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In an international competition like the European Junior Championships, after defeating such exceptional talents as Zenia and Aihara Takeshi one after another, the rise in popularity was terrifying.
As soon as he woke up today, Roy found that the popularity of Lucario and Mimikyu had increased by more than 72 million points.
Although he had expected the controversy of this contest, Roy was still taken aback by the numbers.
After saving enough daily points for consumption, Roy exchanged the corresponding type Z-Crystals for his own Pokémon according to his plan.
Electabuzz was excluded first because of its 'mega-level voltage' ability - it couldn't even control its own lightning, let alone a Z-Move with such a high threshold for mastery.
Metagross was suitable for Psychium Z, but because its mental power wasn't up to standard before evolution, it hadn't been trained with it. After evolving, it finally reached the threshold to use Z-Moves.
The remaining candidates were Lucario, Ninetales, and Blastoise.
Although the first two could use Z-Moves, they weren't their best type matches - they were just compatible.
Lucario had already mastered Psychic-type techniques, but it still needed time to adapt properly. The priority wasn't that high, and its Fightinium Z wasn't urgent for the moment.
Then it became a question of choosing between Ninetales and Blastoise.
In the end, Roy chose Ninetales.
It wasn't favoritism, but rather to maximize the benefits of the Z-Crystal.
Ninetales was the first on the team to practice Z-Moves. It was only slightly inferior to Mimikyu and Lucario in terms of natural energy talent, but it was undoubtedly the closest among his other Pokémon to comprehending the "sage arts."
By exchanging the corresponding Icium Z for it, the probability of comprehending the sage arts was undoubtedly greater than Blastoise, who had no foundation yet.
Not only that, Blastoise was also proficient in Ice-type moves and very compatible with Ice-type energy. This meant it could also use the Z-Crystal to perform Icium Z techniques.
After exchanging for Icium Z, except for Electabuzz and Cosmog, the rest of Roy's Pokémon had mastered the trump card of Z-Moves.
However, Roy never expected that the first appearance of Icium Z would be in the spirit realm.
Roy switched the Icium Z crystal to the inlay port of his Z-Ring, and his thoughts poured into it, activating the Sparkling Stone.
Huge natural power flowed in.
"Kabu!" Kabutops' eyes became sharper. Naturally, it couldn't sense natural energy, but it could feel deadly danger approaching.
It fixed its sights on Roy, swung its two scythe arms, and two intersecting streams of Water Pulse slashed toward Roy!
BOOM!
Electabuzz, who had been knocked away earlier, jumped out of the ruins. Its body was already covered with a layer of lightning armor and a golden aura, and its fists were ignited with flames.
Fusion Bolt mode plus Totem aura - the most powerful combination attack!
Electabuzz punched forward, the air groaned under the pressure, and met the two intersecting streams of water energy head-on.
The two forces collided, creating gusts of wind, completely deadlocked in mid-air.
Electabuzz, who had been blown away by the energy stream before, was holding its ground perfectly this time.
Kabutops looked surprised, and when it wanted to swing its blade again, a warning flashed through its mind, making it subconsciously swing its scythe toward the ground.
A ghost hand burning with dark flames was blocked by the blade.
But this was just the beginning. In an instant, three more dark flame ghost hands protruded from the shadows and grabbed at Kabutops.
Kabutops' two arms could block at most two Shadow Claws, and its body was immediately grabbed by the remaining claws, restraining it in place.
Four clones of Mimikyu, which had separated without anyone noticing, attacked simultaneously.
At this time, Roy, who was using Icium Z for the first time, finally transferred the huge energy torrent from his body to Ninetales.
In an instant, winter arrived.
The cold air that should have been invisible became a stream of pure white energy, rising up from Ninetales' body.
Ninetales stepped forward, and blooming ice lotuses formed around it, freezing the entire area. The space centered on it seemed to transform into an ice field at that moment.
"Subzero Slammer!"
Roy called out the name of the Icium Z move.
Ninetales howled, and the freezing air in the surrounding space rushed crazily toward Kabutops.
The strength of Z-Moves depends on the base move before sublimation, then gets multiplied exponentially.
What Ninetales chose was its most familiar and strongest move, Blizzard - a signature move that ranked among the strongest in the Ice-type movepool. After being sublimated by natural power, it exploded with terrifying intensity.
In terms of raw Z-Move power alone, Ninetales was the strongest on the team.
However, regarding the spectacle created by its power, Icium Z wasn't flashy, but appeared extremely cold and silent.
After the freezing air gathered, what appeared before Roy and the others was Kabutops completely frozen into an ice sculpture.
Ice was meant to freeze everything, and everything fell silent.
Time shifted back to the moment Roy entered the world of the Tree of Beginning.
At the top of the World Tree's canopy, a pink Pokémon that looked like a kitten was curled up sleeping in a small nest made of branches. Its tail was about twice as long as its body, and its two feet were extraordinarily large. In this regard, it resembled a jerboa.
It was unmistakably Mew.
"Mew..." Mew yawned drowsily, feeling quite tired.
The spirit realm's descent, collision with the earth, and subsequent merging had greatly consumed the World Tree's power.
As a symbiotic Pokémon, Mew had also contributed significantly to this process. It felt exactly like Roy after using Z-Moves twice in a row - it just wanted to sleep peacefully.
As for the invasion of outsiders? Mew wasn't worried.
In addition to itself, the World Tree also housed several powerful guardians, and they were enough to deal with intruders.
Besides these guardians, Mew had also cultivated some powerful fossil Pokémon over the years, making them protectors of the World Tree and ordering them to repel all foreign enemies without question.
Mew was lively and playful by nature, curious and mischievous.
However, its temperament was capricious, and it even surpassed human emotions, interests, and ethics, so it also possessed a pure and cruel side.
Just like now, Mew didn't think about the consequences of its orders at all. It didn't consider that the humans outside weren't malicious, didn't consider that there might be humans who wandered into the spirit realm by accident, and didn't consider that launching attacks without reason would worsen the relationship between the spirit realm and humanity.
Just as Mew was about to fall into deep sleep, spatial fluctuations that appeared nearby suddenly woke it up.
"Have creatures been teleported nearby?"
Mew's curiosity dispelled its sleepiness.
It floated up, and from its small body, an extremely vast and boundless psychic presence suddenly emerged, covering the entire World Tree instantly. Mew detected the presence of something that had entered the World Tree.
That was a Pokémon.
It was a Pokémon that Mew knew very well.
Mew's expression showed slight surprise.
"Lucario..."
Once upon a time, the World Tree had faced a crisis of collapse.
At that time, it was a Lucario known as the "Hero" who had saved the World Tree.