Not far away, Dr. Animo and Ghostfreak sensed that something was wrong and immediately regrouped, glaring at everyone present.
Brother Ben, Future Lucian, Way Big, Gwendolyn, and the others stood together, facing off against Dr. Animo and Ghostfreak.
"Dr. Animo, you're out of tricks, aren't you? Surrender!" Brother Ben stepped forward and shouted.
Way Big clenched his fists. "Better to just kill them."
"I agree." Future Lucian smiled.
Dr. Animo ground his teeth as he looked at the gruesome remains of the two dead giants, his expression twisting into something almost comical.
"This is bad. We need to retreat now." Ghostfreak was already thinking of running. If they kept fighting, he might not make it out alive.
"Hehe..." Dr. Animo lowered his head, an evil smile curling across his lips, sinister and chilling.
"The battle isn't over yet. You don't actually think this is all I can do, do you?"
With that, Dr. Animo snapped his fingers.
Rumble.
About one kilometer away from Mount Rushmore, the open ground suddenly collapsed.
One terrifying giant hand after another reached up from underground, clawing wildly like zombies crawling back from the dead, enough to make anyone's scalp go numb.
"What is that?!" Gwen cried out in horror, staring in that direction.
Boom!
Boom!
One hundred-meter-tall giant after another crawled out of the ground, pouring forth like termites from a broken nest.
Four Arms Giant, Upgrade Giant, Ripjaws Giant, Giant Wildmutt, Heatblast Giant, Dinosaur Giant, Ghostfreak Giant, Ice Giant, Toad Giant, Wolf Giant!
Ten giants in all!
"It's over..." Brother Ben let out a bitter smile.
"Oh, man..." Ben was just as overwhelmed.
Future Lucian pushed up his glasses. "Looks like my scientific career is about to end."
Gwendolyn was unwilling to accept it. "This sucks. I haven't even gotten a boyfriend yet."
"Same here," Gwen said in complete sympathy.
"Not necessarily." Way Big's voice came from above.
Everyone looked up and saw Way Big smiling.
"Cuz, do you have a way out of this?" Gwendolyn asked.
Way Big nodded. After defeating the Western dragon last time, he had received a super-powered Alien Hero chest.
He still hadn't opened it.
And after defeating the Demon Bull Giant and the Diamond Giant just now, he had gotten another random chest.
Two chests in total. Lucian could only hope one of them would give him a powerful Alien Hero.
"I'll open one first and see," Way Big thought.
"Open the super-powered hero chest," Way Big said silently to himself.
[Ding~ Super-powered hero chest opened successfully!]
[New hero unlocked: Atomix!]
Way Big froze for a moment, then was overcome with joy.
Atomix!
The second strongest Alien Hero in the rankings! Second only to Alien X!
Good, very good. Dr. Animo, is it? Ten giants, is it? If this is how you want to play, then fine.
Facing those ten terrifying giants, Brother Ben frowned deeply. "This is really bad. Even if I turn into Way Big, I still won't be a match for them."
Handling even one evil giant had already been difficult, let alone this many.
"Surrender. Maybe I'll grant you a quick death, hahahaha!" Dr. Animo threw his head back and laughed madly, as if he were already standing on top of the world, looking down on everyone here.
"Gwendolyn, take Ben and the others back. They're from the past. They shouldn't die here." Future Lucian stood there in his white coat, his hands in his pockets.
"And you too, Lucian." Future Lucian looked up at Way Big. "Go back as well. This is a matter for our parallel universe. There's no need for you to die here because of it."
Way Big smiled faintly. "That almost moved me, but... who said we're going to die?"
The others' eyes lit up at once. A spark of hope flared inside hearts that had just been sinking into despair.
Did Cuz still have something up his sleeve?
"Oh? So you do have another trump card?" Future Lucian was interested now too.
Way Big nodded and said slowly, "Leave this place first. Get at least two kilometers away so you don't get caught in the aftermath."
The moment he said that, everyone was stunned.
What kind of trump card did Lucian have that he wanted them to retreat that far?
Was he about to set off a nuclear bomb?
Of course, they were only half right. What Lucian was about to unleash wasn't a nuclear bomb, but... a walking humanoid nuclear bomb!
After a brief silence, Brother Ben nodded. "Alright. We'll do what Lucian says. I trust him."
Gwendolyn looked worried. "But..."
After all, the enemy had ten terrifying giants, plus Ghostfreak lurking in the shadows.
A lineup like that would be explosive anywhere in the universe.
"I trust Lucian too," Future Lucian said with a smile.
Taking on ten giants sounded absurd, but for some reason, Future Lucian felt that Lucian really could pull it off.
"I'm not leaving! I'm staying to help my Cuz!" Ben protested. He didn't want to be a coward.
"Ben..." Gwen frowned too. She didn't want to leave her Cuz either.
"Be good, Ben." Gwendolyn crouched down and gently patted his hair. "If we stay, we'll only hold your cousin back."
"Oh, man, this isn't cool at all." Ben scratched at himself in frustration.
Gwendolyn gave a light laugh and waved her hand, opening a spatial passage.
A golden ring of light connected to a hill two kilometers away, where groves of trees swayed in the wind.
"Cuz, we'll wait for you." Gwendolyn paused, then stepped forward and hugged Lucian. "Make sure you come back, okay? Otherwise we'll go looking for you..."
Way Big lowered his head and looked at Gwendolyn hugging his foot. He couldn't help laughing. "Don't worry. Who do you think I am? A few small fry can't hurt me."
"Let's go." Brother Ben turned around and led the others into the spatial passage.
The next moment, the passage closed.
The softness in Way Big's eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by a sharp, icy look.
"Hahahaha, you brat, let's see how you're going to fight me now!"
"Ten giants. You couldn't even handle one. What exactly are you going to use against me?"
The more Dr. Animo spoke, the more excited he became. Looking at the battered Way Big, his eyes were full of contempt and disdain.
The earlier battles against the Diamond Giant and the Demon Bull Giant had already drained most of Way Big's energy. At this point, he was running on fumes.
Honestly, the fact that Lucian had managed to defeat two of his evil giants had already gone far beyond Dr. Animo's expectations. But so what? Now he had ten giants. How was Lucian supposed to fight that?
Ghostfreak's figure flickered in and out beside Dr. Animo as he floated there. "Hehe~ now this should be fun to watch."
As the ten evil giants drew closer and closer, their terrifying presence rolled forward like mountains collapsing and seas overturning, so overwhelming it was hard to breathe.
"Then come on."
With that, Way Big slapped the Omnitrix on his chest, and a dim green light burst forth...