Gripping the Giga Battlenizer, Yuzhou charged straight toward Hyper Zetton.
However, before he could close the distance, Zero and Cosmos—who had rushed ahead—came to an abrupt halt in midair. Their gazes locked onto something beneath Zetton's massive body.
Following their line of sight, Yuzhou saw it as well.
A stone statue.
Ultraman Dyna.
"How could this be… Dyna?!"
Disbelief filled Cosmos's voice. He had never imagined that Dyna Ultraman had already been defeated by Hyper Zetton.
"Ultraman Dyna?! Asuka?!!"
Inside Zero, Taiga was even more shaken.
In the New Frontier World, both Ultraman Dyna and Asuka Shin were figures recorded in history books—heroes who had already sacrificed their lives.
And yet, Dyna's stone statue stood before them in this world.
Only then did Taiga recall that the children they had met earlier had mentioned Asuka's name.
"So Asuka didn't die… He came to this world and continued fighting demons!"
Understanding dawned.
Dyna had survived then—but now, he had been petrified.
And the culprit was obvious.
Hyper Zetton.
Yuzhou stared at Dyna's stone form, his expression darkening.
Though this Asuka came from a different timeline, he was still Asuka.
That alone was enough to make this sight deeply unpleasant.
As the Ultramen noticed the statue, Zetton reacted—kicking Dyna away with a casual motion.
Yet the statue did not shatter as expected.
Instead, it crashed heavily onto the rubble-strewn ground.
"Hold Zetton back. I'll check on Dyna!"
Without waiting for a response—and regardless of whether Zero and Cosmos thought he was abandoning the frontline—Yuzhou flew straight toward Dyna's fallen statue.
Left with no choice, Zero and Cosmos engaged Zetton head-on.
Landing beside Dyna, Yuzhou paused to think.
In the original timeline, Dyna required the Flash Sword to revive.
Before petrification, Asuka had thrown it away, and it had fallen somewhere within the basin's ruins.
Finding it now would be nearly impossible.
So that option was discarded immediately.
"Then we'll do this the simple, brutal way."
Light surged from the crystal on Yuzhou's forehead, flowing directly into the crystal on Dyna's.
Gradually—
Dyna's Colour Timer, once locked in stone, flickered to life and turned a clear blue.
Colour returned to his body.
His eyes lit up.
"Good. That does it."
Yuzhou nodded, satisfied.
Dyna rose unsteadily, rubbing his head as if waking from a long dream.
After surveying his surroundings, his gaze fell upon Yuzhou.
"Ultraman Ti… Tiga?!"
Dyna cried out in shock.
"Senpai Daigo from GUTS?!"
That reaction confirmed it.
This was Asuka—without question.
Just not the Asuka Yuzhou personally knew.
"No. I'm not Daigo."
Yuzhou shook his head calmly.
"There's no time to explain. Zetton is still fighting."
"Cosmos and Zero are already engaged."
"Understood!"
Dyna nodded sharply and launched himself into the air, charging back into battle.
Being petrified had left a fire burning inside Asuka.
In truth, Zero and Cosmos had both been summoned by Dyna's call.
Only Tiga had not.
"I tried to call for Ultraman Tiga… but it failed."
"And yet—he still came."
Dyna slammed his fist into Zetton's body, his thoughts racing.
Why was Tiga here?
After briefly greeting Zero and Cosmos, he resumed his assault.
At the same time, Yuzhou swung the Giga Battlenizer down onto Zetton's massive insectoid head.
"Oh? So you revived after all, Ultraman Dyna?"
The Alien Bat's mocking voice echoed from within Zetton.
"I was planning to let you become my Zetton's nourishment too."
"What a pity… stone is far too hard to chew."
"Alien Bat, save your mockery!"
Dyna shot back angrily.
"Today, you will die here!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
The Alien Bat burst into laughter.
"Did you really think three extra helpers would change anything?"
"You'll all become my fresh feed!"
At his command, Zetton unleashed massive red fireballs, blasting toward Dyna.
"Watch out, Dyna!"
Cosmos stepped in with a fluid White Crane Stance, swatting the fireball straight into the ground.
BOOM!
Debris and dust erupted skyward.
"Alien Bat—enjoy controlling Zetton, do you?!"
Yuzhou swept the Giga Battlenizer sideways, smashing it into Zetton's body.
Even then, the legendary Hyper Zetton merely staggered slightly.
Its massive form trembled as it emitted an eerie, insect-like shriek.
From its body erupted a black, grid-patterned tentacle, whipping toward Yuzhou.
Yuzhou remained calm.
Purple lightning burst from the Giga Battlenizer, striking the tentacle midair and slamming it into the ground.
"As expected of the Giga Battlenizer once wielded by Belial," the Alien Bat sneered as Zetton retracted the tentacle.
"But even with such a weapon, you cannot defeat the Hyper Zetton I cultivated!"
At once, multiple black tentacles burst forth, striking toward Yuzhou, Dyna, Cosmos, and Zero simultaneously.
"Careful!"
Zero crossed his arms into an L-shape and fired a Cluster Beam, blasting the tentacles apart.
Dyna followed with a Solgent Ray, forcing the approaching limbs back.
Cosmos—now in Corona Mode—pressed forward, palm glowing.
With a single radiant strike, the tentacle disintegrated.
As for Yuzhou—
He seized a tentacle with one hand, yanked it taut, and chopped downward with a knife-hand strike.
SHRAAAK!
Sparks flew as it was severed.
One by one, the tentacles were destroyed.
The battle continued.
Against Hyper Zetton's colossal body, the Ultramen adopted a dismemberment strategy.
Zero's twin head-slashers flew like boomerangs, slicing repeatedly at Zetton's legs.
Shaped like a monstrous insect, Hyper Zetton possessed eight limbs.
Zero's slashes carved viciously at their joints.
Dyna followed up with another Solgent Ray, severing one of Zetton's legs outright.
The giant monster let out a shrill, inhuman screech—
And the decisive phase of the battle had truly begun.