Damn it!
He was still alive!
Arceus's heart shook violently.
Looking at that white figure,
and sensing that steady presence,
Arceus felt as if his entire world was about to collapse.
Why?
Why was this guy so strong?
Arceus could not understand it at all.
In his understanding,
an attack like that
should absolutely have been able to severely injure Shiko.
But the result?
In the end, it was completely different from what he had imagined.
Under such an overwhelmingly powerful attack,
he had still survived.
And judging from his appearance, there was no major problem at all!
This…
Arceus felt as if his brain was about to shut down.
In truth,
Shiko was not as composed as Arceus imagined.
The attack just now
had indeed harmed him.
However, it was not fatal.
At the very beginning,
when his attempt to destroy that energy wave failed,
Shiko had already sensed that things were not good.
So,
the instant the move landed on him,
he did not hesitate to wrap himself in his wings.
Although after evolving into Omegamon,
he no longer had the Brave Shield made of Chrome Digizoid on his back,
with its extremely powerful skeletal structure,
that pair of white wings, like angel wings,
also possessed rather impressive defensive ability.
Shiko defended at the first possible moment.
He felt the blazing energy outside bombard him continuously.
The energy crashed toward him in wave after wave like the sea.
The impact shook Shiko until his chest ached.
Fortunately, most of the energy impact was blocked by his wings.
The danger his main body received
was only a small amount of the aftershock.
Immediately afterward,
once the energy impact calmed down,
Shiko was finally able to let out a long breath.
Blocking this move had also consumed a great deal of his stamina.
Not only that,
when he spread his wings again,
he noticed that many of his white feathers were falling.
They slowly drifted down within the dark cosmic space.
Then, all of a sudden, they transformed into specks of white light.
Immediately after,
those white points of light were attracted by the stream of photons beside Shiko.
They turned into a white arc of light.
In an instant,
they merged into the blue stream of photons.
Shiko's somewhat exhausted and depleted body
actually recovered a trace of strength in that instant.
He did not expect they could be used like this.
Shiko was somewhat surprised.
Immediately after, he chuckled softly in his heart.
He was still not very familiar
with this newly evolved body.
But now,
after this brief battle,
his understanding of his own body and abilities
had become even deeper.
He had not expected
the defensive power of his wings
to be even stronger than the Brave Shield from before.
Not only that,
those feathers that had fallen because they helped him resist the attack
would actually turn into white aura and return.
They would then become part of his body again,
restoring a considerable amount of stamina.
This ability was simply too heaven-defying.
It was powerful to an almost unbelievable degree.
As expected,
becoming a newer and stronger lifeform was ultimately a good thing.
After sensing the abundant power within this brand-new body once more,
Shiko's aura began climbing again, level by level.
He returned to his peak state.
His white wings spread open.
Arceus looked at Shiko from afar.
Looking at that god-like existence,
his heart kept sinking,
falling straight into the abyss.
Now that things had developed to this point,
what the ending would be next…
he had already seen the result.
Just as he had expected,
Shiko, who had not taken much damage
and still remained in his peak state,
tightened his grip on the Grey Sword in his hand.
The next second,
with an extreme speed that Arceus could not capture
and found difficult to evade,
he charged toward him to kill.
This battle should end here.
Looking at Arceus's despairing and bitter smile,
Shiko also understood
that the opponent who had fought him fiercely for so long
had already reached the end of his strength.
He had already used every method available to him.
Now,
this was already his limit.
Since that was the case,
it was indeed time to send him on his way in peace.
Moreover,
as thanks for Arceus giving everything he had in this battle,
for helping him successfully evolve into Omegamon,
and for helping him quickly become familiar with the abilities of this brand-new body,
because of all this,
Shiko felt it was necessary to show his gratitude and respect.
And so,
he decided that while he was in his peak state,
he would unleash the strongest strike he could use
to end the life of the opponent before him.
Thousands of meters of cosmic space
were crossed almost instantly.
It was unimaginably fast.
Extreme speed!
Arceus could not clearly capture Shiko's trajectory or figure at all.
He could only rely on his body's instincts
and his sense of danger
to perceive that danger was constantly approaching him.
This feeling
grew stronger and stronger little by little
as Shiko drew closer.
The next instant,
when that sensation reached its limit,
Arceus saw a streak of sword light.
An incomparably dazzling streak of sword light.
This sword
was so brilliant that it seemed ready to illuminate the entire dark cosmic space.
This incomparably radiant sword strike
even completely annihilated
the massive black holes that had appeared in the gaps of the surrounding space.
Looking at that dazzling sword light
and feeling the powerful force within this move,
Arceus's heart
became completely cold at this moment.
But at the same time,
he suddenly felt a sense of release,
as if he had finally let go.
So…
the world was actually this far away.
This thought froze within Arceus's mind.
The next second,
he felt everything in the world disappear.
All connection between him and the outside world was severed.
Immediately after,
endless darkness invaded his mind.
Dazed and muddled,
when he woke up,
he was completely at a loss.
(End of Chapter)
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