But because they set their sights on Little Lugia, their entire plan was disrupted; otherwise, their scheme for the Sea God would have gone very smoothly and would surely have succeeded.
And now, their plot for Little Lugia resulted in even the Sea God Lugia being ground into the water!
Pluton tilted his head, his glasses almost falling off, and he was utterly dumbfounded.
Why was the Sea God Lugia so easily defeated by the opponent? Is this reasonable? Is this justice? Who on earth is that Pokémon called Mewtwo? Why had he never heard of it before...?
"Wait a minute... Mewtwo? I remember now, isn't this the Pokémon created by Team Rocket? But according to Team Rocket's information, he disappeared after reaching Champion Level, why has he become so strong!!" Pluton finally recalled where he had heard the name Mewtwo.
Indeed, from the resources they seized from Team Rocket, there was scattered information about Mewtwo, which was classified within Team Rocket but was obtained by their Team Galactic nonetheless.
But the information wasn't much, only knowing that Mewtwo is a clone Pokémon created based on Mew's genes, aimed at becoming the world's strongest Pokémon to dominate the world.
Pluton sneered at this; although Mew is hailed as the ancestor of Pokemon, aside from its mystery, it is no match for a true Tier One God in other aspects. Dreaming of creating the strongest Pokémon using Mew's genes? That's dreaming!
But now, seeing this terrifying Pokémon in front of him, Pluton found that Team Rocket's research may not have been just a dream, as Mewtwo's strength has indeed reached the Divine Domain Peak.
Pluton knew that Lugia's power would decline after being controlled and transformed, but even with decreased strength, it still had Intermediate Divine Realm power, yet it was thrashed like a dog; if not at Divine Domain Peak, what could it be?
"Hey... things don't look good right now, should we quickly retreat with Lugia?" Mars swallowed and once again contemplated retreating.
This time, Pluton didn't scold Mars, but instead nodded after barely a second of silence: "You're right, we should indeed retreat. With our current strength, we cannot contend with that guy, let's regroup and come back later."
Even Pluton had to admit the strength of Mewtwo, Mars's failure was indeed not her fault; facing such a monster, even three with Primary Divine Domain Level using Divine Position powers wouldn't be its match.
But what Pluton didn't know, the Mewtwo that Mars faced was actually only at the Primary Divine Domain Level...
While Pluton and Mars discussed their retreat, the mood among Cynthia and others was completely different; they thought this was a disaster, a situation they couldn't survive. Facing a Primary Divine Domain Level and a Divine Domain Peak Pokemon, they couldn't imagine winning without similar strength.
Cynthia felt unprecedented powerlessness for the first time, as the Sinnoh Champion, second among the Eight Great Masters, and theoretically the second strongest human, she had no strength to resist when facing such top Legendary Pokémon. It sparked an unparalleled desire for power within her.
However, in less than ten seconds, that feeling was shattered by the scene of Mewtwo overwhelming Lugia.
She realized all the thoughts she had were just adding unnecessary drama to her own mind!
Cynthia felt a mix of laughter and tears as she decided to discard those chaotic thoughts, but her thirst for power remained unchanged; this incident showed her she might need to find ways to increase her own strength.
"When did Mewtwo's power become so strong?" Lorelei, though happy, voiced her confusion. Unlike Cynthia, she knew about Mewtwo's situation.
Whether it was the first battle between Mewtwo and Ash, or the second battle, Lorelei was a witness. While Mewtwo's progress was significant between the two, further improvement shouldn't have been easy.
If it was that easy to ascend to a Divine Domain Level, there wouldn't be so few at Divine Domain Peak in the world. How long has it been since the last battle on New Island? How could Mewtwo leap directly to Divine Domain Peak?
Even combined with Ash's power, they're nowhere near Divine Domain Peak!
"Was Mewtwo's power far different before?" Serena asked with some curiosity.
She had no idea how strong Mewtwo's power was, only that it seemed to possess far more power than ordinary Pokémon, but exactly how much more, as a newbie, she didn't know.
"Hmm, about three months ago it was only at Primary Divine Domain Level. Even with rapid improvement, reaching Intermediate Divine Realm Level in three months would be the limit. As for reaching Divine Domain Peak..." Lorelei shook her head, three months to reach Divine Domain Peak is a fantasy, even for Ash and Mewtwo, it wouldn't be possible.
"Maybe this time Ash also used some strength to boost Mewtwo, that little guy always has some strange ways to enhance Pokémon power, who knows where he finds them." Cynthia said with a smile, not overly concerned about Mewtwo's anomaly.
Or rather, she had become accustomed to Ash's peculiar actions and situations. Even though she hadn't met Ash many times, she felt very familiar with him. That one battle was enough for her to learn Ash is quite a remarkable young man.
"Indeed, it is Ash after all!" Lorelei paused at Cynthia's words, then nodded in agreement.
The name Ash alone is already legendary within the Pokemon Realm, and his extraordinary demonstrations of power seem within expectation.
Misty looked at Ash in the distance, her eyes sparkling with starlight, thinking this was the person she liked; no matter what happened, he'd always be the first to stand in front and—never disappoint her!
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"It's time to end this, Mewtwo, extract that power from Lugia." Champion Ash said solemnly as he looked at Lugia floating on the sea surface.
Although the previous strike hadn't completely incapacitated Lugia, it temporarily lost its ability to resist.
That blow consumed the Yveltal power on Lugia's surface, which allowed its own consciousness and power to resist more fully.
That's why the thick-skinned Lugia appeared paralyzed on the water's surface after the hit.
This wasn't because Lugia was heavily injured but because its consciousness was resisting Pluton's control.
So now, with Lugia unable to resist, Mewtwo could easily use brute force to extract that power.
Mewtwo nodded, raising its arm to take action.
"Kid, for now, you are stronger, but it's not that easy to reclaim Lugia. Enjoy this great gift." Pluton said coldly.
At the same time, he crushed a black sphere in his hand. As the sphere shattered, Lugia, lying on the water, widened its scarlet eyes and let out a deafening scream.
"Screech!!!" The piercing sound spread in all directions as Lugia's power surged violently!
At this moment, Lugia's power returned to Divine Domain Peak!
Champion Ash's expression became a bit solemn: "Exploding the dark power in Lugia's body in one go, shortening the control time to boost power, is it? Mewtwo, change form!"
Champion Ash raised his wrist as the Key Stone on it shone with rainbow light!
Mewtwo also erupted with dazzling light, which was—the Evolutionary Light.
Cynthia and others from afar, including Pluton, were left stunned; could it still evolve?
As the light slowly dissipated, a new Mewtwo appeared before everyone's eyes, one that was more than two sizes larger than Mewtwo's Y-shape form, appearing full of muscular power.
This was not evolution, but another form of Mewtwo Mage—Mage Mewtwo X!