chsdbacks Chapter 308 Original Chapter Return
Chapter 308 Original Chapter Return
Chapter 308 Primal Regression
The Hoenn region is not at peace these days.
First, residents of the towns of Fuyan, Greenfield, and Bauhinia near Mount Yanlu received an emergency evacuation order from the Alliance—the highest level of evacuation order.
Evacuation orders, which are usually issued in the event of a catastrophic disaster, are not initially perceived by people – after all, in times of peace, such orders are almost never issued.
But it wasn't until Chimney Mountain began to tremble, and people received a faint, still-operating satellite broadcast from the shelter, that they truly felt the highest level of emergency evacuation order and were filled with fear.
all in all.
Chimney Mountain seems to have come alive.
Crimson clouds blanketed the entire western Hoenn region, and even in the shelters, the strong smell of sulfur permeated the air. Meanwhile, the crater of Mount Smog was experiencing its most intense eruption in decades, but this was merely the appetizer before the disaster.
People could see and hear, from within that mountain of smoked meat, erupting what sounded like the movement of a giant beast, yet also like a violent heartbeat: "Boom!"
With a "thump," each jump seemed to send Chimney Mountain taking a giant, beast-like stride.
People know that this is certainly not Chimney Mountain coming to life.
Because soon after, people saw that on the Smoked Meat Mountain, a small hill suddenly bulged out from the cracked ground caused by the rapid drought, and then, accompanied by a thunderous roar, a ferocious, fiery red head burst out of the ground.
This head has a segmented, blade-like structure, coupled with serrated, white teeth, making it seem terrifying.
Even its slightest exhalation is an extremely hot stream of air, distorting the air itself. Touching it, even seawater evaporates, creating a hollow.
But later, people learned about the circumstances surrounding this suddenly appearing Pokémon.
Groudon is a legendary Pokémon that rules over the earth.
"Is this...this is the culprit that caused the emergency evacuation order?!"
"I'm afraid... I'm afraid so..."
"If it's just this one Pokémon... trust the League, trust our trainers. We have Champion Steven, and Gym Leaders from all over are working together to fight it... even Leagues from other regions are rushing to support us!"
Alliance personnel are providing psychological support to the panicked crowd.
But immediately.
In the satellite broadcast, another scene appeared: the emergency marker in the upper right corner suddenly... became two separate markers, based on the highest level of alert.
Does this mean the danger has... doubled?
The Alliance member who was undergoing psychological counseling was stunned.
He himself is terrified of this situation, and he's only trying to comfort others while suppressing his own fear. But now you're telling me the danger has doubled?!
Who can talk some sense into him?
The broadcast footage showed the easternmost part of the Hoenn sea, near Sootopolis City.
The horizon there was distorted. This was not an ordinary tide, but rather as if the entire ocean was being affected by some force, as if it were being held by a giant hand like silk, with thousands of tons of seawater being lifted up and then thrown away.
That was a tsunami—a tsunami of unprecedented scale, capable of submerging any coastal city.
This is a terrifying natural disaster that is beyond human control.
Faced with the natural disaster caused by this legendary Pokémon, people couldn't help but feel powerless.
"???"
"Hoenn...is it going to be destroyed...?"
"I...I heard that the ancient Meteor People had a prophecy about the end of the world..." But...but...the end of the world they predicted was five years from now...how could it be happening now...?
"Mom...I want to find my mom..."
"Everyone, calm down, no, don't panic. Believe, we must believe in our league, believe in our champions..."
The Alliance member responsible for calming the panicked crowd now spoke with a lack of confidence, his voice dry and lifeless. But looking at the distraught crowd, he knew that even if it wouldn't change the course of the battle, it was time to put an end to this atmosphere of despair.
Through brainstorming, he found new, well-founded words of comfort.
"Legend has it that Rayquaza was the mediator dragon who stopped the fight between Kyogre and Groudon... Everyone, do you remember that messenger who previously drove Rayquaza to cause damage to Hoenn... well, helped Hoenn rebuild its iconic landmark...?"
"Steven, how's the situation? I'll go stop the awakened Kyogre! You go stop Groudon, we can't let them meet in Sootopolis City. Otherwise, it'll be like what happened thousands of years ago..."
Miklina, with her makeup on and delicate features, looked very anxious.
He, a Crypt Lord, knew very well that in the legends of a thousand years ago, when Groudon and Kyogre merged, a great war would break out, the ground would crack, tsunamis would rise, and almost the entire world would be ruined and thrown into chaos.
This is only considering the damage caused by Rayquaza's appearance and intervention to stop their fighting. Otherwise, the entire world's land and sea would likely have been shattered and rebuilt.
"No. We won't stop them." Daigo put down the phone, gazing at the strange phenomenon of the two ships rushing towards each other from opposite ends of Hoenn. He pursed his lips, then chose to believe, "You said Groudon and Kyogre's target is Sootopolis City, right?"
Mikkuri quickly said, "To be precise, it's the word 'Crystal,' which stores extremely rich natural energy—the energy Groudon and Kyogre desperately need to transform into an even stronger form, what our ancestors called 'Primal Reversion.'"
"If they were to arrive and shatter the Glass Shrine, unleashing a torrent of natural energy, then without Rayquaza's intervention, the entire Hoenn region, no, the entire world, would likely be on the verge of destruction."
"Let them come over!" Daigo decided.
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"Why!" Mikoli asked anxiously, confused. "We can't let them merge!"
"When they combine, they will cause immense destruction! Destruction you can't even imagine, Steven! I won't be afraid to stop Groudon, and I believe you won't be either!"
"Trust me, no, rather, trust the Sawaki I trust," Daigo said. "Don't stop them, let them slowly merge together—if Sawaki can do what he says, that will minimize the damage."
If they had been stopped in advance, they would have each fought against Groudon and Kyogre.
Leaving aside their own safety.
Given the terrifying destructive power of these two legendary Pokémon, the place where the battle took place would be a desolate wasteland, with not a single patch of good land.
If Groudon and Kyogre were to "quietly" run in both directions, it would naturally be the way to minimize the damage.
However, there is a prerequisite: that Ze Shu's promises can be fulfilled.
Daigo was prepared to risk his life to stop them if Sawaki failed to deliver on his promise.
At this moment, in Liuli City, at the Liuli Shrine.
Two people are slowly waking up.
"Crimson Flame Pine?! What are you doing here?!"
"That's what I should be asking you, Water Wutong!"
They exchanged a bewildered glance, neither of them having expected the other to be there, nor having expected themselves to be there either.
Crimson Pine said, "I only remember that after I awakened Groudon, I was... ah! Let's not talk about that, and then I was controlled by the consciousness contained within the orb. Or rather, controlled!"
In his usual rough tone, Water Archie said, "Damn it! I'm almost the same! I was overwhelmed by Kyogre's consciousness, controlled, and brought here!"
"Is this the Shrine of Crystal?"
"It should be."
"There's a lot of natural energy hidden here, isn't there?"
"That's the information our Marine Team has!"
"Well... Groudon brought us here, so it's only right..."
At this point, the two exchanged a glance, both seeing hostility in each other's eyes.
This place contains natural energy that can transform Groudon/Kyogre into its ultimate form—the Primal Reversion form that allows the earth to cover the ocean/the ocean to submerge the earth.
In other words, who can help Groudon/Kyogre gain energy?
Then someone will be able to...
"Get out of my way! I got here first! Don't block me! You rude bastard!"
"Damn it! I've had my eye on you, you refined scoundrel, for ages! I'll beat you up!"
These two leaders of Team Lava and Team Ocean were actually fighting like thugs.
After a long while, both of them were bruised and swollen. Despite Chi Yansong's scholarly appearance, he was able to hold his own against the muscular Shui Wutong in a fight.
During the fight, the two accidentally broke the offerings in the Shrine of Glass.
This was as if some kind of switch had been flipped.
In an instant, the crimson and indigo jewels they were holding shone brightly!
"This, this is..." Shui Wutong's eyes widened.
"Natural energy... it's surging forth..." Crimson Pine couldn't hide the excitement in its eyes. Clutching the crimson orb that absorbed natural energy like a black hole, it cried out, "Groudon, Primal Reversion! Let the earth invade the ocean!"
He looked up.
Under the sulfurous sky, Groudon was glowing with a bright red light. Within this red light, Groudon's body was undergoing inexplicable changes.
Its body, covered in what was originally black patterns, seemed to be flowing with lava, filled with radiance, and at the base of its arms, there was also a visible "Ω"-shaped symbol.
"This is... the Primal Groudon... "
The moment Groudon returned to its original state, the seawater it had waded through rapidly evaporated, quickly turning into a sea cavern and revealing the barren land beneath the seabed.
It can truly be said that wherever it goes, the ocean turns into land—this is still caused by the unnatural reversion of Groudon.
Upon seeing this scene, Crimson Flame Pine could no longer suppress the excitement in its pupils.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of Groudon, the colossal beast that stirred up towering waves, Kyogre, was also undergoing some kind of change.
Its entire body changed from azure to deep purple, and streaks of light, like deep-sea lamps, hung on its body, giving the fathead fish a vast, deep-sea aura.
The aura it exuded at the moment of its primal return was like that of a monarch of the entire ocean.
Shui Wutong was extremely excited to see this.
He pointed to the towering, primal sea beasts in the distance and said to Crimson Flame Pine, "Look! This is the power of the sea. Mere land is nothing compared to its vastness! Stop your disgusting delusion of the land conquering the ocean!"
But after Shui Wutong finished speaking, she waited for a long time, but did not receive a rebuttal from Chiyansong.
Instead, he noticed the dazed look in Crimson Flame Pine's eyes.
But following the gaze of the Crimson Pine, Archie saw nothing; the place was empty. He could only see the sulfurous sky and the boiling, overflowing seawater—this must be Groudon's route.
But it was completely empty, which was the strangest phenomenon!
The original Groudon is gone?!
"Damn it! What are you staring at?! What's wrong?!"
Shui Wutong was completely bewildered and angrily cursed at Chiyansong, even wanting to punch him.
But a sudden pang of heart palpitation made Water Wutong subconsciously look at the Kyogre he had just pointed to, and after he understood what was happening, he also knew why Crimson Pine was stunned.
Because, suddenly, blue doors appeared around Kyogre, who was like a sea monster stirring up a tsunami.
All that could be seen was that these doors pressed down on Georka.
then....
"N-It's gone?!"
"Yes... Kyogre and Groudon, they're both gone..."
Crimson Pine felt the crimson orb tightly clutched in his hand. He could indeed sense Groudon's presence within it, but it was very faint, as if it were an extremely distant place, a distance he could never reach in his current weakened state.
Groudon and Kyogre are gone.
What about their previous disputes, their desperate attempts to force them to revert to their original state?
The Crimson Flame Pine and the Water Sycamore exchanged a glance.
The two seemed to have lost all their strength and collapsed to the ground together.
United States, near the cave of the giants.
The Kyurem's combined offensive had transformed this giant's cave, which never saw snow, into a frozen wasteland. Even Adek's red-faced dragon within it had been turned into a bright red ice sculpture.
At this moment, the offensive seemed to have been fully formed.
Leaning on his cane, Ghetsis gazed at the inexplicable commotion in front of the destroyer where Zeki was, a crazed smirk spreading across his face. "Behold, behold the terrifying power of the Kyurem! Stop your futile resistance. This is a power that even reality cannot withstand!"
"Kyurem, Absolute Zero! Engulf them!"
roar-!!!
Kyurem let out a silent, yet seemingly resounding, roar of nothingness.
The pale ice and snow, carrying extremely cold air currents, surged towards the destroyer at sea like a world-destroying gale capable of freezing the world.
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If this attack hits, even Lexiram would probably be frozen and destroyed, turning into an eternal stone sculpture.
"Let's see how you withstand this attack!"
Quixote gritted his teeth and clutched his aching chest—the wound from when Ze Shu's freezing beam had nearly killed him.
But at that moment, the azure portal flowing in front of the destroyer, accompanied by Hoopana's loud shout of "Lao Lao!", suddenly shone brightly just before the absolute zero of Kyurem arrived.
Then, one blue and one red, two enormous legendary figures, exuding the terrifying power of a primal rebirth, emerged from within, just in time to meet the Kyurem's long-accumulated attack.
As Primal Groudon looked up, it saw nothing but whiteness before its eyes and felt a chill run through its body. Instinctively, it used the Primal Reversion Sword, which was full of energy and exuded terrifying power, to slash forward.
The original Georka crashed into the solid ice of the sea with a loud "thud," and then a cold wave hit, making it feel like it was going to be frozen into a fathead fish.
It also subconsciously unleashed the primal, returning power of its origin, sending it hurtling forward.
Even from a distance of more than ten kilometers, Ghetsis could feel the terrifying power of these two moves, which was no less than the absolute zero power that Kyurem had accumulated over a long period of time.
And this powerful technique...
Two attacks came flying at once?!
Quixote was stunned for a moment, and the chest he was clutching suddenly throbbed with pain.