## Chapter 27: The Legendary Birds VS Lugia
Bai Feng felt a chill run down his spine under the gaze of the three Legendary Birds. He cautiously asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Articuno spoke, "We hope you can do us a favor."
"What favor?"
The three Legendary Birds exchanged glances, and finally, Moltres spoke, "We hope you can save Lugia!"
Indeed!
Actually, when Articuno first spoke, Bai Feng had a faint premonition.
"But Lugia is too strong... I'm afraid..." Bai Feng said hesitantly. He wasn't sure if he could really help Lugia.
Articuno looked at him pleadingly, "Please, Human! Just do your best. The three of us will definitely guarantee your safety, even if it costs us our lives."
That's not necessary! Bai Feng didn't think he could remain safe if the lives of the three Legendary Birds were in danger.
"What exactly is wrong with that Lugia?" Bai Feng asked, puzzled.
"Sigh..." The three Legendary Birds all sighed upon hearing this, and then began to tell Bai Feng the history of Lugia and the Sea God's Cavern.
Thousands of years ago, a disaster occurred on the land of the Kalos Region. A Human created a terrifying Weapon that devastated the entire land, causing countless Humans and Pokémon to die.
The God of Life, Xerneas, was filled with compassion. After the disaster, it looked at the ravaged land with pity and decided to use its Power to restore vitality to the land.
But at this time, another Deity also coveted this land. It was the God of Death, Yveltal.
Compared to new life, this Deity preferred death.
The Power born from the deaths of a large number of Humans and Pokémon suddenly made Yveltal's Power incredibly strong, even surpassing the God of Life, Xerneas.
After Xerneas reawakened the vitality of the land, its Power fell to an unprecedented low point.
It was at this moment that Yveltal launched a sneak attack on Xerneas. If it could kill Xerneas, the God of Life, it would gain even greater Power and might even instantly become the most powerful existence on this land.
The death Power generated by the demise of a Deity is immense, especially if the opponent is the God of Life! Life and death have always been opposing yet unified.
Xerneas, having excessively consumed its Power, was naturally no match for the greatly empowered Yveltal and was quickly severely injured.
Fortunately, Lugia was passing by nearby and intervened in time to save Xerneas, preventing Xerneas from being killed.
However, Lugia was still no match for Yveltal, who had already absorbed a large amount of death Power.
There is more than one Sea Deity in the World; there are multiple, scattered throughout the oceans of the World, using their Power to balance the marine environment and thus maintain World stability.
This Lugia's Strength was not outstanding among the many Sea Deities. It wasn't even a match for Yveltal before it absorbed the death Power, so it was also quickly severely injured.
In the end, Xerneas fought desperately and teamed up with Lugia to severely wound Yveltal.
Yveltal hated this Lugia, which had ruined its plans, to the bone. Therefore, before retreating in defeat, it used a final attack, embedding a Tail Feather containing a large amount of its Origin Power into Lugia's body.
Yveltal's Power has multiple negative characteristics such as death, erosion, and Chaos. It is also extremely stubborn. The severely injured Lugia had no way to resist it and no way to expel the Tail Feather from its body.
Xerneas, also severely injured and exhausted of Power, couldn't do it either.
In desperation, Xerneas used its last bit of Power to revert Lugia to its initial life form, thereby sealing the Power of Yveltal within its body.
It also found Kyogre and asked Kyogre to help build this Sea God's Cavern to protect Lugia, with the three Legendary Birds responsible for guarding the Sea God's Cavern.
The harmless Energy that Bai Feng and the others felt overflowing outside the Sea God's Cavern came from Kyogre, while the Scarlet Energy came from the corrupted Lugia.
After doing all this, Xerneas disappeared. It was too severely injured and had consumed too much Power, so it had to find a place to fall into a deep sleep.
As time passed, the Power sealing Yveltal's Tail Feather gradually weakened, and Lugia was increasingly affected by Yveltal's Power, even changing the nature of its Origin Energy.
If this continued, Lugia would eventually be completely eroded by Yveltal's Power and ultimately become its puppet.
For so many years, the three Legendary Birds have been driving away Pokémon Trainers who came to the Sea God's Cavern to explore and seek treasure, making the Sea God's Cavern mysterious and inaccessible. But there are always groups of people who are not afraid of death and persistently try to enter the Sea God's Cavern.
Like Bai Feng and his companions.
Some of the Humans and Pokémon who reached Lugia's side were saved by the three Legendary Birds, while others died there, especially as the seal on Lugia loosened more and more. The three Legendary Birds couldn't even rescue the intruders in time.
The reason Articuno was so fierce towards intruders like Bai Feng before was that it was angered. One after another, they were so oblivious, insisting on running in to court death!
Actually, this couldn't be blamed on those Pokémon Trainers, because this is a unique Pokémon Trainer culture in the Pokémon World. Most Pokémon Trainers are extremely adventurous. Even if they know there is danger ahead, they will go forward without hesitation due to their desire for exploration.
After listening to the story told by the three Legendary Birds, Bai Feng felt that something wasn't right. He glanced at Lysandre, who looked back at him in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Lysandre asked, puzzled. "What did Articuno and the others say?"
So Bai Feng recounted the story told by the three Legendary Birds to Calyrex and Lysandre in detail. At the same time, Lysandre also noticed the strangeness of the story.
This was because Lysandre's ancestor had done something exactly like the deed in the story that destroyed the Kalos land.
Speaking of Lysandre, one cannot fail to mention a King who left a significant mark on the history of the Kalos Region—AZ.
AZ, a King of the Kalos Region from three thousand years ago. It is said that he gained Eternal Life, but no one knows where this person ultimately went.
Three thousand years ago, a War broke out on the land of Kalos. AZ's Pokémon, Floette, was conscripted into the battlefield and ultimately sacrificed in the War.
To revive his beloved Floette, AZ invented a terrifying Weapon—the Ultimate Weapon—and successfully revived Floette.
Although Floette was eventually resurrected, AZ lost his mind due to hatred and sadness and ultimately used the Ultimate Weapon to seek Revenge on both sides of the War simultaneously.
The result was the death of countless Pokémon and Humans.
At the end of the story, AZ, who gained Eternal Life through the Ultimate Weapon, and Floette disappeared into the long river of history.
This is a story recorded in Kalosian poetry, and its authenticity is impossible to verify, but as a Transmigrator, Bai Feng knew it was true.
Moreover, AZ had a younger brother, and Lysandre is a descendant of this brother.
In the future, when Lysandre becomes a villain, the Ultimate Weapon he uses to destroy the World is inherited from his ancestor AZ.
Of course, not many people know that Lysandre is a descendant of AZ, so besides Bai Feng, who made the connection, no one else present thought too much about it.
"Alright, I promise you I'll go take a look!" Bai Feng thought for a full ten minutes before finally gritting his teeth and agreeing to the request of the three Legendary Birds.
The three Legendary Birds were overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Bai Feng, are you really going?" While marveling at Bai Feng's miraculous Ability, Calyrex also worried about his safety.
"I'll go try it. If it doesn't work, I'll retreat decisively." Actually, Bai Feng didn't really want to go, but thinking about how much the three of them suffered to save them, he felt it wouldn't hurt to try.
"But it was clearly the three of us who were saved, and now you have to go on an adventure alone..." Saying this, Lysandre's face showed a look of guilt.
Bai Feng patted his shoulder and said, "Those who are capable do more work. Just remember my kindness!" He thought about whether there would be a chance in the future to pull Lysandre back from his wrong path. After all, they had experienced life and death together.
"Alright, I'm setting off now. You wait for me here!"
After Bai Feng finished speaking, he was carried by Articuno and flew towards the White Jade Pillar, with Moltres and Zapdos following closely behind.
Heh heh~ I guess I've ridden a Legendary Pokémon now!
Originally, Bai Ye and Popplio insisted on accompanying Bai Feng, but Bai Feng firmly refused. With their Strength against Lugia, there was no chance of winning, and they might even drag the three Legendary Birds down, not to mention the danger of being eroded by the Scarlet Energy.
Watching Bai Feng fly further and further away, the three Pokémon deeply realized their own weakness and secretly resolved in their hearts that they must work hard to become stronger in the future!
On the way, Bai Feng discussed the goal of this trip with Articuno and the others.
Bai Feng didn't need to spend a lot of time expelling the Scarlet Energy for Lugia like he did to rescue Articuno and the others; that was unrealistic. The Scarlet Energy inside Lugia was much more potent than what was in the Legendary Birds' bodies.
The three Legendary Birds would help Lugia briefly regain consciousness, and what Bai Feng needed to do was work together with it to get Yveltal's Tail Feather out.
As long as Yveltal's Tail Feather was gone, the Scarlet Energy inside Lugia would become rootless, and Lugia could slowly remove it on its own.
"I'll be blunt first, if we encounter danger, you have to quickly take me and run. I don't want to die there," Bai Feng warned the three Legendary Birds.
"Don't worry, if the situation becomes impossible, we will immediately retreat with you," the three Legendary Birds guaranteed.
Bai Feng nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.
Soon, the three Pokémon brought Bai Feng back to the top of the White Jade Pillar. The Magic Formation there was even more damaged from the previous battle.
These Magic Formations were part of the seal on Lugia. Now that they were so broken, their effect was naturally greatly reduced. It probably wouldn't be long before they completely failed under the erosion of the Scarlet Energy.
This was an important reason why the three Legendary Birds risked asking Bai Feng for help. Once the seal failed, Lugia would break free and run out of the Sea God's Cavern, which would be a huge disaster.
Not long after the four of them appeared, Lugia's Spirit Form also appeared, and it looked even more ferocious than before.
It was only because Lugia's main body was sealed that it could only appear as a Spirit Form; otherwise, the three Legendary Birds would never be its match.
"Roar~"
Lugia roared and pounced towards Zapdos, who was closest to it.
"Screech~" Let's attack together!
Articuno let out a long cry, and then, along with Zapdos and Moltres, converged on Lugia.
Zapdos's entire body glowed golden, and a Thunder Wave larger than Bai Feng himself whistled towards Lugia.
Seeing this, Lugia tried to dodge, but a pillar of fire appeared out of thin air, immediately blocking its path.
*Zap~*
The Thunder Wave landed on Lugia, wrapping it in layers of surging electricity. This was a level of Power that Helioptile's skill couldn't compare to.
Success!
As long as they could Paralyze Lugia, the situation would become favorable to them.
But Bai Feng's happiness lasted less than three seconds. Lugia flapped its wings, and all the electricity wrapped around its body was immediately shaken off.
The three Legendary Birds had anticipated this.
*Zap~*
Another Thunder Wave, controlled by Zapdos, shot towards Lugia. Lugia tried to dodge, but Moltres's Flamethrower and Articuno's Ice Beam followed closely, hitting it again.
After repeating this several times, Bai Feng was surprised to find that Articuno was getting closer and closer to Lugia.
"Screech~"
"Screech~"
At this moment, Zapdos and Moltres appeared on Lugia's left and right sides respectively, making it unable to pay attention to Articuno behind it.
*Boom!!!*
Lugia erupted completely, and an Energy pillar formed by black mist instantly sent Zapdos flying. Moltres, at this time, not only didn't dodge but continued to advance despite the danger of being attacked.
"Screech~"
Moltres shrieked and pounced towards Lugia. At this point, Lugia's attention was completely drawn to Moltres in front of it.
Lugia once again spat out an Energy pillar towards Moltres. Moltres didn't dodge and directly crashed into the Energy pillar.
Now!
At this moment, Articuno was within inches of Lugia. It flapped its wings, and a terrifying cold air erupted from its body, turning into a cold surge that engulfed Lugia.
This was an Ice Type One-Hit KO Move—Sheer Cold!
When the white cold air dissipated, Lugia was frozen in ice.
"We need to hurry, my Sheer Cold won't hold Lugia for long!"
Articuno's voice was full of exhaustion. Clearly, this attack had consumed a significant amount of its Power.
"Zapdos and Moltres..." Bai Feng pointed at Zapdos and Moltres lying not far away. "Are they okay?" The two Legendary Birds were once again covered in terrifying Scarlet Energy.
"Don't worry about them for now, helping Lugia is more important." Saying this, Articuno landed with Bai Feng in front of the ice-encased Lugia.
"Lugia, can you hear me?" Articuno asked.
Surprisingly, Lugia gently blinked its terrifying Scarlet eyes. The Extreme Cold of Sheer Cold had temporarily freed it from its Chaotic Mind.
"That's great!" Articuno breathed a sigh of relief. "Now I will have this Human help you remove Yveltal's Tail Feather. You must cooperate with him. We don't have much time."
Lugia blinked its eyes again.
"Please, Human!" Lugia said to Bai Feng again.
(End of Chapter)