“Let’s begin, Yveltal.”
Yveltal nodded, and the Mega Evolution ite on its neck emitted a Mega Evolution light, connecting with the light from Gui Ling’s Key Stone on his wrist.
“May the Death God bless its body and bestow upon it ‘Annihilation’ to destroy everything!”
Once the Mega Evolution light dissipated, Mega Yveltal flew into the sky and roared. As its Y-shaped wings glowed red, Death Wing swept forward, turning everything in its path into lifeless stone.
Birds in the jungle began to fly into the sky, and many Pokémon started to scatter and flee. However, some bolder ones launched attacks towards Yveltal, only to be directly turned into stone statues by the red light.
The forest's crisis grew, and Pokémon began to flee the forest. Some even charged directly into towns, causing disturbances.
People tried to block the Pokémon’s path, but it was futile. The Pokémon, facing death, disregarded everything else; Yveltal's oppressive presence was too overwhelming.
“What exactly is going on?!”
People looked towards the forest in astonishment. At the same time, Yveltal roared, and the crimson light from its wings spread like a natural disaster, with petrification rapidly expanding outwards from Yveltal.
Everything in its path—trees, land, animals, Pokémon—turned to stone, leaving nothing spared.
Meanwhile, beneath Yveltal, Gui Ling slowly put on a skull mask. He recalled Gardevoir to its Poké Ball, with his remaining Pokémon following behind him.
“Let’s begin. Before Xerneas arrives, I expect there will be a few ‘guests.’”
“………… (Then?)”
“Listen to my command. When Xerneas comes, you can fight with confidence. You have Mega Evolution, and the prophecy said you would defeat Xerneas.”
“………… (What about you guys?)”
“Don’t worry, we are also very strong.”
“Gengar Gengar!”
“koo-gah?”
“Sound Wave?”
“Injured? There's no turning back, so who cares?!”
“Clang clang clang clang!”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’ll try not to participate in the battle. You all be careful.”
Just then, several light dots reflected in Yveltal’s purple eyes, indicating that life forms were appearing ahead and rapidly approaching.
“………… (Humans, someone is coming.)”
“Listen to my command when the time comes. Is everyone ready?”
………………
“This is it! The petrification zone is right here!”
Everyone arrived at the petrified jungle and were astonished to see Yveltal flying in the sky.
“This is… Yveltal?!”
“Why is the Death God here?!”
Yveltal also flew over at this moment, its intense oppressive presence making it almost impossible for everyone to breathe.
“Let’s fight it! Blastoise, Hydro Pump!”
“Delphox! Blazing Explosion!”
“Manectric! 100,000 Volts!”
“Flamethrower!”
Just then, two Water Shuriken and a Boomburst blocked all the attacks. From within the forest, Noivern and Greninja flew out.
“What’s going on?”
At the same time, a Blaziken and a person dressed in a Blaziken-like outfit quickly rushed over, but were stopped by a Shadow Sneak and Will-O-Wisp.
“Gengar Gengar.”
“Clang clang…”
“Blaze?”
“Why are they blocking us? Never mind, let’s clear a path first! Flamethrower!”
Simultaneously, Noivern used Acrobatics to directly knock Delphox away, and Greninja also swung a Quick Attack to block Manectric and Blastoise.
“Shadow Sneak.”
Purple energy began to gather in Yveltal's mouth. The next second, a giant Shadow Sneak was launched. While dodging, the two also used Dragon Pulse and Dark Pulse, directly blasting the Pokémon away.
But soon, more Trainers arrived, immediately blocking in front of the injured Pokémon.
“This… what exactly is going on?”
“I think I just heard someone… commanding Yveltal?”
“It must be auditory hallucination, right? We should go to bed earlier if we’re pulling all-nighters playing games. Don’t stay up so late.”
“Are you stupid? You heard it, and you call that auditory hallucination?”
“You can’t possibly tell me that Yveltal can understand human speech, can you?”
But just then, Gui Ling slowly walked out of the forest, holding a tang katana. Noivern and Greninja immediately retreated to Gui Ling's side. Yveltal flew over his head, continuing its rampage.
“You…”
On the other side, Blaziken and Blaziken Mask were sent flying. Gengar and Banette also emerged from the dark forest.
The situation was now a semi-encirclement, but among them, there were some who recognized Gui Ling…
“Gui Ling! What are you doing?! Why are you letting Yveltal cause such destruction? This is the Pokémon’s home!”
Korrina and Lucario watched Yveltal wreaking havoc in the sky with cold sweat, then looked at the expressionless Gui Ling and the somewhat abnormal expressions of Gengar and his companions.
“You haven’t been possessed, have you?”
“Every single day, I’m unlucky enough, can you stop cursing me?”
“Oh, it’s fine, not possessed. It’s still the same Gui Ling as before.”
“???”
“Only you would admit to being unlucky, hahahaha!”
“Damn it… Do you feel uncomfortable if you don’t mock me every time we meet?”
“Hehe~”
“Hehe my foot! Hurry and get out of here!”
Gui Ling’s expression also turned serious. He pointed the tang katana at everyone in front of him.
“Trainers, Jenny, and… Blaziken Mask? Leave now, no one will get hurt. Otherwise… you will all die!”
“Hmm, chuunibyou, you really aren’t possessed, are you?”
“Can you… let me be cool for a bit?”
“No! Make Yveltal stop immediately!”
Korrina also became serious, but she knew she couldn't persuade Gui Ling. She knew that once Gui Ling made up his mind to do something, no one could stop him.
“Sorry, we need to draw out the legendary Pokémon, Xerneas.”
“Xerneas?!”
Everyone was very surprised to hear this answer, but looking at Yveltal soaring in the sky, they also realized that this possibility was indeed very high.
“But… you’re destroying this forest!”
“Yveltal and I will restore it later, so please don’t stop us, or you will bear the consequences.”
“Even so, it is our duty as police officers! We will never let you destroy the forest!”
Hearing Jenny say this, the Trainers eagerly pulled out their Pokémon.
“Hmph, how can ants shake a great tree? It seems before Xerneas arrives, I still have to defeat you all.”
Gui Ling touched the Key Stone on his wrist. Greninja, Gengar, and Banette simultaneously began their Mega Evolution.
“May the Ghost of the End bless its body, bestowing upon it ‘Resolve’ to surpass everything!”
“May the Spirit of Resentment bless its body, bestowing upon it ‘Uproar’ to incinerate everything!”
“May the Ninja’s Blade bless its body, bestowing upon it ‘Scabbard’ to protect everything!”
The Trainers also began to counterattack, but all incoming attacks were blocked by Yveltal’s Hyper Beam. The Hyper Beam didn't stop there, directly severely injuring a large portion of the Pokémon.
“It’s no good! Yveltal is too powerful!”
Even being affected by the residual waves, Lucario suffered significant injuries. Korrina then clearly saw the disparity in strength.
“Greninja Quick Attack, Banette Will-O-Wisp, Gengar Hyper Beam, Noivern Acrobatics.”
“Flamethrower!”
Mega Blaziken used Flamethrower to block the attacks, while Mega Greninja directly leaped up and wrestled with Mega Blaziken. Due to type advantage, Mega Blaziken couldn't gain any advantage and was constantly suppressed.
“Blazing Explosion!”
“Slam Water Shuriken on the ground! Quick Attack!”
“Blaze Kick!”
Gengar was battling Delphox and Blastoise. Due to Mega Evolution and being a Ghost-type, the two couldn't even hit Gengar.
Banette, here, was fighting ten at once, looking at the surrounding Pokémon with disdain. The effect of its Fiery Body directly turned the surroundings into ash, and the Will-O-Wisp burned more and more fiercely.
Noivern was fending off Manectric, gradually gaining the upper hand with its flying advantage.
Just as Gui Ling was about to give a command, a Garchomp suddenly flew over and slashed down. Gui Ling immediately retreated. When he saw Garchomp, the corner of his mouth twitched, and his stomach vaguely ached…
“But you seem to be Professor Platane's Garchomp, right?”
“Chomp chomp!”
“Then why are you still cutting me?”
“Chomp chomp.”
“Speechless. I don’t have any Pokémon left. If you want to fight, fight me.”
“Chomp chomp?”
“Now! Growth, roar~”
While Garchomp was bewildered, Gui Ling instantly retreated backward, and at the same time, Yveltal in the sky directly launched a Shadow Sneak.
Garchomp: Wang Changling’s horse!
Garchomp used Protect, but its defense was instantly broken. At the same time, Gui Ling also swung his tang katana and slashed.
“You’ll have to exchange a few blows with me first!”
What should Garchomp do? Professor Platane had told it to stop Gui Ling, but it didn't want to harm any Trainer, so it could only passively defend continuously.
After Yveltal expanded the scope of destruction, it immediately flew over here, but was attracted by the central ring of fire.
Everyone also stopped their attacks and looked towards the center.
Dozens of Pokémon were surrounded by Will-O-Wisp. As the Will-O-Wisp spread wildly, a raging inferno ignited. Banette’s eyes turned white and it began to uncontrollably command the Will-O-Wisp to sweep towards the Pokémon.
“This is… Banette is out of control?!”
The Pokémon resisted fiercely, but their attacks were completely burned away by the Will-O-Wisp. Then, Banette pointed slightly forward, and the Will-O-Wisp shot out like an energy beam, directly severely injuring all the Pokémon within the Will-O-Wisp.
Just as Banette was gathering Will-O-Wisp again to deliver a fatal blow, Yveltal flew over and exchanged glances with Gui Ling, then nodded.
“Shadow Sneak!”
With an explosion, Yveltal’s Shadow Sneak knocked Banette unconscious with a single blow. Gui Ling, with a complicated look, recalled Banette to its Poké Ball.
“Sorry, Banette, you should rest well first.”
However, this also surprised Gui Ling. Logically, Banette should not lose control after Mega Evolving.
“Is this due to Mega Evolution, or Dark Aura?”
Everyone also recalled the Pokémon in the fire to their Poké Balls, looking at Gui Ling with a few more questions.
“Nothing. This is my dereliction of duty. So now…”
Then Yveltal flew above Gui Ling’s head, its purple eyes looking down disdainfully at all the Pokémon present.
“Round two, begin!”
With a command, Yveltal's mouth gathered purple light. Everyone saw the situation was not right and immediately wanted to escape, but Hyper Beam was faster, chasing and hitting everyone. In a short while, all of them lost their combat capability.
Garchomp, standing by, didn't know what to do. He wanted to fight but couldn't win, and not fighting felt wrong. The key was that Yveltal had directly bypassed him, and attacking seemed impolite.
"Garchomp?"
"It's fine, Garchomp, just stand there."
Professor Platane frowned as he looked at the surveillance footage brought by Garchomp. He hadn't expected Gui Ling's method to be like this.
"This kid! He's absolutely reckless!"
What shocked Professor Platane even more was this large-scale biological extinction. In this situation, Gui Ling was definitely not going to escape responsibility; he would go to jail! He was practically forcing himself onto a path of no return!
"Shadow Sneak."
Yveltal's Shadow Sneak struck again. Just as everyone closed their eyes in fear, a beam of light directly blocked the Shadow Sneak.
Everyone looked in the direction of the light beam, only to see a divine deer with antlers shimmering like rainbow colors on its forehead, standing quietly and looking at Yveltal.
"You finally came, Xerneas."
At this moment, Xerneas immediately released its Fairy Aura, colliding with Yveltal's Dark Aura. Under normal circumstances, the two would definitely be evenly matched, but now that Yveltal had undergone Mega Evolution, the Fairy Aura was directly defeated.
"This power of yours... Mega Evolution?"
Xerneas spoke directly, in a tone of disbelief.
"Hmph, after fighting for so long, isn't it time we decided a winner?"
This time, the two legendary Pokémon's telepathy spread directly into everyone's ears, and everyone listened to the conversation between the two legendary Pokémon with great surprise.
"Stop this. If you keep causing trouble like this, Zygarde might get angry."
Upon hearing this, Yveltal was stunned for a moment, then its purple eyes flashed with fierce light. This terrifying aura also made Xerneas freeze.
"Zygarde? Even if I can't defeat it, I can still reduce it to cells if I fight with my life on the line!"
"Are you gambling with your life?"
"Yes!"
Xerneas was bewildered. She subconsciously thought that the few humans in front of her had disturbed Yveltal's slumber. Although Yveltal had a terrible temper when waking up, whenever she brought up Zygarde, Yveltal would usually show some respect, but this time, the situation completely exceeded her expectations.
"You... Although I don't know why you're so enraged, I will definitely stop you! If you don't want things to escalate and draw out Zygarde, it's best to stop!"
But no sooner had Xerneas finished speaking than Yveltal directly launched a Hyper Beam, showing no mercy.
Xerneas also wasted no words, and powerful energy simultaneously gathered on her antlers. A white and a black beam of light collided, causing a violent explosion.
"Next is a divine battle. To be honest, in this situation, it seems I can't do much..."
Gui Ling chuckled awkwardly from the side, and everyone else also tacitly stopped moving, instead quietly watching this divine battle together.
After three rounds, Xerneas was shocked by Yveltal's current abilities. The Mega Evolved Yveltal was much stronger than before, and its speed of devouring life was much faster than her speed of replenishing life.
If Yveltal were to truly fight Zygarde now, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.
Xerneas knew she couldn't delay any longer. She stomped her two forelegs fiercely on the ground, and white energy beams erupted from the surrounding earth, centered on her. Powerful beams, like a Gatling gun, fired towards Yveltal in the sky.
"Earth Control? Is Xerneas using her ultimate move? Yveltal, Death Wing!"
Gui Ling immediately gave the command. Yveltal's wings turned crimson, and its dual wings violently tore open the Dark Aura in front. Simultaneously, the Dark Aura's energy unleashed a powerful suction, as if to draw all surrounding life towards it.
In an instant, Death Wing was also launched, colliding with Xerneas's Earth Control. The shockwave generated by the collision of the two energies directly collapsed the trees in this forest, and everyone was also sent flying by the shockwave.
After a standoff between the two lights, a violent explosion then rang out. When the smoke and dust cleared, most of the surrounding Trainers had sustained some minor injuries, but thankfully nothing serious.
"Gengar?"
Gengar and the others shakily stood up, but they couldn't find Gui Ling's figure and were searching everywhere.
"Down there..."
"Gengar? Gengar!"
Gengar was seen sitting on a despondent Gui Ling. Gui Ling exerted himself to pull his head out of the ground, and laboriously patted the dust off his head.
"Get off me quickly!"
"koo-gah-gah~"
"Still laughing? Help me up! Quick!"
Gui Ling didn't have time to think. After steadying himself, he immediately ran towards the forest, and Gengar and the others also quickly followed.
At the center of the battlefield, Xerneas was panting heavily. Her surroundings were all petrified, with only a small patch of grass beneath her feet remaining unpetrified.
She had used all her strength to resist that last attack, but not only did she fail to withstand the impact from Death Wing, she also couldn't resist the life-draining effect of Death Wing.
But she was the life god, so resisting the petrification effect for a while was not an issue.
Just then, a young boy ran out from inside the forest, carrying a Gardevoir in his arms.
Yveltal slowly flew over. Under Xerneas's shocked gaze, Yveltal obediently followed behind the young boy.
It wasn't until the young boy walked up to her that she finally got a clear look at the human in front of her...
"Xerneas, I want to make a deal with you..."
"What?"
"Save her! Please save her!"
Xerneas looked at the Gardevoir in Gui Ling's arms and could feel Gardevoir's life force rapidly draining away.
This scene perfectly unfolded in Ge Ji Hua's prophecy. Xerneas thought for a moment and finally understood what was happening.
"Answer my question first: Did you try every means to lure me out with Yveltal because of this matter?"
"Yes..."
"Although I don't know how you got Yveltal to listen to you, it's because of this! You almost destroyed this forest! You humans..."
But just then, Yveltal spat out a purple orb of light, which landed on a nearby petrified tree. In an instant, the petrified tree returned to its original state, and green leaves slowly grew on its branches.
"This..."
"I can restore this place. Listen to my Trainer first!"
Xerneas's mind was a bit muddled now. The words "Trainer" struck her like lightning. The once bloodthirsty Yveltal had a Trainer? She must still be dreaming, right?
"You are Yveltal's Trainer?"
"Yes!"
"... ... ... ... ... ..."
Yveltal also lowered its head at the same time and spoke in a pleading tone.
"Please help, Xerneas."
Xerneas stood still and thought for a while. At the same time, Yveltal returned the energy it had just absorbed from Xerneas's life force.
Seeing that Yveltal had already conceded, Xerneas had no reason to refuse again. She generously released her Fairy Aura to envelop Gardevoir.
At the same time, Banette was also summoned. Originally exhausted, he instantly recovered upon feeling the life force.
Yveltal also simultaneously transferred the life force it had absorbed in this forest to Xerneas. The Dark Aura and Fairy Aura, two inherently opposing auras, actually merged this time, beginning to replenish life force in the surroundings.
In a short while, this petrified forest regained its former vitality, and the petrified Pokémon also revived.
After nearly two hours of replenishment, the two legendary Pokémon simultaneously dispelled their auras and looked together at the Gardevoir in Gui Ling's arms.
"Gar... de..."
"Gardevoir! You're awake?!"
Gardevoir slowly opened its eyes. Everyone who saw this scene excitedly embraced each other, and Yveltal also canceled its Mega Evolution and joined the group hug.
Xerneas was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected Yveltal to become like this, but for her, it was indeed a good thing.
At least with human control, he wouldn't cause widespread destruction like before.
"Well, since everything is fine, I will leave now."
"Thank you! Thank you, Xerneas!"
Xerneas nodded, then leaped towards the depths of the forest, instantly disappearing into it.
"It's finally over!"
Just then, Professor Platane, Korrina, Jenny, and the Trainers all ran over. Seeing the forest restored to life and Gui Ling and the others, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
"This... the forest has recovered, so it seems he can't be charged after all..."
Jenny, riding her motorcycle, scratched her head somewhat awkwardly. Seeing that the matter was resolved, Professor Platane and Korrina both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah~ People are here?"
Gui Ling smiled when he noticed the situation. He immediately jumped onto Yveltal's back. As Yveltal flapped its wings, the farce finally came to an end.
"Sorry, everyone, I won't be doing any interviews for now."
"Wait! Gui Ling, don't leave yet!"
"We're so tired, let's just go home and sleep!"
But just then, Korrina shook her phone, looking at Gui Ling with a mischievous smile.
The photo on the phone was exactly him with his head stuck in the ground from the shockwave. Seeing this photo, Gui Ling's face turned green.
"Delete that for me!!!"
"No~"
"Yveltal! Grab her for me!"
Yveltal swooped down, extending its eagle talons. Korrina saw the situation and immediately deleted the photo.
"Deleted, deleted! Wait a moment!"
But thankfully, Yveltal was only feinting, soaring past Korrina and flying straight into the sky.
"Bye-bye for now."
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