A Devastating Blow

Groudon completely triggered his power under the somewhat appalled eyes of Lance and Summer.

The hot magma swirled with gale force winds, even nearly transforming into one tornado of lava after another rushing into the sky, as a plunge of magma spilled over the sea.

The sunlight even broke through the constraints of the airlock.

A ray of light belonging to the sun passed through the dark clouds and spread over the sea, reflecting Groudon's body.

The light of the sun mixed with the light of the flames.

The azure sea had now turned into a vast area of muddy sewage, layer after layer of hot magma was frantically eroding the sea, water and fire were in opposition to each other, the white smoke that obscured the view also rushed up to the sky, and the molten lava solidified within the sea water to form a land.

The giant beast clad in crimson armor then stood in the center of the magma, roaring and creating this volcano, light and heat churning and rushing beneath its soles.

"Roar-!!!"

Groudon and Rayquaza's roars overlapped.

The former was calling out the power of light and heat above the land, and a terrifying volcanic eruption was building up under its control.

The latter, on the other hand, was already carrying Aisha along with it, charging straight up into the sky.

"Swish-!!!"

Groudon didn't choose to use Precipice Blades.

He was going to use his power of creating land, creating a land with endless magma, detonating their heat in one breath, reproducing the horrifying effect of a volcanic eruption, and counterattacking Rayquaza, who was flying in the sky, looking down on him since the beginning, with the help of the scorching hot lava.

Rayquaza might not have been defeated by this.

However, after receiving such a blow, Rayquaza would definitely not feel much better!

"Roar-!!!"

Ice-cold eyes gazed at Rayquaza, who gradually flew into the clouds of the sky and disappeared, Groudon was thinking about something.

Rayquaza seemed to be particularly attached to the person who was driving it...

Why?

Groudon as a god in charge of the earth, has infinite pride, will never allow a human to stand above his head.

Rayquaza as a dragon ruling the sky, its temper and pride has always been above Groudon and Kyogre, but now it is content to become a human's Pokémon, and even within the battle is still always aware of that human...

Groudon had no doubt that if he hurt that human, Rayquaza would go crazy and tear himself apart.

Wonderful...

Groudon also do not know himself and Kyogre in slumber, Rayquaza so many years has been outside the activities, mind in the end is what happened to change, so that this 'God of Solemnity' is now actually turned into this, even the original can effortlessly one against two after the dashing victory of the formidable strength of a lot of weak, now, he had to find a way to tangle with himself before he was willing to open a big move.

Anyway, Groudon didn't think he would be in a similar situation.

There wouldn't be anyone qualified to be its trainer...

"Roar-!!!"

After gathering his mind, Groudon roared loudly, his hot eyes roaring under his feet.

"Boom!"

The rising magma gradually didn't reach Groudon's waist.

"Swish-!!!"

Above the sky, Rayquaza's body that exceeded a hundred meters gradually straightened up, as if it was a peculiar and slender green-colored rocket, all wrapped in raging energy, rapidly rushing towards the sky... It was not just the sky, but a deep and bright "sky" that was even higher in the sky!

"Roar-!!!"

Feeling the taste of the wind that it had cleaved through, Rayquaza roared in excitement.

It was only a Caterpie evolved Rayquaza.

Unlike that noble 'God of Solemnity' who was serious and grumpy, it was still a somewhat lively child by nature, and now that it was flying freely into the sky, its cheerful mood was naturally jumping with joy.

"..."

Aisha also looked like he had roots under his feet, standing firmly on top of Rayquaza's dragon head.

Even though Rayquaza was now flying towards the top with its slender body almost vertically, Aisha was still standing firmly on top of Rayquaza's head under the protection of its energy.

Faster...

Rayquaza was flying faster.

Higher.

Rayquaza and Aisha were flying towards a higher sky.

"Hoo~"

Aisha exhaled.

It was really a marvelous feeling...

It wasn't that he hadn't flown above the sky aboard a Pokémon.

However, it was the first time that he was flying recklessly as if he was now madly heading upwards as if he was trying to break through the sky.

Perhaps, not many trainers had done something similar?

Aisha still remembers that in a certain episode, there was a Pidgey who wanted to fly towards the sky. It flew to that extreme height with the encouragement of the protagonist, its owner, and Team Rocket...

Once upon a time, Aisha couldn't understand that Pidgey's thoughts.

Now... he understood.

"Rayquaza, fly, fly high for me!"

Showing a smile of pleasure, feeling the wind blowing over his body but not being able to topple himself over in any way, Aisha opened his arms and called out Rayquaza to fly towards the sky.

"Roar-!!!"

Rayquaza also seemed to have sensed Aisha's thoughts, roaring fiercely, and the speed that had already been increased to the extreme was now actually generating a new increase.

"Boom!"

Just as Groudon was building up a volcanic eruption with the help of the power of the earth...

Rayquaza, who was constantly flying into the sky, also utilized the power of the sky and the wind, and the power of 'Dragon Ascend' would be even more terrifying under the accumulation of this crazy flight!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The invisible sound barrier exploded from above Rayquaza's body.

Ten kilometers... Twenty kilometers...

Clouds were left behind by Aisha and Rayquaza, who were already at the height where that true Rayquaza was active.

However, the irascible 'God of Solemnity' did not appear because of the invasion of a small dragon and a human.

These things had also long been put behind Aisha.

Now... There was only one goal left in his heart with Rayquaza, and that was to fly higher!

"Swish-!!!"

Not knowing how long the flight had been - Groudon was still down there preparing for the eruption, so that means Rayquaza's flight wouldn't be too long, just too fast - Aisha and it were finally touching the top of the sky.

"..."

Turning back, the blue and white earth was already too long a distance away from itself.

"In the future, we will fight a cosmic virus in this place some more..."

Looking at the sun, Aisha smiled and so told Rayquaza about a battle that would take place in the stratosphere in the future - he himself had already promised Zinnia that he would help solve the meteorite that would attack the Earth in the future, and Deoxys that inhabited the meteorite and came to Earth had naturally become their enemy as well.

"Well, it's time for us to go back..."

Aisha's smile grew even wider.

"Defeat Groudon magnificently with your power, with our power that runs through the sky!"

Rayquaza roared and reversed direction.

"Rayquaza, 'Dragon Ascend'!"

Accompanied by Aisha's command, Rayquaza's body, which seemed to have transformed into a javelin, directly exerted a speed that was even more terrifying than when it came, as if it was a meteorite falling from the sky, dragging the momentum of a celestial dragon shooting star, and crazily crashing down to the ground!

At the same time above the ground, Groudon was already ready to store up his strength.

"Roar-!!!"

With his body soaked within the hot magma, the stone forest of Precipice Blades formed a huge flaming mouth, and the huge waves of churning magma finally spewed out under a loud rumbling sound!

"Boom-!!!"

As if it was the end of the world, the sky was filled with scorching hot magma.

The rain of magma scattered all around as the volcano erupted.

The clear sky also quickly turned pitch black - the flying lava had blotted out the sun's rays.

"Roar!"

Groudon roared within the magma, and the pillar of lava at its core soared into the sky - if Rayquaza really received this blow, it wouldn't matter if itself was defeated, but if Rayquaza tried to dodge its own blow while under the mastery of that human, then, even if it was strong, when it was resurrected again later on, this dragon that was submitted to a human would no longer be worthy of much attention from Groudon.

"Swish-!!!"

Of course, the green shooting star flashing above the sky proved that Groudon's worry was superfluous...

"Roar!"

Rayquaza's body had been completely submerged by the raging energy, and Groudon's eyes couldn't even search for Rayquaza's torso within that terrifying energy.

The divine dragon that descended from the sky was like a huge green colored sword, and without hesitation, it slammed into the volcanic eruption that Groudon was riding.

Subsequently...

The column of lava from the eruption was split apart.

Right.

There was no earth-shattering sound or power.

Groudon's Final Gambit that he had been preparing for a long time was split in half as if it was a matter of course under Rayquaza's 'Dragon Ascend'.

The hot lava that covered the sky also simply split in two.

The green-colored divine dragon that swooped straight down explained for Groudon who was the true master of the sky.

"Boom-!!!"

The ocean of lava was overturned by Rayquaza's power, and at the core of it, Groudon forcefully ate such a 'Dragon Ascend' that gathered all the thoughts of Aisha and Rayquaza.

"Ka-ka-ka-!!!"

Aisha heard an ear piercing sound.

He still stood on top of Rayquaza's head without retreating, and gazed at Groudon, who was close at hand, and was now showing a twisted expression under Rayquaza's 'Dragon Ascend' - the armor that wrapped around its chest was already completely shattered.

"You lost, Groudon..."