Ash still has an S-Class opportunity in his hands that hasn't been triggered yet, which is the Green Treasure Pearl opportunity.
The value of the Green Treasure Pearl is actually about the same as the Silver Wing and the Rainbow Wing, but it's a bit different. If Ash truly finds the Green Treasure Pearl and fully masters the power within it, he could become the master of Rayquaza without having to battle it.
That's right, the master. This relationship is different from other Legendary Beasts and Trainers. Even if you're recognized by the top Legendary Beasts, you're just fighting alongside them as partners, not as superior and subordinate. But if you fully control the Green Treasure Pearl, even Rayquaza would have to bow its head in submission.
Furthermore, this isn't just an ordinary Rayquaza. Like Lugia, Rayquaza is a Legendary Beast with a tribe. Controlling the Green Treasure Pearl is equivalent to controlling the king of Rayquaza's tribe, the strongest Rayquaza with the Divine Position of the sky!
However, mastering the Green Treasure Pearl is like a fantasy. The power contained within it, according to the elites in the group, isn't something an ordinary person can control, and it's even difficult to use.
After acquiring the Green Treasure Pearl, you still need to get acknowledgment from the king of Rayquaza's tribe before you can possibly harness the power of the Green Treasure Pearl.
There's a bit of a contradiction here. Controlling the Green Treasure Pearl is equivalent to controlling the king of Rayquaza's tribe, but without the king's acknowledgment, you can't harness the Green Treasure Pearl. But if I've already gained the king's acknowledgment, why do I need to control the Green Treasure Pearl?
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So the normal process is, after obtaining the Green Treasure Pearl, to first use the power of the Green Treasure Pearl to summon Rayquaza, or follow the guidance of the Green Treasure Pearl to find Rayquaza. Ultimately, through battle or a trial set by Rayquaza, you'll gain its acknowledgment and thus its power.
As for summoning Rayquaza here or searching for Rayquaza there, there's a difference. If you want to capture Rayquaza, the latter is definitely much easier than the former.
It seems like finding Rayquaza is a daunting task, and you might have to battle it after finding it. So wouldn't it be more straightforward to just summon it and have a fight? But if you really rely on the Green Treasure Pearl to summon Rayquaza, you're effectively skipping the trial of 'finding Rayquaza'.
This skipped trial will increase the difficulty of the battle. At that time, the challenger will know what it means to face a fully unleashed Rayquaza…
Basically, according to the elites in the group, if you can find Rayquaza, never let it come to you. Otherwise—even if you summon Lugia, it won't help. You might need to summon the Space-Time Three Gods along with Lugia to be able to handle Rayquaza.
[Advanced Ash: … Rayquaza, is it really that powerful? They're all Tier One Gods. Why do you need the Space-Time Three Gods and Lugia to battle Rayquaza? Isn't there too much of a power gap!?]
After listening to the group's elites explain the use of the Silver Wing, along with some details about Rayquaza, Ash raised his doubts.
Can there really be such a big power gap among Tier One Gods?
Aren't beings with Divine Positions among Tier One Gods supposed to be at the Divine Domain Peak? The Divine Domain Peak is already the highest level in the world besides the Creator God Arceus, also theoretically the endpoint a Pokemon can reach.
Yet, even with the same Divine Domain Peak, with the same Tier One God status, Rayquaza needs four Tier One Gods to handle it. Isn't that a bit exaggerated?
[Champion Ash: Newbie, do you know why my Mewtwo can knock out a controlled Lugia and bring it back to normal with a mere wave of its hand?]
[Advanced Ash: Uh… Because Lugia was controlled, so its power was weakened a bit, and your elite Mewtwo at the Divine Domain Peak should be extremely powerful too, so it could do that, right?]
Ash said a bit uncertainly. He witnessed the entire battle in his body, and in Lugia's corrupted state, it was utterly defenseless against Mewtwo. Even with Ash's estimation, even if Lugia returned to its normal state, it probably couldn't be a match for the possessed Mewtwo.
But as for saying that a normal state Lugia could be beaten like a dog, that's probably not the case. The reason Lugia was beaten so badly was more due to being controlled.
His Power of Viridian can sense that even though Lugia was controlled by the Dark Power, it fought back fiercely. Its resistance was much stronger than the Three Divine Birds when controlled, meaning Lugia's counteraction was more intense than the Three Divine Birds'.
This led to a greater power reduction when Lugia was controlled. With all these debuffs stacked, it's understandable that it ended up in such a miserable state when fought by Mewtwo.
Of course, this can't be entirely disconnected from Champion Ash's Mewtwo's inherent strength.
[Champion Ash: You're wrong. In the end, Pluton unleashed all the Dark Power within Lugia, causing its consciousness to be unable to interfere with its body for a short time. In that state, even without using its Divine Position, Lugia was no different from before.]