"What's happening???"
The sky suddenly turned dim, and even the light was rapidly disappearing, leaving only darkness before their eyes.
Blue and Red, who were stationed on Poni Island, simultaneously noticed something was wrong and immediately looked up at the sky.
The sun, which originally brought light to the world, was covered by a patch of darkness, leaving only a barely discernible golden spot of light.
"A total solar eclipse?"
Red blinked, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
If it were a physical total solar eclipse, the meteorological observatory should have given an early warning.
Moreover, the timing of this solar eclipse perfectly matched the "major crisis" that Teacher Azure had mentioned.
It definitely wasn't a coincidence.
"Idiot, look over there!"
While Red was still thinking, Blue had already reacted, raising his hand to point at a bottomless giant black hole that had appeared in the sky not far away.
Because the light had been stolen, its presence was indeed inconspicuous, so much so that they had completely overlooked it at first.
But once they noticed it, they immediately felt the powerful aura emanating from it.
"What kind of monster is that—"
Blue frowned.
Like gazing down into an abyss from a cliff, his body instinctively broke out in goosebumps, warning him that danger was likely imminent.
"Regardless, let's regroup with Teacher Azure first."
Red also felt a sense of pressure, so he silently tightened the red and white cap on his head.
The two looked toward Vast Poni Canyon at the same time, only to find a faint golden light flickering there, looking particularly dazzling in the darkness.
"Roar——!"
"..."
As Aiden expected, when Solgaleo noticed the black hole above, it immediately let out an instinctive warning roar.
Although it sounded imposing, it clearly lacked confidence—
This couldn't be blamed on it; after all, it was just a newly evolved child. This kind of bloodline suppression was truly something it couldn't—
do anything about.
Let alone it, even if its father or ancestors came, they could only gasp in the face of Necrozma.
So the best course of action right now was to keep it as far away from the battlefield as possible until the battle was over.
Aiden glanced at Lillie beside him, his meaning clear.
Lillie hesitated for a moment.
Although she really wanted to stay and fight alongside everyone, but———
Teacher Azure must have his reasons for doing this.
Perhaps Nebby staying here would actually be a hindrance, which was why he repeatedly emphasized that she should take it and leave.
"I understand."
Lillie looked at Aiden and nodded.
In the end, she still mounted the reluctant Solgaleo and flew towards Aether Paradise.
As they left, several figures appeared on the horizon at the same time.
"What's the situation? Is the world really ending?"
Wallace jumped down from the top of a Pelipper, and his first words upon appearing made Aiden not know whether to laugh or cry.
"If you keep being this unserious, it really might."
Before Aiden could reply, Steven took the initiative to retort.
Then, he looked at Aiden again.
"So— is everything you said before true?"
"The Blinding One Necrozma from another world has gone mad, and is about to cross space and time to destroy our world?"
"When has Teacher Azure ever lied?" Aiden asked in return.
"Hard to say, I feel like there are rarely any true words in your mouth."
It was Wallace who spoke.
Even at a time like this, he still had the mood to joke; Aiden actually quite admired his mindset.
After all, their current situation—
The sun, the moon, and all the stars in the universe had lost their light at the same time, as if they were collectively silent out of fear of the deity about to appear.
And that "Ultra" Ultra Wormhole hanging high in the sky, constantly expanding outward, was clearly the omen of the Blinding One's descent.
"Is there a way to solve this?"
It was Lance who spoke.
The Champions who had rushed over from the other islands quickly gathered, all looking at the sky with grave expressions.
"If we disrupt the wormhole in advance, can we stop it from coming?"
"It's difficult."
Aiden shook his head.
"Regarding the formation principle of Ultra Wormholes, current technology still can't decipher it, so it's impossible to stop it—"
If such technology really existed, the Aether Foundation would have used it when the Ultra Beasts descended, and those Ultra Beasts wouldn't have posed any threat to Alola at all.
But obviously, even after nearly ten years of research, they still hadn't fully understood the formation mechanism of Ultra Wormholes.
The only known crude method at present was to use Nebby's power to forcibly open a void.
Let alone closing it in reverse.
"Tsk!"
Lance clicked his tongue in helplessness.
"Even light becomes an enemy, this is really—"
"Now let's just brace ourselves and think hard about how to deal with that guy!"
It was Aiden who spoke.
He glanced at Lance, then looked at Steven and Wallace.
"Didn't Ultra Beasts appear on your end? Is it really okay to just come over here?"
"The Island Guardians came to support, so we resolved it quickly."
"Same on my end."
The answers from both sides were consistent, and Aiden nodded.
Dealing with Ultra Beasts, the four Island Guardians were indeed the perfect fit.
Provided they didn't happen to match up against their hardest counters—
Looking at it this way, the four Island Guardians would likely also become their helpers this time.
Uniting all the forces that could be united was the only solution right now.
Five minutes quickly passed.
The total solar eclipse still showed no signs of receding. The Ultra Wormhole in the sky had stopped expanding, and now seemed to have entered a new stage, constantly releasing an increasingly terrifying pressure.
Until a roar, as if echoing through space and time, came from above, the Champions who were always on alert reacted immediately.
It's coming!
Everyone raised their Poké Balls at the same time, quietly waiting for the legendary opponent to descend.
A ray of light suddenly shot out from the Ultra Wormhole.
Then, countless tentacles formed by the aggregation of light appeared. They seemed to possess self-awareness, expanding outward immediately after crossing the wormhole, as if searching for a point of application.
Aiden's pupils shook violently—Fuck?!
Wait, how is it actually Ultra Necrozma!
After devouring the Sun and Moon deities, it re-aggregated the light scattered across the world into a single entity, displaying its most primitive form—
It looked like a dazzling, radiant giant dragon, but in reality, it was entirely an energy body. Any light could be its carrier, a part of its body.
He originally thought that Necrozma lacked light, which was why it wanted to cross space and time to plunder this world's Ultra Aura.
But now it seemed the situation wasn't quite right!
Cold sweat had already begun to form on Aiden's forehead.
A Necrozma without light was at most only slightly stronger than an ordinary first-tier god, and not troublesome to deal with.
Even if it absorbed one of Solgaleo or Lunala, its Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings forms would still be fightable.
But what did it mean that the opponent was the light from another world?
Quick, go invite the Alpaca Ancestor!
Aiden frantically hinted to Arceus in his heart.
However, just like the previous few days, there was no feedback.
It seemed Arceus didn't plan to intervene this time—
"Let's find a way to exhaust its stamina as much as possible first!"
Out of options, Aiden immediately spoke up, simultaneously throwing the Poké Ball in his hand.
"Go, Sylveon!"
"Vwee!!!"
Upon appearing, Sylveon immediately pushed off with its four legs, locking itself firmly to the ground, while quietly condensing the powerful Fairy Aura within its body.
The gift from Xerneas was indeed very compatible with Sylveon.
Seeing this, the other Champions also sent out their most trusted aces, launching the first round of beam attacks.
"Charizard, Fire Blast!"
"Dragonite, Blizzard!"
Moves unleashed with full power rose and fell one after another, bombarding the countless tentacles floating in the sky.
However, before the Pokémon's attacks could reach the opponent, they were immediately intercepted by the light tentacles that had sensed them, snapping like whips and exploding in mid-air.
It seemed useless—
Aiden looked at the unharmed Ultra Necrozma in the sky, feeling at a loss for a moment.
After all, its true body was formless and shapeless light; it seemed there really were no attacks that could cause damage to light.
But if they didn't solve it, the world would truly be done for.
"Sylveon, Blood Moon!"
Aiden didn't dare to hesitate any longer, once again commanding the fully boosted Sylveon to use its ultimate move.
"Sylveeee—!"
Sylveon was about to gather power in its usual way, but quickly realized something was wrong!
Even the moon was gone, how could it use Blood Moon!
The essence of Blood Moon was to borrow the power of moonlight to form an aura, but now that the moon had completely disappeared, who was it supposed to borrow power from!
Sylveon thought for a moment, and suddenly found a blind spot.
Since there was no external force, it seemed it could only use its own power!
If it was just to spread an aura—
Right, Xerneas's Fairy Aura!
"Vee!!!"
Sylveon closed its eyes, seriously feeling the energy from the God of Life within its body, and then suddenly opened them.
In the darkness, some inconspicuous pink mist suddenly emerged.
At first, no one noticed their presence.
Trainers other than Aiden were all focused on the Blinding One above who was about to descend upon the world, wanting to do their best to delay its steps.
But when they felt something was wrong, the surroundings were already enveloped by a wondrous pink aura.
"This is—"
As a "veteran" who had personally experienced the battle involving life and death, Steven quickly realized something, and so he looked at Sylveon, who was earnestly accumulating power.
You call this a Sylveon?
Even the Fairy Aura came out, isn't this just a little Xerneas!
Of course, snark aside.
The appearance of the Fairy Aura quickly neutralized the pressure they felt from the Blinding One.
"Sylveon!!!"
Sylveon, having successfully accumulated power, held back a surge of energy, transforming into a softer white light that shot straight towards the tentacles in the sky.
This time, the effect was very obvious.
Although the move still failed to cause damage to Necrozma, the tentacles that touched the bright moonlight immediately began to spasm, clearly affected by the attack just now.
Yes, that's right!
They had to use light to defeat light!
Aiden immediately reacted, looking at Sylveon, who had started to accumulate power again after using the move.
He didn't expect that Sylveon would actually be the key to defeating Necrozma?
"Try to use the purest energy moves to attack it!"
As Aiden's words fell, the other Champions thought for a moment, and when they made their commands again, there was clearly a change.
"Gardevoir, Dazzling Gleam!"
"Garchomp, Dragon Pulse!"
The effect of the second round of attacks was slightly better than before.
Although even the offensive of the Champions' main forces was still just a drop in the bucket for Ultra Necrozma, who was in its perfect form.
But at least it caused some damage.
Even Sylveon's second Blood Moon severed a golden tentacle stretching out of the wormhole.
Before landing, the tentacle, formed by the aggregation of pure light, quickly dissipated, turning into countless spots of light that fell upon the Alolan earth.
A golden light surged from the ground in response, and the Ultra Aura on Poni Island became even stronger as a result.
Light was Ultra Aura.
It was the same in any world.
Then—
What if they also used the power from the Ultra Aura?
No, Ultra Aura was ultimately just a type of energy; perhaps it wasn't the only power that could be used.
An idea suddenly formed in Aiden's heart, so he immediately looked at Professor Kukui, who was commanding Incineroar nearby.
"Professor, contact the Ultra Recon Squad right now!"
"We need to gather all the power we can assemble, and defeat Ultra Necrozma with the will of humans and Pokémon!"
"So, please lend me your strength!"
The last sentence, of course, was not directed at Professor Kukui, but at every human and Pokémon on this planet.
Professor Kukui nodded immediately.
Among all the Champions present, his strength was indeed the weakest, and the help he could provide to Aiden and the others was the most limited.
Therefore, he had to do something at a time like this!
"I understand."
"Charizard, take me to Aether Paradise!"
After opening the ride function, Professor Kukui quickly mounted Charizard and flew away.
Aiden first breathed a sigh of relief, but then quickly frowned.
The light in the sky became increasingly dazzling. Under the squeezing force of countless light tentacles, a glittering golden dragon-shaped figure finally emerged from the wormhole.
The moment it appeared, those lights automatically retracted into its body, transforming into wings of light on its back and head.
"Roar——!"
Necrozma's voice was not loud, but the pressure that came with it immediately made everyone break into a cold sweat.
The true Blinding One, Ultra Necrozma in its prime!
This guy was much stronger than any deity they had ever seen before!
"Watch out for its laser!"
As Aiden spoke, Necrozma had already locked onto the ground below, firing a laser beam with almost zero wind-up.
Boom!
All the humans and Pokémon subconsciously dodged, watching helplessly as the beam, upon touching the ground, immediately melted it, forming a narrow abyss nearly ten meters deep.
"..."
Aiden sighed.
Ultra Necrozma's strength was simply unreasonable!
How were they supposed to fight this!
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