Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

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Seemingly because Liao Xingchen was still discussing the incident with Li Luoyan, Marshall soon sneaked into Su Hao's room without anyone noticing.

Marcia poked her head out from the shadows beside the bed again; for some reason, she really liked doing this.

Hmm, it has the air of a seasoned old fox who's lived for who knows how many years trying to act cute.

Marchado was unaware that Su Hao was secretly slandering it in his heart. After the 70-centimeter-tall figure jumped out of the shadow, Marchado first looked at the shrunken Reshiram, then looked up at the 1.8-meter-tall Su Hao, and said, "It seems that things are going well, so let's talk about these luxury balls."

Marshado gently raised his hand, and the shadow beneath his feet began to expand, spewing out fifty luxurious spheres from the ghostly shadow.

"Those Pokémon knew you wanted to kidnap them, and they went into these luxury balls without hesitation."

Masado looked up at Su Hao as he spoke.

For some reason, it suddenly felt inexplicably annoyed. Its shadow condensed into a pillar about one meter long at its feet. Only when it looked at Su Hao at eye level did Marcia's annoyance ease somewhat.

Su Hao: "........" (Speechless.jpg)

It seems Marshadow is very concerned about its height, even to the point of using a one-meter-thick height-increasing insole...

One by one, they picked up the Luxury Balls, and the information of the Pokémon inside appeared in Su Hao's pupils.

Magical Masked Cat, Honeycomb Orochi, Torterra, Mount Goat, Nutcracker, Whimsicott, Oliva, Amanita, Mount Goat...

After confirming several times, Su Hao solemnly stored the shrunken fifty Deluxe Balls into his system space. He had already made arrangements for the whereabouts of these Grass-type Pokémon.

These Pokémon were not captured by Su Hao as his main force. Su Hao chose to take them away mainly because the Aokigahara Forest has now been almost completely razed to the ground.

Even if the Zarud leader were to use its power to rebuild the forest, it would take an extremely long time.

So Su Hao decided to keep them outside his villa for the time being. Although it wasn't as vast as a forest, there was still enough space for them to live in.

Marcia said with a hint of helplessness, "I wouldn't keep your luxury ball for myself, do you really need to check it so carefully?"

Su Hao glanced at it and said solemnly, "I need to check if there are any missing Pokémon. Since we've decided to take them with us, this check is necessary."

Reshiram nodded in agreement, appreciating Su Hao's genuine respect for Pokémon.

“I can’t argue with you.” Marshall jumped onto the soft bed and lay down, then looked at Su Hao and said seriously, “You said you had something to ask me, what is it?”

Su Hao took off his shoes, climbed onto the large bed, sat cross-legged opposite Marshadow, holding the shrunken Reshiram in his arms, and said, "I have a few questions to ask about Marshadow's exclusive Z-Move."

"Seven Star Soul-Stealing Kick?"

Marcia raised an eyebrow, not expecting Su Hao to ask that question.

He thought Su Hao would ask if there were any spots left for the Rainbow Warrior, so he could conveniently kick Liao Xingchen out... but that's probably impossible.

After all, Su Hao already has a true dragon on the same level as Lord Ho-Oh by his side. In the end, the Rainbow Hero is just an outstanding human chosen by Lord Ho-Oh, and Lord Ho-Oh will never be subdued.

In short, the benefits for the Rainbow Hero are somewhat lower compared to the True Hero, considering that the True Dragon himself personally took to the field.

Can't compare, can't compare.

Su Hao nodded: "It's the Seven Star Soul-Stealing Kick. Senior Marshall, do you know those four... island guardians?"

Marcia was startled and somewhat bewildered.

No, how does Su Hao know everything? It remembers that the secret realm where those four guys are located hasn't descended yet, so where did this kid get the information from?

Marshall remained silent for a long while before speaking softly, "Although I don't know where you learned about those four, since you asked, I won't hesitate to answer."

“I do know them, and I learned the Seven Star Soul-Stealing Kick from them a long time ago.”

That's what Marshall thought.

He's calling me "senior" now!

Is it wrong for a senior to answer a junior's question? No problem!

Upon receiving Marshall's reply, Su Hao freed one hand, clenched his fist, and inwardly cheered, "Great! Finally, he has finally found clues to the guardian deities of the four islands!"

Su Hao decisively took out Diancie's Luxury Ball and released Diancie, whose original height should have been similar to Marshadow's, but who had now become a two-meter-tall dominant Pokémon.

Diancie immediately caught Marshadow's attention, although he couldn't see Diancie's exact height during the college league finals because of his poor position.

But the Diancie Queen in its memory should be about the same size as itself, right? What the heck is a 2-meter-tall Diancie?!

Marshadow shamelessly envied Diancie for a moment, then, upon closer inspection, exclaimed, "A domineering aura and... light!?"

For Marshadow, who had been in contact with the island god for a long time and even learned his own Z-Move, he had gained some understanding of the origin of the Z-Move, even from the few words the Tapu had spoken.

Z-Moves utilize the light from the Z-Ring and Z-Crystal, along with the surrounding natural energy, to significantly enhance a Pokémon's moves.

Just like its Seven Star Soul-Stealing Kick is an evolution of its signature move, Shadow Steal.

However, at this moment, the radiance emanating from Diancie, who was standing in front of Marshadow, intertwined with the aura of a hegemon, almost blinded Marshadow.

It originally thought that Su Hao's Diancie was an accident, an accident before Queen Diancie appeared in the world, so Su Hao's Diancie did not obtain the authority and power passed down through generations of Queen Diancie's lineage through the sacred diamond.

As it turned out, Su Hao's Tianxi was far more outrageous than Masado's imagination.

This has completely mutated into another form of Diancie, okay?!

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Chapter 656 Diancie's Fortuitous Encounter

Diancie, being stared at by Marshadow, became slightly nervous. Since Marshadow was Su Hao's senior... then as Su Hao's Pokémon, it had to be more careful with its tone of voice and actions.

Following the gesture of a princess in an anime, Diancie slowly lowered her body and said, "Greetings, Lady Marshall."

Marshall, Su Hao & Rahiram: "........"

No, you don't need to be so reserved. We're all family.

Su Hao explained it to Diancie through the waveguide, and Diancie covered her mouth in surprise.

Marcia rubbed her forehead, feeling an unbearable headache.

After a long while, it looked at Su Hao and Diancie with a deep gaze: "Now I understand why you asked me this question. Diancie's Super Stone is on you too, isn't it?"

Su Hao nodded and took out the now largely useless Diancie Super Stone to show Marshall.

Marshall spoke up, "While this stone is most likely useless to your Diancie, it will definitely be useful to Queen Diancie... You know Queen Diancie, right?"

"know."

“That makes things easier. If it hasn’t been replaced yet, the Queen of Diancie that I know should also be searching for the whereabouts of this Super Stone. If you have the chance, you can use this Super Stone to trade with it.”

"If you can obtain the inherited memories of all the Diancie in the Sacred Diamond, even if you don't get the authority, your Diancie will become much stronger."

Upon hearing the words "has become much stronger," Diancie's eyes immediately lit up.

In its eyes, becoming stronger = being able to help Su Hao = being one step closer to rescuing Xerneas.

Su Hao was somewhat puzzled: "A trade? Senior Marshadow, do you know the location of Queen Diancie?"

“I knew before, but I don’t know if they’ve moved now.” Marcia nodded, then shook her head. “Queen Diancie and the Little Diamond Clan used to be located underground in a mountain range of the French Alliance. Now, there’s a chance they’ve migrated as a whole, but I’m not sure.”

Rahiram suddenly asked, "How long ago was that?"

"Uh... probably a few thousand years ago."

"That's not really that long."

For two long-lived beings, it was indeed not a long time, but for Su Hao, an ordinary human, it was quite a long time.

It's not surprising that anything could happen over such a long period of time, but Su Hao still remembered this sentence and planned to visit the French Union when he had the chance.

The topic took a slight detour, but Marcia quickly steered it back on track.

"Then there's the matter of Z-Moves. Diancie's radiance seems far more intense than those four. Even I was able to acquire my own unique Z-Move through training and with their help."

“I think that as long as we find those four guys, we should be able to achieve our goal,” Marshall concluded.

Su Hao nodded emphatically, feeling much more at ease after hearing Marshado's words: "Since Senior Marshado said before that the secret realms of the guardian deities of the four islands have not yet descended, does Senior know the location of their secret realms?"

Marcia pondered for a moment and replied, "That was a long time ago... Let me think, Liao Xingchen showed me a world map now. If we judge by the location back then, it was probably in Hawaii, within the White Eagle Alliance, right?"

Su Hao kept repeating those words to himself: "Hawaii..."

He remembered that the Alola region was modeled after Hawaii, so there's a very high chance that the four Tapu's secret realm is there.

In that case, after finishing the Lugia Secret Realm and bringing back Articuno, you can try to go to the French Alliance to find Queen Diancie and the Eagle Union in Hawaii to find the Tapu, and help Diancie grow!

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That afternoon, it seemed that the matter had been resolved. Li Luoyan and Liao Xingchen called Su Hao and the other four together and announced that they would be taking the 6 p.m. flight back to the Shenzhou Alliance.

They are very concerned about their team's performance and want to take the easy way out by directly qualifying for the quarterfinals.

Su Hao raised his hand and asked, "So how were the results of this selection competition calculated in the end?"

Liao Xingchen and Li Luoyan exchanged a glance, and Li Luoyan, a reliable married man, answered Su Hao's question.

"Even if the match data wasn't saved, all 48 leagues witnessed that we had eliminated all the targets. The Sakura Country League has no reason to deny it and have to rematch."

Xiao Zijian exclaimed in surprise, "So...we've directly advanced to the quarterfinals of the main tournament as the number one team in Asia!?"

The four of them immediately turned their excited gazes to Su Hao. If you were to ask who made the biggest contribution in this selection competition, it would definitely be Su Hao, who carried the whole team and led them to victory.

Without even needing to communicate beforehand, the four of them tacitly approached the bewildered Su Hao, and then—lifted him up and cheered as they tossed him into the air.

This continued for about four or five times before the four of them finally put Su Hao down.