The next second.
His figure disappeared once again.
He turned into a streak of light and plunged into the lake.
A few minutes later.
A figure shot into the sky.
Shiko was clutching that Elite Four-level Gyarados, dragging it straight out of the water.
Gyarados's naturally violent temperament made its mind short-circuit instantly, robbing it of reason.
It opened its mouth.
It was about to send a Hydro Pump straight at Shiko.
But immediately afterward.
Shiko glared at it coldly.
The powerful Pressure belonging to a First-tier Legendary was released without the slightest restraint.
That mighty, bone-deep pressure of an absolute ruler immediately made the restless Gyarados calm down.
It obediently flattened itself on the ground.
It forcibly swallowed back the Hydro Pump it had been gathering.
Whoosh!!
With one leap, Shiko returned to the shore.
Grabbing Gyarados by the scales, he casually threw it onto the ground.
Gyarados twisted its body a few times, adjusting to the somewhat prickly grass.
Then it obediently followed his order and stayed completely still.
It quietly waited for Shiko's judgment.
Shiko ignored it.
When dealing with a Pokémon like Gyarados, unless he backed it up with his own strength, it would never calm down and obediently listen.
Clearly,
Shiko did not waste any more time either.
He immediately began his transformation plan.
The process was basically the same as before.
After energy and consciousness were infused into it,
this body was already completely under his control.
A pale-blue 3D image of Gyarados's body appeared.
This time,
Shiko's movements were much faster than the previous attempts.
On one hand, it was because he had grown familiar with this entire procedure.
Dragging these energy nodes around had begun to feel natural.
On the other hand,
it was also because Gyarados's body was very similar to MetalSeadramon's.
Both of them had long, serpentine bodies.
That greatly reduced the amount of work and the difficulty.
Soon,
a few minutes later,
the final step was also completed.
The 3D image in his eyes
had already completely broken away from Gyarados's form and become MetalSeadramon's appearance.
Next,
it was the same operation as with Machinedramon.
MetalSeadramon, MetalSeadramon.
Since the name itself carried the word "Metal,"
this bare scaly skin looked somewhat out of place.
Very soon,
powerful Steel-type energy surged out of Shiko's body
and poured into MetalSeadramon's body.
Its appearance
also began its final evolution.
Its entire body was completely covered in hard alloy.
Even its fin-like side wings
now possessed hexagonal cannon ports.
A moment later,
the brand-new evolution was complete.
As usual, Shiko admired it for a while.
Then he impatiently checked MetalSeadramon's panel information.
[Species: MetalSeadramon]
[Types: Dragon, Water]
[Ability: Propeller Tail: Can ignore the effects of Abilities or moves that draw in moves.]
[Level: Second-tier Legendary: Level 101, 1/10 Creator God Body]
[Status: Perfect]
[Potential: Second-tier Legendary: Level 100–110]
[Base Stats: HP 80, Attack 100, Defense 110, Special Attack 150, Special Defense 110, Speed 150, Total 700]
[Moves: Hydro Pump, Constrict, Dragon Rage, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Surf, Skull Bash]
[Exclusive Moves: Ultimate Stream, Hell Squeeze, Poseidon Divide]
[Introduction: The final form of the Seadramon species, whose entire body is covered in Chrome Digizoid. This metal body can repel all attacks, and it possesses the fastest movement speed among Aquatic Digimon. It is the undisputed ruler of the sea.]
...
Very good.
After checking MetalSeadramon's data,
Shiko once again revealed a satisfied smile.
Just as he had expected,
MetalSeadramon's abilities and steel body were equally powerful and perfect.
As expected of one of the Dark Masters.
With this,
another powerful combat force had been added under his command.
"Stay here! Answer my summons!"
"Understood! Master!"
MetalSeadramon's answer was the same as Machinedramon's.
Toward Shiko, the being who had created them and given them power,
it could not give rise to even the slightest thought of defiance. It only submitted and obeyed.
After finishing MetalSeadramon's transformation,
Shiko immediately left this place again.
This time,
he left Dragon Valley and flew toward a dense great plain.
Next,
among the Dark Masters, only Piedmon and Puppetmon had yet to be transformed.
The next target for transformation
was Puppetmon.
As for the candidate,
Shiko had already begun searching through the plain at the fastest speed.
On this great plain,
there were quite a few scattered groves.
Shiko's gaze swept across them.
He found his target at once.
There was a crooked little tree that looked clearly different from the others.
Shiko sensed it immediately.
This was not a tree.
It was a Pokémon.
Because it was tree-like,
and also humanoid,
in Shiko's analysis,
it was the most compatible candidate for Puppetmon.
Shiko's figure rapidly streaked across the sky above the plain.
The violent sonic booms brought about by his high-speed flight
naturally startled the Pokémon living below.
Countless tiny Pokémon on the plain fled in every direction.
Sudowoodo originally wanted to run as well.
But it keenly noticed
that Shiko's gaze and aura had locked onto its side.
So,
for safety's sake,
it could only pretend to be an ordinary tree.
It prayed that it could escape Shiko's detection.
However, what it could not have imagined
was that Shiko's target this time was precisely it.
He slowly walked up to Sudowoodo.
The nervous Sudowoodo was already holding its breath.
It kept repeating in its heart that he could not see it, he could not see it.
But things did not go as it wished.
Shiko's footsteps just so happened to stop right in front of it.
"Stop hiding. It's you."
Shiko reached out.
His alloy claws gently rested against Sudowoodo's body.
Sudowoodo's heart tightened.
It pretended not to hear him.
It continued maintaining its posture, disguising itself as a tree.
...
Speechless...
Shiko looked at Sudowoodo, his face filled with black lines.
This guy
really refused to accept reality until it was staring him in the face.
With such a crude disguise,
did it really think Shiko could not see through it?
Too lazy to waste words with it,
Shiko directly released
the fatal, powerful Pressure he possessed as a First-tier Legendary.
Whoosh!
A terrifying blast of air swept over like a towering tsunami.
In an instant, Sudowoodo felt as though it had been struck and submerged by an enormous tide.
Then,
its consciousness sank.
It fainted on the spot.
Looking at Sudowoodo lying limply in front of him,
Shiko did not even know what to say.
This guy
was far too fragile!
He had not even released his full aura, yet it already could not endure it?
But for Sudowoodo, this was normal.
After all, Sudowoodo was a weak, tree-shaped, lower two-star Pokémon.
On top of that,
this fellow's level was not like Tyrantrum and Gyarados from before, which had reached the Elite Four level.
It had only barely reached the Quasi-Elite Four level.
Being unable to withstand it was not strange.
But it did not matter.
After Shiko transformed it later and gave it a completely new form, everything would be different.
Now that it had fainted, it was also more convenient for Shiko to operate.
Once again, he used the Magic Brand and repeated the same method.
With familiar ease,
Shiko began modifying Sudowoodo's body.
This transformation was somewhat difficult.
However, it was still within a range he could handle.
After about ten minutes,
when Sudowoodo woke up,
Shiko had also just completed the final step of energy infusion.
Sudowoodo looked at its completely renewed appearance.
It sensed the powerful energy flowing through its body and was stunned for a while.
On the other side,
Shiko also pulled up its panel information as usual.
[Species: Puppetmon]
[Types: Grass, Psychic]
[Ability: Prankster: During battle, status moves are used with priority.]
[Level: Second-tier Legendary: Level 101, 1/10 Creator God Body]
[Status: Perfect]
[Potential: Second-tier Legendary: Level 100–110]
[Base Stats: HP 80, Attack 160, Defense 100, Special Attack 160, Special Defense 100, Speed 140, Total 700]
[Moves: Wood Hammer, Lava, Divine Punishment, Uncanny Skill, Gift Shield, Explosion, Secret Power, Moss Body]
[Exclusive Moves: Divine Fire Rend, Wooden Cross Dart, Giant Wooden Puppet, Dark-String Puppet]
[Introduction: An Ultimate Puppet Digimon made from a body covered in cursed and corrupted wood. It rules over the forest, digs out evil, and possesses powerful strength.]
Not bad.
After reading it, Shiko silently nodded.
It was as powerful as ever.
This combat power was enough to become a very good helper.
"Stay here! Act according to my commands!"
"As you command! Master!"
Puppetmon immediately accepted its new identity.
It respectfully nodded toward Shiko in response.
Shiko nodded.
Then he turned into a streak of light and left this place.
The Dark Masters.
He had already gathered three of them.
Next,
only the final one remained.
And it was also the strongest one.
(End of Chapter)
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