Coarse yellow sand blew across his face, Lu Ye standing on a high slope outside the town, gazing into the distance, his lips moving.
In the distance, the Super Demon Hoopa laughed wildly, as if the glaring red letters “Lv90” hovered above its head.
A wild Hoopa leapt out from the grass!
“Sha?” Celebi fluttered her little wings, peering at Lu Ye’s expression, lowering her head in slight dejection.
Did I bring the wrong ti slot…
Lu Ye stroked Celebi’s little head, the two tiny antennae above her brow drooping.
“It’s not your fault… anyway, this was going to happen sooner or later.”
Lu Ye drew in a deep breath, his gaze hardening, the towering demon reflected in his pupils.
“It’s ti to go all out!”
“Hehe, beat the evil shadow!” Hoopa waved its fists at the air with a cheerful “shu-shu.”
“Sha?” Celebi circled the dark-ringed eyes and looked toward Lu Ye.
The childlike telepathy rang in his mind: We should do what?
Lu Ye pressed a Poké Ball, releasing red light, Latias appearing in midair beyond the slope.
“First, we’ll head to Barren City… now probably called Barren Town, and rendezvous with Arceus’s envoy Goris.”
Lu Ye mounted Latias, one hand on the white neck of his red plane, and said, “Hoopa, stay close to , and also…”
“What’s wrong?” A question mark popped above Hoopa’s head.
Lu Ye said gravely, “If I get knocked off, rember to scoop back with a light ring.”
A gigantic demon that blotches out the sky stood in the desert outside the town, green-faced and fanged, six arms detached and floating around its body.
It opened its huge mouth, bent over, and roared at the trembling townspeople:
“Not enough! Hoopa can defeat stronger opponents! Quick, send out stronger beasts!!”
Mayor Goris furrowed his brow, speechless, standing in the center of the scattered crowd.
“What exactly… has happened?” Goris asked hoarsely.
A subordinate stamred, “The town’s monster envoy taunted Hoopa, wanted to compete with him… then, the envoy’s Dragonite was instantly killed by Hoopa.”
“Hoopa thought the contest was very interesting…” the subordinate swallowed, “then it nearly crushed all the town’s monsters!”
The crowd scread and scattered, Hoopa’s loud laughter echoing.
Goris sighed deeply.
Human greed, anger, arrogance… all these sins freed the evil shadow deep inside Hoopa.
But actually, Hoopa’s heart also holds a childlike innocence… and that is the aning of “punishnt.”
Goris opened his eyes, his expression calm, his robe billowing.
Even if humans were at fault first, I must seal the evil shadow again.
If I survive by a hair, I will apologize to Hoopa…
“Look, what is that!”
“A monster never seen before, and there’s an envoy riding it!”
The crowd erupted in shouts, the villagers staring up in terror.
A gray sky was streaked by a vapor trail, a red streamlined flying monster hurtling toward the town at high speed.
On that monster’s back rode a black-haired youth in strange, exotic clothing!
Goris slightly widened his eyes: “That is…”
The legendary limitless being, Latias!
This monster envoy can actually command a divine beast!
“He’s approaching the Super Demon Hoopa!”
People cried out as one, closing their eyes in despair, unwilling to witness the coming carnage.
Previously, every envoy who had flown at the Super Demon to provoke him fell into the desert, their fates unknown!
Outside the town in the desert, the Super Demon Hoopa looked down at the speeding Latias and split its lips:
“A very interesting beast has arrived!”
Little Hoopa floated above Lu Ye’s head, pulling down its eyelids at the Super Demon and sticking out its tongue to make a face:
“Hoopa is not a beast, Hoopa is Hoopa!”
“You are Hoopa?” The Super Demon’s eyes flickered with surprise, “Then who am I!”
It experienced a brief stutter, then threw back its head in a roar, its six arms spreading, the black hole on its chest surging with violent Shadow Balls.
“In any case, Hoopa is the strongest!”
Rumble!
A Shadow Ball blasted out, heading toward Latias’s approach!
The villagers inhaled sharply, then widened their eyes.
“Latias, Agility!!” Lu Ye shouted.
“Rati!!”
Latias cried out sharply, her glassy feathers glowing pure white, she dove, closing on the town at a speed the eye could not follow.
Boom!
The Shadow Ball exploded in Latias’s wake, sending up rolling black smoke!
The Super Demon Hoopa’s eyes widened, then it burst into a grin:
“Interesting, Hoopa finds this very interesting!”
The villagers were stunned, stamring:
“That envoy… dodged Hoopa’s attack?”
“He’s coming this way!”
“No, don’t let him in, Hoopa will be drawn in and attack the town!”
The crowd stirred, split between hope and fear.
Goris’s gaze flickered, he looked up at Latias and stepped forward, calling out loudly:
“I am Goris, mayor of Barren Town. Strange traveler, please state your purpose!”
Celebi remained inside Lu Ye’s Poké Ball for the mont, not appearing.
Latias landed slowly, Lu Ye dismounted, his legs a little weak.
The oppressive presence of the Super Demon Hoopa… was not that terrible.
It was the heights of the sky that were scarier!
Lu Ye looked at Goris.
A faint golden ripple surrounded him as if he were an important NPC.
“I am…” Lu Ye said, “an Aura Hero from Caron Palace, sent by the queen to handle the Super Demon situation.”
Explaining being a ti traveler is a hassle.
Anyway, Caron Palace has always had a queen across generations, and I possess Aura…
A cover identity as an Aura Hero? Take it!
Darkrai in the shadows had an irritated feeling lodged in his throat.
You idiot, why not just say you’re the Rainbow Hero of Celestial Blue Mountain!
That aside.
Darkrai stared blankly, looking up at the Super Demon Hoopa outside the town.
Following Lu Ye really lets you see new things…
“Aura Hero?” Goris said in astonishnt.
In every era, the Aura Hero is a revered title, no less than an Arceus envoy.
That also explains why Latias trusts him…
Lu Ye revealed his identity, a soft blue light glowing in his palm.
Goris no longer doubted, speaking respectfully: “Aura Hero, in that case, please join in sealing the Super Demon Hoopa!”
“Eek, Hoopa doesn’t want that!” Little Hoopa shrieked in fear.
“Not you,” Lu Ye pressed Little Hoopa back onto his shoulder and said, “Mayor, please continue.”
Goris blinked: “May I ask, who is this…”
Lu Ye: “Oh, he’s my Poké… he’s my monster, which is quite rare here.”
Goris made a small sound.
I have a feeling this monster resembles the Super Demon Hoopa sowhat…
But the world is full of oddities.
It’s said soone once mistook a big beak bird for Ho-Oh in a tribute.
Monsters resembling each other are not rare.
“I need to use the Power of Transcendence to make the Punishnt Jar,” Goris said, “If possible, please buy ti!”
Lu Ye pondered briefly, glanced back.
The town’s guards had sent Braviary to intercept Hoopa, only to have it swallowed by lightning erging from Hoopa’s light ring.
Boom!!
Thunder detonated over the desert outside town, the gray sky brightening as if dayti for a mont.
“Again, again!” the Super Demon laughed.
Lu Ye considered for a mont, then turned and proposed:
“How about I go make the Punishnt Jar while you buy ti?”
Goris was slightly taken aback.
“Logically, this concerns the survival of your people, and it was your tribesn who provoked this. I only ca to help—”
Lu Ye politely yielded: “Delaying Hoopa is probably better done by you in person… don’t you think?”
“You make sense…”
Goris opened his mouth, saying, “But making the Punishnt Jar requires the Power of Transcendence…”
The next second.
A gentle blue light shone from Lu Ye’s right hand, and his left hand glowed with the pale-golden aura of the Power of Transcendence, as he looked at Goris questioningly.
Lu Ye: “?”
Goris: “…”
He had spoken nothing, yet it felt like everything had been said.
How can one person be both an Aura Hero and Arceus’s envoy?
And his Power of Transcendence far surpasses mine!
I can’t fathom it.
Goris shook his head.
An Aura Hero is trustworthy; perhaps it’s better if he crafts it…
“The Punishnt Jar is not shaped from clay by hand; it calls on the primal forces of nature using the Power of Transcendence,” Goris hesitated, “I will teach you the exact thod…”
“Also… if I should perish, please select a favored tribesman to inherit the Punishnt Jar’s technique…”
“Please!”
Goris bowed deeply to Lu Ye.
Passing on the craft of the Punishnt Jar is certain.
I still have to return to the modern age and make another one myself…
“I promise you.” Lu Ye said.
Goris smiled with relief, closing his eyes and hurrying.
Several strands of pale white-gold threads conveyed knowledge, experience, and skills, extending toward Lu Ye.
When Goris witnessed this Aura Hero’s Power of Transcendence, he was deeply shaken.
His Power of Transcendence seed directly bestowed by Arceus, flawless!
He quickly learned and gradually perfected the Punishnt Jar technique.
The Punishnt Jar was originally knowledge Arceus gifted to humanity via the Power of Transcendence.
The jar made by this Aura Hero will be even more remarkable!
Goris gave a rueful smile.
Arceus really is unfair…
My position as Arceus’s envoy still ranks lower than an Aura Hero!
Teacher Lu now roughly understood the thod for making the Punishnt Jar.
Once back in the modern era, he could teach Balza and yali… if their Power of Transcendence is up to par.
“Please hurry to the Desert Tower!” Goris said, “I cannot promise how long I can delay Hoopa… but I will do everything in my power at any cost!”
Lu Ye looked at Goris’s resolute eyes, pondering.
Actually, after getting the Punishnt Jar’s making thod, he could just turn and return to the modern era with Celebi.
But since the man trusts because I’m called an Aura Hero…
Teacher Lu would feel ashad to sneak away.
In the na of a hero, act like a hero.
“I will bring back the Punishnt Jar to help you.” Lu Ye said seriously.
Goris nodded calmly: “Thank you, Aura Hero!”
Outside the town in the desert, the Super Demon Hoopa had defeated every monster that stood before him.
But that was far from enough!
His pupils reflected frightened villagers, making him irritable.
That human disappeared; Hoopa must find him!
The Super Demon Hoopa reached out its claws, quickly grasping toward a light ring.
Lu Ye rode Latias, flying toward the town’s Desert Tower, when spatial fluctuations suddenly surged beside him!
Looking aside, a giant light ring opened and a huge hand flew out!
“Hold it, Darkrai!” Lu Ye shouted.
A black shadow rose, Darkrai’s murky mist churning, flashing into Hoopa’s palm.
Darkrai opened two sharp Shadow Claws, digging in to stop Hoopa’s grasp.
“Buy ti,” Darkrai grunted, “Even I can’t hold long…”
The giant hand let go of Darkrai, raised high, closed into a fist, and slamd down!
Darkrai flashed away, looking back with horror.
Boom!!
The fist smashed the ground, houses collapsed in rows, the earth cracked!
The Desert Tower was right ahead.
A rectangular tower’s facade suddenly split open with a spatial rift.
The Super Demon Hoopa’s grotesque head poked out of the portal.
Its massive eyeballs were inches from Lu Ye, its mouth split wide.
“Hoopa, found you!”
“Haunter—”
Lu Ye snorted: “Mud Bomb!!”
“Gengarrr!”
Haunter leaped out, both hands forming a sickly green, foul-slling Mud Bomb, flinging it hard at the demon’s eye!
Thud!!
The sickly green sludge splattered.
“Raa!!!”
The Super Demon Hoopa howled in pain, covering its eyes, retreating quickly back into the portal.
Outside the town’s desert, the hundred-foot Super Demon Hoopa clutched its eyes and roared in fury.
My eyes, my eyes burn!!
The Super Demon Hoopa nearly lost control, black holes on its chest continuously spewing Shadow Balls that detonated across the desert, leaving crater after crater.
Goris looked up at the towering demon, lips moving.
Aura Hero… thank you for your righteous help.
Now I may truly not return…
The Super Demon Hoopa shut its eyes, roared to the sky in anger:
“Hoopa, scoop-scoop!!”
Sand flew, storms of yellow sand rolling in.
From the portal appeared a hundred-foot tallic giant, signal lights flashing.
It was a blue tallic shiny Regigigas.
The shiny Regigigas, ignorant of the situation, its signal lights flashing red with fury, closed its continent-towing giant hands and slamd them down onto the desert with a “thud”!
Rumble!!
Sand flew, the shockwave like a roaring earth dragon rolled toward the Super Demon Hoopa.
The Super Demon Hoopa opened a portal, shockwaves pouring in, an earthquake imdiately struck Barren City!
Houses collapsed, cries, screams, and wails, everything drowned in the quake’s roar.
The shiny Colossal Pokémon flashed red and felt ever more mocked.
“Re-gi—gaas!!”
The Colossal Pokémon strode toward the Super Demon Hoopa, but Hoopa’s six floating arms grabbed its body and restrained it tightly.
The Super Demon Hoopa snorted, the black hole on its chest firing a light cannon that slamd into the Colossal Pokémon!
The ground shook, the shiny Colossal Pokémon was thrown back, sending up ters of flying sand!
“Again, again!!”
The Super Demon Hoopa opened its blood-red eyes, completely consud by rage.
Lu Ye climbed the Desert Tower.
Even amid the earthquake, the tower stood firm.
He looked out toward the distant horizon.
The red sun sank into the skyline, the dying light like blood, smoke waves rolling at the edge of the world.
The shiny Colossal Pokémon lay fallen, flashing red light, the Super Demon Hoopa roaring wildly.
Teacher Lu’s mood was complicated.
You can’t catch …
And don’t lash out at the shiny Colossal Pokémon to vent your anger!
Considering that they needed to first wear Hoopa down before sealing it with the Punishnt Jar—
Lu Ye’s eyes flickered.
Just wait, I’ll summon Ultraman brothers… (scratch that)
Summon another Colossal Pokémon!
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