Upon the vast sea, Fang Yuan rode on the back of Dragonite, leisurely waiting to reach his destination.
Dragonite flew rapidly, and at this moment, it too was eager to return to Dragon Island and see its former friends.
"BooWoo~~~"
Dragonite growled excitedly, acting just like a little child, a sentiment Fang Yuan could understand.
"Speaking of which, I had a terrible nightmare yesterday," Fang Yuan scratched his head, wondering why he had that dream when Darkrai wasn't even around!
Although his memory was somewhat hazy, Fang Yuan seemed to remember that he was transformed into Xiaozhi, but the composition of his Pokemon team hadn't changed much.
Just when Fang Yuan thought he could win a championship for Xiaozhi, a melodramatic twist occurred in the dream – he released all of his Pokemon one by one!
[Goodbye, Dragonite, the crisis of Dragon Island!]
[Goodbye, Gengar, until the day we meet again!]
[Goodbye...]
Fang Yuan shook his head vigorously, that dream really had the flavor of an animated film.
"Pay attention, there seem to be dark clouds ahead," Fang Yuan said, looking forward.
"BooWoo~~" Dragonite nodded its head, slowing down just a tad.
However, as they drew closer to Dragon Island, Fang Yuan and his companions' expressions became more serious.
The environment here was incredibly harsh...
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and although it was broad daylight, the dark clouds made the sea area look like night.
In addition, a great amount of thick fog emerged, blurring their visibility further.
There were no signs of an oncoming storm, just a somewhat oppressive atmosphere.
"Has there been a situation like this near Dragon Island before?" Fang Yuan asked Dragonite.
He had only heard about Dragon Island being engulfed in storms, never of such strange phenomena occurring on the way to Dragon Island.
"BooWoo…" Dragonite shook its head, indicating it didn't know, and then continued to fly cautiously.
The thick fog was present but didn't pose a significant issue; after all, they had successfully traversed the Chaotic Sea Area on their way to Nightmare Island, so escaping a dense fog was hardly a concern.
"BooWoo~~~~~~" "BooWoo~~~~~~~"
However, as Dragonite continued to fly onward, both Dragonite and Fang Yuan's expressions changed simultaneously.
A massive roar, similar to the sound of Dragonite, resonated; the sound was much like Dragonite's, but not entirely the same.
If Fang Yuan's usual Dragonite's growl felt rather gentle and dopey, then the sound they heard now was as if a dragon's roar had been amplified dozens of times through a loudspeaker, filled with weightiness, and it had that electronic quality of a monster's roar from the movies.
"You can't be serious."
Moments later, Fang Yuan and his companions clearly saw the source of the sound; in the thick fog, the vast silhouette of a huge creature gradually sharpened – its size of several dozen floors startled Fang Yuan into holding his breath.
On the sea's surface, a bipedal dragon-shaped monster was looking into the distance, its eyes gleaming in the fog, striking fear, with the most terrifying aspect being its size – just the two antennae on top of its head seemed capable of smashing a fighter jet from the sky into the sea.
As for its lengthy tail, during its swaying, it set off surging waves on the sea's surface.
"Dragonite?"
Seeing the vague silhouette of the Pokemon, Fang Yuan discerned its identity. There were not many giant spirits that could walk on the sea surface, and Groudon was the one that left the deepest impression on Fang Yuan. However, Groudon's size and appearance did not match.
Anyone with eyes could see that this Pokemon obviously had wings.
Then, its identity should be easy to guess. It was probably the guardian god of Dragon Island and Hua Nation, that legendary huge Dragonite.
"To think it would appear here..." Fang Yuan and his party stopped in midair, not daring to get any closer.
Eevee climbed onto Fang Yuan's head and stared at the dark shadow in the fog, momentarily taken aback. This huge Dragonite seemed to be much more terrifying than Darkrai from Nightmare Island.
"Boo-wooo..." After confirming that the dark shadow belonged to the guardian god, the huge Dragonite from Dragon Island, Fang Yuan's Dragonite was shocked as well. In fact, it had never seen the huge Dragonite since it was born. According to what the Quick Dragon Elder had said, the huge Dragonite spent most of its time sleeping in the deep sea to conserve physical strength, rarely awake.
"Then we are quite lucky..." Fang Yuan's mouth curled into a smile.
...............
Under Fang Yuan's command, they began to slowly approach the guardian god.
And the huge Dragonite also noticed the small black dots that were flying slowly towards it.
Although the dark shadow in the fog, combined with that growl, had given Fang Yuan and his party an incredibly eerie feeling, now that they were closer and saw the huge Dragonite's, or rather, the Dragonite family's, characteristically honest expression, Fang Yuan's heart was set at ease.
Since it could become the guardian god of Hua Nation, it must be a Pokemon with a gentle nature.
"Guardian God, hello, I'm a trainer from Hua Nation, and this is a Dragonite from the Dragon Cave. We are honored to meet you!!!"
For fear that the huge Dragonite couldn't hear him, Fang Yuan pulled out his Rotom phone, shouted with the loudspeaker function turned on, and used Mind Induction to convey his friendliness at the same time.
"Boo-wooo!!!" The guardian god looked at Fang Yuan, who was on the Dragonite's back, nodded slightly, and then asked if Fang Yuan and his company needed anything.
This...
To say whether they needed anything, it was neither here nor there, and Fang Yuan was at a loss for words for a moment.
After pondering for a while, he shouted, "We're actually on our way to Dragon Island, just passing by. Er... could we have a friendly match with you? My Dragonite adores you, always seeing you as an idol. We want to clearly know, how much difference there is between us and you."
The guardian god had not yet responded, but Dragonite almost threw Fang Yuan off its back.
Fang Yuan was too much; it's true that the Pokemon on Dragon Island admired the guardian god, but it had no intention of challenging it at all.
"Boo-woo-woo..." However, with his shoulder being firmly pinched by Fang Yuan, the Quick Dragon Envoy dared not express its anger. What the trainer said goes – what else could it do?
After a moment, the guardian god nodded. Such a request was not too problematic to accept.
"Boo-wooo!!!"
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Three minutes later.
Fang Yuan cried; Dragonite was no match for the guardian god. Then he sent out Eevee, Armed Magnetic Monster, Glutton, Monferno, and Milotic together, but the result was the same. They were thoroughly beaten, and their attacks couldn't even break the huge Dragonite's defenses. The difference in strength between them was just too great.
Even Ice-based Spells could only freeze a small patch of the huge Dragonite's scales before they were shattered.
Even Darkrai had not given Fang Yuan and his team such an overwhelming sense of pressure.
It seems that not only in the top-tier domain but even among guardian god-level creatures, the difference in strength between the weaker and the stronger is vast.
Watching Fang Yuan and his team exhausted and panting, the guardian god let out a growl, acknowledging their strength. Among human trainers, Fang Yuan could be considered quite strong. But that was all there was to it.
Just as Fang Yuan was silent, organizing his next words, from the other side of the thick fog came the sound of dragon roars, as other Pokemon from Dragon Island flew towards this side.