Then, as if they were of one mind.
It pushed off with its feet, and the entire cat sprang forward, almost like a streak of white lightning. As it neared the round boulder, it leaped into the air, the clawed glove on its right arm gleaming with a cold light.
Ultimate Move—Cat Punch!
Even though the stone before it was likely far harder than imagined, Gatomon was still confident that it could cut through it.
But when its claws slashed down from above, three claw marks extending from the void struck the polygonal blood-red barrier!
"Screech!"
An ear-piercing sound rang out at once.
The blood-red barrier was cut open by the cat claws, yet it withstood the attack without being torn apart.
The damaged section rapidly mended itself, restoring the barrier to its original state.
When Gatomon failed to break through, it twisted its body in midair and kicked hard at the barrier, using the recoil to fly backward.
While airborne, it clearly saw that the blood-red glow flickering within the round boulder's eye was weakening.
Clearly, hastily raising that blood-red barrier had also drained its energy reserves.
And by normal logic, if they kept attacking and weakening it, they would most likely be able to prevent it from firing that terrifying dark-red beam again!
Gatomon understood this perfectly.
Its original intention of retreating to Dark's side immediately changed. The instant it landed, it pushed off again and charged forward with incredible agility.
Gatomon's actions aligned with Dark's intentions. He quickly used [Bliss River] and [Pride 1] on Ditto, raising the two-star Ditto to four stars in rapid succession.
After reaching four stars, Ditto entered the Second Tier, allowing it to fully copy the data of Magitech Elves within the Second Tier—
The odds of a lone eye exceeding the