Reaching the gray sky and looking at the magical beasts, Saber Alter again summoned her sword.
Before the Mana could even gather on her palm, a chill ran down her spine.
Midair, she flipped around, surrounding herself with a layer of black-red burst of Mana.
A gigantic, yellow-colored Spell Circle had appeared on the gray sky, as large as a mansion.
Saber Alter's feet landed on the space as she tried to propel herself away from the spot.
Before she could do that, though, a hiss pervaded her ears, locking her surroundings.
-Space.-
The Blackened Heroic Spirit didn't even get the chance to look at her attacker.
The yellow Spell Circle glowed yellower, and the Band of Light came down, bringing the Reality Marble's wrath along with it.
A boom resounded across the space, the foamy tips of the bloody waves reaching the skies.
Pinned under the massive Band of Light spell, chipping away her armor, Saber Alter growled. Her face was pressed against the black, stony floor of the blood ocean.
"Haaaaaaa!" Saber Alter let out a shout.
Her Mana burned through the Band of Light, ripping it apart as she shot to her feet. Then, she heard another hiss.
-Time.-
With a BAM, her face struck the ocean's stony bed again, and the Band of Light that had disappeared returned, slamming on her back.
Taking advantage of Selene's Skill, the magical creatures of the Reality Marble pounced on Saber Alter.
Becoming a supersonic missile, Kai slammed into the gigantic Kaiju.
Purple-blue colored veins slithered on its body as the Kaiju used Kinetic Surge and slammed its massive arms on Saber Alter with even greater force.
Before the BOOM of Kaiju's attack could even die, a massive purple demon manifested under Saber Alter, grinning wildly.
The huge Gengar rushed past the Heroic Spirit, using Dream Eater Skill, consuming her Mana and Stamina.
Saber Alter's body shook. Defying even the hold of time, grinding her teeth, she lifted her face and pushed herself up, her hands cracking the stony bed.
At the same time, the over four hundred meters tall Dragonair hissed toward her.
Before it could reach her, it became smaller and smaller, looking like a rope by the time it reached her.
Instantly, it coiled itself around her, becoming the mightiest bind.
The three hundred meter tall Deoxys stood on top of Saber Alter. Then, assuming its Attack Forme, it lifted its huge, spindly arms, and Mana began condensing at the arms' tips, becoming a multicolored sun.
It was so big that it washed everything in a multicolored hue, bolts of lightning of numerous colors snaking inside it.
Then, uncaring of the Dragonair, Deoxys slammed the SUN onto Saber Alter.
…
If it was before, the Reality Marble would have been on the brink of shattering, as these beasts' attacks were being powered by Limitless Blood Firmament itself.
However, Kai reaching the 2nd Threshold had strengthened the Reality Marble, even if it hadn't increased its Mana and Spirituality reserves.
As the boom that deafened even Kai's ears lingered in the space, he landed near the pinned Saber Alter like a black wraith, donning a cloak of red mist.
The Band of Light had disappeared. Dragonair had been burned to ashes. Gengar's intangible form was still blurring through her, but it was lacking effectiveness. Overhead, Deoxys was creating another SUN… to slam it into Kaiju before the latter would use Kinetic Surge again.
Saber Alter's eyes became needles.
Rage — from the depths of her heart — oozed out from her pores.
Before that rage could become tangible, though, a titanic Magneton shadowed the sky.
Using Biokinesis, Kai instantly erased his own ears before the beast fired Supersonic, covering hundreds of square meters of area.
The rage dwindled as the massive, reckless attack disoriented Saber Alter's senses.
Unaffected by Gengar's attack, Kai lifted the Released Kanshou and Bakuya Overedge and hacked, the swords landing on Blackened Heroic Spirit's back, cracking her armor.
A scream of anger and hate boiled in Saber Alter's stomach like lava.
Before that scream could spurt out from her mouth, though, Kai again disappeared, Deoxys' SUN landed on Kaiju, and it slammed its humongous fists, using Kinetic Surge.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
By the time Saber Alter stood up, half her back was out in the open, and trails of blood were dripping down her chin.
"… Fool…"
A yellow star lit up in the gray sky.
Xerneas' horn, glowing with a holy light, struck her chest.
Kai appeared behind her and hacked the swords, the light of the Philosopher's Stone burning bloodier than ever in his chest.
"… Have you not…"
Kai's slitted pupils narrowed, his heart skipping a beat.
He could see it. He could see it happening right in front of his eyes. But… it didn't mean he could change the future… despite his transcended strength.
Saber Alter, who had grabbed Xerneas' horns and Kai's swords, looked him in the eyes. "… realized that I am twice as strong as before… like my Master…"
The Mana Burst that appeared on her this time… stayed.
Neither Selenes' hisses nor Kai's Haki could do anything against it.
All the magical beasts pounced at her, but felt much slower… as if time itself was flowing faster in her surroundings.
The Mana exploding out of Saber was so thick… so raw… so evil… so strong… that it pushed away both the Summoned Pokemon and Kai, despite them using their everything.
Through the blackish boundary of Mana, Kai's gaze landed on her.
-RUN!- Ayin screamed. -She's calling it out…-
An invisible, spherical boundary covered Kai under Deoxys' Defense Forme's Protect Skill. But the future he saw… felt inevitable… unavoidable…
Excalibur —
Saber Alter was wielding her blackened sword high, drops of blood ocean vaporizing around her blade.
Rage. Anger. Hate. Indignation. The Blackened Servant poured her everything — her true everything — in the sword and slashed.
The pillar of red-black Mana tore through everything.
It shredded the Reality Marble and obliterated Berserker.
And a BOOM heralded Saber Alter's arrival on the real battlefield.
— Morgan!!!
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