Pokémon: Did you play Pokémon today?

Chapter 245 This! This is exactly my escape route! (Please continue reading!)

Go there————

As long as it's possible—as long as it's possible to get there—

At this moment, Rainbow Sakaki's consciousness was already blurred, and his ears were ringing constantly.

It was almost impossible to hear what Bai Zhou was saying not far away; only the word "evolution" could be vaguely heard floating in the air.

But it doesn't matter what the other party says.

Completely consumed by fear, he had only one clear thought left in his mind.

escape!

We must escape alive!

He dragged his already emaciated body, squeezing out the last bit of strength and using all his willpower.

Slowly but with extraordinary determination, they crawled toward the ultimate alien cave that was so close at hand!

Just get in!

He'll be safe once he enters that passage connecting to another dimension!

Given Bai Zhou's current position, there was simply no time to stop his final struggle!

Just as his mud-stained and congealed blood-covered hand successfully probed into the distorted halo of the ultimate void.

A surge of overwhelming joy at surviving a catastrophe erupted from his chest!

"Hahaha—"

A hoarse, manic laugh squeezed out from deep in his throat.

"You've been tricked, Bai Zhou!"

"This! This is exactly my escape route!"

"It's precisely because of your ridiculous carelessness!"

"Only by borrowing" your strength could I have come to this place!

"You can no longer stop me from leaving!!!"

Driven by this intense emotional surge, Rainbow Sakaki miraculously managed to stand up, swaying unsteadily, dragging his broken body.

His face, covered in blood and dust, was twisted into an extremely crazed smile, his eyes flashing with the hysterical rage of a gambler's last stand.

Bai Zhou showed no sign of annoyance or anxiety at his declaration. He accelerated forward while coldly uttering a sentence.

"Too bad! It's already full!"

These words, like an ice pick, instantly pierced the spine of Rainbow Sakaki's fanatical fervor.

A chilling sensation mixed with fear suddenly gripped his heart!

He almost instinctively turned his head to look at the Ultimate Hole next to him!

Within the distorted halo of light in the strange cave, a huge, pale, and extremely ferocious ghost face slowly emerged!

A blinding yellow vertical pupil suddenly split open in the center of the ghost face's forehead, emitting a captivating eerie light!

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying roar resounded.

"Genga—!!!"

Mega Gengar!

The absolute king of the shadows has been waiting here for a long time!

As Mega Gengar appeared, the shadows swirling around Giovanni seemed to come alive, instantly expanding and engulfing everything in their path!

Countless tentacled shadows suddenly climbed up and tightly wrapped around his legs and body, then disappeared like a brand, as if they had merged into his body.

Rainbow Sakaki felt his body suddenly sink, as if he were bound by invisible chains.

Although nothing was outwardly apparent, the moment he saw who it was, his heart died.

The reason is none other than stepping on a shadow!

An opponent whose shadow has been stepped on cannot escape or be replaced!

This control ability, which is arguably the most unbeatable in Pokémon battles, has already sealed his fate—death!

"roar!!!"

Meanwhile, Necrozma, who had been relentlessly pursued by Rayquaza, seemed to sense Giovanni's desperate situation and went completely berserk!

It let out a twisted roar of unknown meaning, and its body erupted with chaotic light energy, temporarily suppressing Rayquaza.

He immediately tried to break free and rushed back to Rainbow Sakaki's side!

However, Rayquaza also let out a deafening dragon roar, unleashing its powerful dragon might once again despite being injured.

It used its body as a prison, tightly binding Necrozma and locking it firmly in place!

It's just this brief separation!

The white boat is already close!

Seeing the white boat so close at hand, Rainbow Sakaki completely abandoned any thought of escaping.

The ferocious expression on his face slowly subsided, turning into a deathly stillness, leaving only an almost ethereal calm.

He spoke, his voice hoarse and hollow.

"Are you really going to be so resolute?"

He responded to him.

It was Bai Zhouhao's fist, brimming with boundless energy.

Click!

The cracking sound of bones breaking rang out first!

Immediately afterwards, an overwhelming force descended!

Rainbow Sakaki instantly transformed into a blurry streak of light, slamming hard into the solid rock barrier behind him!

Boom—

A dull thud echoed in the enclosed space, and gravel mixed with dust spread out.

Rainbow Sakagi, like a broken doll, slid helplessly down the cracked stone wall.

The enormous impact even carved a clear human-shaped dent into the seemingly indestructible ore wall!

Bai Zhou's punch showed no mercy; it was aimed at taking his life.

He estimated that after that punch, Rainbow Sakaki's chances of survival were almost certainly gone, and he was probably having his last thoughts flash through his mind right now.

Just as Shirashu had predicted.

At this moment, in Rainbow Sakaki's chaotic mind, countless fragments of memories flashed, collided, and merged rapidly like shattered glass.

In the end, everything turned into a blurred vision stained with warm blood.

Beep beep beep———— Beep beep beep————

The life monitoring alarm device implanted in his heart emitted an extremely urgent beeping sound, indicating that the various physiological data stored within it had exceeded the critical value.

I wonder if it was a final burst of energy before death.

He actually stood up again, shakily.

This time, however, his face remained expressionless.

All emotions seemed to have been drained away, leaving me like a puppet controlled by invisible threads, with only an unsettling emptiness remaining.

He raised his unfocused eyes and indifferently "looked" at Bai Zhou.

"Perhaps—this time—you've won—"

His voice was flat and even, without any emotion.

"But why don't you guess—at this very moment, what does that city beyond the mountains look like?"

Bai Zhou looked at him, his brows slightly furrowed.

With a reliable champion like Yu Longdu stationed outside, he wasn't too worried and immediately stepped forward to deliver the final blow.

However, just as he took a step, Rainbow Sakaki made a move that surprised him.

Rainbow Sakaki raised his only remaining, albeit barely, right arm, and then—

He threw a punch at the device in his chest that was constantly emitting a piercing alarm!

Snap—

The device stopped beeping instantly, turning into countless tiny fragments that scattered in all directions!

"Enjoy this parting gift to the fullest."

At the same time, Giovanni's extremely indifferent voice finally rang out again.

"Necrozma—Stop it—"

The moment the words fell, Necrozma, who had been struggling frantically, abruptly stopped her defensive actions and let out an even more distorted, lifeless roar.

Those strange, light-forged arms unleashed their final power, clamping down on Rayquaza, who had realized something was wrong and was starting to panic, like shackles!

Using oneself as a cage, forcibly prohibiting!

Bang—bang—bang bang bang—

A series of subtle and eerie collision sounds began to echo from all directions.

At first, they were sporadic, but then they became more and more dense and louder, eventually merging into one, like some kind of countdown!

Immediately afterwards—

Rumble rumble—

The entire enclosed space, made of a special ore, suddenly collapsed!

Countless enormous rocks fell like raindrops, carrying terrifying kinetic energy.

Even more terrifying was the appearance of crimson, shattering flames from who-knows-where, mixed with unimaginable high temperatures and shockwaves, which instantly engulfed everything!

All the high-energy explosives buried deep in the Kunlun Mountains were detonated at that very moment by Rainbow Sakaki's final command!

"Gengar!!! Come back!!!"

Right now!

Bai Zhou had no choice but to stop rushing towards Rainbow Sakaki, abruptly halting in place, and quickly pulling out Kirlia and Gengar's Poké Balls!

Mega Gengar, still not fully understanding the situation, was recalled in an emergency and transformed into a streak of light, returning to its Poké Ball.

Without pausing for a moment, Bai Zhou swiftly rolled and hid under a relatively intact boulder.

He then curled up as much as possible, tightly protecting the two Poké Balls in his arms, trying to shield them from the greatest damage with his body.

The moment he completed the protective action.

boom!!!!!

The omnipresent, scorching flames capable of melting metal and the invisible shockwaves of destruction completely engulfed this space!

The earth cracked and the mountains collapsed!

Inside the Kunlun Mountains, the key mineral vein nodes supporting the massive mountain body were completely shattered in a series of explosions.

Without support, the entire mountain range began a massive and devastating collapse under the relentless pull of gravity!

The violent earthquake radiated outwards from the Kunlun Mountains like ripples.

Wherever it passed, the ground cracked, the rock layers shifted, and deep, bottomless fissures opened up menacingly!

Those who also suffered were all the creatures that failed to escape this area in time—whether human or Pokémon!

The surface of a mountain range.

"Hurry!!! Get up here quickly!!! There's no time!!!"

Hunter J shouted hoarsely at the wild Pokémon fleeing in terror below.

She had no idea where this sudden and devastating disaster came from. All she could do was to do her best to fulfill Bai Zhou's instructions before the disaster completely struck.

Fortunately, Team Rainbow Rocket's previous capture operation had cleared out most of the Pokémon population in the area, and they had all been transferred to White Boat's spaceship.

What remains now are these lucky "orphans" who escaped, and it won't take long to take them in.

"The last one is on! Take off!!! Take off immediately!!!"

Hunter J's roar was drowned out by the deafening sound of the mountain collapsing.

Just moments before the ground beneath their feet shattered completely and plunged into the abyss, a large, camouflaged aircraft suddenly removed its optical camouflage.

The engine roared loudly, and it shot into the sky in a near-perfect moment!

Looking at the numerous, still-shaken Pokémon crammed into the cabin, Hunter J let out a long, almost exhausting sigh of relief.

This wasn't because she suddenly had a change of heart.

It was because of Shiraishu.

She didn't want to, and absolutely couldn't, be abandoned by Bai Zhou.

Therefore, she had to prove her worth by perfectly completing every task he assigned.

Only in this way could she rely on this "usefulness" to continue staying by his side and pursuing that unattainable redemption.

Below the spaceship, accompanied by continuous, apocalyptic roars of destruction, lay the majestic Kunlun Mountains—

It is collapsing and sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Upper mine shaft.

Almost the instant the earthquake struck, Daigo summoned Mega Metagross.

A massive psychic shield instantly opened, protecting him firmly and creating distance between him and the Crimson Flame Pine opposite him.

However, this hasty defense proved so vulnerable in the face of natural disaster.

Boom!

Endless debris and devastating tremors engulfed everything like a tsunami.

Deep within the lower mineral veins.

Armored Mewtwo suddenly stopped moving and then disappeared.

A sense of unease welled up inside Mewtwo, and a flash of blue light appeared in its eyes, as if it foresaw the devastating energy explosion.

Swish!

It instantly appeared in front of Sakaki, and a powerful azure mental barrier opened at full force, enveloping the two of them!

The next second, they were completely buried by the collapsing rocks weighing millions of tons!

The culprit that caused all of this—

At this moment, Rainbow Sakaki was admiring his final, destructive "masterpiece" with a satisfied expression.

In the last moment before consciousness was completely swallowed by darkness.

He seemed to see the solemn expression on Bai Zhou's face, and he seemed to feel the cold gaze directed at him.

And then, all of this—

Along with that inexplicable and eerie smile at the corner of his mouth—

They were completely buried by endless rubble and flames.

Shirazuki no longer had time to care about whether Rainbow Sakaki lived or died.

Gengar has been safely recalled; now his only goal is to survive this cataclysmic earthquake—

Live!

He pushed his still-unskilled superpowers to their limit, and a pale blue aura expanded around his body, attempting to create a fragile safe space.

But how easy is it to stop a natural disaster that comes from the wrath of nature?

In just a few moments, the flying pebbles and scorching heat waves had left several wounds on Bai Zhou's body, his clothes soaked with blood.

Just then!

The two Poké Balls in his arms suddenly burst into a dazzling light!

Kirlia instantly appeared in his arms, her orange-red eyes now completely covered by a rich pink light!

Buzz—

A massive and resilient psychic force surged forth, quickly enveloping the white boat and forming a relatively stable spherical shield that stubbornly resisted the falling boulders!

Gengar roared as it emerged from the shadows beneath its feet, its fist, imbued with the power of shadow, swung out fiercely.

They blasted a huge rock that was crashing down on them into dust, clearing a small, temporary vacuum zone in front of them!

Owner----

"Genga-i"

Bai Zhou looked at his companions who had resolutely appeared to protect him, and the solemn expression on his face suddenly disappeared.

Instead, a smile that blends trust and warmth was revealed.

"Then—"

He took a deep breath, and the dormant super-force within him surged forth like a galaxy awakening, unreserved and boundless.

Infuse the energy into Kirlia and Gengar respectively!

"Let's all attack together!!!"

Buzzing in this deep, despairing, collapsing abyss.

A brilliant light, which could not be obscured by any darkness, resolutely shone forth!