A golden figure floated in midair.
WarGreymon held both hands high above his head.
As if he were lifting something invisible.
Shiko maintained that posture.
And began continuously gathering energy.
Every trace of free-floating energy in the entire space
was drawn in by his call.
And crazily converged toward his side.
Down in the giant crater on the ground,
under the continuous effects of the recovery move,
Mew's battered and miserable body looked a good deal better.
It had also recovered from its near-dying state.
It panted heavily.
Its body trembling as it forced itself back to its feet.
It raised its head.
And when it looked at that golden figure in the sky,
its eyes flashed with intense shock.
This was simply too terrifying!
The sharp, tearing sensation from Brave Tornado just now
had felt like a nightmare to it!
If the one before it had been just a little stronger!
If his level had been a little higher!
If his energy reserves had been a little fuller!
Then that one move alone would have been enough to rip apart its body
and make it completely lose its ability to fight!
Mew's expression became complicated.
That dazzling golden existence, like a radiant god of war—
through its vast and precise Psychic-type energy,
Mew vaguely caught a glimpse
of a sliver of Shiko's future from within his figure.
That blurry image flashed by.
Illusory, yet real.
After witnessing that scene,
Mew's expression changed drastically.
And in the way it looked at Shiko,
besides shock and fear, there was also
a faint but undeniable reverence and admiration.
This guy...
Was Second-tier Legendary not even his limit!?
He actually still had enormous room to grow!
In that sliver of the future Mew had glimpsed,
Shiko was engaged in a world-shaking collision in the vast universe!
At that time,
he was no longer in the form of WarGreymon.
His appearance had changed once again—
it seemed he had evolved again!
That proud white knight clad in a cape,
bathed in brilliant and sacred radiance as he descended into the world.
Blades and firearms roared together.
And tore apart the boundless darkness of the universe.
And standing opposite Shiko,
the one exchanging blows with him
was none other than the one and only ruler of the entire Pokémon World!
The supreme master of the whole universe!
The highest Creator God,
said to stand above all laws and all life!
Arceus!!!
How could that be possible!?
Mew's heart shook violently.
As a Second-tier Legendary, merely recalling fragments of that nightmare from the past
was enough to throw its mind into turmoil.
In its heart,
its reverence for Arceus and its fear of Him were unquestionably intense.
To Mew,
Arceus was an absolutely invincible existence,
a god that could not be defied!
But!
The one before it!
He actually dared to battle the supreme god upon the throne!?
And moreover—
he was evenly matched, without falling behind!?
Mew's eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
If it had not been certain that its foresight could not be wrong,
then no matter what, it would never have believed
that such an existence could exist in this world!
Crackle, crackle, crackle!!!
The sudden sound of leaping electric arcs rang out.
Only then was Mew's mind dragged back to reality.
It looked up.
And between WarGreymon's claws,
an enormous energy sphere had already formed.
The fluctuating pulling force
was madly devouring and swallowing all the energy in this space.
Grass, Water, Flying, Psychic...
Every attribute of energy
surged toward it without hesitation.
The diameter of the energy sphere
grew another bit larger in the span of a breath.
Swelling and blazing,
it looked like a sun WarGreymon was holding in his hands!
All the energy in the entire space
had been drained and absorbed completely.
And yet the energy sphere's expansion still had not stopped.
In that instant,
every living being present—
whether human, Pokémon, or even ordinary plants and animals—
felt as if a strand of their own aura
had been drawn away
and gathered into that energy sphere.
That momentary feeling of fatigue
made it seem as though their stamina had been drained.
No—
It felt more like vitality!?
No, not quite.
To describe it more accurately,
it was the origin essence of all living beings—their fundamental life force!
Hm?
Sensing the infusion of that special life energy,
even Shiko was somewhat startled.
This finishing move, Gaia Force,
was supposed to gather all the energy in the surrounding area into one point.
Absorbing all existing attribute energy
was still within Shiko's expectations.
But he had not expected
that because this Gaia Force was being used by him,
a special existence not belonging to this world,
a subtle difference would appear.
After absorbing all the energy,
it had even absorbed a wave of living beings' vital essence!
It was like a special version of Gaia Force mixed with vital essence!
And on top of that!
The various kinds of energy gathered together in chaos,
mixed inside the energy sphere,
were constantly tearing at one another, grinding, colliding, and wearing each other down.
Under that boiling reaction,
Shiko could clearly feel
that these many different attribute energies
were being assimilated and fused into a new kind of energy!
A brilliant, warm energy!
An immense energy that made one feel light and hope!
This...
Shiko felt the scorching flow between his claws.
The feeling of exhaustion vanished in an instant.
Warmth rose in his heart.
Endless power poured into his body.
He lifted his head.
Looking at that dazzling white energy sphere,
Shiko could confirm
that he had synthesized an entirely new attribute.
A new kind of power that did not exist in this Pokémon World—
or rather, one that had always existed,
but had never been discovered.
The purest!
The most powerful primordial force!
Light!!
The Gaia Force in his hands swelled to its absolute limit.
The flickering, leaping energy
had already made its preparations for an explosive detonation.
Shiko locked onto Mew with his dragonic battle instincts.
He was certain—
once this Gaia Force was fired,
it would absolutely be enough to make the opponent lose all ability to fight in a single blow!
(End of Chapter)
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