Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1073: Chapter 1290: Just Be A Homebody

The fact that the Sky Altar had no response at such a critical moment definitely meant something was wrong.

Drakoria immediately informed both Celestria and Volkaria, asking them to check whether their own artifacts capable of summoning First-class Legendaries were responding.

Celestria wasn't initially willing to cooperate. After all, their relationship with Drakoria was poor, so why should they listen to them?

However, after Volkaria tested theirs and found that their First-class Legendary-summoning artifact also showed no response, Celestria, upon learning that both Drakoria and Volkaria's summoning items were unresponsive, was alarmed.

Setting aside their pride, they tried their own, and just like the other two nations, it didn't respond either.

Only these three nations possessed artifacts capable of summoning First-class Legendaries in the world. Moreover, all three nations had used them before during times of extreme national crisis and had successfully summoned a First-class Legendary.

So the artifacts were absolutely not the problem. There had to be some reason preventing them from summoning a First-class Legendary.

And that reason was likely connected to the "Demon God" spoken of by the Master.

Otherwise, there was simply no explanation for why, at the most crucial moment for Julian, the First-class Legendary-summoning artifacts of all three nations had simultaneously malfunctioned.

If Rayquaza could be summoned, even at the cost of a Champion's life from Drakoria, as long as Julian could be rescued, it would absolutely be worth it.

And Rayquaza was among the top existences even among First-class Legendaries—with its power, it would certainly be able to break that Godless Barrier.

But now, there was simply no way to summon it.

So breaking the Godless Barrier, even one that had already been weakened, was definitely not something that John or Jake could accomplish.

After all, even Deoxys, who was a early-stage First-class Legendary, had failed to break the Godless Barrier.

The only thing John and Jake could try was to have their Pokémon use Self-Destruct in hopes of blasting the Godless Barrier apart.

Now that the Godless Barrier had already been weakened by half, perhaps the Self-Destruct of a Champion-level Pokémon really could destroy it.

Listening to James' furious roars through the phone, John remained silent.

How could he not know about the scene of his precious grandson coughing up blood, his face deathly pale? Even though he had been traveling the entire time, he had been watching the live broadcast on his phone all along.

"That brat—wouldn't it have been fine for him to just stay put as a homebody? But no, he had to go out today, and damn it, he even went abroad. That kid's gotten so bold, he doesn't even tell me about things like this anymore."

Jake rode on the back of his Metagross, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the footage on his phone.

He had always thought his son was too much of a shut-in, nothing like a spirited young man at all.

But after what happened today, Jake felt that maybe it was better for his son to stay a bit more reclusive.

Because of the difference in strength, he had already been left far behind by John and couldn't even see him anymore.

"Metagross, when the time comes, I can only ask you to use Self-Destruct to save that brat of mine." Jake gently patted the Pokémon beneath him.

He had thought of the same thing James had, and he looked at his partner beneath him, full of guilt.

"Meta~"

Metagross nodded.

It had watched Julian grow up—ever since he was little, he had loved lying on its back.

And besides, it was just Self-Destruct. It probably wouldn't die.

When Pokémon at full strength used moves like Self-Destruct or Explosion, more than eighty percent of them would survive, though they would fall into a near-death state and require immediate treatment.

At the same time, after using Self-Destruct, their level would decrease and their lifespan would shorten too. Without an Ultimate treasure, there would be no hope of recovery for the rest of their lives.

"Hahaha, then we'll let that brat take care of you in your old age. But don't you worry—that kid will definitely find a way to heal you."

Jake patted Metagross's back. Though he laughed lightly, his words were filled with heavy emotion.

Inside the Godless Barrier, Julian, with Lucario's help, staggered to his feet. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and met Lucario's worried gaze.

"Don't worry, I'm not dying."

Julian grinned, though at this moment even his white teeth were stained red with blood.

"Luca!"

Lucario nodded and placed both hands against Julian's back, using its Aura to calm the surging blood and energy within his body.

The Poké Balls at Julian's waist kept shaking violently, trying to forcibly open.

But the next second, Julian locked all his Poké Balls, making it impossible for them to break out by force. Just as he was about to lock the last one, Arcanine's Poké Ball, the level 100.3 Salamence and Hydreigon launched an attack at him.

Hydreigon's Tri Attack and Salamence's Air Slash—this caused Julian's hand to freeze involuntarily, and his mind once again sank into the Flow State.

Because Mega Metagross had previously set up dozens of Light Screens around Julian, the Air Slash and Tri Attack were first blocked by the Light Screens.

Of course, the power of the Light Screens alone definitely couldn't stop them, but they could buy just a tiny bit of time.

As Mega Metagross burst out from underground, its rainbow-colored Meteor Mash shattered the Tri Attack, but at the same time, its body was forced backward by the impact.

While retreating, it forcibly used Teleport midway, causing the aura inside its body to become chaotic for a moment, leaving it unable to use any moves. So it could only cross its arms before itself to forcibly endure Salamence's Air Slash.

Crack!

The Air Slash tore a long gash across Metagross' arm.

And the very next instant, the exact same deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on Julian's arm as well. Blood instantly poured out, yet Julian acted as if he felt no pain at all—not even frowning once.

That was because Julian had just used his psychic powers to sever his own pain nerves. Otherwise, the intense pain would have absolutely disrupted his Flow State with Metagross.

With his pain nerves severed, even if someone smashed his little brother to pieces right now, Julian's expression wouldn't change—he'd be a tough bastard to the very end.

But precisely because his pain nerves were severed and he had lost all sensation of pain, Julian's control over his own body had drastically decreased. By the time all his blood had drained out, he wouldn't even feel a thing.

Mega Metagross was fully aware of Julian's current condition. In the Flow State, the two of them essentially shared a single body.

But it was a Pokémon, and Julian was a human. Their physical constitutions were on completely different levels.

Moreover, its injuries could slowly heal on their own, but those self-healing injuries would never feed back to Julian.

One could say that in the Flow State, the only benefit was the increase in Pokémon's power, while all the drawbacks were borne entirely by the trainer.

Of course, once the Flow State ended, the trainer would also gain certain benefits afterward.

But given the current situation, Metagross simply couldn't guarantee whether Julian would live to see the end of the battle.

Deep down, it had already made up its mind—when Julian's body reached its limit, it would directly sever the connection.

In the Flow State, either the trainer or the Pokémon could unilaterally cut the connection, so a Pokémon also had the authority to choose to sever it.

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