Chapter 78: Violent Yveltal!

Wait, Xerneas!

Diancie ran ahead in an excited little jog, while Xerneas, like a startled fawn, sprinted forward.

Anxious, Diancie chased from behind, seeing she was gradually falling behind, she almost burst into tears on the spot.

A misstep appeared under her feet, and she tumbled down the slope in a sorry state.

Diancie!

Ash watched this scene, his brows furrowed, his gaze toward Xerneas gradually turning hostile.

As if sensing something,

In the end, Xerneas still stopped, staying in place to wait a moment.

At that moment, Ash quickly caught up to the tumbling Diancie, reached out and embraced her, helping her up,

He reached out and brushed off the dirt and dust clinging to Diancie.

Diancie immediately thanked Ash politely,

Thank you, Ash!

Immediately after, Diancie eagerly turned her gaze to Xerneas.

Xerneas, please help me!

Xerneas examined Diancie for a moment, then nodded.

I already know your feelings; since that's the case, I shall grant it to you!

As his words fell, radiant seven-colored light began to appear on Xerneas's body.

A very comfortable energy instantly filled the bodies of all present creatures.

Feeling the changes in his body, Clemont's face was full of disbelief: 'Unbelievable, this is… fairy atmosphere? I feel my whole body brimming with energy, my strength increased.'

Down the slope,

Xerneas silently gazed at Diancie, leaving behind a riddle.

Only you yourself can nurture life!

What… does that mean?

Diancie tilted her head, puzzled by Xerneas's riddle.

However, Xerneas did not answer Diancie's doubt, turning and heading deep into the forest.

Just then,

In the sky, the airship's main cannon aimed at a pond in the forest's center!

Boom boom boom!

Shell after shell fired off in succession, a continuous barrage of firepower poured into the pond, creating a huge commotion!

What's happening?

Everyone covered their heads, fell to the ground, and their attention was instantly drawn to the commotion.

In the shadows, the Koga ninja frog strained to conceal its presence, gradually approaching Ash and Diancie.

Although no one knew why missiles suddenly attacked the forest, regarding the Koga ninja frog sneaking up close,

Ash, who possessed Waveguide Power, knew it all too well.

Now is the time!

The Koga ninja frog's long tongue shot out, about to sweep Diancie away.

Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

Speaking, Ash threw the Pikachu on his shoulder; it was smoothly caught by the frog's tongue and brought right before him.

Frog?

What is this? I wanted Diancie!

Looking at the nearby electric mouse, the Koga ninja frog's mind involuntarily conjured a big question mark,

but before he could think further, a dazzling cyan electric current filled his entire vision,

Numb… numbed!

Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt, with excellent effect! The Koga ninja frog lost its combat ability.

Failed!

On the airship,

The ninja watched the footage on the monitor, his face full of astonishment.

Argeus angrily glared at the ninja: 'How could this happen?'

The ninja retorted unhappily: 'How would I know? It's certainly not the Koga ninja frog's fault—you know my Koga ninja frog's hiding skills well enough.'

That's true; the ninja thief's current status is entirely due to his and the Koga ninja frog's superb hiding abilities.

Otherwise, Argeus wouldn't have sought cooperation with him.

Don't argue anymore; now is not the time for internal conflict!

The girl Milis's voice interrupted their argument.

What's happening?

The three gathered around, all looking at the monitor in front of Milis.

The screen focused on the pond bombarded by a round of shells; amid the exploding artillery, a dark red light that made one's heart palpitate suddenly flared.

All creatures in the forest felt the imminence of death at that moment,

the overwhelming aura made the elves tremble with fear,

Xerneas, who had already run several kilometers, involuntarily halted his steps and turned back in confusion.

On the airship,

All four wore terrified expressions as they watched the scene.

"What on earth... is this?!"

Accompanied by that dark‑red radiance soaring into the sky and spreading its wings, they finally recognized the other's identity.

God of Death—Yi Pei Er Ta Er!

"Something's terribly wrong! I—I—I... we just seemed to have bombed Yi Pei Er Ta Er's sleeping place."

"Run!"

Without time to notice a Koga ninja frog knocked down on the ground, A Er Gai Si immediately activated the aircraft to flee.

With the aircraft's sudden burst of firepower, it lifted off at once.

A wave of post‑disaster relief surged through them, and Mi Li Si happily patted her flat chest.

"Fortunately, our aircraft has a cloaking device; it can't be seen with the naked eye!"

However, she didn't know that Yi Pei Er Ta Er could pinpoint their location through the life waves emanating from those present.

Moreover, Yi Pei Er Ta Er first targeted the bastards who opened fire and disturbed their peaceful dream.

As Yi Pei Er Ta Er spread its wings, its body instantly became a dark‑red bolt of lightning, catching up to the fleeing aircraft in an instant and circling to its front.

Sharp, massive talons immediately seized the aircraft's wings.

Warning! The ship's altitude is decreasing!

Warning! The ship's altitude is decreasing!

Warning! The ship's altitude is decreasing!

……

The relentless alerts signaled the dire turn of events,

At that moment, the thieves present finally realized their insignificance, all wearing expressions of despair, their true feelings laid bare.

A Er Gai Si embraced his daughter Mi Li Si, and the ninja embraced the witch.

A scarlet death‑wing beam fired, and wherever its light passed, the crimson devoured everything; all life force was drained by Yi Pei Er Ta Er.

Leaving the others turned into stone statues and the aircraft plummeting,

At this point, Yi Pei Er Ta Er, awakened from sleep by a cannonball, still showed no sign of calming down,

With a roar, they unleashed a free‑flowing scarlet death‑wing beam downward.

The three Rocket Squad members who followed Ash were also unfortunately hit,

The forest and Pokemon, after being struck by the beam, all had their life force completely drained,

Plants withered into deathly silence,

Humans and Pokemon alike were all turned into stone statues.

In less than half a minute, the thief gang was annihilated, and a quarter of Ao Lu An Si Forest was destroyed!

Yi Pei Er Ta Er quickly returned to the forest's center and noticed Ash's party on the ground,

Ash thought this was a perfect chance for Diancie to seize a Mega Evolution opportunity,

He stopped Mewtwo from acting, assigned La Di Ya Si to protect Se Mei and others, while he himself sprinted with Diancie to cut off the path.

In the shadows,

Zhe Er Ni Ya Si departed and returned, also seeing this as a good chance; even if they failed, they could intervene to save it, but ultimately chose to watch events unfold.

During this, Ash led Diancie in constantly dodging Yi Pei Er Ta Er's attacks, while the trailing tiny diamond subjects were unfortunately drained of life.

"Careful!"

Ahead was a cliff; at the last moment, Ash lunged to pull Diancie back from the edge, his own body hanging on the cliff with only one hand still on the rock.

"Ash!"

Diancie watched the scene in pain, wanting to help, but Yi Pei Er Ta Er's attack in the sky was already primed.

Diancie could only clasp both hands, gathering a massive diamond to counter the attack.

A huge pink diamond floated in the air before Diancie,

Death Wing!

A scarlet beam descended from the sky, colliding with the diamond; the shockwave flung Diancie away, sending her crashing to the ground.

At this moment, Ash himself scrambled up from the cliff edge.

Yi Pei Er Ta Er again fixed its sights on Ash; Ash performed a roll on the spot, dodging the attack.

Seeing Ash's embarrassed scramble because of her, Diancie's eyes welled with tears of both gratitude and guilt.

"Ash..."

She recalled the hint Zhe Er Ni Ya Si had left earlier,

"Only you can nurture life!"

Diancie kept muttering, "Diancie, believe in yourself, you will succeed!"

As her conviction solidified, pink light suddenly flickered over Diancie's body,

Almost simultaneously, the diamond in Ash's pocket and the keystone on his wrist also glowed.

It worked!

A flash of joy crossed Ash's face; without hesitation, he quickly pulled the pink diamond he had previously crafted with Diancie, now radiating dazzling light, from his pocket and tossed it to Diancie.

"Catch it! Believe in yourself, Mega Evolve, Diancie!"

As Ash reached out to touch the evolution keystone, the pink Mega Evolution stone fell into Diancie's hand,

A dazzling, eye‑catching rainbow aura appeared, and Diancie's figure successfully Mega Evolved within the light.

Her body became even more beautiful, sprouting structures like a skirt and pendant.

"Diamond Storm!"

Super Diancie followed Ash's command, clasped its hands together and created another holy diamond!

This time,

Super Diancie finally managed to withstand Yveltal's attack initially, but as Yveltal increased its output, Diancie still could not escape defeat.

Its body slid backward a distance, and Diancie's face flashed with dejection and helplessness.

"Diancie still can't beat Him..."

In the shadows, Xerneas knew it was time for her to step in,

But just then, Ash smiled,

"No, Diancie, you've already done very well!"

"Next...... Mewtwo!!! It's your turn to go out!"