In the air.
Along with the pervasive aura of savagery, the hoarse cries of the fallen divine bird resounded across the heavens.
At some point, pitch-black whirlwinds had already filled the space between heaven and earth.
The scene was practically identical to when Dark Lugia, who had once disguised itself as Lugia, was exposed by Su Hao after he noticed something was wrong, then gave up all pretense and revealed its true form.
Before Diancie could instinctively raise a hand and fire a zero-windup, instant-cast Photon Geyser with a diameter of roughly a hundred kilometers at Dark Lugia.
Su Hao stopped her as though he had used Future Sight.
"No, there isn't even a trace of Dark Matter on it right now."
Diancie paused, immediately drawing back the energy that had been about to burst forth from within her.
Now that Su Hao had mentioned it, she realized she really had been rash.
Indeed, if that Photon Geyser, containing one percent purification power and ninety-nine percent destructive power, had been fired—
Rather than cleansing Dark Lugia, it would probably have blasted away half her own life first.
Unaware that it had just escaped disaster, Dark Lugia was still recklessly venting its power. Its furious roars and black cyclones echoed through the skies.
But at that moment.
Three figures shot into the sky from the three islands almost simultaneously.
Ice-blue, bright yellow, and reddish-brown.
They were the Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres collectively known as the Legendary Birds!
Judging from their auras, the leading Articuno was undoubtedly the strongest of the three divine birds, followed by Zapdos and Moltres.
With remarkable coordination, they exercised their respective Authority. The three mutually incompatible powers were carefully controlled and used to offset Dark Lugia's impact on the environment.
Behind them, large numbers of divine birds