Seeing the black mist spread relentlessly, threatening to completely swallow the Nature Giant, Aven's expression changed drastically. He raised the staff in his hand high into the air. Instantly, golden light wrapped around it as dense Creator God power burst forth, surging directly into Lilligant's body.
Crack! Crack!
Empowered by the Creator God's strength, the petrification surrounding the Nature Giant shattered rapidly.
"Lilli! Lilli!"
Lilligant gathered energy once more.
At the same time, streams of power continued to flow from the staff in Aven's hand into her body.
This time, Lilligant condensed a small energy ball. Though tiny in size, it contained terrifying power within—Creator God energy, life energy, natural energy, grass energy, all merging together without pause.
In the next instant, the golden energy sphere was launched, streaking toward Yveltal and plunging straight into its body.
Immediately afterward, immense power erupted from within, violently tearing through Yveltal's chest and ripping it apart into rolling clouds of black mist.
Rumble!
The terrifying energy continued to explode. In nearly an instant, half of Yveltal's body was torn apart!
Yet before Lilligant could even catch her breath, the black mist surged again, gradually reforming into Yveltal's shape—just like an indestructible cockroach that refused to die!
"Still not enough?" Aven gritted his teeth.
At that moment, Yveltal's figure suddenly dove downward from the sky.
While still in midair, its body dissolved entirely into black mist, cascading down like a curtain that covered the heavens.
During this process, Lilligant continued launching attacks. Beams of green light pierced through the black mist like sunlight breaking through storm clouds.
Even so, the black mist merely thinned slightly. It could not be completely dispersed, and instead engulfed the Nature Giant, Lilligant, Aven, and everyone else within it.
"Lilli! Gant!"
Panic flashed across Lilligant's face as she desperately drove her power, trying to escape the encroaching darkness.
"Garde! Voir!"
Gardevoir activated her spatial power, attempting to teleport everyone away.
But the surrounding space had been completely sealed. There was no way to use Teleport to escape.
Realizing this, Gardevoir's expression changed. She began forcefully channeling the power of Palkia within the Lustrous Orb, continuously clashing against the spatial confinement.
"Lass!"
Froslass surged with antimatter energy and used Shadow Sneak, attempting to tear open another dimension.
Yet just like Gardevoir, she found that within the black mist, it was as though they were trapped in a separate space—one that could not be breached at all!
"What should we do?" Even the three city lords sensed that something was terribly wrong.
The three Lake Guardians exchanged glances, releasing blue, red, and yellow light from their bodies.
However, when these energies touched the black mist, they vanished like stones sinking into the sea. At most, they dispersed a small portion of it, producing no real effect at all!
"Even so, we can't give up!" Aven said gravely.
Everyone nodded in agreement as the three Forces of Nature, the Lake Guardian trio, and the others continued to attack the black fog relentlessly!
At this very moment, before the withered Tree of Life—
Hoopa Unbound Unbound hovered slowly in the air, gazing through the void at the distant battlefield.
Watching as the black mist surged and completely enveloped the enemies, it split its mouth into a grin. Although this had consumed a massive amount of malice, as long as it could eliminate the human named Aven, who wielded the power of the Creator God—everything would be worth it.
"Soon… very soon!"
"As long as dark matter completely corrodes the Tree of Life, this world will fall into darkness."
"All malice, every ounce of malice in this world, will be absorbed by dark matter. When that time comes, all of it will belong to me!"
"And this world will ultimately return to the void… the world of nothingness is about to arrive!"
Hoopa Unbound Unbound laughed sinisterly. At this moment, none of the six arms on its body bore a golden ring.
Aside from the rings controlling the five ancient legendaries, the final ring floated before the Tree of Life itself.
"Come… open the World of Nothingness for me!" Hoopa Unbound withdrew its gaze from the distance and fixed its eyes on the Tree of Life.
As it activated its hyperspace divine power, the golden ring floating before the Tree of Life suddenly shone with dazzling brilliance, imprinting itself directly onto the trunk.
Immediately afterward, a chaotic distortion appeared on the Tree of Life's trunk. The space within the ring twisted violently as a spatial gate slowly opened.
Within the space connected by the ring, endless black mist surged and roiled. Amid it all, countless stone pillars could be seen rising skyward.
Between those pillars stood innumerable stone statues, some of Pokémon, others of humans—vividly lifelike. Many were frozen in evasive poses, terror etched clearly into their stone eyes.
At the center of it all stood a colossal statue of Hoopa Unbound in its Unbound form, its immense body rivaling the towering stone pillars themselves. Above this statue, a swirling black vortex spun endlessly, containing the ultimate evil of this world, within which countless evil spirits could be seen drifting!
…
Within the gloomy, dim forest.
The land that had only just begun to show specks of green vitality was once again petrified.
Thick black mist tightly enveloped a vast area. From time to time, various forms of energy could be seen shooting out from within the mist, yet none of them were able to disperse it in the slightest.
"Aven, what should we do now?"
Watching the shield condensed from natural energy grow increasingly dim, Eva's expression became extremely grave.
If they could not think of any solution soon, they might truly end their journey here. They had already come this far—failing at this point felt unbearably unwilling and bitter.
"Let's fight with everything we have. At this point, there's nothing left but a desperate battle to the death!" Aven took a deep breath and took out the Prison Bottle.
The Prison Bottle contained the purest and most concentrated power of the Creation God. However, if he used it now, it would become far more difficult to confront Hoopa Unbound later. Yet at this moment, it seemed he had no other choice.
"Lilligant!"
Just as Aven was about to make up his mind, Lilligant suddenly let out a low cry.
"Lilligant, what's wrong?" Aven asked in confusion.
"Lilli~"
Lilligant gently shook her head, then lowered her gaze toward the ground, a deep sense of puzzlement appearing in her eyes.
Logically speaking, the natural energy in this area should have already been completely eroded by the black aura. Yet at this moment, from deep underground, she could actually sense a rich and surging natural energy.
Gradually, that natural energy grew stronger and stronger, as if something were awakening from a long slumber. The energy fluctuations became increasingly intense!
Thinking of this, Lilligant gritted her teeth and began to mobilize the little natural energy she had left, continuously channeling it into the ground, attempting to communicate with the natural energy that was awakening beneath them!
Crack—crack—crack!
At this very moment, a series of shattering sounds rang out again. The shield began to fracture nonstop, finally reaching its limit!
Sensing that victory was close at hand, the black mist surged violently, attempting to completely devour all life within.
However, at the instant the natural-energy shield shattered, a terrifying surge of natural energy suddenly rose from underground, directly blocking the advancing black mist.
Immediately after, amid the surging natural energy, a towering figure slowly emerged. It looked like a black giant, with massive wings stretching out from its back, each bearing red and blue hexagonal patterns!
(End of Chapter)
TN: We're near the end guys huhu!