LRAB Chapter 823, Second Giratina
Chapter 823, Second Giratina
A colossal figure emerged from the abyss, its body silver-gray, with a golden semi-circle encircling its neck from its back. Black and red stripes ran horizontally across the front of its neck. A pair of jet-black wings blotted out the sky, making it resemble a demon god from hell.
"It's Giratina, the Lord of the Underworld!" Zhenxing exclaimed in shock. "Why has even this thing appeared?!"
Akari's expression was equally grim; Giratina's appearance meant that his plan to create a new world had failed.
"I only summoned Dialga and Palkia, so why is Giratina here too...?"
“Legend has it that when the balance of time and space is broken, Arceus’s third avatar will appear. It seems that this rumor is true,” Cynthia murmured to herself.
"Damn it, is that guy catching up?" Yang Ming's expression was uncertain. He had been chased by Giratina in the underground cave. If Cosmog hadn't used a wide-range teleportation at the crucial moment, Yang Ming would probably be dead by now.
"Huh? Something's not right. This Giratina looks very different from the one controlled by the shadow. It's a different form."
After a brief moment of panic, Yang Ming quickly calmed down. By observing Giratina's appearance, he guessed that the other party was probably not after him.
“When Giratina leaves the Distortion World, its appearance will change, transforming from something incomprehensible to ordinary people into a form close to that of a dragon. For example, its original six slender ‘legs’ will become normal dragon legs.” Yang Ming thought to himself as he looked at Giratina’s six thick thighs.
"This change in appearance also affects Giratina's combat power. Generally speaking, Giratina that stays in the Distortion World is called the 'Origin Mode', while Giratina that comes to the real world is called the 'Alternate Mode'."
"But the Giratina that was chasing me before was able to maintain its Origin Form in the real world, which is very unusual because under normal circumstances, this would not happen."
"The only thing that could cause this situation is a treasure called the Platinum Orb."
The Platinum Jewel is a treasure corresponding to the Vajra Jewel and the Jade Jewel. Like the other two jewels, it has a close connection with Giratina.
However, unlike the other two types of gems, the Platinum Gem has been missing from the Sinnoh continent for a long time, and even the ancient lineage of God and Town does not know its whereabouts.
“I asked Ms. Cynthia and Dr. Mustard about the whereabouts of the Platinum Orb before, but even they only knew that the Platinum Orb existed, but did not know where it was now,” Yang Ming thought to himself. “Could it be that the guy who was chasing me got the Platinum Orb and used it to control Giratina?!”
"If that's the case, then the fact that this Giratina in front of us doesn't maintain its Origin Form in the real world means that it's not the same individual as the Giratina controlled by the shadow."
Thinking of this, Yang Ming's brows did not unfurrow, because an even more troublesome problem had arisen before him.
"Could there really be two Giratina in this world?!"
Just then, Giratina finally took action. It flapped its black wings, and streams of black power surged out, firmly gripping Dialga and Palkia.
"Giratina has actually attacked the God of Time and the God of Space?! What exactly does it want to do?"
Dialga and Palkia, naturally, wouldn't sit idly by. The two legendary Pokémon immediately launched a counterattack. Dialga unleashed a powerful force of time, distorting the surrounding spacetime in an attempt to break free from Giratina's grasp; Palkia, meanwhile, swung its massive claws, creating spatial rifts with each attack, slashing fiercely at Giratina.
For a moment, the three legendary Pokémon clashed fiercely on the summit of Mount Coronet, and the shockwaves from the battle were so powerful that everyone was unable to even stand.
"If it weren't for the fact that Mount Tianguan is Arceus's sacred site, we would all be dead by now."
Sinnoh Champion Cynthia lay prone on the ground; even her powerful Garchomp couldn't intervene in such a battle, let alone anyone else.
However, the fact that Mt. Coronet was protected by Arceus did not mean that other regions of the Sinnoh continent were unaffected. As the three legendary Pokémon clashed, spacetime in Sinnoh began to malfunction. In some places, time flowed extremely rapidly, and trees withered instantly; in others, space distorted, and houses were crushed and deformed; various natural disasters occurred throughout Sinnoh, and even the continental plates began to break apart; some cities were flooded, and some areas were swallowed by lava. Humans and Pokémon scattered and fled, but in today's Sinnoh, nowhere was a safe haven.
Apollo's face darkened. The situation had spiraled far out of his control, and he could only try to contact Team Rocket headquarters, hoping that Giovanni and Mewtwo would salvage the situation.
But when he struggled to open the communicator, Apollo's heart sank—the highest-level communicator, which embodied Team Rocket's most advanced technology and could contact headquarters in any environment, was now malfunctioning!
"How...how could this be?!" Apollo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Apart from Giovanni and Mewtwo, the artificial Pokémon that was said to be able to kill gods, he couldn't imagine what other beings could deal with the current situation.
Yang Ming was also trying to secretly contact Team Rocket headquarters, but his communicator was not as advanced as Apollo's, so he quickly realized that this was not going to work.
"Damn it, I participated in the Battle of Mount Tenguan with the idea that 'as long as Sakaki can take action, everything will be alright,' but I didn't expect that there would be no chance to contact the outside world during this battle. It seems that I can only find a way myself." Yang Ming thought to himself.
He still has two trump cards. One is Xerneas, the "God of Life," who is severely weakened and temporarily transformed into a withered tree branch. Xerneas is quite powerful; even if he can't fight all three gods at the same time, he can at least hold off one of them. However, Xerneas is now quite weak, and it's uncertain whether he can even fight, let alone hold off his opponent.
In fact, Xerneas had not awakened when he was being chased by Giratina.
The other trump card is Cosmog, formerly the "God of the Sun" Solgaleo, who has now lost all his power. However, Cosmog is now not only unable to fight after regaining his power, but he has also fallen into a deep sleep due to his previous use of wide-range teleportation, making him even more unreliable than Xerneas.
"Damn it, am I really going to be wiped out in the battle of the gods, just like the prophecy of Gejihua?"
Just as Yang Ming was racking his brains for a way to break the deadlock, the battlefield changed once again.