With Monferno at the center, the Lightning Flame rose like a burning aura, sealing off the remainder of Lake Island with its sky-reaching blaze. In the great eruption of Lightning Flame, Monferno's figure became hard to discern.
The Seventh Door, the power of Thunder Flame had been compressed to the extreme, undergoing a qualitative change to become a brand-new Legendary Power—a semi-fused state of red flame and golden lightning!!
Beneath the blast of golden-red aura, complemented by the continuously intensifying Flame of Will, its wave motion directly overshadowed the psychic oppression of Dialga, Palkia, Giratina at that moment, reversing the situation!
"Boom!!!!" At that moment, the psychic oppression created by Dialga, Palkia, Giratina completely collapsed, the sky turned blue again, the red psychic energy dissipated, and under the terrifying assault of will, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina's expressions drastically changed. They placed their hands together to mount a defense, switching to defense mode, however, under the terrifying burst of Lightning Flame, their bodies gradually showed signs of charring and emitted white smoke—
In that moment, the whole field fell silent. Everyone watched as Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, which couldn't be scratched by even a full-force strike from a Quasi-legendary martial arts bear master in defense mode, actually sustained an injury just from the sheer force of Monferno's Lightning Flame eruption. Although the injury was trivial and was instantly repaired by Dialga, Palkia, Giratina's self-regeneration, everyone still subconsciously gaped, showing their shocked expressions.
But that wasn't all—
Eight Gates Formation, the Death Gate, open!
"Aaaaaaah!!!!!!"
The roar of Monferno echoed once again.
Open Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Injury Gate, Stop Gate, Scene Gate, Shock Gate, Death Gate, from the first to the Eighth Gate, the power of Intersected Force compressed to the extreme, once again leveraged the over-frequency driving technique of the Black and White Dragon, causing the power to surge wildly, and with the power of Intersected Force strengthened to the utmost within its body, the aura of Lightning Flame wrapping around Lake Island and hindering Dialga, Palkia, Giratina collapsed upward to the sky, all suddenly drawn back—
This overwhelmingly terrifying power nearly imploded downward, converging into Monferno's body.
This was... with the power of Thunder Flame, burning and exciting the greatest potential of life and wave-guiding power, the perfected version of the Eight Gates Formation!!!
The torso, limbs, fur, bones, blood, even the brain, "Soul," spirit, every part inside Monferno was exploding with the power of Thunder Flame.
With the tablet providing a Legendary physique, having fully consumed the power of Holy Ash, it had finally mastered it.
Now, with power sublimated to its peak, Monferno possessed a strength briefly comparable to that of primal Groudon, Kyogre, and Mega Fighting Mewtwo.
Of course, afterwards, it might have to visit Aunt Xerneas, because, despite the protection of the Fire of Life around its body, this power was... truly too overwhelming.
This time, the flames winding around Monferno's limbs and the ever-burning flame atop its head were slowly tinged blue by a mist emanating from within its body.
After the outburst of aura, everything seemed to calm down. In the sky, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina remained stationary, and on the ground, Monferno, covered in blue mist, stood peacefully, the terrifying atmosphere from before completely gone.
But—
The transformation of the entire arena at that moment brought a more immense impact to everyone's hearts.
The series of changes left President Apollo of America somewhat bereft of the ability to think, without understanding what had happened.
"Attack! Attack! Attack, crush the opponent!!!!" Those were the only words left in his mouth.
At that moment, in the sky, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina changed forms again, its body turned dark, each arm altered to blue and white respectively, and its head structures stretched backwards, seeming to become more agile. Without needing President Apollo's explanation, everyone could understand, unlike the previously strengthened defense and attack modes, this was likely a mode optimized for extreme speed.
Because in the next instant, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina vanished from the sky, having used the move "Extreme Speed," appearing behind Monferno on the ground. Perhaps at this short distance, "Extreme Speed" really surpassed Teleport, when Dialga, Palkia, Giratina reappeared, everyone only saw this scene before them.
The arms of Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, glowing with dark energy, paused to the left side of Monferno's head.
And Monferno stood in place, as if it could see behind itself, slightly tilting its head to dodge the strike no one could catch.
People didn't see how Dialga, Palkia, Giratina attacked, and naturally didn't notice when Monferno dodged. However, even with Dialga, Palkia, Giratina's increased speed, Monferno was able to react, its internal power erupting to the limit, its heart remained calm, without stray thoughts, returning to self, body and consciousness separate, nearly akin to precognition, allowing its body to autonomously sense danger, a display of a high-level Legend in the Fighting Type.
Boom!!!
Because of the extreme speed of Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, the energy fluctuation caused by its terrifying strike needed some time to catch up. After one attacked and the other dodged, a horrifying Energy Hurricane then burst outwards between them—
At that moment, it's as if the scene froze, at such an extreme speed, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina's cognition and reaction speed were also enhanced. But instead of thinking about the next step, what it detected first, was a crisis.