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In reality, everything was still under Leo's control; otherwise, he would have called for reinforcements long ago. No matter how powerful Grimd's clone was, it wasn't enough to give him a real headache. He was just worried that the clone was in contact with the main body, and that the strength on this side would be exposed to the other side prematurely.
Now that he knew that the Dark Shadow Mage and Zagi had chosen to lie low and wait for the right moment, Leo naturally wanted to accumulate his own power and try to become stronger during this time. This was one of the reasons why he didn't choose to go all out directly.
"I can't even imagine what kind of monster this guy's true form would be." Leo shook his hand. According to Lugiel, this was even a clone of Grimd weakened by the tides of time.
What a joke! This thing is so small that perhaps only Chaosphia in this universe can reach the expected level of confrontation through continuous growth. Other civilizations simply can't do anything about it.
"Sorry, Leo, I'm still too weak." King Grand's tone was somewhat disappointed. He wished he could beat Leo in a one-on-one fight.
After hearing this, Leo didn't know what to say. He felt that his girls had been on Earth for too long and didn't have a good enough understanding of their own strength. King Grand was a monster anywhere, the kind that even Father of Ultra wouldn't dare to go out and fight without his full equipment.
Leo was locked in a standoff with Grimd, preparing to wait until Grimd unleashed his killing move before striking. Meanwhile, Sira's battle was almost entirely one-sided.
No matter how strong Hernarak was, he could never be a match for Sila. He couldn't fully unleash the power of that dark heart, while Sila dared to risk her life to use the power of the Lugoset Spark Doll, and a single Genesis Rain could severely injure him.
However, driven by the Dark Heart, Hernarak quickly recovered. The Dark Heart itself was a product of absorbing ultimate dark power, so naturally...
Sila, however, seemed unable to bear the cost of using this power for a long time, so she simply landed on the ground, becoming as huge as her opponent. Her claws lashed out, tearing through Hernarak's flesh and blood, mixing it with her own.
Sila was covered in wounds, and her blood flowed down to her feet, turning into blooming flowers, a stark contrast to her terrifying appearance, which resembled that of an evil spirit.
Even without using powerful firepower, Sila, with the power of Lugoset, was enough to contend with Hernarak, who was empowered by the Dark Heart. A pure battle, like that between wild beasts, thus began.
Originally, Hernarak was very confident of his victory. Although both sides relied on external forces, the burden of using the Dark Heart was not too great for him. In contrast, Sira's life force was already very weak, and she was just barely holding on. As long as he could drag it out, he would definitely...
A sudden, excruciating pain shot through his heart, causing Hernarak to stagger back several steps in disbelief. Sila seized the opportunity and struck him through the head with a single Genesis Lightning.
The Dark Heart began to repair Hernarak's body, but the speed was significantly slower than before. For some reason, the power of the entire heart suddenly began to weaken, and the power was flowing away. How could this be? What was going on?
Hernarak suddenly understood something, looking incredulously at the wounds on his body, the wounds left by Sila still stained with her blood. These wounds not only had not healed, but were even festering, Sila's blood.
How could there be anything that could threaten this heart? Hernarak couldn't understand. Of course, he didn't understand that the Dark Heart absorbed the ultimate darkness and a large amount of crystallized Zelda gas from the earth's veins; both originated from the same source.
Sila swallowed the Zildar Destruction Potion that Dr. Nezu had just created. She used it as a sample to produce and manufacture it in her own body, making her blood the nemesis of Zildar gas. Even the ultimate darkness in the Dark Heart was suppressed as a result.
Sira's blood is a blessing to the earth beneath their feet, but for Hernarak, it is nothing short of poison. The Zerda gas in the Dark Heart is constantly being eroded and neutralized, the ultimate darkness is suppressed, and his power is rapidly diminishing. In this way, there is no need to worry about an explosion.
This time, Sira easily pierced Hernarak's body, grabbed the heart, swallowed it, and then began to gather the power of the Creation Requiem.
Seeing that Sila had succeeded, Leo also looked at Grimd. It was about time for a winner to emerge from among them. Grimd's clone was also thinking the same thing. Its huge eye gathered energy and the Grimd Ray burst out.
"Now! Quranic Reflection!"
Upon hearing Leo's order, King Grand, who was of one mind with him, immediately knew his plan. The stripes on his chest flashed, and the enormous energy forcefully reflected the Grimd Ray back. Grimd himself was stunned. No, this works?
"If I can't knock out your main body, knocking out one of your clones is no problem at all." Even so, Leo himself secretly contributed, as he was afraid that this move would seriously injure King Grand.
Gran Reflection is arguably Gran's greatest defensive measure, especially after it was combined with the Specia Barrier and the Zetton Barrier. This thing can even reflect Tartarus's full-power Absolute Destruction when he is not in his ultimate state.
Grimd, who was severely injured by his own attack, had not yet recovered when King Grand's Grand Laser was already on his face, mixed with the fluctuations of dark sparks.
At the same time, Sira's Creation Requiem had already begun, and a massive torrent of energy instantly annihilated Hernarak's body and core into ashes, ensuring that not a single piece of him remained in this world.
Everything calmed down, and the undead monsters that Gauss and Ako were fighting also dissipated because of Hernarak's death. However, a certain spirit, Golza, could not escape the fate of being hit by this cannon.
The battle ended, and Leo helped Sila up. She had exhausted her last strength and could no longer get up in his arms, but Sila's eyes were unwilling to close. She returned Lugoset's Spark Doll to Leo and tried to flap her wings to fly into the sky.
"Are we going there?" Leo thought for a moment, then, after breaking free from assimilation, he carefully lifted Sila with his telekinesis and flew towards the universe with her, while simultaneously trying to decipher Sila's emotions, only managing to glean two words.
Universe, a covenant.
Chapter 373 Rebirth in the Light
"This is Delta Force Station, everything is normal today... Wait, there seems to be something... a monster?"
Nanase, the head of the Delta Space Station who was in communication with TPC, looked at the reaction on the radar with a puzzled expression. He had seen many things come to Earth from space, but this was the first time he had seen something come from Earth to space.
"Headquarters, should we attack?" Although there was some distance between them, with the current firepower of the Delta Space Station, taking down one or two space fleets was not a problem.
"This is Leo. Delta Force Station, please respond. Target: friendly unit. Lock down."
What was Vice Captain Leo's plan? Nanase Makoto was just about to say "unlock" when he saw that his subordinates had already taken care of it. Their efficiency was quite fast.
Soon, Delta Force spotted their target: a strange bird-like creature covered in charred burn marks, Bishop Groca and King Grand, as described by Nix, and even Nix himself.
"Sira, open your eyes, we've arrived in the universe." Leo's voice made the already exhausted Sira open its cloudy blue eyes. This was the first and last time it would face the universe.
The moment she saw the universe, all of Sila's obsessions vanished. She slowly closed her eyes and fell into eternal slumber. Leo gently stroked her forehead, watching as the resentment began to dissipate.
Sera is still alive for two reasons: first, she is worried about Dr. Nezu, fearing that his research will be misused and that she will not be able to rest in peace even in death, so she wants to eliminate Hernarak; second, she has not yet seen the universe and has not yet fulfilled her promise to Mami.
After Hernarak died, the resentment of the tens of thousands of people attached to Sira finally subsided, and their hatred came to an end.
The universe is Sila's dream, and it is also Mami's dream. Leo looked up at the vast sea of stars before him and suddenly realized that it had been a long time since he had faced the universe like this.
In fact, it wasn't just Leo. Ever since humanity realized that the universe is full of enemies, the magnificent beauty of the universe has turned into a sharp, cold glint in human eyes, shattering people's beautiful illusions about the universe.
It is a common-sense fact that there are far more enemies than friends from the universe. People have begun to harbor hostility towards the universe, which is perhaps... not right, not how it should be.
“The universe is so beautiful.” Leo gently stroked Sira. He never expected to resonate with this bird, with whom he had little interaction, as if he himself belonged to this universe.
Suddenly, Leo felt something in his palm. He looked at his hand in disbelief, then at Sira, and saw specks of light emerging from it.
Meanwhile, at the Geo Research Center, Dr. Yao and Dr. Otomo watched Dr. Nezu leave with a peaceful expression, their hearts filled with mixed emotions. The members of Team Inazuma saluted him, and the branch manager of the Australian branch was already on his way.
"We pay tribute to and mourn the pioneers and compatriots who dedicated their lives to the science and future of mankind."
Everyone slowly lowered their heads, but suddenly felt the surroundings become brighter. They opened their eyes and saw a beam of light flying out from Dr. Nezu's body and heading towards the universe.
The light pierced through Earth's atmosphere at an incredible speed and appeared in Leo's sight. He watched as the light merged with Sila, and then the faint light that was already around Sila began to shine even brighter, like a burning flame.
The flames were not scorching hot, but rather very warm. Leo could even feel the ultimate darkness within his body being drawn to and resonating with this light, while Sila's figure was also transforming in this flame-like light.
The jet-black feathers turned into a dazzling gold, the tattered wings grew back, the body twisted by resentment began to return to its original shape, and the blue eyes opened again, the turbidity in the eyes fading away, like shimmering lake water.
Several beams of light flew in from all over the earth. Tiga, Orb, Gaia, Agul... Daigo and the others watched as Sila was reborn in the light, and they held hands and flew towards the depths of the universe.
Daigo and the others were also radiating golden light, so much so that their flight path formed a path of light. Sira let out a loud, joyful cry that echoed through the universe, following the path of light woven by Daigo and the others as they flew into space.
This exceptionally warm and sacred scene made King Grant sense something as well. At the same time, a lively girl's voice rang in everyone's ears, "Sira!!!"
Sila's response convinced Leo that he wasn't hallucinating. He looked up at Sila's head, where two people were standing: a beautiful girl in a red coat and Dr. Nezu.
Mami and Dr. Leo turned to look at Leo, smiled and waved goodbye. From now on, they would go to the universe to explore places no one had ever been before, to see every star, and to become a shooting star that would shine forever in the universe.
"As long as I'm alive, I'm sure I can do something," Dr. Nezu's words echoed in Leo's ears, and seeing this scene now filled him with immense relief.
"That's wonderful."
Leo had been worried that Sila would feel lonely going to the universe alone, but now he didn't have to worry about that anymore. He waved goodbye to the two of them, but then he saw a ray of light fly out of Sila's mouth and fly towards him.
Instinctively, Leo opened his hand to catch it, and only then did he see that it was a heart, a powerful heart beating and flowing with both light and darkness. Could this be Sila's original intention in swallowing it?
Daigo and the others who had sent Sila to space quickly returned. The group of Ultramen stood beside Leo, looking incredulously at the heart in his hand, but were mainly puzzled as to why Dr. Nezu was also waving goodbye to him.
But thinking about it, it was the Knicks who blew up the Five Emperors, giving Dr. Nezu the opportunity to restart his research, so perhaps it was also a way of expressing gratitude.
"Thank you all so much this time." Leo almost forgot to disguise his voice, but luckily Daigo and the others didn't notice anything. They were also very grateful.
Daigo and Komon, in particular, said, "This is what we should have done anyway. We just didn't expect that Dr. Nezu and his daughter's brilliance could transform Sheila to such a level."
Although the seeds of these lights were left by Daigo and Komon, each person's light depends on themselves. The light of Dr. Nezu and Mami brought back the dead Sira and made her evolve into another kind of being, not a monster, and no one could touch her, just pure light.
“Perhaps, every human being in the future will be able to possess such radiance.” Leo looked at the heart in his hand.
“We’re looking forward to it just as much.” Daigo and the others nodded in agreement.
Chapter 374 A Family's Morning Routine
Two days have passed since the Sira incident, and the Earth has been unusually peaceful these past two days. Hundreds of Golza and Melba spawn every day, and recently even the number of Garula and Zoga has increased significantly.
Fortunately, TPC's armament has now been deployed, and these monsters die on the way before they even reach the city. Zoga couldn't catch them back then, and now? Come on, I'll give you three seconds. If you can get out of the range of my Max Cannon, you're no match for me.
Now that things like Zoga and Garula have appeared, there's no need to report to Leo anymore; Skip, as the investigation department, can handle it all.
Today is a rare day off for Leo. Since he has nothing else to do, he plans to take everyone from ESCG out to have some fun and strengthen the bonds between the team members. However, he still needs to spend time with his family in the morning.
Yesterday, I took Seele and Gatanothor out to eat, and it was really tiring. The two kids ate wherever they went without stopping. Even Leo felt tired, and they were still not full. They went out to find food early this morning.
Magabasa barked twice in the early morning to signal that it was time to get up. Kodara climbed out of the pond to water the fruits, vegetables, and flowers in the backyard, while Hillary went to refill the gas in the house. Yes, the house's gas is now refilled by it.
I heard that Mr. Masao Asami and Mr. Hayata, old friends, reunited, ate and drank, and are planning to go out for fun. Today, Director Sawai and Director Yoshioka also plan to come and see their old friends.
Dimaga, Zetton, and Ereshkigal also went to the secret room. Galatron and Ayako had been researching since yesterday morning until night. Everything that happened to Sira was simply a miracle, and they wanted to figure out the principle behind it.
Gorgorgon and Hilbagun had finished washing up. They came to Leo's side and kissed him on the left and right before going to the kitchen to cook.
Mephisto recently took over her small shop. Although her injuries have recovered with Leo's help, she's grown tired of fighting. Running a small shop is quite nice, and in her spare time, she helps Leo remotely manage the forces in the Land of Light universe.
Speaking of this, Leo originally thought that Balki would be able to bring Shinjo and Horii back yesterday, but it turned out that it would take until this afternoon. It's just that the troublesome Barbossa and Mioko had to work an extra day. Today, we can finally get this matter settled.
"So, they brought Raymond back with them." Leo scratched his head. He hadn't really figured out what to do about Raymond yet, after all, he was a Leo.
Moreover, as a Reonic created by Reiblood himself, Raymond has great potential. At the very least, his Gomora should be able to grow to the EX level, which is at least on par with Alien Empera. Oh, I accidentally used Empera as a unit of measurement again.
"Why do I feel like you're thinking about something not so good?" Apera came out while adjusting her skirt and pinched Leo's waist.
"I wouldn't dare," Leo quickly shook his head. He dared not admit it. Apella snorted, but didn't care too much. She hummed a little tune and went for a walk. She also wanted to learn more about Earth.
Luciel is currently engrossed in practicing in the Dark Spark, saying she wants to forge an extremely powerful weapon that surpasses Darkweave and is superior to the Giga Battle Device.
As for Renlong, he probably needs to sleep a little longer. He spent a lot of time adjusting the earth veins the day before yesterday. Yesterday, he noticed that Leo was in a bad mood, so he slept with him last night. The two of them hugged each other and chatted all night, from their first meeting to their future prospects.
"But... what should we do with this? Should we just eat it?" Leo took out the heart that had been transformed by Sila, a heart where light and darkness were intertwined.
The fact that Sira left this to Leo means that it considers it a good item for Leo. Delacion also prepared a heart for Leo, which also possesses both light and dark powers, but... it doesn't feel as good as the one in Leo's hand.
The heart formed by the fusion of Chaos Chaos and Dark Gordis in the life of Sphia, although more powerful than the one in Leo's hand, was less balanced and filled with an evil aura.
The heart in Leo's hand has even less energy, yet the ultimate darkness and the light left by Sila have achieved a perfect balance, without any negative energy. The ultimate darkness is simply the energy that was not converted back into the Eternal Core, and its nature is similar to the dark energy converted from the Dark Spark.
"Light and darkness are essentially just energies of different natures. Does the real key lie in the heart?"
Leo thought about it. Chaos's chaotic heart was already full of negative energy. In fact, this one was more suitable for him. Sira really left him an amazing gift.
"What is this?" A somewhat lazy voice sounded above Leo's head. Leo felt his head being pressed down, and something was resting against the back of his head. Hmm, it was soft, but not very familiar.
"It's just a heart, aren't you going to training today?"
Leo knew without looking up that the person leaning against him was Tyrant. This girl had a very low profile at home, mainly because she often went off to exercise alone, such as trying to absorb magma energy or something else.
"I'm not going anymore. It's having no effect at all. Sigh, is my talent really that bad?" Tyrant started to doubt himself.
"Probably not. The Ultimate Fighting Device said you have great talent. Maybe you just need external help to reach EX form. Didn't the Spark Doll try it?"
"I don't want that kind of improvement." Tyrant pressed his entire body against Leo, a tail almost the size of Eleking draped over his thigh. "What I want is to improve my own strength."
"Even if you become powerful by relying on the Spark Doll, it's only temporary, just like a pig can't do anything with just lollipops."
"So you're lecturing me?" Leo hugged Tyrant's tail and stroked it, finding the texture quite peculiar. Tyrant pouted, "We're not the same."
Others might rely on Spark Dolls for a temporary boost, but Leo is different. He can genuinely maintain his Dark Lugiel assimilation state indefinitely; it's just that Empera couldn't withstand it.
But now, even without Emperor, Leo, with Lugoset's Spark Doll and the Giga Battle Nerve, is a formidable villain. Using the Dark Spark can actually unlock Leo's potential.
"Actually, we might as well give it a try. Find a monster chieftain and I'll make you a Spark Doll. After fusing them, we can use it. It should be able to be upgraded to EX level, right?"
"Hiss... No, no, I've seen the image of EX Tyrant that Galatrom gave me, it's so ugly." Tyrant shook her head, she didn't want that kind of evolution, it just didn't suit her aesthetic sense.
Even recently, Zetton and the others have started to dislike EX Zetton's appearance, feeling that he's a bit chubby. Leo complained that it might be because he eats a lot, and was then scolded by the three girls for a long time.
"Then we can only try the Max Particles, or... integrate the entire Dark Spark into our own power?"
Tyrant was a little confused. Leo put the heart away and gently patted her waist. "Alright, let's go eat. I have things to do today. We'll talk about it in detail later."
Hearing Leo say this, Tyrant nodded. She believed that Leo definitely had a way. She just didn't want to rely on Leo's strength all the time. But since she had already acknowledged him as her boss, she would of course go to him when she needed something.
Chapter 375 Leo's Scheme
Dr. Nezu's funeral was not a grand affair; everything was kept simple and was arranged yesterday. All of the doctor's savings and patent income were to be used for scientific research and charitable causes, as he had written in his will.
Leo felt much better. Renlong comforted him, saying that at least the Doctor, Sila, and his daughter were with him, and the family left happily in the end. Leo calmed down a lot; it was just the first time he had lost such an important friend.
"Yes, let's make the truth of the matter public. Although Dr. Nezu himself may no longer care, we can't ignore it."
After hanging up the communication with the advertising department, Leo leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh. Seeing him like this, the ESCG members, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up. Komon brought Leo a cup of tea, "Vice-Captain, were you just talking about Dr. Nezu?"
"Yes, the Zildar gas leak incident back then caused him to be criticized for a long time, and even after he was recalled to TPC, he was still very controversial. Making the investigation results of this incident public is the only thing I can do as a friend."
Aside from Leo, the only people present who were relatively familiar with Dr. Nezu were Daigo, Gamu, and Fujimiya. Daigo's familiarity stemmed from his pre-existing memories of Dr. Nezu, while Gamu and Fujimiya's was purely academic.
Everyone was initially worried that Dr. Nezu's departure would have some impact on Leo, but it seems that Leo has already adjusted.
"How are the arrangements for Dr. Nezu's funeral?" Daigo was very concerned about this.
"Everything is arranged. The funeral will be held tomorrow, and the father and daughter will be buried together afterwards. There won't be many people attending. Apart from me, there will only be the Department of Scientific Research and Director Yoshioka, among others. The Director will be in charge of reading the eulogy for the doctor."
The number of people was small, but they were all heavyweights. Captain Gento was also invited to participate. Because they had truly seen where Dr. Nezu had gone, no one was disappointed, but only offered their heartfelt blessings.
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