Clear moonlight bathed the earth.
The once peaceful and gentle moonlight falling on Palkia's body now felt like burning flames.
Like a thirsty person trudging through a desert under scorching sun, this full-body discomfort made the already berserk Palkia even more savage.
White light streaked across the sky, piercing through space itself.
Mega Gardevoir's eyes looked ahead, expression unchanged. Her steps carried her through midair as Agility unfolded. She transformed into a beautiful shadow rapidly flying through the air.
Facing the God of Space who controlled space, if Mega Gardevoir used Teleport, that'd be like showing off swordplay in front of a master swordsman. Even with the Lustrous Sphere equipped, it wouldn't work. Halfway through the teleport, she'd get sealed by spatial manipulation. At that point, forget teleporting, she could end up stuck in a spatial rift with no way out.
However, facing Palkia the God of Space, spatial power was off-limits, but temporal power worked just fine. This was also Gardevoir's greatest advantage.
After dodging, a counter-attack.
Moonblast!
Palkia wanted to simply ignore the meteor shower and keep attacking Mega Gardevoir, but Moonblast enhanced by the Pixie Plate wasn't so easy to shrug off.
In terms of power and effectiveness, Giratina, who'd just gotten pummeled, had the most credibility on that subject.
What John really needed to pay attention to, even be ready to intervene at any moment, was the battle between Greninja's team and Dialga.
Urshifu and Mega Garchomp, rapidly advancing forward, were suppressed by Pressure, making it difficult to push ahead.
Looking down, cold light flickered in Dialga's crimson eyes. Opening its mouth, a Flash Cannon swept toward the four Pokemon like a scythe.
Greninja immediately used Substitute with an inconspicuous small rock thousands of feet away.
Gengar teleported out of range.
Mega Garchomp dug underground to escape.
Only Urshifu, not only did it not dodge, it actually condensed aura power in its legs, activated high-speed movement, and charged straight toward the incoming Flash Cannon.
Dragon Strikes!
BOOM!
No explosion. No black smoke.
John's eyes widened, hardly able to believe what he was seeing.
"Looks like this little guy's made some serious progress recently." John clicked his tongue appreciatively.
Ever since Urshifu forged its "Dragon-Strike Style," ever since evolving from Kubfu, it was like a dam finally breaking, its abilities surging forward.
Not just in strength, but also in martial arts comprehension.
Perhaps because Dragon-Strike Urshifu only had the single Fighting-type attribute, it didn't put energy into researching other type moves. Or perhaps Urshifu itself was simply a martial arts prodigy.
Using aura power, this most gentle and fundamental energy, to strike at other energies, transforming collision into absorption.
It was straight out of a fantasy novel, one strike disrupting magic entirely. John mentally labeled it "spell-breaking" for that reason.
However, this technique that even Greninja hadn't learned had already been mastered by Urshifu, and used flawlessly at that.
"Urshifu's martial arts reputation is well-deserved. No wonder it's a legendary Pokemon." John couldn't help but admire.
Dialga, seeing one strike fail, continued its assault.
The diamond on its chest flickered. Countless massive rocks immediately materialized in the sky. Each boulder flew toward the four Pokemon like a cruise missile.
This had to be the Rock-type move Power Gem.
The four Pokemon rapidly dodging the attack didn't wait for Dialga's barrage to arrive. They'd already launched their own offensive first.
Greninja deployed Double Team, but this time not caring about HP conservation, only quantity. Immediately, over a hundred Greninjas formed, all beginning to charge Water Shuriken.
'You think you can fly?'
Precipice Blades incoming!
Compared to Groudon's Precipice Blades, John felt his own Garchomp's version was the real deal.
Urshifu, one foot planted downward, body shooting toward the sky.
Attacking in a Blaziken-style aerial assault.
Superpower + Surging Strikes + Detect.