Dark Tiga, what are you doing?

Chapter 137 The Limiter Named Ace Will Eventually Be Removed
Ace thought he had been careful enough.

It's both instantaneous teleportation and concealing one's presence.

The main feature is a stealth mode.

Upon reaching the bottom of the deep sea, they took no further action, their objective clear: to revive the three giants. Unexpectedly, they failed to even obtain the Ancient Light Genetic Converter. Gatanothor, the Dark Ruler who stood on the sea surface radiating an aura of darkness, had silently arrived at the seabed, his crimson eyes fixed intently on their own crimson silhouette.

Ace turned to face the Dark Ruler, sensing the intense interest emanating from him. His crimson eyes seemed to reveal a human-like mockery as he stared at Ace, the meatpacking plant director who struck fear into the hearts of many aliens and cosmic monsters.

The gaping maw, like a black hole, swallowed a lot of seawater, making a gurgling sound. The thick black mist mixed with the seawater, hissing and crackling. Unbeknownst to them, the light that belonged only to the sea seemed to be swallowed up by Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, and transformed into his own darkness, making him especially terrifying.

"Taku!"

With a flick of his wrist, Ace channeled the power of light within his body, transforming it into a military knife. The sharp blade swirled in the underwater world, captivating the divine and reversing magnetic poles. Facing the ruler of darkness, Tian Liuhai took the lead and unhesitatingly released the Ultra Guillotine Blade, which was attached to the longsword. The two combined to create an unstoppable sharpness.

Grabbing his enchanted longsword, Ace quickly closed the distance between himself and Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, raising him high and intending to cleave him in two. Once Gatanothor's head and body were separated, the battle would be over.

But is it really that easy?

Even if the Ultra Guillotine and the Saber are combined into one, possessing true damage like a broken army, and capable of breaking through the defenses of the Dark Ruler Gatanothor, the Dark Ruler Gatanothor is not an inanimate object; it knows how to counterattack and defend against enemy attacks.

A flash of crimson light appeared, and jet-black tentacles, resembling a giant python, emitted a black mist to confuse Ace's vision while simultaneously launching a barrage of arrows at him, hunting him down. Huge black crab claws, like small hills, circled around to launch a sneak attack from behind.

This forced Ace to abandon his decapitation plan. He feared that before his blade even touched the head of the Dark Ruler Gatanothor, his own body would be pierced and riddled with holes.

Ace had no choice but to stop advancing and switch from offense to defense, swinging his longsword and relying on its enchanted sharpness to slash in an arc.

With a few sharp "cracks," a cold glint appeared first, and the black tentacles, as flexible as pythons, snapped off. The long sword was constantly swung, like the death warrant of the King of Hell, slaying evil. Even the giant crab claws that were trying to sneak up from behind and emit black mist to confuse Ace's vision were noticed by Ace in advance.

A rapidly spinning light wheel materialized in his left hand, creating a vacuum zone in a small area. It collided with the black crab claw, producing a crisp sound. With a "bang," it sent the claw flying. Ace didn't forget to throw the light wheel out, which slammed hard into the crab claw, creating a violent explosion.

Taking advantage of this time, he slashed down all the dark tentacles that were approaching him.

It perfectly defended against the Dark Ruler's attack, but it also caused the Ultra Guillotine's effectiveness to be lost. Now it's just an ordinary military knife in hand, so it's still sharp, but not enough to cut through the Dark Lord's head.

"Senior is getting more and more amazing." Inside her body, Suzuki Yu coordinated with Ace's energy output to share the pressure after the transformation.

The two became increasingly in sync and perfect in their cooperation, and the pressure they could withstand also increased.

However, compared to the sheer terror of the enemy, even if they used Ace's skills to their fullest extent, it would not be enough to defeat such a terrifying foe.

Unless they can obtain power beyond Ace's own.

However, achieving this level of 10 is extremely difficult, especially for someone like the Ultra Brothers. For them to improve their strength is incredibly challenging, often requiring them to work in units of hundreds or even thousands of years. Significant progress is only possible in life-or-death battles.

Tenryukai and Suzuki Ame also cooperated perfectly in life-and-death battles, and were able to bring out Ace's power perfectly when they worked together.

"This is really troublesome." Tian Liuhai severed the tentacles of the Dark Ruler.

But it seems that the Dark Ruler can have as many tentacles as it wants. In the blink of an eye, hundreds more jet-black tentacles grew out from under that black shell, densely packed and terrifying to behold, writhing on the seabed like Cthulhu.

"Senior, the situation is not good." Upon seeing this, Suzuki Yu's eyes narrowed.

If the enemy can endlessly extend its tentacles, then no matter how many tentacles they sever, it will be ineffective. They will need to implement other plans. After all, while the enemy's tentacles may not require much energy to grow, severing them will consume most of their light power. In such a battle, they would be defeated due to insufficient energy within minutes.

"If we can't revive the three of them on the spot, then let's take away the excess light genetic factor converter first." Tian Liuhai quickly made a decision.

The Dark Ruler did not intend to destroy the petrified giant statues, so it would be fine to leave the statues of Agul, Gaia, and Tiga to remain underwater.

However, it is necessary to remove the ancient photogene converter first.

To prevent it from being destroyed by the ruler of darkness.

The Dark Ruler also seems to have noticed the peculiarities of the ancient light genetic converter.

They came to retrieve this inconspicuous device once or twice, and successfully revived the giant from his petrified state, giving him new powers of light.

While the Dark Ruler dislikes deep thought, this doesn't mean he lacks intelligence. In fact, Gatanothor's intelligence is quite high, comparable to that of outstanding researchers in human society. It's just that often, when a brilliant mind possesses superhuman power, its superior intelligence tells it that it can simply use that power to solve any problem.

This statement may seem funny, but it's actually quite useful.

Super strength is enough to smooth over any trouble. The premise is that the strength is strong enough. If the strength is not enough to smooth over the trouble at hand, then it is time for super intelligence to take the stage.

General Ace put away his sword.

They took a few steps back.

They retreated to the converter.

Reach out and pick it up.

Be cautious when facing the ruler of darkness.

The terrifying, world-destroying evil god stared intently at the converter.

This time, even if they release Ace, they can't let the converter go.

Only by destroying this unassuming device can the petrified giant be truly petrified, and thus lose all hope of revival.

The Dark Lord Gatanothor opened his gaping maw and unleashed a terrifying beam that swept across the area.

It's almost an indiscriminate attack.

Fortunately, there is no life on the seabed.

Ace's job is simply to dodge attacks.

Ace rolled several times in succession and successfully dodged the attack.

Then, he turned around, glanced at the Dark Ruler, pushed off with both feet, and flew straight upstream. His legs exerted force, like an arrow released from a bow. The light power that burst from his body once stirred up the seawater and stirred up huge waves.

Want to go?

Not that easy.

Prey targeted by the dark, world-destroying evil god is not so easy to escape.

Throughout the past 30 million years, the Dark Ruler has never failed. Although each awakening lasts only a short period of time, each awakening is an apocalyptic disaster for the civilizations that have been nurtured on Earth.

Petrifying rays were released from the deep seabed. On the silent Dead Sea surface, where black mist drifted, the petrifying rays resembled lasers at full power, rippling everywhere.

Ace had no choice but to dodge.

Facing the effect of petrification and light stripping.

Even Ace was unable to put up a fight.

The only way to deal with the petrifying rays is to avoid exposing one's body to them and prevent the light within one's body from being stripped away. Aside from that, the best way to eliminate the petrifying rays seems to be to completely shut the Dark Ruler's mouth, forcing it to stop releasing them.

However, doing so would be like a lamb entering a tiger's den, facing endless attacks from tentacles, and would likely be refined in an instant.

"Taku!" Ace dodged left and right on the seabed.

Normally, it would only take Ace a short time to fly out of the seabed at his speed, but this time, under the influence of the petrification ray, it took him more than 10 seconds to fly out of the seabed.

This made Ace realize instantly that something was wrong. Even if he was affected by the petrification ray and had to dodge, he shouldn't have been flying. He hadn't left the seabed for so long.

When Ace realized it, the Dead Sea around him had changed. Endless dark energy spread and sealed off the area. Unbeknownst to him, the entire sea had become the Dark Realm of the Dark Ruler. With just a thought, it would become a place of no return, a forbidden zone for all living beings, a place of utter depravity where even light could not escape its fate of destruction.

Oops.

Ace landed.

It landed again.

The Eye of Ultra surveys its surroundings, observing any weak points.

Both Tian Liuhai and Suzuki Yu can unleash this skill, which rivals the Dark Ruler in form and can be modified internally according to their conscious will, making it extremely troublesome. However, the former is released voluntarily, while the latter needs to be released unconsciously, relying on instinct.

But none of that matters.

The important point is that the barrier technique originally intended to deal with enemies has now been used on them.

Tian Liuhai knew very well that what was called a weak point was actually the most dangerous place, which was also the safest place and the weakest point in the entire Dark Realm.

That is Gatanothor himself, the ruler of darkness.

Because the source to which the Dark Realm is connected is the Dark Ruler. And the dark energy that sustains the Dark Realm originates from the Dark Ruler, Gatanothor.

Where the source lies, there is scarcity. But it is also where a way out can be found.

But if we can defeat the source, why bother looking for weaknesses?

This is trouble.

Tenryukai and Suzuki Ame looked at the Dark Ruler through the Ultra Eye.

Under Ultraman's visual perception, the Dark Ruler Gatanothor was like a black hole, devouring everything. Any object that approached would be assimilated and become part of the darkness, unable to escape.

The gushing dark matter formed a forbidden realm of darkness.

Ace's light was like a faint candle flame, flickering in the darkness, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.

In order to destroy the converter, the Dark Lord Gatanothor truly showed no mercy.

"Senior..." Faced with the oppressive dark matter around him, even though he was inside Ace's body, Suzuki Yu felt a tremendous pressure.

"Well, it seems we have no hope of surviving if we fight with our backs against the wall." Tian Liuhai had originally hoped to take it easy, but now it seems that taking it easy is impossible. He can only go all out, use Ace's form to deplete the opponent's dark power, and then transform into Dark Tiga to finish the job.

"Come on!" Suzuki Yu was ready for battle.

She was ready to go.

They were ready to cooperate with their seniors to unleash the remaining power of Ace's light, ensuring that not a single ounce of it was wasted. In this vast, boundless realm of darkness, their light was incredibly precious. There was absolutely no way to replenish their depleted dark power through external means.

And so it was true for all of them, including Ace.

Let's not mention Masaki Keigo from the converter.

"What is this? What is this?" Masaki Keigo was completely dumbfounded.

He once transformed into a giant.

Through the Eye of Ultra, they saw things that humans could not see.

Therefore, his perspective broadened. Even though he was defeated by Tiga and stripped of his transformation power, it did not mean that Masaki Keigo himself had regressed. On the contrary, because he had once transformed into a Titan and gained the power of light, he embarked on the path of evolution. Even though he could no longer transform into a Titan, he could still see some unusual things.

His senses are more acute than before, so if the transformation device were given to him again, Masaki Keigo would definitely be able to transform into a Titan once more.

According to Masaki Keigo's perception, the dark realm released by the Dark Ruler was undoubtedly a very dangerous place.

It's like entering a black hole, unable to escape for life, imprisoned in an eternal cage, with no hope of survival and no way to live.

It's hard to imagine that the Dark Ruler could unleash such terrifying attacks.

If the Dark Ruler had released the Dark Realm from the beginning, Tiga would probably have been trapped inside without even a chance to fight, and would have been imprisoned in the Dark Realm forever.

Unless the enemy's power is strong enough to break through the Dark Realm, but if they can break through the Dark Realm, it would undoubtedly prove that Tiga has the strength to defeat the Dark Ruler. In other words, from the beginning of the battle, the Dark Ruler did not use his full strength, but was just toying with them.

Currently, Ace is trapped in the Dark Realm and has to face such a terrifying enemy. He is also in the Dark Realm, and the converter is not as powerful as Ultraman's body.

Masaki Keigo had come into close contact with the dark energy in the Dark Realm, making him feel very uncomfortable. Even the perfect ancient light genetic factor in his body was affected by the darkness, causing his eyes to become bloodshot. He was gritting his teeth and resisting the assimilation of the dark power.

If he stays in such an environment for a long time, the ancient light genetic factors in his body will inevitably be contaminated. Masaki Keigo has no idea what he will become in the end.

But it will most likely be a monster.

Even in monster form, it's uncertain whether one can maintain rationality.

"Oh no." Now, Masaki Keigo truly saw no hope.

There is no hope left.

Although Ace's performance was better than the previous three Titans, it did not mean that Ace was far superior to them and could fight against the Dark Ruler. Now that the Dark Ruler was serious, Ace's power seemed insignificant.

Masaki Keigo sighed deeply. It seemed that in the end, he couldn't escape his fate of destruction. Would human civilization ultimately become dust in history, just as he had envisioned? Would all traces of humanity finally vanish completely, becoming dust in the vast universe? Even possessing the power of giants couldn't save human civilization.

As Masaki Keigo sighed repeatedly, the battle between Ace and the Dark Ruler had already begun, with Tenryukai still in control, relentlessly attacking the Dark Ruler.

Considering the Dark Ruler's maxed-out defensive capabilities.

Now, being in the dark realm, the opponent's strength has increased beyond imagination.

Therefore, Ace tried to target the Dark Ruler in the same spot as much as possible, confirming that continuous attacks would inflict effective damage.

The best place to attack is undoubtedly the Dark Ruler's exposed head.

The inverted head is ferocious and terrifying, capable of unleashing various horrific attacks. It can even strip away the light, turning the giant into a stone statue. However, if one can break through the opponent's defenses and sever its head, then the battle is won. Defeating the Dark Ruler only means maximizing its defensive capabilities, but it doesn't mean that its resurrection methods are still so overpowered and abnormal.

The seamless cooperation between the two human hosts maximized Ace's mobility.

Each time, they narrowly escaped the Dark Ruler's attack, but when using skills in the Dark Ruler's Dark Realm, their light consumption would increase exponentially, which caused the color timers on their chests to flash in less than a minute.

This affected their fighting speed and strength.

Even though Tian Liuhai is a top-tier fighter, he cannot unleash his full potential due to the effect of the limiter.

no solution anymore.

It seems that the only way to fight the Dark Ruler is to deactivate Ace's transformation.

Tian Liuhai thought to himself.

In a daze, Suzuki Amane felt as if she had become the ruler of darkness once again...

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(End of this chapter)