"Yo~"
The moment Axel gave the command, Pheromosa lightly nodded and was just about to kick toward the Sealing Pillar.
All of a sudden, Axel reached out and stopped her movement.
"Don't rush. This pillar looks very sturdy, you need to find the right angle."
As he spoke, Axel's gaze casually swept toward a certain position of the Sealing Pillar, then he pulled Pheromosa to adjust her aim again.
"Alright, I think this angle is pretty good. Kicking from this direction should work well."
"Yo!", Although Pheromosa was a bit confused as to why she needed to carefully aim at something as fragile as this pillar,
she still chose to trust Axel's command without hesitation.
A dense red glow covered her knee, precise and fierce, carrying fighting energy far beyond the ordinary.
A high-powered Fighting-type move, High Jump Kick.
Seeing the prelude to this move, the two subordinates beside Amethio suddenly felt a bad premonition.
"Boss, why is the opponent using a Fighting-type?"
"And I've got a feeling… they might have already noticed us…"
"After they adjusted their angle, we just happen to be right behind that pillar."
"If that Pokémon really can kick the pillar flying, are we going to get crushed?"
Amethio pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head.
"Don't move, or we might expose ourselves."
"With Ceruledge's help, our concealment should be solid. They shouldn't be able to detect us. It's probably just a coincidence."
"Right now we already know two of his Pokémon are Fighting-type and Ice-type. That's good for us."
"If he used this Fighting-type Pokémon in his battle against Coral, then maybe his overall strength is even weaker than we initially thought!"
Hearing Amethio's analysis, the two subordinates behind him both nodded in agreement.
"Wise as always, sir!"
On the other side, a sharp glint flashed in Pheromosa's eyes as High Jump Kick charged to its peak.
With a howl of wind, her body turned into an afterimage, and she slammed her kick violently into the base of the ancient and fragile Sealing Pillar.
Crack! BOOM!
A teeth-grinding sound of shattering rang out instantly, followed by the thunderous roar of collapsing stone.
The stone pillar carrying unknown power simply couldn't withstand such a terrifying impact. It snapped violently from the middle.
The massive upper half of the pillar, carrying terrifying momentum and clouds of dust, shot forward like a siege ram launched from a catapult, crashing straight toward Amethio and the direction where his group was hiding.
"What?", Archaeologist Raifort was the first to react, the calm curiosity on her face instantly replaced by extreme shock.
She knew Axel was strong, but she had never imagined he could be this strong.
The Sealing Pillar that the top students of Naranja Academy couldn't shake no matter how hard they tried couldn't even withstand a single hit from Axel's Pokémon.
"Th-this…", Raifort wanted to force a smile onto her face.
But she suddenly realized that from the overwhelming shock, her entire body had gone numb.
She couldn't make any movement at all, not even a facial expression.
The gap between those top students of Naranja Academy and Axel was even greater than the gap between Litten and Incineroar.
As for the trio from the Explorers, they were even more shocked and terrified than Raifort.
They never expected Axel to be so decisive, so violent. Directly destroying an ancient ruin without hesitation.
"Boss!"
"Get out of the way!"
The two Explorer elites behind Amethio were almost scared out of their wits.
After receiving this mission, they had tried more than once to destroy the Sealing Pillar.
Even their main Pokémon couldn't cause any damage to it at all.
When had they ever seen something like using a ruin's pillar as a weapon to smash people?
The massive stone crashing down with overwhelming force that seemed to destroy everything left their minds blank, nothing but instinctive screams remaining.
At the critical moment—
"Tch!", Although Amethio's pupils shrank sharply, as a cadre of the Explorers, his reaction and strength were fully displayed at this moment.
Without any hesitation, he suddenly threw an Ultra Ball from his waist.
"Ceruledge! Stop it!"
"Clang!"
Along with a sharp metallic clash, a deep blue figure appeared boldly.
Ceruledge raised its flaming great blades and crossed them above its head. The ghostly blue flames burned wildly as it unleashed all its power to meet the crushing stone pillar.
BOOM!
The massive rock slammed heavily onto Ceruledge's twin blades, producing a deafening explosion.
The terrifying force instantly cracked and collapsed the ground beneath Ceruledge's feet. Its body sank sharply, its joints grinding under unbearable pressure, and even the ghostly blue flames dimmed for a moment.
But it was, after all, Amethio's ace, exceptionally powerful.
It actually managed to withstand this meteor-like strike head-on.
"Ugh!", Ceruledge let out a muffled groan, clearly not taking it lightly.
"Move!", Amethio made a decisive call, his face ashen.
After witnessing the destructive power of Axel's Pokémon, he no longer had even a trace of wishful thinking.
A trainer who could possess such a destructive Pokémon must have all the qualities of an excellent trainer.
For example… awareness of the environment.
Which meant Axel had definitely already discovered them, and deliberately used the Sealing Pillar as part of the environment to launch an attack.
Staying here would bring nothing good.
Understanding the situation, Ceruledge burst out with astonishing strength, forcefully pushing the massive pillar upward.
Then, taking the opportunity, it spun and hoisted the heavy broken pillar onto its broad shoulders.
"We're retreating!", Amethio barked at the two subordinates who were still shaken, then turned and sprinted toward the outskirts of the ruins.
Carrying the massive pillar, Ceruledge followed closely, each step making the ground thud heavily.
"Mr. Axel, don't let them get away!"
Raifort spoke urgently, "There's a connection between the eight pillars. Only by obtaining the first pillar can we smoothly locate the rest!"
"If they take this Sealing Pillar, it'll be very hard for us to find the location of Chi-Yu's shrine again!"
"Trying to run?"
Hearing Raifort's words, Axel nodded, a cold curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
He had already expected them to flee, and he had no intention of letting them take this piece of the Sealing Pillar so easily.
"Giratina!", Axel called out into the void without hesitation.
A light far deeper and more terrifying than ever before burst forth.
The light within the entire ruins seemed to twist and be absorbed, as an immense pressure from another world descended with a crash.
Space rippled and cracked like the surface of water, and the massive, ferocious, oppressive form of the Renegade Pokémon, Giratina, burst out from within.
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