At the sound of that voice, Hikaru Raido jerked his head up.
The Light Space was empty. There wasn't even a shadow in sight.
He rubbed his ears, wondering if he'd hit the ground so hard that he'd given himself a concussion.
"Relax, kid. A fight isn't two street punks pulling each other's hair. Let me show you what real combat looks like."
Hikaru Raido frowned. He was about to ask, "Who are you?" when he realized he couldn't move.
Outside
Ultraman Taro stared blankly at Masaki Keigo beside him.
Light began to pour from the man's body. It wasn't ordinary light, but pure, high-density plasma-state photons.
As if alive, the light followed some invisible path through the air and connected with Ultraman Ginga, who lay on the ground hundreds of meters away.
A life link? Forcing his way into another Ultra Warrior's inner space?
Was that even possible?! Ultraman Taro's eyes widened. The technique itself wasn't complicated. It was practically an innate ability of the Ultras: the power to merge with another life-form.
But he had never heard of anyone merging from a distance.
The composite beast gave him no time to think.
The next moment, it rose and charged at Ginga.
But after it had taken only two steps, the crystals on Ginga's body suddenly turned gold.
Boom!
A white sonic boom cloud burst through the air.
Ginga vanished from where he stood.
Then came another sonic boom.
The composite beast was sent flying like a battered sack and slammed into a nearby mountain.
Ginga had already stopped in his original position, looking down at his hands.
"So that's how it works... This is Ginga?" Masaki Keigo clenched his fists, understanding dawning on him.
Ultramen from the Land of Light usually had only one form of energy.
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