"Grouh..."
This was Groudon's third cry, a low roar filled with resolve!
Its golden eyes watched the spears of lightning draw ever closer, until searing pain plunged its vision into darkness.
With a body formed from the earth's veins and armor of lava, Groudon now looked utterly wretched. Two spears of lightning pierced its eyes like crosses of execution, while a silver Sacred Sword ran straight through its torso.
And yet,
at that moment,
Groudon opened and closed its mouth, twisting it into a silent, savage grin.
Suddenly!
Alarm flared in Dian's heart. Then he witnessed something he would never forget: Groudon's enormous claw, dripping with lava blood, seized the edge of the Sacred Sword. Ignoring the pain, it ripped the blade free and hurled it toward him!
Then Groudon's two massive claws gripped the black lightning lodged in its eyes!
It clenched!
And pulled!
With a bang, Groudon crushed both spears of lightning to pieces. Finally, it threw back its head in a silent roar, then drove its lava-streaming tail deep into the Precipice Blade!
Streams of golden energy coursed downward. In its final act, Groudon would use its authority to shape continents to detonate this Precipice Blade and set the entire Land of the Earth ablaze!
It was Groudon!
It would not lose!
It would only take everything back to the earth and await its next awakening!!
In an instant, terrifying tremors thundered through the ground, as though boundless energy could no longer be contained and was bursting free!
Amid the crisscrossing ravines, flames flickered skyward with each tremor.
With a thunderous rumble, countless thick pillars of lava erupted into the heavens. Everything was about to return to the earth!
Dian drew a deep breath and looked at Misdreavus. Their eyes met.
"Misdreavus."
"Mis."
Misdreavus nodded, then closed