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Chapter 276
Chapter 1150: An Extreme Tug-of-War with Kyogre
And this time, Kyogre's vacant gaze had already fixed its target on the helicopter.
The helicopter's surface was marked with the logo of the Hoenn League's official television station. Just as they had done when tracking the God of the Land, Groudon, they had deliberately maintained a distance of a hundred meters.
This was a safe distance.
But Kyogre was clearly far more irritable; the safe distance would need to be increased several times over.
*Zzzi-bang!*
From its gaping maw, a beam of crackling, ice-blue energy shot out.
As it burst forth, the raindrops it touched along its path were instantly frozen into solid ice crystals, carrying a piercingly icy chill.
Ice Beam!
The television station's helicopter had no means of protection. Just as the terrifying Ice Beam was about to strike it down...
"Little Fire, use Overheat!"
High in the clouds, Blue's sharp command suddenly rang out.
From Moltres's slender beak, a torrent of incredibly scorching, golden-white flame erupted, piercing through the high-altitude clouds and searing the rain in its path.
*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*
This was Moltres's strongest attack, colliding with the Ice Beam at a sharp angle.
*CRASH!*
The forces of flame and ice exploded in an instant!
But even so, Moltres's full-power Overheat still failed to completely block Kyogre's Ice Beam. It merely knocked the latter off course.
"Now's your chance! Get away, quickly!"
The helicopter pilot, noticing the cover provided by Ash and Blue, turned pale. Feeling a surge of relief, he quickly pulled the helicopter back, increasing the distance from Kyogre to five or six hundred meters.
*Clatter clatter clatter!*
The pouring rain hammered down on Ash and Blue.
After its full-power attack, Moltres had no energy left to maintain its Flame Body barrier to ward off the rain.
"WUUUARGHHH!"
Seeing Moltres return and even audaciously interrupt its attack, Kyogre let out a roar like a flash flood. The ocean waves rose and churned like a tsunami.
"Little Fire, get back in the air, now!"
Seeing that she had once again drawn its fury, Blue, breathing heavily, hastily commanded.
Playing this tug-of-war with Kyogre was so intense that even with her daring spirit, her heart felt like it was about to stop beating.
"Biii!"
The side effect of Overheat caused Moltres's power to drop significantly. It flapped its wings frantically, once again hiding itself within the high-altitude clouds.
This was the ultimate game of tug-of-war.
Under normal circumstances, Ash might have quipped, "Nice kiting..."
But he didn't dare say such a thing now.
"I choose you!"
With a flick of his wrist, Ash threw a pink Poké Ball.
*Poof!*
A flash of red light, and a red-and-white, streamlined Pokémon appeared beside Moltres.
Without hesitation, Ash leaped onto Latias's back.
At this moment, Moltres was kiting while carrying two people; the pressure was simply too great.
"Wu?!"
The moment she appeared, Latias felt an incredibly terrifying pressure from below, causing her expression to freeze with fear.
As a Pokémon from the Hoenn Region, she was well aware of Kyogre's fearsome reputation.
"Let's go!"
Ash and Blue exchanged a glance. Not wanting to get entangled in a fight, they piloted their respective legendary Pokémon and flew towards the helicopter.
They weren't Gary; they didn't dare try to casually toss a few Dragon Pulses from high in the air for fun.
In a short while, the two of them flew up beside the League helicopter.
The helicopter's side cabin door was open, and inside, Ash even saw a familiar figure.
"Miss Marnie?! And Mr. Dai?!" Ash cried out in surprise.
It was the reporter and cameraman duo he had met once before.
"Ash?! And Blue?!"
Holding a microphone in one hand, the stylish woman with neat, short hair, the reporter Marnie, also widened her eyes, her small mouth forming an "O" shape.
She had just been wondering which expert was controlling the legendary fire bird and the legendary Latias to rescue them.
She never expected them both to be her acquaintances!
Do all young trainers have a legendary Pokémon on hand these days?!
There were only the two of them and two pilots in the helicopter. At this moment, all of them were staring in astonishment at the two people outside the cabin.
*Clatter clatter clatter!*
The downpour intensified. The two of them finally jumped into the cabin, recalling Moltres and Latias.
Looking through the cabin window, they saw Kyogre, five or six hundred meters away, having lost its target. Its massive body leaped up once more.
*BOOM-SPLASH!*
After falling back into the water, it once again stirred up an explosive torrent with great commotion.
Kyogre used Splash.
It was clearly Magikarp's signature move, yet in Kyogre's hands, it was many times more powerful than a normal Surf.
*Whoosh...!*
Next, Kyogre swam off in one direction, its body slowly sinking as it moved forward, finally disappearing from the sea surface.
"Miss Marnie, why did Kyogre suddenly appear here?!"
Seeing that the crisis seemed to be temporarily resolved, Ash quickly asked inside the cabin.
"Uh... actually, we're not too sure either..."
Marnie also looked bewildered, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the attack.
Although she had been through many tough situations, coming face-to-face with an attack from Kyogre had still scared her half to death.
In truth, their encounter with Kyogre this time was a bit of a fluke.
"A few days ago, the people at the Weather Institute told us that the climate in this sea area was abnormally chaotic and that an extraordinary phenomenon might occur..." the young cameraman explained slowly as he put down his camera.
Danger was danger, but he had just managed to film incredibly precious footage.
Real-time footage of Kyogre!
This was absolutely unprecedented video material!
Before this, the Sea God Kyogre had only ever existed in legend, never having appeared before anyone!
"Weather Institute?"
Ash was taken aback, surprised to hear the familiar name again.
It was a coincidence. The Weather Institute's data had always been accurate, so the daring Marnie had immediately requested a helicopter, intending to come here in search of a big scoop.
And the result...
Was discovering a wild Kyogre?!
But compared to the fervent excitement on Marnie and Dai's faces, Ash's was full of worry.
"Groudon has returned, and now Kyogre has also suddenly appeared..."
Needless to say, Kyogre was definitely connected to Team Aqua.
Archie had just obtained the Blue Orb from Zinnia, and the never-before-seen Kyogre had surfaced from the ocean.
And then there was Groudon, who would be returning home soon...
The God of the Land and the God of the Sea were by no means friendly ancient deities.
They were nothing like Ho-Oh and Lugia from the Johto Region, who had even built the Twin Towers side-by-side in the same city and coexisted peacefully.
Once these two ancient deities met, there was no second possibility besides an unimaginable conflict and war breaking out.
Ash suddenly remembered back on the Orange Islands, when a lost Groudon had heard Lugia's title of "God of the Sea" and had immediately flown into a rage, unleashing a world-shaking Precipice Blades.
"*Hiss...*"
He couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath, his gaze falling worriedly upon the sea surface, which was gradually returning to calm...
(end of chapter)
And this time, Kyogre's vacant gaze had already fixed its target on the helicopter.
The helicopter's surface was marked with the logo of the Hoenn League's official television station. Just as they had done when tracking the God of the Land, Groudon, they had deliberately maintained a distance of a hundred meters.
This was a safe distance.
But Kyogre was clearly far more irritable; the safe distance would need to be increased several times over.
*Zzzi-bang!*
From its gaping maw, a beam of crackling, ice-blue energy shot out.
As it burst forth, the raindrops it touched along its path were instantly frozen into solid ice crystals, carrying a piercingly icy chill.
Ice Beam!
The television station's helicopter had no means of protection. Just as the terrifying Ice Beam was about to strike it down...
"Little Fire, use Overheat!"
High in the clouds, Blue's sharp command suddenly rang out.
From Moltres's slender beak, a torrent of incredibly scorching, golden-white flame erupted, piercing through the high-altitude clouds and searing the rain in its path.
*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*
This was Moltres's strongest attack, colliding with the Ice Beam at a sharp angle.
*CRASH!*
The forces of flame and ice exploded in an instant!
But even so, Moltres's full-power Overheat still failed to completely block Kyogre's Ice Beam. It merely knocked the latter off course.
"Now's your chance! Get away, quickly!"
The helicopter pilot, noticing the cover provided by Ash and Blue, turned pale. Feeling a surge of relief, he quickly pulled the helicopter back, increasing the distance from Kyogre to five or six hundred meters.
*Clatter clatter clatter!*
The pouring rain hammered down on Ash and Blue.
After its full-power attack, Moltres had no energy left to maintain its Flame Body barrier to ward off the rain.
"WUUUARGHHH!"
Seeing Moltres return and even audaciously interrupt its attack, Kyogre let out a roar like a flash flood. The ocean waves rose and churned like a tsunami.
"Little Fire, get back in the air, now!"
Seeing that she had once again drawn its fury, Blue, breathing heavily, hastily commanded.
Playing this tug-of-war with Kyogre was so intense that even with her daring spirit, her heart felt like it was about to stop beating.
"Biii!"
The side effect of Overheat caused Moltres's power to drop significantly. It flapped its wings frantically, once again hiding itself within the high-altitude clouds.
This was the ultimate game of tug-of-war.
Under normal circumstances, Ash might have quipped, "Nice kiting..."
But he didn't dare say such a thing now.
"I choose you!"
With a flick of his wrist, Ash threw a pink Poké Ball.
*Poof!*
A flash of red light, and a red-and-white, streamlined Pokémon appeared beside Moltres.
Without hesitation, Ash leaped onto Latias's back.
At this moment, Moltres was kiting while carrying two people; the pressure was simply too great.
"Wu?!"
The moment she appeared, Latias felt an incredibly terrifying pressure from below, causing her expression to freeze with fear.
As a Pokémon from the Hoenn Region, she was well aware of Kyogre's fearsome reputation.
"Let's go!"
Ash and Blue exchanged a glance. Not wanting to get entangled in a fight, they piloted their respective legendary Pokémon and flew towards the helicopter.
They weren't Gary; they didn't dare try to casually toss a few Dragon Pulses from high in the air for fun.
In a short while, the two of them flew up beside the League helicopter.
The helicopter's side cabin door was open, and inside, Ash even saw a familiar figure.
"Miss Marnie?! And Mr. Dai?!" Ash cried out in surprise.
It was the reporter and cameraman duo he had met once before.
"Ash?! And Blue?!"
Holding a microphone in one hand, the stylish woman with neat, short hair, the reporter Marnie, also widened her eyes, her small mouth forming an "O" shape.
She had just been wondering which expert was controlling the legendary fire bird and the legendary Latias to rescue them.
She never expected them both to be her acquaintances!
Do all young trainers have a legendary Pokémon on hand these days?!
There were only the two of them and two pilots in the helicopter. At this moment, all of them were staring in astonishment at the two people outside the cabin.
*Clatter clatter clatter!*
The downpour intensified. The two of them finally jumped into the cabin, recalling Moltres and Latias.
Looking through the cabin window, they saw Kyogre, five or six hundred meters away, having lost its target. Its massive body leaped up once more.
*BOOM-SPLASH!*
After falling back into the water, it once again stirred up an explosive torrent with great commotion.
Kyogre used Splash.
It was clearly Magikarp's signature move, yet in Kyogre's hands, it was many times more powerful than a normal Surf.
*Whoosh...!*
Next, Kyogre swam off in one direction, its body slowly sinking as it moved forward, finally disappearing from the sea surface.
"Miss Marnie, why did Kyogre suddenly appear here?!"
Seeing that the crisis seemed to be temporarily resolved, Ash quickly asked inside the cabin.
"Uh... actually, we're not too sure either..."
Marnie also looked bewildered, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the attack.
Although she had been through many tough situations, coming face-to-face with an attack from Kyogre had still scared her half to death.
In truth, their encounter with Kyogre this time was a bit of a fluke.
"A few days ago, the people at the Weather Institute told us that the climate in this sea area was abnormally chaotic and that an extraordinary phenomenon might occur..." the young cameraman explained slowly as he put down his camera.
Danger was danger, but he had just managed to film incredibly precious footage.
Real-time footage of Kyogre!
This was absolutely unprecedented video material!
Before this, the Sea God Kyogre had only ever existed in legend, never having appeared before anyone!
"Weather Institute?"
Ash was taken aback, surprised to hear the familiar name again.
It was a coincidence. The Weather Institute's data had always been accurate, so the daring Marnie had immediately requested a helicopter, intending to come here in search of a big scoop.
And the result...
Was discovering a wild Kyogre?!
But compared to the fervent excitement on Marnie and Dai's faces, Ash's was full of worry.
"Groudon has returned, and now Kyogre has also suddenly appeared..."
Needless to say, Kyogre was definitely connected to Team Aqua.
Archie had just obtained the Blue Orb from Zinnia, and the never-before-seen Kyogre had surfaced from the ocean.
And then there was Groudon, who would be returning home soon...
The God of the Land and the God of the Sea were by no means friendly ancient deities.
They were nothing like Ho-Oh and Lugia from the Johto Region, who had even built the Twin Towers side-by-side in the same city and coexisted peacefully.
Once these two ancient deities met, there was no second possibility besides an unimaginable conflict and war breaking out.
Ash suddenly remembered back on the Orange Islands, when a lost Groudon had heard Lugia's title of "God of the Sea" and had immediately flown into a rage, unleashing a world-shaking Precipice Blades.
"*Hiss...*"
He couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath, his gaze falling worriedly upon the sea surface, which was gradually returning to calm...
(end of chapter)
