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At the same time, in the Sinnoh region, on Cynthia's end.
She woke up early. The night before, as she lay in bed, her mind had been filled with the scenes she'd witnessed in the game.
Honestly, she desperately wanted to know what would happen next.
That massive Ultra Wormhole with the black shadow emerging from it, and Rayquaza standing ready for battle... what would the Ultra Wormhole bring?
After getting up, she practically rushed to her computer, driven by intense anticipation, and launched Emerald.
She wondered if the game had updated with new content...
The prompt that appeared made her eyes light up instantly!
[Dear Player, the game version has been updated. You may now continue the story!]
The familiar startup screen flashed by. After a brief loading period, the game seamlessly picked up where yesterday's session had ended.
Above Sootopolis City, in the sky that had just returned to calm with sunlight piercing through thin clouds, a massive Ultra Wormhole, large enough to freeze the heart with terror, was madly devouring the light!
That enormous, menacing shadow had now fully emerged from the depths of the dark cavern!
It was an extremely bizarre Pokémon.
Its main body appeared to be constructed from sharp-edged black crystals, emanating an ominous, deep purple aura throughout.
Its body was massive and twisted, like a giant forcibly assembled from sharp prisms.
Its head was a huge prism radiating an abyssal glow, with no visible eyes, nose, or mouth... only pure darkness.
Several sharp limbs, also made of black crystal, extended from its back like bizarre wings, their tips crackling with dangerous arcs of energy.
An aura of destruction, even stronger than Groudon and Kyogre combined, instantly enveloped all of Sootopolis City!
The seawater that had just calmed began surging restlessly again.
The sky turned overcast once more, and the sunlight seemed to be devoured by the darkness emanating from this monster.
Cynthia gasped, her fingers unconsciously tightening on the mouse.
Could this be another Ultra Beast?!
But it was clearly different from Nihilego, on a completely different level!!
Meanwhile, Rayquaza hovered opposite this black crystalline beast, its golden vertical pupils filled with gravity and unprecedented vigilance.
A powerful aura still surrounded it, but Cynthia keenly noticed that after the intense battle with Groudon and Kyogre, Rayquaza's power had obviously diminished.
The green glow on its body seemed dimmer, and its aura wasn't as solid as before.
At the same time, above the sea, without any extra roaring or probing attacks, the black crystalline beast made the first move!
One of the sharp crystal tentacles on its back suddenly pointed at Rayquaza.
A pitch-black beam that seemed capable of annihilating everything instantly tore through the air, arriving with a heart-stopping shriek!
Rayquaza's reaction was lightning fast. Its massive body performed an agile roll in mid-air, barely dodging the devastating beam.
The beam struck the sea surface.
Without any explosion or energy fluctuation, that section of seawater and the rocks below simply vanished silently, leaving only a bizarrely bottomless void!
Cynthia's gaze sharpened. What a terrifying attack!
The intensity of that energy exceeded anything she could comprehend.
At this moment, Rayquaza was clearly enraged.
It let out an earth-shaking dragon's roar, its body blazing with green light as it transformed into a green lightning bolt that tore through space, charging toward the black crystalline beast with unmatched speed!
It opened its massive jaws, condensing powerful Dragon-type energy. A jade-green Dragon Pulse, dozens of meters tall, blasted ferociously toward its opponent!
"BOOM...!!!"
The Dragon Pulse struck the black crystalline beast squarely in the chest, erupting with blinding light and violent energy impact!
However, when the light faded, Cynthia was shocked to see that the black crystalline beast had only been pushed back a few steps by the massive impact.
Its prism-shaped head slowly turned toward Rayquaza, and on that featureless "face," there seemed to be a trace of... disdain.
Then, something even more terrifying happened!
From the Ultra Wormhole above its head, countless dark purple energy streams, as substantial as matter itself, began pouring out madly, coiling around the black crystalline beast's body like countless serpents!
Its already massive body began to swell even further after absorbing this energy, and the glow on its surface became deeper and more ethereal!
"ROAR...!!!"
A roar filled with metallic resonance exploded from within it.
The sound waves alone caused visible distortions in the surrounding space!
Having absorbed the power of the Ultra Wormhole, the black crystalline beast's strength instantly skyrocketed!
It was no longer passively taking hits.
Multiple crystal tentacles simultaneously lit up with dazzling purple-black light!
"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Several beams, thicker than before, shot out like spears of death from different angles, blocking all of Rayquaza's escape routes at extreme speed!
Rayquaza desperately dodged and blocked, its body's green light forming a solid shield.
One beam grazed its wing, and its tough green scales were actually scorched with blackened marks!
Another beam was forcefully swatted away by its tail, but the massive impact still sent its huge body tumbling several times in mid-air before stabilizing!
It should be noted that even in the recent battle with the two Legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza hadn't appeared this battered!
In that moment, the situation instantly reversed.
Having absorbed the power of the Ultra Wormhole, the black crystalline beast's offensive was like a violent storm, each strike containing destructive power.
Rayquaza completely lost its previous dominance, struggling to cope as wounds accumulated on its body and its green glow began to dim.
It tried to counterattack, but the energy attacks it condensed had minimal effect when they struck the black crystal shell that seemed to absorb all damage.
The legendary Sky Dragon was being completely suppressed at this moment!
With each collision between the two, Rayquaza was pushed back by that terrifying force, falling toward Sootopolis City below!
Cynthia watched anxiously, her brow furrowed tight.
Rayquaza had come to quell the disaster. Was it going to lose to this terrifying monster that had suddenly appeared?
And the monster was still continuously absorbing power from that black hole!
Just as Rayquaza was struck hard once again by a massive pitch-black beam, letting out a pained roar with its form swaying precariously...
In the center corner of the game screen, a semi-transparent system notification box suddenly appeared.
[Tip: The Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza is locked in a fierce battle. It looks like it could use some help. Players can pick certain actions that might change the outcome of the fight. Of course, you can also choose to do nothing and just watch. The choice is yours.]
Help?
Cynthia froze for a moment.
She looked at the scene of two Legendary Pokémon battling on screen, her tiny character standing on the shore, seeming so powerless.
She wasn't Rayquaza's trainer, so she couldn't command Rayquaza in battle...
Wait, why not?
And she might actually be able to help!
A thought flashed through Cynthia's mind like lightning!
She quickly manipulated her character to open the bag, rapidly searching through the dazzling array of items!
There it was!
[Gracidea Flower]!
The one she had painstakingly cultivated in Shoal Cave.
This beautiful flower, radiating a faint pink glow, according to the game's description, contained pure life energy that could heal any injury!
This was it!
Without hesitation, Cynthia selected the Gracidea Flower and chose "Use"!
The game character immediately raised the Gracidea Flower high, which emitted a soft pink aura.
On the chaotic battlefield, the flower seemed so small, yet it suddenly lit up like a star, bursting with brilliant white light!
A pure and warm wave of life energy rippled out from the flower like spreading ripples, gently expanding toward Rayquaza, locked in fierce battle in the sky.
Struggling to hold on, nearly suffocated by the black crystalline beast's suppression, Rayquaza seemed to sense something.
Its golden pupils shifted slightly, catching sight of that small pink flower below and that pure life aura.
A miracle occurred!
That warm pink energy instantly merged into Rayquaza's massive body. The dimmed green glow surrounding it was suddenly reinvigorated with new power, becoming bright and blazing!
The wounds on Rayquaza's body healed and disappeared at a visible rate!
A force even more surging and powerful than its previous peak state erupted from within!
"ROAR...!!!"
Rayquaza raised its head and released a triumphant dragon's roar! The roar contained in that sound even caused the continuously attacking black crystalline beast below to pause momentarily!
Rayquaza's condition instantly recovered to its peak... no, it was even stronger!
Yet even so, Cynthia knew the most critical problem remained unsolved.
She certainly wasn't Rayquaza's trainer, but there was another way she could remind Rayquaza of this battle's key point!
At this moment, she manipulated her character, pointing at the massive Ultra Wormhole in the sky, and used the Gracidea Flower once more!
This time, the flower's radiance was even brighter, pointing directly at the black hole, continuously pouring out dark purple energy!
"Rayquaza! Attack that hole! It's providing power to that thing!"
Cynthia pressed the interaction key and shouted!
In the next moment, Rayquaza's gaze instantly locked onto that massive Ultra Wormhole!
The black crystalline beast seemed to sense the danger as well, emitting a piercing shriek as it more frantically channeled the Ultra Wormhole's energy, condensing an unprecedented massive pitch-black beam that seemed ready to tear space itself apart, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Rayquaza!
But it was already too late!
Having recovered to full strength, with power even greater than before, Rayquaza reached a terrifyingly unprecedented speed!
Its massive green body transformed into a streak of light in mid-air, completely imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly circling past the hasty massive beam released by the black crystalline beast!
Its target was clear: straight toward the Ultra Wormhole in the sky!
It erupted with unprecedented brilliant green light, so intense it temporarily dispelled the gloom in the sky.
Massive Dragon-type energy compressed and condensed in its mouth, forming a jade-green energy sphere even more dazzling than the sun!
"ROAR...!!!"
Accompanied by a roar that seemed to pierce heaven and earth, Rayquaza wrapped the terrifying energy condensed to its limit around its body.
That green dragon phantom fiercely blasted toward the core of the Ultra Wormhole, continuously pouring out dark purple energy!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM...!!!!!"
An unprecedented explosion in space!
The jade-green energy torrent collided violently with the dark purple energy surging from the Ultra Wormhole!
The entire sky seemed torn in half, blinding white light consuming everything.
The rampaging energy storm swept in all directions.
Even the black crystalline beast below was pushed back repeatedly by the shockwave, its surface crystal glow flickering violently!
When the blinding light finally dimmed slightly, Cynthia saw that the massive Ultra Wormhole had actually been violently twisted and contracted by Rayquaza's earth-shattering strike!
The distorted light flickering at the hole's edge became extremely unstable, and the surging dark purple energy streams became chaotic!
"ROAR!!!" The black crystalline beast let out an unprecedented roar tinged with fury!
The glow on its surface rapidly dimmed, and its massive body even began to tremble slightly!
It seemed that, having lost the Ultra Wormhole's continuous energy supply, its power was rapidly declining!
Rayquaza hovered below the collapsing Ultra Wormhole, its golden pupils coldly locked onto the black crystalline beast below, whose power had plummeted.
Without hesitation, it dove down again, carrying its full might to finish everything!
The outcome was decided.
Having lost its power source, the black crystalline beast simply couldn't withstand Rayquaza at full strength, or even stronger.
However, just as Rayquaza was about to finish off its opponent, Cynthia thought everything was about to settle...
"BZZZ...!!!"
A sharp, piercing mechanical sound, without any warning, exploded from the extreme heights of the sky.
Immediately after, space underwent a bizarre distortion!
A colossal starship, so massive it covered half the sky, as if forcibly squeezing into reality from another dimension, appeared without warning above the battlefield through spatial distortion.
Its entire surface was covered in heavy, cold, sharp-edged silver-gray armor. The hull's lines were sleek yet complex.
A huge "P" letter insignia at the most prominent position on the bow emitted a ghostly blue glow.
This starship radiated a powerful sense of oppression!
From below, it instantly shot a massive beam flickering with unstable blue-white electric light, precisely enveloping the black crystalline beast that was about to be severely wounded by Rayquaza!
In the next instant, the entire body of the black beast froze in place, unable to move!
The scene before her left Cynthia stunned once again. What was this now??
Where did this aircraft... no, this airborne fortress come from?
Rayquaza clearly also noticed this uninvited guest that had appeared from nowhere.
Fury blazed in its golden pupils as it immediately changed targets.
Powerful energy condensed in its mouth, and a massive Hyper Beam instantly tore through the air, blasting ferociously toward that hovering giant starship!
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