After a long while, the intense tremors finally ceased. All the students were shrouded in mist, completely unaware of what had happened.
"Don't panic, everyone! Our phones still have signal, and the camp location has been marked. Just head straight back."
Someone suddenly shouted, and although they couldn't be seen, their voice could still be heard.
Fortunately, most of the students were together at the time, so they didn't get separated. However, after a quick check, they realized that some people seemed to be missing.
…
Hoshino came back to his senses and looked around. At the same time as the tremor, he felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly rise, though he wasn't sure what was happening.
Perhaps due to the altitude, there was no mist around him at the moment, but looking behind him, the entire area below was covered in mist, as if he were currently atop a city in the sky.
"Wow, that's quite spectacular, but it's probably only ten or twenty meters high."
"Meow~"
Hoshino and the Sprigatito on his shoulder were both a little shocked. Just then, Lillie's voice suddenly came: "This must be the Moonlight Altar!"
"Hm?"
He turned around, looked at Lillie, who was holding Vulpix, and asked, "How do you know?"
"This… Moon told me…"
Lillie looked at Moon, who was still unconscious, and Sun, who had been knocked out. She walked over, explaining the story as she went.
Hoshino understood after listening, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud with Sprigatito.
"What the heck is 'being your moon'? Moon… then I'm the sun."
Hearing him mock Moon's ideal, Lillie couldn't help but shout, "That's not funny!"
"Uh…"
Hoshino and Sprigatito stopped simultaneously. Then he replied, "Sorry, I just didn't expect the class monitor to have such a naive ideal, but mocking someone else's ideal is indeed quite foolish. I agree with that."
Seeing him scold himself, Lillie had nothing more to say. She sighed softly, then pulled out potions from Moon's backpack to treat the two of them.
Seeing this, Hoshino shifted his attention back to the structure beneath his feet. Recalling the story just now, the so-called 'beast that calls the moon' should refer to Lunala, and this place was the sacrificial ground.
According to the story, the Moonlight Altar should have fallen into disrepair and sunk long ago, but it seemed it was merely hidden. Looking at this ancient structure before him, it was clear that apart from being wet, it was practically intact.
"Interesting, why did it suddenly appear? Is it related to the Ultra Wormhole, or was it the beam of light that took down Buzzwole…?"
Hoshino thought of a possibility, but currently, they were only at an entrance passage of the Moonlight Altar and could not know the situation inside. However, they might not need to go check it out…
Standing in this spot and looking upwards, one could see a figure like a crescent moon's glow in the night sky. Its form was like a brilliant night sky, as if absorbing the scattered moonlight.
"Sure enough… the move that took down Buzzwole just now was Moongeist Beam. Lunala looks like this, it must be injured and recovering…"
Lunala absorbs all light and converts it into energy to restore stamina or sustain life. When at full power, there's naturally no need for it to absorb. It must be injured to be like this.
"That Buzzwole was about evenly matched with Cyclizar, so it couldn't have been it. To injure Lunala, could it be Solgaleo? Or the Blinding One?"
Hoshino could only guess it was these two. After all, the opponent must have just emerged from the Ultra Wormhole, and in Ultra Space, there were probably only these two opponents…
Gengar and Cyclizar both returned to his side. They also noticed the strange moon in the sky. At this moment, Lillie had also finished her task, and all that was left was to wait for the two to wake up.
She then patted the dust off her skirt and turned to walk over to Hoshino, about to ask why everyone had suddenly rushed over to save them.
But at that moment, the full moon in the night sky suddenly changed. Dark purple energy raged around it, and then the light disappeared.
"Hm?"
Hoshino had been observing Lunala's situation. Seeing this, he immediately became alert, reaching out to interrupt Lillie, and instantly said, "Quick, let's get ready to leave!"
"What?"
Lillie was slightly stunned. Although she didn't know what was happening, she rarely saw Hoshino with such an expression. She instantly realized something was wrong, but their actions were ultimately too slow.
In the night sky, Lunala spread its wings, which were inlaid with golden moon arcs. In the deep blue celestial area above its head, its third eye glowed blood red. Then its body glowed again, condensing a beam of light. Moongeist Beam instantly swept down from above!
Boom—
The Moonlight Altar was encircled and directly swept through. Explosions continuously erupted, and even Hoshino and the others on the outermost edge were affected by this.
Due to the explosion's impact, many bricks and stones flew out. Hoshino shielded Lillie behind him, then waved his hand and shouted, "Shoot all of these down!"
"Gengar!"
Gengar smiled and moved to attack. It had innate talent, and its bow and arrow were also tools. As it rapidly and continuously pulled the bowstring, many Shadow Arrows flew out, shooting down all the incoming bricks and stones.
However, the commotion here was noticed by Lunala, who seemed to be in a berserk state in mid-air. A straight shot of Moongeist Beam came, extremely fast!
Seeing this, Lillie had no time to warn him and was about to push Hoshino away, but he was quicker, pushing her aside with force, and the attack landed!
With a bang, Moongeist Beam hit Cyclizar, who had suddenly appeared mid-air, but the powerful impact blew everything around away.
Hoshino stood firm against the impact. Sprigatito clung to his back to avoid it. Lillie, having been pushed away, was also unaffected, as were the two unconscious people.
But the next moment, Lunala directly flapped its wings and flew down. Cyclizar, which had just been hit by the attack, suddenly turned into a smoking tail—it was a Substitute!
The real Cyclizar actually descended from above with Dragon Claw, striking Lunala to the ground.
Seeing this, Hoshino shook his head and laughed, "Seriously… if you won't let me run, then there's no choice. Maybe we really can win!"
Saying that, he turned and looked at Lillie, shouting, "Although I usually don't easily make promises to others, since I promised the class monitor that I would protect you when she couldn't, I will naturally keep my word!"
"Hoshino…"
"Alright, so quickly take them and go. Don't stand around here getting in the way and hindering my output."
"Understood!"
Lillie didn't argue further. She knew very well that she wouldn't be of much use, so she and Vulpix immediately went to drag Moon and Sun, showing their strength, and headed towards the stairs.
But just as she moved, the berserk Lunala suddenly unleashed a Dark Pulse. A black shockwave burst out from its center, instantly knocking Cyclizar, who was pinning it down, flying into the sky.
Hearing the commotion, Lillie instinctively looked back. Hoshino was there, facing a powerful enemy to protect them, but she could only look at his back.
And even though it was night, a ray of sunlight shone down, falling on him…
"Huh? Where's the sunlight coming from?"
Feeling the warmth falling, Hoshino looked up in confusion, only to see Cyclizar, who had just been knocked flying by the Dark Pulse, descending from above in a very wild manner.
"Cycli!"
"???"
Hoshino was full of questions. What was this? Logically, it should be Electric Terrain now, so why was it sunlight? Could it be Orichalcum Pulse?
"Wait! Why is this happening?!"
He was completely stunned. Not only Miraidon's power, but even Koraidon's power too?
At this moment, Cyclizar's eyes had turned into beast-like irises, exactly how Hoshino had first seen it when it woke up after he picked it up!
But compared to the cool demeanor Cyclizar had when using Miraidon's power before, this time it was unexpectedly a bit goofy, completely not looking very strong…
Lunala didn't care what enemy was in front of it. It tried to absorb the sunlight, but it failed. Cyclizar, leaping forward, struck it against a distant wall with Flare Blitz.
Seeing that the battle was gaining an advantage, Hoshino immediately shouted, "Chase it, don't give it a chance!"
"Meow!" Sprigatito climbed onto his shoulder again, waving its tiny paws and shouting.
"Cycli!"
Cyclizar actually understood his meaning, accelerating forward to attack. Its running motion was also much wilder than usual, completely letting loose and running freely.
But after only two steps, it directly collapsed onto the ground and fell fast asleep, completely failing.
"…"
Hoshino was instantly speechless. How could it be even shorter than last time? It didn't last at all!
But fortunately, Lunala in the distance was also motionless now, and the scene finally became quiet…
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