Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

Seadrane, tightly enveloped in lava, strode across the land of Firestorm Island.

Wherever it went, the already withered flowers, grasses and trees were turned to ashes.

With each step he took, a thunderous rumble echoed through the earth, leaving behind four enormous, fiery red footprints.

Judging from the bare footprints, this "lava version of O-Shinder" is a massive creature measuring thirty to forty meters in length!

He strode confidently toward the other side of the sea—the land of Xicui.

The thing Xia Shen had been worried about finally happened.

[Xia...Xia Shen, what should we do now?]

Lei Dianyun was completely dumbfounded; everything Xia Shen had said had come true.

However, he was completely powerless to change the situation before him.

We can only place our hopes on Xia Shen.

How to do?

How am I supposed to know what to do!

His last trump card, the Master Ball, seemed as insignificant as dust in the face of this behemoth.

Did you get the ball in?

Before you even get close, you'll be burned to ashes by the divine fire of the fireball stone slab, won't you?

So, relying on strength?

In the anime, the three legendary mushrooms all use this Heatran... no, strictly speaking, his current body embodies the will of the Fireball Tablet.

In short, even three level-two gods with bonds couldn't do anything to him, so what can I do?

I'm not like Arceus, the fire chief, who has a water-drop stone slab!

Wait a minute, a water droplet slab?

A flash of inspiration struck Xia Shen: although he didn't have the Water Drop Slab, he had the Dragon Slab and the Steel Slab!

These two stone slabs combined can't possibly be weaker than the Fireball Stone Slab, right?

But here's the problem: after Garchomp and Goodra contained the two stone tablets, they seemed to have vanished.

How do I activate these two stone slabs?

…………

Xia Shen first summoned Garchomp.

Firstly, after Mega Evolution, his combat power is much stronger than Goodra's.

More importantly, he is faster and can fly.

If we figure out a way to activate the stone slab, it won't be too late to summon the Sticky Dragon.

He didn't switch to Garchomp, because if Garchomp couldn't hold on and had to run away, Xia Shen sitting on him would only be a burden.

"Garuda, do you feel anything strange or have any unknown power surging within you?"

Xia Shen first tentatively asked if it would be best if the Dragon Slab could sense the presence of other slabs and activate automatically.

“Awooo—” Garchomp nodded.

To his surprise, Garchomp actually gave an affirmative answer when he only asked tentatively.

Xia Shen then suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Dragon Slab was the one that sensed the steel slab first.

Perhaps it was because the steel and stone slabs of that era brought me down that my memories are somewhat hazy.

Since the stone slab could be activated, Xia Shen no longer hesitated and had the lightning cloud take him down, releasing the sticky dragon on the ground.

It's strange, though, because Garchomp and Goodra always stay together and have never seemed to sense each other.

Today, however, the appearance of this fireball stone tablet caused Garchomp and Goodra to emit a dazzling light.

Is it because the Fireball Slab is "wild"?

Putting aside these currently unimportant matters, Xia Shen looked at the two elves who had completed their transformation.

After a blinding but brief flash of light, the figures of Garchomp and Goodra were reflected back in Xia Shen's eyes.

Although their appearances haven't changed much, their aura... has undergone a complete transformation.

Xia Shen saw two Pokémon... their aura was almost approaching the Thundurus beside him!

Is this the change that the stone tablet, born from the primordial universe, brought to the elves after being activated?

Two spirits with energy levels of only around level 50 were directly elevated to a level close to that of a second-level god!

Xia Shen knew that this state was definitely temporary, and it was uncertain whether it could last as long as Garchomp's current Mega Evolution.

But no matter what, let's have fun first.

With Garchomp and Goodra at such strength, plus Thundurus and themselves, the four of them are now fully capable of posing a threat to this Heatran.

"Garuda, Goodra, remember how you feel right now, it will be a great help for your future."

Although the strength was borrowed, some things can be preserved.

Garchomp and Goodra knew this too, and nodded excitedly.

Seeing the two elves nod in unison, Xia Shen turned to look at the thundercloud.

"Brother Yun, get ready to go!"

[Okay, I'll follow your instructions.]

Thundurus is now completely convinced by Xia Shen and would probably not even struggle if Xia Shen tricked him into putting him in a Poké Ball.

"There are no tactics. Everyone should just use their most powerful moves. If you have Ground-type moves, use Ground-type moves. If you don't have Ground-type moves, use Fighting-type moves."

With such a large size difference, Xia Shen felt like he was fighting a Dynamax team battle, with no tactics to speak of, just brute force.

Of course, there is one last important method to enhance combat power that he has not yet used.

"Garuda, unleash a powerful Swords Dance, and then prepare for Mega Evolution!"

…………

Lava Heatran's body is extremely large.

Even the nearly four-meter-tall Mega Garchomp appears only slightly larger than Caterpie next to him.

However, this "caterpillar" is powerful enough to make Rayquaza tremble.

Even before its Mega Evolution, Garchomp already possessed strength comparable to a Legendary character.

After Mega Evolution... Xia Shen didn't know how far Mega Garchomp was from becoming a Legendary champion, but judging from its current performance, it had already surpassed Thundurus by a significant margin.

Of the three Pokémon, only Garchomp can truly be considered proficient in Ground-type moves.

With unprecedented power and an inflated ego, Mega Garchomp flew fearlessly to Heatran's side.

Of course, Sidora didn't notice the elf beneath him, who was no bigger than an iron ant to him.

The next second, however, Sidson paid a heavy price for his neglect.

Just like when he was a pro, Mega Garchomp raised his right leg and then lowered it without any particular movement.

An earthquake imbued with powerful energy completes in a single instant, then erupts suddenly.

The terrifying seismic waves spread outwards from the small area beneath Garchomp's feet.

The next moment, this land was struck by a truly earth-shattering event!

The island of fire trembled, and the lava mountain shook.

An island spanning tens of thousands of square kilometers, a volcano hundreds of meters high, was captivated by a spirit that was only four meters tall!

At this moment, Garchomp, with its mortal body, stands shoulder to shoulder with the gods!

Then, the solid ground beneath Sidran suddenly collapsed nearly ten meters deep.

Garchomp's Earthquake was not only incredibly powerful, but also delivered with a very clever technique, maximizing the destructive force of the move across the ground within a radius of tens of meters around Heatran.

There was no preparation, no trap.

With a single Earthquake, Garchomp trapped Heatran in a crater that had been specially designed for him!

This single step ushered in a golden age for the verdant land.

…………

Meanwhile, Lei Dianyun, Nian Meilong, and Xia Shen were also busy.

Although Thundurus doesn't know any Ground-type moves, it does know a bit about Fighting-type moves that are double-super effective against Heatran.

Taking advantage of the moment when Sidran was trapped, a deep blue energy blast condensed in front of his chest.

Then, in a very short period of time, it continuously expands and contracts.

In less than half a second, the True Energy Blast, which even Master-level Pokémon would need to charge for a second or two, was already fully charged.

The next instant, this energy blast, which concentrated Fighting-type energy to its extreme, slammed into Heatran.

It blasted a large hole in the lava armor that was covering the fireball stone plate.

Goodra, on the other hand, unleashed an earthquake attack. Although its power was far less than Garchomp's earth-shattering kick, it still caused some damage to Heatran.

As for Xia Shen... he was gliding above Heatran on Togekiss, using his mental power to probe Heatran's true form and the location of the fireball stone tablet.

This job is no easier than theirs, and in a sense, it is the key to resolving this disaster.

Because Lava O-Sidran was trapped in the giant pit and unable to move, Xia Shen quickly found the two locations.

His true form was very close to the stone slab, located at the heart of Lava-Sidoran's entire body, pulsating in resonance.

It was as if it were truly the heart of this enormous spirit.

"You can sense the location of the stone slabs, right? Concentrate your firepower and bombard that direction! Clear a path for me to get in!"

What Xia Shen wanted to do was to imitate the method used by Ash and his friends in the anime to free Heatran from the body that was actually controlled by the Fireball Tablet.

Once the true form of Seadrane, who is part of the "heart," emerges, the Fireball Slab will no longer have a living entity to control it.

By then, no matter how frenzied its energy becomes, it will just be a stupid thing that can't move on its own.