Paragon

Hisui Incursion [31]

PARAGON

Hisui Incursion Arc [31]

Chapter 83 : Sabrina vs Palkia

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Realm of Space

Sabrina blitzed through the amethyst void, towering arcs of pure destruction sailing past her with hellish screams. Palkia grunted as it launched wave after wave of attacks, its eyes flashing furiously with each volley. The pillars of light burned as they tore through Palkia's personal dimension, each one emitting a scalding heat.

Upon entering this realm, Palkia's form had changed, shifting from a draconic colossus to an interdimensional equine, every curve on its majestic form seemingly tailored to deliver an instantaneous death to anything that deigned to trespass on these galactic grounds.

So even after Palkia had forced her here, Sabrina was still on the run. When Riley had drawn Dialga and Palkia's attention, it'd been easy to strike at their respective cores, but under a constant assault, Sabrina did not have the mental resources to attack and dodge.

And even after narrowly dodging each of Palkia's blades, they exploded behind her, searing her back and weakening her ability to react as time waned on.

Each time Sabrina tried to teleport closer, she saw Palkia's eyes dart toward her intended destination and it sealed it off with another blade of energy before she could move. Gradually, Palkia was choking off her escape path.

To conserve energy, up until this point, she'd reached only into the shallows of her power to teleport around, indicated by the emerald green flash every time she disappeared and reappeared. However, it was swiftly becoming clear that this would not cut it.

I need to attack it.

Riley had forced the dragons back into their own domains for precisely that purpose, yet Sabrina still hadn't gone on the offensive due to Palkia's sheer aggression.

As if it knows what I'm capable of.

If that was the case, and Palkia was reacting to Sabrina's power, then that meant its behavior was dependent on her. Which meant she could manipulate it.

Manipulate it into giving me an opening.

Ever since one of her limiters had been destroyed, Sabrina had to make a conscious effort to keep her power constrained. Before, she'd simply sworn off using it altogether, but when it was clear that would not be feasible, she'd devoted all of her down time toward suppressing her power and enhancing her control, shouldering the role her limiter once fulfilled.

However, this battle against Palkia was the first time that the fruits of her training would truly be tested.

Slowly, she eased the mental restrictions off her power. Immediately, her pupils dilated wildly and the light around her sputtered between green and purple. Gritting her teeth, she forced herself not to lose focus and zeroed in on Palkia.

However, the dragon wasn't taking the bait.

Instead, Palkia maintained its incessant assault, leaving Sabrina to resume teleporting rapidly as before.

It doesn't even want to take advantage of the obvious instability of my power regulation. Just how wary of me is it?

As she moved, she continued to delve deeper into her power, and as she did, the light around her began to stabilize, each flash from her teleporting morphing to a dark purple. Cracks began to split across her body, violet light leaking out from within.