As profound power of law surged, the entire Nirvana Secret Realm froze in place, turning into a black-and-white world.
The rampant energy swirling around them, including Vigoroth, which by all logic should have been able to deliver the final blow to Mega Lucario, was caught within it.
Its expression remained locked in that all-out, savage state. The ferocious glint in its eyes seemed ready to devour someone, and its huge fangs were bared in plain sight.
Lucario had no doubt that, if given the chance, Vigoroth would definitely take a bite out of it.
Unfortunately, Vigoroth could not yet shatter all laws through sheer strength like Su Hao had described, let alone Prove Dao through Strength.
For the next ten seconds, the shackles of time would firmly bind Vigoroth, which had not touched upon the laws—or rather, whose understanding of them was insufficient to break free from time's restraints.
Right now, even if Mega Lucario ran off, uprooted a massive tree, and dropped it from the sky onto Vigoroth, it would be fine.
Because in stopped time, it had no ability to resist.
One second passed.
Su Hao's gaze landed on Ho-Oh, which had remained quietly observing from the parasol tree in the distance from beginning to end.
The colorful radiance around it remained unchanged, showing no signs of fading due to time's suspension.
Upon sensing Su Hao's gaze, those eyes, which held little emotional fluctuation, turned toward him as well.
Just as expected.
With Mega Lucario's current grasp of the laws of space and time alone, there was no possibility of affecting Ho-Oh.
Judging from the faint trembling movements of the Legendary Beasts standing like statues at the distant Azure Volcano crater, they would probably break free of the restriction in the next moment.
Nearly two seconds in total—somewhat