At the center of the battlefield, a sudden change erupted.
Axel's side had more legendary Pokémon, but that pitch-black Ultra Necrozma was fighting all of them alone without falling behind at all.
It had devoured too many world origins. Its power was as deep as an abyss.
A beam of shadow light burst out like a destructive flood, forcefully blocking Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire, Lugia's storm, Zygarde's Core Enforcer, and even Giratina's Shadow Sneak was directly swallowed by it.
Even more terrifying was the golden flash beside Giovanni.
That Beedrill had been tempered by the origins of countless worlds, and its speed had surpassed Bond Evolution Pheromosa and the Speed Forme Deoxys.
It moved like a ghost. Every time it flashed forward, its deadly stinger aimed straight for a legendary Pokémon's weak point.
It wasn't enough to kill them, but it threw Axel's legendary Pokémon into chaos and instantly broke apart their teamwork.
Eternatus's Dynamax Cannon collided head-on with the shadow light, and the explosion twisted space itself.
The legendary Pokémon summoned by Hoopa Unbound had been enslaved by Giovanni for so many years. They burned with rage and wanted to tear him apart, but the absolute difference in strength suppressed them completely.
Necrozma was like the core of an abyss, madly swallowing every attack.
If not for the two Ho-Oh healing at the same time, Axel's side probably wouldn't have lasted even half a day.
"It's useless, Axel!", Giovanni stood beneath the core of darkness, his voice cold with mockery, "Too mixed, not refined enough. You only have numbers! My Necrozma has already gone beyond the level of legendary Pokémon!"
Before he even finished speaking, another change appeared.
Necrozma's core erupted with darkness stronger than ever before.
A pillar of shadow light that looked like it could split open heaven and earth instantly blasted through Ho-Oh and Lugia's combined interception and shot straight toward the Dynamaxed Rayquaza gathering a Draco Meteor in the distance.
"Rayquaza!", Axel's expression changed sharply.
"ROAR!", The black dragon god let out a painful roar. Its Dynamaxed energy body shook violently, nearly collapsing.
Even the Dark-type Terastalization couldn't block this pure destructive force.
The power of Dragon Ascent surged wildly inside its body, but the dark origin power restrained it tightly and prevented it from breaking through.
The Fairy Queen's psychic power burst out, trying to temporarily affect Giovanni and make him loosen Necrozma's attack.
But that psychic power couldn't pass through Necrozma at all and was completely absorbed by it.
A cold look appeared on Axel's face. The Sword of the Ruinous Land condensed in his hand as he prepared to have Glastrier create a mount for him too and gamble everything on one move.
At this desperate moment, far away in Kalos, on that scorched land that had only just regained freedom, countless living beings who had been saved suddenly felt something and looked toward Mt. Coronet at the same time.
No words. No call to action.
Old people pressed their palms together. Children hugged their dolls tightly. Trainers stood side by side with their Pokémon.
An Evolution Stone in a child's hand turned into light and shot into the sky, drawing the attention of more people.
All the people who had once worked as miners ran back home and pulled out the Evolution Stones they had hidden with great difficulty, saving them for the day they could fight for freedom in the future.
"Brothers, this is the battle for freedom!"
"Evolution Stones are useless now. Those people already gave us freedom. This is the best ending these stones can have!"
One weak wish after another gathered into an invisible torrent.
That was gratitude, hope, and the purest power of belief from countless small lives.
And it was also the massive amount of Evolution Stones needed for Rayquaza to Mega Evolve into Mega Rayquaza.
That belief crossed time and space like countless rivers flowing into the sea, pouring into Rayquaza's dragon soul that was on the verge of shattering.
"Hm?", Giovanni suddenly frowned. He sensed a warm and strange power gathering.
And the dying Rayquaza suddenly released golden light from its dragon eyes that tore through the darkness.
It felt it.
This was no longer its battle alone.
Behind it were the wishes of countless saved worlds.
"ROOOOAR!"
The dragon's roar shook the sky and echoed through the clouds. The suppressed blue-gold light exploded and instantly drove away the darkness.
More Evolution Stones lit up. The Evolution Stones Rainbow Rocket Team had collected from countless worlds over the years all turned into streams of light, completely becoming nourishment for Rayquaza instead.
Rayquaza's body underwent its ultimate transformation within the light.
Its black scales became majestic dragon armor flowing with black-gold divine light. Its body became longer and more perfect. The triangular wings above its head covered the sky, and the airflow around its body formed its own domain—
Delta Stream, activated!
Mega Evolution · Rayquaza descended!
At this moment, it was no longer a dragon god of the mortal world, but the supreme ruler of the skies carrying the wishes of countless people.
"Impossible!", Giovanni's face changed completely. He felt a deadly level suppression.
Mega Rayquaza moved.
It became a black-gold meteor, faster than time and space itself.
The power of Dragon Ascent compressed to the limit and gathered at the tip of its dragon head, turning into a single cold point of light that pierced straight into the core of darkness.
Necrozma roared and gathered all its power into shadow light to block it.
But—
Slash!
The black-gold meteor tore through the dark beam instantly like a hot knife through butter and struck the core precisely.
BOOOOOOM!
An explosion greater than any before lit up the entire multiverse.
At this moment, the battle completely reversed.
The scales of fate tilted because of the wishes of all living beings.
The light of hope was cut open by the dragon god carrying destiny itself.
As the two collided, aside from the endless explosions, everyone else seemed to lose their voices. The entire world fell into dead silence.
Only Gardevoir showed a trace of confusion and understanding in her eyes.
["So... still too late?",] a murmur sounded inside Gardevoir's heart. She looked at Axel one last time, then teleported toward the Spear Pillar.
———
At last, the dust settled.
All of Mt. Coronet had disappeared. Ultra Necrozma fell to the ground, its eyes dim as it stared at Rayquaza while strange hissing sounds continued coming from its throat.
Mega Rayquaza's strike, powered by the Evolution Stones of countless parallel worlds, had shattered its origin power.
Beside Giovanni, Beedrill raised a shield to protect him and its master.
The legendary Pokémon around Axel had already dealt with all the Deoxys. Standing in front of the Ultra Beasts, they were now charging toward Rainbow Rocket Team's aerial mothership.
"Giovanni, it's over," Axel looked toward Giovanni with unprecedented seriousness as Mega Rayquaza stretched across the sky, clearly still capable of delivering another strike.
"Over?", Giovanni's voice turned hoarse, mixed with unwillingness.
"You destroyed the work I spent so many years building, and you think it's over?"
"Good thing I destroyed everything you had too!"
Seeing Giovanni laugh wildly, Axel suddenly felt something was wrong. He immediately had Gyarados open a space rift, and then he saw a scene that nearly split his eyes apart.
At Mt. Coronet in the Pokémon world, Cynthia and Garchomp were lying on the ground with difficulty.
A woman who looked eighty percent similar to Matori was leading three Deoxys as they charged toward Dialga, Palkia, and Necrozma, who had become extremely weak from maintaining time and space.
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