Chapter 546: Key Stone Lost, Shocking Turn in Battle
On the sea surface.
Wallace stood on a Wailord, looking at the huge submarine surfacing, and snorted coldly:
"Hmph, to think there's actually an unexpected surprise."
Just now.
Cynthia found him.
Told him there was something underwater affecting Will's battle.
However, Cynthia's Water-type Pokémon only had Milotic and Gastrodon; both were helping to fight Groudon and completely couldn't get away.
So only he had the spare capacity to send out Water-type Pokémon to deal with these mice hiding underwater.
"Gyarados, Mega Evolve!"
The one who said this wasn't Wallace.
It was Lysandre.
The vast majority of people's impression of this man's ace is a Pyroar.
Because Pyroar's image is more similar to Lysandre's.
And in the past, Lysandre also often kept Pyroar by his side.
But very few people know.
Lysandre's true ace is a Mega Gyarados!
Similarly.
This is also the only Water-type Pokémon in Lysandre's team.
He originally planned to only make a move at the very end when snatching the Giant Rock.
As a result, that idiot Captain Phantom exposed their position.
"Gyarados's Mega Evolution? Hehe, snatching things from people like you, I actually have no psychological pressure at all."
A smile appeared on Wallace's face, but his eyes were full of caution.
The evil boss of the Kalos region.
Just thinking about it, he knew it wouldn't be that easy to deal with.
His ace Milotic was still dealing with Groudon, so he had to be even more careful in handling the upcoming battle.
Of course, the suddenly added battlefields were not just this one.
As the land under Groudon's feet became wider and wider.
Maxie also gained a foothold to let his Pokémon come out and participate in this great battle.
"Camerupt, use Mud Shot on that Mantine in the sky!"
Maxie waved his big hand, ordering his ace to make a move and help Groudon.
He also didn't know what was wrong with Groudon.
Having such great hostility towards that Mantine in the sky, insisting on taking care of that guy first, vainly letting its condition be worn down a lot by those few Pokémon in the sea below.
Helpless.
Maxie could only hurriedly make a move.
To help Groudon take out Mantine first.
But there was still one person on the field who hadn't made a move.
That was naturally the reinforcement from Sinnoh, Cynthia.
"Garchomp, Dragon Breath!"
Cynthia lay on Garchomp's back giving commands.
Ordinary trainers wouldn't dare to lie on their Pokémon while the Pokémon is battling.
After all, one careless move and they could be accidentally injured.
But this.
Is the basic skill of being a League Champion.
After all.
This is not an ordinary Pokémon battle.
There isn't a safe command post for them to stand on every time.
"Gaba!!"
Garchomp breathed out a breath.
Shattering all the mud projectiles shot by Mega Camerupt, preventing it from interfering with Mantine and the others' battle.
"Sinnoh Champion..."
Maxie pushed his glasses up, his brows darkening.
He almost forgot there was such a troublesome guy here.
No choice.
Could only take care of this guy first.
"Garchomp, put me down on the ground."
"Gaba?!"
"It's okay, Spiritomb and Roserade will protect me. Me being on you hinders your battling too much!"
Cynthia anxiously patted Garchomp's shoulder.
"Gaba."
Garchomp nodded.
She immediately dive-bombed to the ground, letting Cynthia land back on the ground.
The vast majority of Pokémon still prioritize their trainer's will.
Garchomp is not the exception to that.
Landing on the black ground.
Cynthia summoned Roserade and Spiritomb to her side at the first moment.
Looking at the colossal Groudon close at hand.
Even Cynthia, who had seen many grand scenes, couldn't help feeling somewhat nervous at this moment, a few drops of sweat breaking out on her forehead.
"Camerupt, use Heat Wave!"
Maxie raised a hand and pointed at the sky, while simultaneously throwing out two more Poké Balls,
"Crobat, Mightyena, you guys go too!"
Two flashes of white light passed.
The figures of Crobat and Mightyena instantly appeared on the field, circling from both sides towards Cynthia's direction.
And Camerupt's target was Garchomp.
Moreover.
Team Magma wasn't just Maxie alone.
Around Cynthia, Team Magma members wearing red uniforms continuously appeared; they brought their Pokémon and surrounded Cynthia tightly.
And the situation over at Will and Wallace's side was also like this.
Wallace similarly endured the suppression of pirates and Team Flare grunts.
The only one having an easy time was Will.
Sparing a bit of energy to deal with these one-shot trash was actually not much trouble for him.
"Good opportunity, Crobat, Air Cutter!"
Maxie raised a hand and pursed his lips.
Under the siege of fifty or sixty people, even the Champion from the Sinnoh region would have to expose some flaws to him.
At this very moment.
Roserade and Spiritomb were both stalled.
Milotic and Gastrodon were dealing with Groudon.
The remaining Garchomp was forced by Camerupt so she couldn't come down from the sky.
Cynthia was all alone.
It was precisely a good opportunity to defeat her.
The lower-tier Champion Crobat's moves are incredibly fast.
Two gale-force sharp blades slashed across the battlefield in the blink of an eye, heading towards Cynthia's direction.
Cynthia swept a glance, her expression unchanging.
She turned around, took a flying leap, and dove into the sea.
The two wind blades scraped past the sea surface.
Cynthia narrowly escaped disaster.
But the ocean at this time was incomparably turbulent, with whirlpools and huge waves intermingling. How could a mortal body contend against it?
No matter how anxious Roserade and Spiritomb were.
They couldn't help at this moment.
Leaving aside that there were tens of Pokémon glaring like tigers watching their prey around them, even if they leaped into this sea, they might not necessarily be able to save Cynthia.
"Roser!!"
Roserade's call resounded through the entire sky.
Milotic and Gastrodon, who were battling on the sea surface nearby, immediately made a judgment after hearing her voice.
The powerful Milotic continued to meet the enemy.
The slightly weaker Gastrodon pushed hard against the ocean currents, going to look for Cynthia.
Two minutes later.
Gastrodon reappeared on the sea surface carrying Cynthia on her back.
"Cough cough."
Cynthia lay on Gastrodon's back, coughing forcefully twice.
Her face was flushed from being underwater, and her long blonde hair was beaten wet and heavy by the seawater.
She raised her hand and wiped her face, wanting to see the battlefield clearly again.
However, the tactile sensation on her face startled Cynthia.
Lowering her eyes to look.
The ring on her hand had long fallen off to who knows where.
"The Key Stone... No, Lucario!"
Cynthia's pupils trembled slightly, turning her head to look at this ocean that wanted to swallow everything beside her.
Her calm mask was completely torn off at this moment.
Only full worry and anxiety remained in the depths of her eyes.
Underwater.
In just one encounter.
Will casually threw two Water Pulses, relying on level suppression to instantly kill two Gym Leader-level Water-type Pokémon.
Up to this point.
He estimated these sneak attackers' Pokémon should be almost all incapacitated.
Splash—
Kyogre abruptly surfaced from the dark deep sea again, slapping its tail towards Will.
Will skillfully delivered a Earthquake kick to its tail, making Kyogre cry out in pain again.
Speaking of which, it's also strange.
Since Will slapped Kyogre's face before.
This Kyogre acted as if its reverse scale had been plucked; it just kept slapping him with its tail, not using any other moves.
But regardless of what is said.
This is beneficial to Will.
Kyogre doing this is no different from restricting a bunch of its own moves.
In the blink of an eye.
Kyogre slapped its giant tail over again.
This time it was Aqua Tail.
Didn't Kyogre realize Water-type moves are useless against Will?
Perhaps it did.
But it doesn't care right now whether it injured Will or not, only whether it slapped Will.
'Almost there, should be able to completely beat it to the ground within a quarter of an hour.'
Will clenched his right fist.
The scream of lightning surged underwater, and he swung out another heavy punch.
!
The giant tail and fist met.
Just when Will thought this time would be like the previous times, easily punching Kyogre's tail back.
Will actually realized Kyogre's power had increased.
"No, it's my power that decreased..."
Will's pupils shifted downward.
Before being sent flying, he saw his own fist.
That was not the fist a Mega Lucario should have.
He had reverted from his Mega state?!
Swish—
Will was slapped flying out of the sea surface, his figure continuously tumbling in mid-air.
"What happened on Cynthia's side?"
Will's lips trembled slightly, turning his head to look at the distant sea surface.
Kyogre's Aqua Tail caused almost no damage to him.
He was currently only concerned about the situation on Cynthia's side.
Why was the Mega Evolution state canceled?
Cases of reverting from the Mega Evolution state during a battle are not rare.
But if there were no problems on his side.
Then the possibilities are very limited.
Either the Key Stone or the Mega Ring had a problem.
Or Cynthia had a problem.
No matter which one.
It made Will unable to calm his current mood.
To the extent that Kyogre's tail had already appeared in front of him again before Will belatedly reacted.
Bang!
Will was slapped flying once again.
Smack... smack...
He was like a skipped stone, skipping across the sea surface.
After bouncing five times, he finally stabilized his figure.
This time Kyogre used Earthquake.
But unfortunately, Ground-type moves also couldn't cause damage to Will.
Ultimately, it was just loud thunder and small raindrops (all bark and no bite).
"Oong—"
Kyogre's excited voice resounded between heaven and earth.
He finally felt refreshed!
Yes!
This is what he wanted!
The massive whale body leaped out of the sea surface again, flipping above Will.
Body Slam!
"Get lost!!"
Will's pupils bloomed with a soul-stirring deep blue light.
He hugged the base of Kyogre's tail with both hands, veins popping on his forehead and arms.
Boom—
Kyogre's two-hundred-meter-long body was actually forcefully lifted up by Will, shifted horizontally 270 degrees in the air, and then heavily slapped onto the sea surface!
Monstrous huge waves over a hundred meters high rose from the surface.
As if Kyogre passively used a Waterfall move.
When he recovered from his head-buzzing state, he saw that Will was already heading towards Groudon's direction.
"Oong~"
Kyogre's angry voice sounded, hurriedly chasing after that little thief.
He must have been scared of being beaten by me and is preparing to run away!
Just as this thought popped up.
A deafening dragon roar came from the sky—
"Roar!!"
Whether it was Groudon, who was battling, or Kyogre, who was pursuing, at this moment both their bodies trembled and they froze in place.
Looking up.
Amidst the dark clouds.
Only a pair of golden vertical pupils stared at the ocean below.
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