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

I'm afraid very few people can deal with it.

Li Chen's knuckles unconsciously rubbed the Ultimate Sphere at his waist, the nebula patterns inside the sphere flashing at an abnormal frequency.

Master Ma's tea spoon suddenly snapped in two with a "crack".

The cross-section, however, exhibits a jagged shape as if distorted by space.

"Looks like the old man talked too much..."

As they spoke, the glowing giant mushrooms in the courtyard suddenly withered, as if their energy had been drained by some invisible force.

"Honey Leaf, go and get 'that' from the third floor of the cellar."

Erin's ring suddenly became hot, and the iridescent light projected by the keystone outlined Necrozma's silhouette on the surface of the Ultra Ball.

Urshifu jumped out of its Poké Ball, growling as it stood in front of Li Chen, its fur standing on end due to the chaotic spatial fluctuations.

Master Ma sighed and pieced the broken tea spoon back together.

His beard moved without wind, and the teaspoon broken in two floated in the air, slowly rotating and emitting ripples that distorted space.

Masted's calloused fingertips lightly touched the surface of the Ultra Ball, and he immediately pulled his hand back because it was so hot: "Good heavens... this is even hotter than the residual heat of Leon's Charizard back then!"

Lady Honey Leaf staggered into the house carrying a bronze box covered in ancient runes, the light seeping from the cracks of the box scorching the floor.

Martial Arts Master Xiong suddenly stood up and assumed a combo-style starting stance.

It keenly sensed that the trainer's Ultra Ball was resonating with the box...

Suddenly, a twisted purple crack appeared in the clear sky outside the window, and several Steel-armored Ravens fled in panic.

Li Chen's bangs were lifted by an invisible force, revealing the faint lines between his brows: "That's why I need to... be armed to the teeth."

"Alright, alright, let's open the box."

As Masted spoke, he opened the box.

The moment the bronze box was opened, all the lights in the dojo exploded.

A piece of Z-pure crystal appeared.

Silver.

It is also inlaid with a lion head pattern.

Solgaleo Z!

Solgaleo Z Crystal floated up, its silvery light flowing like liquid mercury throughout the room, elongating everyone's shadows into the strange shapes of an eclipse.

"Found it at the Sun Wheel Altar thirty years ago..."

Master Ma's voice suddenly became ethereal, his white hair dancing wildly in the airflow of Z-force, "This old man... has personally witnessed the wrath of the Great God of Light."

The lion totem at the center of the pure crystal suddenly opened its beastly eyes, causing Kosmom inside Li Chen's ultimate sphere to tremble violently.

Martial Arts Master Xiong took a step forward, only to find his fist passing through the Z Pure Crystal as if passing through a phantom.

The silvery light had already wrapped around Li Chen's right arm, imprinting star trails on his skin that flickered in sync with the Ultimate Ball...

"Do you want to?"

Mastedt closed the box.

Li Chen nodded: "I want to."

Ma Shide smiled: "There's a condition."

Li Chen asked, puzzled, "Tell me."

Bang~

The dull thud of the box lid closing echoed in the room, but Solgaleo's silvery glow still lingered in Li Chen's pupils.

Master Ma lightly tapped the box with his fingertips, each tap making Martial Arts Master Xiong's neck hair stand on end: "Defeat the current champion, Dan Di Lu..."

After saying that, he suddenly revealed a mischievous smile, "Just consider it as a blessing for Z Pure Crystal."

An explosion suddenly came from the training ground outside the window.

Clara, who had been eavesdropping, was so frightened by the condition that she fell into the group of bear disciples.

Lady Honey calmly added a spoonful of extra sweetness to the tea, and the liquid immediately boiled up with strange nebula-like bubbles.

Li Chen's Ultimate Sphere suddenly calmed down, and the four inherited powers formed a perfect balance field around him: "Just what I wanted."

He reached out and pressed his hand against the box, and the Solgaleo totem flashed across the back of his hand.

"I also want to know how strong the Pill Emperor is now."

Chapter 582 Is Cattleya coming looking for us?

Li Chen's fingertips caressed the surface of the Ultimate Ball, and the flashing frequency of the nebula patterns inside the ball suddenly became disordered for a moment.

Master Ma turned to look at the dojo's honor wall.

There hangs a record of 537 consecutive undefeated games set by Dante.

"That kid used a Dynamax Charizard last year..."

Lady Honeyleaf suddenly tapped the bronze box with a spatula, shaking off a layer of accumulated dust. "But it turned the reefs east of Armor Island into glass."

"Roar!" (I've realized that Charizard is quite powerful.)

The martial arts master, Xiong Shi, growled and pointed towards the courtyard.

The training stakes bore charred claw marks, and three-inch-deep furrows still flickered with lingering dragon flames.

Clara, clutching her Slowpoke, huddled in a corner and whispered, "After Master sparred with Senior Brother Dan... his Kommo-o almost spent half a month in the infirmary..."

Suddenly, the shadow of a fire-breathing dragon flashed past the window, startling the young sparrows all over the mountain.

Li Chen's four powers surged within his body, yet even the Z Crystal Box of Solgaleo could not completely suppress them.

This was the first time he had ever felt a real sense of dread about the upcoming showdown.

At this moment, the paper door of the dojo was suddenly flung open by a strong gust of wind, and the cloak on Dan Di's shoulders was still covered with the frost unique to the high altitude.

He stood frozen in place, the enormous wristband on his champion's belt suddenly resonating with the bronze box in Li Chen's arms, sparking blinding flashes: "Li Chen? What are you doing in the armor—"

The words came to an abrupt halt.

Dan's gaze swept back and forth between the box and Li Chen's Ultimate Ball, then he suddenly burst into laughter: "So that's how it is!"

His fist ignited with the familiar flames of battle, "Finally, I can have a serious fight with you!"

Master Ma's teacup shattered in two with a "crack," the tea stains tracing a battle line on the tatami mat: "You young people... even your greetings are so full of hostility~"

Leon tapped his fingers lightly on the Poké Ball, the Dynamax Band glowing faintly with his movement: "To be honest, I've wanted to be with you for a long time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Master Ma's tea spoon, broken in two, suddenly crossed between the two of them.

"What's the rush!"

The old man stomped his wooden clogs heavily on the ground, causing Dane's championship photo on the honor wall to tilt slightly. "Only the World Championship stage is worthy of Z Pure Crystal's bet~"

Lady Honeyleaf promptly handed over two cups of specially brewed Dynamax tea, the honey crystals at the bottom of the cups forming the outline of the Battle Tower.

Li Chen's Ultimate Ball suddenly calmed down, as if sensing that the time for the decisive battle was not yet ripe.

Outside the window, the phantom images of Rehiram and Zekrom intersected among the clouds, leaving a luminous imprint on this promise.

"Ah~"

Dante's fingertips brushed against the unmelted frost on the champion's cape, and he suddenly chuckled.

He casually took off his hat and put it on the head of his apprentice Xiong, who was peeking nearby, the action as practiced as if he had unloaded some kind of heavy burden.

"It seems I've been..."

As he spoke, the Max Gear on his wrist dimmed for a moment. "I've really been pushed too hard by League affairs. I just wanted to battle a skilled trainer!"

Master Ma's broken tea spoon suddenly flew through the air and struck his apprentice precisely on the forehead: "Good thing you know!"

When the teaspoon fell back onto the table, it arranged the spilled tea in the shape of a map of Galar.

"Your duel..."

Lady Honeyleaf suddenly dripped a drop of Giant Honey into the tea stains, and the entire map instantly glowed with the golden light of the tournament: "We have to let the whole world see this."

Li Chen's Ultra Ball was as quiet as an ordinary Poké Ball at this moment, with only the star trails imprinted on his right arm still flickering with the frequency of the movement of Leon's cloak.

"Oh, by the way, Li Chen, when we were in Gongmen City, a girl kept asking if you were alone on May 20th."

I saw she was wearing a little dress and white stockings, covered in a bunch of clothes and accessories. She was tall and flat-chested, only not particularly pretty, and she even said she wanted to take care of me for life.

Leon suddenly pulled a gold-plated business card from his championship belt; the edges of the card still bore scorch marks from superpower burns.

"That young lady's Gallade almost destroyed the VIP lounge at the Palace Arena..."

He smiled wryly and showed a photo of the referee's table split in two on his phone, saying, "I'm looking for a trainer with a white dragon."

"What?"

Li Chen's right arm star trail suddenly flickered violently, and the Ultimate Ball vibrated uneasily at his waist.

Eileen's ring simultaneously emitted iridescent light.

The phantom of Reshiram projected by the Keystone resonated with the superpower remnants on the business card.

Masted thoughtfully: "The Unova's Superpowered Queen? Looks like Illustrious God's troubles aren't limited to just one..."

Outside the window, the thunderclouds of Zekrom suddenly turned toward the United States, slicing a line of lightning across the night sky.

"Li Chen, what's wrong with you?! Haven't you broken off contact with that woman yet?"

Eileen was shocked when she heard what Dante said.

Her elf ears snapped straight up instantly, and the keystone on her ring emitted a blinding red light.

Then, Eileen grabbed Li Chen by the collar with such force that the Solgaleo Z Crystal box cracked open: "Was the promise we made in Flying Cloud City a lie?!"

The sound carried the fiery, explosive quality of Rashiram.

Clearly, Reshiram has accepted Erin's authenticity!

Meanwhile, Cosmom inside the Ultra Ball suddenly shook violently, and nebula patterns spelled out the character "危" (danger) on the surface of the ball.

Dante's Charizard wisely covered its face with its wings, while Master Ma had already slipped out into the corridor with his tea set.

Before leaving, he thoughtfully took away Clara's eavesdropping bear apprentice as well.

"Innocent! Innocent, my wife!"

Li Chen's pupils contracted as if in an earthquake, and the Ultimate Ball rolled to the ground with a "thud".

He frantically pulled out his phone and showed the call log on the screen to Eileen.

Aside from the four of them, there aren't many girls around.

"Then why did she come looking for you?"

A wisp of blue flame flickered at Eileen's fingertips, a harbinger of Reshiram's power spiraling out of control. With each step she took closer, a section of the star trail on Li Chen's right arm dimmed: "You'd better explain that clearly!"

"I really don't know!"

Li Chen frantically checked his phone messages, only to find nothing.

God knows how Cattleya found us!

Master Xiong of martial arts chose to leave.

Master Ma has already activated the emergency protective shield of the dojo.

Dan suddenly strode forward, his champion's cape fluttering in the energy storm.

He patted Li Chen heavily on the shoulder and said, "Listen, brother, a true strongman faces emotional blows head-on, just like he catches a Flame Charge!"

Li Chen: ? ? ?

Holy crap, I never expected that you, the Pill Emperor with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be the kind of guy who loves to watch the show and stir up trouble!

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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