Outside the World Tree Mystical Realm, a space-time portal opened.
"Hoo hoo hoo~~~"
"I didn't expect that right after coming out from the Starting Space, I'd have to visit such a place."
Next to the space-time portal, someone's voice filled with anticipation could be heard.
"Anyway, it's so useful."
Arceus's Space-Time Creation Orb, to Fang Yuan, was like a key that could unlock all the gates to the legendary secret locations that had not yet appeared.
After obtaining it, Fang Yuan had been eager to try it out.
After some searching, Fang Yuan quickly locked onto Rayquaza's habitat, the Sky Pillar Secret.
This time, there were more Pokémon that came along with Fang Yuan.
Pokémon like Eevee, Hoopa, and Victini all followed.
Fang Yuan suspected that this bunch just wanted to show off by proxy.
The Sky Pillar wasn't large, at best it could be considered a small secret location, but it wasn't small either; to be precise, it was tall.
The specific number of floors was uncertain, but it was estimated to be at least not less than 50 floors.
Rayquaza was slumbering at the very top of the Sky Pillar, above the sky.
On the other floors, Fang Yuan and his crew could sense the waves of countless Pokémon's existence; it seemed that this place was not only inhabited by Rayquaza.
However, you all live in a secret location with Rayquaza, can you really rest easy???
Fang Yuan was very curious about the thoughts of other Pokémon in the Sky Pillar...
"Bwoo~~~ (We should move quickly.)"
Eevee said, perching on Fang Yuan's shoulder.
It was already impatient to ride the warship.
"Bimi! (Let's go!!!)"
Victini was also excited.
"Should we ask Hoopa to bring it over..."
"Please refrain from such life-threatening actions," Fang Yuan said.
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When Fang Yuan and the others arrived at the Sky Pillar Secret, a creature that ruled over this place suddenly furrowed its brow.
At this moment, at the very top of the Sky Pillar, a Pokémon that mostly looked like a green flying dragon was lying down and resting with its eyes closed.
This green flying dragon had a very imposing posture, slumbering amidst a pile of chaotic meteorites, using the rubble as its bed, its body decorated with yellow ring-like patterns, surrounded by ozone.
Compared to Arceus, whose sleeping posture was quite informal, it seemed to sleep with a more stylish posture.
Moreover, unlike Arceus, Rayquaza was truly just in deep sleep rather than a death-like slumber due to exhaustion of power, so if there was any significant disturbance inside the Sky Pillar, it could still sense it.
Of course, this 'significant' disturbance generally referred to 'column-shaking' levels of disturbance that could awaken Rayquaza.
The minor troubles of Pokémon fighting and brawling on other floors wouldn't bother it, this big shot, at all.
Theoretically, Fang Yuan and his crew sneaking into the Sky Pillar wasn't a big disturbance, but the problem arose from the fact that Eevee had also undergone special training with the Red and Blue Orbs!
The Red and Blue Orbs represented Groudon and Kyogre, and when a Pokémon used the orbs, patterns of the two super ancient creatures would appear on their bodies, and the power fluctuations were indistinguishable from those of the actual super ancient Pokémon.
Eevee's Substitute evolution tactic, "Eevee's Special Operations Team," was developed with reference to the methods of the two super ancient creatures using natural energy. It evolved through natural energy, which, compared to regular evolution, was more akin to Primal Reversion, using natural energy as Evolutionary Stones.
Therefore, Eevee's body had the waves of the World Tree Lineage, the Strike lineage, the Brilliant God lineage, as well as the primal reversion power system of the super ancient creatures.
Rayquaza was extremely sensitive to this power.
Ozone was Rayquaza's favorite component of air, and it possessed the ability to release ozone from its body. It wrapped itself in ozone to promote sleep when resting outside the ozone layer, and ozone was also an indispensable substance for it to fly freely in the universe.
Therefore, for those who dared to destroy its ozone, Rayquaza never showed mercy.
And the Pokémon most fond of doing so were obviously the brothers Groudon and Kyogre, who could cause solar activity to increase and change atmospheric temperature and pressure fields once they started fighting. During their fights, the ozone layer would inevitably be affected, thus disturbing Rayquaza. If not them, who else would Rayquaza punish?
Ever since the Pokémon World shattered, Rayquaza hadn't known how long it had been since it last soared freely in the ozone. It yearned for it. Whenever it reminisced, it could only find that feeling by wrapping itself in the small amount of ozone released from its body during sleep.
At the Sky Pillar, the ozone was so scarce it was pitiful, and Rayquaza cherished it greatly. Even under such circumstances, when it sensed the fluctuations of Groudon and Kyogre, how could it not be excited!!!
Although it was very faint, so faint it might not even be the real Groudon and Kyogre, Rayquaza still awoke sharply from its nightmare, for at this stage, ozone was too precious. It thought the two brothers were here to destroy its ozone again.
"Roar!!!!"
Rayquaza suddenly woke up, opened its small yellow eyes, its black pupils constricting, and it subconsciously pressed its claws against the pile of meteorites. When it roared, two clearly visible fangs were exposed.
At the same time, Fang Yuan, Eevee, and the others had just reached the top level and happened to face the awakened Rayquaza head-on. The sudden roar of Rayquaza in its sleep also gave Fang Yuan and his crew quite a scare.
"Bwoo!"
"Bimi!"
"Ah, it's awake!" Hoopa exclaimed in surprise.
"Ah..." Fang Yuan, who came to seek Rayquaza's help to protect the warship from meteorites, also had a standoff with Rayquaza.