Seeing his own soul separate from his body, Yveltal was dumbfounded.
He couldn't understand, what did the black and white dragons want by pulling him out like this?
But with Zekrom and Reshiram's left-right combo punches raining down, he quickly got it.
These two guys might not be that strong, but damn were they experienced fighters in soul form.
In this state, Yveltal felt it was hard to even move. Between his body and soul, there seemed to be a massive magnetic force pulling them together.
But the black and white dragons weren't affected by those "stones" at all. They hit wherever they aimed, grinding his soul into the heavens.
Lysandre's lips twitched, unable to hide his shock.
This was the first time he'd ever seen the black and white dragons fight like this. All he could do was repeatedly call Yveltal's name, hoping to command its body to fight back and escape the danger.
After a few tries, a bitter expression appeared on his face.
Without a soul, Yveltal was like a statue. Completely unresponsive.
"Axel, what are you planning to do?", Lysandre looked at Axel helplessly.
"I already have a contract with Yveltal, I'm under part of his protection."
"You can't kill me, and you can't kill him either."
"The worst that can happen is we sleep for a few thousand years."
"What I mean is... since you've revived, and I also intend to separate Kalos from Team Rainbow Rocket's control, we could be friends."
"Friends?", Axel lightly licked his lips.
Just moments ago, seeing Yveltal's soulless body filled with raw energy had made him a little tempted. But his proper upbringing had stopped him from doing something as immoral as looting by force.
But now...
"Sure, let's be friends! Since we're friends, giving me a little gift isn't too much to ask, right?"
Lysandre froze, not yet realizing what Axel meant, when Axel was already moving.
Riding on Rayquaza, he appeared beside Yveltal. A howling storm swept around, raging along Yveltal's body, the sound of metal striking echoing sharply.
A single feather filled with pure destructive power fell from Yveltal's body, and Axel caught it neatly in his hand.
[Feather of Destruction: A feather brimming with the power of destruction, containing insight into the essence of ruin.]
Seeing the system's description, Axel's eyes lit up.
"Rayquaza, it really works."
"In this state, Yveltal can't reclaim the destructive energy attached to feathers when they fall!"
"ROAR!"
'If it works, then take more.'
Rayquaza let out a high-pitched dragon's roar. The wind howled violently, countless slicing sounds burst across Yveltal's body, shearing off feather after feather, each radiating destructive energy.
Not far away, Yveltal panicked.
He could feel his power draining away rapidly.
Just a moment ago, the black-and-white dragons' punches could only knock him back ten meters. Now they were sending him flying twenty.
He desperately wanted to return to his body and reclaim the destructive energy clinging to his feathers, but there wasn't a single chance.
Five minutes passed, and Yveltal's appearance had completely changed.
All his feathers had been stripped away by Axel and Rayquaza, revealing scarlet and black flesh interwoven beneath. The oppressive aura that once surrounded him was now half gone.
Every single feather was now in Axel's hands.
After being removed, the feathers grew thinner, glowing faintly with a soft black light. They no longer looked like feathers, but rather like ancient artifacts.
Axel nodded in satisfaction and stored the artifacts into his backpack.
With so many Feathers of Destruction, Pheromosa's level and power would soon skyrocket.
"Zekrom, Reshiram, gift received. You can put him back now."
"ROAR~ ROAR!!", The two dragons roared in response, though still reluctant.
["Hey, Black Dragon, did you just throw one extra punch?"]
["I did not! You hit too hard, so I only followed up to balance it out!"]
["Bullshit! I knew you just wanted to show off in front of Axel, the great Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and Gardevoir,"] The white dragon bared its teeth and threw another punch at Yveltal's spirit.
The black dragon refused to be outdone, delivering another punch of its own.
Yveltal was utterly dumbstruck.
Just now, when he was being plucked, he'd been thinking about how to take revenge on Axel and reclaim his lost destructive power.
But after seeing the black-and-white dragons' antics, now he just wanted to ask, where the hell was their dignity?
The two divine dragons of Unova, both of them were bootlickers.
Yveltal had been planning to take his feathers back, but after being pummeled like this by the black-and-white dragons, he didn't dare think about it anymore.
The reason was simple.
Against others, Yveltal could at least rely on the fact that no one could truly kill him as leverage.
But against these two dragons...
They could damn well revive too.
["Lysandre! Run!"]
Taking advantage of the argument between the dragons, Yveltal's spirit immediately darted back into his body. Trembling in his featherless form, he staggered and fled wildly into the distance.
Just two more minutes and they'd return to their original world.
Axel waved his hand lightly, stopping the black-and-white dragons from giving chase.
As those two said, chasing them now was pointless. Better to see if that guy dropped any traits.
———
At that same moment—
A blue-afro-haired man appeared at the mouth of a cave on Mt. Coronet, looking urgently toward Spear Pillar.
"That unreliable Axel... Don't tell me he's gotten himself into trouble again?"
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