The energy fluctuations bursting out from their fierce exchange…
Made the mountains tremble and the earth crack.
The slaughter between these two giant beasts was truly filled with the most primitive savagery and ferocity.
Roar!!
Groudon's furious roar rang out from within the mountain peak.
In the next second…
Its red figure slowly emerged from the enormous crater.
This battle…
Had only just finished warming up.
It was still far too early to decide the victor!
Boom!!
A terrifying blast of heat surged out.
Flames in the shape of a massive character blazed forth.
Like divine fire offered to the heavens…
They ravaged and burned everything in their path as they surged toward Machinedramon's steel body.
Roar!!
A metallic dragon roar rang out.
Machinedramon let out an intense roar toward the sky.
A blue energy sphere spread open.
Beam after beam of light shot toward the heavens.
Then…
One enormous meteor after another fell rapidly from the sky.
They carried powerful energy and tremendous kinetic force.
Boom, boom, boom!!
Draco Meteor and Fire Blast collided.
The two terrifying attacks shook the earth and mountains.
Once again, it was an evenly matched round.
Atop the mountain peak…
Shiko watched this battle and felt truly satisfied.
This kind of clash between two giant beasts, a pure contest of strength and energy…
Was truly thrilling.
What surprised him even more was…
Machinedramon was actually able to fight Groudon evenly.
This was an unexpected pleasant surprise for him.
The earth-shaking collision between the two giant beasts began once again.
Groudon's body flashed with light.
In a daze…
Its body seemed to double in size.
It became like an even more enormous, majestic mountain peak, filled with overwhelming pressure.
Immediately afterward…
That seemingly bloated body displayed completely different speed and agility.
Its steps were extremely fast.
Like a train moving at maximum speed…
It charged fiercely toward Machinedramon.
Every step it took…
Made the overburdened earth let out a deep groan.
Enormous ravine-like cracks seemed to spread endlessly outward.
Giga Impact!
That terrifying sound…
Forget Machinedramon.
Even a mountain several hundred meters tall would probably collapse and be destroyed under this strike!
Groudon had also very cleverly seen through Machinedramon's weakness: its speed was not fast enough.
It knew this strike clearly.
Machinedramon absolutely could not dodge it!
Boom, boom!!
The result was completely as it had expected.
Groudon, running at full speed…
Charged straight toward Machinedramon like a mountain.
Its speed was not truly fast.
However…
With Machinedramon's sluggish speed, it just happened to be impossible for it to dodge!
Boom!!
In Shiko's vision…
Machinedramon's alloy body was struck heavily by Groudon.
Then…
An enormous physical force transmitted through it.
In an instant…
Machinedramon's alloy body, weighing dozens of tons, was sent flying in an exaggerated arc like a chunk of rock.
It was terrifying to the extreme.
That terrifying power…
Raged through Machinedramon's body.
If it had not been a Steel-type Pokémon…
Or if it had not been covered in alloy battle armor…
Then let alone a second-tier Legendary.
Even if a first-tier Legendary had taken this strike head-on, it would have been severely injured and left on the verge of death!
Even so…
After taking the damage from this move, Machinedramon was not in a good state.
Not to mention…
Groudon below was still pressing its advantage.
Terrifying Fire-type energy followed like a shadow.
Like a streak of falling meteor light, it closed in within the blink of an eye and slammed toward Machinedramon's alloy battle armor!
With no foothold in midair…
This strike was almost guaranteed to hit.
Moreover…
Fire-type attacks were fatal to Steel-types!
Given Machinedramon's current condition…
If it took this flame attack…
Then Machinedramon would truly be in imminent danger!
Shiko knew this as well.
Now, it depended on whether Machinedramon could withstand this strike!
In midair…
The flying Machinedramon also sensed an intense aura of danger.
Immediately afterward…
Its complex mechanical brain began calculating wildly.
In the next second…
This steel beast born for war found a way to break through the situation.
In fact…
It was not merely a way to break through.
It was a way to counterattack!
Boom!
Blue energy gathered inside the cannon muzzles on its back.
This time…
The gathering time was shortened to the absolute limit.
In just an instant…
A low-powered Infinity Cannon roared out.
The blue draconic energy flew a short distance through the air before scattering.
Using the recoil from that burst of energy…
Machinedramon's body suddenly shifted aside.
It barely avoided that flame attack.
The flame brushed past its body.
It burned Machinedramon's steel frame until it became scorching hot.
Fortunately…
It had truly dodged the attack.
And now…
It was time to counterattack.
Click-clack!!
The sound of mechanical chains rang out.
Immediately afterward…
Machinedramon's mechanical arm shot out.
Its speed was extremely fast.
Before Groudon could react, it seized one of Groudon's arms.
The three hooked claws clamped down tightly, locking it firmly in place.
Roar?
Groudon roared again.
It did not quite understand Machinedramon's intent.
But its instincts told it…
This strange alloy thing was about to begin its counterattack!
Groudon struggled with its body.
It pulled hard, trying to tear off the hooked claws.
But it was useless.
That alloy claw was as firm as though it had grown onto the surface of its body.
Damn it!
Groudon's eyes turned cold.
In that case!
It opened its mouth once again.
Scorching energy flowed through its mouth.
Another terrifying pillar of flame…
Swept toward Machinedramon.
Since it could not dodge…
Then it might as well attack with everything it had!
Boom, boom, boom!!
However, unexpectedly…
This clumsy metal lump in front of it…
Had somehow become strangely agile at this moment.
No!
It was not agility.
Rather, its body had not fully landed from midair yet.
Using the hooked claw attached to Groudon's body…
And making use of its own enormous weight…
Machinedramon pulled on that alloy chain.
It exerted force again and again, twisting its body to avoid Groudon's attacks!
This thing…
Was using Groudon as a whip?
After realizing this…
The violent Groudon grew furious once again.
The heat surging around its body boiled over again.
Then…
It gripped the alloy cable connected to the three-pronged claw with both hands.
By sheer brute force…
It forcibly dragged Machinedramon's body toward itself little by little.
Terrifying Fire-type energy roared and gathered within its body until it reached the limit.
That dreadful heat…
Was absolutely enough to burn an entire mountain range to ash.
The blazing sun hung high overhead.
It further increased the power of its move.
On the other side…
The cannon muzzles on Machinedramon's back also opened fire at full power.
This collision…
Would likely be their final strike!
The victor…
Was about to be revealed!
(End of Chapter)
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