Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 261 Meteor Shower Ray!

Blue crystal is the crystallization of the soul of one of the three princes of Almia. It is an incredible mythical mineral. Even a fragment of the blue crystal itself can burst forth with unprecedented brilliance when amplified by the power of the mind.

The Vulcan moth, controlled by the ancient mind, flapped its wings, scattering endless sparks and scales in all directions. The Plasma Team grunts who had entered with Yoggs were terrified at the sight. They hid behind pillars, and some even ran away.

Dance of Fire! Envelops the user in flames and attacks with flapping wings. Sometimes this raises the user's Special Attack!
The Volcarona leaped in an ancient dance of the sun, unleashing immense power and unleashing endless flames within its spirit! The Aegislash, undeterred, raised its massive shield, maintaining its regal stance, and used its golden shield to directly deflect the flames!

Double-edged hammer! The King's Shield transformed into a rock-like texture, charging towards the Volcano with an unstoppable, oppressive force!
call--

Volcarona flew straight into the sky, and Aegislash's "Giant Shield Assault" missed it, instead knocking Yoggs behind it away.

However, the old sage, controlled by the ancient spirit, had already lost consciousness. The ancient spirit controlling that body felt no fear or pain. Faced with such an overwhelming ancient spirit, even the knowledge of the two heroes was ineffective.

call--

It was the sound of light bullets tearing through the sky again. Riolu's Aura Missile, Miss Skirt's Solar Blade, and Torterra's Seed Gun attacked Volcarona from three directions at the same time!
Lightmoss also took out a magic branch.

The power of the cornflower forest! Shoot down the fire moths flying in the sky!

"Don't let those attacks get close! Hold the line!"

Joggs waved his hand, and the light emanating from his eyes made Lightmoss think that after this battle, the old sage's eyes would probably be blind. Meanwhile, a powerful pale green light shield appeared in front of Volcano Moth, and the size of the light shield was extraordinary!
The four attacks hit the light shield without even causing a ripple; the ancient spirit greatly enhanced the power of the Fire Moth!

The power of the Cornflower Forest?
The power of an ancient forest is indeed great, but when faced with the power of a civilization that can change the world, the power of a forest is nothing more than a drop in the ocean!

Standing before you now is a Pokémon that has protected the entire civilization and is worshipped as the embodiment of the sun!

Given the current momentum of the Vulcan Moth, the Earth Cloud at the waist of the Light Moss made its assessment.

Hmm, even if it were to go into battle, it would probably get slapped twice; that ancient spiritual power is far too strong!

Volcarona's eyes shone with an eerie light, and a large amount of unseen, invisible power bombarded all the Pokémon in the Lightmoss, including their trainers!

"The insect's resistance!"

Bug-type Pokémon unleash an unseen shockwave, both resisting and attacking the opponent. This lowers the opponent's Special Attack!
The continuous barrage of Bug Resistance attacks attempted to weaken the Lightmoss Pokémon's special abilities to a minimum, however...!

The knowledge from the two heroes was activated at this moment!
It provides temporary immunity to negative states, although the negative states themselves still take effect, and it is difficult to fall into abnormal states!

Although the ability has decreased, it has become immune to the actual effects of the decrease, so whether the ability has actually decreased or not is irrelevant!

The earth-platform tortoise seized the opportunity and roared, causing the large tree on its back to shake and a huge sandstorm to rise from the ground!

Quicksand Hell!

The intense sandstorm tried to pull the Volcano Moth down from mid-air, but something illegitimate happened immediately. The Volcano Moth flapped its wings violently, and the quicksand hell that had trapped it began to burn fiercely, turning into a fiery tornado!
Quicksand Hell → Flame Vortex!
The raging, scorching vortex was used by the Volcano Moth and pushed back in the opposite direction!
And the ancient sages uttered a terrifying whisper:

"Are we really so naive to think we have no way to deal with quicksand and sandstorms!"

The turtle was taken aback, not expecting such a thing to exist. It quickly made a mental note of it and planned to use it in a future battle. However, for now, because the Volcarona made the light here more intense, light-type moves did not need to be charged up!

Sunbeam!
Intense sunlight and flames erupted from the large tree on the back of the Earth-Turtle, impacting the vortex of fire and hindering the advance of the terrifying fire tornado. At the same time, the Aegislash's beam cannon also reached out and shattered the vortex of fire!

However, the intense heat from the explosion had already caused the sand here to crystallize. In the instant the flame vortex burst open, Vulcan flapped his wings and unleashed a massive hot wind that swept across the entire underground city!
Hot winds blow intense heat at the opponent, sometimes causing burns!
It's not over yet; following the hot air is—

storm!

Attack by sweeping your opponent with a strong wind. Sometimes this will confuse them!
Although the hit rate of the storm will decrease on sunny days, as long as the range of the storm is expanded to cover the entire room, it will never miss!
Everything in this room was enhanced under the protection of the ancient spirit. The sturdy ancient pillars stood tall, the vibrant pottery emitted a bright light, and the murals behind them seemed to come alive, twisting and trembling. The two storms overlapped and combined, giving birth to unimaginable moves!

Firestorm!

The Shielded Sword Monster continued to act as a defender, its King's Shield opening wide, the golden giant shield absorbing all the attacks and impacts coming from the front!
However, Lightmoss noticed that the mental energy here was gradually becoming more concentrated, and the controlled Yoggs on the other side no longer spoke. Its eyes still burned with an unyielding holy light, but the powerful mental energy connected its mind with that of Volcano!
Just as you connect with the Pokémon through your heart, the ancient spirit on the other side is manipulating Volcarona in the same way! Silence eliminates reaction time, and the Pokémon can observe the surrounding movements from the trainer's perspective. Your power is rising, and you will become more agile!
Joggs simply waved the glowing disc in his hand.

Incredibly powerful superpowers surged from Volcano's body.

Meditation helps to calm the mind and improve one's special attack and special defense.

Normally, meditation only raises Special Attack and Special Defense by one level, but with the boost from Ancient Spirit, Volcarona's Special Attack reached its maximum after just one meditation, and it experienced six consecutive stat boosts!

"Oh no, Lord Joggs has gone mad!"

Among the Plasma Squad's grunts, those who remained conscious amidst such a powerful attack stared in terror at Yoggs, who had become a completely different person, their hearts filled with fear and regret. The Volcano's power was so immense; it was utterly beyond their control!

If we want to actually capture them, at least all seven sages should be present!
Similarly, the fact that the Lightmoss could fight against the abnormal Joggs at this moment also terrified these Team Plasma grunts. Although they didn't know who the person in front of them was, the fact that he could fight against such a powerful Pokémon was simply inhuman!

If you were to release the Pokémon of someone like that, you'd probably get killed—that's the thought that came to them all at once.

Lightmoss had no time to pay attention to the Plasma Cluster minions. At that moment, behind the berserk Volcano, near the distant mural, Lightmoss saw a furtive head peeking out.

Ah, it's a firefly!

If the burning worms are alright, then let's move on to the next battle!
"Ur!"

The fire moth emitted a terrifying screech, and all six of its wings simultaneously blazed with intense heat.

Flamethrower x6!

Then, a dazzling and blazing holy fire condensed on the chest of the main body!

Big characters explode!

The attacks, unleashed from seven directions, left no blind spots! The ancient spirits were excited, roaring, howling, and furious! They wanted to use this powerful firepower and the scorching sunlight to destroy all the unwelcome creatures who entered the ancient city!
That magnificent figure, scattering fiery scales as it flew about, was fearfully called the wrath of the sun by the ancients!

Miss Skirt tried to use Rain Dance, but the move failed. The intense heat created an environment similar to direct sunlight, causing the water-attribute move to fail immediately!

Aegislash continued to hold up its King's Shield, and at that moment, Riolu seemed to have realized something!
Its star waveguide is rapidly increasing its power!
If the opponent has an ability to enhance their abilities, it will deal 50% more damage, which is 1.5 times the increase! Furthermore, it will strengthen specific Auras under different environments, which is what Riolu sensed during its battle with Landorus, and what it is feeling now.
With the shield of the king blocking its way, Riolu began to gather its power, and orange-yellow light gathered in its hands before bursting forward!

Earth Tremor! Attack using the power of the terrain. The move's attribute and power will vary depending on the terrain conditions at the time of its execution! Although named Earth Tremor, it is actually a Normal-attribute move.

The orange-yellow light struck the Volcano, but it didn't have much effect. Its flames only paused for a moment before it unleashed countless sparks and scales in mid-air with an even more furious display!

This time, the flames that erupted from the six wings were even more intense!

"Woof!" The blue-haired puppy looked at the flying Volcarona with resentment. It didn't expect that the new move it had just learned would be useless. Lightmoss was a little surprised. Earth Pulse should be a move that only Lucario could learn. Did it learn it ahead of time?

The Shielded Swordsman removed its shield, swung its ribbon arm, and slammed it forward!
Rockfall! Creates countless boulders out of thin air to attack the opponent! If this strike hits...!

But the ancient spirits had already foreseen this situation. The extremely high temperature turned all the rushing rocks into scalding liquid. The 1500-degree Celsius temperature, which instantly burned and melted the rocks, caused all the flying stones to melt away, leaving only shiny crystals.

The Aegislash took flight!
Blessed by Arceus, it possesses a steel body that is not afraid of fire. At this moment, the sword blade shines brightly, and the ghostly holy sword cuts straight out with sharpness!
Holy Sword - Consecutive Slashes!

However, Volcarona flapped its wings, and a storm carrying a strange power directly stopped Aegislash in mid-air, then turned into a red light and was blasted back into its Poké Ball!
Blow it away!

Blows away the opponent, forcing a backup Pokémon to enter the battle. If the opponent is a wild Pokémon, the battle ends immediately!
Aegislash was blown back into its Poké Ball and lost its ability to temporarily switch sides. After the Ancient Spirit dealt with Aegislash, a monster that was good at both offense and defense, it immediately seized the opportunity!
Hot winds and raging storms swept in again like a swirling vortex, turning into a firestorm!
However, what replaced the Aegislash was—

The dazzling light transformed into a shield, blocking the firestorm unleashed by Volcarona. Superpowers from the universe, completely different from the ancient spirit, manifested at this moment. To Lightmoss's surprise, although Deoxys had entered the arena, it still had a Poké Ball on its chest.

Wait, is that a land cloud?!
"La dong!"

Landorus is very curious about Deoxys, a Pokémon born from a meteorite. Just as a planet has a surface, a large meteorite still has cosmic soil on it, only that the soil is not rich in nutrients.

During their exchange, Deoxys vaguely sensed that his core was becoming very active, gradually radiating powerful ripples of energy. Under the influence of the Earth Cloud, it seemed that a power was about to erupt.

The power from the universe combines with the power from the earth!

Therefore, Landorus agreed to help Deoxys unleash that powerful force! It also wanted to see what kind of abilities a Pokémon from outer space could possess!
Ground? Rock? Steel?

Which one is it? Let's try it now!

Hey bro, let's put on a show of combining our powers!

The Earth Cloud unleashed the divine power of the earth, activating Deoxys's crystal core. In an instant, the Radiant Warrior was enveloped in a powerful light and connected to the cosmos through the small tree on the Earth Cloud's back!

Through telepathy, Lightmoss commanded Miss Skirt to use the power of dreams to enhance the abilities of Earth-Turtle, while Earth-Turtle channeled all the stellar power it received from outside the ancient city into Deoxys.

"What is that? It's none of the Dance of Fire!"

The ancient spirits possessing Yorgos cannot see the Pokémon in the bright light!
Heeding the command of the ancient spirits, the Volcano once again leaped into the fire dance that represents the sun!
The fierce flames spread throughout the entire spirit realm once again, and the powerful ancient spirit transformed into a tsunami, attempting to extinguish the cosmic spirit before them immediately!

At this moment, Riolu's aura came into play. The power from the cosmos made Riolu suddenly sense something: the earth's aura generated earth vibrations, and the power from the universe was...
meteor!

"Aww!"

Riolu's star waveguide has linked with the universe!

Deoxys did the same. It looked at the light moss and then at the blue-haired puppy. Telepathy allowed them to communicate without speaking and know what to do next!
Well then, I'll leave it to you, Riolu!

A powerful blue-purple starlight burst forth from the blue puppy's paws!
The meteor represents the dragon element!
Riolu has mastered the "Dragon Pulse" on its own!

Two beams of cosmic light of different colors surged from its claws, then these beams combined into a huge multicolored dragon-shaped energy, which bit down on its opponent with its jaws, causing a massive explosion!
In Pokémon, there is a move called Nature Force, which uses the power of nature to fight. The move will change depending on the environment in which it is used. In the universe, this move is the most powerful move of the Dragon type, Meteor Shower!
The universe is the dragon's hunting ground, and also its homeland!

The Dragon Pulse crashed into the surging tide of flames, and the raging flames compressed the power of the Dragon Pulse. At that very moment, Deoxys completed its charge.

Powerful cosmic fluctuations and light emanated from him, forming a halo. His special attack level increased by one, and then—

Deoxys absorbed the "Life Droplet" item it obtained from Lightmoss. The moment it became immune to the flame impact, it made a cross shape with its hands, just as Lightmoss had told it before, and made that particularly cool move!

"[Deoxys] is overflowing with cosmic power!"

Enhanced by the Earth Cloud, and then sensing the intense, pulsating energy from the cosmic meteorite—the true nature of that power—gained a new technique:

Meteor beam!

Gather the power of the universe to increase your special attack, and then unleash a fierce attack on your opponent!
Explosive cosmic rays shot out from Deoxys's arm, rapidly bombarding Volcano through the gaps in the firestorm!
The mighty sun god was defeated by the attack of the cosmic forces. This final ray struck it down from the sky, and the endless ancient spirit was also severely damaged!
As the tide recedes, the ancient spirit is defeated. Having lost the Vulcan Moth as its vessel, the ancient spirit, unwilling to accept its fate, controls Yoggs, waving the disc in its hand as if to shift its target, or perhaps intending to launch a Mortal Kombat against the Lightmoss!
"Mera!"

The burning insect, which had been hiding in the back for quite some time, finally got its chance!
Hey! If I can't beat Volcarona, I can beat you!
Energy-storing flame attack?

Do not!
Watch me use the Flame Charge technique I learned from Emperor Yan!

The old sage was knocked unconscious on the spot by the full force of the burning insect, and the disc in his hand also fell to the ground!
“Mera! (My attack was very effective!)” The burning worm, its eyes sparkling, strutted arrogantly across Yoggs’s forehead.

But the disc continued to emit a strong light, and the disc floated up, seemingly trying to take over the body of the moss as a new guardian. But at this moment, the light from the blue crystal pendant blocked the disc's advance.

Along with the other pendant, the Miracle Diamond also suddenly emitted a beam of light!
Enough is enough!

The ancient spiritual power began to recede, and the moss seized the opportunity to grab the burning insect to prevent the disc from doing anything more radical. Under the influence of the two pendants, the berserk ancient spirit seemed to finally understand that the ill-intentioned guys who invaded the ancient city had been defeated, and the person in front of it had been summoned by them.

That invisible spiritual power coalesced into a radiant, physical sun, suspended high in the spiritual realm using a meditation disc as its medium. From that sun's rays emanated endless emotions—joy, sorrow, anger, and delight. The spirits of the ancients materialized in this city, transforming into an invisible, immense, and scorching source of power.

Come.
The spirit of the sun whispered a call, indicating that the Lightmoss had passed their test and had successfully calmed them down. As the one being called, the Lightmoss was about to shoulder an important mission.
"An important mission? You wouldn't be thinking of something like reviving the Ancient City, would you? Thousands of years have passed. The people of the Ancient City have spread throughout the United States, and all that's left here are ruins."

Lightmoss had given them a heads-up, and the Ancient Spirit seemed to hesitate for a moment because of it, but quickly denied it.

Revival is utter nonsense. A long time has passed since the ancient city fell into ruin, and they are certainly aware of that.

However, although the city was destroyed, the ancient will it contained should not be tarnished; it must find a suitable place to go.

We once existed; what buried us was time, not anything else.

Therefore, there must be an "Ancient King"!
(End of this chapter)