"You've got some skill. Then how about this!"
Zygarde snorted coldly. Behind it, countless dark green arrows of light pierced the air, raining down upon Diancie.
Even Ho-Oh beside Diancie was within the attack's range.
"Hey, you old dragon, where's your Honor in Battle?!"
Ho-Oh shuddered all over, its feathers nearly standing on end.
It had no desire to get entangled by that thing. Getting hit was one matter, but if the Order Divine Power attached to those arrows suppressed its ability to fly, that would be a serious problem!
Ho-Oh was just about to summon a sky full of Sacred Fire and join Diancie in resisting Thousand Arrows when Diancie's voice entered its mind.
"Lord Ho-Oh, please go down and help Su Hao and Mewtwo heal my mother. Leave the God of Order... Zygarde, to me!"
With that, Diancie seemed determined to prove through action that it possessed the strength to contend with Zygarde.
The golden diamond above its head shone once more, but this time, its radiance was incomparably fierce, like sunbathing on the surface of the sun itself. It directly detonated the countless arrows of light midway through their flight!
For a moment, the thunderous roars of chain explosions echoed over Viridian Forest.
Dumbfounded, and even feeling a trace of scorching heat from that light itself, Ho-Oh finally believed that Diancie truly possessed the strength to stand against Zygarde.
"Ah... all right."
After hesitating for a few seconds, it nodded gently, let out a clear cry, flapped its wings covered in seven-colored radiance, and rode a rainbow beam away with all the grandeur it could muster.
Only after flying halfway did Ho-Oh seem to come to its senses. It halted stiffly, looked at Diancie, who was already locked in fierce combat with Zygarde, then turned toward Su