As white light flashed, Camerupt and Sharpedo reappeared, glaring furiously at the ice spear in the distance.
Over the past few days, after getting used to being invincible, they had suffered setbacks beyond imagination.
Being ignored by Kyogre and Groudon was one thing, but later, starting from the moment that old man with the Piloswine completely ignored them, the two Pokémon had begun to feel angry.
When Giovanni abandoned them and left them to fend for themselves, the rage meters of Camerupt and Sharpedo hit their limits.
They were, after all, Pokémon standing at the very top of the Hoenn region. Even when Officer Jenny saw them, she would withdraw immediately.
And yet they were just flat-out ignored?
Especially while digging upward, the two Pokémon, being the strongest, became the main labor force, ending up filthy and utterly exhausted.
It could be said that the grievances they suffered over these few days exceeded everything they had endured in their entire lives!
"Roar!", Sensing the aura of the ice crystals in the distance, both Pokémon let out ferocious, piercing roars.
As Fire-type and Water-type Pokémon, they were not afraid of Ice-types. This time, they were absolutely not running.
As Pokémon standing at the pinnacle of Hoenn, this time they had to fight with pride.
The two small volcanoes on Camerupt's back spewed thick smoke as terrifying, high-temperature magma surged out. Dense flames shot straight into the sky, forming a massive ball of smoke and fire that slammed viciously toward the ice spear in the distance.
The Fire-type move Eruption uses raging flames to attack Pokémon over a wide area, sometimes inflicting a burn status on the enemy.
This kind of extreme heat was the most suitable counter to Ice-type moves.
Sharpedo was not willing to lag behind, and its fighting style was even more aggressive than Camerupt's.
As it opened its huge mouth, towering waves rose beneath it, leaping up like a surfer riding the sea.
Relying on its terrifyingly powerful teeth that could regenerate endlessly, it directly chose to close in with Surf and launch a close-range assault.
Seeing the reactions of the two Pokémon, Maxie and Archie tacitly said nothing.
Although their intention had been to have the two Pokémon use Protect, just as the Pokémon themselves showed, they desperately needed a victory right now.
Otherwise, after suffering setback after setback, even their subordinates' fighting spirit would completely collapse.
However, very quickly, Sharpedo's expression changed as it surged forward with Surf.
Because the closer it got, the more clearly it could feel the terrifying low temperature clinging to the ice spear.
At a distance of a thousand meters, it already felt a bone-piercing chill.
At five hundred meters, Sharpedo felt the wave it was riding suddenly turn icy cold, as if it might freeze solid at any moment.
But at this point, Camerupt's Eruption collided with the ice spear, blocking Sharpedo's view. It could not judge what level of attack the ice spear actually was, and could only grit its teeth and continue forward.
At a distance of a hundred meters, Camerupt's Eruption dispersed.
Sharpedo suddenly realized in horror that after being struck by Camerupt's Eruption, the ice spear not only showed no signs of melting, but had instead grown larger and larger.
By the time the ice spear burst out of the smoke, it was already over ten meters long and more than two meters thick.
"Roar!", Sharpedo stopped Surf in terror and used Protect in midair.
The moment a deep blue barrier formed in front of it, the ice spear, carrying countless ice-crystal butterflies, crashed straight into it.
The spear tip stabbed into the barrier, bending Sharpedo's Protect backward, as if it might be pierced at any moment.
The ice-crystal butterflies were like flying blades, slicing across the Protect with shrill howls of wind. The energy sustaining Protect was rapidly consumed, quickly becoming insufficient.
And for some unknown reason, facing such a terrifying attack, Sharpedo suddenly felt an impulse.
An impulse that told it the scenery ahead was beautiful, that it wanted to remove the barrier and take a look, to let its mind be cleansed.
BOOM!
The spear suddenly smashed into Sharpedo's teeth. At the moment of contact, Sharpedo's teeth shattered instantly, scattering everywhere.
At the same time, Sharpedo's body was driven backward by the horrifying impact of the ice spear. No matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the suppression of the spear.
When the ice spear finally struck the ground, Sharpedo's mouth was slammed hard into the earth, completely immobilized.
Seeing this terrifying scene, everyone from Team Magma and Team Aqua was stunned.
What had they run into? Steven Stone?
But hadn't Steven already retired?
Even if it were Steven, he shouldn't have had such terrifying Ice-type power.
Archie's expression flickered between light and dark as he stared fearfully into the distance. As Sharpedo's trainer, he was the one who understood Sharpedo's strength best.
This Pokémon of his had individual combat power that could almost crush all Elite Four members.
Even against Champion-level Pokémon, as long as it was not at a type disadvantage, it still had the power to fight.
Yet this time, Sharpedo had been beaten into this state with a single move.
Thinking of how terrifying the opponent was, Archie's voice even trembled as he gave orders.
"Sharpedo, hurry and use Earthquake to shatter this ice spear."
"Maxie, help out too. Otherwise, once the owner of this ice spear arrives, you'll die as well!"
Maxie also stared warily into the distance, "Fine, I'll help you this once."
"But I'll say this first. Two of our Team Magma executives didn't come. If a big fight breaks out later, Team Aqua will have to be the main force."
Just as everyone from Team Magma and Team Aqua was busy trying to free Sharpedo, the sound of hooves, "clop! clop! clop!" drew closer from afar, like they were stepping directly on everyone's hearts, making the pressure on their minds grow heavier and heavier.
A black-and-white carriage, radiating various terrifying elemental auras, descended from the sky and landed steadily beside the ice spear.
At the center of the carriage, two Gardevoir with nearly identical forms, differing only in color, gazed out with icy eyes.
Behind them, in the very center, Axel held a massive flaming greatsword. The aura around him was immensely heavy, like a humanoid god that had survived since ancient times.
In the sky, Dragonair circled as all kinds of weather continuously shifted. A black, slender Pokémon danced among them, like a terrifying assassin ready to strike.
Ghost-type, Ice-type, Psychic, Fairy, Ground, Fighting, Bug... all kinds of dreadful auras surged forth.
Aside from Maxie and Archie, almost everyone involuntarily stepped back, their knees going weak, hearts pounding wildly, as if they might kneel to the ground at any moment.
"Release Kyogre and Groudon. Stop playing house."
The instant Axel's voice fell, Maxie and Archie looked completely dumbfounded.
'What the hell?'
It was these two again bringing trouble!
Where the hell did they have Groudon and Kyogre.
If they had known earlier, they would rather have gone straight to attack the League headquarters and face that terrifying stone maniac than take a single damn step into the Seafloor Cavern.
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