Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 592 The Water-type Pokémon's 65 Million-Year Attack!
At the same time, the Grass/Fighting type Miss Skirt has double the resistance to Ground, double the resistance to Rock, and double the resistance to Grass!
Groudon's signature Ground, Rock, Grass, and Fire moves were all blocked!

"With the Flash Fire ability, Grass-type Pokémon are no longer afraid of fire. In fact, they become stronger the more they burn, and their leaves grow lush and verdant!"

"That's right, what I'm talking about is... [Growth]! Under sunny weather, it will raise my Attack and Special Attack by two stages!"

Miss Skirt's body suddenly swelled up!
"Ha! That's really impressive! You, even though I don't know you, you can actually pull off such beautiful fighting techniques!"

"That's Groudon! The embodiment of the earth. Alright! I'll help too!"

"Big wolfhound, howl!"

"Woof~!" The large wolfhound let out a loud howl!

Shout loudly to boost morale and increase your and your companions' attack power!

Although Archie planned to use Ice Fang in battle, the high temperature around Groudon prevented Mightyena from getting close, so Archie looked to Steven:
"I'll create opportunities for you to attack, let's just keep suppressing Groudon like this!"

"Big wolfhound, piercing sound!"

It emits a piercing sound that makes you want to cover your ears, thus greatly reducing the opponent's defense!

While this is a debuffing move that would be fatal to ordinary Pokémon, it is less of a threat to a behemoth like Groudon and an ancient monster, despite its quantifiable base stats.
Two levels of defense, barely a scratch!

"This is a great opportunity, Metagross, Comet Punch!"

Of course, Daigo wouldn't just watch the show. Although Hikari expressed her hope that Daigo would conserve his energy, as the Hoenn Champion, now was not the time to conserve his energy!
The faster we suppress Groudon, the sooner we can achieve our goal! Besides, we couldn't defeat them two years ago, but that might not be the case two years from now!

"I came in first place! I'm strong and amazing!"

Steven's Metagross's signature move is Comet Punch! And in the Hoenn region, Comet Punch's power hasn't been reduced; it's still 100!

With the Steel-type STAB boost, it's a powerful move with a power of 150! It also has a 20% chance to raise the user's Attack by 1 stage!
The Metagross's claws emitted a white light, and a golden meteor appeared around it, fiercely bombarding its opponent!
The Metagross that Daigo sent out was not the shiny Platinum Metagross. The original Metagross was left in Hoenn and Devon Corporation to deal with meteorites falling from space.

So, the monster he was fighting now was the blue Metagross that he had grown up with since childhood and that had met Lightmoss before!
After consuming the special food from the Lightmoss area, its strength is now no weaker than that of the other color!
"Goo la la la!"

Groudon was hit by Steelix Punch, but the Comet Punch, which should have been effective, failed to seriously damage the continental behemoth!

The red dinosaur's eyes glared suddenly at the large wolfhound.

Steven: "Even though Ground-type isn't weak to Steel-type, the effect of Comet Punch shouldn't be like this."

Water Wutong: "Hey, its eyes seem to be flashing!"

Some moves can be executed by a Pokémon with just a gesture or a glance. Even seasoned trainers, unless they are as knowledgeable about Pokémon as Ms. Cuckoo, will find it difficult to determine what move the opponent is using!
However, the moss can be seen:

"I see! It's [self-suggestion]!"

"It copied the Great Wolfhound's ability changes, enhancing its attack!"

Shui Wutong looked tense: "Self-suggestion... It's this move, but... something's still not quite right!"

"No, that's right." Daigo's expression turned serious: "[Self-Suggestion] can not only copy the opponent's ability changes, but also cancel the ability changes received by oneself!"

"After all, it copied the other party's ability state, so the changes to my own ability were removed."

Light Moss: "Exactly."

Groudon's eyes were filled with sneer!

I've fought a life-or-death battle with Kyogre before. If I didn't have any means to fight that guy, wouldn't I have been sprayed to death by his water spray?

Kyogre possesses the ability of Meditation, and by copying its variations, he can raise his Special Defense to fight against that guy!

However, it's astonishing that a mere ordinary Pokémon could cause such severe disruption to me, even though I've encountered similar things before, including the same thing two years ago.
This made Groudon very upset and extremely angry!
"Mmmmmm!"

I'm going to wipe you all out!

"Gurrrara!" Groudon roared, and intense sunlight gathered on its forehead!

A beam of sunlight that suddenly appears under a clear sky!

Sunlight is Groudon's weapon. Although it has the same power of 120, the damage it deals is completely different from that of ordinary Pokémon!

Even though the Special Attack stat is only 100, there is a fundamental difference between Legendary Pokémon and regular Pokémon!

Lightmoss: "Support from our comrades!"

"First, Evil Spirit, use your assistance on the Crimson Lotus Knights!"

"Bonnie!"

Erguipeng jumped up and used his power to aid the Crimson Lotus Knights!

When supported, the power of the move will increase by 1.5 times!
"Crimson Lotus Armored Cavalry, [Armored Cannon]!"

The knight who worships the sun transforms the golden armor on his shoulders, gathering it on his arms to form the shape of a golden cannon!
The Armored Cannon is a signature move of the Crimson Knight, boasting a power of 120. However, it has the side effect of lowering both defenses after use!

However, this is not a problem for the Sun Knight!
After Ignite, when a Pokémon in the Ignite state uses a Fire-type attack, its Attack and Special Attack are multiplied by 1.5!
boom!
Golden flames transformed into an unparalleled beam of energy, directly colliding with Groudon's Solar Beam and creating a massive explosion within the Buried Tower!

The Flame Cannon overwhelmed the Solar Beam, which could split the ocean. Groudon's Solar Beam was shown to be extremely powerful in the anime, capable of splitting the ocean like Moses parted the sea and defeating Kyogre!
Now, the power unleashed by the Sun Knight's Flame Cannon is actually able to rival it head-on!

Groudon himself was also greatly shocked!

This was due to the lack of a Grass-type STAB move, which allowed Solar Beam to be blocked by a Pokémon that wasn't particularly strong, but the second attack...
Groudon thought to itself, while waving its claws and releasing high temperatures to fight with Miss Skirt, constantly creating strong tremors that swept across the entire tower!

It suddenly turned its head around, and this time it opened its mouth wide!
Fire-type Pokémon are most afraid of moves that target rocks and the ground!

Try this!

"Mmmmmm!"

I didn't want to destroy this tower; you brought it on yourselves!

[The Sword of the Cliff!]

An ancient cave near Route 47 is named Cliff Cave!
This is also evidence that the ancients once summoned the earth's incarnation here!

Groudon shattered its own inner dimension, and the violent earthquake nearly caused the red emblem representing Omega to explode!

Then, like giant swords of rock, boulders flowing with scorching magma roared out from all directions of this space!

Transform the power of the earth into sharp blades to attack your opponent!
Sharp rocks coated in lava erupted from the ground. If the top edge of one of these rocks struck an opponent, it would cause...
big Bang!
Once again, a massive explosion occurred inside the tower. The scorching heatwave, accompanied by intense sunlight beams, blew away the attacking Lady Skirt, Mightyena, and Metagross. Groudon, like a demon, stomped on the ground, then suddenly its eyes narrowed.

Even though the attack had already been launched and even shattered the space of the Burial Tower, it was still able to be blocked?
That's... the transparent barrier that's been unfurled in front of that knight in golden armor...?

Lightmoss: "[Wide Area Defense]!"

"Defend against attacks that could target all of our forces within a certain timeframe!"

Wide Guard, introduced in Generation V, is also the earliest wide-area move!
"Pokémon in Wide Guard mode are immune to attacks from all allies or all Pokémon on the field!"

"Earthquake, magnitude, and the Sword of the Precipice—none of them are of any use now!"

"That's right. All area-of-effect attacks, whether used by our side or the enemy, will be blocked. So, do you know what will happen next?"

Groudon suddenly raised its head! In the bright sunlight of the tower, the slender Grass-type Pokémon began to dance wildly!

"【Falling Petals】!" "A fierce flurry of snow-like petals erupts, attacking all surrounding Pokémon and inflicting massive damage!"

With the Herbal buff, the power reaches 135; with double the effectiveness, it's 270!

"The grass-type attacks aren't over yet!"

"Crimson Armored Knight, [Sunlight Blaze]!"

The Great Knight of the Sun gathered the most intense sunlight, and the fierce sunlight was sculpted in his hands into the shape of a lightning spear!

The special beam of sunlight is called the ultimate skill of the sun's blazing flames by the light moss!

Under clear skies, it's instantaneous, of course!

The scorching, intense light spear struck Groudon's abdomen with unstoppable force!

The giant beast that used sunlight was now met with the most ferocious counterattack from the sun!

Lightmoy: "Under this clear sky, do you think the most powerful move is a fire-attribute ultimate move? Actually, that's not necessarily true."

"This 200-power solar flare is also called a sunbeam!"

"Even without the Grass-type matchup bonus, its base power is so strong that, with double the super-effectiveness, it's equivalent to a 400-power finishing blow!"

"Gurrrara!" Groudon's damage this time was real. Its Special Defense wasn't strong enough. Although Miss Skirt's attacks were fierce, including Metagross and Mightyena, they were all physical attackers.

At this moment, this 400-power Sunlight Spear is truly deadly!
Groudon couldn't believe that it, which used sunlight to illuminate the earth, would be forced to such a state by the same sunlight!
By the way, your ultimate move with 400 power didn't come at the cost of any power reduction at all!

It looks the same as a solar beam, but the damage it deals is completely different!

How could there be such an exaggerated move in this world! No, actually, just looking at how the move is used, it's different from a regular Sun Beam!

However, what shocked them even more was that Groudon did not fall after taking such a blow and was still in a strong position!
Even the moss was internally complaining.

Groudon's HP base stat must be way over 100; it's so durable, it must be at least 200.
Other legendary Pokémon have all shown signs of exhausting themselves in battle, but Groudon and Kyogre can truly fight for 20 days and nights.

It's truly a case of "I could play with you all day long!"
Archie: "Why hasn't it been defeated yet? But this is Groudon, the legendary Pokémon of the continent. If it could be defeated so easily, that disaster wouldn't have happened two years ago."

Steven: "That's right. Even among legendary Pokémon, their power is second to none. And it's probably because of natural energy."

"This tower was built by the ancients to enshrine the three legendary Pokémons of the sky, earth, and sea. Rayquaza also said that powerful natural energy still remains here, and its state is somewhat similar to the depths of the Temple of Awakening, but this energy cannot allow Groudon to undergo Primal Reversion."

"Therefore, the natural energy here is probably the purest form of energy, which cannot yet be converted into power that Groudon can absorb!"

"However, this is precisely why Groudon is so difficult to defeat here. No, it should be said that as long as it stands on the earth..."

Groudon gritted its teeth, staring intently at the Pokémon attacking it. Of course, it knew that the human who used a Steel-type Pokémon was right!
They can continuously utilize natural energy to strengthen themselves, restore their stamina, and alter the weather to shape the terrain—this is what sets them apart from other legendary Pokémon!

Although its power has diminished throughout history, it remains unstoppable!

[If we weren't inside the Tower of Burial, if this tower weren't restricting me, I would have defeated you all long ago!]

As long as I'm on land, I'm the strongest!

No matter how much moisture you draw from the ocean, you can't defeat me! What, you want to use ice-based attacks for a follow-up assault? Then try it!

Groudon roared, and although it sounded like it was just making threats, it certainly had the right to say such things after taking so many attacks and still standing strong!
Moreover, it spotted the ancient sword leopard that had been hiding behind the ice wall. The white leopard was up to no good, and sharp ice spikes had already taken shape!
"【Icicle Strike】!"

The Ancient Sword Leopard hurled ice spikes formed from condensed water vapor forward, but they were all shattered by Groudon's Fire Punch!

However, the ice blocks created by [Permanent Ice Wall] can only be broken; it's almost impossible to completely melt them. Normal fire-type moves can't damage these ice blocks, which caused Groudon's expression to change!

What the hell is this? This ice block really can't melt?

That's impossible! Groudon is radiating powerful geothermal energy! Then...
It seemed to undergo a primal transformation, but it wasn't entering a new form; rather, it was the prelude to some ultimate move!

Move: [Fire Breath]!
Meteor Volcano!

There can't be ice that can't be melted; if there were, it's just that the flames aren't intense enough! The earth's high-temperature lava is enough to incinerate everything, burying everything in the fire and magma!

[When the water vapor disappears, all the water vapor will disappear! Neither water nor ice will matter!]

The water vapor evaporated rapidly, forming white smoke around Groudon, and billowing heat waves emanated from the earth god—a precursor to using [High Temperature Pressure]!

Flames shot through the air, as if one were in hell!
Light Moss: "Sleeping in the lava underground, it is said that once it awakens, the volcano will erupt."

"The water vapor did indeed disappear quickly, but water evaporates when it encounters high temperatures, and what forms is called steam."

"Therefore, there is a special move that, in sunny weather and high temperatures, not only does not lose its power, but actually increases its damage by 1.5 times!"

"Now is the time to use it!"

"Roar!" The rippling water, which had been waiting behind the ice wall, finally roared!

I cannot act rashly before the battle plan is finalized, so I have been waiting!

"【Dragon's Roar】!" Guangmo suddenly waved his hand, and the rippling water roared loudly, increasing his critical hit rate!
"【help】!"

Erguipeng jumped up and once again helped the surging water!
The next move will be greatly enhanced!

"【water vapor】!"

Boiling water spewed from the mouth of the surging water, violently bombarding Groudon's body!

When the sunlight is strong, the power of the move will not only not decrease, but will increase significantly!
"Gurgle la la la!"

What kind of move is this now!
Groudon was bombarded by water vapor and hit by an extremely effective move. To its disbelief, the high temperature and sunlight it released actually enhanced the power of a Water-type move!
Is this reasonable?

He fought Kyogre for three millennia and didn't even know he had this skill!
Lightmoss: "Of course, we can't see it in just three thousand years."

"Because this is a skill from tens of millions of years ago, it is precisely a strike from Water-type Pokémon that spans 65 million years!"

"Under clear skies, it enjoys the benefits of the Water-type STAB and also has a damage-boosting effect, meaning that when used with the 'Powerful' buff, the base power is increased by 20, resulting in a power of 200."

"But when hit in a vital spot while under the [Dragon's Roar] buff, and with a double damage modifier instead of 1.5x, the power increases to 400!"

"Help status. Power 600!"

"Double the restraint. Power 1200!"

"Equipped items: Life Orb, Water Drop Slab, Mysterious Water Drop. Power increased by 1.3 times, then by another 1.2 times, and now by an additional 1.2 times."

"Ancient Water Gem, 1.5x Energy."

The water energy on Bodang Shui's body was amplified to an extremely exaggerated degree!

"Maximum power. [3369], Fierce and powerful water vapor!"

An attack even more powerful than Kyogre's Water Spray blasted Groudon straight into the wall of Buried Tower!
then.

Sharp rocks burst open, causing landslides and earthquakes!
The air was thick with moisture and the temperature was high. Groudon's eyes contracted repeatedly as it crawled up from the destroyed area. However, unlike before, this time it began to pant heavily!

The battle is far from over!

(End of this chapter)