Rayquaza Reappears

A powerful hurricane isolated the blizzard - the handiwork of the Caterpie.

Not only that, but a strange energy also rushed up into the sky, undoing the few dark clouds that were drifting snowflakes above the sky.

"Not only did you learn Telekinesis and Rayquaza's Twister, but the Air Lock ability is finally unlocked as well?"

Aisha saw the whole process of Caterpie's great display of power from the rear.

Telekinesis was an ability that belonged exclusively to psychic type Pokémon and some Legendary and Phantom beasts, and Twister was a Dragon type move that didn't exist in Caterpie's original skill list.

['Dragon Ascend' Proficiency - 40%]

In the past two days, because of the formal exposure to a real sparring match, it was said that Caterpie had made a new breakthrough in the use of moves, which in turn led to the proficiency of the 'Dragon Ascend' move increasing at a much faster rate.

Today, Caterpie defeated three Ice Type Pokémon in a row with 'Dragon Ascend', so perhaps the official use of this move might have inspired Caterpie's potential...

"Ha~ Not bad."

Gazing at the tornado that gradually led to the sky, Aisha couldn't help but reveal a pleased and excited smile.

Caterpie was his initial Pokémon... Its progress was always the one thing that Aisha was most concerned about.

Now, the power of Rayquaza was finally initially displayed on Caterpie's body.

"Mee!"

Finally, the tornado that had been leading up to the sky gradually stopped.

Caterpie and Azurill's figures also reappeared in Aisha's eyes.

Caterpie was expressionless, and Azurill had a confused look on her face.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I going to do?

"Caterpie, Azurill!"

Aisha's call seemed to have awakened Azurill, who had been unaware of what was going on the entire time, and the little water bear glanced at the green Caterpie, who still seemed to be chesty next to her, and then scurried back to her master's side in a single bound.

"Lulli, lulli, lulli!"

The little water bear kept bouncing in front of Aisha, its eyes constantly darting between its master and the Caterpie, as if expressing its shock and disbelief.

"As I said before, this big senior of yours is not an ordinary bug."

Looking at Azurill's reaction, Aisha couldn't help but smile.

After that, Aisha looked forward to the Caterpie that blocked between himself, Azurill and the three Ice Type Pokémon, as if it was as reliable as a solid shield.

"Caterpie, show me those moves you've learned!"

"Mee!"

The Caterpie shouted excitedly as well, quickly responding to Aisha's call.

In front of it, Abomasnow, Vanilluxe and Jynx were already ending the release of the blizzard as soon as the 'Snow Warning' effect was interrupted.

Now, it was Caterpie's turn to attack.

"Mee!"

Caterpie raised his head, and several heavy rocks surfaced around him, glittering with a dark luster as they smashed straight into the three enemies in front of him.

"Ancient Power."

Comparing the skill list of Rayquaza within his memory, Aisha recognized the move that Caterpie was currently using.

"Ow!"

"Ow!"

"Chirp!"

Rock-type moves restrained ice-type Pokémon after all, and the three opposing Pokémon directly spat out three beams of Ice Beam to collide with Caterpie's Ancient Power in midair after sensing the danger.

"Boom-!!!"

Smoke from the explosion drifted out, and Ice Beams of light barely resisted Ancient Power.

Caterpie, however, swung out three blades of Air Cutter, which not only blew away the smoke, but also solidly struck Abomasnow, which was the most massive in size.

"Ow!"

Abomasnow wailed, and with a collection of ice and grass type, it crooked its neck and directly lost its fighting ability.

Ice type is the original sin, ice plus grass type is even more sinful...

Vanilluxe and Jynx didn't even have time to catch their breath before a Twister blew towards them.

"Woo!"

"Chirp!"

Vanilluxe and Jynx wailed under the Twister's sweep, but Caterpie added an Ancient Power with no expression, easily blowing them both away.

After that, Caterpie resumed his 'Dragon Ascend'.

The long green dragon with teeth and claws erupted with a power different from that of the party, instantly reaping what was left of Vanilluxe and Jynx' stamina.

At this point, Chien-Pao's eight trials had already cleared seven of them.

If each trial was a Pokémon, then, now Aisha had only one Pokémon left to deal with...

"Mimi!"

However, Caterpie lost his patience to continue cleaning up the stragglers.

Without waiting for Aisha to say anything, an emerald green light suddenly bloomed above Caterpie's body.

"It's hard to..."

At the back, Aisha's eyes changed, and a stunned expression appeared on top of his face - he was too familiar with Caterpie's current change, which was clearly the precursor of an impending evolution into Rayquaza!

"Caterpie, wait!"

Aisha originally wanted to tell the Caterpie that evolving into Rayquaza now might result in exposing his identity along with its own, but as a result, the Caterpie turned back at this time and gave Aisha a confident look.

"Mimi... roar!"

The soft voice gradually transformed into a high-pitched dragon roar, and the Caterpie's body that surpassed one meter continued to elongate under the covering of light, gradually extending to eight meters, nine meters, and ten meters!

The petite feet turned into sharp dragon claws, and the pink tentacles turned into slender dragon horns... A powerful aura filled the valley.

After the light dissipated, the Caterpie was actually evolving into a reduced-sized version of Rayquaza, floating within the mountain path and letting out a long roar to the sky.

"Roar-!!!"

Although, this time, Rayquaza's size wasn't too big, the aura that uniquely belonged to a First-level Legendary Pokémon had already permeated [Mt. Chien].

For miles around, all the Pokémon trembled as they looked in the direction of the mountain path, and their reactions were even more intense than those of Chien-Pao when it appeared on top of the mountain.

The gap between a First-level Legendary Pokémon and a Second-level Legendary Pokémon is clear... It was the same even for crippled First-level Legendary Pokémon!

"Roar!"

Rayquaza roared as the divine speed of light propelled its body into the sky, swiftly crashing into a distant mountain peak.

"Roar-!!!"

At the same time, another heart-shattering roar reached Aisha and Azurill's ears.

One person and one pet looked towards the direction that Rayquaza had attacked - above a mountain peak, a Chien-Pao ran out with a harsh sword light, its hind legs quickly covered with a layer of cold frost, carrying a heavy momentum to kick towards Rayquaza.

"Boom!"

Extreme Speed and Ice Spinner collided, and the result was undoubtedly that the former was superior.

"Ow-!!!"

Chien-Pao's slender body was like a kite that had broken its strings as it crashed straight into the mountain peaks behind it.

"Roar!"

Facing this guy who kept sending out Pokémon to tease himself and Aisha, Rayquaza launched a pursuit attack almost without any interval, and a mouthful of Hyper Beam directly struck Chien-Pao that had crashed into the mountain peak.

"Boom-!!!"

The small mountain peak was half shattered by Rayquaza's Hyper Beam, Chien-Pao barely ran out of the enemy's attack range, and after standing still, he sprayed a mouthful of Ice Shard towards Rayquaza, who was chasing after him in the sky above.

Rayquaza retaliated with a Hurricane, blowing away the ice shards while hitting the Chien-Pao that was gasping for air on the ground.

"Rayquaza?"

In the distance, Aisha was still within the mountain path, watching the powerful Rayquaza in the sky.

The system's "assistance" would only work when Aisha was facing Groudon and Kyogre, which meant that the Caterpie's evolution into a Rayquaza was entirely this child's own ability...

"The development of 'Dragon Ascend' can already support Caterpie's brief evolution into Rayquaza?"

Seeing that Rayquaza was so eagerly chasing after Chien-Pao, probably preparing for a quick battle, Aisha also reasoned through the information she knew, and came to the conclusion that Caterpie's evolution into Rayquaza's stance probably wouldn't last much longer.

And so...

"Rayquaza, use Dragon Dance for reinforcement, followed by Dragon Claw!"

Aisha gave the order towards Rayquaza, who was hovering above the sky.

"Roar!"

Aisha's order was heard, and he decisively followed his master's order to utilize the Dragon Dance, strengthening his attack and speed.

At the same time on the ground, Chien-Pao also rubbed its teeth as if it was a broken sword, and pounced towards Rayquaza.

"Roar!"

However, exactly a second before Chien-Pao's Throat Chop struck Rayquaza, the latter ended Dragon Dance's reinforcement and mercilessly slapped a round of Dragon Claw on top of its head.

"Dragon Tail!"

It was followed by a connected Dragon Tail.

The gap between a trainer's Pokémon and a wild Pokémon was then revealed.

The current Rayquaza wasn't much stronger than Chien-Pao, but Aisha made the former completely crush the latter with some just-right command.

"Use 'Dragon Ascend' at full power!"

"Roar-!!!"

Rayquaza also knew that this was the final blow, all completely took out all his strength, towering over him and sending out a furious charge that smashed straight on top of Chien-Pao's body that had fallen towards the ground.

"Boom-!!!"

An overpowering air current swept out above the sky.

Chien-Pao's body stalled for a second after Rayquaza crashed into itself, after which it seemed to have turned into an arrow and crashed into the earth below with a loud bang, without movement.

Victory and defeat have been decided...

"Roar!"

Rayquaza gave a high-pitched roar, after which it quickly flew back to Aisha's side.

"Rayquaza?"

Aisha gazed at the long green dragon that surrounded him.

After that, Rayquaza resumed its Caterpie stance under the emerald green light, revealing a tired expression.

"Sure enough, it's still too forced..."

Stroking the Caterpie's head, Aisha took the exhausted it back into the Poké ball.

Looking towards the hill that was already almost in a thousand holes where Chien-Pao had finally fallen, Aisha also let out a long breath.

"I just wanted to practice in the wild, how did I even provoke a Second-level Legendary Pokémon?"