I caught a Pokémon

Xia You pondered in her mind, her gaze wandering around before finally settling on the connection between the iron cage and the floor.

Seeing that he looked thoughtful, Xiaoxia couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Xiayou, what are you thinking about?"

While letting Gastly destroy the floor, Xia You said without looking up, "Although I don't know how this iron cage works, in order to keep it running, it needs to both restrain the imprisoned Pokémon and resist external attacks, so I guess there must be some kind of power source or something to continuously replenish its energy."

At this moment, Gastly used Shadow Ball to punch a large hole in the floor.

Despite the fact that the spaceship's floor was made of a hard alloy, it still couldn't withstand the damage from Gastly's attacks.

Debris flew everywhere, and when everything settled, Xia You walked to the edge and looked into the cave. She immediately saw the various colored lines exposed on the outside!

He bent down and began to carefully examine the direction of the iron cage. Sure enough, he saw a thick black pipe extending from under the floor all the way to the iron cage.

From the humming sound emanating from the pipes, one can clearly feel a surge of energy flowing rapidly within them!

"Found it! That's it!" Xia You's eyes lit up, and she immediately ordered Gastly, "Quickly destroy this pipe!"

"understand!"

Gastly condensed a Shadow Ball again and hit the black hose. When the Shadow Ball came into contact with the power in the hose, a violent explosion occurred!

boom!

With a crackling of electricity, sparks flew everywhere, and the scorching heat wave forced Xia You back several steps!

However, Xia You paid no attention to this. Instead, she turned to look at the firebird. Sure enough, the cage that trapped the firebird flickered a few times, suddenly lost its power, and fell to the ground!

"Well done, Brother Xia You!!" Xiaoxia exclaimed excitedly.

Freed from its restraints, Moltres spread its wings, let out a loud cry, and spewed out a huge ball of flame that struck the iron cage of Zapdos at the other end!

After the massive flames subsided, the seemingly indestructible iron cage was actually destroyed!

While everyone was amazed, this also showed that Moltres was indeed very powerful. It had accomplished something that so many Pokémon combined had failed to do before, but Moltres had done it with ease!

They initially thought that Moltres destroyed the cage that held Zapdos in order to rescue Zapdos, who was also in distress. However, after both Pokémon regained their freedom, they launched attacks on each other at the same time!

Flames and lightning collided beneath the ceiling, and everyone hurriedly ducked to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

Flura exclaimed in surprise, "They heard what that collector said too. They've already reached such a crucial moment, why are they still fighting each other?"

Xia You smiled wryly: "Although you call them gods, in the end, they are just Pokémon. They don't have that kind of long-term vision. Moreover, for them, a rival that has existed for hundreds of years is obviously more important than insignificant environmental changes."

"How could this happen..." Flura felt a headache coming on. "But... but if this happens, the islands they live on will also be destroyed!"

Before Xia You could even speak, Jian, the Pokémon observer, had already answered the question.

"For humans, their home is indeed very important, but for bird Pokémon like Moltres, even if their nests are destroyed, they can still migrate to other places, just like Zapdos did before. They can completely change the environment through magnetic fields and create new habitats."

"This..." Seeing their fighting escalate, Flura felt a pang of regret, wondering if she had made a wrong decision. "Does this mean we can no longer stop them..."

At that moment, the attack of two legendary Pokémon accidentally broke through the wall of the spaceship. Seeing this, they flapped their wings and flew out from there.

Xia You and the others went to the window again and looked outside. They could see that the two Pokémon were still chasing and attacking each other.

However, they clearly hadn't forgotten the damage the spaceship had caused them, so once they flew out of the cabin, they began circling the spaceship, constantly causing destruction.

In an instant, tremors and explosions occurred frequently, and fire and thick smoke began to spread. A dozen seconds later, it was unclear whether the core energy source was hit, but the spaceship tilted severely, and the warning lights inside the cabin were on!

"Oh no, we're going to crash!!"

Xiaoxia cried out in alarm, and before everyone could escape, they felt their feet slip and they were thrown backward uncontrollably. The entire spaceship was already plummeting diagonally towards Thunder Island below!

"Naza!"

In the chaos, Xia You shouted, and Naz understood, immediately using her superpowers to envelop and protect everyone!

Chapter 213 Ethereal Voice

boom……

After landing, the spacecraft continued to move forward for several dozen meters before slowly coming to a stop at the crater.

When the violent tremors subsided, even with their superpowers protecting them, everyone was still dizzy from the fall.

Xia You helped Naz up from the ground, rubbed her temples, and turned to look at the others: "Are you all alright?"

"I'm fine!" Xiaoxia was the first to respond.

“I’m fine too!” Flura said.

Finally, seeing that Ash, Tracey, and Team Rocket were all safe and sound, Xia You pointed to the hole and urged, "Falling from such a height, I don't know if this spaceship will explode. Anyway, let's get out of here quickly!"

Hearing this, before anyone could even act, the Rockets trio had already used their special skills and, as if they were on grease, took the lead and ran off.

As Kojiro and Musashi ran, Kojiro turned back and made a face at them.

Hehe~

Hmph, don't underestimate us Pokémon just because we're not as strong as you. When it comes to running away, we're professionals!

These guys...

Seeing how far they had run and how childish their behavior was, Xia You found it amusing, but said nothing. Instead, she and Xiao Zhi followed closely behind and left the spaceship.

When they escaped through the broken gap, they realized that the spaceship was incredibly large!

The ship's hull, covered with propellers and wind turbine blades, has a diameter of over 500 meters!

Faced with such a colossal object, humans are as insignificant as ants, but precisely because of this, if the spaceship were to explode, the harm to them would be devastating!

They continued sprinting along the hull of the ship until, after running for several minutes, they finally set foot on land again.

Everyone was panting heavily, except for Sabrina, who had flown here using her superpowers, so she was neither red-faced nor out of breath, and her expression remained unchanged.

At that moment, a cold wind carrying snowflakes blew over everyone.

Everyone shivered, and when Flura looked around, she was surprised to find that the once lush and green Thunder Island had inexplicably turned into a world of ice and snow!

Whether it was the ground beneath their feet, the trees and rocks around them, the islands of ice and fire, or the entire sea, including the distant island of Asia, everything was sealed by hard ice!

Within a hundred miles, everything appeared to be a snow-white landscape, like a sign of the world's impending destruction.

"...How did it turn out like this?"

"No need to think about it. Just like what the Thunder God did before, the Ice God must have realized that the other two Pokémon were not there, so it used its power to try to turn all four islands, including Asia Island, into its territory."

Xia You exhaled a breath of hot air, and seeing that they were still in a daze, she said again, "Alright, don't stop. It's not safe here yet. Let's keep going."

However, as if words were law, no sooner had Xia You finished speaking than the spaceship continued to slide downwards, and at the same time, some of its external equipment began to slowly detach and fall from the sky!

boom!

Countless fragments crashed around them, scattering layers of ice shards. The group could only cover their heads and dodge as they continued to flee forward. However, after only a few steps, a huge fan blade landed on a shrine not far away. With a loud 'boom,' the stone shrine collapsed, and a sphere shimmering with yellow light bounced right in front of Ash.

"It's the treasure of Thunder Island!" Flura recognized it at a glance.

This bead, apart from being different in color from the one on Fire Island, no longer contains flames, but rather a ball of flowing golden light!

Just as Ash was about to pick up the treasure, a bolt of lightning flashed before his eyes, breaking the ice in front of him and knocking the bead away!

It turned out that after the spaceship was destroyed, the God of Fire and the God of Thunder continued their battle, while the God of Ice, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, also joined the fray.

Suddenly, the three Pokémon in the sky attacked each other, none of them willing to yield, unleashing their skills while also wantonly destroying the island!

Seeing the ball rolling further and further away, Ash didn't have time to think. He lunged forward and caught the ball in his palm. This was the second celebration ball they had obtained.

"Look there!"

Xiaoxia then pointed into the distance, where the sailboat they had been on had just fallen from the spaceship and landed in an island lake.

Most importantly, after all that turmoil and hardship, the sailboat still looks perfectly intact!

"Great!"

Team Rocket's trio seemed to have grasped at a straw and immediately crawled into the cabin. Xia You and the others also realized that this was the best option to leave the island, so they followed suit and jumped onto the ship.

A huge ball of fire suddenly crashed into the water, splashing water all over everyone.

Wiping the water off her face, before she could even settle in, Xiaoxia said impatiently, "Fruula, hurry up and set sail!"

"Enough with the chit-chat! Of course I know!!"

With a serious expression, Flura's movements were clean, swift, and seamless. The next second, as the engine started, the sailboat turned around and headed towards the sea.

Surprisingly, at the estuary, the once unobstructed lake surface was frozen solid by the passing Ice God's freezing ray!

"Oh no, we're going to crash!"

Flura exclaimed in surprise, and just as Xia You was about to have Gastly use a move to destroy the ice, Thunder God suddenly flew over their heads, bursting with dazzling lightning. It not only shattered the ice blocks, but also destroyed most of the original estuary!

In an instant, the lake water, carrying ice shards, rushed towards the sea like a burst dam, and the sailboat they were on was also uncontrollably swept away from Thunder Island by the current, and was thrown into the air by inertia!

"Wow!!!"

The piercing screams of Xiaoxia and Fulula filled Xia You's ears, and Xia You's heart jumped into her throat. Just as the sailboat began to fall, a thick waterspout suddenly broke through the ice on the sea surface, shot out dozens of meters from the sea, and caught the sailboat precisely!

Huh!?

Everyone was stunned, their faces showing astonishment. They couldn't understand why the waterspout had suddenly appeared and why it had saved them.

Seeing that the waterspout was carrying them straight toward Asia Island, Xia You was the first to react. He went to the side of the ship and looked down into the sea, but he could see nothing but thick ice.

At the same time, everyone seemed to hear a deep and ethereal voice.

…Sigh…

The sound is somewhat similar to that of a whale, but much longer.

Hearing this voice that evoked a sense of loneliness, Fluura's eyes widened.

"That voice... could it be Lugia!?"

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Chapter 214 The Talking Dazed King

"Lugia!?"

Upon hearing the name, Ash and his friends were taken aback and came to the side of the boat to look out to sea, but after looking for a long time, they found nothing.

Ash glanced back at Flaura, then asked with a hint of doubt, "Is that really Lugia? You must have misheard."

“It must be it!” Flura said earnestly. “Luggia is the god of the sea. According to the prophecy, he will definitely come to stop this chaos when the end of the world comes! And besides it, I really can’t think of anyone else who has such powerful strength in the sea!”

"That's true..."

At this moment, the waterspout carrying the sailboat traveled at an extremely fast speed for several kilometers and arrived at the coast near the south side of Asia Island.

Affected by the God of Ice, this place has also become a white world of ice and snow. What used to take more than ten minutes has been shortened to just three minutes by the power of the waterspout!

Upon reaching the shore, the waterspout swung its head, throwing the sailboat onto an altar on the island's cliff.

boom!

Snowflakes splashed everywhere, and the sailboat pressed against the edge of the cliff. Everyone fell again, and Xia You rubbed her aching back, recounting the day's events. She didn't know how many times she had fallen, and after all the commotion, she felt like her bones were about to melt.

However, just as they were relieved to be safe, the sailboat suddenly tilted backward. Sensing that something was wrong, everyone hurriedly got up and jumped off the boat before it plunged off the cliff.

boom!!

Almost immediately, the sailboat plunged off the cliff, and this time, the one that had played a crucial role in the incident was no exception, being smashed to pieces.

"That was so close!"

Ash lay on the ground, letting out a long sigh of relief. However, when he got up from the snow and looked back at the altar, he met the gaze of a pink Pokémon with a seashell on its head.

"Huh? What's this...?"

Upon encountering an unfamiliar Pokémon, Ash instinctively took out his Pokédex and scanned it.

Pokémon Pokédex entry: "Ding, Slowking, Water/Psychic type, King Pokémon, evolved from Slowpoke when it holds the King's Token. It possesses extraordinary wisdom and inspiration, and is always calm and composed, with a leisurely demeanor. Although it is troubled every day by trying to solve the mysteries of the world, it will forget all its research results as soon as it takes off its Shellder head."

"Dazed King!?"

This was the first time Ash and his friends had ever seen Slowking.

While Slowking's unevolved form, Slowpoke, or its other evolved form, Slowbro, can often be encountered in various bays, Slowking is much rarer, whether it is caught by a trainer or grows in the wild.

Everyone was astonished to see the Pokémon with its hands behind its back, which looked like a kind old grandfather.

Not only Ash, but even Xia You and the others were completely unaware of when this Slowking had appeared. It was as if it had been standing in the center of the altar the whole time, silently watching them.

It's worth noting that wild Pokémon usually stay away from humans to avoid being captured, and very few are as calm as this one.