After being knocked out this time, Gongsun Yan did not plan to jump into the water again. Although he was not a landlubber, he was not a good swimmer. Under the water, he could clearly see the tail of Milotic coming towards him, but he just couldn't escape, which made Gongsun Yan very discouraged.
However, Gongsun Yan also discovered that Mimicke had no bad intentions. Otherwise, based on Gongsun Yan's actions over the past few times, Mimicke would have had many chances to kill him. Since he did not do anything, it meant that the other party had no ill intentions.
Of course, all this is based on Gongsun Yan's powerful strength. If anything goes wrong, he will be able to fight back with his soldiers and block the water with earth. In addition, with the Suicune in Xiaozhi's hand, Gongsun Yan could not imagine the possibility of his own death here.
"Xiaozhi, it's not a big problem. We'll wait for you here." Gongsun Yan saw that Xiaozhi was a little hesitant, so he quickly added fuel to the fire.
"That's right, opportunities like this don't come along all the time, and we can't let it go when we finally come across one." The others had the same attitude, even Heihachiro and Miss Akiko.
"Then we'll go first!" Xiaozhi waved goodbye to everyone.
"Pikachu, you stay here for now. Dragonfly, come back!" Xiaozhi then entrusted Pikachu to Xiaogang and put the Dragonfly away.
"thump!"
With a splash of water, Xiaozhi jumped into the lake, and the lake surface soon returned to calm.
"I don't know why, but I feel like Xiaozhi will have a great chance this time. Ah!!! Why is this so troublesome? Why do I feel like Xiaozhi will beat all the players, including me, during the Caiyou Conference!"
After Gongsun Yan saw that Xiaozhi disappeared, he held his head and roared in anger. He originally thought that he would be the champion of this Caiyou Conference, but at the same time when he started cheating, Xiaozhi's cheat also seemed to be activated. How come these things that never appeared in the original work kept appearing!
Seeing Gongsun Yan being annoyed there, Xiaogang and others looked at each other and sighed softly. Both sides were traveling companions, and according to their estimation, the champion would definitely come out between the two of them. Now Xiaozhi's strength might be greatly improved, so it was normal for Gongsun Yan to be distressed.
Thinking of this, Xiaogang also sighed twice. With Gongsun Yan's strength, it would be easy for him to win any league championship. However, Xiaozhi's growth in the Hoenn region is also amazing. If these two people were separated, they would definitely be able to win their respective championships. But now they have to compete together for the championship. It's really a matter of time and luck.
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When Xiaozhi entered the lake, he didn't know that Gongsun Yan on the shore was going crazy. At this moment, he was following behind Milotic and moving forward in a narrow tunnel.
That's right, after Xiaozhi jumped into the lake, Milotic took Gongsun Yan to find a hidden cave. After Xiaozhi swam forward for a while, he found a ray of light appearing above his head, and Milotic also began to swim upwards.
After seeing Milotic change direction, Xiaozhi hurriedly followed. He didn't dare to walk around randomly or fall behind. He found that he had not remembered the way he came. If he fell behind, he wouldn't even be able to return.
Xiaozhi then appeared in a tunnel. Although the tunnel was bottomless, it was not dark at all because of the fluorite inlaid on the rock wall. At least he could see the road under his feet.
This tunnel is relatively narrow, but the width of the tunnel becomes wider as you go deeper in. The visibility has not decreased, but has become much brighter. At the beginning, Xiaozhi could only see the soles of his feet, but now the visibility is nearly one meter.
However, although this tunnel seems bottomless, it is just a feeling. Less than ten minutes after walking, Xiaozhi followed Milotic to the end of the tunnel, and a large rock blocked Xiaozhi's way.
After seeing the boulder, Xiaozhi went forward to investigate. The hole was now big enough for Xiaozhi to move freely, and he could even release a Pokémon.
As Xiaozhi continued to knock, he was surprised to find that this boulder was clearly out of tune with the nearby rock walls. It was obviously not the same kind of rock, but there was no sense of incongruity when placed together. It seemed that it had been placed like this for a long time, so long that it had merged with the rock walls next to it.
"Mienshao, this boulder is..." Xiaozhi turned around and was about to ask Mienshao why he was brought here, but when he turned around, he found that Mienshao was not in a good condition. A strong sense of sadness spread from Mienshao.
"Milu~" After seeing Xiaozhi's gaze turning towards him, Milotic also tilted its head, as if it didn't want anyone to see its current appearance. It just poked the boulder with the tip of its tail.
"Mienshao, do you want me to smash this boulder?" Although Xiaozhi didn't understand what Mienshao was saying at all, he unexpectedly understood what Mienshao really wanted to express.
Chapter 304: The Desert Dragonfly That Speaks Human Language
But because Xiaozhi understood what Milotic meant, he didn't dare to take action. After all, the sadness that Milotic had just felt had deeply affected him. This boulder could not serve as a barrier to Milotic at all, but Milotic did not break it by itself, which made him very hesitant.
"Milu!"
Seeing that Xiaozhi was reluctant to take action, Milotic became anxious and poked Xiaozhi's shoulder with its tail, signaling him to hurry up, and pointed at the Poké Ball containing the Desert Dragonfly, signaling Xiaozhi to let him out.
"Are you asking me to use Flynt to break this boulder?" Xiaozhi picked up Flynt's Poké Ball and looked at Milotic with uncertainty.
"Milu!" Milotic looked straight at Ash, with no intention of dodging at all.
Seeing that Milotic was determined, Xiaozhi didn't say much. With his empathy, he naturally discovered the sadness hidden deep in Milotic's eyes, and inexplicably he began to feel sorry for him.
When Milotic saw the sympathetic expression on Xiaozhi's face, he became furious and kept patting Xiaozhi's shoulder with his tail, asking him to hurry up. He was a cool guy, so how could he have such an emotion as sadness?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Mienshao said silently in his heart.
"Desert Dragonfly, please, break this boulder. Use Dragon Dive!" Xiaozhi threw the Desert Dragonfly's Poké Ball and shouted loudly.
As soon as the desert dragonfly appeared, it began to accumulate power. A phantom of a divine dragon emerged from the body of the desert dragonfly. As the accumulation time increased, the phantom of the divine dragon gradually became solid from illusion.
Of course, no matter how solid it is, it is just an illusion. When the Dragon God dives, only an illusion of a divine dragon appears on the surface of the body. The solidity of the illusion will only affect the power of the Dragon God's dive. It is impossible to make a real divine dragon appear.
Mienshao, who was originally immersed in sadness, was also shocked after feeling the violent fluctuations on the Desert Dragonfly. The power of this move was so great that he could not ignore it. If he was hit by this move now, he would definitely not be able to hold on.
Desert Dragonfly learned this move, Dragon Dive, from Dragonite during special training two days ago. He could only use it after practicing for a few days. The pre-swing and post-swing are too big, so he can't use it at all without charging.
As for the current Desert Dragonfly, it takes at least two seconds to charge before it can be used, and its power is not even as strong as that of a dragon claw, making it like a useless thing in a battle.
And in a Pokémon battle, you can't relax for even a millisecond, let alone two seconds, as your opponent may seize the opportunity to counterattack at any time, just like the Hatchling that Ash captured in the Kalos region.
He clearly had the advantage in all previous fights, but when it came time to use the flying body press to defeat his opponent, he liked to first assume the standard wrestling stance, and then use the flying body press.
This period of time is enough for the opponent to react and dodge before being hit. Even if the flying body pressure move does not miss and backfire on you like the flying knee strike, he will not be able to make any effective response for a while.
Therefore, if the Desert Dragonfly wants to truly use this move in a battle, it still has a long way to go. However, its current target is the immovable boulder, so the disadvantage of the long charging time is no longer a problem. As long as the power is strong enough, it will be fine.
"Yin!" As the shadow of the dragon on the Desert Dragonfly condensed to the extreme, the Desert Dragonfly rushed directly towards the huge rock in front of it. Now he urgently needed a channel to vent the energy in his body.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, not only did the huge rock blocking the road explode, but even the rock walls on the side began to crack and began to shake, as if they were about to collapse.
However, at this time, Xiaozhi and Desert Dragonfly had no time to care about these details. What appeared before their eyes shocked them to the point of being speechless.
At this time, Gongsun Yan and others who were staying by the lake also felt the ground shaking, and a lot of gravel fell from the canyon above their heads due to the shaking. Fortunately, no one was hurt, not even a scratch.
However, the vibration was not the biggest problem. The problem was that as the shaking stopped, a huge dragon power spread out from somewhere unknown, and even the Tyrannosaurus standing next to Gongsun Yan was suppressed. It took all his strength to be able to stand up.
This dragon power came from Xiaozhi's position, but Xiaozhi and Desert Dragonfly, who were closer, did not feel any oppression at all. It seemed that the pressure deliberately bypassed them.
As the dust gradually dissipated, the creature that they had only caught a glimpse of before appeared in front of Xiaozhi and the Desert Dragonfly. "It's so big!" This thought immediately appeared in Xiaozhi and the Desert Dragonfly's minds.
A huge desert dragonfly appeared in front of Xiaozhi, lying quietly in the cave. How big is this desert dragonfly? Xiaozhi's desert dragonfly is already considered huge among its kind, but this desert dragonfly is more than twice the size of Xiaozhi's.
With Xiaozhi's height of less than meters, he couldn't even see the opponent's back when he jumped. He could only see the dense scars all over the opponent's body, symbolizing how glorious the opponent once was.
Even though the huge rock was being smashed, the opponent did not move at all. He just lay there quietly, as quiet as if he were dead.
Xiaozhi also thought that the other party was dead, but is this really the case? Don't forget that Xiaozhi and Desert Dragonfly have not felt the pressure suppressing Gongsun Yan and others until now, and they are still able to move freely without being affected in any way.
Just as Xiaozhi walked forward and was about to take a good look at the other party, the huge desert dragonfly that he thought was dead suddenly opened its eyes, and its scarlet eyes stared at Xiaozhi in front of him.
Xiaozhi was obviously frightened by the opponent and couldn't help but take a few steps back. The desert dragonfly that had been resting nearby flew in front of Xiaozhi. Even though it was smaller than the opponent, it did not retreat and stood in front of Xiaozhi.
The huge desert dragonfly that saw this scene rolled its eyes, slowly moved its body, and flapped its wings, which stirred up a gust of wind, making Xiaozhi a little unsteady on his feet.
"You guys are very good." What shocked Xiaozhi was that this giant desert dragonfly actually spoke.
Chapter 305: Sealed Time
"You can talk?" Who is Xiaozhi? After seeing the talking Slowking on the Orange Islands and Meowth from Team Rocket, in his eyes, Pokémon talking is only a low-probability event, not impossible.
"You guys are great. I see the shadows of him and I in you two. That was a long, long time ago. Now that I think about it, I really miss it."
The Desert Dragonfly did not answer Xiaozhi's words, but started talking to himself. His old voice was full of memories. While speaking, he handed Xiaozhi a crystal-like flower.
If Gongsun Yan saw this flower, he would definitely start with C language. This thing should not appear here. How could the flower of time appear somewhere other than the original tree of the world?
However, this flower of time appeared in front of Xiaozhi just like that. After seeing this flower, Xiaozhi did the same as when he saw the flower of time of Aaron in the tree of the beginning of the world. He gently stretched out his right hand and covered the flower.
The moment Xiaozhi's right hand touched the flower of time, the flower of time burst into brilliant light, starting from its original bud shape, and finally fully bloomed.
A projection on the center of the flower gradually appeared in front of Xiaozhi. In the projection, a mature man in a robe stood next to the Desert Dragonfly, and their opponents were the three pillars of God: Regiace, Regirock, and Regis Chirrut.
After seeing the three divine pillars, the mature man did not feel afraid at all. Instead, he was extremely excited. The desert dragonflies next to him were equally excited. They did not seem to be discouraged by the strength of their opponents. Instead, they felt like they had found their opponents.
The three divine pillars stepped forward to fight against the desert dragonfly, but the three of them were no match for the mature men and the desert dragonfly, and were killed one after another.
In the end, Desert Dragonfly even fought against three people alone, fighting Regiace, Regirock and Regis Chirrut at the same time, and he launched the challenge directly after defeating the three of them, without even a minute of rest.
But even so, Flynt can suppress the three pillars. Various dragon-type moves such as Dragon Dive, Dragon Swarm, Dragon Claw, etc. emerge one after another. Moves such as Sonic Blast, Ultrasonic Wave, and Earthquake are also no problem. The violent fighting method brought great shock to Xiaozhi and Flynt.
Finally, the battle was over. The wounded Desert Dragonfly defeated three opponents alone. He stepped on the "corpses" of his opponents and let out a huge roar towards the sky. The mature man next to him also stepped forward and hugged the Desert Dragonfly, taking out medicine from his backpack to heal him.
Finally, Huanhuan also appeared in front of the two of them. With just a wave of his hand, the three fallen pillars disappeared. Then Huanhuan nodded to the two of them and disappeared the next second.
The mature man was not annoyed. He reached out and picked up the flower of time placed aside and left on the desert dragonfly. In the last picture of the two of them leaving, one could clearly see a huge, crystal-like tree, which was the tree of the beginning of the world.
At this point, the first scene officially ends, and the subsequent scenes are all small fragments, but it can be seen that the mature man with the desert dragonfly constantly challenges strong enemies and wins one after another, but the man in the picture is getting older and older.
As the projection paused, the original mature man had disappeared, and only an old man could be seen lying on the bed, gasping for breath. He wanted to reach out and touch the desert dragonfly that was leaning over the bed, but just as he was about to touch the desert dragonfly, the old man's hand dropped weakly, and his life ended.
The desert dragonfly did not cry when it saw the old man die. It just raised its head and let out a shrill roar, as if it was commemorating the past, or saying goodbye to its past life. However, it most looked like it was seeing off a king, and then it flapped its wings and flew away.
In the following time, Desert Dragonfly began his lonely journey of supremacy. He challenged one strong man after another alone, no matter it was the king of Silver Mountain, the desert tyrant Bankiras, or the guardian of the Dragon Cave of the Yulong family, Dragonite, or the followers of Ho-oh, Entei, Raikou and Suicune, who are known as the three sacred beasts by the world!
These famous warriors were indeed very powerful, but they all died in front of this desert dragonfly, just like the three pillars in the tree of the beginning of the world. However, the difference from the past was that now he could only lick his wounds alone after the battle and recover silently. The man who once hugged him and treated him would never see him again...
After fully recovering from his injuries, Desert Dragonfly set out on his journey again, challenging strong men around the world. He did this entirely because one night, the mature man and he were lying on the grass looking at the stars, and in a state of half-sleep, the man said to him with longing.
"We will definitely become the strongest in the world, Desert Dragonfly, and then we will stand at the top of this world together!"
"Roar!"
The past events are still vivid in his mind, and now Desert Dragonfly is still moving forward on the road to becoming the strongest in the world, but the man who lay on the same grass with him will never be seen again.
Whenever the Desert Dragonfly defeats a strong man in a region, it will come to the man's grave and whisper about its own achievements. Then, just like that night before, it will lie beside the man's grave and look at the stars. The next day, it will leave quietly and embark on its journey again.
At the end of the projection, an elderly woman was lying on a hospital bed, looking at the Desert Dragonfly lying beside her, and said with eyes full of memories: "Desert Dragonfly, I'm glad you can accompany me on my last journey. If Grandpa knew your current achievements, he would be very happy."
"You have been taking care of me since I was born, but now I am old and may not be able to hold on for a few more days. You have been protecting our family all these years. I know you want to protect grandpa's descendants, but it is no longer necessary. You have helped us so much, and the next step depends on whether the descendants can live up to their expectations. Blindly helping others will not allow a family to last long, and you should let go."
"Thank you for your companionship throughout my life. Continue to fulfill your and grandpa's dreams! The battle of desert dragonflies will never stop! You will definitely become the strongest in the world!" From beginning to end, the mother-in-law's tone was full of unquestionable!
Hearing this, Desert Dragonfly nodded silently and left the ward just like he did that year, but at this moment he had completely cut off the last trace of bond.
Chapter 306: The End of the Desert Dragonfly
Seeing the Desert Dragonfly leave, the mother-in-law also revealed a touching smile, completely ignoring the unfilial descendants who broke into the ward and questioned her why she didn't force the Desert Dragonfly to stay in the family. A lively light appeared in her originally turbid eyes, and the quirky girl seemed to have returned to this almost exhausted body.
In a trance, she seemed to see the old man with the desert dragonfly again. He smiled and carried her on the back of the desert dragonfly, flying her everywhere with a sentence on his lips all the time.
"The battle between me and the Desert Dragonfly will never stop! We will definitely become the strongest in the world!"
Standing aside and watching the scene of the two of them playing enthusiastically with a Pokémon, my mother-in-law's eyes were filled with tears. That carefree time was really too short.
When his grandfather passed away, an unhealable gap appeared in the heart of the Desert Dragonfly. The smiling Desert Dragonfly could never be seen again, and all that was left was a body that struggled desperately for its original dream.
The only times when Desert Dragonfly could reveal his true feelings were when he was lying beside his grandfather's grave at night and when he was with her. However, in order to prevent Desert Dragonfly from being persecuted by those guys, she forcibly cut off the last bit of tenderness in Desert Dragonfly's heart.
"Xiao Lingling, come and let grandpa hug you. It's been a long time since I hugged my good granddaughter."
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind her. She turned around in surprise and found that the old man with a bright look in his eyes was standing behind her, smiling and opening his arms to her.
Her parents stood by and looked at her with a smile. She hadn't known when she had turned back into the child she was before. Everything was the same as before. It seemed that everything had changed, and yet nothing had changed. The only thing missing was the desert dragonfly that had always followed the old woman.
"Grandpa!" She cried and hugged the old man. She had so many things she wanted to tell him over the years.
"No need, grandpa has seen it all. When they come over, I will definitely teach them a lesson!" Although the old man looked old, his intimidating aura had not diminished at all.
"Grandpa, the Desert Dragonfly..." She didn't know how to start.
"That guy's journey isn't over yet, let's keep waiting." The old man put the girl on his shoulders, dodged his son and daughter-in-law who wanted to help, and walked away with the girl.
“Beep!～～～”
As the ECG monitor in the ward sent out a series of alarms, my mother-in-law's heart stopped beating on the bed. Everyone around her was in chaos. Some made phone calls, some scolded, but no one chose to call a doctor.
However, there was a smile on my mother-in-law's lips before she died. She finally saw the person she wanted to see most at the last moment of her life. Now she died without regrets.
"Bye now......"
The desert dragonfly outside the window said goodbye, then flew away holding the flower of time in its hand.
That's right, he has been outside the window the whole time. The reason why no one could see him was because he once got a forest seed from Celebi. After using it, he could blend into nature and reduce his own presence to a minimum. Even if someone was watching him, they would subconsciously ignore him.
The reason why he used such a precious item so casually was because he was now in a mood to die. All the people he knew had died, and he now felt that his body was beginning to decline. The disadvantage of his race was finally reflected in his lifespan. His dream of becoming the strongest was no longer possible, so he might as well go crazy one last time.
Before the projection on the Flower of Time completely dissipated, the picture froze at the last scene. A huge desert dragonfly appeared in the snowy mountains, and a gray-blue Pokémon that looked like a Tyrannosaurus Rex and stood on two legs walked from a distance.
At this point, all the projections of the Flower of Time have been played. These projections left Ash and Flynt speechless with astonishment, including Milotic who was hiding nearby. Such a wonderful life was too bizarre for them.
"Back then, I tried my best but failed to defeat that Pokémon. Instead, I was knocked into a coma by it in just a few moves. Its tyrannical strength was too amazing. I thought I couldn't escape, but I woke up from the coma. The heavy snow hid all traces of the battle. If I hadn't suffered severe frostbite, I might have thought it was just a dream."
"After surviving my life, I returned to this island. This is my hometown. Although I haven't been back for a long time, they still welcome me and dug out this place for me to stay."
The old Desert Dragonfly looked at Xiaozhi and the Desert Dragonfly who had not yet recovered from the shock and spoke slowly. It seemed that because he was too old, he said this sentence intermittently several times, and he took a break before continuing.
"Because of years of fighting and neglect of self-cultivation, my body has become exhausted. After entering this cave, I was forced into a deep sleep. In order to prevent me from being disturbed, they blocked the entrance until you blew it open."
"I found this little guy on a small island. He was lying in a mud pit, struggling to jump into the sea. I was too familiar with the look in his eyes that was longing for strength, so I brought him to my side and gave him a beautiful scale that I won from a champion-level Milotic to help him evolve. After I fell into a deep sleep, he has been guarding the entrance and refused to leave."
