Chapter 866: Icicle Plate, Get!
On the other side.
The battlefield was locked in a bitter stalemate.
Both Dialga and Kyurem proved far more difficult to handle than Kazuya and Scizor had anticipated.
Only Mewtwo was an exception.
No matter how severely Rayquaza battered Him.
He did not find it strange in the least.
After all, He had never entered the fray with the mindset of being able to slay Rayquaza to begin with.
It was just that.
From earlier until now.
He had already held on for over a dozen minutes.
The effects of the Reversion Pills were likely drawing to an end very soon.
When that happened, stalling Rayquaza any longer would become exceedingly difficult.
With this thought in mind.
After dodging another Dragon Ascent, Mewtwo flipped over and mounted Rayquaza's back, seizing the brief window of the dragon's struggling to cast His gaze toward the other two battlefields nearby.
Kazuya was still embroiled in an arduous struggle against Dialga.
After fusing with the Draco Plate.
Dialga's Roar of Time had indeed acquired rather broken abilities.
No.
Rather than saying "acquired."
It was more accurate to say that its innate abilities had "evolved."
Aside from the two known abilities:
Global modulation of time for non-living matter.
And move velocity control.
Roar of Time also held this specific effect:
Forcing the target to regress to its position from a few seconds prior, with an effective temporal range of roughly five seconds.
Yet now.
This effect had evolved.
It could not only reverse the target's "physical coordinates," but could also rewind the target's "physical state," with the range remaining five seconds.
Just like right now.
Within Mewtwo's field of vision.
Kazuya had just landed a devastating Extreme Speed Earthquake straight into Dialga's flank, sending the titan tumbling through mid-air.
With this single strike.
Dialga's health plummeted drastically.
If It originally had 90% of Its HP, that kick alone knocked It down to 70%.
Directly shaving away a full fifth of Its total vitality!
Utterly staggering.
After all, Kazuya was currently in his peak offensive phase.
Prior to this.
Kazuya had already found windows to set up Swords Dance and Laser Focus, boosting his Attack stat and guaranteeing critical hits.
Furthermore, it had to be mentioned.
Not only was he currently in the Mega form granted by the Reversion Pill, but under the influence of the Power of Victory, his level also surpassed Dialga by 1.
Between Attack buffs, raw stat suppression, type advantage, the Power of the Earth, and guaranteed critical hits.
The absurd damage dealt by this Extreme Speed Earthquake was entirely a matter of course.
Yet in the very next instant.
Dialga unleashed Roar of Time directly upon Itself!
No damage was sustained.
Instead, every gash and bruise across Its body was completely restored!
This was the broken effect obtained by Roar of Time after its evolution.
It was not merely standard healing.
It rewound Its own bodily state entirely back to the temporal checkpoint before the injury occurred!
Not just wounds.
Even expended stamina and debuffs would all be reset to their prior condition.
Just like the ocular technique Izanagi from the neighboring Naruto universe.
The only difference being.
Dialga did not need to weave hand signs to create an anchor beforehand, nor was this move a one-time consumable.
However.
If Dialga were slain outright, It could not use this move to resurrect.
After all, once dead, It could not cast Roar of Time to reload Its save state.
Such a repulsive ability.
Was precisely the crux of why Kazuya had failed to bring Dialga down for so long.
If he wanted to deal permanent damage to Dialga.
He had to deny Dialga any opportunity to cast Roar of Time on Itself within five seconds of an attack landing.
As long as the window exceeded five seconds.
Dialga would be incapable of "erasing" the damage sustained.
Yet this was remarkably difficult.
Striking an enemy was hard, but could striking oneself be hard?
For Dialga to blast Kazuya with Roar of Time required aiming, acceleration, predictive calculation, and more.
Yet blasting Itself with the technique required nothing more than dipping Its head slightly to ensure a direct hit.
How was Kazuya supposed to prevent that?
He could only attempt to unleash an offensive assault that persisted continuously for over five seconds!
This, naturally, was no simple feat.
After all, Dialga was the God of Time.
It could utilize the Power of Time at any moment to accelerate, decelerate, or rewind Its own body to a position from seconds prior...
These were innate temporal abilities outside of Roar of Time, requiring zero wind-up to execute.
The end result was.
Over a dozen minutes had elapsed.
Dialga's current condition remained relatively decent, sitting at roughly 70% HP.
Looking at Kazuya on the other hand.
Though he had sustained virtually no wounds thanks to the Power of Creation.
A considerable amount of stamina and energy had been drained, and he was on the verge of dropping out of his Mega form.
Such a situation could hardly be considered favorable.
At least in the short term.
Kazuya would not be able to finish Dialga off.
Just as expected.
With only the three of them.
The probability of devouring Dialga in a short timeframe was simply too low.
Mewtwo shifted His gaze.
Looking toward the other battlefield.
Boom, boom, boom!
Scizor's Bullet Punches rained down upon Kyurem like a torrential downpour, striking a rapid, continuous drumbeat across the dragon's frame.
Bullet Punch.
A Steel-type physical move with a base power of only 40.
Its raw base power was low, but its trait was blistering speed; in the games, it was guaranteed priority, while in reality, chaining it into relentless combos was remarkably effortless.
And this move.
Under the amplification of Scizor's Technician Ability.
Reached a base power of 60.
Factoring in the type effectiveness.
It soared to 120.
Of course.
These were merely numeric calculations from the games.
In reality, the damage Scizor dealt was far higher than that.
His current level was a towering Lv. 94, and he was in his Mega Evolved state.
Kyurem, by contrast, sat only at Lv. 93.
Under such a savage, relentless barrage of Bullet Punches, Kyurem's state plummeted in a straight vertical dive; It could barely even keep Its footing.
The clash between Scizor and Kyurem.
Was also the one with the least suspense among the three battlefields.
Scizor not only crushed Kyurem in every single stat, but also held a colossal advantage in typing.
That Kyurem could sit at the table of supreme gods today.
Was because Its Glaciate had assimilated the Icicle Plate, evolving a broken ability.
Yet this move.
Was not much of an issue so long as one took care to evade it.
Moreover.
With Scizor's current strength, even if struck by Glaciate, he could recover his mobility within a matter of seconds.
Today was unlike the past.
Back then, their entire group had been hunted down by Kyurem.
Now.
Scizor alone was more than enough to effortlessly butcher Kyurem.
Right at this moment.
Dialga in the adjacent battlefield exhaled a blast of Roar of Time.
Its target was none other than Kyurem.
It was moving to heal Kyurem's injuries!
Swish~
A blue electric spark flashed across the sky.
Buzz~
The moment Kazuya's figure halted, he raised his hand to conjure a spatial wormhole out of thin air, intercepting it midway.
Crack!
The Power of Time collided head-on with the Power of Space.
Fine, dense fractures spiderwebbed across the void.
Yet these fractures vanished almost immediately.
Disappearing alongside them.
Were both Kazuya's spatial wormhole and Dialga's Roar of Time.
Just as previously stated.
The Power of Space and the Power of Time countered each other.
Dialga could use Roar of Time to make escaping difficult for Kazuya.
And Kazuya could use spatial wormholes to neutralize Roar of Time, preventing It from achieving anything through the technique.
What a pity.
This Power of Space had ultimately been devoured from another.
Wielding it was not entirely second nature.
Had Palkia been here in person, It would likely have deployed it with far greater ease.
Nevertheless.
Though Kazuya might be unable to take Dialga down quickly.
He could at least keep It from interfering with the battle beside them.
As long as they waited until Scizor finished off Kyurem, Scizor could free his hands to support the other fronts.
Even if they failed to claim Dialga in the end.
Extinguishing a formidable Demon God like Kyurem was guaranteed.
Stripping Shadow of the critical cornerstone needed to fuse the Original Dragon of Unova.
And securing an Icicle Plate into the bargain.
It could certainly be counted as a bountiful harvest.
Seeing this.
Mewtwo felt slightly reassured.
He merely needed to hold out until Scizor's battle concluded.
Judging from Kyurem's battered state.
That clash would not drag on for much longer.
Kyurem would soon be put down by Scizor.
And in truth.
That was exactly what happened.
Ten minutes later.
The effects of the Reversion Pills had faded seven or eight minutes prior.
Kazuya's side remained largely unchanged, locked in an unyielding deadlock.
Mewtwo, however, had long fallen into a desperate struggle, nursing numerous wounds across His body.
Fortunately.
The battle on Scizor's end finally drew to a close.
Amid Kyurem's agonized screech.
Scizor cleanly severed Its massive head with a single pincer.
Harvested alongside It.
Was the Icicle Plate floating up from Kyurem's corpse.
Scizor reached out, plucked the Plate from the air, and hurled it high into the distance: "Master!"
Hearing the shout, Kazuya turned his head.
Reaching out, he snatched it from the air.
The Icicle Plate was absorbed into his panel in an instant.
Another Plate of Creation, Get!
Up to this point.
Kazuya possessed a total of 6 Plates on his person.
In the Pokémon universe.
There were only 18 types in total.
Kazuya now held the Plates of Creation for six distinct types.
Factoring in the Dark type's innate immunity to Psychic.
In this life, he was already completely immune to damage from 7 different types.
Terrifying beyond measure!
"Splendidly done!"
Kazuya did not withhold his praise, a flicker of genuine delight surfacing in his eyes.
Obtaining the Icicle Plate.
Could be considered a massive acquisition.
It was no less valuable than devouring the divine powers of other Demon Gods, and far more practical than the powers of many.
After all.
The greatest asset of the Icicle Plate.
Lay not in granting immunity to Ice-type damage.
But in amplifying the destructive output of Ice-type moves.
Ice-type moves.
Were universally praised by anyone who used them.
In the Pokémon world.
Ice-type moves were difficult to learn, and thus not nearly as ubiquitous as in the games.
Consequently, the utility derived from purely negating damage was relatively modest.
Yet in Kazuya's arsenal.
Ice-type moves saw heavy rotation.
Particularly Ice Beam, a move he deployed with great frequency.
Against targets carrying Dragon or Flying typings, it was exceptionally lethal.
"Hehehe..."
Scizor scratched his head.
Yet he did not indulge in bashfulness for long.
The battle had not yet reached its end; now was hardly the time to seek praise from his Master.
Setting Kazuya aside for the moment.
Mewtwo over there was already on the verge of collapse.
If the fight continued like this.
The second god to perish on this battlefield would likely be Mewtwo.
"Mewtwo! Switch! I'll take this fellow, you go assist Master with Dialga!"
Scizor bellowed, rocketing forward without hesitation.
In reality.
At this juncture.
Scizor wanted nothing more than to join his Master in taking down Dialga.
With the combined strength of the two of them, bringing Dialga to heel within a quarter of an hour would be no problem at all.
However.
Mewtwo could never hold out for that long.
Sitting at merely Lv. 92.
Facing a Lv. 95 Mega Rayquaza, Mewtwo was simply too outmatched.
This was not a deficit in combat experience.
It was pure, unadulterated stat suppression.
The gulf between a T1 and a T4 god was colossal to begin with, to say nothing of the chasm that a 3-level difference represented at the Master stage.
Only Scizor was qualified to stand toe-to-toe with Mega Rayquaza.
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