Chapter 108

【Lorelei was full of fire with nowhere to vent. If it weren't for this guy causing trouble, she would still be celebrating the festival on Asia Island, and wouldn't have encountered such troublesome things.】

【For this guy frozen into an ice sculpture, Lorelei had only two words—serves him right.】

【The culprit, the Flying Fortress, had been destroyed, and Moltres and Zapdos were breathing in the free air in the sky.】

【Three minutes later, after resting enough, the next step was the great battle.】

【Moltres and Zapdos had no gratitude for Articuno, who had rescued them from the Flying Fortress, especially Zapdos, who completely exploded after seeing Lightning Island frozen.】

【Just like that, the three Pokémon, with long-standing grievances, started the battle of the century.】

【"What should we do now?" Lorelei's head was about to explode.】

【Lorelei, born on Shamouti Island, knew very well how strong the three legendary birds were. With her strength, dealing with Articuno alone was already very difficult; one against three was impossible.】

【"Go to the temple and see if the Lightning Orb is still there," Ash reminded.】

【They didn't come to Lightning Island to beat up the three legendary birds; finding the orb and bringing it back to Asia Island was their true purpose.】

【After being reminded by Ash, Lorelei immediately woke up, and the two hurried toward the temple.】

【At this moment, the three legendary birds fighting in the sky seemed to see through Ash and Lorelei's intentions, and the three of them tacitly stopped fighting and flew directly toward where Ash and the others were.】

【The three legendary birds hadn't arrived yet, but all kinds of skills had already arrived in advance.】

【Fire, lightning, and ice, the three energies intertwined, and even the air was torn apart.】

【"Come out, Jynx, Lapras, Dewgong." Lorelei summoned three Pokémon in one breath.】

【Under Lorelei's command, the three Pokémon started to create ice walls for defense at the same time.】

【While Lorelei was acting, Ash wasn't idle either.】

【"Venusaur, Protect."】

【Venusaur's huge body blocked in front of Lorelei and Ash, making people feel very safe.】

【It's a pity that this sense of security lasted less than ten seconds. The ice walls created by the three Ice-type Pokémon were instantly broken through. If Ash hadn't summoned Venusaur in advance, the skills of the three legendary birds would have hit him and Lorelei.】

【He would be fine; even if he took the damage from the three legendary birds head-on, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Lorelei was different. She was flesh and blood; if she were really hit by the skills of the three legendary birds, she could really die.】

Lance: "He would be fine. Awesome, in the whole world, only Dark Ash dares to say that."

Steven: "Bruno, don't be a coward. As the former strongest man in the world, tell Lance that you can do it too."

Bruno: "I, I, I can do a fart!"

This is a combined attack from the three legendary birds; the power is no less than Lugia's hateful blow.】

If he really bit the bullet and took it, he probably wouldn't die, but lying in a hospital bed for three to five years would be the minimum.】

Diantha: "What about Lugia? Why hasn't Lugia appeared yet? Without Lugia, it's not easy to fight."

Cynthia: "That's not necessarily true; believe that Dark Ash can create miracles."

【"Return, Venusaur." Ash solemnly recalled Venusaur into its Poké Ball.】

【The ferocity of the opponents exceeded Ash's expectations. The combined strength of the three legendary birds had already surpassed Mewtwo, whom he encountered at New Island.】

【"Mew, can you do it?" Ash communicated with Mew using Aura.】

【"One-on-one is fine, two-on-two is also fine, but there are three opponents now!!!" Mew's meaning was very clear: don't think about head-on confrontation, run away quickly.】

Gary: "I understand one-on-one, but what does two-on-two mean? Could it be that Mew already sensed that Lugia was going to come out to help?"

Korrina: "NO, NO, NO, my understanding is that Mew's so-called two-on-two is it and Dark Ash facing two opponents."

Diantha: "Bingo, you got it right."

Brawly: "Why is the gap between people so big? I'm still struggling to fight a Machop. Dark Ash can already fight legendary Pokémon, and not just ordinary legendary Pokémon."

Roxanne: "Reflect on yourself properly. As a Fighting-type Gym Leader, you can't even steadily win against a Machop; I suggest you go home and sell tofu."

Cynthia: "Wait, I suddenly remembered something. If Lugia comes, wouldn't that be three-on-three?"

Lance: "Hey, it seems that's the case!"

【Just as Ash was about to take Lorelei and run, a whistling sound suddenly came from the seabed, and accompanied by the appearance of a sky-high water tornado, Lugia appeared.】

【"I'll block them, you hurry up and find the Ice Orb."】

【Lugia communicated with Ash through telepathy.】

【"Okay."】

【Ash nodded reflexively, and then just as he was about to walk toward the temple, he suddenly realized something was wrong.】

【That's not right. Once Lugia comes, isn't it three-on-three now?】

【And their trio's strength is obviously stronger than the opponent's trio. Since that's the case, why do they still have to sneakily collect the Ice Orb?】

【Just beat the hell out of them!】

【Daring to hurt his cute Venusaur, these three guys absolutely cannot be forgiven!】

【Ash stopped, turned to look at Lugia, and said: "Can you block Zapdos and Moltres? Five minutes is enough."】

【"Ah?" Lugia hadn't reacted to what was going on; it just nodded habitually. "There shouldn't be any problem."】

【At least it's a Tier 1 god, and nominally the superior of the three legendary birds. Blocking two, and only for five minutes, is definitely no problem.】

【"What do you want to do?"】

【Lugia is not an idiot; it soon understood Ash's intention. It tried to persuade Ash to give up this crazy idea. These are not ordinary legendary birds; these are the legendary birds from Wang Wei's poem.】

【Ash had already made up his mind; Lugia's persuasion didn't work at all. He gave Mew on his shoulder a look, and Mew understood and started to transform.】

【Red and green wings, tail feathers emitting colorful light, a sacred and unviewable face.】

【Legendary Pokémon—Ho-Oh, appears in the world.】

【???????】

【???????】

【Lorelei was dumbfounded.】

【Lugia came, which was still within her expectations. After all, there were traces of Lugia in the legends of Asia Island, and Lugia itself inhabited the Orange Islands. But what the hell is Ho-Oh? No one ever told her Ho-Oh would come too. And this Ho-Oh appeared right next to Ash; who can tell her what the hell is going on?】

Diantha: "Can't blame Lorelei; if it were me, I'd be confused too. In this short minute, too many things have happened."

Cynthia: "I guessed right; now it's really three-on-three."

Alder: "Ash chose Articuno as his target? Then we can mourn for Articuno. With Mew and Ash joining forces, even Mewtwo is no match, let alone Articuno."

Bruno: "Can enjoy Dark Ash's performance again, Hasa-ge!"

【Ho-Oh? Why would Ho-Oh appear here?】

【Not only Lorelei was confused, Lugia was also confused.】

【Didn't its old brother say it had already despaired of humans? Hasn't it not appeared in human sight for 150 years?】

【What happened today? Not only did it appear, but it also became a human's thug? This is not scientific!】

【After being confused for a few seconds, Lugia gradually came back to its senses. This is not Ho-Oh.】

【Unlike the pair in Hoenn, the relationship between Ho-Oh and Lugia is quite good. They once spent a very wonderful time together in Ecruteak City. It wasn't until 150 years ago, when the Tin Tower where it lived was ignited by lightning, that they separated.】

【Living in the same city for hundreds of years, no one knows Ho-Oh better than Lugia.】

【At this moment, the Ho-Oh in the sky only has form, no spirit; it is not Ho-Oh.】

【Lorelei also slowly realized at this time that Ho-Oh was transformed by the Ralts on Ash's shoulder.】

【"Ditto?" Lorelei muttered to herself. "No, no, it can't be Ditto."】

【Ditto's transformation is essentially imitation; without a model to pose, it's impossible for Ditto to transform out of thin air.】

【Not Ditto, and has the ability to transform, could it be?】

【Lorelei widened her eyes.】

【"Move quickly, Lugia." Seeing that Lugia hadn't acted yet, Ash, who had already boarded "Ho-Oh" and was ready to take off, urged urgently.】

【"Oh, oh, okay, okay."】

【Under Ash's urging, Lugia took action. It rushed into the sky to face Zapdos and Moltres, while Articuno was isolated from the battlefield by it.】

【The legendary Sea God still has strength. Although it is one against two, its performance is quite relaxed.】

【Just Moltres and Zapdos alone have no way to pose a threat to Lugia.】

【After confirming that Lugia could complete the task assigned to it, Ash and Mew also took action.】

【Sacred Fire.】

【Ho-Oh's signature move.】

【The legendary three beasts, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou, were resurrected by Ho-Oh using Sacred Fire.】

【Of course, Mew's Sacred Fire definitely doesn't have this effect; it's just a damaging skill.】

【At this time, Articuno also felt that something was wrong. It wanted to return to the main force to reunite with Moltres and Zapdos; one bird really didn't have a sense of security.】

【"Brotherly love now? Too late!!!"】

【Ash on Mew's back started frantically hand-crafting Aura Spheres.】