Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Qi Ming Chapter 15

Faced with this option, Qi Ming hesitated for the first time; the Time Stop ability was too tempting.

However, the Birah Star Alien's Time Stop was directional; it had to hit its target to freeze its time.

It was far inferior to Dio and Jotaro in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," who could stop time for the entire world with a mere thought.

Moreover, in the original "Seven" series, the Birah Star Alien had also attacked Seven with its [Time Stop Ray].

Seven had blocked it with an energy barrier, rendering it ineffective, and then retaliated with an Ice Axe, slicing the Birah Star Alien in half.

This showed that this Time Stop, equivalent to a "Petrification Technique," had significant limitations. The Birah Star Alien, with its combat power, basically had no ability to break through it head-on, only relying on surprise attacks.

Most importantly, he had killed it too quickly and hadn't been able to figure out its true capabilities.

He also couldn't determine if the Time Stop was an ability of the Birah Star Alien itself or if it was achieved through external technological means.

If it was the latter, he would have suffered a huge loss. His fighting style was completely incompatible with an alien that had no hands or feet, just a tail.

What if he transformed into this Birah Star Alien, whose defense and speed were so weak, and was instantly killed by an enemy? He wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

He'd rather choose [Transform]. He was only two points away from reaching ten Star Gifts to activate [Star Gathering].

Perhaps he could "gather" a powerful creature with space-time abilities that could send him home, like the Golden Dragon from "Tiga."

With that thought, Qi Ming chose [Transform]. The [Star Gift] in the Ultraman Arbitrary Key returned to 8 points.

Seeing the giant that appeared kill an alien in two moves, the Zulurk Star Alien felt a bad premonition from its sharp offensive and hesitated whether to leave this place of trouble.

But as soon as it lifted its feet, Nagi Saijo controlled Falcon 1 and opened fire, shooting it down.

"Hey, it's its turn to crash!" Kishida, who had parachuted out of the crashed Falcon 1 and was about to transition to ground combat, chuckled at the sight.

With its retreat blocked, the Zulurk Star Alien had no choice but to fight with its back against the wall.

It swung its bone knife at Tiga, understanding that it absolutely couldn't end the day peacefully without dealing with this guy.

In the original "Leo" series, Seven said that the Zulurk Star Alien possessed "two-stage attacks," which Leo's current moves couldn't handle. Leo had to master "three-stage attacks" to crack it.

To achieve this, he first subjected Gen Ohtori to a series of physical punishments, then made him chop down a waterfall, leaving Qi Ming utterly bewildered.

On the battlefield, the Zulurk Star Alien charged, slashing at Tiga with both knives.

Qi Ming blocked with his left hand, counterattacked with his right, and attacked with his legs, sending it flying heavily.

See? It was that simple.

Since it was targeted training, why resort to such nonsensical training for such simple moves?

Also, he remembered that Leo had trained for a period at the origin of the Cosmic Illusion Beast Fist—[Draco D60 Star]—didn't he teach this basic combat technique?

The defeated Zulurk Star Alien, unwilling to accept defeat, flipped back to its feet and charged again, swinging its right knife in a downward chop.

Qi Ming dodged sideways, then struck the Zulurk Star Alien's right wrist with a palm strike from his left hand, and its lower jaw with a palm strike from his right.

The Zulurk Star Alien's long, flat lower jaw, like a platypus's, was unprotected by scales. After the heavy blow, its vision went black, and it fell to the ground again.

Yamanaka: "So strong! I feel like the fighting style of the Ultra Warriors is becoming more brutal lately."

Kishida corrected him: "Is the word 'brutal' the right choice? He's on our side, helping us."

After confirming that the Zulurk Star Alien was having trouble moving, Qi Ming crossed his wrists in front of him, spread them to the sides to gather energy, then combined his arms into an L-shape and released a white beam.

The complete Zepellion Ray!

"Boom!" The Zulurk Star Alien exploded into pieces, meeting the same fate as the Birah Star Alien.

Another point of green light entered the button on the upper right corner of Qi Ming's watch.

[Access/Transform].

This time, Qi Ming didn't hesitate and decisively chose to transform.

Star Gift: 9.

Insight: 2/5.

The Zulurk Star Alien, like the Birah Star Alien, was only C-class?

Previously, Qi Ming thought it should have been at least B-class given its formidable combat record in the original series.

It seemed Leo was too weak in the early stages, which made the Zulurk Star Alien appear so strong?

At this moment, Tiga Ultraman's Color Timer began to flash.

Although defeating the two monsters hadn't taken much time, Tiga at 30% could only operate on Earth for a minute and a half. The time limit was approaching.

Just as Qi Ming was about to cancel his transformation, he felt a killing intent coming from beneath his feet. A jolt ran through him, and he immediately flew upwards.

"Boom!" In the next moment, the spot where he had been standing erupted with scorching ground fire. If Qi Ming had been a second slower to fly up, he would have suffered greatly.

"This flame... it's the Giliru Alien." Qi Ming turned sharply, looking towards the rooftop of a distant building, where an undisguised malice was emanating.

On the rooftop, a man was grinning sinisterly at Tiga.

Seeing that Tiga had noticed him, he didn't panic. He calmly walked backward, and his figure then disappeared.

Clearly, this was a Giliru Alien that retreated without lingering after its surprise attack failed.

The "Sacred Flame" just now was the Giliru Alien's second "proof" to humanity and a warning to the Giant of Light.

Emi in the command center said, "The explosion is the same as last time. The attack is indeed coming from underground. Team member Qi Ming's intel was accurate!"

Since Tiga was standing in the open field just now, the moment the "earth fire erupted" was visible to the naked eye.

"Oh right, where is Team member Qi Ming?" she suddenly realized that Qi Ming had disappeared from the command center at some point.

Mamoru Shirogane coughed and said, "He probably went to the restroom."

Dr. Yao said, "He exerted so much effort just now, he deserves to go adjust himself."

In the city, although no buildings were burned down by the flames, the fire had already begun to spread from the trees lining the streets.

Chief of Staff Kiriyama and Mamoru Shirogane ordered disaster relief. Nagi Saijo attacked with Falcon 1's foam water cannon, but it was like trying to bail out a sinking ship against the raging inferno.

Seeing this, Qi Ming used Tiga to fire the Ultra Water Gun, extinguishing the great fire before he reverted from his transformation.

The crisis was temporarily averted, but the next wave of attacks could come at any moment.