Drizzile, Rillaboom and Scorbunny could tell they were in for a world of trouble. Not only had all three of their allies lost easily, but they were in the worst condition they had ever been in after a match. Somehow, Vaporeon's bruises seemed far worse than when she had two holes in her shoulders. Morgrem had a huge wound on her upper back and the sharp part of her hair was gone. And Rolycoly's forehead had been cracked.

"Well, that was a decent warmup," Eternatus stated with his arms folded, "Now I believe it's time for the real match to begin."

"Speak for yourself," Zamazenta grunted, "This guy was a waste of time," Zacian sighing, "I didn't even break a sweat."

When Vaporeon was taken toward the ambulance, Drizzile bit his lower lip while Scorbunny and Rillaboom both stared in stunned silence. Eternatus saw this and sighed, "Don't worry. We have no intention of killing any of you. After all, if the three of you can defeat us, it would be a shame for those three not to enjoy living on a planet that we have chosen to spare."

All three felt a slight hint of relief from this, but even so, this still implied that there was a chance their world would be consumed if they lost. And right now, that was looking very likely.

Allie approached the group, looked into Drizzile's eyes with tears and sniffed, "Are you sure about this? These guys seem worse than Melmetal ever was," the chameleon sighing, "I know, but we have to. If we refuse, that's the same as losing. There's no way we're gonna let them destroy the world without a fight."

"Well put," Eternatus replied as Zamazenta and Zacian both folded their arms impatiently. Much like the dragon, they wanted to end this as soon as possible. After all, the hits they had taken in during their matches hardly made a difference, so they felt no need to rest up.

But just as Eternatus was ready to have the hole consume all six fighters, Scorbunny held out her hand and enquired, "Hey, before we go into this Eternal Vortex for our fight, can we just check up on our friends to make sure they're okay?"

Eternatus was about to consider granting her request before he noticed Rolycoly slowly open his eyes. If they talked to him, they could possibly get information regarding Zamazenta's fighting style. With that in mind, he narrowed his eyelids and retorted, "No. We've stalled this long enough." Thus he snapped his fingers and the hole started to pull in a big gust of wind.

Since his intention was only to fight the three remaining heroes, the wind only pick them up along with the dragon and his allies. And soon enough, all six had entered the black hole, everyone gazing up at the sky with wonder. Allie bit her lower lip and looked down only for Brian and Wendy to pat her reassuringly on the shoulder. They were sure the trio could win.

Drizzile tensed up when he saw just what kind of world they had been taken to. It was very similar to the realm Runerigus had fought him in, an empty void. But whereas the spirit's world was dark, this one was blood red with grey wavy lines all around various parts of the area. However, the most interesting detail was the ceiling, where eight small planets hung down from chains made from bones.

"Oh, I see you've noticed the decor," Eternatus stated, "Just so you know, those aren't fake. Those are the planets that the vortex has claimed. The three strongest warriors on each were unable to defeat us."

"Oh my god," Rillaboom uttered with a look of fear, "He's serious about all of this," Zamazenta remarking, "What, did you think he was making an empty threat? Did you seriously think we weren't gonna consume your planet if you lost?"

All three went silent and looked at one-another. Drizzile would have to ignore his fear and embrace the courage he had gained over his months as a hero. Rillaboom would need to depend on every ability she had learned and think more strategically than ever before. And Scorbunny would need to give more than one hundred percent. While they had dealt with many challenges before, there was no room for error this time.

With that in mind, all three gave the trio before them a serious look and nodded in understanding. Thus Eternatus said, "Excellent," and rose his arms up like a maestro conducting a symphony. This caused a ring to rise up in the middle of the floor, though since this was to be a three-on-three match, this particular ring was three times the size of a regular one, thus giving the fighters a great deal of room.

The dragon flapped his wings to propel himself into the air and landed firmly against the surface before Zacian and Zamazenta leapt up and joined him. After that, Rillaboom, Drizzile and Scorbunny all turned to one-another, nodded and followed suit. And when they landed against the ring's surface, they all struck a fighting pose.

Zacian blinked and groaned, "Dammit, we should have made a cool entrance too," Zamazenta grunting, "You know that's a waste of time when there's no audience to see it," Eternatus replying, "Indeed."

'Says you,' Rillaboom thought with a smile, 'These entrances help motivate us to fight harder. You'll soon see that when we wipe the canvas with your smug faces.'

With all said and done, Eternatus nodded at his allies, turned toward the heroes and said, "Well, that's enough stalling. Let us begin," and before the heroes could even have a chance to respond, Zacian and Zamazenta raced toward them.

The female wolf brought her sword to her mouth and placed the handle into it while a glow surrounded the male wolf's shield. And when both were close enough, they exclaimed, "BEHEMOTH BLADE EDGE!" racing right past the trio.

A big cut formed on each one's gut before they cried out in pain, blood spewing out of them while Zamazenta's shield had put a ton of bruises on them. Thus all three fell hard on their backs while Eternatus sighed, "Wow, it's over already. That was, well, really, really disappointing."

Zacian flipped her braids sideways and sighed, "What were you thinking, Eternatus? There had to have been better choices," Zamazenta groaning, "I actually feel like their planet isn't even worth-" only for his eyes to widen when he heard coughing behind him.

Sure enough, when both wolves turned around, all three heroes had risen to their feet, Drizzile barking, "OH MY GOD! THAT WAS TERRIFYING!" Scorbunny eyeing her wound while Rillaboom grunted, "Okay, yeah, you guys are as tough as we thought you were."

Eternatus nodded and said, "Well, good, you were able to handle Zacian and Zamazenta's strongest move. Perhaps you really are the worthy fighters I thought you were," only for Zacian to grunt, "Big deal. So you passed the first part of our test. It's not like you're the only ones who've done it."

Zamazenta took a deep breath and replied, "Still, Zacian, they got up more quickly than the most of the groups we struck with that. Maybe they'll actually last longer after all."

"Dammit," Rillaboom grunted, "They're treating this like a game," Scorbunny frowning and adding, "Well, that's fine by me. If they're not gonna take me seriously as an opponent, I'll give them a reason."

Drizzile nodded and said, "Let's give them a taste of that teamwork that beat Obstagoon. Now that I have fighting spirit, I'll actually be able to help this time."

With that in mind, all three decided it might be best to spread out and have each claim one target. Since Zamazenta looked to be the toughest, Rillaboom raced toward him while Drizzile headed toward Zacian. That left Scorbunny with Eternatus. After all, while he may have been the leader, he was also skinny, which by her logic must have made him the fastest and weakest.

Zamazenta prepared himself when Rillaboom got close and sent a punch toward her. Luckily, the gorilla saw this coming and dodged to the right. She then transformed her leaves into barrels and formed a hammerhead on her left hand. Afterwards, she swung it into his cheek and shouted, "WOOD HAMMER!"

She then got behind him and noticed how thin his neck was behind his mane. As such, she easily wrapped her arms around him and held him in a choke hold, forming thorns around her barrels and barking, "THORN BARREL CHOKE!" the male wolf gritting his teeth with a look of irritation.

All the while, when Drizzile got close to Zacian, she spun around and exclaimed, "FAIRY RIBBON WHIP!" spreading out her braids and swinging them toward the chameleon. However, while he was ultimately struck by one, it seemed as if he had pulled a strategy more similar to that of Rillaboom and allowed himself to take in the hit. This showed when he gripped onto the material and used it to fling himself toward Zacian.

Afterwards, he formed water around his hands and morphed it into a pair of daggers, shouting, "AQUATIC DAGGERS!" Zacian's eyes wide with shock when he slashed her back.

While this happened, Scorbunny charged at Eternatus who sent a karate chop toward her with his right arm. However, she easily saw this coming and dodged to the right before sending a roundhouse into his side. This caused him to shift sideways before she dashed to his left side and kicked that part. But just as she was about to deliver another strike from behind, her eyes widened when the dragon rose his wings and swung them downward.

"BONE SABERS!" he exclaimed when he scraped them up against her torso. As a result, blood flew from her while she cried out in agony.

Rillaboom heard this and turned with a gasp, allowing Zamazenta to shift his head forward and throw it backward into her cheek. This caused her to loosen her hold before he took hold of her fists and grunted, "Just so you know, that barely hurt at all!" hurling her over his shoulder and planting her back into the canvas.

Drizzile gasped and leapt toward Zamazenta to help out only for Zacian to wrap her right braid around him, lift him up and slam his face into the canvas. A smirk crossed her face as she stated, "I'm in the same boat. That wasn't bad, but it wasn't very effective either."

Just to prove what she said was true, she turned around and showed the chameleon the spot he had struck. While there was a slight cut there, it could barely be seen at all and there was no blood either. Although at least there was a small sign of pain, unlike Zamazenta who, despite having been stabbed by spikes, did not have so much as a spot on his neck.

Sure enough, things did not end there when Eternatus lifted up Scorbunny, Zacian held up Drizzile by the tail and Zamazenta helped Rillaboom back to her feet and wrapped his arms around her. The chameleon especially winced in pain when a pink glow covered Zacian's claws and she extended them, allowing her to pierce the spot she had picked up. Afterwards, all three leapt up into the air and flew toward one-another.

Eternatus shifted Scorbunny up over his head and took hold of her ankles, spreading her legs out in a splits formation. He then bent his wings inward and planted the tips into her ribcage before she gasped in pain.

Zacian, meanwhile, held aloft Drizzile above her head while Zamazenta rested Rillaboom against his chest and made sure he leapt higher than the others. Once all three villains were close to one-another, the heroes made contact with each other. Zacian, Zamazenta and Eternatus exclaimed, "SWORD SHIELD CROSSBOW SLAM!" when Scorbunny and Drizzile's skulls rammed into Rillaboom's gut, the force causing all three heroes to cough up blood.

But of course, it did not end there as the villains descended toward the canvas. Zamazenta flipped Rillaboom upside down and wrapped his legs around her neck, her skull hitting the canvas hard while Scorbunny and Drizzile's upper backs were slammed into it.

Once the heroes were released, their eyes and mouths were wide with terror while they lay on the canvas. Sure, this had not been enough to knock them out, but this made them even more alarmed than the opening move did. There was just no way they could win, not against foes this powerful.

Zacian turned to them and sighed, "Well, they lasted longer than expected. I guess that's something," Zamazenta grunting, "It doesn't matter. If this is the best they can do, this match is pretty much ours."

Eternatus said nothing and folded his arms. He had to admit, after how much potential he saw in the trio, this was disappointing to say the least. Although he could tell by looking at them they were still conscious, he could not help but feel like that one move might very well have broken their spirits.

And it seemed so when Rillaboom groaned, "Anyone get the number of that truck?" Scorbunny whimpering, "Oh my god. We don't stand a chance. We seriously don't stand a chance."

"I hate to say it, but you may be right," the gorilla sighed, "I know the match has only started, but our moves can barely do a thing to them. We can use the best tactics possible and beat away at them for all eternity and they'll still probably take us down in the end."

Drizzile simply lay there and gazed up at the ceiling of the world they were in. He watched the planets dangle in place with a look of anger in his eyes, his fists clenched. And all the while, Scorbunny uttered, "Well, they did say they have no intention of killing us. I guess maybe the best we can do is accept this loss so we can live to fight again."

"Wait, what?" Drizzile enquired, Rillaboom sighing, "I don't blame you, Drizzile. It's weird hearing Scorbunny of all people give up, but she may be right. I already feel as if I can't handle anymore."

"Oh my god," the chameleon retorted, "Are you guys serious? Did you already forget what's at stake? This isn't just about our pride or status. It's not a competition like the Olympics. It's not even about saving Edmonton."

The others went wide-eyed before Rillaboom uttered, "Oh, wow, I am so ashamed of myself right now," before placing a firm grip against the canvas and slowly pushing herself up. Zamazenta and Zacian both rose their eyebrows while Scorbunny followed suit, smirked and stated, "Of course. This is about the entire planet. If we lose, everyone loses."

Drizzile nodded and pushed himself up as well. A light smile crossed his face as he said, "Ever since we started down this path, we've dealt with a lot. This is clearly our greatest challenge yet, and if we fail, at the very least, we'll go down saying with the utmost honesty that we did our best."

Once all three heroes were back on their feet, they acted as if all the pain inflicted to them earlier meant nothing. As such, Eternatus nodded with a smile and said, "Well, well, well, you're still up. I'm impressed. You've survived two of our team moves. While quite a few have recovered from the Behemoth Blade Edge, not many can say they got up after taking in the Sword Shield Crossbow Slam."

Zamazenta smirked and said, "Indeed. Perhaps I was too quick to assume this would be a waste of our time. This might be the second time our opponents pass our little test," Rillaboom gasping, "Did you hear that!?"

"Hear what?" Scorbunny uttered only for Drizzile to grin and state, "Another trio has bested them in combat. That means it's possible for us to win, and honestly, that's good enough for me."

With that in mind, he formed water around his hands once more and morphed them into katana. Rillaboom followed suit by pounding her fists together while Scorbunny lit her feet on fire. The trio then proceeded to race toward the same opponents they faced before, Zacian placing her blade handle in her mouth and growling, "Something you should know is that I'm a master of sword play."

She then raced toward Drizzile and exclaimed, "BEHEMOTH BLADE!" only for the chameleon to leap over her just in time for her to run under him with her eyes wide open. And just before she could pass him, he held his blades down and scraped them against her back, shouting, "AQUATIC ASSASSINATION!"

Zamazenta, meanwhile, allowed Rillaboom to punch him hard in the face before he took hold of her wrist and said, "Like I said before, your strikes have barely done a thing to me."

However, this time the gorilla was prepared as she sent her hair lock forward and latched onto his snout. His eyes went wide with shock before she latched her arms around the back of his neck. She leapt off of the mat and wrapped her legs around him before spinning vertically multiple times.

When Zamazenta's skull hit the canvas, she barked, "VINE BOULDER SLAM!" and released her hold on him. It seemed as if she might have finally found a way around his amazing defence as not only had she slammed him hard, but she had also caused the material to sink in with his head stuck in it.

Scorbunny, all the while evaded multiple strikes from Eternatus. However, he soon caught onto her pattern and wrapped his right wing around her waist before he flung her toward the ropes. Fortunately, the rabbit hoped he would do that, and it was soon made clear why when she bounced off of them, pointed her foot toward his midsection and barked, "BURNING ROCKET!"

The dragon gasped when he took her heel to the exact spot she had aimed for and skidded sideways across the mat. And it was around this time that Zacian stood upright and felt her back. Once again, the wounds were not exactly deep, but they were much more noticeable.

Unfortunately, though, this was still far from over as Zamazenta placed his hands against the mat and pried his head out of the canvas. He then flipped himself backward and planted both feet into Rillaboom's shoulders. But just as he was about to take things a step further, she rose her arms and placed a firm grip against his ankles, swinging him around and flinging him toward the turnbuckle, the back of his head ramming into it.

Zacian gasped at the sight of this, Drizzile taking full advantage of this and leaping toward her. Before she could retaliate, he planted his katana into her shoulders, this time piercing her flesh before he propelled himself and her into the air and leaned backward. Sure enough, the back of her head hit the canvas hard while he shouted, "AQUATIC KATANA SUPLEX!"

Scorbunny, all the while, took full advantage of Eternatus' current state and leapt over his head and turned herself around. She then grabbed hold of the spikes on his head and rammed her heels into the back of his neck, shouting, "BUNNY BLAZE KICK!"

But just as it seemed like the heroes finally had the upper hand, Eternatus spread his legs out and prevented himself from falling forward. He took a deep breath and said, "Yes, this is interesting, very interesting. I definitely made the right call with the three of you. But while you may have passed the first three parts of our little test, you still haven't completed the whole thing."

With that, much like when Vaporeon was on his back, he folded his wings inward until they were pressed up against Scorbunny's. He then scraped them against her and shouted, "BONE SABERS!" causing her to cry out in pain and release her hold on him. This allowed him to wrap both wings around her before he rose the tips and took to the sky.

Seeing this, Zacian smirked and whipped her braids hard into Drizzile's gut, causing him to fly backward and inadvertently pry his blades out of the female wolf's shoulders. And surprisingly enough, even after driving them through her flesh, there was still no bloodshed.

But of course, he would have little time to think about this when Zacian lunged at him and exclaimed, "FAIRY RIBBON WHIP!" slapping him hard in the chest with her right braid. She then wrapped both of them around him and leaned backward, flinging him toward where Eternatus was flying.

Zamazenta, meanwhile, went down on all fours and said, "Still barely hurt," before he charged toward Rillaboom with a glow around his shield. Seeing this, the gorilla gasped and sharpened the spiky parts of her hair. She then curled up into a ball and rolled toward him, shouting, "ROSE BUSH BOULDER!"

"BEHEMOTH BASH!" Zamazenta roared before both moves connected. And while the gorilla had at least put up a good fight against Melmetal when she used this on him, this time she was easily overpowered, thus she instantly retracted from ball-like state and flew into the air, landing hard on her back.

"ETERNAL EAGLE CRASH!" Eternatus barked before ramming Scorbunny's skull hard into the airborne Drizzile's gut. As a result, both coughed up blood once more, the chameleon falling against the surface before the dragon dropped Scorbunny on top of him.

Eternatus then landed against the mat before Zacian and Zamazenta joined him and stated, "You seem to be able to stand up to us on our own, but can you deal with us when we're all together? After all, this is a team match and so far, only we have been using team moves."

Rillaboom rose to her feet and grunted, "I have to admit, that is a good point," Drizzile and Scorbunny both looking nervous. The chameleon blinked and uttered, "Wait, do we know any team moves?"

"Oh, shit," Scorbunny groaned, "We've spent the majority of our career fighting one-on-one. As such, we've put so much focus on our own skills and never thought of coming up with combo moves. Even when we fought Obstagoon, he was by himself, so we didn't even have a reason to come up with new moves. We've been together for so long and we don't know any team moves!"

After a few seconds, both wolves went down on all fours before Eternatus mounted himself onto their backs. He then spread his arms out and placed his wings against them, creating the shape of a crossbow while Zacian once again held her sword in her mouth.

When Rillaboom saw this, her eyes widened as she gasped, "Wait a minute! We do have one team move! We used a really awesome move to finish Obstagoon off!"

The other two nodded as the dragon sighed, "We've let you strategize long enough," a bright light surrounding Zacian's sword and Zamazenta's mane. With that, both wolves dashed forward while strawberry red light covered Eternatus, all three shouting, "ETERNAL BEHEMOTH CHARGE!"

With no other options, Drizzile leapt atop Rillaboom's shoulders and Scorbunny jumped onto his. The two shorter fighters then leaned forward before the rabbit took hold of the gorilla's ankles, all three rolling toward their opponents and barking, "TRI-ATTACK WHEEL!"

Soon enough, both trios clashed, beautiful sparks of pink and red light flying from them. But while the heroes lasted longer than Rillaboom did against Zamazenta's Behemoth Bash, they were still overpowered, thus they flew backwards and landed hard against the canvas.

But just as it seemed like their efforts were still in vain, Drizzile pushed himself upright, stared wide-eyed at his opponents and pointed, exclaiming, "Guys, look!"

As it so happened, the villains had taken in a bit of damage from their move. Sure, it was not much, but they had broken formation. Eternatus was now lying against the mat on his belly while the wolves seemed to have fallen on their sides. As if that was not enough, a light, barely noticeable scar had formed on each one's forehead.

While it was not a whole lot, it certainly gave the heroes a boost in confidence. Perhaps if they kept this up, they could win after all. But even so, the match had been very difficult up until now and they knew one hit like that would not be enough to end it.