Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1274: ResurrectionChapter 1058: Chapter 1275: Respective Battle Situations

Although Kartana had one-shotted the opponent's Hydreigon in a single move, and had even thrown the Master's earlier words right back at her.

The Master's expression showed not the slightest hint of anger or surprise. Instead, she burst into laughter.

"Julian, now you may witness the greatness of the Demon God's power."

As her words fell, something bizarre—almost horrifying—occurred.

The severed necks of the Hydreigon that Kartana had just decapitated suddenly began wriggling with rapidly growing flesh.

Bones, blood vessels, muscles—everything was reconstructing itself at terrifying speed.

In less than thirty seconds, Hydreigon's three heads had actually regrown completely.

And the three original heads that had fallen to the ground were still lying there.

If not for those three heads remaining there as proof, many people would have thought they were hallucinating and that Hydreigon had never died at all.

Hydreigon had three heads—left, center, and right—and all three heads possessed consciousness. However, the middle one served as the primary brain.

As long as the middle head remained intact, even if the left and right heads were lost, it would not die.

However, for the heads to regrow normally, special treasures were required.

Yet Julian and the countless people watching the livestream had seen with their own eyes as Kartana's single blade cleanly severed all three of Hydreigon's heads.

The creature had absolutely been dead just moments ago—its corpse even collapsed to the ground.

But as its heads grotesquely regrew, Hydreigon once again came back to life.

And not only that—its aura had actually surged dramatically.

Its level rising from 92 to 93.

Julian narrowed his eyes slightly and activated his Probing Eyes once again.

When he had examined the Dragonite earlier, it hadn't shown any indication of being able to resurrect from dead like this.

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Pokémon: Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon)

Level: 93

Potential: Blue

Ability: Levitate

Held Item: Dragon Fang

Gender: Male

Moves: Tackle, Bite, Focus Energy, Tri Attack, Double Hit, Roar, Assurance, Headbutt, Crunch, Work Up, Slam, Scary Face, Dragon Pulse

TMs: Protect, Thunderbolt, Hyper Beam, Icy Wind, Hydro Pump, Flamethrower, Substitute, Iron Tail, Breaking Swipe

Egg Moves: Extreme Speed, Draco Meteor, Outrage

Note: Due to the infusion of the "Demon God's" power, it has forcefully obtained Champion-level strength at the cost of its lifespan. (Remaining lifespan: 1 day)

Note: Due to the infusion of the "Demon God's" power, it has lost most of its thinking ability and become a puppet controlled by it.

Note: Due to the infusion of the "Demon God's" power, the power of its moves has become extremely violent—all move power increased by 100%.

Note: Due to the infusion of the "Demon God's" power, consuming its remaining lifespan can greatly heal injuries, and at the same time, it can resurrect from death once. Upon use, remaining lifespan is reduced to one day.

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The notes had changed.

Earlier, when Julian examined the Dragonite, he had also checked the other twenty-nine Pokémon—their remaining lifespans had all been one month.

But now, Hydreigon had only one day left.

Looking at the other Pokémon, their remaining lifespans were still one month, and they did not have the fourth note.

This meant that the fourth note would only appear after dying once.

Meanwhile, Kartana was still standing with its back to the Master's Pokémon, thinking it had successfully pulled off a very cool pose.

But seeing the strange expressions on its companions' faces, it immediately sensed something was wrong.

Turning its head to look—its eyes nearly popped out.

The Hydreigon whose heads it had just sliced clean off had actually regrown them.

Kartana: 'Was I hypnotized? Am I seeing things?'

"Resurrection truly is a surprising ability. But if that's all there is to it, it just means killing it one more time."

Julian was surprised, but that was all.

If he could kill them once, then even if they revived stronger than before, he could simply kill them a second time.

Unless they could resurrect infinitely.

"Julian, let's see just how tough you really are. Attack!"

The Master wasted no more words with Julian. With an enraged shout, she mounted a Salamence, and the remaining twenty-nine pseudo-legendaries all charged toward Julian.

An overwhelming aura surged toward Julian like a tidal wave, and the immense pressure bore down like a mountain—the very air around them seemed to become as heavy as mercury.

Julian fixed his gaze on the ten peak Champion Pokémon.

As long as he dealt with these ten, the remaining twenty would be of no concern.

All thirty Pokémon opened their mouths simultaneously and unleashed Hyper Beam.

A full thirty Champion-level Hyper Beams erupted together, and among them were even attacks launched by peak Champion Pokémon.

The destructive power was absolutely earth-shattering, and the area of coverage was extremely wide.

Yet Julian's expression remained calm.

As the ten Champion-level Pokémon beside him stepped forward in unison—

Golden Hyper Beams collided against golden Hyper Beams.

Thirty versus ten.

The attacks from both sides collided in midair—and with a deafening explosion, a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky while layer upon layer of shockwaves swept through the surroundings.

The two sides were evenly matched.

The thirty Pokémon were sent flying in all directions by the enormous blast wave—of course, several of Julian's Pokémon were also blown away by the shockwave.

But one Pokémon stood like a towering mountain, planted firmly in front of Julian.

No matter how fierce or terrifying the gale, it could never move a mountain.

"Aggron, go!"

Julian gave a light shout. The mountain-like Pokémon stepped forward, the horn on its forehead looking as though it could pierce through the very sky.

As it advanced, waves of immense energy rapidly wrapped around its body.

Giga Impact!

Its target were the four Tyranitar gathered together ahead.

"Kill Julian first!"

Although these Pokémon were all puppets of the Demon God and lacked most of their independent awareness, the Master could perfectly control all thirty of them with a single thought.

And these were thirty Champion-level Pokémon that felt no pain, feared no death, and could even resurrect.

Facing Aggron's Giga Impact, the four Tyranitar, under the Master's command, simultaneously used Stone Edge in response.

For giant Pokémon like Tyranitar and Aggron, speed was their weakness, so their best defense was always overwhelming offense.

Moreover, this was now a chaotic melee involving forty Champion-level Pokémon.

In such a situation, if the Tyranitar tried to dodge, Aggron's Giga Impact might instead crash into another allied Pokémon that was completely unprepared.

Among the four Tyranitar, one was a peak Champion, while the other three were mid-stage Champions.

Because of the numerical disadvantage, each of Julian's Pokémon was effectively fighting around three opponents on average.

Meanwhile, three peak Champion Pokémon were already charging straight toward Julian through the air.

They were Dragonite, Salamence, and Hydreigon.

In a life-or-death battle, the fastest way to victory wasn't to take down the opponent's ace Pokémon—it was to kill the trainer themselves.

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Since this was a battle to the death, there was no need to follow any rules. and the fastest and most effective method was always to attack the opposing trainer directly.

Facing the assault of three peak Champion Pokémon, Metagross used Teleport, appearing above a Salamence's head before slamming down with a seven-colored Meteor Mash.

With a sickening squelch, the Salamence's head burst open just like a watermelon.

In one move, a peak Champion-level Pokémon was taken out.

However, the three heads of a Hydreigon beside it were already biting toward Metagross, while a Dragonite flapped its wings violently and shot straight toward Julian.

One moved to restrain Metagross, while the other went straight for Julian.

But just as Dragonite accelerated forward, it suddenly felt a terrifying pulling force from behind—its body was dragged straight back.

Metagross had used Psychic to seize control of Dragonite's body, but at this moment, Hydreigon's Crunch had already bitten down on it.

With three heads biting simultaneously, the power of Crunch was instantly multiplied severalfold.

Crack!

But unexpectedly, Hydreigon failed to inflict any damage on Metagross. Instead, its own teeth shattered from the overexertion.

"Meta!"

With a sharp cry, Metagross shook off the Hydreigon away from its body, then slammed a Metal Claw directly into Dragonite's chest, smashing the dragon violently into the ground below.

"ROAR!"

A Hyper Beam suddenly shot upward from below—it was unmistakably the resurrected Salamence.

After revival, Salamence's power had further increased.

Although it was still at peak Champion, having died once caused the destructive power of its Hyper Beam to become noticeably stronger than before.

Metagross immediately used Psychic again, dragging the recently flung Hydreigon back in front of itself as a shield.

Salamence's Hyper Beam struck Hydreigon with a massive boom, and the terrifying piercing force blasted a huge hole straight through Hydreigon's body—the remaining force was casually blocked by Metagross with a single Bullet Punch.

"Gen~"

Gengar suddenly appeared behind the Master, slashing toward her heart with a Shadow Claw.

Screech!

But a black barrier instantly wrapped around the Master's body, and Gengar's Shadow Claw was unable to break through it.

"I've long been on guard against your tricks."

The Master sneered coldly. Thanks to the Demon God, she knew quite a bit about the strange abilities of Julian's shiny Gengar.

Seeing this, the peak Champion Dragonite guarding beside her immediately raised its claw and swiped toward Gengar.

"Gen~"

Gengar returned to Julian's side and reported what had just happened.

"That woman can't be measured by common sense. Go help Arcanine, Milotic, and Tyranitar," Julian said.

The failed assassination attempt didn't disappoint him much. After all, he hadn't really thought it would succeed from the start, but it was still necessary to give it a try.

Although Arcanine, Milotic, and Tyranitar had only recently broken through to the Champion tier, their strength was still extremely formidable—individually, they could defeat an ordinary mid-stage Champion in battle.

But now they were facing nine early-stage Champions, and unlike Kartana, who followed the assassin's path, they couldn't match that approach.

Kartana could one-shot a Hydreigon, and they could kill a Hydreigon too, but they couldn't do it in an instant.

That wasn't to say that Kartana was far stronger than them—it was simply a difference in what each Pokémon specialized in.

Kartana was like a high-burst assassin—high damage, short duration, and a glass cannon.

Arcanine and Tyranitar, on the other hand, were more like blood tanks, while Milotic resembled a mage.

"Arf!"

Arcanine heavily injured a Garchomp with Fire Blast, and in the next second, Milotic's Aqua Tail slammed into the Garchomp with a boom, finishing it off.

By this point, the nine early-stage Champions besieging them had all been killed once. And after revival, their strength had risen from early- to mid-stage Champion.

Their power had increased tremendously as they surrounded the trio once again.

Because they were puppets with no autonomous consciousness left, Milotic's charm was completely useless—otherwise, it might have produced unexpected results.

"Tar!"

Tyranitar stomped down hard, causing massive boulders to jut up from the ground.

"Tyr!"

The two opposing Tyranitar also used Stone Edge. With their now surging strength and a two-against-one advantage, their combined moves neutralized Tyranitar's attack.

BOOM!!

But the very next second, a blazing stream of fire slammed directly into the two Tyranitars, burning them to ashes within a few seconds.

"Tres!"

High in the air, Moltres spread its wings proudly.

The Flamethrower it had just used happened to trigger both the power multiplier of Tri Flame and Blaze Stone simultaneously—instantly increasing the attack's power sixfold.

"Dumb dog, can you not even handle this?"

Moltres taunted from the air, though its tone carried a hint of concern.

"Stupid bird, I don't need your worr—"

BOOM!

Arcanine had just begun to retort when a Dragon Pulse from a Dragonite slammed directly into Moltres's back.

Moltres was already being besieged by three mid- to late-stage Champions, and in the moment it helped Tyranitar break free, it got careless and was hit by the Dragonite.

Its body crashed violently toward the ground.

At the same time, a Garchomp leapt high into the air and lunged toward the falling Moltres.

"Luca!"

An Aura Sphere struck that Garchomp with pinpoint accuracy, temporarily averting Moltres's crisis.

Lucario stared intently at the opponents before it.

With its meticulous aura senses fully activated, it could see through all of their attacks.

At present, aside from Metagross, it was the only one holding the upper hand against the opponents in front of it.

It sidestepped an attack from a Goodra, and with a pivot of its feet and a bend of its body, it pressed an Aura Sphere directly onto the Goodra's head.

Because Goodra's body was coated in slime and protected by thick fat, it possessed tremendous resistance against Fighting-type moves.

And precisely because of this trait, all the opponents besieging Lucario were Goodra.

Without that natural resistance, Lucario would have already finished them all off.

BOOM!!

The Aura Sphere detonated directly on the Goodra's head.

The terrifying force blasted away the slime coating its body and sent it staggering backward uncontrollably.

Mega Punch!

Puchi! The overwhelming power pierced straight through the Goodra's skull.

"Milotic, head over to Lucario's side and use Scald—wash away all that slime covering their bodies!"

Julian's voice echoed inside Milotic's mind.

Since Gengar was already here, relying on its invisibility and ghostly abilities, it had helped Milotic kill three opponents.

And those three had died for the second time, so this time they didn't revive—they were well and truly dead now.

Hearing Julian's command, Milotic immediately made its way toward Lucario.

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