On the crimson Legendary Pokémon's forehead, a red Ω symbol appeared.
On the azure Legendary Pokémon's forehead, an α symbol emerged.
The moment those symbols lit up—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
A terrifying aura erupted from both Legendary Pokémon, sweeping in all directions and stirring monstrous waves across the sea.
The crimson Legendary Pokémon's body visibly grew even larger. Its eyes blazed like twin suns, and the black lines between its scales lit up, as though magma were flowing through them.
Its entire body became even more ferocious, and the feeling it gave off became even more violent—
Like a volcano already in full eruption!
A horrifying amount of heat poured from its body. The sea for dozens of kilometers around it was directly heated to a boil, bubbling and seething.
On the other side…
The azure Legendary Pokémon's form also changed.
Its body became even larger, and more elongated as well.
The markings on its body began to shine.
Its tail, which had previously split into four ribbon-like streamers—
Had now become eight, drifting behind it.
The auras of the two Legendary Pokémon poured out without restraint, and even the air let out a wail as though it could no longer bear the pressure.
They confronted each other head-on.
The Ω rune on the crimson Legendary Pokémon's forehead flared brilliantly. High above, the blazing sun hung in the sky, growing ever more scorching. Sunlight became unbearably intense, and when it shone upon the earth, the ground began to smoke under the heat.
The sunlight blazed fiercely. The temperature soared. Even the air began to distort.
Magma flowed from its body in rolling streams. The halted magma once more began swallowing the sea, pressing forward and invading the ocean.
The instant the magma touched seawater, the sea dried up, then solidified into land.
It was shrinking the ocean itself.
Seeing this, the azure Legendary Pokémon flew into a rage and let out a roar.
Whoooosh—!
The winds and clouds gathered in the sky. Dark clouds surged overhead, and in the blink of an eye, lightning flashed and thunder boomed as black clouds pressed down like a city on the verge of collapse.
Rumble—!
Serpents of lightning flashed within the clouds.
A torrential downpour descended—
No, it could no longer even be called rain.
It was as though above the storm clouds there was another ocean, and that ocean was pouring straight down.
The sea level rose continuously, trying to drown the land.
On land, magma coursed in streams, pushing forward to consume the sea.
Land and ocean clashed against one another, each trying to invade the other's territory and expand its own dominion.
Everyone watched this scene in utter shock.
The world before their eyes had been split cleanly in two.
On the side where the crimson Legendary Pokémon stood, sunlight blazed and flames raged. The earth had dried and cracked, and the ground was as scorching as iron from a forge.
The sea region where the azure Legendary Pokémon stood was an entirely different world.
Rain poured down in sheets. Water crashed from the dark clouds like waterfalls, while the ocean's surface swirled with countless whirlpools.
This was a clash between land and sea.
At the same time…
Sunlight and storm were colliding, crashing against one another like mortal enemies.
BANG! BOOM! BOOM!!
Explosions rang endlessly in their ears.
The sea shook violently, and the land trembled, splitting open with countless cracks.
"Is this evolution? Evolution during battle?"
One of the archaeologists beside Cynthia muttered in disbelief.
"No, this definitely isn't evolution. How could they both evolve at the same time? And I've never heard of Legendary Pokémon having evolved or unevolved forms."
The Sinnoh archaeologist stared at the two Legendary Pokémon.
For some reason, he felt that these—
Were their true forms.
If Rin Aokawa were here, he would definitely tell him:
You guessed right.
These really were their true forms.
Their most primordial forms!
Also known as…
Primal Reversion!
…
"ROAR!!"
Even the clash of their auras failed to overwhelm the other.
Both Legendary Pokémon roared, and a beam of energy gathered before their mouths.
"Ancient Power?!"
Cynthia recognized the move they were using.
The Ancient Power of both Legendary Pokémon blasted fiercely toward one another.
BOOOOM!!
At the point of impact, space itself seemed to shatter.
Countless sparks and arcs of lightning shot outward.
Then came an earth-shaking explosion, like countless nuclear bombs detonating at once. A gigantic hemispherical shockwave formed, followed immediately by a mushroom cloud rising from the ground and expanding across the region.
For a moment, all anyone could see on their screen was endless firelight.
When the light finally faded—
Everyone hurriedly looked back at the image, and a collective gasp rang out.
The seawater at the collision point had vanished completely.
A massive crater had appeared in the ocean—a vacuum zone where no seawater remained.
It was as if the matter there had been erased entirely.
Simply gone.
As though some terrifying force had forcibly wiped it from existence.
Seeing this—
Countless viewers, across countless worlds, fell silent.
"T-This… is this really a power humans can reach? This is already the realm of gods, isn't it? What kind of Devil Fruit is this?"
Even Whitebeard, hailed as the Strongest Man in the World, was dumbfounded.
In front of this level of power, his Tremor-Tremor Fruit felt like absolutely nothing!
…
Crashhh—!
In the distance, seawater surged back in, refilling the giant crater.
Before anyone could even catch their breath—
The two Legendary Pokémon moved again.
The azure Legendary Pokémon floated into the air on its enormous fin-like appendages.
Everyone froze.
So it could fly too?
Around the azure Legendary Pokémon, seawater gathered and formed into enormous spheres of water.
Its body blazed with energy.
Those great spheres transformed into colossal pillars of water, shooting toward the crimson Legendary Pokémon at astonishing speed.
The crimson Legendary Pokémon was hit directly, and the dust from the resulting explosion engulfed it.
But—
At the exact moment it was struck, it stomped one foot on the ground.
The sea beneath the azure Legendary Pokémon suddenly turned crimson.
The next second—
A crimson mountain peak, shaped like a blade, shot straight out of the sea, aiming to skewer the azure Legendary Pokémon completely through.
The azure Legendary Pokémon hurriedly dodged, but its body was still grazed.
"T-This… what move is that?"
Cynthia's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief. She had never heard of the moves those two Legendary Pokémon had just used.
"I don't know. Maybe they're lost techniques… or perhaps powers that only Legendary Pokémon can use," the archaeologist said blankly.
"The crimson Legendary Pokémon should've lost. It took a major Water-type attack head-on."
"Yeah. Looks like the Water-type Legendary Pokémon is stronger."
"Water beats Fire. Fighting against type disadvantage is still too hard."
Black Zetsu: "The outcome is decided."
Akainu: "Looks like magma lost."
MetalSeadramon: "Whew. Those two terrifying monsters finally settled it. Once the loser reverts to its Child form, I want to see exactly which Digimon it is!"
…
Just as everyone thought the victor had already been decided—
The smoke covering the crimson Legendary Pokémon dispersed.
"Impossible!"
Everyone cried out in shock.
Because—
The crimson Legendary Pokémon was completely unharmed!
Which meant—
It had nullified Water-type damage entirely!
"How is that possible?! Isn't Fire-type supposed to be weak against Water-type? Why is this happening? That was complete immunity!"
Everyone felt as though their understanding of the world had shattered.
This completely defied the law of type matchups.
Ground-type being immune to Electric-type moves, Steel-type being immune to Poison-type moves, Fairy-type being immune to Dragon-type moves—
Those they could accept.
But a Fire-type directly nullifying Water-type attacks?
Wasn't that a joke?!
Fire being weak to Water was a matchup law that had never changed.
Could it be that Legendary Pokémon could ignore type disadvantages?
On the screen…
The two Legendary Pokémon remained full of battle intent, still confronting each other fiercely.
At that moment, it seemed as though something stirred in the sky.
Just as everyone focused intently to see—
The entire image vanished.
[The 10th Strongest Legendary Pokémon — Ranking Complete]
Everyone watching the video was stunned.
That was it??
They hadn't even finished fighting, had they?
Who won?
And at the very end—
What exactly was that thing in the sky?!
Everyone was going crazy inside.
What the hell was going on?!
Then text appeared again.
[And the one who has claimed Top 10 among the Ten Strongest Legendary Pokémon is…]