D4 drew closer and closer to Zero. At the same time, cracks gradually appeared in the shell of the Dark Radiant Sky Claw.
Just before D4 struck him, Zero forcibly stopped firing his beam and used psychokinesis to teleport away.
The instant he landed, Dark Radiant Zero shattered, reverting to Zero's normal form.
"Hah... hah... hah..." Zero lay helplessly on the ground.
Inside the light space, Shinji had fallen completely unconscious.
The Palaj Bracelet on Zero's wrist had also lost all its light.
"Shinji..." Zero's consciousness gradually began to fade as well.
"He lost..." The cheers of the humans watching the battle abruptly stopped. They stared at the scene, their faces filled with frustration and disbelief.
Before this, even if Dark Radiant Zero could not overwhelm his enemies, they had never toyed with him so casually, then tossed him aside once they grew bored.
"Enough, Zero, it's really enough! Please, retreat!" Yui Ikari could no longer bear it. She shouted at Zero's fallen figure on the screen.
"No, I have to go back and save Zero!" Guren struggled free of Jean-bot's mechanical arm and flew toward the battlefield.
He could not stand by and watch Zero die, and neither could the other members of the Zero Guard.
The Jean Brothers could sense Zero's energy signature growing weaker and weaker. After a brief silence, they released Mirror Knight and flew toward Zero's battlefield alongside Glenfire.
"Damn bastard... Looks like I'll have to separate from Shinji..." Zero lay on the ground, trapped in a desperate situation, anguish gripping him.
He intended to use his final, life-risking trump card-Ultra Dynamite.
Unlike Taro and Mebius, he had neither an ultra heart nor Mebium Breath. If he used Ultra Dynamite, the only outcome would be his complete annihilation.
Now, even the Paraghi Shield might be