Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

The bear disciples, who were originally engrossed in their combo performance, all took three steps back, and some of the more timid ones even fell to the ground with a thud.

But soon, their gazes were drawn to this completely different, fierce fist technique, their brown pupils reflecting the intertwined purple and black energy trajectories.

"Are all of these... your martial arts bear masters?"

Eileen unconsciously gripped Li Chen's sleeve, her voice trembling slightly.

Her amber pupils reflected dozens of gray-white figures below, the white mist exhaled by each martial arts bear master forming a misty ocean under the moonlight.

The whisper seemed to trigger some kind of mechanism, and the martial arts bear masters who were practicing suddenly stopped their stances at the same time.

Dozens of eyes looked up at once, their pupils gleaming faintly in the night.

When they finally saw the figure on Zekrom's back, the entire training ground erupted in cheers.

"Ow-!!"

The bear apprentices in the front row suddenly stood up on their own, frantically waving their little paws at the sky.

Several elite martial arts bear masters knelt on one knee, slamming their gauntlets heavily onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The roars that rose and fell startled all the birds in the forest, and even the Czechoslovakian had to raise their flight altitude to avoid the sudden onslaught of the heatwave.

Li Chen gently twirled the Poké Ball at his waist with his fingertips, a gentle smile playing on his lips: "Go, meet your people."

The Poké Ball traced a silver arc as it fell, then suddenly exploded three feet above the ground.

Accompanied by a dazzling light, an exceptionally robust martial arts bear master landed with a thud, the dark purple energy wrapped around his gauntlets blasting away all the surrounding rubble.

The moment the martial arts bear master looked up, the entire training ground fell silent.

In an instant, a terrifying pressure spread out as if it were a tangible force.

The martial arts master Xiong Shi simply stood still, and the air currents surrounding him crushed the pebbles on the ground into dust, even distorting the moonlight around him.

"Beh..."

The bear disciples in the front row unconsciously took several steps back, and even the elite martial arts bear masters tensed their muscles, their gauntlets clenching so tightly they made a creaking sound.

The entire training ground was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only the occasional gasp of breath.

King-level!

Absolutely top-tier level!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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Chapter 547 Does Cosmom still have a chance to evolve?

"Alright, you stay here and catch up with your people. Eileen and I are going to the Water City Altar."

Li Chen nimbly leaped off the dragon's back, took Eileen's wrist, and walked forward along the ancient patterns interwoven with red and blue.

The altar, engraved with the infinity symbol, stood silently in the moonlight, with shimmering, fluorescent water flowing from every groove.

As Li Chen approached, the water in the center of the altar suddenly began to sway.

The glistening water droplets seemed to be lifted up by an invisible hand, weaving into a spiral water chain in the air.

Several carp, formed from pure water elements, leaped out of the water chain and swam around the two, scattering starlight.

With a soft "thud," the precious ball at Li Chen's waist rolled onto the patterns on the altar.

Latias's figure slowly emerged from the misty vapor, its long neck drooping, and its jewel-like eyes filled with sorrow.

A drop of water from the heart floats before it, its refracted rainbow light outlining a blurry shape in the mist.

That was Latios spreading his wings.

Latias let out a cry that was almost a sob, and water droplets fell from the corners of its eyes, mingling with the gushing spring water on the altar.

Latios's phantom nodded slightly in the rainbow light, its illusory body gently enveloping its sister's trembling form.

A gentle smile curved its lips, as if to say:

“I’ve always been here.”

But in the next second, the light and shadow shattered like bubbles in the mist.

"That is......"

Eileen's fingertips were still suspended in mid-air, as if trying to catch the dissipating light.

Li Chen placed his palm on the back of her slightly cool hand and said softly, "Latios, who is also Latios's brother."

His voice was soft, yet it made the water on the altar tremble.

"When the Ultimate Beast tore open the spatial rift, it burned its very essence to create a barrier..."

The words suddenly caught in her throat, and the image of Latias pressing the drop of heart's water tightly against his chest in the distance was more heartbreaking than any explanation.

Li Chen's fingertips gently traced the patterns on the altar, his tone still as gentle as ever: "The laws of life and death have no exceptions, whether for elves or humans..."

He stared at Latias's huddled back, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"Unless one can receive the baptism of the Phoenix King's Nirvana Flame at the moment when the flame of life is about to be extinguished."

A drop of water suddenly fell onto the drop of water in the heart, and the ripples that spread out reflected a rainbow of colors.

Li Chen shook his head with a wry smile: "Or perhaps, it's the blessing of the god of life. But such a miracle..."

His words faded into the sudden, mournful cry of Latias.

The spring water around the altar suddenly flowed upwards, condensed in the air into the shape of Latios's wings spreading out for the last time, and then shattered into thousands of points of light in an instant.

Li Chen stroked Eileen's blonde hair and asked, "Speaking of which, how have you managed to persevere for the past hundred years?"

Eileen didn't answer, but gently pressed her burning cheek against Li Chen's chest, listening to his heartbeat.

"This century of solitude..."

Li Chen's chin brushed against the top of her soft hair. "Aren't you afraid?"

Eileen, who was in his arms, suddenly trembled.

Her fingers, gripping Li Chen's clothes, tightened slightly, and she said in a voice only they could hear, "At first... I would be awakened every night by an eternal darkness..."

After speaking, Eileen tilted her head back, her eyelashes still shimmering with light.

"Until I saw some idiot putting a ring on my finger in a time rift..."

These words almost melted away in the sudden closeness of their breaths.

Hehehe~

Li Chen let out a low chuckle, reaching for his waist, his fingertips tracing the cool surface of the Ultimate Ball: "Looks like... after this is all over, I'll have to prepare myself to be that idiot."

Inside the sphere, a nebulous halo flowed through the Cosmom, and each energy pulsation caused dangerous cracks to appear on the sphere's shell.

Li Chen's palm was covered with a thin film of energy to prevent the opponent's energy from dissipating.

This little creature from another world is nearing the threshold of evolution, but each surge of energy attracts Necrozma's attention...

"Just a little longer..."

He whispered to the slightly trembling Ultra Ball, but his gaze was fixed on the gradually distorting light above the altar.

There are unseen cracks spreading there, like thirsty beasts licking the barrier of the world.

Eileen's fingertips gently touched the surface of the Ultra Ball, and she could feel an uneasy pulse emanating from within.

She lowered her eyes, her voice so soft it was as if afraid of disturbing something: "It clearly longs to evolve..."

As if sensing Erin's emotions, Kosmom inside the sphere suddenly contracted violently, and several golden lines exploded at the edge.

This is proof of the clash between evolutionary instinct and self-control.

Suddenly, an eerie prism-like light appeared on the surface of the altar's water, and Kosmom's radiance immediately dimmed, like a child who was so sensible that it was heartbreaking.

Eileen held the slightly warm Ultimate Ball in both hands, raising it to eye level with Li Chen: "Honey... is there really no other way?"

Li Chen's fingertips paused in the shadow of the sphere. With his waveguide power, he could clearly sense Kosmom's suppressed pain.

He shook his head with a wry smile: "I'll have to wait until I break through to the champion level."

Boom!

In the distance, the roar of martial arts bear masters practicing suddenly came.

The sound made his eyes darken.

Right now, I probably couldn't even withstand a single aftershock of Necrozma.

After all, it is a legendary being capable of tearing apart time and space.

"But I will find a way."

He suddenly placed his palm on Eileen's hand, and the nebulous halo inside the sphere trembled slightly. "Before it can't hold on any longer."

"Ah."

Eileen tiptoed and carefully tied the Ultimate Ball back to Li Chen's waist.

"I trust you......"

Her breath, carrying the scent of flowers, brushed against Li Chen's collarbone, and Eileen suddenly buried herself in his arms.

Her arms, wrapped around Li Chen's waist, trembled slightly, yet held an unyielding strength.

A few strands of golden hair clung to the corners of her reddened eyes, like spider silk soaked with tears.

Kosmome shimmered gently inside the sphere, the rhythm of the starlight gradually synchronizing with the overlapping heartbeats of the two.

The water at the altar had somehow swirled into a vortex, reflecting the starry sky.

As the two figures separated, Eileen's body suddenly swayed.

Her long eyelashes drooped, trembling like butterfly wings dampened by rain: "Strange... I'm just standing here... yet I'm still so sleepy..."

Li Chen caught Eileen's slumping waist in time, wrapped his coat around her thin shoulders, and brushed his fingertips across her gradually calming brow.

The night breeze swept by, carrying the glowing light of the heart's tears, draping the sleeping girl in a veil of stars.

"Go to sleep, have a good night's sleep."

Chapter 548 A Hearty Talk at Night

Night fell, spreading out like ink.

Li Chen's silhouette, standing quietly on the edge of the cliff, almost blended into the darkness.

His clothes were lifted by the mountain wind, fluttering and rustling, as if blending into the vast night.

Below is a bottomless abyss, above is a cascading river of stars.

The glow of the distant altar cast a cold, icy light on his profile, even the shadows cast by his eyelashes had sharp curves.

"Brother Chen, are you admiring the moon here?"

Lin Lin's footsteps, mixed with the rustling of plastic bags, approached from afar.

He had a dripping barbecue bag tucked under his arm, and a swaying beer crate in his other hand, the plastic rope leaving red marks on his wrist.

"Is your sister-in-law not strict enough?"

Lin Lin nudged Li Chen half a meter away with his elbow, and the beer cans landed with a "clatter" on the rock.

The moonlight meandered across the aluminum can, reflecting his winking expression: "On the hour?"

"Sure, I haven't had these in a long time."

Li Chen chuckled lightly, casually lifted his robe, and sat down on the ground.

He has absolutely no "idol" baggage at the level of a superstar.

"You're the one who understands me best."

He took the sizzling, oily skewers, the grease dripping onto the rocks with a "sizzling" sound.

Lin Lin magically pulled garlic sauce out of his pocket. The two looked at each other, their eyes still the same as when they skipped class in high school.

"Come on, come on, I bought you two kinds of grilled skewers especially for you. Chives are good for male virility, and oysters are good for zinc..."