VictoryGreymon?
Fine!
Then today, he would test that godlike name!
Shiko raised his head.
His gaze toward Dialga was filled with intense killing intent and battle intent.
That gaze, like that of an unrivaled ferocious beast, made Dialga once again feel a real and powerful sense of danger.
How was this possible?
He could not understand it.
Why had a one-sided battle with no room for reversal ended up becoming like this?
Why, at this critical moment.
Had Shiko undergone such a change?
His aura and strength had skyrocketed.
It was as if he had completed another evolution.
How was that possible?
Could it be that, just like Dialga himself.
He had released his power and transformed into his most primordial form?
Impossible!
Dialga truly could not detect any trace of the complete world origin energy possessed by a First-tier Legendary on Shiko.
This meant.
Shiko could not possibly have done that.
But if that was the case, how could everything happening before his eyes be explained?
Dialga's mind was filled with doubts.
But very quickly.
The urgent situation before him left him no time to think about these questions.
Shiko's figure.
Was rapidly closing in on him with an absurd speed that seemed to leap through space.
The invincible momentum and sharp, dangerous aura wrapped around his body.
Forced Dialga to focus all of his attention.
There was no time!
Dialga had no choice.
He could only restrain Shiko's movements first.
He had used the same move earlier, but its effect had not been obvious.
Dialga felt that.
If he used this ability again in his transcendent Origin Forme, he would absolutely be able to bind Shiko with ease.
But now.
For some unknown reason.
WarGreymon had also received a mysterious and enormous boost.
With things as they were.
Even he did not know whether he could still imprison Shiko's actions.
But since the situation had developed to this point.
He could only rely on this move to win himself a little precious reaction time.
Invisible chains appeared from the void.
One after another, they bound and coiled around Shiko's body.
An intense feeling of sluggishness and obstruction came over him.
Again?
Shiko's body stiffened, and his speed suddenly slowed.
Can you trap me?
He snorted coldly.
The muscles across his body surged.
Enormous power erupted.
In an instant, he tore apart the invisible chains binding him.
The next second.
He dove forward once again.
However, that brief instant.
Had won Dialga enough time to defend.
The ten diamond-shaped fragments guarded Dialga's front, becoming an irregular shield.
At the seams between the joined fragments, intense pale-blue light flickered.
Immediately afterward.
A green barrier emerged.
It enveloped Dialga's entire body.
A shield and Protect.
Dialga felt that.
No matter what attack Shiko used next, he should be able to withstand it.
Hmph!
Shiko smiled contemptuously.
A mocking expression appeared on his face.
Turtling up like this.
Was this what a top-tier First-tier Legendary amounted to?
Did he really think this shell could protect him?
Shiko stopped in his tracks.
He raised both hands and brought them together above his head.
Dark-type, Normal-type, Dragon-type, and Steel-type energy attached to them one after another.
Seeing the color changes on the Metal Claws.
Dialga's face darkened.
That move again?
The wound on his back was still aching faintly even now.
However!
It was useless!
Earlier, he had only been cut because of a gap in his defense!
Now that he was defending with all his strength.
Even if Shiko had become stronger, there was absolutely no way he could break through Dialga's defense with that move!
Dialga was incomparably confident.
However.
There was a slight deviation in his prediction.
After those energies covered the Metal Claws.
Shiko did not rush toward him.
Instead, he used an attack method that Dialga had never expected.
His body, covered in alloy battle armor, began spinning nonstop.
He was as fast as a top whirling at full speed.
The airflow around him was pulled in and thrown into chaos.
Around his body.
A powerful tornado appeared.
The storm howled and roared.
The destructive power of that tornado.
Was enough to make anyone's heart tremble at a glance.
The next second.
That tornado rose from the ground.
Like a sharp metal spear.
Hurled from the farthest edge of the universe.
And the spearhead.
Was Shiko's pair of Metal Claws.
The spinning body that produced the tornado.
Pushed his strength and destructive power to an entirely new level.
This is bad!!
This power!
It might not be blocked!
Alarm bells rang wildly in Dialga's heart.
The ominous premonition surged and spread at terrifying speed.
Dialga did not hesitate.
He added another layer of defensive measures.
The instant that layer of Iron Defense was completed.
Shiko had already reached him.
Boom!!
The outermost Iron Defense was broken through in an instant.
The tough barrier formed from Steel-type energy.
Was as fragile as paper before Shiko.
The moment it touched the tip of the spear.
It was smashed into fragments and disappeared.
Seeing this.
Dialga's heart sank violently.
He wanted to run.
But where could he run?
Shiko's attack could definitely catch up to him.
Rather than flee, it was better to stay here.
And see whether these prepared defenses could stop him.
Boom!!
Immediately afterward.
It was the shield formed from the ten diamond-shaped fragments.
The instant Shiko touched that shield.
He did indeed stop.
The seams of the shield.
Also erupted with an even stronger deep-blue light.
It resisted Shiko's attack with all its strength.
It seemed possible!
Dialga breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
It seemed the third layer of defense.
Could block this attack.
Crack!
Then.
Before he could finish letting out that breath.
A faint cracking sound entered Dialga's ears.
His heart instantly rose again.
It could not block it!
When he raised his head.
The ten diamond-shaped fragments had already completely cracked.
Fractures spread from top to bottom.
Like a fishing net.
In the next instant.
The entire shield wall collapsed with a rumble.
Having lost this layer of defense, Dialga now appeared before Shiko!
Seeing that sharp, terrifying tornado.
Dialga now felt powerful pressure and an aura of danger.
Even Protect could not stop this move!
Although the Protect he used.
Was far stronger than that of ordinary Pokémon.
It was still only a defensive barrier meant to block a single attack.
But Shiko's Brave Tornado.
Was genuine continuous damage.
The emerald-green barrier of Protect.
After being stirred by the tornado for only an instant, shattered with a crash!
Bang!!
The next second!
Brave Tornado and Dialga's body collided intimately.
Dragon Rend was applied.
Dragon Thunderstorm was triggered.
Along with Brave Tornado, a Dragon-type move.
Dialga's body.
Was torn apart continuously while being blasted high into the air.
The violent and terrifying energy.
Caused his body to suffer extremely horrifying, fatal damage!
(End of Chapter)
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