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Chapter 336 Battle Round [The Calamity of the Cloud God] Begins, Reshiram VS Zekrom! (6k)
Xia Chi was unaware that Team Plasma had already reached a cooperation agreement with Team Rocket a hundred miles away over the sea.

At this moment, he was leisurely sitting on a deck chair on the balcony of the villa facing the sea, studying the map of the underwater ruins.

Lianyi Town is the closest coastal town to the ruins, with a straight-line distance of only a few dozen kilometers between the two.

If Millerton were to unleash its full power, it would only take a few minutes to reach the airspace above the target sea area.

The real challenge lies in how to reach the ocean depths.

The ruins are located in the deep sea, submerged on the seabed where light cannot reach, unlike on land or in the sky where one can move freely.

Diving, searching, and dealing with potential water pressure and unknown environments all require a considerable amount of time.

Xia Chi's thoughts drifted away.

I have no idea how this mausoleum was built.

Is it because of the changes in the coastline over thousands of years that buildings that were originally located on land have sunk into the sea?

Or did the ancient ancestors of the Unova, with the help of the power of some legendary spirits, construct this mysterious temple directly in the deep sea?

However, these archaeological questions are no longer very critical.

The most urgent task is to find the "revealing mirror" that can affect the form of Yotsugumo before N and the Plasma Team.

Xia Chi was almost certain that the Plasma Team was the ones coveting the Revealing Mirror.

The reason is simple: not long ago, Rashiram clearly sensed the presence of its old rival.

According to Rahiram, these legendary dragons, which originated from the same source, are interconnected like magnetic poles, with a limited range that can roughly cover only a city and its surrounding area.

This means that N and Zekrom were indeed near Ripple Town at that time, which was no coincidence.

But later, for reasons unknown, they deliberately distanced themselves and went into hiding.

Xia Chi certainly wouldn't believe that N and Czechrom were just passing by.
Gathering his scattered thoughts, he stretched and gazed into the distance.

The night in Ripples Town is peaceful and beautiful. The moonlight, like water, pours onto the calm sea, breaking into thousands of silver scales that rise and fall with the gentle waves, allowing one's mind to settle down involuntarily.

Looking down, by the moonlight, you can vaguely see the figures of several elves on the beach.

The martial arts master Xiong Shi sat cross-legged on a huge reef smoothed by the waves, seemingly blending into the sound of the surrounding waves, immersed in his martial arts meditation.

Not far away, Cynthia's Lucario seemed to be undergoing similar training.

However, its mind did not seem as calm as Master Xiong's. Its gaze would occasionally glance at the steady figure on the reef, and its blue eyes held a hint of confusion and inquiry.

Xia Chi remembered that when his apprentice Kuma had just left the Isle of Armor and had not yet evolved, he had met Cynthia's Lucario once in the city of Miyako.

Perhaps at this moment it is wondering why Master Xiong is progressing so quickly?

Higher up in the clouds, Rashiram was taking a nap.

She hasn't been sleeping in Xia Chi's room during this time, whether she felt it was beneath her dignity to be crammed together with a large group of elves, or simply because she preferred the freedom of being bathed in the stars and moon.

Just as Xia Chi was holding Ponpon and enjoying the tranquil sea view.

A telepathic connection suddenly resonated within him.

It's Rahiram.

[Xia Chi, I smell that guy's scent, he's getting close!]

Xia Chi's relaxed expression instantly hardened.

Reshiram sensed Zekrom's presence, which meant that the distance between the two dragons had been reduced to within tens of kilometers!

N chose to act tonight?
Based on previous indications, this is almost the only explanation.

The magical masked cat, who had been lazily lounging on the balcony railing with its tail swaying idly, keenly sensed the sudden tension emanating from its trainer.

It leaped down gracefully, landing beside Xia Chi, its crimson eyes filled with confusion: "Meow?"

【What's wrong? 】

Xia Chi said with a solemn expression, "Meowha, Victini, you two go and wake up Cynthia and Gadria, and tell them to come to my room immediately!"

Even Victini, who usually loves to play around, could feel the tension in the air.

It put away its playful expression, nodded its little head vigorously, and its small wings on its back began to vibrate rapidly. It flapped its wings and flew towards Cattleya's room.

Without hesitation, the magical masked cat twisted its slender waist, and the emerald green vines precisely hooked onto the railing of the neighboring balcony.

Its lithe body swung up, and with a few swift leaps, it landed silently outside Cynthia's balcony, gently knocking on the glass door with its claws.

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Before long, the two who had received the urgent message rushed to Xia Chi's room.

They had clearly arrived in a great hurry; Cynthia's long golden hair was still somewhat disheveled.

Cattleya was wearing only a silk nightgown with a coat casually draped over her shoulders, and her usual calm expression was replaced by a rare hint of tension.

“Bictigini said it’s urgent, what’s wrong?”

Cattleya's voice was slightly hoarse from being awakened, but her eyes had already regained their clarity.

Xia Chi didn't waste any words and said in a deep voice, "Reshiram has sensed Zekrom's presence. I estimate that Team Plasma will make a move tonight."

At the same time, Rashiram had already flown down from the sky, and his body had returned to its enormous form.

His pure, lake-blue eyes shone brightly in the night, and his body exuded a palpable fighting spirit, clearly ready to engage in battle at any moment.

Cynthia's expression hardened. "Is it heading towards the underwater ruins?"

Xia Chi nodded. "That's right. You should all go and change into clothes that are easy to move in. If possible, have the elves apply all the buffs they can beforehand, and then we can all ride Reshiram over together to be in top condition."

Gadriya and Cynthia exchanged a glance, and without any further questions, they immediately turned around and returned to their rooms as quickly as possible to prepare.

The Winged Hair and Martial Arts Bear Master, who were just active on the beach and rocks, also sensed the summons and quickly returned to their room.

Xia Chi briefly explained the sudden situation to them, and the main Pokémon immediately understood. Without saying anything more, they each began to use their own methods to enhance their own strength.

A chilling atmosphere, reminiscent of the impending battle, quietly spread.

Gadriya and Cynthia moved extremely quickly, and within minutes they had changed into formal attire and reappeared in front of Xia Chi.

Accompanying them were almost all of their main Pokémon.

The powerful auras of Gothic, Metagross, Garchomp, Lucario, and Milotic instantly filled the entire room.

Xia Chi looked up at the white dragon waiting outside the window and said, "Reshiram, thank you for your help."

Rahiram did not respond, but slowly lowered its massive body, hovering steadily at the same height as the balcony, like a white aerial platform.

Magic Masked Meow, Urshifu, Lucario, and other enhanced Pokémon stepped forward in an orderly fashion.

Pokémon like Garchomp, Metagross, or Milotic, which have the means to get there, choose not to occupy the space on its back and prepare to rely on their own abilities to get to the battlefield.

Xia Chi patted Milton on the head, and the latter understood immediately. A flash of light appeared around him, and he immediately switched to vehicle mode.

"Let's take the Milton together."

He extended an invitation to Cynthia and Gadria.

Three people riding a Milerton together?
Even in this urgent situation, the suggestion caused a subtle hesitation to cross the faces of both of them.

Xia Chi noticed their concerns and added calmly, "It's dozens of kilometers from here to the underwater ruins. Garchomp and Metagross are likely to face a fierce battle. Carrying heavy loads on a long journey will deplete their precious energy, so this is the best option."

The reasons were sufficient and reasonable, and the two women no longer hesitated.

Gadriya straddled the seat first, pressing herself against Xia Chi's back, followed by Cynthia, who squeezed in at the very back.

Fortunately, Milton's "car model" was long enough, and with Cattleya's relatively slender figure, the three of them could barely fit together, like a stack of Jenga.

As for why only Cattleya's slender figure is emphasized, she, who is currently sandwiched in the middle, probably has the most say in this matter.

"Cynthia, you're crowding me!"

Caught in the middle, Cattleya's voice was somewhat muffled.

"Oh, sorry."

Cynthia's tone was calm and even, and she shifted her body slightly backward.

The pressure on her back suddenly lessened, and she was finally no longer tightly pressed down by Cynthia's impressive bust in a "bumping" motion. Gadria secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, a strange thought involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

Could this guy be using this opportunity to show off something to me?

That's absolutely disgusting!

Xia Chi, who was standing at the front, couldn't help but sigh inwardly as she listened to the slightly awkward interaction between the two best friends.

I wish Cynthia was sitting behind me.
It shouldn't be like this now, with the shock absorption system behind it severely inadequate.

He gently patted Millerton's cold, hard carapace head, a sense of emotion welling up inside him.

But then again, wow, wow, being able to carry both Cynthia and Gadria in one go is truly the pinnacle of dragon life.

The situation in the distance was urgent, and Xia Chi quickly suppressed all her romantic thoughts.

He turned to Reshiram, who was already loaded with most of the elves and ready to go, and said, "Let's go."

The white dragon responded with a deep and powerful roar.

With a flap of its wings, creating a gust of air, its massive body shot into the night like an arrow, speeding towards the underwater ruins. The Millerton, carrying Xia Chi and the other two, followed closely behind, its engine humming with deep energy, transforming into a purple streak of light and disappearing into the darkness of Ripple Town.

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With their full power unleashed without reservation, Reshiram and Milton were incredibly fast.

Even with Reshiram carrying several elves and Milton carrying three people, they still managed to traverse dozens of kilometers in just five minutes and reach the target sea area.

The cool moonlight bathed the sea, clearly outlining the scene below.

Everything was as Xia Chi had anticipated, yet it carried a hint of unsettling heaviness.

A massive airship hovered silently above the sea.

The most eye-catching thing was the pure black figure hovering beside the airship.

It was as if it had been forged from the most violent thunder, with bright, terrifying electric snakes leaping around it and crackling with explosive sounds.

As the enormous dragon wings spread out, they brought an almost tangible sense of terrifying oppression, as if even the surrounding space was slightly distorted by their presence.

It is Zekrom, the black dragon representing "ideals" and Reshiram's destined enemy!
On the broad, armored back of Czechoslovakia, a familiar figure stood silently.

The white baseball cap was pulled low, covering most of her face, revealing only her taut jawline.

He stood there quietly, as if he had been waiting there for a long time, showing no surprise at the arrival of Xia Chi and his group.

Rahiram, who arrived earlier, has already come to a standoff with his old rival.

Two legendary dragons gaze at each other across the sky, one white and one black, representing reality and ideal. Their auras collide fiercely above the sea like two ever-rising mountains.

The air was so still it seemed about to drip water, filled with an atmosphere of impending destruction.

If Reshiram hadn't been waiting for Xia Chi's final instructions, these two ancient legendary elves with diametrically opposed stances would probably have already engaged in a fierce battle.

Xia Chi frowned deeply, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.

Why is N, instead of seizing this precious time difference to sneak into the underwater ruins and retrieve the Revealing Mirror, waiting here so openly? What is he trying to do?
Worried that the other party had set a trap, Xia Chi spoke loudly, his voice carrying on the sea breeze.

"N, in the end, did you still choose this path?"

Faced with Xia Chi's probing words, N simply lowered his head even further, remaining silent and offering no response.

This unusual silence deepened Xia Chi's suspicions.

He subtly extended his waveguide power like invisible tentacles, attempting to probe the opponent's true strength and weakness.

However, his wave-guiding power was ruthlessly intercepted by a powerful and domineering terrifying energy the instant he approached N.

Without a doubt, the energy source is Zekrom beneath N.

Although the probe failed, this defensive action, which seemed like a blatant attempt to cover up the truth, directly confirmed Xia Chi's most likely guess.

What's blocking my way right now isn't N, but rather "N" conjured by Zoroark's power!
As for where N himself is, that doesn't seem to be a question.

He must have already secretly slipped into the area below where the underwater ruins are hidden!

"Leshiram!"

Xia Chi made a decisive decision without any hesitation: "Deploy the elves onto the airship deck, then hold off Zekrom with all our might. We'll dive down directly to the underwater ruins!"

Rahiram had absolute trust in and execution of Xia Chi's instructions.

It let out a deafening dragon roar, and its huge white body drew a graceful arc in the air, instantly rising directly above the plasma team's airship.

Then, it suddenly rolled to the side.

One after another, figures were thrown down by its broad back, like airdrops!
Magical Masked Cat, Kumamon, Tyranitar, Lucario, and Gothic Lady.
The main spirits of Xia Chi and his two companions, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, accurately crashed towards the huge deck of the airship!

Almost at the same instant that Lehiram executed the airdrop order, the "N" below also realized that the plan had been exposed. It nimbly leaped backward and quickly retreated to a relatively safe area on the airship deck.

Meanwhile, Czechoslovakia has already launched an attack!

"Roar--"

With a powerful roar, the organ at the tail of the Zekrom, which resembled an electric engine, suddenly erupted with dazzling electric light that was impossible to look at directly!
The violent electrical energy was overclocked and instantly covered its entire body, with countless lightning snakes as thick as giant pythons leaping and thrashing wildly on its black carapace and dragon wings!

It was none other than Zekrom's signature move, Lightning Strike!

In the next instant, Zekrom transformed himself into a thunderous spear that pierced through the heavens and earth. With a sudden flap of his wings, he tore through the air and charged fiercely toward Reshiram, whose figure had not yet fully returned to normal!
Its speed was so fast that it seemed to surpass the speed of light!
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[Ding~ Battle round 4-2 triggered: The Calamity of the Cloud God! This is a legendary spirit event, please treat it with caution!]

The system notification sounded urgently in Xia Chi's mind, but Xia Chi had no time to investigate it at the moment.

His entire spirit was intimately connected with Rehiram through that solid spiritual bond.

"Meteor shower, just send it crashing down!"

Because Reshiram only has one useful buff move, Dragon Dance.

Even if its special attack ability is theoretically superior, at this moment, it is obviously more suitable to use physical attack with full enhancement as the main direction of attack.

In that case, there's no need to be stingy with [Meteor Shower], which causes a significant drop in Special Attack.

Having just shed all his "burdens," Rahiram focused all his strength on his throat, single-mindedly concentrating on his own.

It raised its long neck, opened its huge mouth, and spat out a pure white ball of light, no bigger than a fist.

The ball of light was initially inconspicuous, but it shot into the sky at an incredible speed, and in an instant it rose to the highest point of the battlefield.

At that very moment, Zekrom, transformed into a thunderous giant spear, slammed into Reshiram's chest with immense force!
boom--

A deafening explosion, even more deafening than the thunder of a natural disaster, resounded through the sky!
The sound traveled almost as far as Lianyi Town, dozens of kilometers away.

Zekrom had obviously enhanced his abilities with [Dragon Dance] beforehand.

Even though Reshiram is a Dragon-type and has a natural resistance to Electric-type moves, it still suffered considerable damage from Zekrom's all-out STAB [Thunder].

Its massive body was actually forced backward by this unparalleled force, crashing heavily onto the calm sea below!

bang——

The enormous splash was like a meteorite falling into the sea, instantly creating towering waves. White foam shot into the sky, as if a small tsunami had been created on the sea surface in an instant.

However, Rahiram's counterattack came at that moment!
The pure white ball of light, which had risen to its highest point, exploded brilliantly the very next second after Zekrom struck Reshiram!

Night has been forcibly rewritten into day!

Endless light and heat burst forth from that point, as if a miniature sun was born in the sky!
Immediately afterwards, the sphere of light shattered, transforming into countless blazing, bluish-white flames and long trails of intense heat, which, accompanied by shrill screams, swept over Zekrom, who had not yet had time to adjust its position!

The ultimate display of dragon-type power: Meteor Shower!
"Roar!"

This time, it was Czechrom's turn to let out a heart-wrenching roar of pain.

This double-strike, which came from the same type and was extremely effective, was unleashed upon it without any fancy moves.

Each meteor contains terrifying power capable of shattering mountains and splitting seas, exploding into clusters of destructive energy halos.

Black dragon scales flew in the explosion, and Zekrom's massive body was violently shaken. He could no longer maintain flight and followed in Reshiram's footsteps, wailing as he fell into the surging waves.

Just as the two legendary dragons plunged into the sea one after the other, stirring up a sky full of water mist and turbulent energy currents.

The battle on the airship deck, however, was one-sided.

The Magic Masked Cat, now at its strongest, transforms into a dancer of death.

Its figure flickered on the deck, and its moves, such as [Thousand Transformations], were unleashed like a ghost.

Each claw strike precisely hits the opponent's vital points. Team Plasma's high-tech artificial cell eggs and Pokémon like Gigantamax are almost instantly and cleanly defeated, like harvested wheat.

Master Xiong of martial arts perfectly embodies the phrase "destroying everything in its path".

Its alternating use of [Dark Strike] and [Water Strike] makes it a formidable opponent, whether it be the tough Aggron or the agile Crobat.

Often, a simple, powerful punch is enough to incapacitate an opponent, causing the deck beneath their feet to groan under the weight.

When the wings flap, it's like a floating ghostly turret; with each flap, countless [Shadow Spheres] containing rich ghostly energy shoot out like a barrage of bullets.

It traced a strange arc in the air and accurately bombarded the Plasma Team Pokémon that were trying to gather or use ranged moves, causing a series of explosions and chaos.

The same applies to the other elves.

They worked together to shatter the resistance formation of Team Plasma and their Pokémon.

Even with several of the Seven Sages on the field directing the attack, they couldn't reverse the defeat caused by the absolute difference in strength.

Xia Chi quickly glanced at the airship deck, confirming that the battle situation was basically under control, and felt somewhat relieved.

He took a deep breath and telepathically told Reshiram, "Hold on up there for a while, I'm going to the underwater ruins first."

Rashiram leaped from beneath the sea, the flame engines at the tip of its tail already emitting an orange-red glow.

She stared intently at Zekrom, who was also taking off from the sea, clearly having entered overclocked combat mode.

"You go ahead, I'll handle things here!"

Xia Chi nodded.

Just as they were preparing to take Ponpo on the Milton to dive into the deep sea, a sudden change occurred.

"Wow—"

Several loud bird calls suddenly rang out from the airship, piercing through all the noise of the battlefield.

At the same time, three terrifying auras with vastly different attributes, yet all reaching the legendary level, appeared in Xia Chi's waveguide perception without warning, like a dormant volcano suddenly erupting!
(End of this chapter)