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

Chapter 222 Zygarde Joins the Battle!

Meanwhile, Balzac and his companions finally arrived at the Pillar of Punishment.

They came to the top of the Pillars of Punishment, where there were four pillars, three of which were arranged in a triangular shape, and the fourth was located in the middle of the other three.

"Is this the place?" Citron asked.

"That's right." Balzac.

"Let's get started!" Serena urged anxiously, then added with concern, "I wonder how Ash is doing..."

Clemont reassured her, "Don't worry, Ash will definitely be alright. Besides, isn't Mr. Angel here? Mr. Angel is so capable, he'll definitely have a way to deal with Shadow Hoopa."

"That's true, there's definitely no problem." Serena said with a forced smile.

"Let's begin!" With that, Mayari placed the shattered Judgment Pot on the central pillar.

Serena then commanded her Fennekin to move forward, and Clemont commanded Ash's Froakie to move forward as well.

Yulijia patted the hippopotamus's head and said, "Hippopotamus, I'm counting on you too."

"Bobo~~"

The hippopotamus nodded and took a step forward.

The three Pokémon each stood in front of a pillar.

Then Mayari and Balza stepped forward, extending their hands toward the pillar containing the fragments of the Jar of Punishment.

"ah!"

With a shout from the two siblings, a golden light gathered in their hands and quickly spread to the fragments of the Jar of Punishment.

The radiance and the Arceus halo pendants around their necks complemented each other, creating a mysterious effect.

"Everyone, hurry!" Balza shouted.

Upon hearing this, Citron immediately instructed the frog, "Frog, Water Ripple!"

"Crack~~" The frog nodded, condensed a ball of water in its hand, and threw it at the pillar in front of it.

Serena commanded the Long-Tailed Fire Fox, "Long-Tailed Fire Fox, breathe fire!"

"Hey~" Upon hearing this, the long-tailed fire fox swung its wooden staff, sending a pillar of fire towards the pillar in front of it.

Yurika patted the hippopotamus's head and said, "Hippopotamus, splash some sand!"

"Popo~~" the hippo responded, turned around and kicked its two hind legs wildly, splashing a lot of sand at the pillar behind it.

The powers of fire, water, and earth were brought together by Balza and Mayari, and the fragments of the Judgment Jar gradually coalesced.

At this moment, the Rockets trio were hiding in the shadows, watching Clemont and his group.

"Should we still try to steal that pot?" Kojiro asked.

Musashi said, "What's the point of fighting over it? Didn't you see that a monster came out of the pot? Even if we manage to get the pot, we can't control it."

"Yes, yes! That guy was terrifying," Meow Meow said, still shaken.

"So let's hurry up and get those guys to seal the monster away!" Musashi said.

With no one causing trouble, the making of the Punishment Jar went very smoothly.

As soon as the Punishment Bottle was remade, Serena said, "Let's hurry and deliver it to Ash and the others!"

Balzac nodded, took out a Poké Ball, and released Brave Eagle.

Seeing this, Mayari also took out a Poké Ball and released a Togekiss.

"Let's go," Balza said.

Then Mayari, Serena, and Yurika rode together on Tokiss, while Balza and Citron rode together on Warrior Eagle. Together they flew out of the Pillar of Punishment and headed towards the desert.

Meanwhile, the battle between Ange and Ash has entered a fierce stage.

Hoopa, having been badly defeated by Xerneas, summoned another ally.

This helper is Regigigas, the legendary Pokémon that can drag the continent along.

Constantly summoning legendary Pokémon is a burden for Hoopa, otherwise Punish Hoopa wouldn't have only summoned Rayquaza, Latias, and Latios.

Summoning three legendary creatures is already its limit.

After summoning Regigigas, Hoopa's release was also at its limit.

When Regigigas appeared, he stretched out his huge hand to grab Xerneas.

Its signature move is crushing; if Xerneas gets crushed by it, that would be disastrous.

This is a legendary Pokémon capable of dragging a continent; just imagine being squeezed by it with all its might—it's absolutely terrifying.

Regigigas's characteristic is slow start; for a period of time at the start of a battle, its physical attack damage is halved, and its speed ability is halved.

So Xerneas leaped and easily dodged Regigigas's attack, simultaneously unleashing Earth Control once more during the jump.

With Regigigas delaying Xerneas, Hoopa was freed and chased after Angel and Ash without hesitation.

Without warning, the wave of evil struck Ange on Latios's back.

Fortunately, Latios reacted quickly enough and narrowly dodged the attack by sidestepping.

Latias, seeing his brother being attacked, immediately accelerated and flew to his side, opening his mouth to unleash a Dragon Pulse towards Hoopa.

Just as Hoopa dodged the attack, Latios's Dragon Pulse arrived.

boom!!!

With a loud bang, the liberated Hoopa was sent flying.

Yveltal, without the help of Latias and Latios, is once again embroiled in a fierce battle with Kyurem.

Ange noticed what was happening to Yveltal and immediately took out a purple bead from his system inventory and threw it at Yveltal.

Countless crystal energies surged from the bead, instantly enveloping Yveltal.

What Anjie threw out was, of course, the Taijing Bead.

He hadn't used the Tai Crystal Bead since he fully charged it in Zone Zero, but this time it finally came in handy.

After absorbing the energy of the primordial crystal, Yveltal emitted a dazzling light like a gemstone, and his body was covered with faceted crystals.

Yveltal never changed its tercerity attribute; its primary attribute was evil, and its attribute after tercerization was naturally also evil.

"Screech~~~" Yveltal cried out excitedly, using a loud roar.

Impacted by the loud roar, the special attack of the Flame White Kyurem began to decrease. It controlled the extreme cold flame to attack Yveltal, but Yveltal dodged it.

"Screech~~" Yveltal roared loudly once again.

Under the influence of the sharp sonic waves, the white Kyurem showed pain on its face, so it controlled the extremely cold flames to sweep around.

Click-clack~~

Countless ice floes spread across the desert, turning the surrounding area into a world of ice.

After this great battle, these ice crystals never melted and later became a summer resort in the desert, eventually forming a small town.

This town also has a specialty: non-melting ice.

Not only Kyurem has had a huge impact on this desert, but so has Kyogre.

The vast ocean it created transformed parts of the desert into water, thus forming an oasis.

Groudon and Regigigas altered parts of the desert landscape, creating many spectacular lava caves.

Of course, these are all for later.

Thanks to the crystallization, Yveltal was finally able to turn the tide.

Because its Special Attack was continuously reduced by Yveltal, White Kyurem transformed into Dark Kyurem, which is more adept at physical attacks.

Dark Kyurem, his body wreathed in icy aura and lightning, roared as he charged toward Yveltal.

Yveltal, undaunted, launched a surprise attack, charging towards Dark Kyurem.

The Sudden Attack has a higher priority than Dark Kyurem's Freeze Volt, and since Freeze Volt requires charging, Sudden Attack takes effect first, and Dark Kyurem is knocked away.

In the sky, Diancie stood on the back of Salamence, looking down at the Z2 in her arms and asked:

"Zigelder, are you really not going to make a move?"

It learned from Angel that Zygarde is a Pokémon that protects the order of the Kalos region.

After a long while, Z2 suddenly closed its eyes.

"My dearest friend, please lend me a hand!"

This time, it is not calling for Xerneas and Yveltal, but for another Zygarde core.

Citron, Serena, and Yurika are on their way to the battlefield.

Yurika, who was sitting in front of Serena, suddenly noticed something moving in her backpack. She looked down and saw that it was Little Soft.

And the softie is Z1, another core of Zygarde.

Only when the two cores are combined into one can Zygarde's complete form appear.

Seeing Xiao Ruan emerge from the backpack, Yulijia asked in confusion, "Xiao Ruan, what's wrong?"

Little Soft didn't say anything, but instead hopped all the way to the top of Togekiss's head.

"My dearest friend, what is it that you call me for?"

After some discussion, the two Zygarde cores reached a consensus.

Then, to the astonishment of Yulijia, Serena, and Mayali, Little Soft transformed into a green streak of light and flew into the sky.

"Little Softie, where are you going?" Yulijia shouted in a panic.

Seeing this, Serena comforted Yurika, saying, "Don't worry, Little Softie must have something to do. She should be back when she's done."

At the same time, the Z2 in Diancie's arms turned into a green streak of light and shot into the sky, colliding with the Z1 that was rushing over.

As a brilliant green light burst forth, countless green cells from all over the Carlos region converged on Z1 and Z2.

Zygard transformed into its complete form, hovering high in the sky.

Mega Rayquaza is currently fighting three opponents simultaneously, being besieged by Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina.

Just then, a thick green beam of light descended from the sky, striking Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina simultaneously, knocking all three dragons to the ground.

Zygarde used its signature move, Punisher. Of the three dragons in the Time-Space Trio, only Dialga, which has the Steel type, is weak to Dragon-type moves, so it was hit hard by this move.

Rayquaza looked up at the sky in surprise, and when it saw Zygarde, it nodded to him.

Zygard nodded in acknowledgment and then flew off to provide support on other battlefields.

Just as the three dragons of the Time-Space Rift were flying up from the ground in pain, Rayquaza roared and unleashed its ultimate attack, Meteor Shower.

In an instant, countless meteorites fell from the sky, and the three space-time dragons, which had just taken off the ground, were hit one after another, howling as they fell back to the ground.

Lugia and Kyogre are evenly matched.

Although Kyogre underwent Primal Reversion and became incredibly powerful, Lugia was incredibly resilient and possessed regeneration abilities, making it impossible for Kyogre to defeat it for the time being.

Volcanion fared much worse; it was no match for Groudon and was being overwhelmed by Groudon, leaving it battered and bruised.

Fortunately, it has a system backpack, which contains many desserts with special effects made by Magiana. When it is injured, it eats a piece to restore its strength, and when it is mentally exhausted, it eats a piece to restore its spirit.

That's why it was able to survive under Groudon for so long.

Groudon unleashed a devastating attack on Volcanion, who countered with a steam blast.

Unfortunately, although Volcanion managed to destroy some of Groudon's Lava Swords, it was ultimately no match for them. The steam explosion shattered the Lava Swords, and the remaining Lava Swords charged towards it.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Polcanion was prepared to be beaten. He figured he could just find a chance to eat more of Magiana's desserts to make up for it later.

Just then, a figure descended from the sky and transformed into a green ball of light, crashing into Groudon, who was instantly knocked away.

The newcomer was none other than Zygarde, and its skill was Thousand Waves.

After finishing its attack on Groudon, it stabilized itself in mid-air and then unleashed a barrage of arrows at Kyogre, which was not far away.

In an instant, countless green arrows transformed into streaks of light and shot towards Kyogre.

Kyogre was caught off guard and hit, falling to the ground with a scream.

Zygarde's Thousand Arrows is a perfect counter to flying Pokémon! (Thousand Arrows: A Ground-type move, but it can also hit Pokémon that are not on the ground and knock them down.)

Groudon and Kyogre! These two have the biggest impact on the ecology of the Kalos region! That's why Zygarde has taken drastic measures against them.

With Groudon and Kyogre knocked down, Volcanion and Lugia certainly wouldn't let such a great opportunity slip by.

"Roar~~~" Lugia roared and activated its signature move, Cyclone Attack. Countless arc-shaped cyclones struck Kyogre, sending it tumbling through the desert.

Where it rolled, everything turned into a vast ocean.

"Roar~~" Lugia flew close to the ocean, bringing up a lot of water vapor, which was blown across the entire desert area by the monsoon.

All the Pokémon living in the desert felt the cool breeze at that moment.

Volcanion then used a water cannon to send Groudon flying.

The spot where Groudon fell immediately turned into a sea of ​​lava.

After Primal Reversion, Groudon gained Fire type and its weakness to Water increased from 2x to 4x, so it was seriously injured at this time.

Originally, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre's abilities, End of the Sea and Primal Ocean, would have made them immune to Water and Fire type attacks.

Unfortunately, the weather was covered by Mega Rayquaza's Delta Stream, turning into strong winds, so their properties naturally wouldn't work.

The battle between Xerneas and Regigigas is also very intense.

Regigigas's slow-start characteristic had worn off, and it launched a fierce attack on Xerneas, leaving huge craters in the desert with each strike.

These sinkholes turned into lakes as Georka passed by, and soon after, they formed oases.

Xerneas, having undergone multiple enhancements through Earth Mastery, had reached its maximum speed, allowing it to easily evade Regigigas's attack.

It is brimming with life, and the power of life has chemically reacted with the moisture brought by Kyogre and the monsoon brought by Lugia.

Therefore, wherever Xerneas passed, trees grew, grass was lush, and flowers bloomed... like a paradise on earth.

Unfortunately, this beautiful scene will be destroyed in an instant by Regigigas's punch.

But so what? Life has already been born in this barren land, and it will soon multiply rapidly.

When Balzac and Citron arrived, this was the chaotic scene they found.

They were dumbfounded.

What exactly happened to cause things to turn out this way?

"Brother! Quick, put Shadow Hoopa into the Judgment Jar!" Seeing her brother in a daze, Mayari quickly reminded him.

"Oh, oh~~" Balzac, realizing what was happening, quickly took out the Judgment Jar and opened the lid.

Hoopa, who was chasing Angel and punishing Hoopa, was instantly immobilized. Then it was horrified to find that Balza was pointing the Judgment Pot at it.

"How could this be?" Hoopa roared, "It should have been destroyed! Hoopa, don't be sealed away!"

Amidst its unwilling roar, Hoopa was absorbed into the Jar of Punishment.

Balzac quickly put the lid back on the pot, and to prevent himself from being controlled again, he swiftly placed the Punishment Pot into a special device prepared by Cthulhu.

This device can prevent people from touching the Punishment Jar, so once Hoopa is freed, he will no longer be able to control others.

The moment Hoopa disappeared, all the legendary Pokémon in the melee immediately stopped moving.

They helped liberate Hoopa because they were controlled by the rings, and now that the rings' effect has disappeared, everyone is just completely confused.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Primal Georka and Primal Groudon are released from their Primal Regression state.

The Mega Evolution Rayquaza has also been de-evolved.

After Latias and Latios put Ash and Angeli on the ground, they deactivated their Mega Evolution and flew back into the sky.

The cells in Zygarde's body turned into streams of green light and returned to Carlos's various locations, continuing their duty of monitoring Carlos.

After the 100% form was deactivated, the two cores, Z1 and Z2, fell from the sky.

Yurika's eyes lit up when she saw the Z1.

"Little Softie!"

Seeing this, Tokiss quickly flew over on her back and caught Z1.

At the same time, Salamence swiftly swept through the air, and Z2 landed in Diancie's arms.

At this moment, Diancie also deactivated her Mega Evolution form.

"Screech~~" Yveltal flapped its wings and quickly landed beside Angel.

Anjie patted its wings and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Then Xerneas slowly walked up to him.

Ange patted Xerneas again. "Xerneas too."

Seeing this, Hupa, who was being punished in Angel's arms, happily thanked Xernias and Yveltal.

"Thank you so much! Otherwise, Hoopa would have been eaten!"

The legendary Pokémon looked at each other, unsure of what to do next.

"Clang~~"

Suddenly, a bell rang, and beams of golden light shone down from the clouds. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the Pokémon Arceus appeared.

"Arceus!" Ash and Angel exclaimed at the same time.

Arceus looked down at the many legendary Pokémon below, and then, as if they understood something, the Pokémon left one by one.

The three dragons of time and space each disappeared into their own space.

Kyurem transformed into the form of Flame White Kyurem and disappeared into the clouds one after the other with Lugia.

"Roar~~" Rayquaza roared and plunged into the thick clouds, with Latias and Latios following closely behind.

"Whoosh~~~" Kyogre wiggled its fins, riding the water currents into the sky, flying towards the direction of Hoenn.

Groudon slowly disappeared into the depths of the desert.

Regigigas followed closely behind.

At this moment, Polcanion and Diancie returned to Ange's side one after the other. Ange watched the departing figures of the legends and said:

"It's finally over!"

After the legends left, Arceus also plunged into the clouds and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)