Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Lugia's gaze grew increasingly cold as she looked at Su Hao, who had retracted his silver feather and was now questioning her.

It seems this human knows something.

"Heh, all you had to do was return the Silver Feather to me and then pretend you knew nothing and leave. Foolish humans."

Lugia chuckled softly; her voice was still the same, but the atmosphere was completely different.

Despite being in a warm southern climate, Su Hao and the Emerald Warrior Eagle suddenly felt a chilling coldness that seemed to seep into their bones.

A chilling aura emanated from Lugia, and at the same time, a murderous intent rose towards Su Hao and the Emerald Warrior Eagle.

"Out of compassion, let me answer your question before you leave, human."

Lugia held its head high, and the cold air around it transformed into a pure black vortex, rustling the plants on the island.

“My name is Lugia, and though I am reluctant to admit it, you may consider me a facet of Lugia.”

"Shadows are born from light, and light is also devoured by shadows—this is me, Dark Lugia."

Like a pristine white painting stained with jet-black hues, in the blink of an eye, Lugia's appearance changed along with the black whirlwind that swept across the entire central island.

Its entire body transformed from pure white to pitch black, like the night sky. Its abdomen and eye area turned into a silvery-gray, while its eyes, which should have been filled with majesty and holiness, were covered in blood.

Su Hao's view of Lugia's data panel suddenly changed drastically.

Pokémon: Dark Lugia

Attribute: [Dark + Flying]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Sense of oppression]

Rank: [Legendary Tier 1]

"Hey, doesn't this development seem a little familiar?"

Su Hao suddenly remembered that when he went to the Spiral Secret Realm, he also encountered the final boss at the very beginning.

This is outrageous! Although he could tell that the Lugia in front of him was an imposter, he never expected that this guy would actually be Dark Lugia, the boss of Dark Cyclone!

Upon transforming into its true form, Dark Lugia could no longer suppress its surging, destructive desires; a dark, swirling energy gathered before it—

"Now that the answer has been revealed, you may all die."

A sense of oppression, making the air feel muddy, filled the surrounding space, freezing Su Hao and the Emerald Warrior Eagle, who was subconsciously preparing to unleash their attacks, in place.

The oppressive feeling of traits that are considered useless in the game is like... in reality.

It signifies the supreme authority of the gods.

The evil aura brewing from Dark Lugia was filled with a chilling killing intent. Unable to move, Su Hao knew that he had to reveal his trump card now.

“Leahy......…”

Before he could finish speaking, the ice-blue tail feather in Su Hao's pocket suddenly burst into dazzling light.

"Wow!!!"

High in the sky, the ice-blue divine bird, sensing the reaction of its own tail feathers, flew rapidly downwards and spewed down an extreme frost-free stream, transforming into a solid wall of ice to block the evil wave of Dark Lugia.

Su Hao's summoning of Reshiram paused. This voice, this aura, this ability—

"Honestly, your luck is still so bad. How come you run into this lunatic as soon as you walk in?"

The eagle, a warrior washing jade, widened its eyes. The voice was...

The familiar tone echoed in his mind, and Su Hao's solemn expression froze, turning into one of surprise.

Articuno!

As if in response to Su Hao's call, an Articuno with beautiful ice-blue tail feathers descended from the sky amidst a shower of ice shards. It stood in front of Su Hao and chuckled, "It's me. It must have been a long time for you, Su Hao."

"You coward who hides in an ice island, how dare you come and ruin my plans?"

Dark Lugia's voice was tinged with anger. He had only intended to deal with a human and a bird, but his casual attack, the Dark Pulse, had been blocked by this guy.

Dark Lugia got serious this time, increasing the intensity of its Dark Pulse, instantly shattering the ice wall, and a terrifying Dark Pulse roared in.

Articuno didn't move, but instead said with a mocking expression, "Who said I was the only bird here?"

"Wow!!!"

"Wow!!!"

Two high-pitched cries rang out in the sky, and Dark Lugia's expression instantly darkened.

From the clouds above, torrents of lightning and fire descended from the sky, forcing Dark Lugia to confront the attack coming from the heavens.

The pitch-black evil wave fought two opponents single-handedly, with Dark Lugia displaying the power of a first-class legendary Pokémon. The terrifying aftershocks destroyed countless trees and vegetation on the central island.

Su Hao looked up at the sky and saw a golden divine bird crackling with terrifying electricity and an orange-red divine bird with bright and intense flames burning on its feathers, engaged in a fierce battle with Dark Lugia.

They are Zapdos and Moltres!

While Moltres and Zapdos held off Dark Lugia, Articuno gestured for Su Hao to sit on its back, saying, "There's no time to explain, come with me first."

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Chapter 831 Articulated Bird: Tiger, you...

Although Su Hao wanted to use the power of the three legendary birds and Reshiram to suppress Dark Lugia here, Articuno clearly seemed to know something.

Just to be on the safe side, let's first understand why there's a Dark Lugia in the Secret Realm of the High Seas.

Su Hao nodded gently, softly comforted the Green Warrior Eagle who was feeling lost because of Dark Lugia's murderous intent, recalled it into its Poké Ball, and then rode on Articuno's back.

In the cold, peripheral vision of Dark Lugia, Su Hao and the Silver Feather in his hand were snatched away by Articuno, while the two slippery roast chickens and hedgehogs, after harassing it for a while, disappeared one after the other.

Moments later, a terrifying waterspout formed around the central island, and a terrifying storm enveloped the island.

Immediately afterwards, a massive surge of malice shot straight into the sky, and the central island was instantly reduced to dust by the violent black vortex spewing from the mouth of the enraged Dark Lugia!

Articuno, which had already run quite a distance, sensed the enraged aura and rampant power of Dark Lugia behind it and said with some lingering fear, "So you really only have brute strength and rely entirely on your dark transformation, huh?"

Su Hao: "........."

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

The Articulated Bird flew at high speed for about half an hour before three adjacent, enormous islands came into view.

This made Su Hao even more aware of just how vast the area of ​​the high seas secret realm was.

The three islands each have different topography and climate.

To the left is an island with a huge volcano, permeated with a pungent sulfur smell, and thick volcanic ash has accumulated there.

To the right is an island with countless peaks, shrouded in thick, dark clouds, and filled with lightning and thunder.

The central island is the highest of the three islands. Its northern part has frozen forests and bays. Although the secret realm should have a tropical climate, the island is covered by heavy snow.

Su Hao murmured, "Fire Island... Ice Island... and Thunder Island."

The Articuno, focused on its flight, heard Su Hao's mutterings and looked at him strangely: "You even know this? I really don't know where you got this knowledge from."

Su Hao subtly changed the subject: "...By the way, Articuno, how did you know I entered the secret realm?"

Articuno didn't press the matter further; this was probably an unspoken understanding between them.

Articuno replied, "Luckily you took out my tail feather. I arrived as soon as I sensed its presence. As for that guy, he just happened to be nearby and was attracted by the silver feather in your hand, right?"

"Seriously, how come your luck is still as bad as ever? Why did you have to choose the coordinates of that guy's activity range to enter the secret realm?"

Su Hao retorted defiantly, "It's not that I'm unlucky! I'm very lucky!"

"This is something I did specifically..."

"Alright, alright, then consider it good luck."

Articuno interrupted Su Hao's narration abruptly, gave a perfunctory reply, and then landed on the frozen bay of Ice Island below.

Stepping onto the ice, Su Hao sensed that something had scanned his body the instant he entered the Ice Island area...

Articuno folded its wings and manipulated ice-type energy to gather ice shards, giving its feathers a dusty look.

As the most beautiful of the three divine birds, it must maintain an elegant demeanor even when running away.

Su Hao: "......."

The real and genuine Aladdin, still as arrogant as ever.

With so many questions swirling in his mind about this secret realm and Dark Lugia, Su Hao couldn't help but ask, "Now that the environment should be safe for the time being, can you tell me what exactly Dark Lugia is all about?"

Articuno nodded slightly: "Okay, but let's wait for Moltres and Zapdos to bring the child back first."

"So, before they come back, why don't we catch up?"

........

"Wow... Eevee evolved into Leafeon, Riolu evolved into Lucario, and they can even evolve again. They were even teleported to other worlds and times by those three mushrooms."

In the interim, Dragapult and two Dragapult Messia were taken away by Giratina for training, and they captured Metagross, Motostoke, Zeraora, and Urgot.

"In just over six months, you've experienced many adventures and stories."

Articuno's expression was somewhat wistful as it looked at the twelve figures beside Su Hao, some familiar and some unfamiliar.