While things had certainly started off horribly for Edmonton's heroes, it seemed as if they had truly made some progress. While they had taken in more damage, their last move showed better results than they expected.

Eternatus rose back to his feet and said, "Well, I have to admit, that wasn't bad," Zacian rubbing her forehead and growling, "Dammit, that actually kinda hurt."

Zamazenta folded his arms and scoffed, "Stop being such a baby, sis! I barely felt a thing," only for the female wolf and dragon to gaze at his scar, the male wolf shifting his eyes up toward it. And as soon as he saw it, he gritted his teeth while his eyes went wide.

He then rubbed his hands against it and spat, "WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM!?" Scorbunny smirking and remarking, "Now you can see that we're not to be taken lightly. You all acted so high and mighty before, but now we're showing some real progress!"

However, while the wolves had been annoyed at first, that negativity soon left them when Zacian snickered. That snicker grew into heavy laughter before she snapped, "Do you seriously think that alone is good enough!? So you put one scar on us! Have you seen your own bodies!?"

Rillaboom looked at her arms, torso and legs and soon realized what she meant. And it was not long until the others saw it too. While they had finally shown some real results, up to this point, they had taken in far more damage. If anything, it was a miracle they were still able to stand at this point.

"Look at you!" the female wolf spat tauntingly, "You act all high and mighty yet you've barely done a thing to us! All those hits you dealt were nothing but a minor inconvenience! On top of that, our team moves have proven to be much stronger than your one team move! Do you seriously think you have what it takes to beat us!?"

Zamazenta pinched his forehead and sighed, "Come on, try to be mature about this," folding his arms and adding, "Even if everything you just said is true," Eternatus saying nothing.

Rillaboom bit her lower lip only for Drizzile to rest his hand against her arm and shake his head with a stern look. They had come this far and, like he said before, they had no choice but to keep going. Even if they lost, the least they could do was try.

With that in mind, Rillaboom took a deep breath and grunted, "You know what? Maybe you're right, Zacian. Maybe we are in over our heads. But it doesn't matter, because we'll fight to the bitter end no matter what!"

"Well put," Eternatus replied before spreading out his wings and flying toward them, "Let's see you pull off more moves like that!"

Rillaboom watched him for a few seconds before gasping, "I have an idea!" turning to Scorbunny and enquiring, "Scorbunny, is it alright if I grab your ears?"

The rabbit bit her lower lip and pulled down on them before whimpering, "If it's to execute a plan, then okay," releasing them before Rillaboom grabbed hold of her and swung her like a flail. She then hurled her toward the incoming dragon as she gasped and understood perfectly what the gorilla was going for.

With that in mind, she lit both of her feet on fire and shouted, "SCORCHING MISSILE!" When her heels collided with the dragon's face, his eyes widened before he flew backwards. Both Zacian and Zamazenta leapt up and grabbed his arms just in time to stop him from flying further while Scorbunny landed on the canvas with a big grin on her face.

Drizzile smiled wide before nodding and saying, "I got something in mind as well," forming his big water gloves and adding, "Follow my lead."

Rillaboom nodded and raced forward with him only for Zacian and Zamazenta to charge at the duo. But just as they were about to strike them, Drizzile balanced himself on his tail and launched himself over Zacian's head. Rillaboom, meanwhile, allowed Zamazenta to ram his shoulder into her, and while this was stronger than a typical shoulder check, she ignored the pain and wrapped her arms around him, once again binding her vine to his neck.

She and Drizzile smiled at one-another and leapt into the air, the chameleon higher than the gorilla due to his and Zacian's lighter weight. He then flipped backward one hundred and eighty degrees and rammed the female wolf's skull into her brother's, he and Rillaboom shouting, "AQUATIC POWER SLAM!"

Both wolves went wide-eyed and gritted their teeth, Zacian in shock when she could have sworn she felt her blood rise up into her mouth. But even so, she managed to swallow it back down before Drizzile released her and allowed her to fall gracefully against the ring while she tried her hardest to make it look like that did not hurt.

Even Zamazenta with his superior defence had to admit that he felt the force of that blow. And things were about to get a lot better when Scorbunny delivered a flying kick to Eternatus' gut and latched her legs onto his neck, her feet once again aflame.

When Drizzile saw this, he gasped and raced toward her while the wolves were still distracted. He then leapt up, grabbed onto her shoulders and spat, "DOUBLE ASTEROID FRANKENSTEINER!"

Since he was the one applying all the pressure, Scorbunny did not use up any energy at all when she swung backwards and planted Eternatus' skull into the canvas. Needless to say, she could not have been more grateful for that, thus she beamed bright and squealed, "Thanks, Drizzile!"

Eternatus managed to pry his head out from between her legs and right himself up before saying, "Not bad. It seems the three of you have some really good chemistry after all. Still, I can tell this is your first time working as a team whereas we have had years of experience."

As such, he turned to the wolves who nodded and raced toward him. He then wrapped one of his wings around Zamazenta and held him up with his face pointed forward and used the other to take hold of Zacian. The female wolf placed her sword in her mouth, pointed it forward and allowed Eternatus to point her snout toward the ceiling.

The others stared at this while Drizzile uttered, "You know, at least they were being creative before. This just seems obvious and kind of abusive," Rillaboom grunting, "It doesn't matter. We need to be on our guard."

And this certainly seemed so when a bright light once again covered Zacian's blade and Zamazenta's mane had a rich glow around it. Eternatus then put on a more serious look and exclaimed, "BEHEMOTH SWORD AND SHIELD!"

All three heroes waited as he swung Zacian sideways. But when they leapt back to avoid her, their eyes widened when a powerful wave of energy shot from the blade and struck their midsections. This caused fairly sized cuts to form before Eternatus rammed Zamazenta into Rillaboom's gut.

The gorilla coughed up blood and fell hard on her back, Eternatus swinging Zacian downward and unleashing another wave of energy, this time at Scorbunny. She barely managed to dodge it only to fall victim to Zamazenta's face and fly into the turnbuckle.

Drizzile tensed up and gulped before forming water around his hands, thinking, 'Okay, I've only ever been able to make two copies of a single weapon before. I might need to think outside the box this time. Come on, Drizzile, you can do it!'

After a few seconds, he managed to form his katana in one hand, but while his plan was to form a glove in the other one, he once again wound up with another katana. And while this was disappointing, it would have to do, thus he took a deep breath and held up his weapons defensively.

Eternatus simply sent his weapons forward at once, and while the chameleon was able to block them, both wolves had already proven themselves stronger. As such, both blades broke into fairly big droplets before he took Zamazenta's face to his gut. Thus he met the same fate as his friends, Eternatus releasing his hold on the wolves.

"I guess it's time to end this after all," he stated, "Such a shame. You three were easily among the best opponents we've faced so far."

He then took to the sky and flipped himself upside down, planting his feet up against the ceiling. Zacian and Zamazenta simply folded their arms as they knew they had served their purpose. As far as they were concerned, there was no way the heroes would get up again, not from this.

Sure enough, all three were unable to get up in time when Eternatus launched himself toward them. The energy that allowed his bones to float in place covered his entire body before he rammed his skull hard into the part of the mat located between the heroes, shouting, "ETERNABEAM!"

A small explosion emitted from his face, thus resulting in all three heroes crying out in agony. While this had not dealt quite the same level of pain as it had dealt to Vaporeon since the hit was not dead on, it still seemed powerful enough to knock them unconscious when their eyes closed and they lay there with their arms and legs spread out.

Eternatus positioned himself upright and said, "Well, they may not have passed the test, but they came close," Zamazenta grunting, "I hate to admit it, but you're right. They actually managed to hurt me."

Zacian folded her arms and grumbled, "Not to mention that lizard avoided my Behemoth Blade and even managed to stab me," rubbing her shoulders, "Granted, that didn't hurt all that much, but still."

But just as all seemed lost, all three villains stared with their eyes wide open when Drizzile placed his hands firmly against the mat and slowly pushed himself up. He panted heavily as Zacian shook her head with her eyes wide open. Zamazenta's eye twitched while even Eternatus could not believe his eyes.

It was one thing for even so much as one of the heroes to rise up after all of that, but at the very least, they would have expected Rillaboom to be the one with a bit of strength left since she had the tougher body. But just as they were about to question this, Zacian noticed something off and gasped, "Wait, look! I don't think he's really conscious right now!"

Eternatus blinked before he noticed what she meant. Sure enough, Drizzile's eyes and ear holes were closed as he thought, 'Okay, they know about my reputation, but they don't seem to know a thing about my abilities. They were unprepared for my water techniques, after all. That means they shouldn't be prepared for this like Melmetal was.'

It seemed so when Zamazenta sighed, "So his body doesn't know it's too weak to fight. Oh well, want me to give him a gentle nudge?" Eternatus nodding and replying, "Yes. It breaks my heart to see him in this state."

With that in mind, the male wolf approached Drizzile and held his fist forward, lightly bumping it up against his chest. However, the chameleon did not even budge before he took hold of Zamazenta's wrist and twisted it.

Zamazenta's eyes widened when Drizzile lifted him over his head and slammed him on his back with a judo throw. Zacian and Eternatus both stared in shock at the sight of this while Drizzile formed his katana and planted them into wolf's mane, shouting, "AQUATIC KATANA SUPLEX!"

Just as the name implied, he used the blades to lift the wolf up, lean backwards and slam his skull into the canvas. With that, Eternatus blinked and uttered, "He's not unconscious at all. He's sleep fighting!"

Zacian turned to him and uttered, "Sleep fighting?" the dragon nodding and replying, "Indeed. It's a very rare talent, but there are a few heroes in history who have been able to do it. In fact, there was once a fox named Delphox who was able to do just that."

The female wolf stared at Drizzile with irritation and growled, "Fine! If he's gonna pull that sort of thing, I won't hold back!" whipping her braids toward him.

The chameleon easily detected this and leapt over the incoming strike. He then held out his katana and spread them out, allowing himself to descend. And once he was close enough, he managed to drive the blades through the tips of the braids, cutting them open before a small bit of blood flew out.

Zacian's eyes and mouth were wide with terror when she saw the parts that had been cut off fall against the canvas. But while she was mortified at first, that very quickly turned to anger, thus she gritted her teeth and fumed before barking, "OH, YOU'RE DEAD NOW!"

"Hold on, Zacian-" Eternatus protested only for her to go down on all fours and growl, "I won't actually kill him," placing her sword in her mouth, "But I'll make him wish he was dead."

She then charged at him just as Zamazenta finally got over his shock and rose to his feet. Drizzile could detect both of their movements, thus when Zacian got close to him, he leapt up over her, planted his blades into her back and exclaimed, "AQUATIC KATANA CURLING STONE!"

'Curling Stone?' Zacian thought, soon realizing what he meant when he shifted his blades sideways and pried them out of her back. This allowed her to lose her balance and roll right into Zamazenta's lower body, his eyes wide as he showed signs of true pain this time.

Sure, the heroes had done some damage to him, but his sister had a much more powerful body. As such, it only made sense that he could not ignore even a simple blow like this when she was involved. And when Eternatus saw this, he narrowed his eyelids and grunted, "I can see that I do indeed need to get involved."

As such, he spread out his wings, took to the sky and flew toward Drizzile with his claws pointed toward him. Once again, the chameleon waited until the last second before leaping over him, finally ditching the katana. He then lathered his feet in water to form blades on the soles and planted them into the dragon's back. After that, he allowed himself to slide along that very part and exclaimed, "AQUATIC ICE SKATES!"

Eternatus' eyes widened as he thought, 'Wait, this isn't sleep fighting. It's something much more advanced,' what looked like a mix of soot and oil seeping from his back after Drizzile leapt off of him. As such, even the dragon could no longer act so calm and collected.

But just as he was ready to try something else, he noticed Drizzile open his eyes and sigh, "And that's two minutes," before facing the villainous trio. Although at that moment, a look of horror formed when he peered past them and noticed his friends were still out cold.

Zacian rose to her feet and grunted, "Son of a bitch!" Zamazenta rubbing his knees and groaning, "You think you got it bad? Do you know how powerful your body is?"

"Are you calling me heavy!?" the female wolf retorted only for Eternatus to hold his hand toward them and bark, "Stop!" pointing at Drizzile and adding, "Priorities."

On one hand, Drizzile was certainly in better condition after not taking in damage for two minutes. But what mattered right now was that his eyes were open, Eternatus stating, "Whatever it was he did just now, it seems he can't do it anymore. That means we can end this."

With that in mind, the wolves nodded and stepped forward only for the dragon to hold his hand toward them again and state, "No. He cut open my back. If anyone's gonna finish him off, it's me."

"What!?" Zamazenta retorted, "Are you kidding!? What about-?" only for Eternatus to add, "Besides, he's by himself now. It would be unfair for all three of us to fight him."

Zacian bit her lower lip, not even wanting to point out that all three did attack him before. She knew Eternatus could defeat him anyway. After all, he was the only fighter she knew who was stronger than her and her brother.

With that, Eternatus flew backward into the ropes. He then pressed up against them, spread out his arms and folded his wings against them to resemble a crossbow once again. Drizzile frowned and thought, 'I doubt I can dodge that, even from here, at least not without my defence. There's only one way to overcome this. I just hope it works.'

As such, he propelled himself backward into the opposite ropes, the wolves staring while he lathered his entire body in water. He then morphed it into a bullet just in time for him and Eternatus to launch themselves off of the ropes, the dragon once again covered in his energy.

"ETERNABEAM!" Eternatus barked while Drizzile exclaimed, "SNIPE SHOT!" both colliding with one-another. Much like when the Tri-Attack Boulder struck the trio, sparks of light shot from both fighters. But despite Drizzile seeming to have stood a chance, Zacian and Zamazenta did not look the least bit worried.

"Eternatus may have taken in some damage there, but he's still the superior force," Zamazenta stated with a smirk, "Does that moron seriously think he can overpower him?" Zacian sighing, "Well, to be fair, all three of them are better than we thought."

Even so, it seemed that the male wolf was right when Drizzile's bullet popped like a bubble and the chameleon took the blow to his skull. Blood flew out while he flipped backward and landed on his upper back. Eternatus took a deep breath and watched him barely rise to his feet.

Drizzile breathed heavily while the dragon sighed, "It's impressive you're able to stand after taking that in for a second time, let alone the first time. No one's ever been able to stand up to that. But let's see if you can handle one more," once again flying backwards into the ropes.

Even though he knew this would not work, Drizzile had no other options. Eternatus was simply too fast when he used Eternabeam. But when he leapt backward and once again covered his hands in water, he noticed Rillaboom's fingers twitch and Scorbunny's foot shift backwards.

With that in mind, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought, 'Well, at least I stalled them long enough,' before lathering himself and forming the bullet once again.

Both fighters launched themselves toward each other, Eternatus shouting, "ETERNABEAM!" and Drizzile barking, "SNIPE SHOT!"

However, at that exact moment, both of the chameleon's friends opened their eyes and gasped. Zacian and Zamazenta turned and stared at them in stunned silence when they reached their arms up. And by some miracle, they had done this just in time to grab hold of Eternatus, both of them now flying with him while Zacian uttered, "Are they insane?"

But while this would have been crazy under any other circumstances, Drizzile had caused the dragon to lose some of his life essence. As a result, he actually started to feel a little weak and the energy that surrounded him began to fade. As such, when Drizzile struck him with his water bullet, the dragon coughed up the same substance that had escaped his back as the chameleon coughed up a bit of blood.

Thus Drizzile landed on his feet and breathed heavily, Rillaboom and Scorbunny giving their friend a big smile. The rabbit then nodded at Rillaboom and released her hold on Eternatus, allowing the gorilla to wrap her arms around him, lean backward and slam his cheek into the canvas.

Zacian and Zamazenta stared at this in horror before the male wolf uttered, "Who are these guys?" before Zacian grunted, "At first, I didn't understand what Eternatus saw in them, but they really are incredible. Even after all the torment we put them through, they not only continue to fight but they've even managed to legitimately wound us. Even those three who beat us on Hero Planet weren't this tough."

Drizzile smiled when his friends ran to his side, Scorbunny grinning and asking, "So, how long were we out for?" the chameleon replying, "About three minutes, maybe a bit more than that."

"And yet you lasted that long without us," Rillaboom chuckled, "You really are the world champion," the chameleon sighing, "Well, I did have to use up the time for my family defence to pull it off. But you know what? I think we can really do this now. It's been up and down up to this point, but I truly believe we can defeat them."

Zacian and Zamazenta went down on all fours before the female wolf growled, "I'd like to see you try! A few lucky hits won't win you this match!" And after she placed her sword handle in her mouth, she and her brother raced toward them and grunted, "BEHEMOTH BLADE EDGE!"

Rillaboom could see that much like Eternatus, their injuries seemed to slow them down, even if just a little bit. As such, she instinctively took hold of Scorbunny and Drizzile and tossed them into the air. She then turned her back to them and sharpened her hair, grunting, "ROSE BUSH CATAPULT!" swinging it backward into the wolves.

Deep down, she knew this would not stop them for long, and the others realized this as well. As such, Scorbunny spread out her legs after Drizzile formed his gloves and placed them against her shoulders to speed up her descent. Sure enough, both of her feet landed hard against the wolves' backs before she squealed, "SCORCHING MALLET!"

Even though she only used one foot on each of them, this distracted Zacian and Zamazenta just long enough for Rillaboom to fling them away from her. This left them wide open for Drizzile to lift up Scorbunny and hurl her toward Zacian while her feet caught flame and she barked, "SCORCHING MISSILE!" planting both heels into the female wolf's back.

Drizzile would not allow her to be the only one, thus he leapt at Zamazenta with his gloves still around his hands, took hold of him and flipped him upside down, driving his skull into the canvas yet again.

Of course, Rillaboom would not allow them to hog all the glory. Thus when she saw Eternatus rise to his feet, she curled up into a ball and rolled toward him, barking, "ROSE BUSH BOULDER!" ramming herself hard into him and sending him tumbling along the mat.

"Man, that felt good!" she exclaimed after she retracted out of her ball-like state, the others leaping back to her side with big grins on their faces.

But while things truly looked up, the match was still far from over. This showed when all three villains rose back to their feet and breathed heavily, Zacian's eyes and mouth wide with terror while she uttered, "Oh my god. I'm breathing through my mouth. I'm actually breathing through my mouth."

"I know," Zamazenta grunted, "I wanted a real challenge, but these guys are on a whole new level. They're not even that special," Eternatus thinking, 'That's because there's more to it than that. Yes, these three meet the exact criteria I've been looking for, even more so than the three who defeated us before. But there's only one true way to be certain, the final part of the test.'

With that in mind, the dragon flew over to his companions and gave them all a serious look. The wolves knew exactly what he had in mind, thus she put on a stern look and nodded.

"You've done well to make it this far, but let's see if you can stand up to this a second time!" Eternatus stated before Zacian and Zamazenta went down on all fours. The dragon then mounted himself on their backs, spread out his arms and latched onto his own wrists with his wings.

As soon as the heroes saw this, they knew exactly what was coming. While they had done a good job resisting this before, could they really stand up to this a second time, let alone possibly overpower it?