booktalesy Chapter 500, Section 509: Breaking Through the Dream
Chapter 500, Section 509: Breaking Through the Dream
Chapter 500, Section 509: Breaking Through the Dream (Part 2)
The battles in dreams are just that absurd and bizarre.
Golden streams of light collided and annihilated with purplish-black polluting energy, exploding into dazzling yet dangerous fireworks that turned this already chaotic space into an even more chaotic mess.
Under such intense energy impact, the structure of the dream constantly groaned under its strain, and the surrounding scenery was sometimes distorted into an abstract oil painting.
Sometimes it disintegrates into vast expanses of nothingness.
"Oh my god, Merlin's iron underwear—" Although Lina was well protected, the sight she saw through her fingers still terrified her.
Yes, although she was timid, she couldn't help but steal a glance, and it was this glance that allowed her to see a fighting style different from that of wizards and warriors.
Her worldview repeatedly collapsed and rebuilt. She saw Tiga punch a giant scorpion-like monster with seven tails, each tail ending in a painful human face; she saw him deliver a spinning kick, the golden leg wind sweeping away a swarm of shadows that rushed towards her like moths.
Furthermore, Ian was seen guiding a pure stream of light from the energy core in his chest, forming a barrier that blocked a massive mental storm composed of countless whispers.
This isn't a battle between wizards anymore! This is practically an epic scene from mythology, where Titans vanquish monsters from the abyss! And this Titan seems to be having a lot of fun?!
"The energy node—it's there!"
Tiga's milky-white eyes locked onto a direction.
There, deep within a distorted architectural phantom, lies a dark purple vortex that pulsates continuously, radiating outwards numerous purplish-black filaments that connect to the surrounding monsters that are constantly spawning.
He stopped getting entangled with the surrounding soldiers, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and then thrust them forward with a vengeance!
"The Specium Ray Ian version!"
A thick, blue-white beam of intense heat shot out from his clasped hands!
Although its power is far less than the original.
But the pure light energy and intense heat it contains are the nemesis of these filthy things! It is mainly Ian's willpower and imagination that endowed this light with such properties.
"Zzz—Boom!!"
The beam of light struck the dark purple vortex with pinpoint accuracy! A blinding blue-white light instantly engulfed it, and the intense energy clash triggered a small-scale explosion!
"Boom!"
The phantom of the building where the vortex was located, along with several monsters around it, was blasted to ashes!
With the destruction of that node, the rate at which new monsters spawn in the surrounding area has significantly slowed down!
"It works!" Ian Tiga's spirits lifted, and he immediately began searching for the next energy node.
However, just as he was preparing to shift his target, another change occurred!
Deep within the dream realm, the Cthulhu will, temporarily repelled but not extinguished by the light of "Tiga," seemed to be thoroughly enraged by the continuous destruction and Ian's "unreasonable" fighting style. A deeper, more ancient, and purer malice, like an awakened volcano, erupted from the deepest level of the dream!
"Aaaaaaahh ...
A shadow, too vast and terrifying to describe in words, is rapidly taking shape! It is no longer a scattered torrent of wills or a simple aggregate of monsters, but rather the vast dream power of Cthulhu, highly concentrated and driven by rage here—a tangible "dream avatar"!
The scene was incredibly powerful. First to appear were countless waving, thick, mountain-like, slimy tentacles covered in slime and suckers. They stretched out from all directions and from every corner of the void, instantly filling every inch of space around Tiga and sealing off all paths of evasion!
The tentacles were covered with blasphemous runes that shimmered with an eerie light, emanating a strong power of mental pollution and spatial restriction.
"Roar roar roar roar roar!"
Then, at the center of these tentacles, a much larger, blurry outline slowly emerged.
The outline vaguely resembled an enormous, crouching humanoid figure, but the head was a constantly rotating chaotic vortex composed of countless star fragments and mad eyes, and behind it stretched out shadowy wings that blotted out the sky, like rotting bat wings!
The mere aura it emitted caused this fragile dream space to begin to crumble and evaporate on a large scale!
"What, what monster!"
Even under the protection of Tiga's palm, Lina felt waves of soul-freezing fear, as if she would be completely devoured by that pure, incomprehensible malice at any moment!
"Finally—something decent has arrived." Tiga's milky-white eyes were fixed on the terrifying avatar that was taking shape. His tone remained calm, but there was a hint of seriousness in it.
He could sense that the power contained in this "dream avatar" far surpassed any previous attack, reaching a level that posed a substantial threat to his "imaginary creation."
Moreover, he could sense that with the appearance of this avatar, the "rejection" and "aggression" of the entire dream system had been raised to the extreme.
Countless new and more powerful monsters continue to emerge from all parts of the dream, surging in like a tide, along with the enormous tentacles and shadow avatars.
This created a deadly trap, like a net stretching across the sky!
"A mere trick, yet you dare to flaunt it before me, the Horned Madman?" The Giant of Light confronts the manifestation of the ancient nightmare demon and its endless, insane claws. A grand battle, spanning the levels of consciousness, imagination, and rules, unfolds completely in this dream on the verge of collapse!
Faced with the Cthulhu dream avatar that emerged from the depths of the dream, its tentacles covering the sky, its shadows obscuring the sun, and radiating pure malice, the energy core on Tiga's chest shone with a bright blue light, like a star being ignited, flashing rapidly and dazzlingly.
"Lina, hold on tight, it might shake a bit now." Ian's calm voice entered Lina's consciousness, and without the slightest hesitation, her massive body launched the first attack!
Although he was walking on a void of dream space, his imagination anchored him as if he were on solid ground. Instead of rushing towards the enormous and terrifying central avatar, he suddenly pushed off the ground, his massive body bursting with incredible agility, like golden lightning, instantly plunging into the dense, forest-like mass of enormous tentacles surrounding him!
"just!"
Tiga crossed his arms in front of his chest, then suddenly swung them outwards, sending golden light blades sweeping out like two crescent moons!
"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"
Those thick tentacles, reeking of foul slime and blasphemous runes, were sliced off in pieces like a hot knife through butter before the light blade, which contained pure light energy and purifying power!
The severed tentacles spurted out a purplish-black, pus-like fluid, emitting a shrill screech, before rapidly withering away in the golden light.
Carbonized, turned into fly ash!
Although there was no sound, the pain was palpable. The attack of the tentacles paused for a moment, and Tiga seized the opportunity to advance, his massive body weaving through the gaps between the tentacles. Every punch and kick was accompanied by a dazzling golden burst of light, blasting the tentacles that blocked his way to pieces!
However, the shadow avatar at the center reacted extremely quickly. The chaotic vortex at its head, composed of star fragments and mad eyes, suddenly accelerated its rotation, casting countless dark purple beams of light that seemed capable of freezing souls and space! At the same time, the shadow wings on its back, resembling rotting bat wings, flapped violently.
A towering dark storm, filled with mad whispers and blasphemous knowledge, swept towards Tiga!
"I've already said it, I, Tiga, am the natural enemy of Cthulhu! I'm going to fight Cthulhu!"
Tiga's milky-white eyes flashed, and he raised his palms in front of his chest, instantly unfurling a hexagonal honeycomb-shaped "Ultra Barrier" made of pure light energy!
"boom-!!!"
The dark storm and the beam of gaze slammed violently into the barrier of light, unleashing a deafening roar of energy! The barrier flickered violently, and even tiny cracks appeared at its edges.
But in the end, it successfully withstood this powerful area attack!
"My turn!"
Just as the barrier neutralized the attack, Tiga seized the opening in the opponent's attack, crossed his wrists in front of the diamond-shaped crystal on his forehead, and then suddenly dropped them to his sides!
The diamond-shaped crystal on her forehead emitted a golden radiance even more dazzling than the sun!
"Zeppelio Ray—Ready!"
A massive amount of light energy surged from Tiga's entire body towards his arms, culminating in a classic L-shape: his right hand extended forward, his left hand resting horizontally beneath his right elbow! A stream of light, blazing white with golden edges and imbued with terrifying heat and purifying power, rapidly formed on his right arm, ready to erupt!
The shadow avatar seemed to sense the threat of this attack, letting out an even more furious silent roar. All the remaining tentacles frantically intertwined and merged, forming an incredibly thick "shield of flesh and madness" in front of it, flowing with slime and countless painful faces.
Simultaneously.
At the head of its chaotic vortex, a dark purple energy ball, extremely unstable and radiating an aura of annihilation, began to condense!
"cut!"
Ian dismissed it dismissively.
Wave?
Who's afraid of who!
He's on the side where they're absolutely certain to win!
"just--!"
Without hesitation, Tiga pointed his right arm forward steadily, and the blazing white Zepelion Ray, like a divine sword that could cleave the heavens and the earth, tore through the dim dream space.
This power slammed into the shadow avatar with unstoppable force!
Almost at the same moment, the shadow avatar also unleashed the dark purple energy ball that contained a massive, insane will!
One white and one purple, two ultimate energy torrents representing completely opposite and irreconcilable forces, collided violently in this dreamlike void on the verge of collapse!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
An indescribable roar and a burst of light erupted! It was not an explosion in the physical sense, but a violent annihilation and conflict of two opposing "rules" and "concepts"!
Centered on the collision point, the dream structure within a radius of hundreds of meters evaporated and vanished instantly like a fragile soap bubble, revealing an even more chaotic and primitive "information layer" beneath!
"Aaaaah!" Countless shattered dream monsters that were caught in the storm were torn into the most basic dust of their consciousness before they could even scream!
The blazing white and dark purple light intertwined, devoured, and annihilated each other, forming a destructive storm zone!
"I can keep you company for a whole day! I am Captain Ultraman!" Tiga maintained his beam-firing posture, the energy core on his chest flickering almost continuously! He could feel the immense pressure emanating from the other side, like an entire raging ocean pouring down! The energy reserves of this avatar far exceeded his expectations!
but.
I certainly can't admit defeat verbally.
"My imagination has no limits!"
God knows how many Ultraman lines Ian plagiarized.
"Light—give me more light!" Ian cried out in his heart, not only mobilizing the power of this imaginary body, but also pouring his cold and powerful will as a "raven" and his absolute insistence on the belief that "light will prevail" into the light without reservation!
It seemed to sense this resolute will.
The gold, red, and purple stripes on Tiga's body suddenly became brighter, and the energy core on his chest even briefly turned into a more intense, burning orange-red!
"Drink it!!!"
With an even more rousing battle cry, the output power of the Zepelion Ray surged once more! The blazing white beam of light suddenly expanded, and the purifying and destructive power it contained reached a new peak!
Click—
—!
The first thing to crack was the "Shield of Flesh and Madness" that stood in front of the shadow incarnation!
Under the intense light, the pained faces on the shield emitted silent wails, melting and dissipating, and the entire shield began to crumble!
Without the shield's protection, the enhanced Zepelion Ray, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, crashed heavily into the already unstable dark purple energy ball!
BOOM—!!!
The dark purple energy sphere finally succumbed to the pressure and exploded! However, the impact of its explosion deflected some of the light energy.
The reflection created a chaotic flow of energy!
The remaining Ian shockwave, along with the still-powerful Zepelion Ray, continued its momentum, penetrating the aftershocks of the explosion and fiercely striking the massive body of the shadow avatar!
"Hiss—!!!"
A silent shriek, filled with pain, anger, and disbelief, that reached the very essence of the soul, erupted from the chaotic vortex of the shadow incarnation's head!
The blazing white light, like a red-hot branding iron, imprinted itself on its body composed of shadows and madness! Wherever it passed, the shadows melted away like ice and snow, and the mad thoughts were forcibly purified and evaporated!
Its rotting bat wings were pierced and torn by the light, and its huge body was pushed back step by step by the impact of the light stream, with large clouds of purplish-black smoke constantly exploding on its surface!
"it's over!"
Ultraman Tiga's milky-white eyes shone brightly as he unleashed his last remaining power without reservation!
"boom!!!!"
Finally, in an even more violent explosion, the enormous shadow avatar, along with the remaining tentacles and dark storm around it, was completely swallowed up in the ultimate light! Countless purplish-black fragments flew and dissipated in the blazing white light, and in the end, nothing was left.
"Beep beep beep beep!~"
The energy lamp on Ian's chest was still flashing.
Well, how should I put it?
He's not actually lacking in energy.
The main reason is that in his memory, the more frequently Ultraman's lights flash, the stronger Ultraman is, which is why the previous flashing lights had become a continuous blur.
After all, he's not a real Ultraman.
Ian, with the power of his thinking, found that this was indeed the case.
The opponent was blown up after he turned on the light.
This aligns well with Ian's preconceived notion of Ultraman fighting monsters.