"Atomix!"
With a loud shout, a giant white robot appeared in midair.
He had a powerfully built body. His arms were large cylinders filled with green energy, mixed with dark green bubbles that rolled and churned endlessly.
His head was long and pointed, with a cone on top filled with green energy. His eyes glowed an eerie green, and round glass-like orbs were embedded on both shoulders, each brimming with energy.
A huge Omnitrix sat in the center of his chest, though it was actually just a piece of green glass filled with energy, purely decorative and with no real function.
At his waist was a smaller Omnitrix. That was the real device used to switch heroes.
[Atomix possesses overwhelming strength, enough to knock out Ultimate Humungousaur with one punch and instantly kill Ultimate Spidermonkey.]
[Abilities: nuclear reaction, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, nuclear explosion, flight, heat emission, blinding light, super strength.]
[Weakness: if his energy is exhausted, Atomix will run out of stamina.]
A string of system prompts echoed through Lucian's mind.
At that moment, Atomix felt explosive energy coursing through every inch of his body.
He clenched his fist and muttered, "This feels even stronger than Way Big..."
"Hahahaha! You actually got smaller. What an idiot. Let's see how I deal with you now!"
Dr. Animo had originally thought Lucian would use Way Big to fight them to the death, but instead he had turned into a robot.
The robot was still fairly large, maybe three or four meters tall, but compared to Way Big, it was nothing worth mentioning.
"Get him! Tear him apart!" Dr. Animo ordered one of the evil giants to charge at Atomix.
It was a wolf giant covered in fur, with razor-sharp fangs, bulging muscles, and a terrifying wolf howl as it lunged ferociously at Atomix.
...
At the same time, on a hill two kilometers away.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats as they stared into the distance without blinking.
When they saw the wolf giant charging at Atomix, panic gripped them at once.
"What do we do? Cuz will be okay, right?" Gwendolyn was terrified. Could anyone really stop a savage wolf giant like that?
Future Lucian shook his head slightly. "Judging from size alone, that robot is already at a huge disadvantage. And I can't sense even the slightest trace of energy from him."
"There are two possibilities. One, he really has no energy and no combat ability to speak of. Or two... the armor on his body is concealing his energy output."
"I'm more inclined toward the second."
After hearing Future Lucian's words, Brother Ben did not feel reassured. If anything, his frown deepened.
What if it's the first one...?
"I believe in Cuz," Gwen said suddenly, her eyes filled with determination.
"Me too. You guys don't know my Cuz. He's not some loser like Kevin. Dealing with a few small fry like these is easy, right?" Ben chimed in.
Even so, he was still deeply worried about his Cuz. These enemies were just too strong.
Strong to a ridiculous degree.
Then, in the very next second, a brilliant green light shot straight into the sky.
The dazzling glow made even the sun seem dimmer, as if the daylight had been swallowed away and replaced by endless eerie green radiance.
Everyone instinctively covered their eyes. The light was so intense it made them ache.
...
A moment later, the blinding green glow gradually faded.
Everyone slowly lowered their hands and looked up.
"What... what happened?" Brother Ben stood there dumbfounded, staring straight at the battlefield.
The others were just as shocked.
Two kilometers away, on the battlefield, the savage wolf giant's upper body was gone. Only half its body remained, standing rigidly in place as if time itself had stopped.
Green light flickered from the broken wound, and thick smoke rose from it without end.
Atomix flicked a finger, firing a beam of nuclear energy.
Boom!
The terrifying energy instantly shredded what was left of the wolf giant, then vaporized it completely, leaving not even a scrap behind.
Dr. Animo's mouth dropped open, his eyes nearly bulging out. "My God, how is that possible?!"
Half a minute earlier, he had witnessed the whole thing with his own eyes.
At the time, the wolf giant had clenched a mountain-sized fist and smashed it straight at Atomix.
Atomix had answered with a punch of his own, colliding head-on with the wolf giant.
In the next instant, a violent ring of green nuclear energy erupted from Atomix's fist and blew straight through the wolf giant's upper body.
That thing was a monster.
It was completely absurd.
On the hill, the group finally snapped out of their shock and turned excited and overjoyed.
"So strong! Cuz is absolutely crushing it!"
"Oh man, that's so cool! Cuz, beat them senseless!!"
"Awesome!"
"I have to admit, Cuz really is manly." Gwendolyn's red lips curved slightly. She glanced at Future Lucian, then added, "Ahem. I mean that robot."
Future Lucian didn't mind in the slightest. He pushed up his glasses, their lenses flashing with excitement.
"He can control nuclear reactions and has that kind of strength. What kind of species is this?!"
"When we get back, I have to study this properly!"
"Maybe I can build an even stronger Gundam!"
The others let out helpless sighs and turned their attention back to the battlefield.
...
After killing the wolf giant with a single punch, Atomix remained hovering in place.
"What incredible power. So this is Atomix..." Lucian was both shocked and delighted.
Of course, that punch had used ninety percent of his strength, which was why it had been so devastating.
It had consumed about five percent of his total energy.
That was still within acceptable limits. After all, the wolf giant was a being that could crush Way Big.
Coming back to himself, Atomix lifted his gaze. His cyan eyes locked onto Dr. Animo.
"So, are you all coming at me together, or am I taking all of you on by myself?"
"Ah! This is infuriating!" Dr. Animo was so furious he nearly exploded on the spot. That damned brat was actually being this arrogant!
"All of you, attack together! Crush him under your feet!!!"
Rumble.
The remaining nine giants all let out earthshaking roars and charged toward Atomix with their massive bodies, each trying to outpace the others.
In front of those nine evil giants, Atomix looked as tiny as an insect, utterly insignificant, as if he could be crushed at any moment.
"Atomic Burst!"
Atomix brought both hands together in front of his chest, aimed at the oncoming giants, and began frantically condensing the energy within his body.
The violent green nuclear glow in his hands grew brighter and brighter. The scorching heat was so intense that the surrounding space warped violently.
Boom!
A green beam ten meters wide, carrying terrifying nuclear energy and heat, swept toward the giants like an enormous upside-down bowl covering the sky.
Wherever it passed, all things withered and all life was annihilated.
The nine evil giants were reduced to ash one after another in the terrifying nuclear explosion. Their flesh and blood evaporated into waves of vapor and vanished into the green torrent.
Dr. Animo and Ghostfreak had just turned to flee when Atomix gave a cold snort and raised a hand, firing a surging beam of energy that instantly killed Dr. Animo.
Ghostfreak turned intangible and narrowly escaped, then tried to flee again.
But Atomix had no intention of giving him that chance.
He raised both hands and condensed a massive green sun above his head, blazing with terrifying light energy.
Ghostfreak feared sunlight, and Atomix's nuclear light was many times hotter than the sun itself.
Boom!
With a thunderous explosion, Ghostfreak broke apart in the overwhelming green light and burned to ash.
Atomix swept his gaze around and discovered that Kevin 11,000, even after being stomped flat, still had one last breath left in him.
One Nuclear Light Punch later, and Kevin 11,000 was sent on his way for good.
After finishing everything, Atomix nodded in satisfaction, then flew back to headquarters...