Volume One, Chapter 78: Combat II

Earth, Ayaka City.

A female Ultra Warrior was training alone in the mountains, practicing her light-beam skills. Yellow energy shot from her arm, instantly shattering a mountain peak into dust.

“Well done!” Grigio laughed joyfully, but soon she sighed, bending over and muttering, “Both Kosei and Yuki have gone abroad to study.”

“That means Ayaka City is my responsibility to protect now.” Clenching her fists, Grigio’s face was full of confidence and resolve.

Suddenly—a strange noise echoed from the sky. Grigio gasped in surprise and looked up. The once clear sky split open, revealing a dimensional rift from which dark energy surged, making Grigio’s heart tremble.

In the next moment, two figures emerged from the rift, plummeting straight down from the heavens.

Boom—

Both were surrounded by surging energy, and upon hitting the ground, they obliterated everything around them, two explosions of destructive fire erupting where they landed.

“What… is that!” Grigio jumped, about to run over to see what was happening.

But before she could move, a figure leapt from the fire, landing beside her and commanding in a tone that brooked no refusal, “Hey, come with me. Now.”

“Ah!” Grigio was startled and instinctively took two steps back. As an Earthling, her sense of caution was strong—how could she possibly follow a stranger just like that?

But realizing the other was an Ultra Warrior as well, Grigio timidly replied, “Isn’t that a bit inappropriate? We’ve only just met…”

Clearly, her thoughts had strayed, and a faint blush colored her cheeks.

Yet the domineering Sero grabbed her arm, determined to take her away by force.

At this moment, the other fireball dissipated, revealing a menacing Ultra Warrior shrouded in darkness.

Sero’s eyes narrowed instantly; turning with wariness, he pronounced each word with care: “Ultra Dark Slayer!”

“What kind of attitude is that? We just met! Let go of me!” Grigio’s embarrassment gave way to anger, and she shoved the vigilant Sero aside.

Seizing the opportunity, the Ultra Dark Slayer on the opposite side quickly gathered energy in his hands and fired two beams crackling with destructive power.

“Watch out!”

Sero, still staggering from Grigio’s push, barely managed to steady himself. Seeing the beams approaching, he spun around, shielding Grigio with his own body.

Boom—

The beams struck Sero’s back, but instead of dissipating, they tore open a powerful dimensional rift that swallowed both of them whole.

A chilling laugh echoed as the Ultra Dark Slayer vanished from the scene.

Grigio barely had time to react before finding herself in a pitch-black void. She looked at Sero with a hint of grievance and huffed, “This is all your fault—we’re trapped here now.”

Sero glanced at her with an expressionless face, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. If Grigio hadn’t shoved him just now, he wouldn’t have been caught off guard by the Dark Ultra Warrior’s attack, much less dragged into this space.

He raised his arm, about to summon the Ultimate Armor, but when his gaze fell on the pitiful Grigio, he lowered it again and said seriously, “Enough complaining. The dark energy floating in this space is constantly draining our strength.”

Her frightened demeanor made Sero chuckle instead. “Don’t worry, I’m here.”

“This pathetic excuse for a space—if it thinks it can restrain me, it’s twenty thousand years too soon!”

With supreme confidence, Sero summoned the Ultimate Armor without hesitation and sliced open the void before them with a single stroke.

The Ultimate Armor, a divine artifact bestowed by the great Noah, could traverse dimensions with ease—piercing an energy field like this was child’s play.

“Let’s go.” With an air of authority, Sero took Grigio’s hand and strode forward.

Unlike before, this time Grigio didn’t shake him off, trailing obediently behind.

…

Land of Light, Headquarters of the Space Defense Force.

Two Ultra Warriors—one red, one blue—were transported in.

At first, they glanced at each other without much reaction, but almost immediately, their eyes widened and they leapt up in surprise.

“Brother, aren’t you supposed to be studying design in Milan?”

“No, no, no.” Rosso shook his head, brushing off Blu’s reaching hand. “Aren’t you doing research at the University of California?”

“Let’s not worry about that for now,” Blu replied, feeling dizzy and bewildered. “But seriously, where are we?”

“How should I know?” Rosso curled his lip, also feeling disoriented. They distinctly remembered being on Earth, yet with a blink, they’d been transported to this strange place—and still in their Ultra Warrior forms.

While they stood in stunned silence, the sound of footsteps approached.

Looking ahead, they saw several Ultra Warriors, each towering a hundred meters tall and cloaked in capes, striding toward them.

Before these giants, the two brothers seemed as insignificant as ants, forced to crane their necks just to see their faces.

What they didn’t know was that these newcomers were the legendary Ultra Six Brothers of the Land of Light.

“Rosso Ultra, Blu Ultraman,” Taro was the first to speak, his face beaming with friendliness. “Welcome to the Land of Light.”

“I imagine you’re quite confused by how sudden all this is.”

The brothers nodded, looking utterly lost.

“This is the homeland of all Ultra Warriors: the Land of Light,” Taro explained with a gentle smile. “We are the Space Defense Force.”

“Space Defense Force?” Rosso and Blu echoed in unison, tilting their heads in confusion.

They didn’t know what was going on, but they sensed that they had arrived in a truly extraordinary place.

“I’ll get straight to the point,” Taro said, clearly unwilling to waste more time. “Your sister, Grigio Ultraman—Chao Yang—has been kidnapped.”

“What did you say?!”

At the news, Blu and Rosso’s faces changed dramatically.

Everything had been fine when they left—how could she have been kidnapped so suddenly?

“The one who took her is the demon we’ve been tracking—the Ultra Dark Slayer,” Taro continued under their anxious gazes. “We defeated him once before, but now he’s returned, and this time, he’s targeting your sister.”

At this point, Taro felt a wave of frustration himself.

Sero had been gathering Ultra Warriors from across the dimensions to deal with the Plasma Galaxy threat, but suddenly, this long-dead menace had reappeared.

As if that weren’t enough, he just had to target the Land of Light.

Damn it—just wait until I get my hands on you!

Taro silently vowed, gritting his teeth.