Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

And while we're at it, let's see what Kyurem is really up to.

As Su Hao turned around, as if possessing intelligence, a sound was emitted again through the curtain wall composed of thousands of geometric snowflakes and aurora screens.

"Qualified individuals, enter the palace and begin your trials."

"Qualified individuals, enter the palace and begin your trials."

"Qualified individuals, enter the palace and begin your trials."

The reminder was given three times in a row and continued to be broadcast.

To be honest, Su Hao couldn't detect any urgency or other emotional fluctuations in his voice.

Although the voice sounded a bit like Kyurem's, in Su Hao's memory, Kyurem didn't have this kind of refined speaking style.

He seems more like a fake.

While Su Hao was trying to figure out whether the voice was coming from an Unknown Totem, Kyurem, or something else,

Glacier seemed to have completely lost control. He clutched his head and roared angrily at the curtain wall.

"Then let me ask you! Then let me ask you!"

"What makes you think he's qualified? I disagree! This is unfair!"

I never imagined that having that so-called "qualification" would have such a huge impact on this guy. Look, the kid has gone crazy.

Does he really think his question can be answered?

Su Hao sighed and gestured with his eyes to the impatient Gu Jianbao, indicating that it was almost time to make a move.

But just then, the voice that was repeatedly announcing that Su Hao should enter the Ice Palace and begin the trial seemed to pause for a moment, and a tone of hesitation appeared.

Then--

"The specific selection criteria for those qualified to participate in the Trial of the Void are based on the standards of dormant life forms."

"The specific standards are now being publicized."

"A human life form named 'Su Hao' is eligible, determined by life fluctuations; this is the sole condition for 'qualification'."

Hearing the serious reply, the indignant Hyoga was stunned for a moment, and a voice full of emotion escaped his lips.

"Eh?"

At this moment, Hyoga felt that his worldview was about to crumble.

What a joke!

The answer he had been racking his brains day and night to find turned out to be so hasty!

The sole criterion for "qualification" is so detailed that it applies to a single individual. Is this some kind of pretend play game?

Hyoga lowered his head, frantically scratching his head and hair, shouting hoarsely.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

"Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible..."

"Why, why, why, why—"

Su Hao's speechlessness was not as great as Binghe's, but it was still considerable.

He already has some ideas about the source of the sound based on the clues he currently has.

But before he could find the answer and enter the palace, there was one more thing he needed to do.

Looking at the glacier that seemed to have gone mad, he shook his head and said to the Ancient Sword Leopard, "He's at your disposal."

After saying that, Su Hao stopped looking at the ice river and began to examine the condition of the ice sculptures on his own.

Upon hearing Su Hao's voice, a look of smug satisfaction and cruelty flashed in Gu Jianbao's eyes.

In the eyes of the Ancient Sword Leopard, Hyoga, who inexplicably came to its door, used external force and Regice to severely injure it without explanation, and acted arrogantly like a cat playing with a mouse, was its number one enemy.

Not to mention that the Ancient Sword Leopard is inherently vengeful, and as the sword of calamity, it has no intention of showing mercy.

With a leap, he arrived in front of the glacier, meeting the gaze of its suddenly contracting pupils, and the Ancient Sword Leopard revealed a cruel smile.

"Wait......"

Before he could even utter a word in the Ice River language, a cold, icy blue light flashed before his eyes with a "hum."

Then, he saw his own body from a very strange perspective.

However, the head on the body had disappeared.

With a "thud," Binghe's cleanly cut head, still covered in a layer of frost, fell to the ground.

Gu Jianbao watched this scene expressionlessly.

Normally, it might follow its animalistic instincts and play with the glacier, just as it had played with itself.

But now it only wants to kill it as soon as possible.

at the same time.

As Su Hao walked through the ice sculpture forest, he could still hear the incessant voice urging him to enter the palace.

But he also noticed the disappearance of a nearby waveguide.

That's most likely a glacier, and Su Hao didn't have any particular thoughts about it.

In his view, even if Hyoga was a "pitiful person" whose will was twisted by Mewtwo, it did not mean that the sins he committed during his many years as Hyoga could be wiped clean.

Su Hao would not comment on this ending.

Perhaps the sounds around him were too annoying, and Su Hao, unable to bear it any longer, started yelling at something that was lurking inside his body.

"Can't you control your mentally challenged companion?!"

Not bad.

Based on the available intelligence, Su Hao felt that the thing that was rambling on and on was most likely another stone slab spirit.

Or rather, it's just a youthful version of the slate spirit, consisting only of individual fragments of icicle slate.

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Chapter 1518 Old Dragon Popsicle

"It is known that the location of Kyurem is sealed by the primal power of the fragments of the ice pillar stone, preventing Hoopa's dimensional portal from traversing to the past and locating it."

Coupled with his idiotic and nonsensical remarks, he possesses a kind of stereotypical beauty stemming from incomplete cerebellar development.

Isn't this a stone slab that has come to life?

As for why the stone slab fragments in his Pokémon's hands didn't become sentient, Su Hao didn't quite understand the reason.

Su Hao's response was a line of text projected onto his retina.

[Say that again!]

This idiot isn't my friend at all!

Look, the mentally challenged are starting to look down on other mentally challenged people.

With a mocking smile, ignoring the red-hot characters in front of him, Su Hao began to examine the state of the ice sculpture.

Surprisingly, even though the ice blocks were much more solid than those constructed by Regice, the life force of the people inside was much more active than that of the frozen Pokémon.

"This is really strange," Su Hao muttered to himself.

Logically speaking, most humans have less vitality than Pokémon, let alone Pokémon with high levels, yet they still approached a near-death state.

Yet, these ice sculptures, clearly exposed to the extreme environment of the polar night, some of which are nearly six months old, show a healthy state with extremely low-frequency life fluctuations as indicated by waveguides.

The injured person's condition is also very stable.

It's less like being frozen and more like being in a frozen state of hibernation.

Hyoga in Hell wasn't so kind; judging from the Pokémon's expressions, he clearly intended to kill them.

Su Hao's intuition told him that the answer to this question could be found by entering the palace.

Anyway, it seems that none of them are in any immediate danger, including Sophia, Olt, and the others who were just turned into ice sculptures.

Su Hao wasn't in a hurry to unseal them. After so many people woke up, he had to keep them warm and heal them. After that, it would take a lot of time to wake up Kyurem.

He chose to break through the "Trial of the Void" first and awaken Kyurem.

Thinking of this, Su Hao decisively called in Diancie and Articuno, who were waiting outside.

As for Gu Jianbao, he asked him to guard the outside world to prevent any unexpected events from happening, and also to protect the ice sculptures from any possible damage.

In a good mood, Gu Jianbao wagged its tail and readily agreed to Su Hao's "request".

.................................................

The interior of the palace continues the grandeur of the exterior, and is also an extremely spacious area.

Reshiram's inexplicably hostile voice towards Kyurem echoed in his mind.

"With all this fancy stuff, just wait and see if I don't beat it up later!"

It must be said that after holding the Fire Stone Slab fragment for so long, Reshiram's mastery of his own laws and authority has improved considerably, especially with the hero Su Hao as his driving force.

Unlike before when he was still in a spirit state, this time Reshiram wasn't really afraid of Kyurem, even though Kyurem was in a pseudo-triple-body state.

After all, Kyurem's ability to slightly restrain Reshiram's absorption is no longer needed, because its body already contains the Reshiram and Zekrom of this world, which is practically full.

It can only be said that the advantage lies with me.

"What's with this 'Trial of Emptiness'? My stomach is already full, why are we still stuck in this emptiness!"

Rahiram said angrily.

For some reason, Su Hao's temper became inexplicably irritable as soon as it entered this palace space.

Instead of provoking it, Su Hao, along with Articuno and Diancie, went straight to the center of the palace.

Right there on the floor in the center, the old dragon with its somewhat ferocious appearance was fast asleep.

However, its body was isolated by a semi-circular shield made of an ice-blue light membrane, which was clearly not something Kyurem did because it was annoyed by the noise outside.

—It was probably laid down by fragments of icicle slabs.