Dark Tiga, what are you doing?

Chapter 158 Darkness is the Victory Leading to the Final Chapter

When are you going to stop acting?

Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, sighed inwardly.

They truly are a perfect pair capable of concealing their own darkness.

It was enough to fool even the Giant of Light.

You can't argue with their acting skills; they're still acting at this level even now.

There's really no one else like him.

Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, no longer pays attention to Dark Tiga, the king of darkness.

Instead, he became completely absorbed in the imposter in front of him.

For Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, this imposter was undoubtedly more attractive, and he was determined to eliminate it on the battlefield this time.

Suzuki Yu stared at Dark Tiga's figure for a long time before she came to her senses. She remembered that a mysterious giant seemed to have appeared during Earth's previous world-ending wars. However, its whereabouts remained unknown. Could it be the Dark Giant before her?

Suzuki Yu pondered. The dark power emanating from Dark Tiga was terrifying. It could be said that it was even more powerful and terrifying than the Dark Ruler Gatanothor from back then.

Why would the other side stay on Earth? It can't be for the same reason as them, protecting Earth's peace and driving away invaders, that would be too dramatic.

Although the dark giant in front of them was beating up the imposter Dark Ruler.

However, for some reason, a sense of apprehension arose in Suzuki Ame's heart.

Such a terrifying dark giant.

They may be lurking somewhere on Earth, and could be watching them at any moment.

It's terrifying. If this dark giant has any bad intentions, they might face an even worse situation than they are now.

We must take precautions.

Given the current situation, we can refrain from attacking the giants in front of us for now, but we must keep them under surveillance.

Furthermore, it's unclear whether this dark giant's appearance is solely for eliminating enemies or if it harbors some other motive. If it does, it's best to investigate further.

This was Suzuki Ame's first real encounter with the Dark Giant.

I had previously learned about the Dark Giants from Ace's database, and knew that this famous Dark Giant was originally an excellent warrior of light from the Land of Light.

He was on par with Father of Ultra, the current leader of the Land of Light, but due to his excessive pursuit of power, he violated the taboos of the Land of Light, resulting in his expulsion and fall into darkness.

When the dark giant returned to the Land of Light, he brought a catastrophe to the Land of Light. If it weren't for the legendary King of Ultra's intervention, the final outcome would have been unknown.

Although Suzuki Ame did not experience the Belial catastrophe, looking at Dark Tiga in front of her, she felt that the darkness emanating from Dark Tiga was in no way inferior to Belial's, and might even surpass it.

Having heightened his vigilance against Dark Tiga, Suzuki Yu also unleashed his full dark power, attacking the half-crippled imposter Gatanothor before him.

"Roar!" A sound that resembled both a whale's call and an elephant's roar came from the mouth of the Dark Ruler, carrying a hint of terror.

The true ruler of darkness, Gatanothor, emerged from the black mist, displaying his power and emanating a black mist even more terrifying than the imposter's. He merged with the surrounding black mist, and the black mist in this world seemed to lose control when the true ruler of darkness descended, cheering for the true king.

With a thought from Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness.

The black mist in this world kept flowing into the spiral-like opening inside the black shell carried by Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, emitting piercing and shrill screams that were quite terrifying.

The imposter's dark power was being continuously absorbed by the true ruler of darkness in that instant.

Seeing this, Gatanothor, who had been half-crippled by Dark Tiga, decisively shifted his attention to the true ruler of darkness.

His original intention to seek revenge was suppressed.

He felt that the true ruler of darkness before him seemed to provoke even more hatred than Dark Tiga, who had crippled him. Although this was only their first meeting, both the imposter and the real one were extremely hostile to each other. It seemed to be a natural antagonism, just as the power of the ruler of darkness cannot be divided between two tigers. Since another one had appeared, a decisive battle between the two was bound to take place sooner or later to eliminate the other.

Two powerful dark rulers drew ever closer.

Large amounts of dark matter continuously erupted from their bodies. Even a small amount of dark matter scattered around them was enough to assimilate an ordinary creature into a dark being, turning it into a dark being that could traverse the ages and defy the erosion of time. If they harbored murderous intent, they could easily stir up a dark upheaval.

aside.

Dark Tiga was also very surprised that the true ruler of darkness had appeared.

He initially thought it was another terrifying puppet conjured by Etelgar, but he never expected that it was actually Gatanothor, the Dark Ruler, who had come to the Time City.

Tian Liuhai, the Dark Ruler of this dimension, had long suspected this, but he never expected him to appear in the Time-Space City. He had originally thought the Dark Ruler might appear as a boss. But now, he had arrived in the Time-Space City without a sound.

And they also confronted the imposter Dark Ruler.

It seems the other party woke up a long time ago, but remained silent, keeping their darkness sealed within their body?
Dark Tiga thought of the original story where the Dark Ruler, once awakened, would unleash terrifying dark power like an insectoid swarm across the entire planet, shrouding Earth in darkness and becoming completely uncontrollable.

But now the Dark Ruler has quietly appeared without alerting the outside world in the slightest.

This greatly surprised Dark Tiga.

It is indeed different from the original work, but I don't know exactly how much it deviates from the original work, or how much it differs.

Dark Tiga was in no hurry to make a move. Seeing the two dark rulers facing off, he instead stood aside, crossed his arms, and let his own darkness flow around him to form a transparent shield that enveloped him.

Any external attack that wants to harm him must first break through this layer of shield.

This shield is composed of the endless dark power within him. In other words, to break through the shield, one must first consume the dark power within him. And so far, his own dark power seems to have no critical point and is endless.

Therefore, Dark Tiga stood aside and watched the battle with peace of mind, without worrying about being ambushed or anything like that. Even if the two Dark Rulers attacked him together, Dark Tiga felt that he could handle it with ease.

Moreover, observing the dark power emanating from the Dark Ruler before him, he felt it was many times stronger than the imposter's. He even suspected that the real Dark Ruler in the original story was more powerful.

Furthermore, through the opponent's violent dark power, Dark Tiga felt that there seemed to be something else hidden beneath.

He couldn't see through it or understand what it was; he just had a strange feeling about it.

That's really strange.

And most importantly, when he looked at the Dark Ruler in front of him, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with him, as if he had known him for a long time. Even though the aura emanating from the other party was evil and terrifying, he felt as if he were looking at a very familiar old friend.

How could he have such feelings for the ruler of darkness?

Even Dark Tiga found it strange.

It can't be because they're all filled with dark power, but that reason is too far-fetched. Perhaps it's because they live in different worlds that he has some inexplicable connection with the ruler of darkness.

Driven by curiosity, Dark Tiga stood aside and watched the two Dark Rulers engage in battle. To be honest, the outcome was obvious at a glance.

The Dark Ruler, embodied in the Fear Puppet, did not possess the full power of the true Dark Ruler. Moreover, the imposter Dark Ruler had already been severely weakened, and its dark power was steadily declining to an absolute minimum.

Even at his peak, he couldn't defeat the true ruler of darkness, let alone now that he's injured, making victory even more impossible.

He sensed that the Dark Ruler possessed a deeper level of dark power, which simply hadn't been unleashed yet.

……

Numerous pitch-black tentacles continuously intertwined within this space.

Some are imposters, while others belong to the true rulers of darkness.

These tentacles make a whooshing sound when touched.

It was extremely terrifying. The tentacles of both sides kept clashing, determined to determine a victor.

Within seconds, tentacles began to fall continuously.

The dark power above was absorbed by the other tentacle. Even the dark power emanating from the fear puppet was still part of the Dark Ruler's own darkness.

Without a doubt, the side with the falling tentacles belonged to the Fear Puppet. In the face of the true ruler of darkness, the imposter is ultimately just an imposter and appears utterly vulnerable, especially since the imposter is already half-crippled.

Although he exuded a formidable aura, he was ultimately like a paper tiger, easily broken and utterly powerless to resist.

Perhaps the most important point is that as fellow rulers of darkness, they know each other's vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

The Dark Ruler Gatanothor opened its blood-red maw, paying little attention to anything else. Aside from occasionally glancing back and forth at Dark Tiga with its crimson gaze, most of its attention was focused on the imposter Dark Ruler before it. Dark power continuously condensed in its mouth, and a jet-black orb of light was gathered and released.

However, instead of shooting out a sharp, destructive beam of light from the sphere, the sphere continued to grow larger and larger.

In the end, the total volume of this ball of light even surpassed that of the Dark Ruler itself.

Even Dark Tiga, standing to the side, could feel the terrifying dark power flowing within it.

"Is this going to be a decisive blow?" Dark Tiga remained completely calm, even watching with great interest.

The endless tentacles dragged this enormous black sphere of light, which even the Dark Ruler himself seemed unable to support, making it an absolutely destructive black sphere.

The pitch-black tentacles dragged a huge black orb of light toward the imposter.

Slam it down hard.

The fear puppet, embodied in the dark ruler Gatanothor, revealed terror in its crimson eyes.

Despite having no consciousness, it seemed to have been forced to regain its self-awareness by Gatanothor's attack.

The moment the two sides made contact, the entire world paled in comparison.

The imposter fought back with all its might, channeling all its dark power into its tentacles, which intertwined to form a dense, rope-like shield in front of it.

But resistance was ultimately futile.

It's useless.

The imposter's body was utterly destroyed by the true ruler of darkness.

Its entire form turned into ashes and vanished without the slightest delay. It was annihilated so smoothly that cracks appeared in this space. Among the many spaces in the Time-Space City, only this space could no longer remain the same. It began to crumble inch by inch from the edges, with endless time-space storms surging out from it.

This demonstrates just how powerful the attack unleashed by the Dark Ruler truly was.

After eliminating the imposters, although this world is collapsing, one could easily be swept into other worlds by the spacetime turbulence, or even suffer serious injuries.

However, neither Dark Tiga nor the Dark Ruler both emitted their own dark power, which permeated the surroundings, ignoring the extremely damaging spacetime turbulence. Their figures stood steadily in the void, completely unaffected by it, and they would not be sucked away by sudden rifts and run to some unknown world.

They stood still, gazing at each other from afar, their eyes fixed on one another's silhouette.

At that moment, they only had eyes for each other.

In their view, the other side was the one worthy of fighting them.

However, neither of them wanted to start a war rashly at the moment; they were simply more curious about the other's existence.

I stared at it for a moment.

Dark Tiga's figure then ascended.

Curiosity is curiosity.

The Dark Ruler has not yet caused any trouble, which means there is no need to rush into war against him. It is not too late to start a war when he does cause trouble.

Moreover, after the other party awakens, unlike in the original story, he does not drag the entire planet into darkness, but rather changes things.

He was very curious about what kind of surprise the dark ruler of this world could bring him.
He had a premonition that the dark ruler of this space-time would definitely bring him a surprise, and that surprise would be quite big, exceeding his expectations.

He still needs to go to the next level to check the situation. If he can eliminate Etelgar in one fell swoop, then this Time-Space City will become ownerless, and it will be much easier to control from then on.

After seeing Dark Tiga leave, Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness, also headed in one direction. He too had a purpose, but unlike Dark Tiga, who wanted to defeat Etelgar and liberate the Time-Space Castle, he was more focused on rescuing his trapped comrades.

What a powerful dark giant!

I hope they won't be enemies.

Suzuki Yu felt very heavy-hearted.

Having witnessed Dark Tiga's power, she felt that among their giants of light, Dark Tiga was one of the strongest. It seemed that no one could defeat Dark Tiga in a one-on-one fight.

That's normal; the Dark Giants who can overpower the Dark Rulers are individually far stronger than them.

Who exactly is Dark Tiga?
Suzuki Yu still had a question in her mind.

Why do Dark Tiga and Daigo's Ultraman Tiga look exactly the same, except for their different colors and patterns? Could it be that Dark Tiga and Daigo have some kind of connection?
Suzuki Yu couldn't understand it.

But she couldn't afford to let her mind wander right now.

Saving our companions is more important.

……

And at the very bottom of Time City.

As expected, Gaiying found the cage hidden by Etelgar. Looking at the seal before him, Gaiying unhesitatingly channeled all his light power, concentrating it in his arm. He unleashed a classic Ultra Ray from his arm, destroying the seal. This also startled Etelgar, who had been engrossed in watching the battle, causing it to shift its gaze from Dark Zagi to the sealed area.

"When did a bug sneak in?"

The entire Time-Space City is incredibly vast, and its internal defenses are extremely strong. Without his guidance, ordinary people simply couldn't enter. The fact that Ultraman entered this realm was all due to his deliberate guidance.
Aside from Dark Zagi being an unexpected exception, someone else actually came in.

Etalga's expression turned cold.

In a flash, he headed towards the sealed land.

He would not allow his collection to be damaged.

In his perception, the one challenging his seal was a giant of light; it seemed someone else had walked right into his trap.

Do you really think you can turn the tide from his hands? You're seriously underestimating him, the God of Time and Space.

They didn't take him seriously at all.

……

"break!"

Gai Ying took advantage of Etalgar's absence.

With a full-force strike, the seal was shattered.

A gaping hole appeared before them, leading to an endless abyss.

Without hesitation, Gaiying grabbed Princess Arena and stepped inside. Once inside, he saw a series of mirror seals standing in the void, and within these seals were the figures of his familiar companions, each Ultraman's chest flashing a red light. Only Justice, within the mirror seal, continuously released light power mixed with holy spirit power, impacting the seal and providing Gaiying with coordinates.

(End of this chapter)