Starting from the destruction of the Land of Light

Barton, the lava bird monster, tore through the clouds, trailing a long, dark red tail of flame, like an out-of-control burning meteor, as it sped away towards the distant, continuous volcanic belt.

The image of Ultraman Aegis being unable to rise again greatly fueled its ferocity.

"Watcher Two, stay close to me, lock onto the target's energy trajectory, don't let it out of sight, and be careful to avoid it," Wang Kui gave the order in a hoarse voice.

His gaze was fixed on the huge heat source signal on the screen that was rapidly moving away. Although he had learned through communication that the ground troops had found the poisoned Chu Huai and confirmed that he was not in mortal danger, he still could not put his mind at ease.

Two silver-gray fighter jets closely followed Patton's massive silhouette, like two indomitable swifts chasing a terrifying bird of prey.

They continued to fire harassing shots, energy beams striking Patton's lava-formed back, sending sparks and lava fragments flying, attempting to disrupt its flight path and buy time for ground troops to deploy.

Above the higher, more concealed clouds, a streamlined, rhomboid spaceship, its surface covered with a special wave-absorbing material, glided silently like a ghost.

The Stardust, belonging to Luo Xi, activated its highest level of stealth mode, cleverly utilizing the clouds and the curvature of the Earth to hover far behind the Watcher fighters.

Inside the spaceship, the light and shadows were soft, and outside the huge portholes, the chase below looked like a miniature model.

Luo Xi sat in the control room, his slender fingers moving rapidly through the air, retrieving complex energy spectrum analysis charts. The screen clearly displayed the energy trajectory of Barton's escape, as well as the still massive and chaotic core pulse deep within his body.

"It's injured, but not seriously. It's searching for a stronger source of volcanic energy to replenish itself," Luo Xi analyzed, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the blue light of the screen. "The target direction... is predicted to be the volcanic cluster to the north, where the active geothermal energy would be an ideal breeding ground for it."

Standing to the side, Zhang Chen crossed his arms and stared through the spaceship's porthole at the burning trail in the sky ahead.

"Let me make this clear first, Zhang Chen: my spaceship absolutely cannot be exposed, and it doesn't carry any weapons capable of going up against Patton. Don't even think about making me try to catch up with it and attack its venom sacs."

"I don't have that idea."

"Are you sure?" Luo Xi turned around, her face full of disbelief.

Looking at Watchmen One and Two on the screen, who were trying to interfere with Barton, Luo Xi spoke up.

"Its speed is increasing, and the Watchers can't keep up."

As expected, the dot representing Patton on the screen began to separate from the dot representing the Watcher fighter.

Below, Wang Kui also noticed this, his forehead veins throbbing. "Its acceleration has exceeded our limits! Chen Mo, Tian Yu, prepare to activate the overclocking engine. We must stop it no matter what!"

"Understood!" came the resolute voice from the Watcher 2 communication system.

Just as the two Watcher fighters unleashed blue exhaust flames beyond their limits from their tail engine nozzles, their fuselages groaned in pain as they forced themselves to accelerate and try to get closer to Patton again, firing flares to distract him.

"Roar?!" The Lava Barton, which was flying at high speed, suddenly let out a wary screech. It abruptly turned its massive body, as if it had sensed a huge threat coming from its side and above.

The next instant, a blue-white lightning bolt that tore through the sky, accompanied by a deafening thunderclap, struck vertically from the depths of the sea of ​​clouds high in the sky without warning, like a spear of judgment, its target pointing directly at the front of Patton's flight path.

Barton's massive body was violently pushed away by the raging airflow and electromagnetic shock, and he barely managed to stabilize himself by flapping his lava wings violently.

It looked up in alarm and anger.

Above the churning thunderclouds, a massive, elegant yet chilling blue figure slowly descended.

Her entire body was covered in deep blue armor, but now it was crackling with silvery arcs of electricity. Tiny blue and white sparks of electricity swirled around the edges of her shoulder and arm armor. Her diamond-shaped eyes were no longer as calm as the deep sea, but were flashing with a sharp, thunderous light.

"Ultraman Phyllis?"

No unnecessary words!

Phyllis crossed her arms in front of her chest, palms facing each other.

Om-!

A blinding beam of light, composed of extremely concentrated blue-white lightning, like a thunderbolt piercing the sun, hurtled toward Patton's massive body at incredible speed.

Barton also sensed the threat. It instinctively veered off course, dodging the attack, and then suddenly ascended, rushing straight towards Ultraman Phyllis.

An Ultraman and a strange bird engaged in an indescribable aerial battle high in the sky.

Unlike Ultraman Aegis, who is powerful but slow, Ultraman Phyllis is clearly known for her flight and speed. The air is actually her best battlefield, and Barton's attacks can't even touch her.

Barton also stopped advancing due to Phyllis's appearance, turned around and moved behind him, constantly spewing flames to block Phyllis's approach.

Watching the battle in the sky from afar, Luo Xi blinked her beautiful eyes, then turned to look at Zhang Chen.

"Are you pretending to be confident, or did you already know she would come?"

"Guess," Zhang Chen shrugged, then said, "Find a suitable spot nearby to drop me off."

"Go down? The battlefield is in the sky."

Watching Barton and Phyllis getting closer and closer to Watchers One and Two, Zhang Chen let out a soft breath.

"It won't be like that for long."

The battlefield in the high altitudes is constantly changing.

Seeing the monsters and Ultraman getting closer and closer, Guardians One and Two, who were already in pursuit, found it impossible to create distance.

Suddenly, Barton abruptly turned back at a terrifying speed far exceeding its previous speed. Only then did everyone realize that its target was not to settle the score with Phyllis, but rather the Watcher II fighter jet that was closest to it.

"roar--"

Lava Barton's blood-red eyes, burning with resentment and cunning, were fixed on the small silver dot. Its massive body accelerated to the extreme during the dive, like an ancient ferocious bird hunting its prey, swooping down on the unsuspecting Watcher II with a piercing shriek that tore through the air.

The speed was so fast that it almost exceeded the turning limit of the fighter jet's vector nozzle.

"Number Two! Evade! Dive! Dive now!!!" Wang Kui roared desperately in the communications channel, his No. 1 aircraft turning frantically to try and provide covering fire, but it was all too late.

The aura of death was palpable, and a massive shadow instantly enveloped the cockpit. The two people inside the Watcher II cockpit could clearly see Barton's massive, cracked yet even more ferocious beak rapidly enlarging in their vision.

In that critical moment, a blue streak of light, moving at an incredible speed, suddenly appeared between Watcher II and Barton's deadly beak.

"Phyllis!!"

Wang Kui, Chen Mo, Yang Tianyu, and everyone who witnessed this scene had their hearts in their throats!

Phyllis's hasty interception played right into Patton's hands!

There was no surprise in Patton's eyes, only the cruel cunning of a hunter seeing his prey step into a trap. Its massive beak, poised to strike, did not pause for a moment, but instead thrust out faster and more fiercely.

puff! !

A piercing, muffled thud that could stop your heart.

The sharp beak, like a red-hot iron piercing through thin ice, fiercely stabbed into Ultraman Phyllis's left shoulder!

"—!!!"

Phyllis let out an uncontrollable groan, a mixture of extreme pain and the corrosive effects of the toxins.

The dark purple, highly toxic energy, like a leech, frantically poured into her blue body through the bird's beak.

Excruciating pain! Numbness! Rapid loss of life energy!

Phyllis's once calm and profound diamond-shaped eyes instantly dimmed and turned painful, and the energy indicator light on her chest began to flash rapidly.

Her massive body stiffened abruptly, as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant.

Barton let out a triumphant roar, and suddenly pulled out its venomous beak, bringing with it a large plume of energy droplets mixed with blue light particles and dark purple toxins.

Phyllis could no longer maintain its flight posture. Its huge blue body, like a kite with a broken string, plummeted helplessly towards the ground below.

With a tremendous roar, Phyllis's massive body crashed heavily onto a vacant industrial site on the outskirts of the city.

The earth trembled violently, and dust billowed into the sky like a tsunami. A huge impact crater formed instantly, and a few scattered people in the distance cried out in alarm and fled in panic.

But the ferocious Patton did not pause for a moment. Its eyes flashed with cruel madness. Its massive body made a sharp turn in the air, its wings whipping up a scorching hurricane. Like a hawk locking onto its prey, it launched a deadly dive towards the dust-filled impact crater below.

Lava Barton's devastating dive, its giant beak flashing with deadly poison, was only inches away from Ultraman Phyllis, who was barely alive in the impact crater!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Buzz—Boom! !!!

An invisible, extremely heavy pressure descended without warning, and the air in front of Phyllis's crash site distorted and vibrated violently, like the surface of a lake where a boulder had been thrown in!

Immediately afterwards, the air solidified, transforming into a visible, gray-black barrier with a cold, metallic sheen.

Patton's dive carried all the kinetic energy, plus the destructive energy concentrated at its beak, like a high-speed train crashing into a sheer cliff.

Thump—!

A terrifying roar, so deep it made the earth groan and the soul tremble.

There was no explosion, no dazzling energy impact, only the most primal collision of pure power and absolute defense!

Lava Barton's massive, mountain-like body was slammed away by an overwhelming force at a speed even faster than its dive. It let out an unbelievable, painful howl as its huge body tumbled through the air and crashed uncontrollably into a distant hill.

Boom!

Another earthquake shook the earth, and dust billowed into the sky!

Dead!

A deathly silence, far deeper than ever before, enveloped the entire battlefield!

Inside the cockpit of Watcher One, Wang Kui's mouth was agape, his fingers stiffly resting on the control stick. Inside Watcher Two, Chen Mo and Yang Tianyu were also completely blank-minded. In the command center, the technicians, including Tang Yu, had all lost their ability to speak.

All eyes were fixed on the crater where Phyllis had fallen, the spot that had just averted the fatal blow.

The distorted air gradually calmed down.

The howling dust and smoke quietly dissipated.

Instead, there was a colossal figure that seemed to rise from an ancient mountain range, exuding a primordial aura.

It stands silently between the crash sites of Ultraman Phyllis and Barton, like a boundary marker separating life and death.

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