As gods who held divine authority, the Sun and Moon deities unleashed a presence far more terrifying than Zeraora, a mere Mythical Pokémon.
With their roars, the brightly lit Ultra Megalopolis was instantly split into distinct light and darkness.
Solgaleo erupted with blazing sunlight so intense it was frightening. Wherever the light covered, the ground dried out, the walls sizzled, as if they had already been scorched by days of drought.
Lunala's body flashed with black light, darker than the deepest night, carrying absolute stillness and deathly silence as it stood in direct opposition to Solgaleo's radiance.
The entire Ultra Megalopolis seemed to be divided into two separate worlds.
Under that extreme darkness and cold, the Ultra Recon Squad members who were not wearing protective suits instantly lost the ability to move.
The few Ultra Beasts beside them had no power to resist in front of Lunala and were suppressed in an instant.
Stepping on sunlight, Solgaleo quickly appeared at Zeraora's side. A terrifying psychic glow surged from its body, freezing the Kartana in midair.
Overwhelming mental power poured out from Solgaleo's mind, forming a dazzling halo behind it.
The Kartana immediately became like walking corpses, losing all consciousness before Solgaleo.
["Look into your hearts. Who sent you here!"]
"Clang~", The leading Kartana replied dully to Solgaleo. With lifeless eyes, it slowly raised its hand and pointed toward where Colress had been standing moments ago.
After understanding what had happened, Solgaleo let out a furious roar.
["Damn it, I knew that guy Necrozma would mess this up!"]
["A being that can't even keep its own consciousness intact, and you still treat it as your hope?"]
Its furious gaze fell upon the Ultra Recon Squad and the others, ["The Necrozma you've placed all your hopes on has already been controlled by someone, and you don't even know it. You still expect him to bring you light?"]
["Moon, kill them. Then we'll go find the one controlling Necrozma!"
"What?", Several members of the Ultra Recon Squad cried out at once, their eyes filled with confusion.
There was not a trace of fear about their impending deaths. Only shock that Necrozma had been controlled.
"That's the Great Radiant One. How could he be controlled?"
"I don't believe it. The Great Radiant One is invincible. This must be fake!"
"How is that possible? I analyzed it myself. The Great Radiant One's emotions have been very stable lately…"
Not only them, but even the civilians standing farther away, the ones Axel had just saved, all looked as if their souls had left their bodies.
From childhood, they had been taught that the Great Radiant One would one day regain the light and turn the entire Ultra Space into a world with clear day and night, where humans and Ultra Beasts would live together in harmony.
But now, the Great Radiant One had been controlled by someone.
The same question rose in all their hearts.
Was what Solgaleo said true?
Very soon, however, a gloomy voice echoed from the horizon, clearing up their doubts while also shattering their final hope.
"The mission to snipe the masters of the Sun and Moon gods failed? What a bunch of trash…"
"But now I suddenly feel that if I kill all of you, it might help me control Necrozma even better!"
Colress stood on a small hovering device that looked like a self-balancing scooter. One hand held the handle, the other gently adjusted his glasses. A sick smile curved at his lips.
Behind him were thousands of Ultra Beasts.
He suddenly spread his arms, as if embracing the air before him, his voice rising with passionate excitement.
"Go! Follow Necrozma's command and help me kill the humans below."
"When it's done, I'll let your Great One obtain the power of Solgaleo and Lunala. Only a world left with Ultra Beasts can be called the perfect Ultra Space."
"And I will use your power to rule this world and build the strongest Team Rainbow Plasma ever!"
"Meowrgh!"
The moment Colress finished speaking, before the Ultra Beasts or the Sun and Moon gods could even react, Zeraora let out an angry roar. Stepping on the floating Ultra Beasts in the sky, it was the first to charge straight at him.
Anyone who tried to stop him from going home would not be forgiven.
"Trash," Seeing a Pokémon make a move, Colress spoke with disdain. The device beneath his feet shot backward, letting out sharp crackling sounds.
Zeraora's body suddenly stalled. Charging in a straight line, he seemed to lose control midair and missed his step.
In the next instant, countless Ultra Beasts seized the chance and launched their attacks.
Lightning, venom, flames, torrents of water burst across the sky like apocalyptic fireworks, carrying heart-stopping power as they surged toward Zeraora.
"Roar!", Solgaleo and Lunala suddenly roared in unison. Terrifying psychic power erupted from them, spreading outward and colliding in waves. The already sharply divided realms of light and darkness became even more dreadful.
On Solgaleo's side, the blazing sky burned like fire. Some Ultra Beasts that feared high temperatures immediately retreated.
On Lunala's side, beneath the ultimate darkness, even Ultra Beasts accustomed to pitch-black environments lost all sight.
"That cat, get down first. Leave this to us!"
Dawn patted Solgaleo on the shoulder. At once, Solgaleo released a burst of psychic power, sending Zeraora safely down to the ground.
Surrounded by so many Ultra Beasts, even an ordinary Mythical Pokémon could easily suffer irreversible damage.
It was not that the electric cat was weak. It was that Ultra Beasts as a species were simply too powerful.
Some individuals among them could even rival gods without divine offices.
Aside from the Sun and Moon gods and Necrozma, who had the advantage over them, even other primary Legendary Pokémon would have a headache facing so many Ultra Beasts.
Watching her husband rise into the sky and charge toward Colress, Dusk gently patted Lunala on the shoulder.
"Lunala, use Calm Mind. Raise your power."
"Luna!", Lunala nodded softly. A faint glow flashed across her moon-disc-like body. Explosive power surged upward from her, forcing the surrounding Ultra Beasts to retreat in fear.
While Lunala was boosting herself, Dusk looked up at the Ultra Beasts in the sky, a cold sneer on her lips.
"Fence-sitters… I've tolerated you all this time because the past conflicts in Ultra Space were always internal struggles. And I wanted to leave some strength behind for my son in the future."
Her voice was not loud, yet it clearly pierced through the roaring energy and the howls of the beasts in the sky.
It carried a chilling coldness, like something rising from the deepest abyss, branding itself directly into the consciousness of every Ultra Beast being forcibly controlled by Necrozma's field and Colress's machines.
"But now you dare to listen to an outsider. And that outsider is the one who just framed my son as the destroyer of the city."
Her eyes were sharp as blades as they swept across the densely packed swarm of red-eyed beasts in the sky. Every Ultra Beast touched by her gaze felt as if an invisible icicle had stabbed straight into the core of its soul.
"Since you have the guts for that…"
"Then die!"
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