Giratina's golden, half-ringed wings vibrated, letting out a heart-shaking hum.
Six crimson eyes instantly locked onto Ceruledge, who was carrying the pillar and running wildly, along with Amethio and his group!
"Th-that is?", Raifort, who had just been urging Axel not to let Amethio escape, was suddenly stunned.
As an archaeologist, she immediately recognized Giratina. The legendary Pokémon that existed only in myths and fragmented inscriptions.
She was so shocked that she almost forgot about the Sealing Pillar being taken away, her eyes wide as she stared at Axel in disbelief.
"The Renegade Pokémon? Giratina? How could it possibly be captured?"
Raifort knew Axel had legendary Pokémon, and even ones that surpassed the deities of time and space.
But no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand why this third deity of the region, a being symbolizing violence, would also willingly become Axel's Pokémon.
"Stop spacing out! Run!"
Under Giratina's pursuit, Amethio felt his scalp go numb as he shouted sharply.
The oppressive force brought by Giratina far exceeded his expectations.
Under the influence of its divine authority, his Ceruledge had almost completely lost its will to fight. Aside from charging forward desperately, it couldn't do anything else.
What he had just been talking about with his subordinates, the absolute suppression of a higher-tier user over a lower-tier one within the same attribute, was being fully demonstrated on Ceruledge.
"Giratina, don't let them take the pillar," Axel gave the order calmly.
"ROAR!"
Giratina let out a roar that shook space itself. Its massive body moved, yet its speed defied all logic.
In an instant, it turned into a streak of shadowy light, slipping into the void, carrying a destructive aura as it chased straight after Amethio.
"Faster! Move faster!"
Amethio glanced back and saw those ghostlike crimson eyes relentlessly chasing them. A chill shot straight from his spine to the top of his head.
He pushed himself to the limit, forcing his speed to its maximum.
But in front of the ruler of the Distortion World, their speed was laughable.
In the next moment, the space in front of Ceruledge rippled and twisted violently like the surface of water.
Giratina's ferocious dragon head suddenly emerged from it, opening a massive maw that seemed to devour light itself, and let out a roar that could shatter the soul.
"ROAR!"
The terrifying sound wave mixed with an underworld aura rushed forward, carrying a suffocating pressure.
"Ugh!", Ceruledge was startled by the sudden interception and overwhelming presence, coming to an abrupt halt. The massive pillar on its shoulder nearly slipped off due to inertia.
The ghostly blue flames on its arms flickered violently, as if they could go out at any moment. This was a double layer of absolute suppression, from both attribute and life level.
"It's the Renegade Pokémon's signature move, Shadow Sneak! It can move directly through space!"
One of Amethio's subordinates screamed, his voice filled with despair.
"Go around! Don't clash head-on!", Amethio still maintained a sliver of rationality.
He knew his Ceruledge stood no chance against Giratina. Even trying to block it for a moment could get it completely torn apart.
Ceruledge hurriedly changed direction, trying to circle around from the side.
But Giratina's attack had already arrived.
It didn't directly attack Ceruledge or Amethio. Instead, it swung its massive tail, covered in dark-gold armor, fiercely toward the ground in front of Ceruledge.
BOOM!
The earth exploded as if struck by a meteor.
Rocks and soil shot into the sky, and a massive, bottomless trench instantly appeared along Ceruledge's path, cutting off their escape.
The violent shockwave sent Amethio and his two subordinates flying, throwing them to the ground in a miserable heap.
"Cough!", Amethio spat out dirt, staring in shock at the crack that seemed to lead straight to hell.
Just the aftershock alone had left them in such a sorry state.
Ceruledge was forced to stop again. Carrying the massive pillar made it far less agile than usual.
It looked at the impassable abyss ahead, then felt the terrifying gaze behind it that seemed to freeze its very soul. It was trapped in a hopeless dilemma.
Giratina's enormous body slowly emerged completely from the distorted space, floating above the abyss.
Its six crimson eyes looked down coldly at them, like a god gazing at ants trying to steal an offering.
Its huge golden half-ring wings slowly moved, radiating a despair-inducing dark glow.
"B-boss… what do we do?", One of the Explorer members collapsed on the ground, his voice trembling, his pants already soaked.
Amethio's face turned deathly pale, veins bulging on his forehead.
He stared fixedly at Giratina, then glanced at the heavy stone pillar on Ceruledge's shoulder.
Give up? He couldn't accept that! But to keep resisting? That would be suicide.
Just as this desperate standoff continued, Giratina seemed to lose its patience.
It let out a low hum. A massive claw formed from shadows condensed out of thin air, carrying a chilling aura as it slowly reached toward the Sealing Pillar on Ceruledge's shoulder.
The speed wasn't fast, but it carried an irresistible, law-like power, as if the entire space itself was assisting in this act of seizure.
Ceruledge let out a fearful growl, yet couldn't move even an inch. It could only watch helplessly as the shadowy claw descended.
Amethio's eyes nearly split from rage.
———
In the distance, Axel and Raifort watched quietly.
Raifort was already too shocked to speak, both hands tightly covering her mouth.
She knew Giratina was powerful, but witnessing this kind of overwhelming force that bordered on absolute law far exceeded her imagination.
That Ceruledge was definitely not weak, possibly even at the Elite Four level, but in front of the Renegade Pokémon, it was handled as easily as a toy.
"Looks like they're no match for Giratina," Axel said calmly, his tone full of confidence.
However, just as the shadowy claw was about to touch the pillar, a sudden change occurred.
The pillar in Ceruledge's grasp was torn apart by the violent force carried by the shadow claw, instantly shattering into pieces.
A dark black light appeared from the center of the fragments and shot straight into Ceruledge's forehead.
In the next moment, Ceruledge suddenly let out a painful roar. Its eyes abruptly ignited with black flames, and a terrifying Dark-type power began to spread.
With Ceruledge at the center, the surrounding rock in six directions exploded continuously, eventually revealing six identical Sealing Pillars.
Beneath those pillars, black energy surged, carrying terrifying dark light that shot out from all directions before converging onto Ceruledge.
Under the shroud of that black light, Ceruledge's body began to grow larger, its face twisting.
As if… it had become an entirely different Pokémon.
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