Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Sickening Glow

Boom!

With a violent detonation, the Ultra warrior who so closely resembled Jack was also slain at the hands of the Alien Reblondo, and in the next instant his body dissolved into countless specks of light, scattering through the universe.

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"Why... why... even the seniors...!"

Sas gave a bitter, pained smile. He knew that next to die... would be him.

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"Damn you! Stop this now... Alien Reblondo!"

In the black void of consciousness, Yue Longze shouted, his voice even trembling with the hint of tears.

It was torture beyond bearing—to watch another seize his body and use it to slaughter his own comrades, while he himself could do nothing at all.

Helpless, as though stranded alone on a deserted island.

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"And now, it's your turn!"

The Alien Reblondo turned his crimson eyes toward Sas, whose face was already full of despair.

Against such a terrifying foe, Sas had nearly lost even the will to resist.

"Then let me die together with the seniors."

With a free and easy smile, Sas simply stood motionless where he was, waiting for the Alien Reblondo to claim his life.

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"However, to celebrate my acquisition of this perfect body, I've decided to play with you to death."

The Alien Reblondo sneered darkly. Long before Yue Longze first arrived in the spacetime of the Land of Light, he had already set his sights on this body.

At first, he had intended to strike after some time had passed, but unexpectedly Yue Longze had suddenly vanished, and no matter how he searched, he could not find a trace of him.

And yet now, he had appeared again of his own accord.

The iron shoes wore out in vain on the road of search, and the prize was won with no effort at all.

The dark power within this body was truly too pure. He believed that so long as this body continued to grow properly, he would be able to kill Juda in one stroke, preventing that fellow from ever returning to life again.

And then he himself would become the overlord of this vast universe.

He would reclaim the throne of cosmic dominion he had once held in days of old.

As for Emperor Empera, he did not even put him in his eyes.

The only ones in the Land of Light worthy of the Alien Reblondo's attention were two people.

Pike Ultraman—known also as the Ultra King—a mysterious old man with an endless supply of strange and extraordinarily powerful artifacts, and with an absurdly formidable mastery of Ultra telekinesis.

And then there was another hotheaded youngster: Ultraman Zero.

He had at least some understanding of Zero's Shining Form as well. That form capable of reversing time was indeed immensely powerful.

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"Sas... have you forgotten what I told you again?"

Seeing Sas standing there with no thought of resistance, Yue Longze could not help feeling a wave of disappointment in his consciousness space.

He would not even struggle in the face of death.

If it had been him, he would never have given up so easily. At the very least, he would have fought for a while, creating even the slightest hope of survival for himself.

"Sas! Pull yourself together!"

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Sas, who had originally been waiting motionlessly for death to descend, seemed to hear Yue Longze's voice in his heart.

"No. I can't give up like this! I can't let the seniors down!"

His aura suddenly exploded outward. Taking up a fighting stance, he prepared himself to receive the Yue Longze whose body was being controlled by the Alien Reblondo as he slowly drew near.

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"Oh? Kid, you still want to resist?"

The Alien Reblondo laughed carelessly. Whether Sas resisted or not made no real difference to him. One could only say that Sas's resistance made the whole thing a little more entertaining.

Whoosh!

Sas hurled his fist forward, sending a fierce gale of force straight at the Alien Reblondo, but this was obviously like an egg striking a rock.

The Alien Reblondo did not even lift a hand. He simply straightened his body and used his hardened frame to withstand the blow head-on, instead shocking pain through Sas's wrist.

Sas refused to accept defeat and continued, tirelessly, to attack the Alien Reblondo...

And the Alien Reblondo treated it all with nothing more than a spirit of amusement. Otherwise, Sas would already have been dead beyond any hope of death...

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"How utterly impossible to sleep in peace!"

In one sense, consciousness and soul were connected. Within the consciousness space, Camila's soul—or rather, her consciousness—awoke.

Camila was almost always in a state of slumber. In order to restore her body, she had no choice but to remain buried in sleep for long periods, which allowed her to recover more quickly.

She would only awaken when Yue Longze was in grave danger, or when there was something important.

Clearly, Camila had sensed Yue Longze's peril and awakened again. Not much time had passed since her last awakening.

"At last, you've shown yourself!"

Yue Longze looked as though he had seen a lifeline, and hope surged into his heart.

At the same time, the Alien Reblondo also sensed the strangeness within the consciousness space inside the body.

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"Well, well! Never expected a bonus prize!"

The Alien Reblondo sensed the dark energy in Camila. Though it was not as pure as the darkness within the body he had taken over from Yue Longze, it was still of first-class quality.

However... the Alien Reblondo curled his lip, because he also sensed within Camila's body a trace of pure light.

This repulsive aura of light made him deeply disgusted.

But it also proved that Camila, too, longed for the light.

Perhaps she had simply failed, back then, when she had once hoped to walk toward the light together with Tiga.

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"What are you supposed to be?"

Camila narrowed her eyes. Though her words were light and dismissive, she was already taking him seriously in her heart.

"I will erase you! You disgusting thing!"

The Alien Reblondo's consciousness suddenly surged toward the just-awakened Camila, crushing down upon her. Camila, seeing this, threw herself into resistance.

Meanwhile, Yue Longze's body, which had been under the Alien Reblondo's control, froze in place. That sight left the exhausted Sas stunned, and then a glimmer of hope flashed through his eyes.

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"It must be the senior fighting back against the Alien Reblondo!"

That was what Sas thought, and his expression also grew tense.

"Senior... please, you have to succeed!"

He prayed devoutly in his heart. Those two kind seniors of the Space Patrol had already fallen victim to the Alien Reblondo's wicked hands.

Yue Longze had now become Sas's pillar of spirit.

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In the deep, dark consciousness space, Camila strained to resist the Alien Reblondo's crushing will, and she looked increasingly overwhelmed.

After all, Camila was not in her peak condition. Compared with before, she was still very weak.

The more she struggled, the more her consciousness was pressed down. At this rate, Camila's consciousness would also be obliterated, only to contribute that pure dark power of hers.

"Light is something utterly disgusting! I only need to erase it and squeeze the dark energy out of your body!"

Within the pitch-black depths of the consciousness space, the Alien Reblondo showed open disgust toward the portion of light power inside Camila. Then he looked at Yue Longze, and his disgust only deepened.

For he could not understand this fellow. He possessed a body with such pure dark energy, and yet he also had a heart of light.

It was revolting.

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"Camila... hang in there!"

Yue Longze was tense as well. Camila could be said to be his only hope now.

But at present... it was feared that even Camila would not be able to hold out for much longer.