Fang Yuan's proposal moved the Quick Dragon Elder.
After a moment of silence, the Quick Dragon Elder decided to tell Fang Yuan a story.
Fang Yuan, Eevee, and the Quick Dragon Envoy pricked up their ears to listen.
The Elder communicated through Mind Induction, "Once, I had a friend..."
Fang Yuan, Eevee, the Quick Dragon: ???
Wait a second, do all you Quick Dragons like to make up a friend?
I remember... back then, this Haha Qilong seemed to have made up a friend too!
Fang Yuan, having heard this, silently made sarcastic comments in his head and glanced at the Haha Qilong next to him.
Then, Fang Yuan turned his gaze back to the Quick Dragon Elder.
Fortunately, this time the story told by the Quick Dragon Elder wasn't from the perspective of its friend.
But from its own perspective.
So, one could be pretty sure that the friend wasn't the Elder itself.
Back in the day, the Quick Dragon Elder and its friend were the most talented in leading the lineage on Dragon Island, born with the inheritance of Godspeed Moves and immense potential.
They battled together, grew together, adventured together, and quickly became powerful warriors of Dragon Island.
However, during an exploration into the deep sea, the two Quick Dragons accidentally entered a Super Ancient Relic.
They exerted great effort to open the relic and entered inside.
Ultimately, what happened in the relic, the two Quick Dragons were not very clear about.
Soon, as the relic collapsed, one of the Quick Dragons was covered in black markings all over its body, forced to accept Super Ancient Power, its size and strength growing exponentially.
The other Quick Dragon was influenced by another power and grasped the method to wield Life Energy, though its strength did not change much.
Since then, one Quick Dragon became the guardian deity of Dragon Island, sleeping beneath it.
The other Quick Dragon, by virtue of its own efforts and the use of Life Energy, became the new leader of Dragon Island.
Eventually, it even became the Elder of Dragon Island, the oldest Elf in the Dragon Cave, living so long that no one knew exactly how long, second only to the Guardian Huge Quick Dragon in status within the Dragon Cave.
In the story, the two Quick Dragons were evidently the Guardian Deity and the Dragon Island Elder.
"This..."
Fang Yuan had heard from Yun Guancheng that the Dragon Cave Elder had outlived several generations of Dragon Cave leaders, and this ability to survive made Yun Guancheng very suspicious whether the Elder, like the Huge Quick Dragon, had encountered some sort of fortune.
Now, the truth was revealed.
Hearing the Dragon Cave Elder's account, Fang Yuan suddenly realized that both the Dragon Cave Elder and the Huge Quick Dragon had benefited inside that Super Ancient Relic.
It's just that the two Elves had different encounters and their paths to becoming stronger were not entirely the same.
"Super Ancient Power is massive and allows its strength to grow rapidly, but it also requires a long time for it to control this power."
"As for me, I learned the method to wield Life Energy, and although there wasn't much change at first, in the end, it increased my lifespan, and over a long period of time, my strength successfully reached the Species Limit," the Quick Dragon Elder spoke slowly. "Even using Life Energy, I can momentarily break through this limit."
It looked toward the Eevee on Fang Yuan's shoulder, this Eevee, like itself, although an Ordinary Elf, could also use Life Power.
This was also why it was optimistic about Fang Yuan and his companions.
"That Guardian Deity it..."
"It has already surpassed the species limit; that form can no longer be called a Dragonite."
Fang Yuan was slightly startled, the peak of the Top Tier Domain should be the strength of the Quick Dragon Elder.
The Fourth Stage of the Top Tier Domain is, on the basis of the first three stages, a continuous exploration of one's potential, training various qualities, to reach the species limit.
Depending on the type of Pokémon, lower species will encounter a bottleneck, reaching a limit in combat power and being unable to break through.
On the other hand, higher species Pokémon, due to their racial advantages, can even defeat those lower species without reaching their own limits.
The Fourth Stage of the Top Tier Domain is a divide.
The species determines the upper limit, and the strength disparity between different Pokémon is vast.
However, one thing is certain, formidable Pokémon, regardless of their species' ranking, can temporarily break through this limit and fight by using various techniques to stimulate their potential, but the state and strength demonstrated will be unstable. This is what's known as the Quasi-Guardian God Level.
Akin to the states of the Quick Dragon Elder and Darkrai.
As for the Huge Gyro Dragon, under the amplification of Super Ancient Power, it directly traversed the species limit, undergoing a "special evolution", becoming completely different from an ordinary Dragonite.
"Although it has initially mastered the Super Ancient Power, it is still not skilled in using it," came a sigh through the Quick Dragon Elder's Mind Induction.
At present, if it does not die within ten years, its strength is expected to completely decline to rock bottom, and during this time, if the Huge Gyro Dragon remains asleep, unable to proficiently master the Super Ancient Power, then losing two great Guardian Gods, the Dragon Island will face an uncertain future.
In this situation, Fang Yuan's proposal, to forge ties with the Prince of the Sea, struck a chord with the Quick Dragon Elder.
"Elder, is there a great disparity between Guardian Gods?" Fang Yuan curiously asked.
The Quick Dragon Elder nodded.
If the domain below the Top Tier and the Top Tier Domain, due to the transformation of energy, represent two completely different realms, with a gap in strength that is difficult to bridge,
Then the gap between the Top Tier and the Guardian God Level is also significant.
The peak of the Top Tier Domain, also known as the Quasi-Guardian God Level Pokémon, can temporarily break through this limit and fight by using various techniques to stimulate their potential.
But a Pokémon that has fully entered the Guardian Deities' Domain, without relying on these special techniques, will undergo a second transformation in both body and energy, and possess such formidable strength in their normal state.
This state can be called the Guardian God First Stage.
"Before the establishment of your Human Elf Alliance, when technology was still weak, various countries fought a divine war to ascertain their status," the Quick Dragon Elder narrated.
"Each country had Guardian God Level powerful Pokémon fight for them, and at that time, the guardian deities of the vast majority of countries were at this first stage."
The Quick Dragon Elder continued: "The higher level is initially about mastering one of the special energies such as Life Energy, Natural Energy, or other kinds of Energy, based on the previous stage. By utilizing these energies, one can reach the Second Stage strength; Super Ancient Power is also included."
"This was the pinnacle of strength in the divine war of those years. The Huge Gyro Dragon was at this stage, and it seems there were only about five countries that had good relationships with Pokémon of such strength."
"Moving further up, it only exists in conjecture now, perhaps it involves more mature mastery of these special forces, or possibly the control of multiple special energies."
"As for the Legendary Realm, I think those legendary creatures were probably nearly perfect in mastering special forces such as Life Energy and Natural Energy, effortlessly achieving feats such as reviving life and affecting nature..."
The Quick Dragon Elder slowly explained, telling Fang Yuan and the others about the Guardian Gods' war several decades prior, leaving them stunned—they had not learned this in history classes.