Chapter 222: Zygarde Joins the Battle!
Meanwhile, Baraz and the others finally arrived at the Pillar of Binding.
They reached the top of the Pillar of Binding, where there were four pillars. Three of them were arranged in a triangular shape, with the fourth located in the middle of the other three.
"Is this the place?" Citron asked.
"That's right," Baraz replied.
"Then let's start quickly!" Serena urged anxiously, then she showed a worried expression, "I don't know how Satoshi is doing..."
Citron comforted her, "Don't worry, Satoshi will definitely be fine. Besides, isn't Anjie here too? Mr. Anjie is so amazing, he definitely has a way to deal with Shadow Hoopa."
"That's right, there definitely won't be any problems," Serena said with a forced smile.
"Let's start!" Maya put the shattered Prison Bottle shard on the middle pillar.
Hippopotas nodded and took a step forward.
The three Pokémon stood in front of their respective pillars.
Then, Maya and Baraz stepped forward, extending their hands towards the pillar holding the Prison Bottle shard.
"Ya!"
As the two shouted, a golden light gathered in the hands of the siblings and quickly spread to the Prison Bottle shard.
The light echoed the Arceus Plate pendants on their necks, making it look very mysterious.
"Everyone, hurry!" Baraz shouted.
Hearing this, Citron quickly directed Frogadier, "Frogadier, Water Pulse."
"Kara ~ ~" Frogadier nodded, condensing a ball of water in its hand and throwing it towards the pillar in front of it.
Serena also directed Tailor Fox, "Tailor Fox, Flamethrower!"
"Hena ~" Hearing this, Tailor Fox waved the wooden staff in its hand, sending a pillar of fire towards the pillar in front of it.
Eureka touched Hippopotas's head and said, "Hippopotas, Sand Attack!"
"Popo ~ ~" Hippopotas responded, turning around and kicking its hind legs wildly, splashing a large amount of sand towards the pillar behind it.
The power of fire, water, and earth was gathered together by Baraz and Maya, and the shards of the Prison Bottle gradually condensed together.
At this time, Team Rocket was hiding in the dark watching Citron and the others.
"Are we still going to steal that bottle?" Kojiro asked.
Musashi said, "Steal what? Didn't you see that the thing that came out of the bottle was a monster? Even if we steal the bottle, we can't control it."
"Yeah, yeah! That guy is so scary," Nyarth said with lingering fear.
"So, let those guys quickly seal the monster!" Musashi said.
Without anyone causing trouble, the creation of the Prison Bottle went very smoothly.
As soon as the Prison Bottle was remade, Serena said, "Let's hurry up and send it to Satoshi and the others!"
Baraz nodded, took out a Poké Ball, and released Braviary.
Seeing this, Maya also took out a Poké Ball and released a Togekiss.
"Let's go," Baraz said.
Then, Maya, Serena, and Eureka rode Togekiss together, while Baraz and Citron rode Braviary together. They flew out of the Pillar of Binding together, heading towards the desert.
On Anjie and Satoshi's side, the battle had already entered a feverish stage.
Hoopa Unbound was beaten too badly by Xerneas, so it summoned another helper.
This helper was the Colossal Pokémon Regigigas, a legendary Pokémon that could drag continents.
Constantly summoning Legendary Pokémon was a burden to Hoopa, otherwise, Hoopa Confined would not have only summoned Rayquaza, Latias, and Latios.
Summoning three Legendaries was already its limit.
After summoning Regigigas, Hoopa Unbound also reached its limit.
As soon as Regigigas appeared, it stretched out its huge palm to grab Xerneas.
Its signature move was Crush Grip. If Xerneas was caught by it, it would be terrible.
This was a Legendary Pokémon that could move continents. Imagine being crushed by it with all its strength; it was simply terrifying.
Regigigas's Ability was Slow Start. For the first period of the battle, the damage of its physical moves was halved, and its Speed was halved.
So, Xerneas leaped up, easily dodging Regigigas's attack, and at the same time, it launched Geomancy again while jumping.
With Regigigas delaying Xerneas, Hoopa Unbound unhesitatingly chased after Anjie and Satoshi.
Dark Pulse struck Anjie on Latios's back without warning.
Fortunately, Latios reacted quickly enough, narrowly dodging the attack with a side step.
Seeing its brother being attacked, Latias immediately accelerated and flew to its brother's side, opening its mouth and spitting a Dragon Pulse at Hoopa Unbound.
Hoopa Unbound had just dodged it when Latios's Dragon Pulse arrived.
Boom! ! !
With a loud noise, Hoopa Unbound was knocked away.
Yveltal, on the other hand, was once again caught in a fierce battle with Kyurem because it no longer had Latias and Latios to help.
Anjie noticed the situation on Yveltal's side, and immediately took out a purple orb from his system backpack and threw it towards Yveltal.
Countless Tera Energy poured out from the orb, instantly enveloping Yveltal.
Of course, what Anjie threw out was a Tera Orb.
Since he filled the Tera Orb with energy in Area Zero, he had never used it once. This time, it finally came in handy.
After absorbing the Tera Energy, Yveltal released a jewel-like brilliant light around its body, and its body was covered with faceted crystals.
Yveltal had not changed its Tera Type. Its main type was Dark, and its type after Terastallizing was naturally also Dark.
"Lee ~ ~ ~" Yveltal cried excitedly, using Roar.
Affected by the impact of Roar, White Kyurem's Special Attack began to decrease. It controlled Ice Burn to strike Yveltal, but Yveltal dodged it.
"Lee ~ ~" Yveltal released Roar again.
Under the influence of the bursts of sharp sound waves, White Kyurem showed pain, so it controlled Ice Burn to sweep around.
Crack ~ ~
Countless ice spread across the desert, turning the entire area into a world of ice.
After this great battle, the ice never melted, and later became a summer resort in the desert, and even gradually formed a small town.
And this town also produces Never-Melt Ice.
Not only did Kyurem have a huge impact on this desert, but so did Kyogre.
The ocean it created turned part of the desert into water, thus forming an oasis.
Groudon and Regigigas changed the terrain of part of the desert, forming many cave wonders.
Of course, these are all stories for later.
With the help of Terastallization, Yveltal finally pulled back some of the situation.
Because its Special Attack was continuously reduced by Yveltal, White Kyurem transformed into Black Kyurem, which was better at Physical Attack.
Black Kyurem was intertwined with cold air and lightning, roaring and crashing into Yveltal.
Yveltal was not afraid, launching Sucker Punch and crashing towards Black Kyurem.
Sucker Punch had higher priority than Black Kyurem's Freeze Shock, and Freeze Shock needed to charge, so Sucker Punch took effect first, and Black Kyurem was knocked away.
In the sky, Diancie stood on Salamence's back, looking down at Z2 in her arms and asked:
"Zygarde, are you really not going to take action?"
It knew from Anjie that Zygarde was a Pokémon that protected the order of the Kalos region.
After a long time, Z2 suddenly closed its eyes.
"Oh my dear friend, please lend me a hand!"
This time it summoned not Xerneas and Yveltal, but another Zygarde Core.
Citron, Serena, and Eureka were on their way to the battlefield.
Eureka, who was sitting in front of Serena, suddenly saw something moving in her backpack. She looked down and saw that it was Squishy.
And Squishy was another Zygarde Core, Z1.
Only when the two cores were combined can Zygarde's Complete Form appear.
Seeing Squishy crawl out of the backpack, Eureka asked in confusion, "Squishy, what's wrong with you?"
Squishy did not speak, but jumped all the way to the top of Togekiss's head.
"Oh my dear friend, why do you call me?"
After some communication, the two Zygarde Cores reached a consensus.
Then, in the surprised eyes of Eureka, Serena, and Maya, Squishy turned into a green stream of light and flew towards the sky.
"Squishy, where are you going?" Eureka shouted in panic.
Seeing this, Serena comforted Eureka, "Don't worry, Squishy must have something to do, it should come back after it's done."
At the same time, Z2 in Diancie's arms also turned into a green stream of light and rushed into the sky, just in time to collide with Z1 who was rushing over.
As brilliant green light erupted, countless green cells converged from all over the Kalos region onto Z1 and Z2.
Zygarde transformed into its Complete Forme, hovering high in the sky.
Mega Rayquaza was currently fighting three opponents simultaneously, being besieged by Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina.
Just then, a thick pillar of green light descended from the sky, striking Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina simultaneously, knocking all three dragons to the ground.
Zygarde used its signature move, Core Enforcer. Of the Temporal-Spatial trio, only Dialga had the Steel type, while the other two were weak to Dragon-type moves, so they were hit hard by this attack.
Rayquaza looked up at the sky in surprise, and upon seeing Zygarde, it nodded to it.
Zygarde also nodded in response, then flew towards other battlefields to provide support.
The Temporal-Spatial trio had just painfully risen from the ground when Rayquaza roared and unleashed its ultimate move, Draco Meteor.
Instantly, countless meteors rained down from the sky, striking the Temporal-Spatial trio who had just taken flight, causing them to cry out and crash back to the ground.
Lugia was fighting Kyogre on equal footing.
Although Kyogre had undergone Primal Reversion and was powerful, Lugia was durable and possessed recovery moves like Recover, making it impossible for Kyogre to defeat it for the time being.
Volcanion, on the other hand, was in a much worse situation. It was no match for Groudon and was being relentlessly beaten, already covered in wounds.
Fortunately, it had its system backpack, which contained many special effect desserts made for it by Magearna. When injured, it would eat one to restore its stamina; when mentally exhausted, it would eat one to restore its spirit.
Because of this, it had been able to hold out against Groudon for so long.
Groudon launched Precipice Blades at Volcanion, and Volcanion used Steam Eruption to counter.
Unfortunately, although Volcanion shattered some of Groudon's Lava Plume, it was ultimately outmatched. Steam Eruption was defeated, and the remaining Lava Plume slammed into it.
Seeing that it couldn't dodge, Volcanion prepared to take the hit, thinking it would just find a chance to eat more of Magearna's desserts to recover later.
Just then, a figure descended from the sky and transformed into a ball of green light, crashing into Groudon, sending it flying.
The newcomer was naturally Zygarde, using the move Thousand Wave.
After attacking Groudon, it stabilized itself in mid-air and aimed at Kyogre not far away, unleashing Thousand Arrows.
Instantly, countless green arrows transformed into streaks of light, shooting towards Kyogre.
Kyogre was caught off guard and hit, screaming as it crashed to the ground.
Zygarde's Thousand Arrows was especially effective against flying Pokémon! (Thousand Arrows: A Ground-type move that can hit Pokémon not on the ground and knock them down.)
Groudon and Kyogre! These two were the biggest influences on the Kalos region's ecology! So Zygarde was going all out against them.
With Groudon and Kyogre knocked down, Volcanion and Lugia naturally wouldn't miss such a great opportunity.
"Roar~~~" Lugia roared and unleashed its signature move, Aeroblast. Countless crescent-shaped cyclones slashed at Kyogre, sending it tumbling across the desert.
Every place it rolled over was transformed into a vast ocean.
"Roar~~~" Lugia flew over the ocean, carrying a large amount of water vapor, which, accompanied by the monsoon, blew towards the entire desert region.
All the Pokémon living in the desert felt the cool breeze at that moment.
Volcanion, on the other hand, used Water Cannon to blast Groudon away.
The place where Groudon fell instantly turned into a sea of lava.
After Primal Reversion, Groudon gained the Fire type, and its double weakness to Water became a quadruple weakness, so it was seriously injured at this time.
Originally, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre's abilities, Desolate Land and Primordial Sea, would have made them immune to Water-type and Fire-type attacks.
Unfortunately, the weather was covered by Mega Rayquaza's Delta Stream, turning it into strong winds, so their abilities naturally wouldn't work.
The battle between Xerneas and Regigigas was also very intense.
At this time, Regigigas' Slow Start ability had passed, and it launched a powerful attack on Xerneas, each strike leaving a huge crater in the desert.
These craters turned into lakes when Kyogre passed by, and soon formed oases.
And Xerneas, after multiple Geomancy enhancements, had its speed raised to the extreme, helping it easily dodge Regigigas' attacks.
Its whole body was overflowing with life energy, and the power of life and the water vapor brought by Kyogre, and the monsoon brought by Lugia, had a chemical reaction.
Therefore, wherever Xerneas passed, trees grew, grass was lush, and flowers bloomed… like a paradise on earth.
Unfortunately, such beautiful scenery would be destroyed by Regigigas' punch in an instant.
But so what? Life had already been born in this barren land and would soon multiply rapidly.
When Baraz and Citron arrived, they saw such a chaotic scene.
They were dumbfounded.
What on earth had happened to turn things into this?
"Brother! Quick, quickly put Shadow Hoopa into the Prison Bottle!" Seeing her brother in a daze, Mary quickly reminded him.
"Oh oh~~" Reacting, Baraz quickly took out the Prison Bottle and opened the lid.
Hoopa Unbound, who was chasing after Angie and Shadow Hoopa, was instantly unable to move. Then, it discovered in horror that Baraz was pointing the Prison Bottle at it.
"How can this be?" Hoopa Unbound roared, "It should have been destroyed! Hoopa doesn't want to be sealed!"
Amidst unwilling roars, Hoopa Unbound was absorbed into the Prison Bottle.
Baraz quickly closed the lid, and to prevent himself from being controlled again, he quickly placed the Prison Bottle into a special device prepared by Citron.
This device could isolate human contact with the Prison Bottle, so Hoopa Unbound would naturally be unable to control others.
The moment Hoopa Unbound disappeared, all the Legendary Pokémon in the chaotic battle immediately stopped moving.
They had been helping Hoopa Unbound because they were being controlled by its rings. Now that the rings' effects had disappeared, everyone was just left with confusion.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon reverted from their Primal Reversion states.
Mega Evolved Rayquaza also reverted from its Mega Evolution state.
Latias and Latios placed Ash and Angie on the ground, also reverted from their Mega Evolution forms, and flew back into the sky.
The cells on Zygarde's body transformed into green streams of light and returned to various parts of Kalos, continuing to serve their duty of monitoring Kalos.
After the 100% Forme was cancelled, the two cores, Z1 and Z2, fell from the sky.
Bonnie's eyes lit up when she saw Z1.
"Squishy!"
Seeing this, Togekiss quickly carried her over to catch Z1.
At the same time, Salamence quickly swept through the air, and Z2 fell into Diancie's arms.
At this time, Diancie had also cancelled its Mega Evolution form.
"Screech~~~" Yveltal flapped its wings and quickly landed beside Angie.
Angie patted its wings and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Then Xerneas also slowly walked to his side.
Angie also touched Xerneas, "Xerneas too."
Hoopa, who was in Angie's arms, happily thanked Xerneas and Yveltal.
"Thank you so much, otherwise Hoopa would have been eaten!"
The many Legendary Pokémon looked at each other, unsure of what to do for a moment.
"Dong~~"
Suddenly, at this moment, a bell rang, and rays of golden light shone down from the clouds. Then, to everyone's surprise, the Creation Pokémon Arceus appeared.
"Arceus!" Ash and Angie exclaimed at the same time.
Arceus looked down at the many Legendary Pokémon below, and then the Pokémon seemed to understand something, leaving one after another.
The Temporal-Spatial trio each burrowed into their own dimensions and disappeared.
Kyurem transformed into White Kyurem and disappeared into the clouds, one after the other with Lugia.
"Roar~~~" Rayquaza neighed and plunged into the thick clouds, followed closely by Latias and Latios.
"Woo~~~" Kyogre wiggled its fins, steered the water current, flew into the sky, and flew towards the direction of Hoenn.
Groudon slowly disappeared into the depths of the desert.
Regigigas followed closely behind.
At this time, Volcanion and Diancie returned to Angie's side one after another. Angie looked at the departing backs of the legends and said:
"It's finally over!"
After the legends left, Arceus also plunged into the clouds and disappeared.
