After taking a devastating barrage of slashes from Shining Ultimate Light Zero, the Final Angel Xeronus's battered, colossal body finally squeezed a sliver of cold calculation born of survival instinct from the frenzied data streams in its single eye.
Retreat.
This body was on the verge of collapse, its core exposed, its energy depleted, its strategic objectives utterly defeated. Continuing the fight would lead to only one outcome: complete annihilation at the hands of three Ultra Warriors wielding ultimate power.
Before it, Shining Ultimate Light Zero stood at the forefront, with Infinite Phoenix Mebius and Shining Emperor Geed standing tall on either side.
"Zero... Geed... Mebius..."
Its ruined vocal cords produced hoarse vibrations. "I'll remember you... This time, you won."
Despite its words, its movements betrayed no hesitation. In the instant before Zero pulled back to join Geed and Mebius and complete their encirclement-
Boom!
Several concealed thrusters beneath its remaining limbs and shattered back carapace erupted simultaneously, pushed beyond their limits!
What spewed out was not conventional energy, but dark-purple bloodflame produced by burning its own biological tissue and armor-extremely unstable, yet capable of tremendous thrust! This escape was pure self-mutilation, enormously costly but incredibly fast!
Its enormous body did not rise in a straight line. Instead, it tore through the spatial structure, already weakened by the battle, at a bizarre angle.
It plunged headfirst into a short-lived spatial fold above Earth, freshly created by the collision of energies!
In other words, its true body had already fled beyond this universe.
But all three ultimate Ultra Warriors present were fully capable of catching it.
"Trying to run?!" Zero's and Shinji's gazes sharpened.
"It's already fled into the multiverse!" Geed immediately saw through its intent.
"It'll escape to another universe! After it!" Mebius moved fastest. The exceptional mobility of his