The blue points of light resembled countless miniature black holes. The moment any attack approached them, it was silently swallowed whole without even creating the slightest ripple.
Seeing this scene, a trace of urgency flashed through Mega Metagross's crimson eyes.
Its four thick metallic claws locked tightly together, twisting into an incomparably sharp drill. Electric currents generated from Magnet Rise crackled around its body with piercing sizzling sounds.
Using Gravity repeatedly to reduce its own weight while being propelled by overwhelming psychic power, its body slowly began to rotate faster and faster.
In the end, it transformed into a high speed electromagnetic drill that screamed through the air with a deafening roar, charging directly toward the root of the gigantic tentacle protruding from Meta Groudon's chest.
It intended to sever this fatal attack at its source, even at the cost of its own life, in order to protect its trainer.
"SHHK!"
Mega Metagross's drill struck its target with perfect precision, instantly boring through Meta Groudon's chest. Countless streams of dark green energy fluid burst outward as the giant tentacle was on the verge of being completely severed from the root.
But at that very moment, a sudden mutation occurred!
Meta Groudon's chest abruptly split open from both sides, revealing dark green flesh writhing continuously inside like a horrifying giant mouth. In an instant, it swallowed Mega Metagross whole and completely enveloped it.
Then the chest slammed shut again, trapping Metagross firmly inside its body.
Bulges began appearing all across Meta Groudon's surface, crashing violently around from within.
Yet no matter how frantically Metagross attacked from the inside, it could not break through this bizarre flesh barrier.
"Metagross!"
Watching his partner get devoured, Theo gripped the necklace around his neck tighter and tighter with his right hand until his knuckles turned pale white. In the depths of his heart, he continuously repeated something over and over again.
However, that gigantic energy tentacle did not stop. Filled with cold malice, it continued winding toward him mercilessly.
Jirachi anxiously circled through the air before floating in front of Theo. A faint glow emerged from its body as it attempted to use Teleport to carry him away from danger.
But the blue points of light on the tentacle suddenly expanded violently. A strange force spread outward and directly sealed the surrounding space, completely nullifying Jirachi's Teleport.
As the tentacle drew closer and closer, Jirachi suddenly stopped moving.
It turned around and looked deeply at Theo.
Then it stretched out its tiny hands, puffed up its cheeks, and shoved Theo hard to the side with all its strength.
Theo staggered backward from the push.
Meanwhile, Jirachi itself was instantly seized by the thick tentacle. The terrifying force wrapped tightly around its body before dragging it toward Meta Groudon.
At the sight of this scene, Theo clenched the necklace hanging from his neck even harder. The voice echoing through his mind and heart grew louder and louder until he finally shouted it aloud.
"Kyogre! Kyogre! Kyogre! Hurry and answer me!"
At the very same time, deep beneath the island seas near Sootopolis City, within the pitch black depths ten thousand meters underwater, an enormous beast several times larger than the false Meta Groudon finally slowly opened its eyes.
Those eyes resembled sapphire gemstones hidden within the abyss, radiating majestic and icy light.
It was none other than the sovereign of the seas, Kyogre!
As Theo's summons traveled through the necklace, Kyogre's consciousness, which had only recently fallen asleep again, was awakened once more.
Having finally managed to go back to sleep only to be disturbed again, anger instantly appeared on Kyogre's face.
However, through the connection of the necklace, after sensing the current situation, the irritation on Kyogre's face vanished immediately.
It slowly turned its head, and its expression gradually shifted from anger into delight. An excited smile slowly spread across its face.
Immediately afterward, deep blue light began emerging from Kyogre's tail fin before gradually spreading across its entire body.
At this moment!
In Forina, after Kyogre awakened, intense blue light suddenly erupted from the necklace hanging around Theo's neck.
The scorching, dry atmosphere that had filled the air ever since Meta Groudon appeared was instantly replaced by cool, refreshing moisture.
Ripples of water spread outward from the necklace.
Like stones falling into a calm lake, wave after wave distorted the surrounding space. Everywhere the ripples passed, the burning heat in the air was completely dispelled.
In the distance, Tabitha and Brodie, who had already escaped some distance away riding atop Crobat, along with Butler who was being carried by Salamence, all widened their eyes in utter disbelief when they saw the rippling water spreading behind Theo.
"What… is that?"
Brodie asked in shock.
The ripples continued expanding outward with Theo at their center, spreading farther and farther.
Behind him, six gigantic rings of water nearly three meters in diameter appeared out of thin air, arranged in a circular formation. Violent blue green light surged skyward from the water rings, radiating an awe inspiring pressure.
Shoooom! Shoooom! Shoooom!
At the exact instant Jirachi was about to be dragged into Meta Groudon's chest, six blue green water beams shot out like lasers, accurately striking the energy tentacle and rescuing Jirachi.
Then, without losing momentum, the blue green beams slammed heavily into Meta Groudon's body, instantly piercing straight through it and leaving behind several horrifying holes.
Taking advantage of these openings, Mega Metagross, trapped inside Meta Groudon's body, suddenly exerted all its strength and forcefully drilled its way out.
At the same time, many Pokémon that had previously been swallowed by Meta Groudon also fell out from within its body and regained their freedom.
This sudden turn of events completely enraged the replica Groudon, which lacked independent consciousness and acted only on instinct. Its yellow pupils instantly turned crimson red while the blue markings on its body erupted with blinding scarlet light.
The Reverse Energy Activation Device that it had swallowed earlier suddenly shattered inside its body.
BOOOOOOM!!
The ground suddenly collapsed as a deep crimson light erupted upward from beneath the earth and poured directly into Meta Groudon's body.
Its massive form began swelling crazily. Its original height of fifty meters rapidly expanded until it reached nearly seventy meters tall.
The parts of its body that had been pierced by the blue green water beams regenerated even faster than before, while the aura radiating from it became increasingly violent and terrifying.
Meta Groudon's scarlet eyes locked tightly onto Theo with endless fury as it charged toward him once again.
But this time, nobody's attention remained on Meta Groudon itself.
Everyone stared fixedly behind it instead.
The six blue green water beams that had pierced through Meta Groudon's body earlier had not disappeared after striking it.
Instead, they continued extending endlessly toward the distant sky.
Like six colossal pillars of light, they pierced straight into the heavens.
In the sky above, the previously sparse clouds suddenly began gathering together frantically. In the blink of an eye, they formed an enormous storm cloud that covered the entire Forina region, completely blotting out the night sky as though the end of the world had arrived.
Within the dark clouds, lightning flashed continuously with deafening rumbles of thunder.
Gradually, an incredibly deep blue light began shining from the depths of the storm clouds.
The radiance grew stronger and stronger, becoming brighter and brighter until it pierced through the heavy black clouds themselves, dyeing the entire sky blue green.
Amid the intertwining storm clouds, thunder, and endless blue light, an unimaginably gigantic shadow slowly began emerging from within the clouds.
(End of Chapter)