Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1145: Chapter 1362: Invincibility Card

"Use the Invincibility Card."

Julian's hand, tucked inside his pocket, was gripping a white card. He silently uttered the command in his mind, and as the white card disappeared...

Metagross standing before Hoopa suddenly felt an endless surge of power flooding its body. This sudden influx of strength left it astonished.

At the same time, it knew this had to be its trainer's doing. Otherwise, why would its trainer have sent it to face Hoopa? He must have had absolute confidence.

So this was the trump card.

As an early-stage First-class Legendary, Metagross believed it had a clear understanding of what immense energy was. Even the mid-stage Forbidden-class Hoopa before it possessed power that could still be measured.

But the power now flowing through its own body...

Had no limit.

At this moment, Metagross felt that with a single thought, it could shatter the entire planet beneath its feet. It sounded like an absurd fantasy, yet Metagross believed that, in its current state, it could truly accomplish it.

The Invincibility Card was a reward Julian had received for completing a Temporary Mission.

It had been more than ten years since Julian obtained the System. And over the years, the rewards had been varied, with some appearing repeatedly.

He had even managed to collect a full set of one hundred Mewtwo Fragments.

But in all those years, he had only ever obtained a single Invincibility Card.

Not even the System Shop sold it.

Because this card was extraordinarily rare and unbelievably powerful. Even three years ago, when Julian had been cornered by the Master and pushed into a desperate situation, he hadn't used it.

But now, he had no choice but to use it.

Hoopa was simply too strong. None of his other trump cards would work—only the Invincibility Card would.

It was a pity, though. Earlier, he'd spent four million points to purchase Extension Cards to prolong Shiny Rayquaza's stay, only for that guy to fail to defeat Hoopa in the end.

Those four million points had effectively been wasted.

His points, which had once been in the double digits of millions, had now dropped back down to single digits after spending those four million.

It stung, to say the least. After all, those points were basically thrown down the drain.

As for the effect of the Invincibility Card, it was obvious from its name alone.

Once used, you became outright invincible.

Never mind a Forbidden-class Hoopa—even if Arceus itself showed up, it would be nothing but a little brother in front of you.

Hoopa noticed none of the changes that occurred in Metagross. As now that it was invincible, concealing its aura was effortless for Metagross.

However, the Invincibility Card only lasted for ten minutes.

And ten minutes were more than enough.

"Since you want it to die, then I'll grant your wish."

Hoopa believed that Julian had completely given up on defeating it. With a sinister laugh, it unleashed a Dark Pulse toward Metagross.

At Hoopa's level of power, its attacks were unbelievably fast. Combined with the short distance between it and Metagross, let alone ordinary people—even Julian himself was unable to track the trajectory of Hoopa's attack.

The Dark Pulse struck Metagross, and a cloud of black smoke instantly engulfed it.

The expressions of the First-class Legendaries beside Julian changed dramatically. Xerneas was just about to curse at Julian, but the words stopped at its lips.

It stared blankly at the cloud of smoke in the distance.

It could sense that Metagross inside the smoke was completely unharmed. Its life force hadn't disappeared, nor had it even fluctuated.

How was that possible?

Had Hoopa somehow missed Metagross?

No, that wasn't right.

It had clearly seen Hoopa's Dark Pulse strike Metagross head-on. If an attack like that had hit even itself, it would have been severely injured in an instant.

And Metagross's strength was far inferior to its own. So why was it completely unharmed?

Looking at Julian, who remained as calm as ever, Xerneas finally began to believe what Julian had said earlier.

The other First-class Legendaries also sensed Metagross' aura within the smoke, and the shock on their faces was no less than Xerneas'.

But the people of the world knew none of this.

All they saw was Metagross being struck by Hoopa. And for a time, grief, anger, and despair swept through people's hearts.

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> "Champion Walker really sent Metagross to its death?"

> "Metagross, this is blind loyalty..."

> "The gap in strength was so huge. Metagross was probably reduced to ashes on the spot."

> "Julian, from today onward, you're no longer my idol!"

> "You bastard! How could you do this to Metagross?!"

Now, the majority of people around the world were cursing Julian. Even among his enormous fanbase, many had stopped supporting him, and some had even outright become haters.

Only a small minority continued to stand by him.

> "Everyone, calm down! I believe Champion Walker must have had a reason for doing this!"

> "You brain-dead fan! You're still defending Julian? Do you have no sense at all?"

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But the fans who supported Julian were basically drowned out by the backlash.

"Hahaha, how about that? It's dead now. And next... it'll be your turn."

Hoopa laughed triumphantly.

In its smugness, it paid no attention whatsoever to the black smoke before it. In Hoopa's eyes, once Metagross had been hit by its Dark Pulse, death was the only possible outcome—there was no second possibility.

"Meta~"

A calm, steady voice suddenly rang from within the smoke. And at the same moment, the smoke began to disperse.

Sunlight streamed down, falling upon Metagross, making its silver body look even more dazzling, as if it had been polished with wax.

"Wh-How is this possible?!"

Hoopa's laughter came to an abrupt halt, as if someone had grabbed it by the throat.

Staring at the completely unharmed Metagross, its eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Its expression was as astonished as it was shocked, as shocked as it was unbelievable, and as unbelievable as it was impossible to accept.

It even suspected its own eyes were playing tricks on it and rubbed them with its hands.

When it looked again...

Metagross was still standing right in front of it.

It rubbed its eyes again.

Still there.

A third time.

Still there.

Only after rubbing its eyes three times—and using all six of its arms in the process—did Hoopa finally accept that the Metagross before it was no illusion.

It was truly still alive.

For the third time, the entire world collectively fell silent.

Everyone had been certain that Metagross was doomed, yet now it stood there completely unharmed.

The shock in their hearts was in no way less than what Hoopa was feeling.

In an instant, the comments in livestreams around the world did a complete 180-degree flip.

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> "Just as expected of my idol! I told you my idol would never let me down!"

> "Hey, the guy above—just a moment ago you were calling my dad a piece of trash!"

> "Bastard, that's my dad! And you, just now you were cursing him pretty viciously yourself!"

> "You fake fans! I was the only one who supported Champion Walker from beginning to end!"

> "Aaaah! Husband, you're so amazing! I'm completely satisfied!"

> "All of you are just fair-weather fans!"

> "As the president of the Champion Walker Fan Club in Lake City, I hereby announce that anyone who left the group just now will never be allowed to rejoin!"

> "President, it was my son who accidentally pressed the leave button. I've already given him a good beating."

> "It was my little brother who pressed it."

> "In my case, it was Growlithe."

> "My dad pressed it. I've already cut off our father-son relationship."

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The outside world had become incredibly lively.

Originally, Julian's fan count had been around one billion, and about eight hundred million had just unfollowed—but now, it was about to break past 1.5 billion, with many of the new followers coming from overseas.