Final Measure

It worked.

Nexus and Zagi's combined strike slammed straight into the Celestial.

A massive hole was blasted through the Exterminator's armor, scorching light spraying from the wound like blood. The beam of intertwined light and darkness pierced through the armor and into his body, then burst out through the plating on his back, blasting clean through the Exterminator.

The cosmic giant fell. His enormous body crashed backward like an entire mountainside collapsing, and he lay on the ground with a low groan, unable to move for the time being.

At the same time, the Ultramen on the other smaller battlefields had also gained the upper hand.

Big Brother Zoffy's M87 Beam pierced straight through a Celestial's defenses, likewise punching through its armor and blasting it to the ground, where it struggled to rise again. Taro, hailed as the prince of the Land of Light, unleashed the forbidden technique Ultra Dynamite. Light energy became tangible flames that engulfed his entire body as he charged forward like a phoenix, grabbed a Celestial, and self-destructed on the spot, leaving it half-dead and unable to continue fighting.

Jack activated the divine artifact known as the all-purpose Ultra Bracelet, supposedly even more awesome than Jack himself. A flash sparked from his wrist, and weapons transformed from the bracelet immediately bound two Celestials at once.

The Ultra Brothers seized the opportunity to unleash all their ultimate moves. Spacium Beams, Cluster Beams, Metallium Beams—dazzling attacks of every color rained down on the Celestials as though they cost nothing.

Having witnessed the Celestials' extraordinary combat power, the Ultra Brothers did not hold back in the slightest. They opened with planet-destroying force. The two Celestials were not combat-oriented to begin with, and their practical combat ability and experience were both lacking. After a barrage of beams, both were heavily