Chapter 108

"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump."

A continuous stream of Aura Spheres was launched from Ash's hands.

With the sacred flames of Ho-Oh in front and Aura Spheres coming from every direction, Articuno had nowhere to hide.

"Aura Sphere?"

Lorelei, standing on the ground, rubbed her eyes vigorously.

"Ugh, time for new glasses again. My eyes are acting up."

Ash's maneuvers were so absurd that even seeing it with her own eyes, Lorelei couldn't believe it.

Korrina: "Excuse me, is Ash the reincarnation of Lucario?"

Maylene: "Impossible. Lucario isn't that powerful."

Others might not know, but as Lucario Trainers, how could they not understand?

A Lucario simply has no way to fire off such a massive volume of Aura Spheres in such a short time like Ash does.

Ash is the Supreme Edition of Lucario!

Riley: "No wonder the Guardian of Aura was Sir Aaron, not Lucario."

Riley used to wonder why the Guardian of Aura was Aaron and not Lucario, but now he understood.

Compared to a human who has mastered Aura like Dark Ash, what is a Lucario?

Lucario is only fit to tie their shoelaces.

"Smack!"

Lorelei gave herself a heavy slap across the face.

"That hurts!"

It wasn't a dream; everything she saw was real.

Ash really did hand-craft a pile of Aura Spheres and beat Articuno into a panicked retreat.

At this moment, Lorelei suddenly recalled Professor Oak's evaluation of Ash.

Three years. In just three years, Ash would stand at the pinnacle of the world.

Three years? Heh, Professor Oak still underestimated Ash. Ash has been a Trainer on his journey for less than a year, right?

Not even a year in, and he's already hand-crafting Aura Spheres, punching Mewtwo, and having Mew as his sidekick.

If you gave Ash three years, he’d practically be ascending to the heavens.

"What a fine man, why is he only nine?" Isn't this the Prince Charming she’s always dreamed of? Sigh, it’s just that this Prince Charming is too young.

Diantha: "As expected, I guessed right. Lorelei has fallen."

Wikstrom: "He's only nine! Dark Ash is still just a child!!!"

Caitlin: "Lorelei is too ruthless, not even sparing a child."

Cynthia: "Sigh, Lorelei, what am I supposed to say to you?"

A bunch of people in the chat room were frantically teasing Lorelei, and she couldn't take it anymore, so she just gave up and stopped caring.

She couldn't be bothered to explain again that it was the parallel world version of her, not the real her.

Lorelei: "So what? Is it illegal to like Dark Ash? The age gap between us isn't that big. By the time Dark Ash is 18, I'll only be 33; it's not that much of a difference. And you lot, mocking me so happily now—don't be more pathetic than me when you eventually meet Dark Ash."

Diantha: "We'll deal with that when the time comes. The main thing is to be happy now."

Roxanne: "That's right, seize the moment."

Wikstrom: "Hmph, I'm only seven years older than Dark Ash; even if we dated, it would be perfectly normal."

Caitlin: "That's right, that's right! If I dated Dark Ash, we'd be a match made in heaven."

Lorelei: 'Heh.'

Steven: "They say a woman three years older is like holding a gold brick? May I ask what you're holding if she's 15 years older?"

Wallace: "The Himalayas?"

He chases, it runs, it has no way to escape.

Articuno was already struggling against Mew alone, let alone Mew assisted by Ash. Ash and Mew are both masters of Aura; their combined strength isn't as simple as one plus one equals two.

Under Ash's full-throttle firepower, Articuno soon fell in defeat.

Shamouti Island Temple.

"This shouldn't be happening. The story shouldn't be developing like this. It's really a headache."

It’s a good thing Slowking has a Shellder on its head, otherwise, it would definitely be scratching its head raw.

Everything happening before its eyes has already exceeded its imagination.

"What happened?" Melody asked worriedly, "Has the situation worsened again?"

"I don't know how to put it."

Slowking didn't know how to explain it either.

Sigh, it should be developing in a good direction, right?

"Next, it's your turn."

After dealing with Articuno, Ash turned his sights toward Moltres and Zapdos.

In fact, the moment Articuno fell, Moltres and Zapdos already realized the situation was wrong.

Articuno's strength was on par with theirs; if Ash and Mew could easily take care of Articuno, they could certainly take care of them too.

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Articuno's strength was on par with theirs; if Ash and Mew could easily take care of Articuno, they could certainly take care of them too.

Moreover, their opponents now weren't just Ash and Mew, but also Lugia.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for them; at this moment, reason overcame anger.

Moltres and Zapdos wanted to call a truce. They wouldn't cause trouble anymore; everyone should just go home to their own mothers, okay?

If only Lugia were here today, their request might have been granted, but unfortunately, Ash and Mew were also present.

Go home to your own mothers? Are you kidding? They haven't had enough fun yet, keep fighting!

Ten minutes later, Moltres and Zapdos followed in Articuno's footsteps, beaten black and blue as they collapsed to the ground.

"Um, do we still need to go get the Ice Orb now?"

After Ash and Mew returned to the ground, Lorelei hesitated for a long time before asking.

"We still have to go through the motions, right?"

Although the three troublesome Legendary Birds had all been dealt with, the procedure still had to be followed.

Just like that, the knocked-out Legendary Birds and the Ice Orb were brought back to Shamouti Island by Ash and Lorelei.

In the Shamouti Island temple, Slowking, the Elder, Melody, and Carol were already numb; this was completely different from the plot they had anticipated.

Ash was a bit too powerful for his own good.

Only Brock and Misty showed no change in expression. Having traveled with Ash for so long, they were already used to Ash's absurd operations; it was just a basic move, don't be surprised.

Under everyone's gaze, Ash placed the final Ice Orb in the designated spot, and then a large amount of clear spring water gushed out from beneath the temple.

This wasn't ordinary spring water, but water containing life energy.

Good stuff; it was a real shame to use it to heal the knocked-out Legendary Birds. But there was no help for it; who else would stabilize the balance of the Orange Archipelago?

"There's so much spring water, it should be fine if we take a little, right?" Ash hesitated for a moment before asking.

"It's fine, there's plenty of spring water."

Ash was, after all, the hero who saved Shamouti Island; what was taking a little spring water compared to that?

With Slowking's permission, Ash didn't stand on ceremony; he took a canteen from his backpack and filled it to the brim.

"Hey, don't you guys want any?" Ash looked at the others curiously.

Once Ash spoke, the others finally reacted. This spring water was a treasure; if they missed this chance, they wouldn't get another.

Misty, Brock, Lorelei, Melody, and Carol all took out every container they had that could hold water. Fill it up, fill it all up.

Everyone busied themselves for a full half-hour before each of them revealed a satisfied smile.

Lance: "This, Lorelei is too ruthless!"

Ash only filled one canteen, but Lorelei went and found a bucket for drawing well water and filled three full buckets.

Lorelei: "Heh, that's because you weren't there. If you were, you'd definitely be more exaggerated than me!"

This wasn't ordinary water; it was water rich in life energy. Although the effect wasn't as exaggerated as the spring water born within the Tree of Life, the effect was definitely top-notch.

Using it to raise Water-type Pokémon would definitely yield twice the result with half the effort.