Kalos. It was still that same endless desert.
However, at this moment, the desert, which had once been desolate and quiet for ages, was now dark, grim, and in ruins.
The legendary battle had forced the sandy ground to let out one "cry of pain" after another. Every crack in the earth and every crater looked like a shocking scar across the land.
There were even patches of frost scattered across the area, which looked completely out of place.
"Vanish! Vanish!!!"
Boom!!
A violent explosion shook the air.
Kyuu...
Another pained cry rang out. Dim, battered feathers scattered through the air as Ho-Oh was struck once again by evil Hoopa's Hyperspace Fury and crashed heavily to the ground.
Its aura had become extremely weak. Both of its wings were sprawled on the ground, and it could no longer lift them.
Sacred Fire continued to burn around its body to heal it. However, the injuries were simply too severe. Even Ho-Oh truly could not get back up right now.
It had to rest for a good while.
Ho-Oh really could not endure it anymore. Feeling the intense pain all over its body, its dull bird eyes stared blankly at the sky. It felt numb.
Creator above, what did it do to deserve such cruel treatment?
To be honest, this felt even worse than the previous two times.
This evil Hoopa really was not holding back. It was trying to beat Ho-Oh to death!!
Those fists kept smashing into its body one after another. It was as if Ho-Oh were Hoopa's greatest enemy. It was even more ruthless than Mega Rayquaza Shiny or Kyurem had been before.
The key point was that even with Reflect and Light Screen active, it could still clearly feel the pain from evil Hoopa's attacks.
This evil Hoopa was simply far too aggressive.
Most importantly...
Where the hell was that human who asked it to come help??
"Damn it, where did that human go?"
Ho-Oh cursed in its heart as it looked toward Yveltal, which was being chased down and attacked by the Stellar Terapagos.
That's right. Dark Lugia had also been badly injured and had already crashed down.
After all, Damian had previously made Dark Lugia hold off both the Stellar Terapagos and evil Hoopa at the same time for a short while. That had left Dark Lugia severely injured.
With no support afterward, it ultimately could not hold on against the Stellar Terapagos and was shot down with heavy damage.
Ho-Oh had tremendous life force, and Sacred Fire let it heal and recover. But Dark Lugia had no continuous recovery method like that.
After dealing with the troublesome Ho-Oh, evil Hoopa's blood-red eyes locked onto Yveltal.
It could finally focus completely on dealing with Hoopa Confined.
At this moment, Hoopa Confined, who was on Yveltal's back, also noticed this. It became extremely nervous.
It's over!
However, just then, the Stellar Terapagos that had been chasing Yveltal suddenly paused.
A mysterious shining light flashed.
Hoopa Confined suddenly felt weight on its back. The familiar presence made it freeze.
It turned its head to look, and that familiar face immediately filled it with surprise and excitement.
"Damian!! Damian, you're finally back!"
Hoopa Confined immediately threw itself into Damian's arms and kept pushing against him. It was overjoyed.
Damian's sudden disappearance had truly scared it to death. Especially in a situation like this, Damian really was the one who kept everything steady in its heart.
It had also sensed a faint trace of time-and-space power from the place where Damian had vanished. It had been that naturally evil turtle!!
As a Pokémon that also wielded the power of space, even though Hoopa Confined's perception was not as sharp as before because its power was sealed...
It could still sense a little when someone standing right beside it was suddenly teleported away.
Hoopa Confined had really been worried. After all, it could tell this was not ordinary space transfer, but travel through time and space. That kind of fluctuation was far too distinct.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm back. It's okay, it's okay."
Damian looked at Hoopa Confined, who was clinging to him like a spoiled child, with amusement. Then he glanced around at the battlefield.
Mhm. It was still that familiar free-for-all.
However, compared to before he had been sent through time, Dark Lugia had already been heavily injured, and Ho-Oh looked half-dead as well.
"Hoopa was so worried. Damian, where did you go just now?"
Hoopa Confined asked curiously in its cute, childlike voice.
It could sense that Damian seemed to be in a really good mood.
"I went somewhere nice. I'll tell you the details later. Hoopa, how long was I gone?"
Damian used a Poké Ball to recall Dark Lugia and asked Hoopa Confined.
"About ten minutes or so," Hoopa Confined thought for a moment before answering. It was roughly that long.
"There's a time difference... Is it because of Terapagos?"
Damian raised his brows. He had stayed in Hisui for at least close to eight hours.
Whatever. That was not something he should be thinking too hard about right now.
Looking at it this way, Ho-Oh had actually lasted ten minutes against evil Hoopa.
Not bad. As expected of the big fire chicken I called over. It really is good at taking a beating.
"Vanish!!"
Evil Hoopa passed through a hyperspace ring and appeared in front of Yveltal, roaring at Hoopa Confined.
Hoopa Confined rolled its eyes. It really did not want to pay attention to evil Hoopa anymore.
It just kept shouting the same words over and over again. Did it not have anything new to say? It was seriously getting old.
At first, Hoopa Confined had been furious and might even have shouted back. But now, it was too lazy to respond.
It really wanted to know how this part of its power that had "become its own being" could be this obsessed with it. Was it just because Hoopa Confined was the "original body"?
"Stop shouting, stop shouting. Hoopa's ears are probably getting calloused from listening to that, right?"
Damian also had to admire evil Hoopa's persistence.
Evil Hoopa paid no attention at all to Damian's mockery. It roared and spread its six demon-god arms wide.
Dense black energy surged within the hole in its chest. It was the Dark-type move Dark Pulse.
"Kyurem, Freeze Shock." Damian tilted his head.
Roar!!!
A tyrannical roar echoed through the sky as a massive ice dragon flew over at high speed. Blue lightning crackled wildly around it. The beautiful blue-purple energy formed a circular shield-like shape as it slammed directly into evil Hoopa.
That's right. Kyurem had already finished off its opponent!
Terrifying cold rushed forward like a tide. Evil Hoopa instinctively looked toward the violent ice dragon charging from the side.
The Stellar Terapagos also immediately turned toward it. A large amount of star energy shot from the top of its body.
Tera Starstorm!
Evil Hoopa also unleashed its gathered Dark Pulse.
Boom!
Tera Starstorm and Dark Pulse crashed into Kyurem's Freeze Shock at the same time.
An extremely powerful energy storm erupted. Violent winds howled wildly as physical shockwaves spread outward in ring after ring.
Even with Yveltal protecting him, Damian still had to raise a hand to shield his face. But his eyes burned with excitement.
Because he could see that even against the combined force of evil Hoopa and the Stellar Terapagos, Kyurem's Freeze Shock still did not lose ground. It forcefully held its position against those two ultimate moves.
Kyurem!!!
Damian was full of praise. The three-in-one Kyurem was simply too strong!
As expected of the Legendary Pokémon he liked most.
Boom!
At last, the energy could no longer maintain that deadlock and exploded violently. The surging energy spilled outward and forced Kyurem back a short distance.
However, Kyurem's aura only grew fiercer. Its cold golden eyes locked onto those two opponents.
On the other side, evil Hoopa and the Stellar Terapagos were also pushed back by the powerful air wave.
Evil Hoopa roared in fury. How could this ice dragon be here?!
Its terrifying eyes turned toward the other side, where it saw Complete Forme Zygarde, which had originally been blocking Kyurem, now lying motionless on the ground like a frozen statue.
Clearly, Complete Forme Zygarde had fallen.
"Trash! Trash!!"
Evil Hoopa's expression twisted even more. A guardian of ecological order had actually been defeated so quickly. What use was it?!
"How tragic."
Damian sighed as he looked at Complete Forme Zygarde. To be honest, he felt Zygarde was a little unlucky.
Not long ago, Z2 had been forcibly controlled by Team Flare and beaten badly by Damian's Mega Mewtwo Y.
Not much time had passed, and now it had been forcibly summoned and mind-controlled by evil Hoopa, only to get crushed by Kyurem.
Zygarde really had it rough.
But that was what happened when Zygarde was four times weak to Ice. It was completely countered by Kyurem.
Even though Complete Forme Zygarde had some of the greatest durability among the strongest Legendary Pokémon, what was the point of that against Kyurem?
However, what Damian did not expect was that after glaring at Kyurem for a brief moment, one of evil Hoopa's arms twisted.
A gold hyperspace ring appeared beside the unconscious Complete Forme Zygarde and teleported it away.
"Mhm?" Damian paused when he saw this. But in the next second, he understood.
After sending away the Zygarde that had lost its fighting ability, evil Hoopa's claw twisted again, and the hyperspace rings began flashing with light once more.
"You're going to summon something again? But who could you even summon now?"
Damian raised his brows. He really had not expected evil Hoopa to pull a move like this.
The moment Zygarde lost its usefulness, it kicked it aside and replaced it. Evil Hoopa really was clever. But were there even any Legendary Pokémon left outside?
There were none. Basically, they were all here.
The only two truly capable of fighting were Eternatus and Necrozma.
However, Eternatus was currently very weak because it lacked energy. Necrozma was still sealed. It probably could not be summoned either.
Could it be Zacian and Zamazenta?
Damian considered it. Their strength really was extremely high, and they could indeed be counted among the strongest Legendary Pokémon.
But they would still be useless in front of Kyurem!
Damian had no way to stop evil Hoopa from summoning more Pokémon. But he was not worried. After all, Necrozma was still sealed, and it lacked light so badly that it could not possibly enter Ultra Necrozma.
Eternatus also lacked far too much energy and could not Eternamax at all.
Aside from those two, the only option left would be to drag Arceus over.
But even in its current state of extreme resentment, it was impossible for evil Hoopa to pull in Arceus. It did not have that kind of power.
However...
Viridian City.
In the backyard of Viridian Gym was a vast grassland. It was where Giovanni usually kept his main team and the Pokémon used for Gym battles.
A certain standard-form Pokémon that could not fly was currently sitting on the ground, watching a huge flat-screen TV Giovanni had specially set up while happily eating Pokéblocks and the high-quality Pokémon food Giovanni had prepared.
Groudon was in an excellent mood. This was what real enjoyment looked like! Why sleep? What was the point of sleeping?
"This Torkoal is too useless. How did it let a Sharpedo steal its Lopunny mate? It's seriously embarrassing all Fire-type Pokémon."
As it watched, Groudon felt that the Torkoal in the TV drama was just too pathetic. It could not help wanting to curse at it.
It was simply too cowardly!
But before Groudon could get fully worked up, a gold hyperspace ring appeared beneath it.
"What is this thing? Hoopa?! No! Don't! I haven't finished this series yet! Giovanni, save me!!"
Groudon's body was instantly swallowed by the hyperspace ring.
The Kalos desert.
"No way. You can even pull this thing over here?"
Damian stared at the new helper summoned by evil Hoopa and froze.
Primal Groudon!
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