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

In the center of the courtyard, several large round tables were set up, covered with red tablecloths, and filled with a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

Su Xu moved the television outside, where the screen was currently playing the annual Spring Festival Gala, a program that the Shenzhou Alliance followed every year.

Suddenly, accompanied by a series of crisp pops, fireworks rose from the ground against the deep sky, breaking the silence of the night and bursting into bloom.

The night sky was adorned with countless dazzling flames, including golden fireworks cascading down like waterfalls, silver sparks twinkling like stars, fireworks blooming like peonies, and even a beautiful phoenix of fireworks soaring through the night sky.

That is the totem of the Divine Continent Alliance, the Phoenix King that protects this region.

Combined with the flowers in the courtyard, it can be described as a fiery tree brushing against the clouds, a phoenix soaring, and rare flowers covering the ground, their petals falling like crimson petals.

Countless brilliant colors intertwined in the night sky, their light illuminating the faces of Su Hao's family and the Pokémon as they looked up in awe.

Xerneas marveled at human progress, Articuno pondered whether to set off a giant ice crystal firework in the sky, and Diancie had already taken action.

—The ultimate explosion followed, and then countless dazzling lights resounded above the Su family as the radiant aura expanded.

It had gained some insights into the fancy ways of using the Law of Light from Ho-Oh, and it never expected that it would come in handy at this time.

The excited dream spun around in the sky, accompanied by the four-jawed needle dragon. One was born with a playful spirit, while the other craved light from the depths of its genes.

Seeing this, Chao Meng didn't stop the Dream, which it had already deemed an idiot, letting it run wild and being too lazy to care.

As the last firework slowly faded into the night sky, it was nearly midnight, accompanied by the announcement in the announcer's voice from Chu Ya, the television presenter.

Before the countdown, a video played of well wishes from many of the invited guests who were unable to attend.

Among them were Su Qing, who successfully led her research team to a technological breakthrough this year; Liao Xingchen, who was with Ho-Oh and his guards, with Marshadow vaguely visible wriggling in the shadows; and many other acquaintances of Su Hao.

—And himself, as the final act.

"Hey, look, it's our son's turn!"

Su Qing tugged at Su Xu's sleeve and gave him a look that said, "You're the worst off in the whole family."

In the scene, Su Hao, with a volcanic island as the backdrop, is wearing a perfectly timed smile as he reads the blessing prepared by Shen Yun.

Looking at himself on TV, Su Hao's expression was quite strange.

How should I put it? It just feels awkward.

Just as Su Hao's pre-recorded blessing was coming to an end, a random figure appeared on screen, causing everyone's expressions to freeze.

Groudon, engrossed in a battle between its left and right hemispheres, was completely oblivious to the commotion and simply walked past the camera.

Now, probably no one doesn't know this old man who almost made the neighbor's little cherry blossom sink, but now, he actually appears in the background of Su Hao's video.

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Chapter 1425 Mind Control

After sending Xerneas and the others back home.

After receiving countless calls that seamlessly transitioned from New Year's greetings to inquiries about the video, Su Hao, finally able to catch his breath, lay on his bed and, unsurprisingly, came across a trending topic related to himself.

Netizens are endlessly speculating about why Groudon appeared behind them.

Some say that Groudon was the culprit and that he was captured by himself, while others even say that he was actually a despicable adult who drove Groudon to trample the cherry blossoms and devour the rats.

That's outrageous.

He can't exactly say that Groudon is helping him with special training right now, can he?

After New Year's Eve, it was time to pay New Year's visits on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. People kept coming to Su Hao's house to offer New Year's greetings, and he was also taken by Su Qing and Su Xu to visit Xia Jie to offer New Year's greetings.

Once he finally settled in, Su Hao, a third-year junior high student, spent the whole day at home doing absolutely nothing but spacing out and interacting with his Pokémon.

On the fourth and fifth days of the Lunar New Year, I visited Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng, who were also home for the holiday. While enjoying their food and drinks, I also offered them some pointers on their training questions.

Both players have made significant progress. Although they still have some time before entering their second year of university, they have already secured a place on their respective school teams. In addition, the lineups of Longdu University and Didu University are already strong. They should be able to achieve good results with their teams in this year's university league.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Su Hao packed up and returned to the volcano island to continue his interrupted special training and cultivation.

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at the same time.

In a research institute located on the seabed.

Sakaki rubbed the ring on his finger, his sinister gaze falling on Mewtwo, whose appearance had changed drastically, as if it had been dyed black.

Black mist continued to surge around Mewtwo, and the power of darkness was constantly reshaping its body, making it more adaptable to the darkness.

The basic fusion has ended, but given that Mewtwo has not yet regained consciousness, the power within its body should still be undergoing changes.

It will probably be quite some time before it can move freely.

Recently, the various alliances on this planet have intensified their crackdown on research institutes, but Giovanni doesn't seem to care much about it.

After all, compared to Team Rocket, which he built up from scratch, and the later Rainbow Rocket, the R Laboratory was merely a tool that allowed him to hide in the shadows and obtain resources and research data.

They never took it seriously from the beginning, so they didn't care about being targeted repeatedly.

Faced with the absolute power that was about to be obtained, these trivial matters became insignificant.

Once the deal with that guy is complete, it doesn't matter what this world becomes, since there are countless parallel worlds waiting for me to explore and conquer.

Gazing at Mewtwo's dark skin exposed outside its armor, Giovanni's expression darkened as he pondered whether Mewtwo, having gained the power of darkness, could break free from its mental constraints.

At first, I should say that I had a falling out with Mewtwo... no, from the very beginning there was no affection between us.

For Mewtwo, it is a weapon to overturn the world. A weapon does not need its own will, it just needs to obey.

But in the end, Mewtwo escaped its control and went into hiding with the Pokémon it had cloned, until its team, Team Rocket, successfully tracked it down.

Back at Clear Cliff, he successfully controlled Mewtwo's mind with a machine, and then gradually strengthened his mind control, turning it into his strongest weapon and researcher.

Under the relentless training of his Team Rocket, he and Mewtwo first secretly took control of the Kanto League, and continued to grow stronger, infiltrating other leagues and eventually dominating the world.

During this time, there were legendary Pokémon that stood in the way of Team Rocket, but without exception, they were all defeated by Mewtwo, which Team Rocket had painstakingly trained.

Whether it's the three gods of the sea, land, and air, the super demon god, or the three dragon gods and guardians of order in the creation myth, they were all defeated by Mewtwo, who possessed unlimited potential.

After gaining control of the entire world, through a series of coincidences, he came into contact with a wondrous phenomenon—the Ultimate Hole.

Then, he unexpectedly arrived in another parallel world.

After experiencing many things, he collaborated with several other guys from parallel worlds who had also achieved their own ambitions to form Team Rainbow Rocket, intending to expand his inflated ambitions to other parallel worlds.

However, in the Alola region of another world where they united to descend, they encountered a formidable adversary.

The Alola Champion, who was only eleven or twelve years old, shattered their ambitions and banished them from that world with a terrifying Pokémon that they had never seen before, radiating a dazzling light.

The Radiant God Necrozma, that Pokémon's power completely surpassed their understanding; it was truly the "strongest legendary Pokémon."

Due to some accidents, he and the heavily injured Armored Mewtwo ended up in this world called Blue Star, which is completely different from the parallel worlds they had seen.

In order to gain stronger power to return and seek revenge, he and Mewtwo lay dormant here, cooperating with that guy to recover their strength and accumulate power. At the same time, they established an organization that was easy to use and amassed resources on this planet where high-end combat power was not prominent.

Now they have obtained the power to counter that light. Darkness and light are mutually reinforcing and restraining, and the stronger will gain an absolute advantage, unlike the unreasonable suppression of some attribute restraints.

Mewtwo has become a weapon that allows it to completely control one's mind. Even with the fusion of dark power, the deeply ingrained mind control is absolutely impossible to break.

—Under its own command, it would never even entertain such a thought.

Once Mewtwo has fully merged with the dark forces, the appointed time will arrive.

But before that, he needed to go to a place in this world called the "Sanctuary of the Islands" to plunder the light there to feed the Star Cocoon that he had specially found.

Sakaki's gaze fell on Kosmome, as if he were staring at some treasure.

The ability to freely open the Ultra Hole is an indispensable power for him to return to his own world and even to engulf the world of Alola with absolute darkness.

After Mewtwo completes the fusion, the first step is to control the Star Cocoon, and these Dynamax Particles are the most important material.

The previous operation was specifically prepared for data collection.

"The time... is almost here."

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Chapter 1426 The Warrior of a Hundred Battles

2025, April 1.

A volcanic island in a remote, high seas area of ​​the Pacific Ocean.

Including the seven-day holiday for the Spring Festival, Su Hao and his Pokémon have been training alone on this secluded sea for a full month.

Everyone has gained a lot during this period.

Having overcome his regrets and broken free from his past nightmares, Ye Yibu made rapid progress, breaking through to the mid-stage of the Champion level. He successfully absorbed the solar energy and his sword intent became even purer.

Su Hao plans to head to the Northern Bear Alliance in a while.

One reason was to search for clues about Kyurem there, and the other was to take Yeev to challenge the three Swordmasters in order to seek an opportunity to break through to the Master level.

Although Evil Creeper and Blazing Roar Tiger did not improve as much as Yeezy, their strength had still increased considerably from their original levels.

On the bare, crimson earth, the two sides are currently engaged in fierce combat.

The petite body of the Egui Peng burst forth with extraordinary speed, nimbly dodging and weaving on the ground to avoid the fierce attacks from the fiery roaring tiger, which resembled a land-based war machine, with its red-glowing fur and bulging muscles.

At this moment, the Blazing Roaring Tiger has entered the Magnetic Field Rotation·Lava Overload mode, releasing scorching heat with each breath. The flame belt around its waist seems to have molten lava flowing around it, continuously generating energy to support its movements.

The muscles, which had become extremely tough, would no longer be torn apart and healed by the Holy Fire, which made the current Blazing Roaring Tiger feel somewhat uncomfortable.

It suspects it might have some M-like tendencies.

Upon discovering that the Evil Spirit had reassembled the thorny vine club that it had just knocked away, the Blazing Roaring Tiger immediately approached its opponent. Black energy rapidly gathered within its malevolent aura and coiled around its arms.

As two sparks ignited in his palms, the Blazing Roaring Tiger clenched his fists and began to spin.

DD Gold Hook Arm!

Like a swift black whirlwind, carrying an aura full of malice, the Blazing Roaring Tiger attacked the Evil Spirit directly!

"Boni!"

Egui Peng's expression was solemn as he gripped the thorny vine club in his hand. The gems embedded in the fire stove mask he wore shimmered with a faint crimson light.

It is far more lifelike than before, with the scales becoming clearer and the gaps appearing as if a fiery dragon of flowing lava is clinging to the club, echoing the surrounding environment and burning even more intensely.

As a strong gust of wind swept in, the Thorn Vine Staff, which the Evil Spirit was swinging with all its might, was knocked away by the Blazing Roaring Tiger. DD Golden Hook Arm struck its body, instantly creating a series of explosions.