At first glance, Beedrill looked as if it had undergone Mega Evolution.
But on closer inspection, that was not the case. Unlike Mega Evolution, Beedrill's two extra Poison Stings, arm guards, and the like were not solid objects. They had condensed from black currents of energy.
However, there was one thing they had in common: power!
Beedrill's power at this moment was very real!
Dian weighed it in his mind. There was only one point of reference that could compare with Beedrill's current aura and level: Professor Fennel, the Dream Girl of the Unova Region, and her uncle Kusunoki's Pokémon, Gallade—and not just any Gallade, but one in its third Swords Dance state!
The memory ran deep. After all, Beedrill had asked him for guidance on its second Swords Dance.
Or, to put it more accurately, it had almost sold itself to get it...
Dian himself had been deeply affected by that silent and loyal Gallade. He felt that Beedrill and Gallade had much in common.
However, the two were clearly beginning to diverge greatly.
Gallade's Swords Dance was orthodox. The first Swords Dance strengthened its body, while Calm Mind strengthened its spirit;
the second Swords Dance integrated body and spirit, allowing it to reach an entirely new realm;
the third Swords Dance drew upon the other energies within its body, raising its limits yet again.
And this was not merely Gallade's Swords Dance. It was everything that Gallade was.
Dian's eye was now much sharper than before. He had also made great strides in Pokémon breeding and research, so he could see much more now—perhaps even more than Kusunoki and Gallade themselves.
That was not because Gallade and Kusunoki were inferior to him.
Gallade's heart was in the mountains, so it was too close to the situation to see