This universe was vast. Ultra Warriors weren't found only on Earth.
The distant Orion constellation was also home to vast numbers of Ultra Warriors. As an invader from space, Alien Reicuran had seen plenty.
He'd witnessed Ultra Warriors on many planets, but back then, he'd only been a spectator, laughing at how foolish those invaders were. Now he was standing face-to-face with an Ultra Warrior himself.
If he'd known this planet had an Ultra Warrior, he never would have invaded. Ultra Warriors varied in strength, of course, but looking at those muscles that seemed forged from steel and that body towering over his own, Alien Reicuran doubted he could win.
He was quite certain he'd get pummeled on the battlefield.
His already trembling legs shook even harder. He hurriedly raised both hands and waved them frantically. "It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
"A misunderstanding? You think that makes it one?" Jostar had no intention of reasoning with him.
He slammed his fists together in front of his chest, sparks bursting between them. Bathed in their glow, he slowly advanced on Alien Reicuran.
Those diamond-shaped eyes and that swaggering gait made Alien Reicuran feel like he was facing the captain of a space pirate ship, not an Ultra Warrior.
Judging by Jostar's appearance, Alien Reicuran didn't think he was the kind of Ultraman you could talk things out with. But escaping this planet without a spaceship was impossible, leaving him only one chance.
He had to defeat this Ultra Warrior.
His hands kept waving frantically. "It's a misunderstanding!"
Suddenly, his waving hands twisted, and he fired three fireballs that looked like molten rock.
Caught off guard, Jostar didn't move at all. He simply flexed his massive pectoral muscles and let them take the brunt of the attack. The impact unleashed spreading flames and smoke, enveloping Jostar completely.
"Hahahaha! So foolish! No matter what planet they're on, Ultra Warriors are always so quick to trust others!" Alien Reicuran laughed heartily, but kept firing attack after attack into the flames.
He did it for one reason alone: fear. He was terrified of those Ultra Warriors.
The erupting flames and black smoke grew so dense that they nearly swallowed up the surrounding forest.
The explosions from the fired energy balls rang out one after another. Each bomb dropped straight down, and with every blast, the red light on Alien Reicuran's body flashed faster.
Daigo, who had retreated with Munakata and the others, worried something might happen to Jostar. He was about to transform while they weren't looking.
But just as he took a small step back, two dazzling, fiery-red Ultra Slashes sliced through the flames and smoke.
Jostar's impossibly powerful body shot forward at an incredible speed, dragging a long shadow behind him as he appeared before Alien Reicuran. His hands came crashing down from above.
Unlike his usual hammering pose, he now gripped a spinning Ultra Slash in each hand.
"You're dead!"
"Aaaaaah!" The instant the Ultra Slashes touched Alien Reicuran, he let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
His sturdy head somehow withstood the "ecstasy" of being dismembered by the Ultra Slashes.
Alien Reicuran writhed like a wild boar, causing Jostar's strikes to veer slightly. They slid along the contours of his head and sliced down both sides of his body.
Amid the surging flames and the shrill sound of cutting, two enormous objects hit the ground in succession, drawing Munakata and the others' attention.
Munakata's eyes widened like saucers. "Those are—!"
The enormous arms belonged to Alien Reicuran. Their cleanly severed ends were charred black, with no blood flowing from them.
The excruciating pain robbed Alien Reicuran of the ability to think. He tried to clutch the spots that hurt, but without his arms, all he could do was slowly sink into a crouch.
"Alien, you have no right to rampage on this planet."
Jostar's knee blazed with crimson flames as he drove it into Alien Reicuran's head, where red lights flashed wildly. The heavy blow and shock wave sent Alien Reicuran flying backward.
Now that he'd lost both arms, Alien Reicuran could see the gap between himself and this Ultra Warrior. He kicked with both legs and barely managed to steady his flight in midair.
The pain twisted his voice into a trembling, shrill wail. Still in the air, he began to beg for mercy. "Spare me! I'll never invade this planet again!"
Jostar's eyes gleamed with an even colder light. "You're already thinking about doing it again?"
Jostar sprang up from his half-crouch, shooting toward Alien Reicuran like a rocket, his whole body wreathed in flames.
Seeing this brute, who jumped straight into a fight without a second thought, Alien Reicuran nearly blurted out a few choice words. But fear made him clamp his mouth shut.
The ground rushed straight toward him. The Ultra Warrior's deltoids bulged, their dark patterns as terrifying as a demon's. Alien Reicuran shuddered. That pose was definitely setting up a beautiful uppercut.
Faced with this terrifying Ultra Warrior, who seemed ready to rip him in half at the slightest provocation, Alien Reicuran wouldn't have dared fight him even if he'd been given two more lives.
Without even daring to look back, Alien Reicuran fled in a panic, flying beyond the firmament.
Many giant alien species still needed oxygen to breathe. His own species was one of them, but terror had left him incapable of thinking that far ahead.
With Alien Reicuran fleeing without a fight, Jostar could only abandon the technique he'd just learned from Ace—the punch that opened holes in people's bodies.
His body shuddered, sending ripples through the air, and only a crimson afterimage remained.
After flying a huge loop in the Type-1 Jet and returning, the father and daughter stared at each other, speechless.
The Type-1 Jet wasn't fast enough to catch either of those two.
That demon was still getting closer!
Alien Reicuran poured every last ounce of strength into his flight, but the distance between them only shrank.
Just as he thought this couldn't possibly be an Ultra Warrior, a Lambda Beam struck him squarely in the back.
Already struggling to stay airborne, Alien Reicuran plummeted. In his fading vision, the brilliant stream of light growing larger was the last thing he saw.
The rays of Over Ray Schtrom slowly washed over him, and Alien Reicuran gradually turned into particles of light that scattered through the air.
Jostar still felt a little unsatisfied.
This alien was too weak.
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