In just a few breaths, Gigantamax Alcremie's aura surged from Late Elite Four Level to early Champion Level.
As years of accumulated power erupted all at once, its aura was incomparably steady. Even the gathered Normal-type energy, like an erupting volcano, underwent a qualitative transformation.
The next instant.
The ground beneath Diancie cracked apart as terrifying energy began to gather, then erupted in one burst. Its power was so immense that even Ballonlea Stadium began to tremble.
Diamond Storm surged downward of its own accord. If heaven and earth were reversed, it would resemble a rent sky being filled with diamonds shining in brilliant splendor, like Nüwa mending the heavens with stones.
The full-force G-Max attack unleashed by Gigantamax Alcremie after breaking through to Champion Level collided with Diamond Storm. A deafening roar resounded through the skies above Ballonlea Stadium, while violent shockwaves battered against the barrier.
Even Galar's spectators, long accustomed to Dynamax battles, instinctively shrank back.
Diamond Storm's hardness and Energy intensity far surpassed that of a G-Max attack. Even though Gigantamax Alcremie had broken through, it merely made Diancie put in a little more effort.
A moment later.
The trembling ground fell still. Having used three G-Max Moves, Gigantamax Alcremie exhausted its Gigantamax Energy and reverted to its original form within a few breaths.
Before Alcremie could put up any effective resistance, Diamond Storm surrounded it. Not long afterward, amid the diamonds that scattered into starlight, Alcremie had already lost consciousness.
At that moment, it was as though Opal had awakened from a dream. Her layered illusions were utterly shattered by Diancie's Diamond Storm.
As if she had realized something, she murmured with relief, "It seems I've been too stubborn and too fixated on the past. Otherwise, I wouldn't have wasted decades in confusion."
"Old friend, you