Aside from that, the Mega Gallade that had destroyed the petrification weapon was like an assassin, turning to carry out a decapitation tactic with Maxie as its direct target.
Gallade’s figure flashed, and just as its blade was about to slash Maxie’s neck, Maxie remained completely unmoved. The collar around his neck autonomously released an invisible magnetic-field fluctuation, slowing Mega Gallade’s movements. At that moment, as if it had foreseen this, Houndoom came roaring over. Under Roar, Mega Gallade’s consciousness was directly shaken. If not for its powerful will, it would have almost been roared back into its Poké Ball.
The Houndoom beside Maxie had an astonishingly sharp nose, and its reaction was even more exaggerated. Under Odor Sleuth, combined with the powers in the open and in the dark, it simply gave Mega Gallade no chance to exploit.
The powers obstructing Gallade were not limited to those. The instant Gallade appeared, psychic waves came from every direction of the maritime base, restricting Gallade and preventing that slash from ever falling. In the next moment, Magmortar, its entire body wrapped in raging flames, rapidly attacked. Fire Punch clashed with Mega Gallade’s slash, forcibly driving back Mega Gallade, whose strength had already been dispersed.
Terrance glanced around. He had not expected Maxie to value his life so much. He and Tabitha had only exchanged a few brief words inside the helicopter, yet Team Magma had already completed such a tight arrangement, placing Maxie under layer after layer of protection.
In such a chaotic battle, it was only a pity that Gardevoir was not here, and that he had lost his Fairy Mark. Otherwise, Terrance would have been able to command far more perfectly and take control of the whole situation!
Right now, Terrance felt the pressure. His energy was not enough to command several Pokémon at once, so he could only let them act on their own. Mismagius and Mawile had divided the battlefield and were holding off four Pokémon. Gallade’s presence made Maxie feel threatened, so he kept Houndoom and Magmortar at his side for protection. In the sky, collisions were also going back and forth. As Ninetales and Torkoal competed for control of the weather, they had already dyed half the sky in their colors.
On the other side, the approach of Typhlosion and Magcargo forced Mega Diancie to split its focus. While protecting Terrance, it condensed a diamond longsword and continuously swung it out!
The interweaving of raging flames and sword energy directly turned this maritime base into a battlefield, leaving it riddled with holes. As flame projectiles flew and fell into the sea, the fire serpents instantly burned out a large hole in the surface, causing great amounts of steam to erupt from the surface. This trip could be considered worthwhile for Terrance no matter how one looked at it. After destroying so many of Team Magma’s facilities, although Maxie appeared calm on the surface, Terrance believed that he was definitely exploding with rage inside.
In the clash between Terrance and Maxie, the lower-level combat forces of Team Magma who could intervene had almost disappeared. At this point, even a bit of shockwaves from the battle were enough to cause large-scale destruction. It was utterly terrifying.
The most eye-catching thing was still the combination of Heatran and Camerupt, both wearing special devices. If Terrance had not guessed wrong, Heatran’s Flash Fire Ability was a necessary condition for working with that special device. Terrance did not yet know what the other side was planning, but in any case, it was an extremely dangerous action that had to be guarded against. Altaria had already moved out quickly to stop it.
The quick exchange actually lasted only a few seconds. With a wave of Terrance’s hand, Mega Diancie let out a loud cry, and the entire sky darkened. The enormous maritime base was completely sealed inside a cubic domain, as if isolated from the rest of the world.
Within this domain, an Ice Moon in the air shone with dazzling light, reflecting off the mirror surfaces forming the domain. It was breathtakingly beautiful.
In the sky, Ninetales’s power of Snowy Weather had already slowly overpowered the power of Sunny Weather. This fierce contest had already reached its end, and Terrance began his next round of attacks.
Although the power of Snowy Weather had already surpassed the power of Sunny Weather, countless bits of ice and snow were still melting. Within the Fairy Domain, raindrops now began to fall. However, the instant those raindrops approached Pokémon such as Camerupt, Magcargo, and Heatran, they quickly evaporated, as if they had never appeared at all.
“You should be glad this is only one of Team Magma’s temporary bases.”
Maxie stared coldly at him.
If he were not in a branch base, but in Team Magma’s true headquarters, under the flood of a Pokémon army, Terrance would absolutely not be able to act as arrogantly as he was now.
“You should also be glad that I can’t bring out my full strength today,” Terrance replied, feeling somewhat regretful that this was not Team Magma’s headquarters.
On the main battlefield, as Altaria tore through the flames, the natural energy around it instantly surged.
Seeing the surrounding natural energy becoming more and more condensed, Altaria, which had been silent for a long time, finally revealed its ferocity. Within the Fairy Domain, it released the Flame of Life, letting it spread out and temporarily block the opponent’s flames. Then, boundless natural energy began surging toward Altaria like starlight. In an instant, Mega Altaria’s aura skyrocketed, and its strength rapidly rose, increasing by ten percent, twenty percent, until it exceeded thirty percent!
At the same time, seeing that the situation was bad, Heatran, which had accumulated a vast amount of energy, also erupted with an inconceivable power. Through the ring, its own body received an extreme amplification, as if it could scorch the air even while standing still.
As Altaria suppressed it, radiance flashed. One blow smashed Heatran back, while it was then swallowed by Camerupt’s flames, but it was not injured. After that, Terrance and Maxie met each other’s eyes once again.
“Is this the full extent of your strength?” As Terrance’s words fell, Mega Diancie cooperated with Ninetales, refracting boundless Fairy Light within the Fairy Domain and carrying out an all-out sweep. In an instant, numerous Pokémon were forced to defend. Team Magma’s side suffered heavily, and Mightyena and Crobat, who were fighting Mawile and Mismagius, became the first sacrifices.
“Primal Reversion?” Seeing Altaria erupt with such strength, Maxie’s eyes revealed a look of horror.
The ring carrying fire energy, when combined with Heatran’s Flash Fire Ability, could transform it into powerful energy and feed it back to Heatran itself a second time. Under the conversion of this system, Heatran’s strength could be raised by more than one level. With this method, Maxie dared to battle any Elite Four. His earlier delay of Terrance had been to prepare this system in order to achieve the goal of killing Terrance on the spot. But Maxie had never imagined that he would actually see the hint of Primal Reversion on Terrance’s Altaria.
Primal Reversion—was that not the exclusive ability of Groudon and Kyogre?
“Primal Reversion?” Terrance shook his head. Primal Reversion referred to the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre and Groudon returning to their original forms through natural energy. It was very similar to Mega Evolution, but there were still differences between the two, and achieving the former was even more difficult.
Mega Evolution, like evolution, was a sublimation of life level, the use of life energy. Every Pokémon could undergo a sublimation of life level, but not every Pokémon could borrow natural energy. Borrowing natural energy was exclusive to legendary lifeforms and required extraordinary methods.
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