Chapter 546: Special Methods for Subduing Pokémon (Part 2) (Revised)

Although Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos are the legendary beasts of the Pokémon world, it does not mean that there is only one of them in this world.

In fact, there are multiple three sacred birds in the Kanto region alone, not to mention the entire Pokémon world.

If you really want to find them patiently, it is not a problem to gather 70 or 80 sets of three sacred birds!

Ahem, I have gone off topic.

Kanto region, in the middle of the No. 20 waterway.

This is a place called Gemini Island, and it is also the location of Articuno that Esdeath found through the store's special novice guide.

"It seems to be underground, so just open a road directly!"

Sensing the icy breath in the deeper part, Esdeath, who was standing in a mountain somewhere in the Gemini Island, did not move.

But as her words fell, ice crystals began to spread from a point on the steep slope in front of her, until a circle large enough for two people to pass was formed.

Then, a burst of cracking sounds gradually came out, which sounded like it was approaching the ground quickly from underground. When the cracking sound reached the ground, the round ice crystals on the steep slope burst instantly and scattered into ice chips.

Under the sunlight, these tiny ice chips reflected a faint rainbow, which was quite beautiful.

Unfortunately, Esdeath didn't care about such beauty. She didn't even give a glance and walked straight into an ice passage that was made by the flying ice chips.

This is a newly built step road that can lead directly to the deep underground, directly to the location of Articuno.

If you go down to find Articuno in a normal way, even if you don't take a detour, it will take about half an hour, and Esdeath's way of moving in a straight line to the end will take less than five minutes.

What appeared in front of Esdeath was a beautiful ice crystal world. The towering ice crystal pillars were shining with various colors, embellishing the underground cave, and the fluorite on the head was the light source, so that the underground cave was not dark.

Seeing this scene, Esdeath reached out and touched the ice crystal pillar beside her, and said to herself: "The temperature is okay. Such ice crystal pillars are very suitable for use as torture tools. If people are hung on them, the extreme cold can destroy their will and body. If I add the herbs I planted, it will amplify the senses."

She didn't say the rest of the words because she was interrupted by a sharp bird cry.

"Chi!!"

The only one who can make such a sound here is the Articuno living in the underground cave.

When Esdeath arrived here, this ice-attributed beast clearly sensed the malice carried by the other party and the extreme coldness that was no worse than his own.

I thought it was an ice-attributed elf who came to provoke, but I didn't expect it to be a human!

Flying in front of Esdeath, the huge figure of Articuno cast a shadow, covering it, and a faint warning was revealed in its extremely human red eyes.

As a large bird Pokémon, Articuno is nearly two meters tall, with a wingspan of more than four meters. Its tail is in the shape of a colorful flag, and its length is longer than the body of Articuno.

Its body is covered with deep-sea blue feathers, and three clusters of dark blue prismatic feathers form a crown, which is very majestic. Its red eyes are staring at Esdeath.

"It looks like you are the type who can understand human words. Do you want to fight me or follow me obediently? Although the owner specifically emphasized that excessive harm should not be caused to Pokémon, I think at least a lesson should be allowed."

Esdeath, who looked into the red eyes of Articuno and smiled at the corners of her mouth, exuded a strong sense of danger and offensive desire, which was engraved in her nature.

Facing Esdeath's rapidly rising malice, Articuno immediately flapped its wings, and the sharp bird cry contained a more severe warning.

"Chi!!!"

As Articuno's huge wings flapped, the cold wind blew in the cave wantonly, and the chill directly added a few points of thickness to the ice layer of the underground cave.

Unfortunately, for Esdeath, who had completely merged with Lucino's blood, her own existence had already moved towards the essence of [Ice], and naturally she would not be hurt by the mere strong wind.

In other words, the strong wind blown by Articuno would give Esdeath a few home advantage.

"Very good, I hope you can hold on for a little longer, so that I can have a good time!"

Looking up at the Articuno flying in the air, Esdeath's smile on her face became a little brighter, but her right hand was already raised.

As his right hand suddenly tightened, countless ice spikes emerged from the surrounding ice layer, rushing towards Articuno, with the momentum of piercing it into a hornet's nest.

Articuno did not find Esdeath's ability to manipulate ice strange, because it felt the coldness from the opponent that was no less than its own, and it was normal to be able to use the power of ice.

Facing the many ice spikes attacking it, it flapped its wings again, and the ice spikes turned into fragments and fell where the cold wind passed.

The tentative attack did not work, and Esdeath turned and appeared beside Articuno, with his right hand already drawing the long sword from his waist, slashing at Articuno's right wing.

To deal with an enemy who can fly, the first thing to do is to cut off the opponent's wings. This is the experience that Esdeath has summed up in countless battles with dangerous species.

Although Esdeath is very fast, Articuno will also be slaughtered. With a clear cry, a thick freezing light shot out, blocking Esdeath's sword.

Then, Articuno continued to make efforts, flapping its wings quickly, and the air flow accompanied by snowflakes blew towards Esdeath. This was [Blizzard].

With a move of his free right hand, a huge ice wall blocked Articuno's blizzard, and at the same time, ice walls appeared in all directions, sealing Articuno in the ice wall cube in a very short time.

The next moment, a huge ice spear took shape and pierced into the ice wall cube from all sides, turning a cube into a hedgehog.

However, such a move obviously did not cause any damage to Articuno. In just a moment, the whirlwind mixed with ice crystals and snowflakes burst the cube.

Articuno spread its wings and hovered in the air, with anger in its red eyes.

But this anger was immediately replaced by astonishment, because Esdeath was no longer in its sight.

"Don't be stunned!"

As the voice sounded, a powerful force hit the back of Articuno hard, causing it to be knocked down directly and smashed on the ice in a mess.

When it wanted to fly again, the huge ice block and countless ice spikes fixed its body, and it could no longer flap its wings.

Then, a "da da da" sound was heard, and Esdeath, who was walking on the ice, stood in front of Articuno.

"Now, are you willing to surrender?"

A sharp bird cry filled with anger responded to Esdeath, and the ice blocks and ice spikes that blocked Articuno's movement instantly turned into debris, followed by a blue light curtain that exploded.

This blue light curtain was spreading to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed, and all the places it passed through were frozen. The exuding cold air contained great power, as if even the space was frozen.

This is the ice-type ultimate move-[Absolute Zero]!

However, such a powerful force stopped at Esdeath's feet and could no longer move forward.

It was like a clear line, a long blue line called absolute zero, dividing the underground cave into two parts.

The cold and dead silence where Articuno was, and the normal area where Esdeath was, on this line, the temperature difference between the two sides was very obvious, as if heat transfer did not exist at all!

This strange situation shocked Articuno, who had launched his ultimate move.

Absolute zero was actually forcibly cut off, and it was fully exerted!

After taking a look at the scene in front of him, Esdeath then set his sights on Articuno and said casually: "It's a good trick, but it's a pity that the power is a little bit weak, but if it is used for torture, it is enough. Now, what is your choice, continue to fight or surrender to me?"

Articuno naturally would not admit defeat like this, and immediately let out another loud cry, showing that he wanted to continue fighting with Esdeath.

But this time there was no anger in the cry, only seriousness.

Looking at the serious Articuno, Esdeath smiled with joy and pointed the long sword in her right hand at Articuno: "I like your spirit of never giving up. I really value you more and more!"

The next moment, the man and the bird fought again

On the left side of the No. 20 waterway where the Twin Islands are located is the Red Lotus Island where Akainu, Kizaru and Aokiji landed. It is mentioned in the novice guide that this is the location of one of the flame birds.

So, Akainu and others felt the island through the waterway and quickly came to the magma inside the volcano. The hot breath of life of the flame bird is here!

"Hahaha, what a good place, it seems that the flame bird is really suitable for me! Aokiji, Kizaru, don't make a move, this is my prey!"

Feeling the heat brought by the magma, Akainu laughed and then burst out with all his momentum, causing the volcanic magma to continue to riot, and even had a tendency to erupt.

On this Red Lotus Island, there is a Red Lotus Gym. The person in charge of this gym is an old man named Xia Bo, who is good at cultivating fire-type elves and has lived under this volcano for decades.

Feeling the strange vibration from the volcano, Xia Bo felt bad: "This feeling, is the volcano going to erupt? But this volcano is obviously not in the active period yet, is there any elves messing around?"

Thinking of this, Xia Bo immediately changed into a heat-proof suit, passed through the mechanism under the gym, and went to the magma area at the bottom of the volcano.

But when he arrived, he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life. A bird elf with golden feathers appeared in front of him.

It has a long streamlined crown and a tumbling tail, both made of flames. Its wings are also covered with flame-like feathers. Its beak is straight and pointed, and the same brown as its split-toed feet.

This is the legendary beast - Flame Bird!

But, isn't this situation a bit wrong?

When Xia Bo saw everything clearly, he immediately said that there seemed to be something wrong with his way of opening it. Someone was actually waving magma and fighting with Moltres?

Just when the old man was shocked, Kizaru and Aokiji, who saw Xia Bo coming, looked over.

Kizaru smiled and waved: "Old man, it's very dangerous here. It's safer to hide quickly! If you want to watch, you can, but don't get too close."

Aokiji exhaled a breath of cold air in Kizaru's voice, and an ice wall instantly appeared around Xia Bo, ensuring his safety without hindering his viewing.

"It's safe this way. Please don't move around casually. The battle between Akainu and Moltres will be a bit intense."

After giving instructions, Aokiji turned his head to look at the battlefield, but also paid some attention to Xia Bo to avoid being hurt by the aftermath of the battle.

Xia Bo, who was protected by the ice wall, was a little confused now. He thought he might be dreaming.

If it wasn't a dream, why could humans use the power of elves?

Even without elves, they fought with the beasts?

No, no, no, maybe I was really dreaming, just a more realistic dream!

Xia Bo, the worldview was repeatedly changing on the edge of collapse

On the battlefield, the flame bird flying on the magma waved its wings, dodged Akainu's heavy punch, and then returned him a [jet flame].

But unfortunately, for Akainu, the magma fruit ability user, this little flame was like drizzle, and there was no harm at all.

Facing such a flame impact, Akainu's whole body had turned into a magma form, his right fist clenched, and he formed a huge lava fist with lava, and hit the flame bird in the sky fiercely.

Such a change dealt a heavy blow to Xia Bo's fragile worldview, causing him to have serious doubts about life.

Have I never really understood the world I live in for decades?

Ignoring Xia Bo who was trying to reorganize his worldview, Akainu fired a large fire blast, but Moltres blocked most of the damage with [Mysterious Guardian].

At this moment, Moltres opened its mouth, and high-temperature flames emerged from its mouth, and then sprayed towards Akainu in the shape of a "big" character.

[Big Character Explosion]!

Although it is much stronger than the previous [Jet Flame], it is still within the tolerance range for Akainu.

So he did not hide, but went straight to meet it head-on. After withstanding the impact of the large character explosion, he fired another [Dog Biting Red Lotus], but Moltres flapped its wings to speed up and avoided it.

"If you can fly, it will be a bit troublesome. How can you avoid such a large-scale attack?!"

Standing on the volcanic magma in the form of a magma man, Akainu clenched his fists, causing the surrounding magma to roll and erupt continuously. This is his home court!

Countless fists made of magma surged from the bottom to the top, rushing towards Moltres together, like a net of heaven and earth, with nowhere to hide.

This move was inspired by the Buddha on the top of Hashirama Senju, and can be seen as a deformed version of Meteor Volcano.

Just when Akainu launched an attack on Moltres, the novice guide that Aokiji had always opened in front of him had some changes, and the number of mythical beasts displayed on it was decreasing.

For example, Entei, Suicune, and Ho-oh have all disappeared from the novice guide. Among the mythical beasts that disappeared recently, the name of Articuno happened to be included.

Well, it was just one of all the Articunos whose names and positions were displayed, that is, the one closest to them.

This function is also set up to save customers' time. It can update the situation of the legendary beasts and super legendary beasts in various locations in real time.

At the moment when the Pokémon world is connected to the dimensional store, the special permission [Listen to the Voice of All Worlds] has included this world in the listening range. Under the effect of this permission, it is not difficult to achieve real-time updates of the situation of various legendary beasts.

"Oh, the closest Articuno seems to have been captured by someone. It seems that you have to find another one to capture, Aokiji, but it seems to be a bit far away!"

Kizaru, who also saw the changes in the novice guidance, showed his usual smile and looked at Aokiji beside him.

In response, Aokiji did not react, but said lightly: "It's okay, even if there is no Articuno, it doesn't matter. There are many Pokémon in this world. You can find other Pokémon to capture, and if it is not necessary, I forget it. There is nothing to say. Let's wait and see."

"Oh?"

Kizaru glanced at Aokiji, and the smile on his face became even bigger. I don't know what he was thinking.

A few minutes later, the space inside the volcano was filled with solidified lava. In the center of the lava, Akainu's right hand, which had turned into lava, firmly grasped Moltres' neck. It was obvious that the winner had been decided!

With Moltres's cry of submission, Akainu let go of his hand and punched the solidified lava around him, breaking it all.

In the novice guide, the Moltres on Crimson Island also disappeared.