According to the law of conservation of luck, after so many lucky streaks, it's time for a bad streak. Consider it a stepping stone for the next one."

"However, Arigera doesn't seem so bad; this monster has some merit."

Qi Ming began to recall the characteristics of the monster Arigera in his mind.

It has no eyes and can only sense direction by emitting ultrasonic waves through the pulse holes in the air intakes on its shoulders.

Its advantage is its extremely high speed; in the original series, it surpasses GUYS's fighter jets, creating a small hurricane wherever it flies.

It can emit electromagnetic pulses from a pulse hole and also fire tracking light bullets from its tail.

At the same time, it can not only fly in space, but also be an amphibious monster on Earth, with extremely strong applicability.

"As a C-class vehicle, its cost-effectiveness is almost on par with Ultraman Tiga, and at least better than Gazort."

"Looking at it this way, I wasn't too ruthless this time. Speed-type monsters are quite suitable for me, and there's no time limit."

While pondering, Qi Ming continued to bombard Isilis below with fireballs.

It had lost all its former domineering aura as the emperor of the universe, and struggled and fled like a stray dog.

"Boom!" Another fireball struck its face, and Isilis's body was blasted hundreds of meters away once again.

"Ancient Bridge" shouted from the side: "Isilis, you've finally met your match!"

Compared to the pyrrhic victories they had won with their lives in the past, Qiming Zolim's crushing defeat gave him immense satisfaction.

Isilis turned her head with difficulty to look at him, but she no longer had the strength to respond.

It never imagined that it would have such a humiliating moment, being beaten from beginning to end, its retaliation and resistance appearing insignificant and laughable in the face of the opponent's terrifying size.

"Boom boom boom!" Zolim unleashed another barrage of fireballs, and Isilis finally couldn't hold on any longer, his body shattered.

The gravity generator deep inside the moon also self-destructed, and gravity began to return to normal.

The life energy of Isilis's demise condensed into a beam of blue light, which was absorbed by Ultraman's random key.

【Access/Conversion】.

Qi Ming chose to switch, and the main interface of the watch face changed.

Star Gift: 3.
Manufacturing: 23/40.
"Isilis, that demon, is completely dead. My obsession has dissipated. Thank you."

The alien possessing the ancient bridge said, bowing to Zolim, who was transformed from Qi Ming, as the blue soul left the ancient bridge's body.

Gu Qiao lay back down, then quickly opened his eyes again: "What happened? How did we get to the surface of the moon?"

Now it's the person in charge who's speaking.

Dan Moroboshi, who was standing nearby, said, "It's nothing, it's all over, the enemy has been completely wiped out."

"No, not yet." Qi Ming's voice echoed in his mind: "I can sense that there is something else lurking around here, watching us... but let's push this thing back first."

After saying that, Qi Ming began to push the moon back into its original orbit, while also looking around.

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On a meteorite less than 300 kilometers from the moon, a strange monster 50 meters tall lies on it, hiding itself with optical camouflage.

At first glance, without close inspection, it might just look like a protruding rock on a meteorite. It is the cosmic bomb monster, Valaron, the third wave of attacks in the original *Blazer* series.

The two Taganura had targeted it before, but in this world, Valaron changed its behavior due to a special order and did not fight back after a direct confrontation as in the original series.

After cleverly avoiding those two attacks, it created the illusion of being annihilated in order to avoid attracting attention from the other side of Earth, waiting for the opportunity to launch a general offensive.

At this moment, it secretly peeked out and peered at the Earth below, looking completely illogical.

As a biological weapon sent to attack Earth, its orders were to wait for the previous monster to fully mature, then act together with it to destroy the dangerous blue planet.

The previous monster—referring to the starfish [Gaibaluga].

In the original Blaze series, the Gebaluga that descended to Earth was killed by Blaze, but laid eggs before it died.

After the egg hatched, the giant starfish, three times the size of a normal starfish and far surpassing Blaze's size, was born.

This is V99's plan: to have the Great Star and Valaron act simultaneously to destroy Earth's civilization.

But the problem is... in this world, the starfish [Gaibaluga] had just arrived on Earth when it encountered Greeza.

Laying eggs? That doesn't happen.

It was completely devoured, swallowed up by nothingness, leaving nothing behind.

Therefore, large starfish will no longer appear in this world.

However, the remotely controlled V99 was clearly unaware of this, leading to a misjudgment and the issuance of incorrect commands.

This was incomprehensible to Valaron, which was already very close to Earth, yet failed to detect the signal from the giant star.

It dared not act rashly and relayed this intelligence to the V99 fleet at the terminal, awaiting new orders.

Strangely, my feedback seemed to have sunk without a trace, and I never received a response from the other side.

It kept calling persistently, and finally, a response came.

[Black Flame][Danger][Black Flame][Danger].

[Restore][Machine][Restore][Machine].

[Armor] [Terror] [Armor] [Terror].

[Darkness][Emperor][Darkness][Emperor].

[Destruction][Destruction][Destruction][Destruction].

The intermittent, illogical replies nearly brought Valaron to a standstill.

It didn't understand what this meant: should it remain inactive and wait again, or should it launch a solo attack on Earth?
However, it realized that the fleet that sent it to Earth must have encountered a terrible situation that rendered them unable to respond normally.

Dangerous black flames, a machine capable of restoration, terrifying armor, a dark emperor?

"Found you." Before it could finish analyzing, a mountain-like shadow loomed overhead.

It was Qi Ming who transformed into the giant beast Zolim.

They've been discovered! Valaron immediately went on high alert.

"Earth doesn't welcome stowaways." Zolim suddenly lashed out with his tail, and Valaron immediately jumped up to avoid the attack.

"Bang!" The massive meteorite was shattered into pieces, and Valaron floated in outer space, appearing so tiny in the face of the colossal beast Zolim.

But it did not back down and continued to charge forward, fighting the giant beast Zolim.

After twenty rounds of fighting, Valaron realized that his attacks could not inflict any effective damage on the guy.

In the original "Blazer" series, although Valaron crushed Blazer on the moon, Blazer was extremely weak from the start, and the attack was too targeted.

In melee combat, you will be cut by the rotating serrated edge of Valalon's chest. Once you create distance, Valalon will stun Blaze with a red destructive ray and then release a tail bomb.

These advantages seem utterly ridiculous in the face of Zolim.

As Zolim pursued it, the serrated teeth on its chest spun rapidly, but sparks flew as they collided with its tail.

A red destructive ray and a tail bomb? Zolim can withstand Gaia V2 quantum light streams; this kind of attack is simply no match for his defenses.

Moreover, the opponent's flames could easily ignite the bombs it generated at the tail, causing it to be accidentally injured by its own bombs multiple times.

"Crack!" Valaron seized the opportunity, leaping up and biting Zolim's back, trying to drain his energy to weaken him.

In the original Blaze series, when Blaze was unable to retaliate in order to push the moon back into orbit, it seized the opportunity to bite Blaze and devour its energy, and then evolved into its second form.

But facing Zolim...

Valaron could barely bite through its outer layer of skin and was unable to absorb any energy.

“You know, a biting mosquito should be slapped away,” Qi Ming said, as Zolim turned and slammed Valaron hard onto the moon’s surface.

The advantage of their massive size allowed them to completely suppress Valaron.

However, Qi Ming was not particularly pleased, because although Zolim was extremely defensive, his attack methods were too limited.

Their only ranged attack is fire-breathing, and its power is quite average.

At close range, he can only use headbutts or tail whips; he can't use the constriction techniques of ordinary pythons because the size difference between him and his opponent is too great.

"If it were really a dragon, it would be great. It could kill an enemy with a single claw. This snake-like body is really inconvenient."

"No wonder Zolim didn't make it to A-rank; his shortcomings are still quite obvious."

While Qi Ming lamented his lack of means to quickly kill Valaron, the latter was pondering apocalyptic questions like "how to survive."

If I can't beat you, can't I at least run away?

With that thought in mind, Valaron dug a deep pit and hid inside the moon.

When Qi Ming, disguised as Zolim, came over and saw that the hole was too small for him to fit through.

"A trick by the earth rats." Zolim opened his massive maw and poured flames into the tunnel.

"!" Valaron dug frantically into the narrow tunnel, the scorching flames pouring in from behind like magma, causing it excruciating pain.

"Bang!" Valaron emerged from the other side of the moon as if fleeing a disaster, his entire body covered in burn marks.

No, we can't hide on the moon, we have to go down to Earth!
"Die!" Zolim's tail swept across like a mountain range, striking Valaron in the waist.

"Crack!"

The cracking sound of the mechanical skeleton breaking rang out. Valaron spun like a baseball being hit and flew into deep space.

But it adjusted its body in mid-air and relentlessly flew towards Earth.

"Hey, you can actually fly? I thought you were like Groudon from Pokémon and couldn't fly."

"Even in this state, they still want to go to Earth. What a loyal biological weapon! Do they want to die on Earth if they want to die?"

Qi Ming continued his one-sided pursuit, causing Valaron's life energy to continuously decline.

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I spent last night organizing the outline for the next post, so I'll stop here for today.

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(End of this chapter)