Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

He had no choice but to devour the flesh and blood of his companions, Lei Dianyun and the Three Saints.

The number of Crystal Lamp Spirits is limited. Once their souls are completely exhausted, they will have no chance to resist the combined attack of the four divine beasts.

What Xia Shen and Lei Dianyun need to do now is to slowly boil the frog in water.

Emrido and his group are making good progress; they haven't let a single Chandelure escape.

Even a Heavenly King-level power is nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter in front of a true divine beast.

Thanks to the powerful psychic abilities of Uxie and the others, all the Chandelier Spirits were controlled together and systematically and regularly killed.

The released soul power was only enough for the Crystal Lamp Spirit to repair the damage caused by the lightning cloud.

Meanwhile, the Crystal Chandelier Spirit was completely absorbed in the exhilarating feeling of suppressing Thundercloud and Xia Shen.

They had no idea how wasteful their actions were.

When he finally realized that his underlings were dwindling while his own strength hadn't improved at all, it was already too late.

At this moment, the only souls he could consume were the ten Heavenly King-level Crystal Lamp Spirits.

Even if the chandelier spirit was completely brainless, it now understood Xia Shen and his group's vicious and ruthless intentions.

He roared in fury, and the flames above his head seemed to intensify with his anger.

Xia Shen snorted disdainfully twice. Getting angry? What good does getting angry do?

[Yukshi, that's enough. Let's wipe them out completely.]

We've caught most of the small fish; now it's time to haul in the net. Our target is this mythical beast-like giant fish.

He turned to look at the chandelier spirit, who was furious, and smiled slightly.

I'm waiting for my teammates, what are you waiting for?

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Unsurprisingly, Chandelure, having lost its "fuel," is nothing more than an ordinary Pokémon with extraordinary strength.

Under the attack of the Three Saints, he fled in a sorry state, suffering repeated defeats.

His escape route led him to the spirit world gate in the sky, which was still open.

How could Xia Shen leave such a hidden danger? He and Lei Dianyun had long been guarding under the dark clouds, cutting off the last escape route of the Crystal Lamp Spirit.

As the Crystal Chandelier Spirit's injuries worsened, a brighter light emanated from within its body.

Xia Shen knew that, most likely, this was the source of the strange energy that allowed him to convert his soul power into ghost-type energy—the Monster Stone Tablet!

It seems that the chandelier spirit is no longer able to control it?

Xia Shen's guess was confirmed a few minutes later.

Under the combined attack of three powerful spiritual forces of different colors, the Crystal Lamp Spirit's body emitted a dazzling light.

Then, a pure white ball of light burst forth from the flames above the Crystal Lamp Spirit's head, heading straight towards the thundercloud and Xia Shen.

The lightning cloud became alert and was about to unleash 100,000 volts to repel the unknown object when Xia Shen, who had discovered it in time, stopped it.

He is now completely certain that this is the monster stone tablet that orchestrated everything and brought him to the spirit world to save it.

Because the instant it left the Chandelier Spirit's body, the Chandelier Spirit's aura instantly dropped from the divine beast level to the champion level.

What else could possess such strange energy but the Monster Stone Tablet?

However, this stone slab is quite different from the ones I've obtained before...

Xia Shen looked at the monster stone slab that had rushed into his arms like a swallow throwing itself into his bosom, and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He looks just like a child who has been bullied outside and is coming home to complain to his father.

Fine, I'll just be Arceus's father for now.

But... how come you were controlled by a champion-level Chandelure when the Fireball Slab could control Heatran?

Once Xia Shen put herself into the role, she felt that her daughter was disappointing and angrily tapped her on the head.

Unexpectedly, he actually sensed a feeling of grievance from the ball of light.

…………

Strangely, beneath the ball of light was not the hard material Xia Shen had seen before, like the fireball stone slabs, but rather a strange, cold texture.

Could it be that the ghost-type monster tablet is also a kind of object that is half-soul and half-physical?

Xia Shen didn't think too much about it and instead summoned Zoroark.

Lei Dianyun glanced back with dissatisfaction. His noble body had been taken by so many people today. Didn't he, Lei Dianyun, have any dignity?

Xia Shen smiled apologetically at him, indicating that it would be over soon.

Thundercloud grunted twice before giving up.

There's no need to watch the battle on Chandelure's side anymore. If they can't even handle a heavily injured Champion-level Pokémon, then Uxie and the others might as well give up.

Xia Shen held up the ball of light in his hand and said, "If you can understand what I'm saying, flash it twice; if you can't understand, flash it once."

A pure white ball of light flashed.

Xia Shen sighed helplessly. This monster stone slab, which had existed for who knows how many millions of years... was quite childlike?

Ignoring the stone tablet's playful response, he solemnly declared, "I am now formally informing you that I have been entrusted by the Creator God to temporarily house you in Zoroark, awaiting the day when Arceus awakens."

The monster stone tablet, gleaming with excitement, flew from Xia Shen's hand and actively merged into the body of the purple-haired fox demon.

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Chapter 253 My friends and I are really just ordinary friends!

The monster stone tablet is very different from the first three stone tablets that Xia Shen had taken in.

It's not just the Yokai Stone Tablet that likes to move on its own...

No, it has a stronger sense of autonomy, and more importantly, its influence on the elves is very different from that of the previous stone tablets.

After being contained by the previous stone slabs, they had almost no external presence. Only through the accumulation of time and training could one see the subtle influence on the Pokémon.

Of course, it also has special effects such as enabling Garchomp to Mega Evolve earlier and reducing the side effects of Mega Evolution.

In general, the Dragon Slate and Steel Slate have no other effect besides breaking through the growth limit of Garchomp and others.

But the Yokai Stone was different; it didn't even need Zoroark's blood to contain it before it possessed Zoroark's flowing purple hair.

Strictly speaking, it's not hair, but something gaseous made up of resentment or ghostly power.

In short, this situation is very similar to the crystal chandelier spirit forcibly taking over the monster slab, but this time, the monster slab is acting voluntarily.

Since it had just been contained, Xia Shen didn't understand its specific effects.

But considering that the Crystal Chandelier Spirit has risen from Champion level to Divine Beast level, it shouldn't disappoint Xia Shen.

However, it will definitely take time to settle.

Another thing that Xia Shen was concerned about was whether possessing the Yokai Stone Tablet meant that Zoroark also had the ability to open the Spirit World Gate.

If possible, that would be a powerful boost to Zoroark's development.

Training in the spirit world, filled with soul energy and ghost-type power, Zoroark's strength will likely experience a period of rapid growth.

However, all of these things need time to be verified, and there's no need to rush them now.

Xia Shen pulled himself out of his thoughts and turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

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Unsurprisingly, the Crystal Chandelier Spirit, already struggling to breathe after being beaten, suffered even more misfortune after losing the Yokai Slab.

And the others showed no mercy, unleashing their attacks with the aim of killing rather than knocking down the mere Champion-level Crystal Lantern Spirit, which quickly fell to the hands of the Three Saints.

Looking at the giant crystal lamp spirit on the ground, whose flames had died down and which had completely lost its life force, Xia Shen finally relaxed.

Burning Words

The stone slab contained the demon king, and everything came to a perfect end. The remaining mess can now be left to the association to handle.

Just as Xia Shen was about to recall Zoroark, he noticed a familiar and rich aura drifting towards him.

Zoroark beside him closed his eyes, intently absorbing the aura.

Xia Shen was stunned. This... is the soul of that crystal chandelier spirit?

That should be right. The Yokai Tablet is now possessing Zoroark, and she has naturally gained that strange... even evil ability.

Xia Shen shivered inexplicably. He recalled stories from literary works where heroes slay dragons only to become dragons themselves.

I don't know if this is a good thing for Zoroark...

Xia Shen pondered silently and decided to pay more attention to Soroyal's mental health education in the future.

[Is everything settled? Shall we head back to the Spirit Realm?]

Xia Shen's thoughts were interrupted by Ke Xi's telepathic transmission.

He looked up at the Three Saints who had floated back at some unknown time and nodded.

Not only in the real world, but also in the spirit world, there are a lot of things waiting for me to deal with.

Because he was worried that too many spirits from the spirit world would be difficult to control, and because he was confident in the four divine beasts whose strength had returned to normal in the real world, Xia Shen did not bring them along.

This time when I go back, in addition to closing the gate to the spirit world, I also have to fulfill the promise I made beforehand.

Although they did almost nothing as intended, they still put in a lot of effort.

What's more, this was something I had already promised.

After recalling Yukshi and the others, Xia Shen rode on the thunderclouds and returned to the Spirit Realm through the still-open gate to the Spirit Realm in the dark clouds above.

It left only the drones behind it and the people watching the live stream with a silhouette that left them with endless room for imagination.

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In fact, from the opening of the entrance to the spirit world to the destruction of the last crystal lamp spirit and Xia Shen's disappearance into the sky, the entire process took only half an hour.

For the people of Chongqing, this half hour is more emotionally intense than a year's worth of fluctuations.

If a secret realm truly descends upon Seven Luminaries Mountain, the city of Fog will undoubtedly develop rapidly once it has the advantage of proximity and stability.