The moment Axel's words fell, Pheromosa's elegant figure was already like a phantom, lightly gliding into the center of the arena.
She did not immediately attack the giant egg that gave off a cold metallic glow. Instead, she bent her knees slightly and gracefully crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Pheromosa, Agility!", Axel's voice was calm and full of trust.
"Yo~", A crisp cry rang out.
Pheromosa's figure suddenly blurred. A red glow spread over her body, and the moment two upward rings of light appeared around her.
The president frowned in confusion. As the head of the Recon Squad, he clearly understood the function of Pokémon moves.
This was a destructive power test. What was the point of using Agility, a move that boosts speed?
But very quickly, a shocked voice came through his earpiece.
"President, something's wrong. After using Agility, this Pheromosa's physical condition seems to have increased too!"
"Once… twice… three times… it's still stacking!", The staff member stared at the wildly jumping energy readings on the instrument, his voice starting to tremble, "This kind of physique… it's already far beyond our records of Pheromosa!"
The president's practiced smile turned into shock, but because of his position, he forced himself not to show it too clearly.
And at his side, Axel was still giving commands.
"Pheromosa, Swords Dance!"
The afterimages from Agility had not yet faded when Pheromosa's true body suddenly stood still.
Her slender arms swung outward sharply, like a top dancer opening her performance.
Red psychic-like energy, solid as blades, swirled around her wildly, slicing through the air.
One layer! The mark of torn space spread out from beneath her feet.
Two layers! The sturdy arena floor was plowed with deep marks by invisible sword energy.
Three layers! With the stacked Agility and the "King of Speed" trait, the aura around Pheromosa was like a volcano about to erupt.
The violent energy twisted the light, making the space around her look like cracked glass, letting out sharp cracking sounds.
The ground under her feet split inch by inch. Broken stones were lifted by an invisible force field, floating around her.
That rising momentum even caused intense ripples to appear on the protective barrier at the top of Ultra Megalopolis Tower.
"What the hell!", Seeing Pheromosa like this, even the president of the Ultra Recon Squad could not help but cry out in shock.
For some reason, he felt as if he saw the shadows of the two gods of sun and moon, and even the Blinding One, on Pheromosa.
But… was that right?
Pheromosa was just an Ultra Beast.
"Now!", Axel ignored the president's stunned expression, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.
"Pheromosa, full power, High Jump Kick!"
No flashy move name, only the pure outpouring of power.
"Yo!"
A shrill explosion, almost enough to pierce eardrums, echoed through the sky. Pheromosa's figure completely disappeared.
Her knee glowed with crimson fighting light, carrying a force that could wipe everything out, and slammed hard into the giant egg that was said to withstand a hundred attacks from a level 60 Ultra Beast.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The next instant—
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
It was not the loud crash of metal colliding, but the terrifying roar of space being forcibly torn apart and matter being crushed in an instant.
That incomparably solid giant egg, at the moment it touched the beam of force, could not even resist for a millisecond. Like ice thrown into the sun, it silently vaporized and was erased starting from the point of contact.
A visible black ring-shaped shockwave spread violently outward from the impact point.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
With the giant egg at the center, the sturdy arena shattered, collapsed, and turned into powder like a fragile biscuit.
The shockwave swept across. The metal railings at the edge of the plaza twisted, snapped, and were flung away like paper.
The nearby spectators were knocked off their feet by the fierce airwave, cries and screams filling the air.
Even the solid glass walls of Ultra Megalopolis Tower, hundreds of meters away from the plaza, shattered in a large section at the same time with a crashing sound.
Dust filled the air. Broken stones fell like rain.
When the light faded and the dust slowly settled.
Everyone, including the president, the vice president, the staff members, and the citizens who had fallen to the ground, all stood frozen in place as if turned to stone.
The same expression was fixed on their faces, extreme, incomprehensible, bone-deep shock.
The arena was gone.
The giant egg was gone.
All that remained was a massive crater over ten meters in diameter. The walls of the crater were smooth as if cut by the most precise laser, with traces of high-temperature melting still visible along the edges, thin smoke rising slowly.
At the bottom of the pit, one could vaguely see the destroyed base circuits, still sparking with electricity.
Dead silence.
On the plaza, only the wind whistling through the cracks of the ruined buildings could be heard, along with the occasional crisp sound of glass shards hitting the ground in the distance.
The record board in the staff member's hand fell to the ground with a snap. His legs went weak, and he muttered unconsciously, "It's… it's gone… one hit… just… one hit…"
The president's face was flushed red, his eyes shining wildly.
A sharp alarm indicating total equipment destruction screamed in his earpiece, but he seemed completely unable to hear it, staring fixedly at that huge crater.
In his wildest dreams, he had never imagined that the ally Lusamine sent this time would be this terrifying.
This kind of battle power was enough to rival the ones who had captured the two gods of sun and moon, right?
As long as they treated him well, in the next war, they would almost certainly be able to take down the two gods of sun and moon!
Zeraora's fur stood slightly on end, her golden pupils filled with seriousness and lingering fear.
She had clearly felt the destructive energy contained in that strike just now. It far exceeded her expectations.
Amid the dead silence and countless blank stares, Axel calmly took out a Poké Ball.
He recalled Pheromosa from the center of the crater. Though she was slightly out of breath from going all out, she still maintained her elegant posture.
He patted off some nonexistent dust and looked at the flushed president, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.
"President, now… can we talk about the reward and the request?"
"Yes, of course!", The president pounded his chest loudly. He could hardly wait to see Axel suppress the two gods of sun and moon and let the Blinding One reclaim the light once more.
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