"Hit a nerve, so now you're trying to silence me?"
Masaki Keigo shook his head as he watched Lugiel grow.
The next instant, Lugiel's dark red spear tore through the air, thrusting straight at the "ant" in the sky.
That thrust could have pierced a small planet.
Yet the spearhead stopped less than a meter above Masaki Keigo's head.
Not because Lugiel had shown mercy, but because an equally enormous hand had firmly seized the shaft.
"An attack like that isn't nearly enough to kill me!"
As Masaki Keigo spoke, he transformed into a giant amid the light.
Holding the spear at bay, he drove a precise knee strike into a joint in Lugiel's abdominal armor.
Thud!
The dull impact made the ground throughout Falling Star Town jump. Dark Lugiel staggered backward as well.
Before he could regain his footing, Masaki Keigo's attacks came one after another.
Faced with this relentless barrage, Dark Lugiel could barely defend himself.
At the same time, his astonishment grew. He had never encountered such a troublesome enemy.
The Ultramen of the Land of Light were beings of light who had evolved from humans.
Their control over their Ultraman bodies therefore remained within the bounds of human capability.
But this fellow was different...
Unfortunately for him, Dark Lugiel was still stronger...
With that thought, Dark Lugiel began absorbing the surrounding dark energy.
His power recovered at a rate visible to the naked eye, even growing stronger.
The next instant, dark power erupted, forcing Masaki Keigo back.
Just as I thought... Seeing this, Masaki Keigo understood.
Dark Lugiel could indeed absorb this dark power through some means.
So I need to deal with Gijera and the Chaos virus first?
"Ginga! Ultraman Taro!"
"Buy me some time!"
With that thought, Masaki Keigo shouted to the other two