Chapter 859: Open Plot - The Bait, Dialga
20 years later.
Southern sea of the Johto region.
Kazuya and his party of four Masters started a war with the Primal Hoenn Trio.
The magnitude of the battle could not be described merely with the words "grand scale."
Even in regions on the other side of the world, the aftershocks of this battle could be felt.
Under the desperate fight of the four Pokémon.
Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre were successively hunted to death. Mega Rayquaza didn't suffer much damage, but it couldn't do anything to the four Pokémon either.
After this battle.
Kazuya successively obtained [Power of the Earth] and [Power of the Ocean].
The effects of both were roughly similar.
There were mainly three types.
The first was causing natural disasters.
Kazuya could easily trigger earthquakes and tsunamis.
The scale was influenced by his own strength.
The second was changing the weather.
Kazuya could use the two powers respectively to change the weather to "Extremely Harsh Sunlight" or "Heavy Rain."
The former was hard to put to use in this era; it could only increase the brightness of the world.
But the latter was still somewhat useful.
Combined with the "Power of Electricity," he could turn the "Heavy Rain" into a "Thunderstorm," simultaneously increasing the damage of Water-type and Electric-type moves.
The last type was absorbing energy.
Kazuya could continuously absorb Ground-type and Water-type elemental energy and natural energy from the earth and ocean.
If Kazuya were a Ground-type or Water-type Pokémon.
He could use the corresponding divine power to achieve Primal Reversion, attain a permanent Mega Evolution state, and use the extra natural energy to cultivate and rapidly level up.
Unfortunately.
Kazuya was a Dark-type.
So the effects of the Power of the Earth and Power of the Ocean were very limited for him, not even comparable to the "Power of Spring" provided by the second-tier god, Enamorus.
But regardless.
Successively killing the Primal duo, who could rank in the T2 tier among first-tier gods.
Greatly boosted the morale of Kazuya's group, and in one fell swoop, sounded the horn for the counterattack.
20 years later.
The number of magical beasts had also drastically decreased.
Walking in any city, they no longer had to worry about startling a horde of magical beasts like in the past.
But this didn't mean it was good news.
Because.
The situation for humans and Pokémon was the same.
In New Magical Beast Year 120, the point in time when the world reversed to League Calendar Year 180.
Humanity was almost on the brink of extinction, and the number of Pokémon remaining was also small.
The surviving humans were few and far between.
And those who survived were basically the elderly with one foot in the grave.
Furthermore, this group of people had already lost their underground shelters and could only survive on the surface.
However.
With the sharp decline in the number of magical beasts on the surface.
It wasn't that dangerous for humans anymore.
So losing the shelters was no longer a problem.
Among them.
The vanished shelters also included Aether Paradise, which Kazuya and his group had visited.
Of course.
Before Aether Paradise disappeared.
Colress's brain was transferred to Silver's place by Kazuya, which could be considered barely prolonging his life.
With Kazuya's help.
AZ, Silver, Chloe, Colress, and some known human survivors were all sent to Sootopolis City to survive.
The four "immortals" gathered in Sootopolis City, jointly conducting various researches.
Unfortunately.
They had no human subordinates left to use.
They couldn't just have a bunch of old men and women who panted after taking a few steps do the work.
So.
They could only rely on themselves and the power of Pokémon to complete their research.
With AZ's help.
Kazuya and his group found the Tree of Beginning sleeping in the Allearth Forest.
The corrupted Tree of Beginning also adapted to local customs.
Its grayish-black body looked just like a bizarrely shaped rock.
In this Allearth Forest, which had already turned into scorched earth, it didn't look out of place at all; it looked completely ordinary.
Precisely because of this.
Kazuya and his group hadn't discovered the Tree of Beginning back then.
It wasn't a pity either.
It was better to discover it now.
Even if they had discovered it early back then, Kazuya had no way to devour Xerneas.
But now he could.
The four Pokémon immediately surrounded and attacked Xerneas.
What was fortunate was...
Shadow seemed to not have found the location of the sleeping Xerneas either.
So until Kazuya devoured it, Shadow didn't react, let alone dispatch Demon Gods to rescue it.
After this battle.
Kazuya obtained the [Power of Creation].
He could continuously absorb Fairy-type energy from nature through his aura, and use this energy to continuously heal his own injuries or the injuries of others.
It could be said.
As long as Kazuya still had a breath left.
It would be impossible for him to die no matter what.
Combined with the "Power of Spring."
Kazuya's bulk could be said to have increased drastically.
Another thirty years passed.
New Magical Beast Year 150, the world reversed to League Calendar Year 150.
It was also the 100th year of Kazuya's eighth reincarnation.
His level had long since climbed to Lv. 95.
To increase it further at this level.
Required absorbing Dark-type natural energy from nature.
The difficulty was truly immense.
No wonder the levels of most supreme first-tier gods were stuck here.
But Kazuya still had a Dread Plate on him, which could continuously produce Dark-type natural energy.
So leveling up was now just a matter of time for him.
Besides himself.
The levels of his three juniors were also not to be underestimated.
Ordered by age, they were Lv. 94, Lv. 93, and Lv. 92.
Even Mewtwo, with the lowest level.
Could now steadily suppress bottom-tier first-tier gods in base stats.
If He took a Reversion Pill.
Even compared to first-tier gods of the same level, His base stats had a high probability of holding the upper hand.
This was also their confidence in hunting first-tier gods everywhere.
With their strength.
Unless Shadow acted personally, or brought five or six supreme first-tier gods at once.
Otherwise, it was basically just a free meal.
Shadow also knew this very well.
So in these thirty years.
Without absolute certainty, He wouldn't let the Demon Gods attack on their own.
Once an attack was launched, He would definitely have to take the field Himself.
Besides this.
What's worth mentioning is...
The Kalos region disappeared from the sea's surface.
After such a long time, Kalos finally couldn't bear the heavy burden and was dragged into the sea by the dark vines.
From AZ, it was learned.
Zygarde didn't die.
Team Flare researched for decades, but still couldn't replicate the Order God's Core Enforcer 1:1.
So until the Kalos region sank, they failed to kill Zygarde.
However.
Before AZ left with Kazuya.
He specially gave Zygarde a vicious shot of a half-finished Core Enforcer, directly heavily injuring the Z1 and Z2 cores.
It was said that it wouldn't be able to reorganize into its Complete Form for a century.
So they didn't need to consider the problem of Zygarde for now.
Just as the days operated mechanically.
The situation of the world finally underwent some slight changes.
Moreover.
This change.
Was initiated by Shadow...
Sootopolis City.
The last base of human survivors.
"Kazuya, Dialga has appeared, right in Mauville City in the Hoenn region."
AZ immediately informed Kazuya's group of the monitored situation.
Over thirty years ago.
He and Colress combined their efforts.
Using the crystals of the Tree of Beginning, the Rainbow Stone, and magnetic fields, they forged a special satellite capable of monitoring the world.
In short.
It was using the natural energy in the Rainbow Stone to activate the crystals of the Tree of Beginning and connect them using magnetic fields, thereby achieving the Tree of Beginning's original ability to monitor the globe.
It was just that.
Because the consciousness of the Tree of Beginning had fallen asleep.
The one receiving the information from the Tree of Beginning's crystals became Colress.
Surviving in the electronic world, there wasn't much he could do.
Calculating and organizing intelligence.
Was one of the few things Colress could do.
Just like now.
It was definitely Colress who "saw" the existence of Dialga.
That was why he had AZ come and inform them of this important intelligence.
"He's showing his cards."
Kazuya let out a long sigh.
Since the end of the Great Darkness incident.
This was the first time Dialga had appeared.
And appearing so brazenly by their side, as if afraid Kazuya's group wouldn't notice.
Shadow wasn't even pretending anymore.
Even though He didn't say a word.
This action was no less than shouting across the air: "Dialga is right in front of you, do you dare to act? I have prepared a trap for you. If you act, be prepared to pay the price."
This was an open plot.
An incredibly tempting plot to invite the prey into the urn.
He had to admit.
This matter was very tricky.
Dialga's Power of Time and Palkia's Power of Space mutually restricted and countered each other.
A single Roar of Time from Dialga could possibly close a spatial wormhole Kazuya had just opened.
Or make Kazuya, with half his body inside the wormhole, regress to his position a few seconds prior.
If Kazuya wanted to use the Power of Space to escape in front of Dialga...
It couldn't be said to be completely impossible.
After all, the current Kazuya wasn't weaker than Dialga.
But it would indeed be hard to find an opportunity.
So.
If they were to launch an operation against Dialga, the risks they had to bear were not small, and the possibility of losing their lives was not low.
However.
This was Dialga's first appearance in a century.
Shadow had finally hardened His heart to bring out this big treasure once.
If they missed this time.
Who knew if there would be another chance to encounter It.
If they could successfully kill Dialga.
Not to mention Kazuya's strength after obtaining the Power of Time.
Just the fact that it could shatter Shadow's objective was enough for them to risk their lives to try.
Of course.
All of this.
Ultimately had to be decided by Kazuya.
Whether it was Pokemon like Scizor, or humans like AZ, their gazes were all focused on Kazuya at this moment.
"Let's go over and take a look first."
"If Shadow isn't there, and the number of Demon Gods around Dialga isn't large, then we'll attempt an encirclement."
"But if either of these two conditions is not met, we must immediately return to Sootopolis City and leave with everyone..."
Kazuya considered for a long time before making a decision.
He didn't want to just give up this opportunity to kill Dialga.
Especially since.
They held an anti-Time/Space God Noble Phantasm found in the ruins of Team Galactic—the Red Chain!
In the past, Team Galactic specially arrested the Lake Guardians to create the Red Chain item in order to control the Gods of Space and Time.
It was the only one in the world.
Now it was in Kazuya's hands.
This thing could be refreshed away at any moment.
To just let it be refreshed away like this.
Truly made Kazuya somewhat unwilling.
He might as well take this opportunity to see if it was possible to put it to use.
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