Before the brown-robed Grand Sorcerer could even react, the energy ball had already descended upon Mega Tyranitar's head. The ground sank heavily as the sphere instantly enveloped the entire area.
This time, the energy sphere did not explode. Instead, it wrapped around Mega Tyranitar like a giant balloon, while countless strands of green light emerged, siphoning the life energy directly from its body!
"Giga Drain!" Aven's calm voice sounded at the same time.
Immediately, Mega Tyranitar's life energy began draining away rapidly!
"ROOOOAAR!"
Mega Tyranitar let out furious roars.
Yet as it struggled to resist, it was horrified to discover that its strength was rapidly slipping away.
Under the brown-robed Grand Sorcerer's stunned gaze, a flash of light erupted from Mega Tyranitar's body—it had forcibly exited its Mega Evolution form!
One had to understand that Mega Tyranitar had not suffered severe injuries. Even with Lilligant's Grass-type moves having a type advantage, it should not have been enough to force it out of Mega Evolution!
Yet the fact remained—Mega Tyranitar had indeed reverted. There was only one explanation: Lilligant had directly absorbed the Mega Evolution energy within Mega Tyranitar! Or rather, it had drained the special life energy that enabled Mega Evolution itself!
"ROOOOAAR—!"
As Tyranitar reverted, it finally broke free from the effects of Giga Drain.
Staggering backward, it clenched its fists, still able to sense that it retained some fighting capability.
But when facing Lilligant now, not a single shred of fighting spirit remained. All it wanted was to put as much distance as possible between itself and this monster!
"Finish it. Solar Beam!" Aven forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart and issued the command.
As solar energy gathered once more, a beam of light shot forth, roaring straight toward Tyranitar!
"ROOAR—!"
Tyranitar hurriedly raised another Rock Tomb, a wall of earth rising from the ground.
But now that it had exited Mega Evolution, even a normal Lilligant would have overwhelmed it—let alone Lilligant in this state of unity with nature!
TN: Basically, Sage Mode Lilligant?
BOOM!
Amid a deafening explosion, the earthen wall collapsed instantly, and the Solar Beam slammed directly into Tyranitar's body!
With no power left to resist, Tyranitar was sent flying, smashing into a rock wall before collapsing to the ground, completely losing its ability to fight!
"Defeated? The Grand Sorcerer's Tyranitar… defeated?" The surrounding Sorcerers all turned their gazes toward the scene.
Their eyes widened in disbelief. Although Rhydon's evolution earlier had already shocked them, what they were witnessing now was on an entirely different level!
That was the Grand Sorcerer's invincible Tyranitar—a being beyond the King level—and yet it had been crushed so utterly, defeated in an overwhelming manner!
And it wasn't over yet.
After defeating Mega Tyranitar, Lilligant turned its gaze toward the other side of the battlefield, where Mega Manectric was still fighting against Gardevoir.
"Garde—voir~"
Gardevoir glanced at Lilligant and nodded slightly.
Immediately afterward, rainbow-colored energy surged around Gardevoir as it unleashed all of its psychic power at once.
With the aid of Azelf's power, even though Mega Manectric's strength had surpassed the King level, it was still firmly restrained by overwhelming psychic force, frozen in place.
Although this control lasted only an instant, it was more than enough for Lilligant.
Another Energy Ball was unleashed, completely enveloping Mega Manectric, followed by Giga Drain!
As its life energy was rapidly siphoned away, Mega Manectric likewise reverted from its Mega Evolution, perfectly confirming Aven's hypothesis.
At this moment, Lilligant possessed unparalleled control over life energy—even life energy containing Mega Evolution power could be extracted, stripping Pokémon of their ability to Mega Evolve!
After reverting, Mega Manectric looked utterly confused. Then a wave of intense pain surged through its body as Gardevoir fired a powerful Psychic, blasting Manectric away!
At the crater of the volcano, magma flowed endlessly.
What little open ground there had once been around the crater was now completely submerged by molten lava.
The lower half of Rhyperior was entirely immersed in the magma, its massive arms hanging limply at its sides.
Although the consecutive Lava Cannon attacks it had unleashed earlier were terrifying in power, the price it paid was equally severe. At this moment, Rhyperior's arms had suffered excessive damage and were no longer able to move.
Opposite it, Mega Gengar looked just as battered and miserable, its body covered in extensive burn marks. Even so, it was still far from losing its ability to fight.
"Gegegege~"
An eerie, sinister laugh continuously escaped from Mega Gengar's mouth as its gaze locked viciously onto the Rhyperior across from it.
Its body floated upward, and ghost-type energy rapidly gathered in its hands, condensing into an enormous Shadow Ball.
However, just as it was about to hurl the Shadow Ball toward the barely standing Rhyperior in the distance, an Energy Ball suddenly shot over from afar—
BOOM!
In midair, the Shadow Ball and the Energy Ball collided violently, triggering a fierce explosion.
The two streams of energy clashed intensely in the air, erupting into a violent blast. Thick smoke and dust from the explosion instantly enveloped the battlefield.
"Gengar, be careful!" At that very moment, the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer's voice rang out, laced with unmistakable urgency and fear.
"Geng?"
Mega Gengar froze for a moment, utterly confused as to why its master would suddenly speak in such a tone.
This battle was clearly about to end in its victory—so why was its master warning it to be careful?
Amid its deep confusion, the smoke from the explosion gradually dissipated. Then, Mega Gengar saw the figure of Lilligant appear beside Rhyperior!
"Gengar, get out of there now—run!" At the same time, the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer's anxious voice rang out once more.
But before Mega Gengar could even react, it suddenly felt its body stiffen. A powerful psychic force instantly enveloped it.
Immediately afterward, Lilligant unleashed Giga Drain, forcibly extracting the life energy infused with Mega Evolution power from Mega Gengar's body, causing it to instantly revert from its Mega Evolution state!
"Geng?!"
Shock and disbelief spread across Gengar's face.
Then, all of a sudden, it saw a pillar of magma shoot straight into the sky, slamming violently into its body!
This time, after having already expended its Mega Evolution power, Gengar could no longer endure it. Its body was blasted away and crashed heavily onto the scorched ground, completely losing its ability to battle.
"Go—Poké Ball." At that moment, Aven's voice rang out.
Immediately after, a Poké Ball wrapped in psychic energy shot forth, striking Gengar and pulling it inside!
Even though this Gengar possessed King-level strength, in its completely unconscious state, it had no ability whatsoever to resist the Poké Ball's capture.
"Gengar!" Disbelief flooded the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer's eyes as he utterly failed to accept what had just happened.
However, before he could react, an icy chill suddenly enveloped him. At some unknown moment, Froslass had already appeared at his side.
At present, only a few ordinary Pokémon were guarding the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer—completely incapable of resisting Froslass. A freezing gust swept past, instantly encasing him in ice and turning him into an ice sculpture!
As the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer was sealed in ice, the golden ring fastened around Heatran's neck suddenly began to tremble. Without the two Grand Sorcerer's power to sustain it, the black mist surging from the ring rapidly dimmed and faded away!
"HEEAAT!"
Sensing the weakening of the binding energy restraining it, Heatran's eyes flashed as it began struggling fiercely against the golden ring.
"Rhyperior—The Volcanic Keystone!" At the same time, Aven's voice rang out again.
With the help of Gardevoir's teleportation, the severely injured Rhyperior instantly appeared beside Heatran!
However, just as Rhyperior moved into position, the Super Magic Ring seemed to react of its own accord. A surge of black energy burst out violently, directly blasting Rhyperior away!
"Lilli, lilli!"
In the next instant, Lilligant made her move, raising her hands as she mobilized grass energy and life energy.
Black energy waves collided continuously with the surging life energy. Deprived of the Black-Robed Grand Sorcerer's support, the black energy ultimately collapsed and dissipated!
"ROOOAAAR—!"
Rhyperior let out a thunderous roar and stretched out its hand, pressing it firmly against Heatran's body!
The power of the Volcanic Keystone within Rhyperior surged forth violently, pouring rapidly into Heatran's body and unsealing the power that had long been dormant within it!
At this very moment, Heatran's Guardian Deity–level power was finally fully awakened. Its aura began to skyrocket, instantly reaching Champion-level—and it continued to rise without stopping!
BOOM!
A terrifying wave of energy exploded outward!
All of Heatran's power erupted at once, clashing fiercely with the Super Capture Ring!
In the blink of an eye, the Capture Ring shuddered violently. The energy gathered upon it rapidly dissipated, and in the end, it reverted into an ordinary golden ring that fell onto the ground.
Clink—
A crisp sound rang out.
With the golden ring dropping to the ground, Heatran was completely freed!
(End of Chapter)
TN: My terrible monday blues seems to be extending till tuesday.