Calling My Name

Chapter 697 Calling My Name

The Heart of the Universe is a legendary item that ranks among the top of all the artifacts that have appeared in Marvel.

Thanos was the brief holder of the title. In that publication, Thanos was described as invincible, killing anyone who stood in his way, literally defeating all opponents, instantly killing Galactus, beating up Eternity, and even subduing the Living Tribunal in a few moves.

Because it has never encountered its limit or suffered any setbacks, the extent of this artifact's potential remains a subject of much debate and is difficult to estimate.

"So all your arrangements and actions were for this purpose?"

Shen You was blasted back by the shockwave of the explosion. Neither of them knew how far they had been thrown, but this place seemed similar to the source matter he had once been in; space itself held little significance. So even though it felt like they had been thrown back several universes, they were still right in front of each other.

"For what? To save your kingdom? To prevent the destruction of your world?"

Shen You simultaneously activated the power of the Divine Speed ​​Force and the Life Equation, striking the little golden man once more.

"You know a lot. Yes, that was true at the beginning. But now, doing that kind of thing is a piece of cake for me."

Tartarus exchanged another blow with him, punching Shen You in the face, but at the same time Shen You countered with a hook punch that hit Tartarus's chin.

"My... uh, my goal has become even grander." He didn't stop talking even while he was being hit. "I will devour the Kingdom of Light and merge the two kingdoms."

I will show His Majesty that our future is not limited to Absolut, or even just one universe.

We can have so much more—all the world, all the energy, all of it, will belong to us!

He and Shen You locked arms around each other, paused briefly, and gave a cold laugh.

"The countdown has begun."

At this very moment, in the outside world...

"What did he go to do?"

"I ask you this in a strange way," Flash asked.

"The scan readings from the light ring are a bit strange," Hal frowned. "Something seems off."

"Watch out!"

Someone shouted first, and then everyone turned around.

They discovered that the war was not over yet.

A new army, densely packed and stretching as far as the eye can see, surged forth from the depths of antimatter like a golden tide.

"Those are Absoluts!" Cerro shouted, "Tartarus' army!"

They won the war against the anti-surveillance agents, but this was only the beginning.

The real war is only just beginning.

"Diavolo!"

Zero faced off against the Absolut warrior charging at the front, a burly man with horns on his head, Absolut Diavolo, known as the Little Golden Bull.

As he crossed his fists, a storm of lightning swept in, and Zero stepped forward to parry with his sword. The two shockwaves collided, and both were forced back several meters.

"You've become stronger," Zero said in a deep voice.

"You too," Diablo stepped forward and shouted, "but I'm still stronger!"

Titan, the swordsman from Absolut, also wielded his sword against the two Ultra Brothers. Seven wielded an ice axe, and Ace brandished his guillotine; the three sides clashed and fought evenly.

"Not enough, not nearly enough! Where is Noah?"

Titan seemed to have been injected with some kind of superhuman energy, his strength had increased dramatically compared to before, and he was also more arrogant than ever before.

"I want to fight ten of them! Bring Noah to me!"

Not only was he arrogant in his words, but Titan's strength was also quite exaggerated. He slashed repeatedly with his sword, and the crescent-shaped sword light formed an impenetrable network, forcing both Ultramen to retreat for a moment.

"I am now invincible!"

An astonishing amount of energy erupted from the sword, and a beam of sword light, seemingly capable of splitting heaven and earth, slashed domineeringly. However, before it had flown far, it collided head-on with the spinning light wheel, and the surging light energy was swept back, causing Titan to retreat in a sorry state.

"What?"

He looked up, seemingly astonished, trying to confirm which powerful figure from the Land of Light possessed such strength. Then, the First Hokage, his body radiating golden light, shot through the air, right fist forward and left fist behind, executing a standard charging pose as he thrust forward.

It was so fast that it was impossible to react, and a punch landed squarely on his face, almost crushing his skull.

"Don't be nervous." Superman's voice came from Ultraman's body, smiling gently, "It seems this is Superman's/Ultraman's job."

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"The number of warriors in Absolut is countless, and they have all been strengthened."

Tartarus thrust out his left fist, unleashing a spiraling energy beam at Shen You from a distance.

"Your multiverse guards and your Land of Light's security forces have absolutely no chance!"

"That's hard to say."

Shen You used his Swiftness Force to dodge, then threw out two light orbs as a feint attack, while simultaneously flashing behind Tartarus.

"In fact, you could have done something."

Tartarus said.

"You all are. While you're busy dealing with the anti-surveillancers, especially you and me, I've seen your actions during this time. I've seen you simultaneously fighting futile waves of anti-surveillancers in countless universes, in every devastating reality."

Shen You took a punch to the chest, a punch with special effects added to it, and a ring of golden light exploded in front of his chest. His breath seemed to be briefly interrupted as domineering energy surged into his body, but it was immediately neutralized by the life equation.

"Look at you, wasting so much time saving meaningless lives. If you hadn't spent so many worlds futilely fighting against the anti-monitors, you might have had a chance."

"No life saved is meaningless."

Shen You steadied himself and unleashed an anti-life ray, but it was still neutralized by the opponent's quick dodges and blocks.

"Actually, I'm quite surprised. You had such a comprehensive view and planned for so long, yet you completely failed to detect my intentions before this. Did you think my attention was always focused on the counter-surveillance agents? Did you think I didn't notice your intentions at all?"

After you left so many clues, so many traces?

"What?"

Tartarus frowned.

"As the anti-surveillance activists have said, no one can wield the power of the life equation. I've been trying all this time, but it's been incredibly difficult."

Shen You simultaneously thrust out both fists, and from each arm shot out ring-shaped rays. Tartarus was momentarily distracted and enveloped by the rays, forced to raise his arms to protect his upper body and retreat to avoid them.

"Back then, I devised a plan, a daring plan, but thanks to you, thanks to the Anti-Monitors, your plan to simultaneously invade every multiverse gave me the opportunity to execute it."

In every world, in countless apocalypses, in the face of despair by countless races and countless beings, they all saw the same scene.

Like the last hope at the end of a universe, like the last ember of a flame in a world filled with despair from Pandora's box, the Giant of Light appeared.

"In some places I failed, and in others I succeeded. Every life saved has meaning, because they will live on, passing on the light received from the darkest moments of the multiverse, and continuing to pass on this light called hope."

Tartarus shattered his energy with a flick of his arms, then flashed forward, his massive fist hurtling towards him: "Are you still spouting such meaningless words at a time like this?"

Shen You raised his arm to block his attack, and bursts of golden ripples exploded, blasting him backward.

"You still don't understand. The Equation of Life is the law governing the universe, encompassing all life in the multiverse, and every life is still connected to it to this day."

Perhaps I've only unleashed a very limited portion of its power so far, but with some help…

Tartarus was startled, as if he suddenly understood something: "You mean...!?"

"Spreading light and hope is what the Ultra race excels at. What I'm doing is simply what countless predecessors have done, but this time it's through the Life Equation, and the scope is the entire multiverse!"

"That won't do."

Tartarus roared, his entire body turning golden, burning like a Super Saiyan, releasing maximum power from his palms.

Ultimate Absolute Destruction!

MAX power version!

But at the very moment he struck, a surging wave of white light erupted from Shen You's body!

In an instant, it pierced through this field, radiating outwards into the entire antimatter universe, and then irresistibly radiating beyond antimatter, into one universe after another, until the end of all things.

Immediately afterwards, the little golden man was horrified to see beams of golden light shining from outside this enclosed world.

One beam after another, each faint yet incredibly resolute. Countless beams of light, dense to an alarming degree, came from every universe, every world, from all beings who had ever known the existence of "Ultraman" and had found redemption in this devastating catastrophe that stretched to the ends of time and space.

The entire multiverse contains countless lives and countless lights.

Everything converged into his body at that moment.

All the worlds, and all those who have not given up hope.

If you still have the will to fight, please lend me your strength.

With these two hands, we will pave the way for the future of this universe.

Shen You suddenly opened his eyes, and a burst of white light erupted from him and traveled to the ends of the universe. Along with a name, it seemed to transform into a symbol of hope, spreading throughout the multiverse in an instant.

That was the name he was given in the Land of Light.

The name he was given as Ultraman.

In the radiance that illuminates the entire multiverse, the giant appears as if he were standing before everyone at once, slowly opening his arms against the backdrop of the endless starry sky.

Call my name aloud!

—Ultraman Seth!

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"No, it can't be like this, it can't be today!" Tartarus roared, unleashing his full power to increase his attack on Shen You.

But it's no longer useful.

The unprecedented and unparalleled power of the energy instantly repelled even his now invincible strength. His maximum output of energy was neutralized; the energy, which even he himself was unsure how many dimensions it could blast away in one go, simply dissipated as if it had been thrown into water.

Shen You slowly raised one hand.

The five fingers slowly spread open.

It was just a gesture, without any energy fluctuations or signs of attack; it was like a pure will.

Tartarus felt as if a heavy hammer had struck his chest, and his entire body felt as if it were bound by invisible shackles, his limbs suddenly becoming a million times heavier.

He gritted his teeth, and when he looked up at the figure in front of him again, the giant's body was already shrouded in white light, and its shape was no longer recognizable.

In all the worlds of the multiverse, countless voices call out simultaneously.

Ultraman Seth.

That's his name.

As if through the resonance gained from the power of this name, countless consciousnesses transformed into light at this moment.

Through their innate connection, the shared "equation of life," they became part of the great current flowing into Ultraman's body.

At this point, Tartarus had already vaguely sensed the outcome.

Such a long period of preparation, such a powerful force, one that was previously unimaginable.

He was not reconciled.

"No!"

He raised both palms, and golden light blasted out again like a thunderous cannon.

But this time, Shen You didn't even dodge or block, simply letting the world-destroying bombardment hit him, sweeping across his chest.

"What do you think you've become?" he roared. "Trying to play the role of a god in this universe? You don't even belong here!"

"Yes, but you don't belong either."

Shen You calmly stepped forward.

"I wasn't trying to play any role. As I said, life and anti-life, that force is too powerful for me to control, and I never planned to take control of it in the first place."

Ultraman has never been a god, and I have never planned to break that exception.

So it wasn't me who punched you."

The moment the words left his mouth, Tartarus felt himself being punched.

"What!?"

His eyes widened.

He couldn't see where it came from at all, there was no movement whatsoever. Even now, the opponent seemed to be completely motionless, as if he had simply struck him with the will to "punch".

The energy within his body was in disarray. The various energies of different attributes that he had forcibly possessed began to clash under the impact of a powerful external force, and seemed ready to go berserk at any moment.

"This punch comes from everyone you've tried to take away from their world," Shen You said.

From the very beginning, the Equation of Life belonged to everyone living in the multiverse. And as an Ultraman from outside, he transformed himself into a medium.

He drew upon the power of everyone in the diverse world, and at the same time gave them the opportunity to fight for their own world.

Now Tartarus is not facing Shen You alone, but an entire multiverse.

"And now, this is the right finale."

Shen You raised his arms horizontally, with his fists facing each other and positioned in front of the timer on his chest.

The core of the self-timer burst forth with unprecedented brilliance.

Timer Ultimate Flash - Creation of Heaven and Earth!

Tartarus launched a final counterattack, but it was futile. The energy he had gathered dissipated before it could even take shape, and he himself was swept away like a whirlwind.

His defenses crumbled instantly, and his body dissolved into nothingness amidst a roar of defiance. A radiant light, like that of creation, stretched to the ends of the earth; shattered planets were restored in the white light, people who had vanished in antimatter returned, the dead were resurrected, and the collapsed universe was restored to its original state as if time had reversed.

At this moment, Shen You could feel every universe and every life within the multiverse system. Whether it was a child's first breath at birth, the first breeze of spring, or the flapping of an insect's wings.

He could sense everything, as if he had become everything.

He reshaped the multiverse.

(End of this chapter)