Chapter Nineteen: DEUS Mode

"This immense power..."

This was truly power—the power bestowed by the collective consciousness of the human race, which opened the DEUS Mode and propelled him to such a formidable level.

You throw a peach to me, I return a jade for it.

Then, let this self, now endowed with such strength, fight to protect this world!

Feeling the changes within his body, Jin experienced a surge of excitement that he could not suppress, yet his mind remained clearer than ever.

Gazing at Peginela before him, Seven X stamped his foot hard onto the ground. Accompanied by the tremor of the earth, his massive form surged straight forward.

"Damn it... We are left with no choice but to make a last stand!"

The Alaya-vijnana consciousness of the Peginela race also knew that all paths of retreat were now cut off.

They had no choice but to gamble the survival of their entire race and fight it out with Seven X.

Waving its gigantic arms, Peginela charged toward Seven X.

"Boom..."

The gigantic arm collided with Seven X's fist. A momentary burst of numbness rippled through, causing Peginela's body to sway slightly before it barely managed to steady itself.

However, immediately following this, Seven X's storm-like assault poured down upon its body entirely.

Compared to Peginela's clumsy movements, Seven X's enhancement was not merely on the level of raw power; even his reflexes and movement speed had been pushed to their absolute limits.

DEUS... inherently meant the [God]...

With a sudden stop of his fist, Seven X took a forward step, his mountain-like body leaning slightly to the side, and his armored shoulder slammed fiercely into Peginela's soft abdomen.

"Roar..."

Peginela let out a sharp cry of pain as its other arm whipped through the air to strike fiercely at Seven X's head and face.

Yet Seven X's reaction was extraordinarily swift. His left hand snapped upward, while his right hand uncurled from a fist into an open palm, tightly seizing Peginela's right arm.

Seven X's posture lowered slightly into a stance resembling a horse stance, which granted him a much more stable center of gravity and planted his footing firmly on the ground. At the same time, his right hand gripped Peginela's arm with a deathly hold and exerted explosive force, while his left shoulder thrust forward. Using his own body as a fulcrum, he executed a direct body slam throw on Peginela.

"Boom..."

The colossal body overturned and crashed onto the ground, triggering tremors akin to a minor earthquake that shook the surrounding buildings.

Half-crouching over the fallen beast, Seven X drove his knee straight into Peginela's soft abdomen, followed immediately by a dazzling flurry of straight punches that deformed the bulky torso.

"Roar..."

On the horizon, more clusters of green light converged and plunged directly into Peginela's body. A barrage of energy projectiles slammed into Seven X, generating continuous concussive blasts that eventually knocked Seven X to the ground.

As this wave of green light depleted, a thick, sturdy tail extended from behind Peginela's body, whipping flexibly against the ground and cracking open deep chasms.

Seven X nimbly leaped back to his feet, casting a vigilant gaze at his opponent as the aura radiating from Peginela's body grew even stronger.

"Whoosh..."

Accompanied by a sharp tearing sound in the air, the thick tail elongated, shooting forward like a flying spear to pierce through Seven X.

Leaning slightly to the side, Seven X nimbly dodged the attack. However, to Jin's astonishment, the tail continued to stretch and loop backward, wrapping tightly around Seven X's body like a tentacle.

"Ugh..."

With both arms pinned tightly against his sides, Seven X was temporarily unable to exert his strength, his body bowed slightly as the taut tail strained under tension. Planting his feet firmly on the ground, Seven X engaged in a contest of pure muscle strength against Peginela.

"This won't do..."

A sense of urgency welled up inside Jin; the DEUS Mode could not be sustained indefinitely.

Frankly speaking, the DEUS Mode was a state that stimulated the cellular structure over a short duration, drastically amplifying strength, reflexes, and speed. However, transforming from a human body into an Ultraman was already a form of cellular stimulation within a compressed timeframe. Therefore, the DEUS Mode acted as a secondary layer of stimulation, which would inevitably inflict severe strain upon the body.

The initial cellular stimulation driven by light energy to achieve transformation was harmless. Yet, building upon that foundation with a secondary level of stimulation would produce hidden drawbacks—much like burning away one's life force to fight, though slightly less fatal.

Deep in thought, Seven X suddenly raised his head. A jolt went through Jin's heart as if he had hit upon a solution.

Stomping his feet onto the ground, Seven X spun as he launched straight up into the air, while Peginela's tail stretched infinitely, winding coil after coil around Seven X's body.

Yet at a certain moment, a razor-sharp blade flashed. The Eye Slugger spun as it flew out like a streak of light, slicing cleanly through Peginela's tail in an instant.

The sudden vanishing of the opposing force threw Peginela off balance, causing its massive form to stumble and nearly collapse onto the ground.

Immediately following this, however, the Eye Slugger descended directly before it, hacking downward.

"Boom..."

Peginela caught the Eye Slugger with both hands in a desperate grip, its body driven steadily backward under the relentless momentum of the blade, crushing the buildings behind it into rubble.

"Roar..."

Accompanied by an angry roar, Peginela's right leg slammed backward into the ground, finally halting the advance of the blade.

Yet in the next instant, Seven X descended like a deity from the heavens.

[Ultra Flying Kick]

The tip of his foot struck viciously against the tail-end of the Eye Slugger. With Peginela's strength momentarily flagging and unable to react in time, the blade was driven deep into Peginela's body by the sheer force of the [Ultra Flying Kick].

At that moment, having just landed, Seven X tapped his toe against the ground, transforming his figure into a streak of red light as he dashed rapidly toward Peginela.

In a split second, they brushed past one another...

Right behind the maneuver, Seven X extended his arm slightly, firmly catching the Eye Slugger as it protruded from Peginela's back.

Without breaking his speed, and a hundred meters past the target after retrieving the blade, Seven X wheeled around once more, raising the Eye Slugger high.

A wave of the hand, and the blade fell!

Turning back once more amidst a brief tremor, Seven X arrived before Peginela yet again.

Stomping the ground, Seven X leaped into the air. The Eye Slugger swept upward directly from Peginela's abdomen all the way to the top of its head.

A flash of cold light swept past...

"Splash..."

Flesh and blood splattered across the ground...

Behind him, muffled explosions erupted in succession. The rampaging monster, along with the entire scheme woven by the Peginela race, vanished completely into thin air amidst the cataclysmic blasts.

Yet Seven X raised his head slightly... It was not over yet...

His figure streaked across the night sky like a stream of light, as countless clusters of green light surged toward this location from all directions.

Looking at the sea of green light filling the heavens, Jin paused momentarily, his gaze turning razor-sharp.

Seven X formed his arms into an "L" shape to discharge his beam, and energy immediately rippled outward from his fingertips to his elbows.

"Wide Shot!!!"

Brilliant flames flooded the firmament, and amidst the roaring concussions, the entire night sky was illuminated in blazing brilliance.