Facing attacks coming from all directions, Dialga raised its face to the sky and roared.
Over a hundred UltimateWater Shuriken flying through midair had just weaved like living things, avoiding the Power Gem rocks falling from the sky that were preparing to strike Dialga, but they stopped about fifteen hundred feet away from it.
More accurately, even the internal aura rotation stopped.
And it wasn't just Greninja's attacks that were frozen.
Sky-filling Shadow Balls and Power Gems touched each other, but the continuous explosions all stopped, mist twisted but didn't move, looking extremely bizarre.
"Guess that's still asking too much." John muttered.
To break through this zone, you'd need power exceeding Dialga's just to move freely.
In one of the anime movies, even Giratina had once been pulled into Dialga's "Time Loop," repeatedly flying in circles in one area until Dialga left, and only then could Giratina escape.
John had suspected this might happen before starting the battle.
After all, Dialga was created by Arceus itself at the dawn of creation, while his own Pokemon, aside from Gengar, were at most not older than four years. Among humans, they'd be considered kids, let alone among Pokemon.
ROOOAR!!
Dialga roared. The diamond on its chest brilliantly flickered, energy rapidly gathering.
John quickly pulled out two Pokeballs, enlarged them, then released them.
Gigantamax Tyranitar and Gigantamax Aggron appeared on the field, completing MEGA Evolution instantly.
John pulled out two Z-Crystals and placed them consecutively on his Z-Power Ring.
The sky above Dialga's head suddenly fell into darkness. A black portal leading to an unknown dimension appeared. Massive circular rocks fell from within. And several thousand feet above that black portal was another even larger portal, naturally dropping even more gigantic rocks from inside.
This time, although there was no Mega Gardevoir's gravity technique assistance, Mega Aggron had just obtained Gold King's Domain which could also amplify gravity effects.
Combination Z-Move: Continental Star Fall, although not as powerful as when dealing with Yveltal, it definitely wasn't far off!
Sensing the terrifying pressure bearing down from overhead, Dialga's crimson frenzied pupils showed shock for the first time. Having completed energy accumulation, it roared toward the sky!
Roar of Time!
John glanced at the other battlefield, Mega Gardevoir and Palkia were also fighting at a critical moment.
Palkia hadn't touched Mega Gardevoir once this entire time. Instead, it kept taking Moonblast after Moonblast. This made the already impatient god completely lose its patience. Head raised, it used the blade on its knight helmet to frantically slash Spacial Rend!
Mega Gardevoir kept dodging while counterattacking. Her offense had upgraded from version 1.0 to 2.0, waving hands to guide Fairy Wind, bringing hands down for Moonblast, occasionally throwing in Dazzling Gleam, not only dealing damage but also trying to blind Palkia. Her fighting style was absolutely vicious toward opponents.
Put yourself in Palkia's shoes, anyone being relentlessly attacked like this would naturally go insane too.
But John watched with mounting dread.
Although both battlefields were separated, they were still close together. Continental Star Fall + Roar of Time + Spacial Rend + Fairy Wind and Moonblast.
In one small confined area, so many ultimate moves converging simultaneously.
John found it hard to imagine what the Mount Coronet area, which had already transformed from mountain ranges to plains, would become next.
A valley? Or an abyss?
John hurriedly recalled all Pokemon except Mega Gardevoir, having Lugia carry him far away.
Although Gigantamax Tyranitar and Gigantamax Aggron were also recalled together, the Continental Star Fall already launched continued falling, because the attack fundamentally didn't need guidance anymore.
Two gigantic circular rocks kept falling.
The roar containing temporal power stopped spreading.
The torn space didn't automatically heal.
'Wait. If time froze, even my consciousness would freeze. Plus, Dialga also seems stopped in place.'
Even Dialga, the God of Time itself, was frozen by time?
Who could do that?
Who—
"Hold on..."
This thought barely flashed through John's mind when he saw in the distance, at the exact center of Dialga and Palkia's battlefield, a jet-black rift suddenly tear open.
'Why would Arceus show up here?!'