Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 154 Run Away! Quickly go to your good friend's place!

Ash and Diancie hadn't run far when Yveltal's attack came.

A black and red energy beam swept across.

"Skin!!!"

Pikachu yelled and shot out a bolt of lightning, which just in time protected Ash and Diancie.

"Run!" Ash shouted.

Diancie glanced back at the forest behind her, only to see that the entire forest had been almost reduced to ruins, and her eyes filled with tears.

Meanwhile, Musashi, Kojiro, and Meowth are fleeing in panic through the forest.

"Hurry, hurry, faster! That guy's about to catch up!" Musashi urged.

Meow Meow said in a panic, "My life is more important than cat coins."

Kojiro shouted as he ran, "What is that thing? It's so scary!"

Musashi said, "Didn't you hear what that little diamond shard said? God of Destruction, God of Destruction!"

As soon as Musashi finished speaking, Yveltal flew over their heads, followed by a beam of light sweeping across them.

Kojiro: "Help!"

Musashi: "I don't want to die!"

Meow Meow: "I haven't won Boss Sakaki's favor yet!"

As they spoke, the two people and the Pokémon hugged each other in terror. The next second, they were hit by a black energy pillar and turned into gray stone statues.

Meanwhile, Xerneas, who was strolling through the forest with Fragrant Pig and Charcoal Servant, seemed to have sensed something.

It turned its head to look in the direction of Yveltal, its gaze revealing solemnity.

"Cough cough~"

"Clatter~"

Fragrant Pig and Charcoal Servant looked at Xerneas with a puzzled expression when they saw him stop.

"Something's happened. Looks like we need to go back," Xerneas said.

It had originally planned to leave the Forest of Oruans with Fragrant Pig and Charcoal Servant.

"Chirp chirp chirp~~~"

"Chirp chirp chirp~~~"

……

At this moment, countless butterflies and finches flew through the air in a panic, desperately trying to escape the forest.

Upon seeing this scene, Xerneas leaped into the air and ran swiftly towards the location of the disaster.

Tan Xiaoshi and Piaoxiangtun quickly chased after them.

On the other side, atop an ancient tree, a throwing monkey stares solemnly into the distance, in the direction of the place where Yveltal had wreaked havoc.

A Night Demon suddenly appeared beside the Throwing Monkey, urging it:

"Yo-ho~ Yo-ho~" Let's hurry up and leave, we can't stay here any longer!

The throwing monkey said in distress, "Pasci~Pasci~" Where can we go if we leave here?

Without hesitation, the Night Demon said, "Yo-ho~ Yo-ho~" Of course, it's going to seek refuge with our good friend. I pick it up and drop it off on the grassland every day, so I know where it lives.

"Pasci~" The throwing monkey looked at the increasingly terrifying black mist in the distance and finally nodded in agreement.

We have no choice but to leave!

Yveltal's defining characteristic is its dark aura. When enraged, this dark aura spreads, turning rivers and the earth black, creating a truly terrifying scene.

Having made their decision, Throwing Monkey and Night Demon hurried home to pack their things. They flipped down from the treetops and jumped into a hole in the middle of the tree.

It turns out that the inside of this ancient tree is hollow, which is the home of Throwing Monkey and Night Demon. In addition, there are 10 Potpots living inside, and they are all family with Throwing Monkey and Night Demon.

After the throwing monkey and the night demon entered the tree hole, the throwing monkey began to collect the various tree fruits and the wine it had brewed.

The Night Demon then found a vine, tied the pots together, and then attached it to itself.

The pot-shaped creatures are incredibly slow, barely faster than snails. If the Night Demon didn't take them with him, they probably would never leave the forest in their entire lives.

After tying the pot up, the Night Demon Spirit saw that the Throwing Monkey was still tidying up the wine and tree fruit, and couldn't help but urge him on:

"Yo-ho~ Yo-ho~" Forget about all that, escaping is the priority!

The throwing monkey hesitated, "Pasci~Pasci~" But I've been collecting these for a long time.

It was truly heartbreaking.

And those fine wines were all made by referring to samples brought by good friends. If we just abandon them, it's questionable whether they can be made again in the future.

That's all its hard work! It was planning to store it for a few more years before inviting its good friends to taste it!

Only through the accumulation of time can these become true fine wines!

Not many Pokémon enjoy drinking alcohol, and their best friends are their rare confidants.

The Night Demon grabbed the throwing monkey.

"Yo-ho~ Yo-ho~" Alright, forget about it all. As long as I'm alive, there will be other opportunities in the future!

As he spoke, the Night Demon, with a pot hanging from its body and a throwing monkey in its arms, flew into the sky, taking everyone away from the forest.

Ash and Diancie ran swiftly through the forest, dodging Yveltal's attacks. Ash was nearly hit several times, but luckily Pikachu was there.

"Pikachu~~"

Suddenly, Pikachu was blasted away by the shockwave from the explosion, and Yveltal's attack came again. Ash instinctively shielded Diancie in his arms and watched helplessly as the black energy pillar came hurtling towards him.

Just at this critical moment, Minister Drill arrived with Majima and the others, who used their bodies to block the energy pillar.

Before turning into a gray stone statue, Majima shouted, "Lord Ash, Her Highness the Princess... I entrust her to you!"

"Drill Minister! Majima!" Diancie cried out sadly, trying to run to Majima and the others, but Ash grabbed her.

"Tianci, cheer up!"

As he spoke, he pulled Tianxi along and continued running forward.

Ash finally reunited with Serena and the others before they reached a cliff.

Looking at the desolate forest behind her, and thinking of the Diamond Minister and Majima who had turned into stone statues and lost their vitality, Diancie was overwhelmed with sorrow.

Soon Yveltal flew to the other side of the cliff, facing Ash and his friends, looking down at them. Ash and the others felt their hearts were about to stop.

Suddenly, a dark red energy ball condensed on Yveltal's chest, a sign that it was about to launch an attack.

"Everyone, get out of the way!" Ash shouted.

However, at this moment, Diancie walked resolutely to the edge of the cliff and stretched out her hands in front of her. A large amount of Fairy and Rock-type energy rapidly gathered in front of her!

boom!!!

Yveltal's attack took shape, transforming into a beam of light that shot towards Diancie and Ash.

Just as the beam of light was about to descend, a huge pink diamond suddenly formed rapidly in front of Diancie, blocking Yveltal's attack in time.

Citron exclaimed, "It's a sacred diamond!"

Serena exclaimed with delight, "That's wonderful! Diancie did it!"

However, the Sacred Diamond, after resisting for half its length, suddenly shattered, turning back into pink specks of light and dissipating. Meanwhile, Yveltal's attack swept out, blasting Diancie to the ground.

Fortunately, Pikachu intervened and used Thunderbolt to extinguish the remaining shockwave, but Pikachu itself was also blasted away.

Tianxi quickly got up from the ground, her expression resolute.

It wants to protect everyone! It must protect everyone! Everyone has been helping it all along, and it can't keep hiding behind everyone forever.

At this moment, Diancie's desire to protect everyone was incredibly strong. She seemed to have understood Xerneas's words: "Life is created by yourself!"

At the same time, images of Ash, Diamond Minister, Majima, and all the people and Pokémon that had helped it kept flashing through its mind.

Yveltal prepared to attack again, but Diancie stared at it with a look of grim determination.

Suddenly, a diamond in Yurika's pocket burst into bright light.

This diamond was created by Diancie during her travels. Because she felt it would soon disappear, she gave it to Yurika at her request as a symbol of their friendship.

Friendship is like a pearl!

Friendship is a diamond!

As the diamonds shone brightly, Diancie also radiated a brilliant light, and bathed in the light, her form underwent a tremendous change.

When the light faded, a completely new Diancie appeared before everyone.

"It's a super evolution!" Citron exclaimed!

Yveltal's attack came again, but Mega Diancie stretched out her arms and the Holy Diamond quickly formed, neutralizing Yveltal's attack.

There is no doubt that Diancie gained the ability to create sacred diamonds.

However, creating the Sacred Diamond was an extremely physically demanding task, so Diancie was immediately forced to revert to her Mega Evolution form.

However, Yveltal's attack was not over yet, and another black energy pillar shot out.

Diancie instinctively closed her eyes.

"Clatter~ Clatter~"

At that moment, a shout came, followed by a thick pillar of fire that appeared out of thin air and collided with Yveltal's black energy pillar.

Ash and his friends looked in the direction from which the pillar of fire was coming, and saw two Charcoal Sprites standing on the hillside.

The one who fired the pillar of fire was none other than the crybaby, Tan Koji.

A pile of firewood sat at the feet of the two Charcoal Squires. The obedient Charcoal Squire squatted on the firewood, his body bathed in flames, drawing strength from the firewood.

The flames it emitted were all absorbed by the Crying Demon Tanjiro, turning into the Crying Demon Tanjiro's power, which is why the Crying Demon Tanjiro was able to unleash such a powerful attack.

Ever since they learned that the crybaby Tanji possessed special powers, the two Tanji have been carrying specially purchased charcoal in their bags whenever they go out, just in case.

See, here it comes in handy!

Of course, the pillar of fire could not eliminate Yveltal's attack; it only bought some time.

The moment the pillar of fire dissipated, a seven-colored beam of light shot out from behind Charcoal Servant, shattering Yveltal's attack.

A deer-shaped Pokémon appeared on the hillside, watching Yveltal from afar.

It was Xernias.

"Ugh~~"

Yveltal roared in fury, its rage still unabated.

Xerneas calmly looked at Yveltal in the sky, and then his whole body radiated a verdant light, which enveloped his entire body.

It used its own unique move – Earth Control (which takes effect after charging, greatly increasing the user's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed).

After a standoff, Yveltal launched another attack on Ash and his friends and Diancie, unleashing a black and red energy beam.

hum~

With a buzzing sound, Xerneas fired another beam of colored light, easily intercepting Yveltal's energy pillar.

The colored beams of light are the power of the moon.

The black energy pillar is Yveltal's exclusive skill – Wings of Return.

Wings of Return can absorb the life force of the opponent while launching an attack.

This is the truth behind the Yveltal mass extinction.

In terms of ability, the God of Life and the God of Destruction are about the same, but Xerneas has just been enhanced with the control of the earth, which gives it an advantage in power.

Once Yveltal awakens from its cocoon, it must draw upon sufficient life force. Xerneas's obstruction caused Yveltal to direct its anger towards Xerneas.

"Ugh~~"

Yveltal flapped its wings, and a jet-black energy pillar, controlled by it, shot towards Xerneas.

Xerneas, of course, did not retreat. His horn, which emitted a seven-colored light, flashed and shot out a seven-colored beam of light.

The colored beam of light and the black and red energy beam collided. At first, they were evenly matched, but the colored beam of light quickly overwhelmed the black energy beam and then struck Yveltal.

"Ugh~~"

Yveltal's rage intensified, and it was about to launch an attack when suddenly Xerneas emitted a green light, and at the same time, a fragrance spread out from it until it enveloped Yveltal.

It was trying to quell Yveltal's anger.

"It smells so good!" Yurika couldn't help but ask.

"It's aromatherapy," Citron explained.

After an unknown amount of time, the anger in Yveltal's eyes gradually subsided, and his gaze became calm, but still cold.

It stared at Xerneas for a long time, and finally gave in to Xerneas's resolute gaze. After a cry, it flapped its wings and flew into the distance.

"Is it over?" Serena plopped down on the ground, suddenly relaxing after being highly tense, feeling all the strength drain from her body.

Suddenly, Ash exclaimed, "Pikachu, what's wrong?"

Serena, Clemont, Eurydice, and Diancie all looked over at the same time and saw Pikachu's body rapidly turning to stone.

"Pikachu~~" Ash...

Pikachu let out a weak cry and then completely turned into a gray stone statue.

"Could it be back then?" Citron wondered, suppressing his grief.

When Diancie first created the Sacred Diamond to stop Yveltal, Pikachu was affected by Yveltal's energy beam.

"How could this happen?" Serena asked, tears welling in her eyes.

"Pikachu, please don't get hurt!" Yurika said sadly.

At this moment, Xerneas appeared not far from them. Suddenly, countless branches sprouted from Xerneas's body, and roots grew from his feet.

Its branches reach towards the sky, while its roots are firmly planted on the earth.

Xerneas's body rapidly transformed into a large tree in a burst of light, and the light emanating from the tree enveloped the entire forest.

All people and Pokémon bathed in the light recovered from their petrified state, including Pikachu.

As for the trees and flowers that had lost their vitality, Xernias didn't care. The mass extinction of Yveltal often triggered the forest to regain its vitality.

Many years from now, this place will surely become vibrant again.

"Pikachu, you're alright!" Ash excitedly hugged Pikachu.

"Pika~ Pika~" Pikachu hugged Ash happily.

"Xerneas has turned into a tree!" Yurika exclaimed in disbelief.

The Minister of Diamond, now recovered, came bounding over with Majima and the others. Looking at Xerneas, the Minister of Diamond said, "Xerneas gave his life to everyone."

"Is Xerneas dead?" Yurika asked sadly.

"How could this happen..." Serena said sadly.

Upon hearing this, Diancie lowered her gaze sadly.

At this moment, Tanjiro and Piaoxiangtun arrived. They rushed to the base of the tree that Xerneas had transformed into, and hugged Xerneas, wailing loudly.

"Cough cough~"

"Clatter~"

At that moment, Xerneas's kind voice resonated in everyone's hearts.

"There's no need to be sad."

"This is not death."

"This is a harbinger of birth, and the beginning of hope."

"Born..."

"hope……"

Hearing this, Ash and his friends, along with Diancie and the others, finally smiled again.

The Minister of Diamond said thoughtfully, "It seems that Xerneas chose to sleep here in order to protect the laws of nature."

Perhaps many years later, Xerneas will awaken again.

However, Tan Xiaoshi and Piaoxiangtun seemed unable to accept this outcome. The four of them cried very, very sadly, especially the crybaby Tan Xiaoshi, who was already hiccuping from crying.

Suddenly, the obedient little Charcoal Servant stopped crying and quickly rolled over to climb onto the back of the male Fragrant Pig.

"Clatter~~"

The crybaby, Tan Xiaoshi, looked at it with a puzzled expression.

"Clatter~ Clatter~" Let's go home and find Anjie.

"Good boy Charcoal Servant said."

Its words made the crybaby Tanjiro and the two fragrant pigs' eyes light up.

Yes! Go home and find Anjie!

The crybaby Tan Xiaoshi wiped away his tears and quickly climbed onto the back of the female fragrant pig.

The four Pokémon then ran wildly towards home.

"Fragrant Pork, Tanjiro! Where are you going?" Ash shouted.

"Click~" Let's go home!

Tan Xiaoshi, who had already run far away, answered loudly.

"What did Tanjiro say?" Ash asked Diancie, puzzled.

"They've gone home," Tianxi translated.

Minister of Diamond skipped and hopped over to Diancie's side.

"Your Highness, it's time for us to head back."

Tianxi nodded.

After glancing at the tree that Xerneas had transformed into, the group left the Forest of Orian.

Team Rocket continued to leisurely follow behind Ash and his friends.

After surviving this ordeal, Marilyn and Lyle decided to give up their life of crime and found a place where no one knew them to live a peaceful life.

They even fell in love with each other, and Lealt proposed to Marie-Ling.

Of course, these are all things that happened later.

After leaving Orans Forest, Ash and his friends went to the Land of Minerals with Diancie and witnessed the birth of a new Sacred Diamond.

With the support of the new sacred diamonds, the land of minerals was immediately revitalized, and the corrupted diamonds regained their brilliance.

With the crisis in the Land of Minerals resolved, Ash and his friends bid farewell to Diancie and embarked on their journey once more.

Before parting, Yurika suddenly touched the diamond in her handbag. After a moment's thought, she returned the diamond to Diancie.

On the Nibel Plateau.

The Night Demon and the Throwing Monkey each carried several pots in their arms and several more on their backs. They stood outside the wall, gazing at the exquisite three-story building not far away.

Is this my good friend's house?

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(End of this chapter)