Ultraman vs. the Celestials

As a thick beam descended from the sky and exploded at the center of the Ultramen's formation, this battle of the century officially began.

Countless Ultramen soared into the air and charged head-on at the towering cosmic giants. The Celestials, too, cast aside their lofty airs. One after another, they had no choice but to get serious, mobilizing cosmic energy to its limit in preparation for battle.

What followed was an all-out melee.

Cosmic energy beams and multicolored light energy crisscrossed through the air, scorching the atmosphere. The ground crumbled beneath repeated heavy impacts, while explosions rumbled like an unending series of muffled thunderclaps.

Massive figures crossed paths in the sky. The Giants of Light moved at supersonic speeds, evading the Celestials' attacks while counterattacking with their own diverse beam techniques. The Celestials, by comparison, seemed to hate moving their feet. They preferred to stand their ground, blocking attacks with energy barriers while retaliating with cosmic rays.

At first, both sides mostly exchanged beam attacks, but gradually, they began bringing out all sorts of flashy techniques.

The Celestials began manipulating gravity, altering magnetic fields, creating miniature black holes with their bare hands, and even making minor changes to reality.

The Ultramen's moves also began to vary. Stasis Rays, freezing beams, spatial cuts, and every other technique they could use were thrown at the Celestials.

Fifty Celestials looked outrageously powerful, but they were not quite as terrifying as everyone had initially imagined.

The gap in strength among the Celestials was actually enormous. Not every one of them was as invincible as the Exterminator whom everyone had ganged up on earlier. Or rather, the Exterminator was already the strongest among this entire Celestial squad.

Some of the other non-combat Celestials, like the Planters, sounded like Celestials specialized in life skills. They had