On Earth, the Dark Shadow Magician, after waiting for a moment, chose to immediately cast a spell to summon the spirit of the Hyperspace person. Given the time that had passed, the Dark Shadow Magician, with his knowledge of Ultraman, was certain the Hyperspace person had already turned to ash.
All the Dark Shadow Magician's duplicates chanted a strange incantation simultaneously, sending an invisible wave spreading from Earth into outer space. However, no matter how the invisible wave searched, the Dark Shadow Magician could not locate the spirit of the Hyperspace person.
"What's going on?" One of the Dark Shadow Magician's duplicates, turning into a black stream of light, shot out of Earth directly into space. After circling Earth twice and finding no trace of the Hyperspace person's explosion, and noticing Chen Yu and Mebius had disappeared, it was dumbfounded.
Without the key component of the Hyperspace person's spirit, forming King Gigachimera would be extremely difficult.
Just as it planned to return to Earth, the duplicate noticed two figures flying towards Earth – the two Ultraman who had vanished!
From their direction, the Dark Shadow Magician deduced they might have gone to Venus or Mercury, or possibly…
"Wait! Could it be the Hyperspace person was sent into…" His eyes drifted to the center of the solar system, the sun, and his heart sank. If the Hyperspace person was sent into the sun, with its intense heat and gravitational pull, survival was impossible, and the spirit would be utterly destroyed by the sun's power.
As the two Ultraman approached, the Dark Shadow Magician's duplicate quickly left outer space, returning to Earth as a dark purple streak of light.
Chen Yu and Mebius also returned to the city, surveying their surroundings.
"What should we do next?" Mebius inquired.
"Wait and see," Chen Yu's gaze swept over dark corners, spotting several duplicates of the Dark Shadow Magician. As long as the Dark Shadow Magician remained, the crisis was not over.
A mission completion message echoed in Chen Yu's mind, yielding a slight reward.
[Mission One Completed! Received Hyperspace Capsule×1!]
The Hyperspace Capsule, the glass cylinder that had trapped Chen Yu, could only be opened from the outside and would release a special mist in a short time, turning anyone trapped inside into a bronze statue.
"It's a useful item, but not much use in the upcoming battle."
King Gigachimera's massive size made it impossible to encase in the Hyperspace Capsule, and the Dark Shadow Magician, fueled by negative energy, would also grow too large for the capsule. Thus, the item was set aside for now.
As the Ultraman didn't vanish after defeating the monsters, the excited crowd was about to rush forward to celebrate.
Chen Yu, seeing this, gestured for them to return to safety.
Realizing the Ultraman were waiting for something, the crowd halted, sensing the battle was not yet over.
Hiding in the shadows, the Dark Shadow Magician's duplicates sneered, "Since you refuse to leave, stay then. Even without the Hyperspace person... you will be destroyed!"
"Fear! Fear!"
"Panic! Panic!"
Ghostly voices emerged from all corners of the city, instilling an unknown fear in everyone's hearts.
From the duplicates of the Dark Shadow Magician, streams of dark purple negative energy flew into the sky.
Humming with an invisible wave, the spirits of the monsters emerged from the ground, swirling in the air.
Visible from the spirits' heads were King Gesura, King Pandon, King Hilbagon, and King Golza's spirits, lacking only the Super Hyperspace person's spirit.
These negative energies and spirits converged high above, rapidly forming a massive black cloud, where the spirits seemed to be merging.
Chen Yu reverted to his composite form and exchanged glances with Mebius, both gathering energy.
Zaipellion Ray and Mebium Shot were unleashed, striking the black cloud, dissipating a portion of it but not affecting the spirits within.
"It's no use; our preemptive strike can't stop their fusion," Chen Yu said after releasing the beams.
In this situation, they could only fight with all their might.
Chen Yu hoped those in the institute would regain their memories and transform into Ultraman to support him and Mebius.
The Dark Shadow Magician's duplicates vanished in significant numbers, as lacking the Hyperspace person's spirit forced them to use more energy to merge the remaining monster spirits.
As people watched the giant black cloud in the sky, panic set in.
The institute's onlookers exchanged glances, realizing that Chen Yu and Mebius alone might not defeat this foe.
"Has anyone awakened their memories?" Daigu asked first, expressing his love for the world and unwillingness to see the city destroyed by monsters.
Seeing no response, Hiroshi Fujimiya stood up, "Arrange things on your own; I'm going to the seaside."
"To the seaside? Could it be…" The others grasped something from Fujimiya's statement.
Heading to the seaside might be the key for Fujimiya to awaken his memories and transform into Ultraman.
Nan Xizi, already at the institute, approached Hokuto Seiji with a contemplative gaze, then glanced at the wedding ring on her finger.
The Ultraman ring had not appeared yet, but Nan Xizi's memories from another world had awakened.
With all eyes on them, the black cloud in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the giant monster's figure.
Its base was King Gesura's head, the top was King Hilbagon and King Golza's heads, the left and right sides were their extended giant claws, and the tail comprised two heads of King Pandon.
To Chen Yu's surprise, the part that was supposed to belong to the Hyperspace person in the middle was an empty shell, completely featureless!