Chapter Seventeen: My Name is Diga

At this moment, Yue Longze’s heart was surging with emotion. Although he had been an Ultra Warrior for some time, it was his first time encountering such a scene, with so many monsters and Ultramen gathered together. Of course, for many of the Ultra Warriors present, this was also their first time facing a battle of this scale—perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Yue Longze gazed at the Ultra Brothers locked in combat with the Dark Five Kings, feeling something strange inside. The heroes he once watched on TV—the Original Ultraman, Ultra Seven, and many others—now stood before him, fighting in person.

“Then, seniors, let us fight together!” he declared, clenching his fists as he dove into the largest battle in the history of the Land of Light.

“Ha!” Yue Longze’s powerful fist slammed into the chest of the mechanical monster King Joe, shattering the armor at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Am I really... this strong?” Yue Longze stared in disbelief at his own fist. He recalled how Ultra Seven had struggled to defeat King Joe, even breaking a piece of his head fin during the battle. Yet, thinking further, Yue Longze was progressing, and surely Ultra Seven hadn’t remained stagnant either.

Suddenly, a beam shot toward Yue Longze like a speeding arrow. Distracted by his own strength, Yue Longze stumbled.

“Are you alright?” A strong hand lifted him up.

“Mebius?” Yue Longze rubbed his shoulder where he’d been struck, surprised.

“Don’t lose focus on the battlefield, rookie!” Mebius said, kicking away an approaching monster with ease.

“Looks like I was underestimated…” Yue Longze nodded his thanks to Mebius and returned to the fray without further words.

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In the midst of battle, Yue Longze’s transformed Dark Tiga unleashed devastation, his iron fists toppling countless monsters. Every move carried the unstoppable force of a raging storm.

“The black warrior brought back by Zero is amazing!” many Ultra Warriors exclaimed as they fought bravely.

“That guy’s strength is on par with the senior Ultra Brothers!”

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“Has my power really reached the level of the Ultra Brothers?” Yue Longze heard the cries of astonishment as he battled.

“Let me test you!” Suddenly, a figure with a red glow on his left chest appeared before Yue Longze. The surrounding monsters and Ultra Warriors seemed to move back in tacit understanding, clearing a wide space.

“Oh? Second-generation Kirieloader?” Yue Longze smiled slyly at him. This was once Daigu’s nemesis; he never expected to meet him here in the Land of Light’s timeline.

“Daigu defeated you before; now I can do the same!” Yue Longze thought to himself, clenching his left fist and forming his right hand into a palm, ready for battle.

“Hmph, arrogant brat, prepare to die!” Kirieloader sneered, his hands radiating a cold green light. From his wrists emerged sinister, sharp barbs, transforming him into a mighty combat form even stronger than Tiga’s Power Type.

Amid the deafening cries, Yue Longze launched a small shuriken light wave at Kirieloader’s combat form. As expected, Kirieloader merely glanced at the incoming light wave and flicked it aside with his barbed arm.

But this was merely a distraction—Yue Longze’s real move was yet to come.

As Kirieloader deflected the shuriken, Yue Longze stepped forward with incredible speed, closing the distance in an instant. Months of training on a planet with a hundred times Earth’s gravity had greatly enhanced his strength and speed.

He suddenly wrapped his hands around Kirieloader’s neck and pressed down, while his left knee rose up sharply.

With a loud thud, Kirieloader’s mind spun, unable to react, anger and fear flooding him.

Fast—too fast! He couldn’t even see how his opponent closed in!

Not only was Yue Longze’s speed equal to his own strongest combat form, but his strength surpassed it as well. While Kirieloader could reach such speed in his Sky Form, it came at the cost of power.

The only conclusion: his opponent’s base strength was overwhelming.

Kirieloader quickly analyzed the situation and realized he was no match for this black Ultraman before him.

The surrounding monsters, however, still believed Kirieloader had simply been careless. After all, the mighty Kirieloader race was far superior to their kind.

“But I must not disgrace the great Kirieloader God in such a place!” With a roar, Kirieloader summoned his courage, raised his barbed arms before his chest, and charged at Yue Longze, who watched coldly.

“Boom!” All that greeted Kirieloader was Yue Longze’s explosive kick, sending him flying like a broken kite.

“No wonder he’s an Ultra Warrior trained by Zero!” Ultraman Zero, having just recharged at the Plasma Spark Tower, witnessed the scene. After several time-space traversals, Zero’s energy had been deeply depleted.

Now, everyone seemed to understand—Kirieloader was no match for this strange-colored Ultraman.

“Who are you? I’ve never seen a black Ultraman like you!” Kirieloader struggled to his feet, clutching his chest.

“My name is Tiga!” Yue Longze’s voice rang out across the battlefield.

Above, several figures streaked across the sky like thunder.

The Ultra Brothers were locked in fierce combat with the Dark Five Kings, evenly matched.

“Wow, what an impressive youngster,” Ultra Seven remarked as he countered the fiery attacks of one of the Dark Five Kings, Dethray Nebula.

“Black Ultraman?” Hippolyte Star muttered.

“Then let me turn you into a statue!” Hippolyte Star sneered, and suddenly a transparent capsule enveloped Yue Longze as he was about to unleash his finishing move on Kirieloader.

Yue Longze struck the capsule with all his might, but it was futile.

Kirieloader seized the opportunity to sprout wings, shifting to Sky Form, and escaped the battlefield.

Inside the capsule, gray mist quickly filled the space, making Yue Longze feel increasingly suffocated and short of breath…