Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

The Japanese-style buildings were reduced to charred skeletons, and the bluestone streets were covered with shocking cracks.

The remains of the bell tower whimpered in the wind, and a few lonely pillars stood like tombstones in the ruins.

The suppressed sobs of survivors could be heard in the distance, floating across the devastated land along with the lingering sparks.

"Can they... still be saved?"

Li Chen's voice was soft, but it struck the hearts of every legendary Pokémon.

Reshiram lowered his head, and Zygarde's core dimmed a little.

This silent answer said it all.

"I see......

But, how can you know if you don’t try, right?

Li Chen forced a pale smile and took the strange ball from his waist.

A red light flashed, and the moment the Motorcycle Lizard landed on the ground, it transformed into a Gulton form.

Its thick front claws dug deep into the scorched earth, and the ancient power of time began to flow through the earth veins.

quiet--

A suffocating silence enveloped the ruins.

Gu Leton's scales oozed out fine blood beads due to excessive force, but there was not even a trace of echo from those lost lives.

Finally, it gave up its strength, shook its head, and the mess on the ground was reflected in its eyes.

Tick ​​tock…

A drop of rain suddenly hit the back of Li Chen's hand.

Only then did he realize that it was not rain.

These are tears that I didn't know when they fell.

"God's messenger..."

The weak voice of the Phoenix King suddenly sounded, and it struggled to raise its scarred head, "Actually... there is still a glimmer of hope..."

Li Chen was shocked and hurried forward: "What should I do?"

The Phoenix King was speechless, his eyes moving between the dark balls on Gulden and Li Chen's waists.

With a slight "dong" sound, Zhenyifa appeared on his own, looking at the devastated scene, with complex emotions in his eyes.

"If your Guruton could perfectly control the power of the 'past'..."

With each word the Phoenix King spoke, his feathers dimmed. "Restore their bodies to their pre-corruption state... and I will be able to revitalize them with the sacred fire..."

Before he finished speaking, Phoenix King looked at Flutterbear meaningfully.

The unfinished words hit Li Chen's heart like a heavy hammer.

To perform such a miracle, a being who possesses the power of the past must be sacrificed...

Right now, the fluttering hair is the most suitable...

Li Chen was silent.

I have only known Zhen Yifa for a few days.

But it is also a companion that hatched from an egg...

To sacrifice the life of a friend in exchange for the lives of a group of people...

He really couldn't do it...

"Fa." (Why, I feel so familiar.)

The tentacles of the fluttering wings trembled slightly, and it looked at the charred silhouettes in the ruins, where its most "familiar" residents were.

It clearly doesn't know him, so why does it feel so moved?

Li Chen walked up and touched Zhen Yifa's head: "Zhen Yifa, do you know them?"

"Hair..." (I don't know... I should have had fluttering hair since birth, but... why... do I feel familiar with them...)

Zhenyi's sentences were intermittent, and it was also recalling its "past life" memories.

The fire in the bell tower, the wish not to be troubled by fire...

I have winged hair?

No...I'm more than just flutter hair!

I am......

"Mengmeng..."

The strange-colored dream demon that was previously trapped in the Bell Tower floated over and looked at Zhenyifa.

Chapter 444 The Future of the Past is Now

At this time, the strange-colored dream demon floated over tremblingly.

Fluttering his wings, he looked at its transparent body, and memories came flooding back.

Wasn't I once a nightmare demon living in this clock tower?

"F..." (As expected... sacrificing me is the most appropriate...)

Zhenyifa's gaze swept across Gulden and fell on those charred bodies.

Everyone's smile is still vivid in my mind...

Besides, sacrificing myself can also allow Brother Gulden to master the power of the "past", which is really killing two birds with one stone...

"No...there must be another way!"

Li Chen grabbed the ribbon of Zhenyi's hair, and his fingers turned white from the force.

The green ribbon of Zhenyifa gently wrapped around Li Chen's wrist.

It stared at Li Chen and chuckled.

"Fa~" (Li Chen, do you know why I can turn into wings?)

Li Chen shook his head.

Its wings fluttered towards the ruins of the bell tower, and its tentacles gently stroked the charred beams.

"Fa..." (Like that dream demon... I was once consumed by flames... Before I died, I thought I didn't want to be troubled by flames anymore. If I could use 'fire' to increase my strength, that would be even better...)

"Fa~" (Perhaps it was fate's mercy that allowed me to be reborn as a flapping-winged hair...)

The fluttering hair gently floated back in front of Li Chen, and the long ribbon-like tentacles gently brushed Li Chen's cheek.

"Fah~" (So this time... it's my turn to protect everyone.)

The eyes of the flying wing were filled with crystal light.

The sound of dripping water fell on Li Chen's hand.

"Although the time I spent with you was only seven short days... every day was like the sweetest honey..."

“May this memory never fade…”

The body with fluttering wings began to emit pure white light, and the whisper was only half left: "If there is an afterlife... let me be your partner again..."

The body with flapping wings gradually turned into countless light spots, rushing into Gulden's body frantically.

In an instant, the ancient power of time surged around Gulden, and its scales glowed with a crimson luster.

Every line carries the power of time!

The dark clouds in the sky dissipated and the sun shone brightly.

The sun is scorching, so Leton's own strength is constantly increasing!

[Feature: Crimson Pulse]

As its strength skyrocketed, big tears rolled down its eyes.

This power was gained at the cost of my most cherished companion...

"Fa~" (Sunshine, so comfortable~)

The fluttering wings felt the warm sunshine and couldn't help but smile brightly.

Li Chen stretched out his hand tremblingly, and the wave power surged wildly, but only touched the scattered light fragments.

"Mengmeng!"

Suddenly, the rescued colorful dream monster suddenly rushed out!

Its body glowed with a unique brilliance, and it did not hesitate to inject its own original energy into the spirit body that was about to dissipate with its flapping wings!

"Dream..." (Thank you for the delicious water...)

The dream demon turned around and smiled.

Its body also turned into a point of light, but it still tightly embraced the ball of light that fluttered from its wings, as if holding the most precious treasure in the world...

"Why......"

Li Chen's fingertips penetrated the dream demon's gradually transparent body, but he couldn't feel even a trace of temperature.

Not too hot or too cold.

The ball of light emitted by the fluttering wings had indeed recondensed, but the figure of the dream demon was dissipating like morning mist...

But it dissipated extremely slowly.

Li Chen took a closer look and found that the waveguide that the wing-beating hair could not absorb could actually be absorbed by the dream monster!

There is still hope!

Thinking of this, Li Chen suddenly clenched his fists.

The power of the waveguide can sustain life, even if it means sacrificing one's own lifespan...

"Drink——!"

Li Chen knelt on one knee, his entire body emitting an astonishing azure light! The surging wave power was like a floodgate, pouring into the dream demon's body regardless of the cost.

His face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even a few strands of silver appeared in his black hair, but the energy he output became more and more violent!

"cough--!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out from the corner of Li Chen's mouth, and a dazzling red plum blossom bloomed on the scorched earth.

When fighting against dark matter previously, the power of super-control had already been exhausted.

Now that he was forcibly activating the source of the waveguide, his body was on the verge of collapse.

The blood vessels beneath the skin began to turn an abnormal purple-blue color, and every breath carried the rusty smell of blood...

But the clenched hands never loosened.

The azure light wrapped around the dream demon's illusory body like a cocoon.

at last!

In that almost completely transparent outline, a faint emerald light reappeared!

"Success...success..."

Li Chen fell forward as if exhausted, but was gently supported by Reshiram's wings before he fell to the ground.

In his blurred vision, the dream demon's heartbeat was blooming like a new bud, though weak... but beating tenaciously...

Then, it turned into an egg.

"Agas—!"

Gulden suddenly let out a deafening roar, and a crimson torrent of time erupted with it as the center!

Countless ripples of time swept across the ruins, and those charred bodies returned to their pre-pollution appearance like a film played in reverse.

Even the ashes floating in the air gathered together against gravity and returned to their original form.

The Phoenix King struggled to spread its broken wings, and golden-red sacred fire gushed out from its beak.