Darkrai suddenly flew toward the two dragons of time and space. The sky was crisscrossed with lightning, and terrifying meteors plummeted, tearing the entire sky apart.
"Darkrai, lead Palkia towards Dialga, let Cynthia heal you before you return!"
Lin Jiu, noticing that Darkrai was about to take on the two dragons head-on, immediately shouted at it.
At this moment, Palkia and Dialga were in a berserk state, attacking anything that came close. Comparatively, they would naturally prioritize attacking the one competing for their territory.
Darkrai hesitated for a moment after hearing Lin Jiu's shout and then led Palkia towards Dialga. Cynthia quickly understood the intention and directed her Garchomp to fly towards Darkrai.
As Lin Jiu had predicted, the two dragons roared angrily and started fighting each other again when they met. This gave Darkrai and Cynthia a brief respite.
Dialga and Palkia continuously spewed twisted balls of time-space energy from their mouths. These energy balls either exploded or changed trajectory and fell after colliding.
The buildings in the town below were instantly missing large chunks if they were even grazed by these energy balls, with the cuts smooth as mirrors.
The battle between the two dragons had even more severe consequences than when they fought against Cynthia and Darkrai. The collision of time and space caused the Town to gradually collapse and be obliterated in the interdimensional space. Previously, when both sides were restraining Palkia and Dialga, Poplar Town was only slowly collapsing.
But now, with no other choice, letting the two Pokémon fight again caused violent spatial fluctuations, accelerating the obliteration of the town's edges.
At this point, Poplar Town was completely enveloped in an independent time-space, entirely detached from the original world. It was as if water had been scooped out of a bowl using a spoon.
Cynthia, Garchomp, and Darkrai approached. As a shadow Pokémon, Darkrai's injuries were not visible, but Garchomp was different, its wounds almost matching Lin Jiu's.
Unlike Lin Jiu's injuries from burns, vine strangulation, and rock impacts, Garchomp's wounds were from enduring attacks from the god of time, Dialga.
Cynthia summoned Togekiss and Milotic to heal Darkrai and Garchomp, respectively. She anxiously looked up at the sky!
At this moment, Garchomp no longer had the energy to care about Lin Jiu, a human it disliked. While receiving treatment, Garchomp still stared sharply at Dialga above. Darkrai, receiving treatment beside it, did the same.
"This battle is beyond what mortals can intervene in," Brock mumbled.
Hearing this, Cynthia couldn't help but glance at the guy she was chasing. Ignoring those dark circles under his eyes, it wasn't hard to see that he was even calmer than she, the champion.
"Red, although someone has already asked, I still want to ask: Have you never captured a Pokémon?"
Cynthia asked Lin Jiu.
Lin Jiu looked at Cynthia and shook his head slightly. Capture Pokémon? After this ordeal, he would single-handedly take down Dialga and Palkia.
"You've done so many incredible things without capturing any Pokémon... I am the Sinnoh Champion. If I survive this, I will personally take you in!" Cynthia stood next to Garchomp, patted it, and turned to Lin Jiu.
Lin Jiu, who had been focusing on the progress of the red chain, suddenly looked up, eyes wide and with a look of horror. Are you raising a flag here?!
Brock witnessed this scene: the calm Red, facing the gods of time and space, showed a look of horror upon hearing Cynthia's words. He was puzzled; was Miss Cynthia more terrifying than the gods of time and space?
Lin Jiu calmed his heart, which had been startled by Cynthia, and looked back at the red chain. More than a third of the gems forming the red chain were already lit.
[ Red Chain (Fragment)
Origin: Pokémon, Sinnoh Region
Quality: Legendary
Type: Consumable Item
Usage Requirement: Activate with the power of time and space (1/3 activated)
Effect: Activates the power of Arceus within the chain, exerting tremendous suppression on the life created by Arceus. (A complete red chain has a control effect)
Rating: 530
Description: Can we calm down and talk now?
Note: Special mission item,s cannot be sold, used, or taken out of this world. ]
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This was just the information for a single red chain. When the red chain was used with the two orbs, the three items temporarily formed a piece of equipment.
[ Time and Space (Temporary)
Origin: Pokémon
Quality: Epic
Category: Pendant (Rare jewelry equipment)
Durability: None (Jewelry equipment has no durability, no need for repair)
Equipment Requirement: Recognition!
Equipment Effect 1 (Active): Consumes 25% mana to activate Spacial Rend, causing the weapon to cut through space for one minute, with no cooldown. (This skill is sealed)
Equipment Effect 2 (Active): Consumes 25% mana to activate Roar of Time, pausing time for 0.1 seconds, with a ten-minute cooldown. (This skill is sealed)
Equipment Effect 3 (Active)
Effect: Uses the power of creation within to awaken and suppress non-human life in a specific world! (Note: This skill has no cost. After one use, this equipment disintegrates!)
Additional Attribute: Time and Space (???)
Rating: 700 (Note: Epic equipment ratings range from 531 to 700. Epic equipment with a rating of 700 is marked as "Superior" and has special attributes.)
Description: The vicissitudes of life, the shifting of stars; as time passes, one's hair turns grey, silently chasing after the fleeting years.
Note: Special mission items, cannot be sold, used, or taken out of this world. ]
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If it wasn't for the note stating that this equipment cannot be taken out of this world, Lin Jiu would have already climbed the Tower of Time and Space himself and played Oración. He intended to keep this equipment with Plan B! As long as the third skill wasn't used, the first two skills were strong enough.
Unfortunately, the key requirement for this equipment was recognition. Recognition from the two orbs?
Lin Jiu didn't feel recognized; instead, he sensed rejection from Time and Space, similar to the rejection he felt from those Pokémon. However, according to the hint given by Reincarnation Paradise, as long as he gathered the three items, it would be fine!
Was there any need to hesitate? Lin Jiu naturally chose to trust Reincarnation Paradise. Although its hints were few, it had never misled him.
"If we don't stop them, the Town will be destroyed. And it looks like they'll keep fighting, plunging all of Sinnoh, and even the world, into chaos!" Cynthia mounted her recovering Garchomp and flew towards the sky.
Darkrai's blue eyes flickered, and it followed closely behind, charging upward.
Time and space were in disarray. Though it was already dusk, the entire sky was filled with brilliant auroras, beautiful yet extremely dangerous.
...
The spiral ascent of the Tower of Time and Space had no elevators. To reach the top floor and replace the Oración music disc, one had to rely on manual transport if they couldn't fly.
Ash, carrying the disc that resembled a millstone, felt his legs weaken as he climbed the spiral staircase, wiping away his sweat.
Normally, they could fly to the top with the help of a Pokémon or a hot air balloon. But now, due to the battle between Palkia and Dialga, the Pokémon were curled up in their Poké Balls, too afraid to come out.
Moreover, the building storing the hot air balloon had already been destroyed in the fight.
Palkia and Dialga, with the pearls and diamonds on their bodies shining brightly, opened their massive mouths. A purple and a blue energy beam collided, forming a black hole that swallowed half of the Town.
"Go, Darkrai!" cheered Alice from below.
Lin Jiu saw a piece of the building about to fall on her, but it was deflected by another pillar, sparing Alice from any harm.
As the main character in this movie, Alice temporarily enjoys the protection of the protagonist's aura. Lin Jiu looked at himself; despite Brock's help, he still had scratches from debris, and he fell silent!
Could he also have the kind of bad luck that Su Xiao had? That shouldn't be the case; wasn't that brought by the Extinguishing Law?
Wait a minute, Su Xiao's identity as the Extinguishing Law activated his extraordinary luck. Could it be that he had it innately? Thinking of this, Lin Jiu couldn't help but shudder!
Lin Jiu shook his head, casting this dreadful thought aside. Overall, his luck was quite good. Although the Red Chain plan he devised had many flaws, he barely managed to complete it.
Except for the several instances where he nearly died, there were hardly any mistakes in the plan. Not dying was the greatest luck!
"I wonder how Ash and the others are doing? Miss Cynthia and Darkrai probably can't hold on much longer! I hope they can make it to the top," Brock said, looking worriedly at the Tower of Time and Space, praying for their success.