Outside the Sinnoh region's atmosphere, in space.
Rayquaza and Deoxys, from other planets, are considered old rivals.
Rayquaza will prevent Deoxys from entering the Pokémon world.
If it were a lone Deoxys, it would be almost impossible to defeat Rayquaza.
So occasionally, some strange-looking meteorites can be found.
But those are not actually meteorites; they are Deoxys that have lost most of their meteorite energy, having been beaten by Rayquaza.
These three Deoxys had tried their best to bypass the Hoenn region's airspace...
But they never expected that another Black Rayquaza would be residing here!
This Black Rayquaza was precisely the one Li Wei and Steven encountered in the Mirror Stone World.
After an unsuccessful battle with Arceus's clone, Black Rayquaza chose to temporarily reside in the atmosphere.
"No entry ahead."
Black Rayquaza's voice was lazy, completely disregarding the three Deoxys in front of him.
This was not Black Rayquaza's first encounter with Deoxys.
Over the years, Black Rayquaza had encountered at least ten, if not twenty, Deoxys.
Facing the Black Rayquaza blocking their entry into the blue planet below,
The three Deoxys, with red, blue, and purple cores respectively, did not hesitate and immediately attacked!
The Attack Forme Deoxys's arm's pyramid tip instantly condensed a highly compressed yellow energy beam, which was Charge Beam!
A brilliant golden beam exploded on Rayquaza's head!
Almost simultaneously, the Speed Forme Deoxys transformed into a blurry red Shinny, arriving beside Black Rayquaza like a ghost.
Deoxys's forehead was covered with a layer of Psychic-type energy, which was Zen Headbutt!
The Defense Forme Deoxys, on the other hand, was covered in a strange energy layer, the Cosmic Power that could boost its Defense and Special Defense!
Surrounded on three sides, the three Deoxys were very confident in facing Black Rayquaza head-on.
An energy wave emanating from Rayquaza's body pushed the three Deoxys back.
Delta Stream spread out from Rayquaza as its center.
Golden energy instantly covered Black Rayquaza's entire body from its head.
Black Rayquaza's body straightened, accelerating suddenly like an arrow released from a bowstring.
It was Rayquaza's ultimate move—Dragon Ascent!
In the light, Black Rayquaza's body continuously transformed.
In an instant, Black Rayquaza's jaw elongated, sprouting golden tendrils, and its body also continuously extended, with the Emperor Organ inside releasing golden particles.
There was no earth-shattering roar, only the purest light from the collision of moves.
Black Mega Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, with devastating force, broke through the Defense Forme Deoxys, which had been enhanced by Cosmic Power.
Although severely wounded, Deoxys did not give up.
Agility!
Deoxys left trails of afterimages in space at a speed difficult for the eye to catch.
Perhaps it would have been effective before Rayquaza Mega Evolved.
But within the Delta Stream, Deoxys had nowhere to hide!
Extreme Speed!
Although Deoxys was still faster, it didn't matter.
The presence of Delta Stream and the changes in the airflow allowed Mega Rayquaza to accurately pinpoint Deoxys's location.
But Deoxys also used Extreme Speed!
Deoxys and Mega Rayquaza continuously collided in space, creating silent explosions one after another.
The combat power of these three Deoxys exceeded Black Rayquaza's expectations.
But it didn't matter.
He had even fought Arceus's clone, so what was there to fear from this?
Dragon Ascent!
Golden energy once again covered Black Rayquaza's entire body, instantly transforming him into a golden arrow.
Even if it was faster, Deoxys simply couldn't withstand Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent head-on.
"This is not where you should be."
Black Rayquaza's dark golden pupils lowered, slowly sweeping over the three heavily injured Deoxys.
The Deoxys were simply unable to resist Dragon Ascent.
The three Deoxys looked at each other, and finally chose to temporarily retreat.
They ran, transforming into Speed Forme and running, ten times faster than when they arrived.
Black Mega Rayquaza's massive head watched the direction Deoxys fled, as the Emperor energy gradually dissipated, and he reverted to his original Black Rayquaza form.
Rayquaza had no intention of chasing and killing Deoxys.
Deoxys are not suitable for living on this blue planet, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to live.
So Black Rayquaza only blocked their entry, rather than completely annihilating them.
...
Although Rayquaza and Deoxys were fighting to the death in space, the sky over the Sinnoh region was peaceful.
Only the Mossdeep City Space Center observed the anomaly in the sky and the accelerating Black Rayquaza ascending into space.
Researchers urgently reported to the chairman's son, who was the former Champion of Hoenn—Steven Stone.
Steven, upon arriving at the observation center, just happened to see Black Rayquaza accelerating and breaking through the atmosphere into outer space.
Steven recognized this Black Rayquaza at a glance.
Steven reassured the researchers,
"No need to worry. On the contrary, we need to prepare for potential attacks from outside the universe."
Rayquaza was never a legendary Pokemon that destroyed the world.
On the contrary, when Groudon and Kyogre were in endless conflict, Rayquaza would even come out to mediate.
For humans, Rayquaza is definitely a friendly legendary Pokemon.
As long as humans don't provoke or anger Rayquaza.
Especially this Black Rayquaza, who had also been healed by Li Wei.
Thinking of this, Steven picked up his phone and sent a message to Li Wei.
"The Mossdeep Space Center observed Black Rayquaza; he suddenly accelerated and left the ozone layer, flying into outer space."
"He seems to have been residing in the ozone layer above the Sinnoh region for some time recently."
The Mossdeep Space Center could easily observe the skies of Kanto, the Sevii Islands, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.
Li Wei did not know that the Black Rayquaza, who had injected a trace of Emperor Organ energy into the meteorite, had just repelled three Deoxys.
Nor did he know that Black Rayquaza had been residing in the ozone layer above the Sinnoh region all this time.
If Black Rayquaza looked down, it would be Jubilife City in the Sinnoh region, which he was protecting!
"Diancie, Dazzling Gleam!"
At this moment, Li Wei was training with Diancie.
Opposite Diancie was Metagross, which had strong resistance to Fairy-type moves.
"Kohkin!"
Metagross did not use a move to defend, but simply used its physical body to resist, which was also training its ability to withstand attacks.
Li Wei, receiving Steven's message, picked up his phone, "You two continue training."
"Kohkin!"
(Continue attacking!)
Seeing Steven's message, Li Wei looked up at the clear sky.
"Black Rayquaza, huh?"