Chapter Thirty-Six: Machina Vanishes!
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PS. I know some friends are reluctant to add Q, so I'll create a group instead. Group number: 625755996. You're welcome to chat and joke around (be prepared—the number of people in the group will be extremely low for a while). There are red envelopes, cute girls, and a handsome group leader. Trolls are welcome to come and debate with us—I’ll give you half a mouthful!
In the darkness, a massive figure suddenly appeared—it was a Machina.
The unaware Ultramen thought something unexpected had happened and quickly rose to prepare for battle. Xie Jing called out in time to stop them, allowing Saki to come to his side smoothly.
The Machina opened, revealing its soft abdomen. Saki was still in her earthly form, though now dressed in a pure white dress.
“Lord Xie Jing, it's been a long time!” The human-sized Saki bowed deeply before the giant Xie Jing.
“Yes, it has been,” Xie Jing nodded.
But this was not a time for reminiscing. Xie Jing pointed at the Machina defense formation and said, “Autopes is inside, but the Machina’s defenses are formidable. Our energy is nearly depleted, and we still can’t threaten it!”
“That's only natural!” Saki raised her head proudly. “Machina is the most powerful creature in the universe when it comes to defense!”
He hadn’t asked for compliments!
Xie Jing was momentarily stunned, then smiled wryly. “Is there any way you can control the Machina?”
“Machina isn't a machine. Each one is an independent creature with its own thoughts. I can't control them.”
Just as Xie Jing was about to lose hope, Saki giggled and said, “But I can communicate with them!”
“That's wonderful!” Xie Jing was instantly excited, and even the surrounding Father of Ultra was revitalized.
“Then quickly ask them to move aside!”
“Alright!” Saki nodded. She stood on the hand of the Machina, facing the many other Machina.
After a long silence, a tear slipped from her eye.
“These are all our companions, our friends!”
Looking at the drifting Machina corpses in the distance, she knew they were slain by the Ultramen, but she did not blame them.
She only felt pity and sorrow.
“Autopes! You despicable monster of the universe! Thief in the darkness! Disgusting villain!”
Saki’s face was filled with hatred. Her heartbreak made her loathing for Autopes even deeper.
“Hahaha! Has the Land of Light run out of people? Even little girls are sent out to die now?” Autopes shouted from within the Machina defense formation, utterly confident in Machina's abilities.
“Machina is a friend of justice—it will never spill a drop of blood for a monster like you again!”
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Saki took half a step back and drew a golden pendant from her chest.
She gently blew on it, and a mysterious wave spread through the space.
“Go home, my friends! Go home, Machina!”
“Ridiculous!” Autopes' laughter rang out, its shrill voice shattering the moment's peace.
“You think just blowing a whistle will make Machina obey you? Hahaha, are you underestimating me? The slave commands I carved into them cannot be disobeyed!”
Saki showed no expression, continuing to play her pendant.
The intangible waves grew stronger, one after another, bringing calm and warmth.
The Machina defense formation, previously lifeless like a meteorite, stirred slightly.
That movement was like a pebble dropped into a lake, spreading out in waves.
All the Machina began to move.
“What...what?!” Autopes finally grew flustered. As the first Machina shed its shield and revealed its soft abdomen to look at Saki, Xie Jing could clearly sense that this change had shaken Autopes, who had always been so confident!
“No! Machina! I order you! Come back! Come back!!”
One by one, the Machina changed shape under Saki's music, and Autopes’ commands had no effect whatsoever.
Once the last Machina had transformed, Saki lowered her pendant and looked at Autopes, now surrounded by Machina.
“You’ll never understand—the pain you inflicted was only upon their bodies. But the friendship between Machina and us is engraved deep within our souls!”
“I don’t care about your nonsense!!!” Autopes bellowed, its five eyes radiating bloody light, fiercely staring at Saki.
Saki showed no fear. She simply turned and bowed deeply to Xie Jing.
“Lord Xie Jing, thank you and the warriors of the Land of Light. It was you who helped me find my friends!”
“Not at all!” Xie Jing laughed heartily. “This time, it’s us who should thank you, Saki.”
“Lord Xie Jing, my friends are in a bad state. Please forgive us for not being able to aid you in the fight. I wish to take them home.”
Father of Ultra floated forward, nodded, and said, “The race of light will always be cherished by the light. You and your friends should hurry home—we will finish off Autopes here!”
“You again!!!” Autopes roared, its five eyes turning to Xie Jing. It hadn’t heard Saki’s words; it only saw her bowing to Xie Jing and assumed she was his ally.
“Strange Ultraman, I don’t want your head anymore! I’ll grind your body piece by piece into powder and swallow it whole!!!”
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“Autopes! Your last reliance is gone! Prepare to die!”
Father of Ultra shouted, gathering a ball of light in his hand. It shot like lightning through the Machina, piercing toward Autopes.
The remaining warriors charged forward, covering the Machina's retreat.
As the last Machina withdrew to the Ultraman side, Saki once again bowed deeply to Xie Jing.
“Lord Xie Jing, you are welcome to visit my planet as a guest!”
“I certainly will!”
Xie Jing nodded and waved at her.
“Go forth, Ultra Warriors!”
With those final words, Saki and the many Machina disappeared into the boundless darkness.
When Saki’s figure vanished completely, Xie Jing quickly turned. The light on his body surged forth, and two swords of light appeared in his hands. With a leap, he lunged at Autopes.
The battlefield was now engulfed in light and explosions. The Ultra Warriors darted between meteorites, their energy beams sweeping across every place Autopes moved.
No wonder this was a cosmic-level monster that once escaped from the King of Ultra—Autopes’ strength had fallen considerably, and faced with so many Ultramen, it could only keep moving.
“Ha!”
Xie Jing swung his light swords, transforming in midair into a whirling ball of light that he hurled at Autopes before it could regain its footing.
“You again!” Autopes' eyes locked onto Xie Jing. As the ball of light approached, its body instantly turned into a cloud of dark mist.
Immediately, it moved swiftly, soon arriving at a battlefield littered with monster corpses.
“You can’t escape!” The Ultra Warriors followed closely, their agile figures shadowing Autopes’ every move.
At this moment, however, Autopes suddenly stopped fleeing.
It turned around, its blood-red eyes blazing.
“Who said...I wanted to escape?”