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

No, why should I?

This is absolutely unbelievable!

Groudon, whose only function is its head, broke its own defenses.

2024, April 12.

Su Hao was also busy, but he was pleased to see that the Pokémon training at the Sea Temple and on the volcano island was gradually getting on track.

Your role becomes less important at this time, but you also have more free time.

After all, he had more than just Diancie and a few others under his command; he couldn't afford to show favoritism.

Su Hao had Manaphy use his "Prince of the Sea" authority to summon a group of aquatic Pokémon with venom. He bartered for a lot of their venom, intending to feed it to Naganadel, determined to train it into the world's number one poison-type Pokémon.

The kind of venomous phlegm that can turn an alpaca upside down.

Zeraora's Thunder Mode, Metagross's Destruction Gene, Lucario's Time-Space Power, and Dragapult's Reverse Power are all steadily improving.

In particular, Draco has made progress in his training of the Reverse Power recently, and his control over the Reverse World has deepened. He is now able to connect the Reverse World's portal to the Valley of Creation, just like Giratina.

This also made it easier for Su Hao to enter and exit the Valley of Creation, and to meet with Hoopa and Dream frequently.

Because of the various delicacies Su Hao often brings in, especially donuts of all flavors, Huba is now very clingy to him. It only becomes less sticky when playing games with Dream.

Despite being on a volcanic island, Su Hao never lost contact with the outside world.

With Groudon's "retreat," the current situation of the Sakura Kingdom League, as well as the sixth round of the Legends Cup, which is progressing faster and faster with fewer participants, has come to an end.

In the seventh round, the quarterfinals, Su Hao unfortunately ran into someone from his own alliance again.

The opponent was Long Yao, the elder of the Dragon City, who defeated Di Juan, a fellow master-level trainer, in the round of 16 and possessed the giant Dragonite, the guardian deity of the Dragon City.

Su Hao was also somewhat hesitant, wondering if he really was poisoned.

This is pure, unparalleled civil war god-like power!

Fortunately, Bai Du ran into a master-level trainer from the Eagle Union. According to the division of the half-zone, if he wins, he will at least not run into Su Hao or Long Yao before the finals.

On the other hand, David Carlisle, the Eagle Union champion who eliminated Chuya and Suicune, is in the same half of the bracket as Su Hao and Long Yao. It's a foregone conclusion that he will face Carlisle in the semifinals, and Tapu Koko behind him.

After being out of contact for seven days, Mewtwo finally returned, covered in injuries.

Su Hao thought that it had no choice but to fight Rayquaza in the end, but Mewtwo, who seemed to be in a good mood, curled up the corners of its mouth and said with a faint smile, "It was just a friendly spar, and I gained a lot and new insights."

Once it reaches that level, the rate of growth has slowed down many times over.

Having grown to its current level in just a few years, Mewtwo is naturally quite dissatisfied with its increasingly snail-paced growth rate.

Fortunately, the legendary spirits of the Blue Star world brought it a pleasant surprise.

Unlike the somewhat ambiguous "concepts" in the Pokémon world, the power, or rather the authority, of the legendary Pokémon in the Blue Star world is more concrete.

Whether in terms of the manifestation of power or the special power it wields through authority, it actually surpasses the Pokémon world.

Even here, one can experience a long-lost sense of "growth".

In high spirits, Mewtwo declared that it would crack the Genesect gene lock within two months and pinpoint Giovanni's location before leaving with a reluctant Metagross.

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Chapter 1421 The Wonderful Use of the Empty Shell of Power

Volcanic Island, within the area covered by the end of the original Groudon.

Diancie was enjoying the convergence of light, and she could feel that her understanding of the laws of light was deepening with the passage of time.

If Ho-Oh and Reshiram only grasped a small portion of the remnants of the Laws of Light through analogy...

Primal Groudon is perhaps one of the legends in this world, aside from Arceus, the creator god who is the source of everything, who has the deepest understanding of the Laws of Light.

Of course, Diancie also excluded the Radiant God of the Ultimate World, Necrozma, the god whose power split into countless Radiant Stones and Z-Crystals, before making her final judgment.

Solgaleo and Lunala may also possess the same or even stronger power of the Law of Light as Primal Groudon.

It's a bit of a shame that, apart from Ash's Solgaleo, it has never seen a truly legendary Aldebaran.

As for Lunayara, the captain of the Ultimate Investigation Team, a champion-level creature created by artificial light, Diancie believed that her understanding of the Law of Light, which she had just completed her Ultimate Burst at that time, was enough to annihilate it.

And now, they've left the other side miles behind.

The kind that doesn't even get you into the exhaust fumes.

The deeper Diancie's understanding of the Laws of Light became, the more she realized the power of the empty shell of authority, even though she hadn't been watching anime or TV dramas much lately.

The three seemingly ordinary terms, "expand," "enhance," and "concentrate energy," are anything but ordinary.

I won't go into the first two points, but they are the reasons why it dares to go head-to-head with the master-level Iron-Faced Ninja, even though it is still at the late stage of the champion level.

Even though the Iron-Faced Ninja Pokémon's combat strength is among the lowest of Master-level Pokémon, it doesn't diminish the power of its two effects.

The effect of this energy-gathering ability is quite peculiar.

At first glance, it seems to be just about gathering energy and speeding up energy recovery.

But in reality, its energy gathering is the power of the laws.

Why was the original Groudon surprised by the speed at which it mastered the Laws of Light?

Because of the convergence of the empty shell of authority, it does not need to go to great lengths to come into contact with the "aloof" laws. Instead, it only needs to comprehend the power of the laws collected by the empty shell of authority and then fill it into the hollow diamond.

In just seven days of training, under the illumination of the Land of the End, Diancie advanced her progress by 10 percent, reaching 20 percent.

Unlike the merely visually appealing and special-effect-rich laws of light that she obtained from Ho-Oh, Diancie truly grasped many more aggressive laws of light from Primal Groudon.

Extending this further, its understanding of fire attributes might even surpass that of the Blazing Roaring Tiger.

Diancie's progress continued until mid-December, then paused briefly for two days.

The two-day break was mainly due to the start of the seventh round of the Legends Cup.

Su Hao briefly returned to the Divine Continent Alliance and, in a Dragon Sanctuary provided by Dragon Capital, engaged in a fierce battle with Dragon Elder Long Yao and his partner, the giant Dragonite, the guardian deity of Dragon Capital.

Compared to the Iron-Faced Ninja of the Cicada Village, the sheer size of the giant Dragonite gives it a significant advantage over its opponent.

In terms of the power of the moves, the physical condition of the creature, and the energy reserves, the Iron-Faced Ninja was almost completely overwhelmed by the giant Dragonite.

Master-level Pokémon—that's what makes sense, as they're capable of fighting against second-tier legendary Pokémon.

Even with an understanding of the Law of Light, and the advantage of his attributes.

However, due to the limitations of their energy levels, Su Hao and Diancie still found this battle difficult.

Elder Longyao showed no sign of holding back, and the giant Dragonite seemed to be testing them, blocking their way with all its might.

Under the full power of Su Hao and Diancie's "Dawn Break," the giant Dragonite also unleashed "Ultra Dragon Shock," a power capable of leveling an entire city in one blow.

Under the deafening roar of the massive energy, the defense of elemental energy became meaningless.

In the end, Su Hao and Diancie, thanks to the expansion and enhancement of the Shell of Authority and the highly aggressive power of the laws they had mastered from the end of Primal Groudon, managed to narrowly win a single blow and defeat the giant Dragonite and Elder Dragon Radiance head-on.

He also received the "Outrage Scale of a Giant Dragonite" entrusted to him, which contained a rich amount of Dragon-type energy. After thinking about it, Su Hao handed it over to Naganadel.

After all, most of the Dragon-types in the team don't need this Outrageous Scale, and the excellent Poison type of Jawthorn completely overshadows the Dragon type, which can balance things out.

After Su Hao's seventh round of matches concluded and he secured his place in the semifinals, the results of the other three matchups were also announced.

Su Hao, who is in the upper half of the bracket, will soon face David Carlisle, the island king of Melemele Island in the Sanctuary of Islands and the electric attribute champion of the White Eagle Alliance.

In this match, Su Hao believes that Tapu Koko will have a very high probability of choosing to fight.

Meanwhile, in the lower bracket, Du lived up to expectations and led his Dragon Legion, with the assistance of Entei, the leader of the Phoenix Guard, to advance to the semifinals.

If he defeats Antonio, the World League United Nations Chairman and Master Trainer who will be his opponent in the semifinals, he can meet Su Hao in the finals.

However, after watching Antonio's game online and hearing some inside information from Long Yao, Su Hao felt that things might not go so smoothly.

The opponent... is very likely to be a dark horse that exceeds everyone's expectations.

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After the seventh round of the competition, Su Hao, whose schedule for the eighth round of the semi-finals was still pending, did not linger and returned to the volcano island with Diancie to continue their special training and cultivation.

As time went on, the original Groudon was surprised to find that he was gradually able to control his body movements while maintaining the interplay between his left and right hemispheres and avoiding breaking through Groudon's crimson pulsation.

The moment it regained its ability to move, it sought out Gu Leton, who inexplicably resembled it.

It was curious how Leton had transformed from a seemingly frail motorcycle lizard into its current form.

It found it amazing at the time, but its left and right hemispheres were still fighting each other, so it couldn't act for the time being and could only keep it to itself.

Perhaps because they are both Pokémon that like to rely on their "fists," Groudon quickly became acquainted with Gullardon and made its first Pokémon friend.

Groudon even felt a sense of camaraderie with Gullard after hearing that Gullard had also fought against Rayquaza!

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Chapter 1422 One Month, Xiao Mei's Primal Reversion

Training is in full swing on the volcanic island.

Advanced lava energy, the energy that digests solar energy.

The Temple of the Sea God was also busy.

The emerald warrior eagle dwells in the room in Manaphy where the "Silver Feather" is kept, comprehending the true meaning of the storm.

Meanwhile, after the Well Mask was successfully imprinted with a wisp of the Primordial Sea's aura, and received an extraordinary boost, the Evil Phantom excitedly carried the Fire Stove Mask and went to Groudon again.

Training Milotic is now the only thing Kyogre needs to do. Latios and Latias also frequently travel to the Sea Temple to oversee Milotic's training, according to some unknown source.

When Kyogre first heard that Milotic possessed the Stone Tablets of Creation, he was astonished for a long time.

But it lost interest after hearing that it was made of fragments.

After all, the Creation Stone is essentially a representation of the origin of all things in the world. A complete one might have some appeal to it, but a broken one is another matter.

It is the source of the ocean itself, and in this respect, Arceus may not be as powerful as it.

After all, Arceus is merely the one who holds the authority, but Kyogre himself makes a living from this line of work.

Perhaps the water droplets and stone slab fragments could enhance its power, but those weren't originally its own, and it couldn't possibly have them anyway, so it wasn't even tempted.

Really.