That shadow…?
It seemed to be Arceus.
Within the blinding golden light, Shiko could vaguely make out the shape of Arceus.
A chill of tension ran through his heart.
But in the very next second—
just as he tried to get a closer look,
the phantom figure at the far end suddenly vanished.
As if it had only been a hallucination.
And at that moment,
his consciousness
was pulled back into reality.
Inside the white light of evolution,
GeoGreymon's figure had already disappeared.
In its place
stood a humanoid dragon-like Pokémon over two meters tall, its entire body covered in alloy armor.
Heavy gauntlets encased both arms.
Within a pair of black dragon eyes
burned endless fighting spirit.
Golden hair streamed in the wind.
The shield-like plates spread behind its back like wings embedded into its body.
That vast, terrifying dragon pressure,
combined with the razor-sharp aura of steel,
made Shiko unable to suppress his excitement any longer.
WarGreymon!
He had really evolved into WarGreymon!
At the same time,
the Melmetal and Registeel lying on the ground
also woke up from their unconscious state.
A Legendary Pokémon was still a Legendary Pokémon.
Not only were they incredibly tough,
their recovery abilities were top-tier as well.
The kind of injury that would have been fatal to an ordinary Pokémon had only taken them a few dozen minutes to recover from enough to regain consciousness.
The moment they woke,
the two of them immediately realized something was wrong.
A huge portion of their energy had weakened.
It felt as though it had been forcibly cut away from them.
The Steel-type energy they had lost
was different from the ordinary energy they usually stored in their bodies to use moves.
This was origin energy—the purest and strongest Steel-type energy belonging to them as pure Steel-type third-tier Legendaries.
It was special energy
that could even accumulate into law power.
The extreme weakness and exhaustion coming from inside their bodies made them realize
that at least nearly a third of the law power within them had been extracted.
A third!
That much origin energy—
how long would it take to replenish that?!
The two Pokémon looked at each other.
From each other's eyes,
they both caught the same intense fury.
There was no need to think about it!
This had to be the work of that hulking Pokémon from earlier!
That bastard!
After humiliating them, he had gone so far as to brazenly absorb their origin energy!
A mere ordinary Pokémon
actually dared to lay hands on a Legendary Pokémon!
This was outright blasphemy!
Where had he gone?!
Filled with intense rage,
the two Pokémon began searching for Shiko.
Very soon,
in one corner of this silver space,
they spotted him wrapped in white light.
That was—
the light of evolution?!
At the sight of this,
both Registeel and Melmetal were stunned.
They had never expected
Shiko to evolve here.
And even more than that,
Shiko was already Champion-level. He should have long since reached the end of his form.
How could he possibly evolve again?
This excessive, reality-defying sight
instantly left the two Pokémon frozen in place.
"Don't panic! So what if he evolved?!"
"We're Legendary Pokémon! No matter how much an ordinary Pokémon evolves, it can never reach our realm!"
"That's right! Attack now, before he finishes evolving—snatch back that damned energy!"
After a brief exchange,
Melmetal and Registeel shared a glance
and once again launched an attack at Shiko.
They intended to strike while he was unprepared, interrupt his evolution, and seize their energy back.
The light of evolution
vanished in an instant,
like a flame snuffed out by a sudden gust of wind.
What appeared before them
was a draconic humanoid Pokémon clad in yellow alloy armor.
The evolution was complete?
Wait.
Why had his size shrunk by half?
Looking at WarGreymon before them,
Registeel and Melmetal were both startled.
Basically,
after evolving,
almost all Pokémon grew even larger.
A case like Shiko's—
where his physique had practically been reduced by half after evolving—
was something they had never seen before.
There was no time to think further.
Registeel and Melmetal
were already committed.
Their only hope
was that after evolving,
Shiko would still be unfamiliar with his brand-new form and body,
that his movements would be awkward,
and that this might give them a sliver of a chance.
You're courting death!!!
A trace of coldness flashed through Shiko's dragon eyes as he looked at Registeel and Melmetal.
He bent his arm.
Three claws snapped out from within his gauntlet.
This time,
Shiko did not choose to coat his whole body in Steel-type energy.
Nor did he use even the slightest bit of Dragon-type energy.
Relying solely
on the strength and defense of his own body,
he slashed one claw straight at Registeel and Melmetal!
The razor-sharp claws tore through space.
The gleam of that slash carried an unstoppable, terrifying force.
Before that crude, violent strike had even fully arrived,
Registeel and Melmetal already smelled intense danger.
How was this possible?!
He clearly hadn't used even a trace of energy!
How could pure physical strength alone
produce such horrifying power?!
What kind of joke was this?!
At that instant,
the WarGreymon before them
suddenly became like an invincible god of war.
The pride and dignity they held as third-tier Legendaries
were erased completely.
Slash!
A crisp sound rang out,
like a blade slicing through paper.
Registeel's hard alloy body
was carved open with three deep marks that nearly ran all the way through to his back.
As for Melmetal,
his liquid alloy body was directly cut apart,
falling to the ground as two separate masses of metal that wriggled frantically, trying to piece themselves back together.
One claw strike had crippled both of them!
Shiko displayed incomparably overwhelming combat power!
He was extremely satisfied with his performance.
As expected of WarGreymon!
It really was overwhelmingly powerful!
Registeel and Melmetal felt their scalps go numb as intense fear and unease spread through them.
Shiko looked at them.
This time, he no longer held back.
Surging Dragon-type aura and Steel-type aura mixed together and swept outward,
howling like a storm!
This terrifying pressure, vast as crashing tides,
instantly made Registeel and Melmetal understand
what realm the Pokémon before them had reached.
Without a doubt—
he had already surpassed them
and stepped onto the threshold of a third-tier Legendary!!!
The two of them exchanged one look.
Only a single shared thought remained in their eyes—
Run!!!
(End of Chapter)
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