[Dark Gift: [Belphemon Rage Mode] swung its claws blazing with hellfire, using overwhelming power to destroy any enemy that dared enter its field of vision.]
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[Dark Gift] was a short-cooldown melee attack. Combined with [Sevenfold Piercing], it could bring [Belphemon]'s claw power to its fullest extent.
As for [Belphemon Rage Mode]'s fourth Ultimate Move, it was still [Sunflower].
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[Sunflower: [Belphemon Rage Mode] was wrapped in black chains. Once those chains were stimulated, they would passively release black flames—[Sunflower].
[Belphemon Rage Mode] could also release the chains proactively, coating them in [Sunflower] to attack its target.]
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The new [Sunflower] expanded [Belphemon Rage Mode]'s methods of attack.
The black chains, no longer possessing an "Imprison" effect, could be used as weapons to strike targets from mid-range. They could also fulfill their function as chains, binding and restraining opponents.
However, because [Sevenfold Piercing] was a passive limited to its claws, attacks using the chains did not possess a defense-piercing effect.
By this point, Dark had basically understood how to use [Belphemon Rage Mode].
It was a pure machine of violence. No technique, only utterly unreasonable overwhelming force.
The first thirty seconds after its transformation were its best window for dealing damage. Even after that, once its magic power was exhausted and it returned to [Sleep Mode], it could continue serving as a tank and exerting powerful hypnosis-based control.
[Rage Mode] together with [Sleep Mode] formed the complete [Belphemon].
[Rage Mode] could not simply be treated as its true form.
This also showed that—
If [Wrath V] were used on [Belphemon]'s prerequisite evolution form—[Mephismon]—it could not evolve directly into [Belphemon Rage Mode].
Because here, [Belphemon Sleep Mode], sealed by chains, was the true origin.
Dark did not test [Belphemon Rage Mode]. Once one hundred seconds had passed, it naturally reverted to