Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Belial, Long Time No See
Inside the banquet hall, a group of people dressed in ancient Greek clothing drank with one another while enjoying the singing and dancing of the dancers in the garden.
The people of U40 were somewhat different from the people of the M78 Land of Light. Everyone here had their own human form. In other words, the concept of a human host did not exist here. Their usual human appearance on U40 was both their human form and their true body, and their Giant of Light form was likewise their true body. Beyond that, the people of U40 could also possess aliens or ordinary people from other planets, allowing their host to gain the power to grow giant and become an Ultra Warrior.
"Jovian, are you disappointed by the sights of U40?"
"In your eyes, U40 should be an extremely advanced super-technological civilization that leads the entire universe, right?"
Joneus drank as he asked Jovian. He looked simple and honest on the outside, but his mind was meticulous. While asking Jovian questions, he had already begun probing Jovian’s origins.
"It’s all right..."
Jovian’s answer was vague. He seemed to be a man of very few words, because Jovian knew that the more one said, the more mistakes one made. So when he did not understand the situation clearly, it was better to say less.
"Is that so?" Joneus saw that Jovian’s answer was unclear, then lifted his wine and took another large drink. After thinking for a while, he changed the subject. "I heard from Amia that you happened to stop Belial’s personal guard out of nowhere. What a coincidence. To think you intercepted him so easily..."
"Hm?"
Jovian frowned slightly as he listened to Joneus. He heard the implication hidden in and around Joneus’s words. At that moment, Jovian was slightly startled. What startled him was not that Joneus would ask him something like this, but rather...
Well, well, Joneus. With that honest face, those thick brows and big eyes, and that righteous aura, you can actually speak in such a passive-aggressive way?
"Joneus, don’t interrogate Jovian. He is our guest."
Amia seemed to notice Jovian’s difficulty and took the initiative to help him out.
"Sigh..."
Joneus looked at Amia’s expression and sighed helplessly. Once a younger sister grew up, she started speaking up for outsiders.
Joneus suddenly felt a little nervous. He felt as though his adorable sister was about to be stolen away.
"No, I know Senior Joneus has concerns about my origins. After all, these are tense times. My situation isn’t some secret that can’t be explained either..."
While Amia was acting sweetly toward Joneus and asking him not to interrogate Jovian, Jovian took the initiative to speak.
"Oh?"
Seeing Jovian speak on his own, Joneus raised an eyebrow. That was beyond his expectations. He had originally thought Jovian would cooperate with Amia and gloss over the matter, but now it seemed things were not quite as he imagined.
"Jovian..."
When Amia saw that Jovian intended to bring up his own situation, she felt slightly nervous. She was not stupid. She also felt that Jovian’s interception and killing of Belial’s personal guard was extremely suspicious, but she did not care. She only knew that Jovian had saved her, and that Jovian felt very warm to her. She knew Jovian’s nature was definitely not bad, and that was enough.
"It’s fine."
Jovian waved to Amia. He knew that even if he did not explain himself now, it would be perfectly acceptable. However, if he truly refused to explain, Joneus would definitely stay on guard against him. That would instead make it harder for Jovian to win Joneus over. So he planned to give an explanation. Fortunately, he had prepared one long ago.
"Senior Joneus, the truth is, I was waiting there one step ahead of time for Belial’s personal guard to pass by. I knew in advance that Belial’s personal guard would definitely pass through that area."
Jovian looked at Joneus and Amia with utter sincerity.
"Is that so?"
Joneus’s gaze gradually sharpened, as though an enormous power was brewing inside his small body.
"Jovian?"
Amia did not understand why Jovian would say such a thing. Even if that were true, Jovian could have made up an excuse and brushed it aside. Why say it out loud now? Amia could not understand it.
"And the reason I knew Belial’s personal guard would pass by was because I have been monitoring the Land of Light, secretly watching Belial’s every move. As for why I was monitoring Belial..."
Jovian clenched his fists, as though he was extremely furious. Although Jovian said nothing at that moment, it was as if he had said everything. Right now, silence spoke louder than words.
"See, Joneus? I told you Jovian wasn’t a spy sent by Belial. He saved me, so he definitely isn’t a bad person. If he really were Belial’s spy, he would have handed me over to Belial long ago and used me to threaten you and deal with U40."
After hearing Jovian’s words, Amia looked at Joneus and spoke indignantly.
"I was overthinking it!"
After thinking for a while, Joneus looked at Amia and gave her a doting smile.
"Damn sister complex."
Jovian glanced at Joneus and mentally slapped that label onto the head of this honest-looking, thick-browed strongman.
"..."
While Jovian and the Joneus siblings were laughing and chatting, Heka, who sat across from Jovian, kept glaring at him viciously with a death stare.
At that moment, Heka was furious. They had originally been about to fight. He had been about to lead Joneus in flipping the Land of Light upside down. In the end, Joneus’s sister had been rescued by someone. With Joneus’s personality, he would definitely consider the bigger picture and act cautiously, then even more cautiously. There probably would not be a fight now.
"Sigh..."
Heka sighed. Timing and fate. If they could not fight today, he would continue sowing discord another day. Sooner or later, this war would break out. When that time came...
He, Heka, would definitely vent the resentment in his chest.
While the people of U40 drank, danced, and admired the moon...
At the Land of Light...
"Lord Belial!"
Belial’s personal guard, who had gone to the Land of Light to deliver the report, had already arrived.
"What is it? Why are you shouting like that? You’re my personal guard. No matter what happens, pay attention to your bearing!"
When Belial heard the howl, he looked at his disgraceful personal guard and spoke coldly.
"Lord Belial, I’m sorry. I lost my composure..."
When Belial’s personal guard heard Belial’s criticism, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately straightened himself.
"Good. Tell me. What happened?"
Belial lay on his chair, enjoying the massage from two or three beautiful women beside him, and asked the guard before him, who had recognized his mistake and corrected it.
"The people of U40 are preparing to attack!"
Belial’s personal guard looked at Belial, who was lying on the palace throne while being served by two or three gorgeous women from the Land of Light, and spoke in a deep voice.
"What did you say?"
When Belial heard this, a trace of panic immediately flashed across his expression, followed by furious rage.
He picked up something beside him and threw it at the personal guard in front of him.
This scene frightened the beauties beside Belial, and panic appeared on their faces. They were terrified of Belial when he was angry.
Clang.
With a light sound, the water pitcher on the table smashed into the head of Belial’s personal guard. The pitcher shattered instantly, and the guard did not dare say a word.
"Gather the troops!"
"I want to see whether a mere U40 can really turn the sky upside down!"
"It seems I have been too gentle, making that bunch of knockoff Ultra Warriors think they can deal with the Warriors of the Land of Light from the M78 Nebula."
Belial roared furiously. Once again, he would use absolute power to tell this universe exactly who spoke for the Ultramen of the known universe.
"As you command!"
When Belial’s personal guard heard this, joy appeared on his face. He had long wanted to flatten U40. It was said that Joneus’s sister was an unparalleled beauty. If he could capture her...
Because Belial, the one at the top, was already crooked, the Land of Light was different from the proper timeline, where the Ultra Warriors led by Father of Ultra were all saints who could sacrifice themselves to save the universe. Now, the atmosphere of the Land of Light was becoming more and more wrong. Comparison, jealousy, brutality, the entire Land of Light was filled with negative energy.
The light of the Ultra Warriors was also becoming less and less pure.
"Everyone! Those bastards from U40 look down on us! They even intend to overthrow our rule and seize our position in the universe!"
"Can we allow this?"
"This is a provocation against us!"
"Let us annihilate U40!"
Belial’s personal guard quickly gathered tens of thousands of Ultra Warriors and shouted loudly.
"Annihilate U40! Annihilate U40! Annihilate U40!"
Countless Ultra Warriors heard him and roared loudly, all shouting that they would annihilate U40.
"Lord Belial..."
Belial’s personal guard admired the sight of countless Ultra Warriors shouting in unison with satisfaction. Then, as though he sensed something, he took the initiative to move aside, allowing the master of the Land of Light and overlord of the universe to step into the speaking position.
"Everyone! I am with you! Move out! Target, U40!"
Belial casually glanced at his personal guard. Looking at his warriors, he felt extremely satisfied. He looked at the warriors who quietly gazed up at him and admired him, then declared the Land of Light’s attack on U40.
"Move out!"
Following Belial’s order, thousands upon thousands of Ultra Warriors flew out of the Land of Light and rapidly advanced toward U40.
Meanwhile...
After Belial announced the attack on U40, and as the countless Ultra Warriors set out, everyone on U40 remained completely unaware. They were still drinking and celebrating the successful rescue of their little princess, Joneus’s sister Amia, from danger.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Only when the ground of U40 suddenly split open and countless mechanical loudspeakers emerged, sounding an alarm across the entire planet, did everyone finally become serious and set down their wine cups.
"Hm?"
Joneus frowned. He sensed the countless waves of malice in the sky outside.
"Everyone! Bastards from the Land of Light have invaded our country! Please prepare for battle!"
"Repeating, this is not a drill. A large number of bastards from the Land of Light have invaded our country! Please prepare for battle!"
The loudspeakers kept repeating the news of the invasion. At this moment, U40 and the Land of Light had already reached the brink of war.
"Joneus!"
The warriors of U40 all turned their eyes to Joneus. They waited for U40’s guardian, Joneus, to decide whether they would fight or not.
"Fight!"
Joneus slowly set down his wine cup. His expression carried a hint of worry, but in the end, he set that worry aside, because U40 at this moment did not allow him to think too much. After setting aside his worries, Joneus said only one word to the warriors of U40, fight.
"That’s exactly what we were waiting for!"
After the warriors of U40 received Joneus’s order, each of them instantly transformed from human form into Giant of Light form and flew into the sky.
"Hahaha..."
Heka laughed loudly and took the lead. Although his combat strength was lacking, he was the person who wanted war the most out of everyone. Others were fighting to defend U40, while he was fighting purely for his ambition and for the sake of battle itself. He was enjoying the war.
"Jovian, can I leave Amia in your care?"
"If I lose, please take Amia and leave. The farther, the better!"
Joneus looked at his younger sister, then at the countless crisscrossing rays in the sky and the clansmen fighting bloody battles. A decision formed in his heart. He pushed Amia toward Jovian, a stranger he had only known for a few hours and could not even fully trust yet.
Joneus was gambling. He was gambling that Amia had not misjudged him.
"Joneus, no. I don’t want to leave you. I don’t want to leave U40. I want to fight with everyone!"
Amia grabbed Joneus’s arm, tears pouring down her face.
"Don’t make trouble!" Joneus looked at Amia and gently shook his head. Then he looked at Jovian. "Please promise me, young man!"
"Joneus, leave Amia to me!"
Jovian pulled Amia into his arms and gave Joneus a firm look.
"Good!"
Joneus did not think too much. The instant Amia was pulled away by Jovian, he transformed and flew into the sky.
At that moment, because the Land of Light had the numerical advantage, they were suppressing the Ultra Warriors of U40.
"Young warriors, stop your invasion!"
Until Joneus joined the battle.
As Joneus’s body continuously grew, all the way past one hundred and twenty meters, and he became two or even three times the size of ordinary Ultra Warriors in the forty- to fifty-meter range, the Ultra Warriors immediately erupted into chaos.
Boom!
The Ultra Warriors’ shock could not stop Joneus’s fist from falling. A scene of an Ultra-style adult beating up children immediately unfolded before everyone’s eyes.
A forty-meter Ultra Warrior in front of a one-hundred-and-twenty-meter Joneus was nothing more than a single slap. The scene was like an admiral from One Piece beating up a real-life five- or six-year-old child. They flew absurdly far.
"Joneus! Joneus is here!"
With Joneus’s size, he was truly eye-catching. The countless wounded U40 warriors regained their courage the moment they saw Joneus, and once again plunged into battle with the Ultra Warriors of the Land of Light.
"My brother is the strongest!"
On the ground, Amia, standing beside Jovian, revealed a faint smile. She knew her brother Joneus was the strongest.
However, the real crisis had only just begun.
"Joneus, is it? Interesting!"
In outer space, Belial, who had not acted all this time, had been hiding in the dark. He had been waiting for an opportunity, a plan that would distract Joneus. And the object he held in his hand at this moment was the Ultra Key. Yes, Belial was preparing to use the Ultra Key in outer space, this powerful weapon in his hand that could destroy a first-class star in an instant, to get rid of the irritating Joneus. As long as he dealt with Joneus, there would no longer be any obstacle to him in the universe.
"Joneus, don’t get arrogant!"
Just as Belial hid in the dark and waited for an opportunity, Joneus did indeed run into an obstacle. A full thirty unnamed Ultra Warriors, holding transparent whips of light, bound the enormous Joneus.
"Joneus!"
"Joneus!"
The U40 warriors in the sky and Amia on the ground were both shocked at the same time.
"Hah!"
Compared to everyone else’s worry, Joneus was much calmer. He let out an angry roar and instantly shattered the binding formation created by the thirty Ultra Warriors. Yes, even thirty Ultra Warriors attacking together still could not stop Joneus.
"Whew..."
Amia on the ground watched the still-invincible Joneus and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her brother was still invincible, everything was fine.
Boom!
However, just as Amia had finally managed to breathe easy, an enormous pillar of light suddenly fell from the sky and slammed directly into Joneus’s back.
"Ugh..."
With a muffled groan, Joneus’s body instantly returned to the seventy-meter range, and he fell toward the ground.
"Joneus..."
Everyone watched the falling Joneus, and their hearts, which had finally calmed, rose again.
"Joneus..."
Amia’s voice even trembled with tears as she transformed into her Ultra form and flew toward the falling Joneus.
"Joneus, are you all right?"
Amia, who could not grow giant, was not even the size of Joneus’s palm. She looked like a doll that could not be any smaller as she stayed beside Joneus, her voice choked with tears.
"I was a little careless..."
Joneus barely managed to sit up. At this moment, he felt a burning pain across his back. That agony seemed as if it would kill him. Even so, for the sake of his sister, he had to keep fighting.
"Hahaha..."
"Look at how pathetic you are. How ridiculous you look, Joneus!"
Just as Joneus prepared to fly up and continue fighting, Belial descended from the sky, carrying the Ultra Key on his shoulder, and stood across from Joneus.
"So it really was you, Belial!"
"Have you fallen so far that you no longer even have the courage to fight me fairly face-to-face?"
Joneus did not seem surprised at all that the attack just now had come from Belial. He calmly looked at Belial and questioned him coldly.
"A fair fight? Don’t make me laugh, Joneus!"
"I beat you with the supreme treasure of our Land of Light, using my own ability. Doesn’t that count as my ability?"
"Just lie down obediently and stop getting in my way!"
Belial snorted coldly and looked at Joneus with disdain. War only had victory and defeat. Where did fairness come into it?
"Heh..."
Joneus laughed coldly and once again took a fighting stance.
"Give it up, Joneus!"
"If you weren’t injured, I’d still have to be a little wary of you. But now that you’re badly wounded, what can you even do?"
"Still, after taking one of my attacks strong enough to destroy a first-class star, you’re still alive. Joneus, I acknowledge your strength! I, Belial, am willing to admit that you deserve the title of U40’s strongest warrior!"
Belial announced his recognition of Joneus.
"I don’t need anyone’s recognition, and I certainly don’t need yours!"
"Even if I die here today, I’m taking you with me!"
Joneus seemed to have made up his mind. He was ready to perish together with Belial.
"Joneus, what are you doing? Don’t leave me!"
Amia suddenly felt pain in her heart. She felt as if something terrible was about to happen.
"Jovian, I leave Amia to you..."
Joneus gave his final instruction. He opened his stride and charged toward Belial.
"Hm?"
Belial looked at Joneus running toward him, and his heart tightened. A bad premonition also rose in his chest.
"Joneus!"
Amia shouted. She could not stop Joneus. She could only use this method to express her unwillingness to part from him.
Whoosh!
Just as Joneus prepared to sacrifice himself in an attack meant to take Belial down with him, black lightning suddenly lit up on the ground. The next second, a black giant abruptly appeared in front of Joneus and blocked his path.
"Jovian..."
Joneus looked at Jovian, who had suddenly grown giant, and froze. At the same time, he felt a little tense. If Jovian and Belial were on the same side, then he truly was in danger now.
"Joneus, leave this to me!"
Fortunately, Jovian’s next words made Joneus completely relax.
"The enemy is Belial!"
After confirming that Jovian was on his side, Joneus could not bear to let Jovian sacrifice himself, so he reminded Jovian exactly who the enemy standing opposite them was.
"I know. It’s only Belial..."
Jovian patted Joneus on the shoulder, then swaggered over to Belial.
"Kid, who are you? You dare stand in front of me?"
"I am Belial, captain of the Inter Galactic Defense Force of the Land of Light!"
"Right now, in recognition of your courage, I can give you a chance to live. But whether you can seize it depends on you!"
Belial looked at Jovian and sneered.
"Who am I?"
"Heh..."
"Belial, you really are forgetful."
After hearing Belial’s words, Jovian laughed coldly.
"Hm?"
Jovian’s words made Belial’s heart tighten. He began thinking about where he had seen Jovian before.
"Stop thinking. I have arrived in person!"
Jovian walked up to Belial, and behind him, pitch-black, despairing energy suddenly flickered.
"You’re..."
After hearing Jovian’s words, Belial panicked. Within the aura Jovian released, he saw the figure of that lord, of His Majesty!
"It has been many years, and look how far you’ve come, Belial. You’ve even become captain of the Inter Galactic Defense Force?"
Jovian spoke to Belial in a teasing tone.
"Em..."
Belial’s voice was slightly hoarse. He tried to call out Jovian’s identity.
"Fuck you!"
Jovian did not give Belial the chance. He slapped Belial across the face.
Boom!
With a muffled impact, Belial was sent flying straight away.
"This..."
The scene before them stunned Joneus, stunned Amia, stunned the countless U40 warriors in the sky, and also stunned the thousands upon thousands of Ultra Warriors from the Land of Light.
"Am I dreaming? Lord Belial was sent flying?"
An Ultra Warrior murmured in confusion.
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