An abstract trainer who taught Charmander the Incinerate move

Chapter 308 Tang Shenwang disregards past grievances and kneels to beg for reconciliation; the land deity Yun Yemengjiade breaks the seal and appears in the world!

The massive stone floor in the center of the main hall, which was originally engraved with ancient totems, suddenly shattered like a fragile ice surface that had been hit by a boulder!

Countless pebbles mixed with millennia-old dust shot into the sky, and a massive shadow, large enough to obscure the entire sacred fire altar, slowly rose from the abyss beneath the earth.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the true form of the colossal object took everyone's breath away.

It resembles a rugged giant, with a body as thick and heavy as a mountain rock, and its muscular torso covered with strange patterns like parched earth. The ends of its arms are not hands, but terrifying force clusters that condense pure ground-based energy.

Its face was majestic and ferocious, with a huge crown made of rock on its head, and the heavy pressure emanating from its body even solidified the sand and dust floating in the air.

Its appearance is strikingly similar to that of the Earth Cloud, the embodiment of the land's bounty and calamity in the legends of the Unova!

"The King of the Earth and Mountains... Jormungandr, the Earth Cloud?! How... how could it be here?!"

Ulina's face, which had become gloomy due to his darkening, was instantly replaced by extreme horror. The mad killing intent in his golden eyes was extinguished as if doused with ice water, leaving only an instinctive tremor.

Danyu, who was beside him, had long forgotten her argument with her brother. Her eerie golden vertical pupils were fixed on the enormous creature that had broken out of the ground, and she cried out in shock.

The confrontation between the two gods, Zhu and Zi, seemed so insignificant under the oppressive aura of this truly ancient legend.

The red-haired chieftain, Aldak, suddenly shuddered, and even his Vulcan moth hairstyle seemed to lose some of its flamboyance.

His deep eyes reflected the mountain-like figure of the Earth Cloud, and a fragment of memory, long sealed in the tribe's oldest ballad, suddenly awakened.

"The ancient prophecy...it's actually true..."

His voice was hoarse, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.

"According to the legends of our ancestors, in ancient times, there was a monster called the Wrath of the Earth that devoured the life force of the earth and brought endless drought. Because its crimes were too numerous to count, it was eventually sealed by a hero along with the entire mountain range where it lived under an altar, to be suppressed by sacred fire for eternity... This must be the monster before us!"

Adek looked up with worry at the sacred fire of the sun still burning, though its light seemed to flicker slightly, through the gap in the dome of the main hall, and a strong sense of unease welled up inside him.

"The power of the sacred flame... is weakening? Yes, if the sealing power hadn't weakened, how could this demon, suppressed for countless years, have broken free of the hero's shackles..."

He gripped the Poké Ball hanging around his neck, realizing that the root of the crisis was far more terrifying than the ideological conflict between tribes.

Standing beside Xiao Huolong's massive body, Zi Yu's light purple bob hair swayed slightly in the energy turbulence brought by the earth cloud.

She had been staring intently at the milk dragon's amethyst eyes, but now she was involuntarily drawn to the earth cloud.

A strange feeling rose from the depths of my blood, as if a dormant volcano had been quietly stirred.

An unnatural blush rose on her fair cheeks, her breathing became rapid, and the dragon blood belonging to the Mine King family within her body began to boil uncontrollably!
Even more astonishingly, a brilliant golden light, like the dawn breaking, suddenly shone deep within her clear eyes—her Golden Eyes had involuntarily activated at that moment!
A sense of resonance, as if from a kindred spirit, gave her a strange feeling of... a mixture of closeness and fear towards the land cloud.

"What...is this feeling...?"

Zi Yu instinctively clutched her chest, feeling her heart pounding wildly.

Then she suddenly remembered the instructions given by Principal Angers before she left.

She frantically pulled out her high-end Rotom phone, wanting to contact the unfathomable principal.

However, the glaring "No Service" sign on the screen instantly shattered her hopes.

"Ugh! This lousy desert! Doesn't it even have the most basic signal coverage of the Alliance?!"

She stomped her foot in frustration, her expensive leather boots making a helpless sound as they pounded on the gravel.

In stark contrast to the alarmed reaction of the others, the real Mo Zhen had already used the authority of the dream realm and the sandstorm as cover to quietly remove his disguise as Xiu Di and stood leisurely to the side and rear of Adek's camp.

Instead of showing any panic, a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Oh? The King of Earth and Mountains? Quite the grand entrance..."

He glanced at Adek beside him, whose expression was solemn, and felt reassured.

Compared to the desperate situation where the Sky Arrow Bridge was blocked by that old bastard Odin, this time there is a real champion-level expert in charge. If the sky falls, the champion will hold it up!

He concentrated, his artist's eyes taking in the newly emerged clouds of land with great interest.

[Level: 57/70/??]

"As expected... it's very weak after just breaking free from its seal, and its level hasn't fully recovered yet. It seems there's a chance..."

His mind immediately started racing, and he began to plan how to seize the opportunity amidst the chaos and securely obtain the sacred fire of the sun.

However, in stark contrast to Mo Zhen's composure was Tang She, who had just been arrogant and boasted of being a god-king!
When the Earth Cloud appeared, the divine pressure, as if the weight of the entire earth were pressing down, instantly stiffened its slender, emerald-green body, which was tinged with silver. Its golden vertical pupils shrank into two thin lines due to extreme fear, and even the deep black ten-thousand-year soul ring on its back dimmed a bit.

"This...this feeling of oppression..."

Its scales were opening and closing uncontrollably. Only in that damned editing studio in Palukia had it experienced this terror stemming from an absolute difference in the level of life!
But when you experience it firsthand in real life, this feeling of insignificance and suffocation, like an ant looking up at the sky, is magnified by more than a hundred times!
Tang She immediately felt fear. All his thoughts of revenge against Mo Zhen, trampling on Tang Long and Tang Gou, and the great cause of becoming the God King became bullshit in the face of life and death!

"Hiss... Gurgle... As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood! With the wind blowing hard, let's get out of here! Let those idiots like Mo Zhen be cannon fodder to tank this monster, this God-King is taking the lead!"

Its short limbs and eight spider bone spears on its back instinctively moved, preparing to launch [Flexible Love] to escape this dangerous place.

However, the next moment, an invisible yet terrifying pressure, as heavy as a towering mountain range, suddenly descended and precisely enveloped Tang She's entire body!

Its body, which had just arched, was forcefully pressed back to the ground, its emerald green belly pressed tightly against the cold, rough stone slab, making it incredibly difficult to even lift an inch!

Land Cloud's enormous eyes, burning like lava, completely ignored everyone else present, their gaze fixed on the Tang Snake struggling futilely on the ground with a pure greed akin to discovering an unparalleled delicacy.

In its hazy, seemingly not fully awake consciousness, only a primal and domineering thought echoed.

【Eat!!!】 Locked on by the gaze of that truly god-level being, Tang Snake could no longer care about any god-king demeanor; his intense will to survive instantly overwhelmed everything!
It immediately had a flash of inspiration and let out a shrill, almost broken mental roar at Mo Zhen's group, who had been tightly bound by its silver grass and were now watching its predicament with all sorts of eyes.

[Caw! What are you idiots standing around for?! A formidable enemy is at hand, everyone hurry up and attack! If this monster eats me, you'll be next!!!]

As it spoke, it untied the silver shackles, hoping that these people would serve as cannon fodder for it and hold them off for a while.

However, it was met with a chorus of disdain, schadenfreude, and indifference.

Danyu crossed her arms, but the mocking sneer on her lips was particularly striking at that moment.

"Hmph! You stinking worm, weren't you so arrogant just now? Now you know to ask for help? The Earth Cloud wants to eat you? Good! This is truly gratifying! You'd better just obediently get eaten, so as not to dirty my hands!"

Zi Yu hugged Xiao Huolong's chubby leg tightly, buried her face in its bouncy belly, and made a muffled sound that was clearly disgusted.

"Eek! Who wants to save you! You just tried to steal my Milk Dragon and absorb its energy! You wicked snake! You deserve it! Go, Land Cloud!"

Hiding behind Alice, Mingyi, who had just received a hundred consecutive draws, blinked her innocent big eyes, tilted her head, and said in her uniquely clear and silly voice.

"Bad snake! Stinky snake! Rotten snake! Get eaten already!"

The wise old chieftain, Adek, looked solemnly at Tang Shedao.

"Great Feathered Serpent God, the time has come! Please act now and unleash your divine power to punish this wicked earth monster!"

Being kicked while it was down by everyone, Tang Snake felt the gaze of the Earth Cloud, filled with a devouring desire, getting closer and closer, as if it wanted to swallow it like a spicy snack!
The extreme fear instantly broke down its last psychological defenses, and a warm torrent gushed uncontrollably from beneath it, leaving a small wet patch on the ground.

【Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god—!!!】

It let out a howl, no longer caring about the dignity of a god-king, and hysterically roared in the direction of Mo Zhen and the others.

【Caw!!! Is this the time to worry about such things?! If I were eaten, and this monster absorbed my power and recovered, do you think you could escape?! We're all in this together! Don't you fools understand?!】

At this moment, the real Mo Zhen, watching this farce unfold, strolled out from behind Adek, elegantly placing his hands in the pockets of his red suit trousers, and said to Tang She with ease and comfort.

"Oh? What makes you say that, Mr. Tang She? I think not."

He raised his finger and pointed to Tu Diyun, whose gaze was still fixed on Tang She, and said indifferently.

“Look at this Mr. Earth Cloud, he has a clear goal. Maybe he’ll eat you, the noble god-king, and then he’ll be satisfied, replenish his energy, and then pat his belly and fly away? Wouldn’t that make us all happy?”

[Hiss—?! It's you?! You damn red suit!!!]

When Tang She saw Mo Zhen appear unharmed and calm, and then glanced at the "Mo Zhen" (Cultivation Emperor) next to him who was still twitching slightly from being electrocuted, he instantly realized that he had been tricked from beginning to end!

A sense of humiliation even stronger than being targeted by the Earth Cloud surged into its heart, making it so angry that it almost vomited blood on the spot.

But it had no time to be angry, because the giant arm of the Earth Cloud, which was condensed with terrifying ground-type energy, had slowly risen and was about to slam down on it!
[Damn it! Wu Li! What are you standing there for, you useless thing?! Prepare for battle!]

The Tang snake let out a desperate screech in the direction that was the only possible way to save it.

Wu Li, who had been in a state of shock and confusion, heard the "master's" command, and his obedience to the master's task instantly overwhelmed his fear of the land cloud.

He abruptly tossed his dark purple, slicked-back hair, and his ignited golden eyes erupted with twisted loyalty and madness.

"Yes, Master! Milton, for Master!!! [Lightning Rush] Maximum Power!!!"

"Buzz—Boom boom boom boom!!!"

The futuristic hadron engine at the tail of the Millerton overloaded, unleashing an unprecedentedly dazzling purple-red lightning bolt. The massive mechanical body transformed into a destructive bolt of lightning that pierced through space, like a purple comet shooting backward, carrying all of Wu Li's will and power, and fiercely charged towards the land cloud in mid-air!

The next second, under Tang She's expectant gaze, the purple lightning spear, powerful enough to tear apart ordinary elves, slammed into the chest of the Earth Cloud, which resembled the solidified earth itself.

That very strike instantly annihilated the overlord electric spider, which possessed nearly ten thousand years of cultivation. Surely it will have some effect on that earth cloud now too?
"Crackling... Sizzling..."

There was no explosion, no impact, and not even a speck of smoke was stirred up.

The violent lightning energy, like a mud ox entering the sea, was completely swallowed up by the pure and boundless earth-elemental power the moment it touched the earth cloud's body, without even causing a ripple.

Milton's attack dealt a staggering zero damage to the land cloud!

What?! How could this happen?!

Tang She was stunned and couldn't believe his eyes.

Tu Diyun's dazed gaze remained completely unmoved, as if he had only been disturbed by a fly.

Its massive rocky arm, imbued with the power of the earth, casually and effortlessly slammed down!
"Bang—!!!!"

Like a meteorite striking the ground, an indescribable, terrifying shockwave spread out from Millerton's center!
Milton's hard mechanical body instantly sank into the ground, the flashing electricity around him instantly went out, and he crashed into a deep crater deep in the hall, completely losing his movement. His eyes turned into spirals, signifying that he was no longer able to fight.

Even though Mo Zhen tried hard to maintain his artist's composure, he almost couldn't help but burst out laughing at this moment.

"Hahahaha, electric type fighting ground type... and it's the legendary king of earth and mountains... Tang God King is so wise, I admire him greatly!"

Seeing its last hope shattered, Tang Snake was terrified and could no longer care about anything else. With its last bit of strength, it let out the most humble wail of its life in the direction of Mo Zhen and the others.

[Sigh... Is it possible to reconcile?!]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Hey, can I vote with a monthly pass?!

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