In the distance, Volo and Giratina noticed John's attention was completely focused on Palkia and Dialga, and quickly made their escape.
Opening a portal to the Distortion World, they prepared to bail.
"Want to run?" John laughed.
The moment they opened the gateway, Giratina and Volo dove through the portal into the Distortion World, only to immediately reappear right in the middle of Dialga and Palkia's brutal slugfest.
The two deities showed absolutely no mercy. Seeing Giratina boldly crash their fight, their attacks became even more savage!
They went straight for their ultimate moves.
Roar of Time!
Spacial Rend!
Two devastating attacks launched head-on. Right in the crossfire were Giratina and Volo.
Giratina gritted its teeth, flapped its wings desperately, and tried to escape.
'If only I could get into the Distortion World!'
Would it need to flee from Palkia and Dialga then?
Actually, no.
Because Giratina hadn't flown far when a spatial portal suddenly materialized in front of it. Unable to brake, it dove headfirst through, only to pop right back at the convergence point of Roar of Time and Spacial Rend.
"When you were at full strength, you bullied everyone with overwhelming power. Now that you're weakened? Enjoy having the God of Space's spatial manipulation turned against you."
"You're eating this Roar of Time and Spacial Rend whether you like it or not!"
BOOM!
An earth-shattering explosion rang out.
Black smoke washed over everything like a pitch-black blanket spreading across Mount Coronet's wilderness. No, it slowly spread across the sky over the entire Hisui region.
The whole region began trembling.
Heavy rain poured down. Violent winds swept across the land.
At the coast, massive waves surged, already flooding large portions of the continent.
Volcanoes erupted. Earthquakes rolled continuously.
Like the apocalypse had arrived.
The Battle of the Three Gods, absolutely terrifying!
[Greninja successfully used Thief and obtained the item "Lustrous Sphere"]
[Gengar successfully used Knock Off and knocked off the target's held item "Adamant Sphere"]
John, who'd been waiting for news, suddenly saw the system notifications pop up before his eyes. His face immediately lit up.
"Finally!"
[Lustrous Sphere: Water-type and Dragon-type move power increased by 200%, spatial-type move effects increased by 400%, spatial-type move users will possess spatial power. When any Pokemon carries it, they will gain extraordinary power]
The Adamant Sphere was identical to the Adamant Orb John had obtained in the real world earlier.
But the Lustrous Sphere was significantly stronger than the Lustrous Orb currently in Mega Gardevoir's possession.
Perhaps, just as John had speculated, the Lustrous Orb might be a Lustrous Sphere with reduced power output.
No big deal. Having it was better than not having it anyway.
With this, Mega Gardevoir's divine treasure materials were basically complete. This trip to the Hisui region had accomplished its goal.
And Volo? He'd evaporated, literally evaporated.
Mega Gardevoir informed John that under the combined assault of Roar of Time and Spacial Rend, Volo's physical body had been vaporized instantly.
He died very peacefully. Didn't even have time to feel pain.
But there was no time to celebrate Volo's demise, because something even better had just happened.
Right now was the perfect opportunity to capture Giratina!
After Rayquaza, after Mewtwo, and then Arceus, if Arceus could even be caught.
A Luxury Ball streaked across the sky. Under Mega Gardevoir's psychic manipulation, it teleported directly in front of Giratina and struck true.
Giratina's massive body was immediately pulled inside.
Although Volo was technically its Trainer, in reality, you could actually say Giratina had been Volo's "Trainer." So Giratina had never actually been captured by Volo in the first place.
Once inside the Pokeball, Giratina didn't resist. It genuinely had no strength left to fight back. And as for whether it could resist after recovering its stamina—
With two Plates equipped, Gardevoir was just that overpowered!
After completing the capture, the Pokeball containing Giratina was immediately teleported by Mega Gardevoir into John's hand.
John quickly examined its stats.
[Giratina (Ghost/Dragon-Type) (Altered Form)]
[Level: 100]
[Ability: Pressure (Pokemon using moves in front of it need to consume more stamina)]
[IVs: HP (31), Attack (31), Special Attack (31), Defense (31), Special Defense (31), Speed (31)]
[Moves: Shadow Sneak, Defog, Dragon Breath, Ancient Power, Ominous Wind, Slash, Scary Face, Shadow Claw, Pain Split, Dragon Claw, Aura Sphere, Shadow Force, Destiny Bond]
[Held Items: None]