Chapter 820: Shadow Raid!

After Su Hao and Calyrex finished their conversation, Yana, who had been waiting outside, was also called in.

Calyrex announced its decision to this believer who was now the only one still faithful to it.

It would no longer accept Yana's faith, nor would it accept the faith of other beings in the future.

Calyrex had expected that upon hearing this, Yana, even if she didn't become hysterical, would be disappointed in Calyrex, the King of Bountiful Harvests.

But Yana's reaction left it stunned for a moment.

"That's wonderful... You should have acted according to your own will, not be bound by us believers who are under your protection." Yana smiled with tears of joy, from the bottom of her heart.

"..." Calyrex was silent for a moment; even Glastrier and Spectrier, who had accompanied it the longest, had never known its thoughts.

A short while later.

In the center of the Crown Shrine, Calyrex held the black and white Reins of Unity, with a snow-white divine steed whose hooves were covered in ice crystals standing on one side, and a pitch-black ghost horse shrouded in dark shadows and treading on mist on the other.

Su Hao and Reshiram, standing in the distance, both braced themselves, watching Calyrex's movements without blinking.

They saw Calyrex's eyes light up with a captivating purple glow; even though it was this weak, a mental force so vast it was almost tangible poured out.

Calyrex manipulated the black and white Reins of Unity; unlike in the games, these were made of white mane and black mane along with radiant petals, possessing the ability to merge with Glastrier or Spectrier at will.

The moment it touched the Reins of Unity, Calyrex felt its nearly exhausted Bountiful Harvest power temporarily strengthened, like a timely rain after a drought.

But it dared not be careless; with the Bountiful Harvest power pouring into its body as if it didn't care about its life, enduring the pain that felt like it was tearing its soul apart, Calyrex kept using the Bountiful Harvest power to tear away the faith power within its body.

A little further away, Su Hao, Reshiram, and even Yana could see Calyrex's figure suddenly become illusory, and then, as if splitting, a figure on the left was illusory while one on the right was solid, frantically trying to separate from each other.

Su Hao watched this fantasy-like scene, dumbfounded, and asked Reshiram: "Will the faith-power Calyrex that split off have consciousness?"

Reshiram shook its head and said firmly: "In the end, it's just a shell without any thoughts. To have consciousness, it would probably need to obtain an extremely high concentration of faith power."

"Calyrex's current faith power is already scarce, so it's not a big problem."

Su Hao nodded in sudden realization.

It seems his mission is not far from success; once Calyrex is completely reborn, the mission completion prompt will probably pop up.

This mission is still quite easy, and there's no great danger on this line; it's really good.

Calyrex's splitting process was exceptionally long, taking about two or three hours, accompanied by a clear sound of separation. In the vision of Su Hao's Aura, Calyrex, which had become much more transparent, successfully split off the pure golden faith-power Calyrex, which had no emotional fluctuations and was just a shell.

As if reborn, Calyrex felt the Bountiful Harvest power in its body, which was pitifully small compared to its peak period, and instead of feeling grief, it laughed heartily and happily.

It, Calyrex, is reborn here!

Glastrier and Spectrier also leaned toward Calyrex at this time, making neighing sounds, as if congratulating their King on its rebirth.

Under the gratified smiles of Su Hao and Reshiram, Calyrex's emotions completely relaxed, and it smacked its lips: "Finally, I don't have to experience the feeling of death getting closer to me step by step."

"Thank you, Su Hao, and Reshiram..."

Calyrex had only finished half of its words of thanks when a voice that sounded incredibly surprised and happy rang out from the entrance of the Crown Shrine.

"Hehehehe! This is truly an unexpected joy!"

Su Hao's pupils contracted sharply, and he frowned, looking quickly toward the entrance of the Crown Shrine.

There stood a man wearing a crown on his head and robes of incomparable luxury.

Su Hao was not surprised that this man would appear at the entrance of the Crown Shrine; after all, he hadn't set up any defenses.

But...

... even though he had relaxed because of Calyrex's successful splitting, Su Hao's Aura had been covering the outside the whole time.

How did this man, who looked incredibly ordinary, bypass his Aura and enter the Crown Shrine?

At this moment, the reborn Calyrex also cast its probing gaze over.

At this look, Calyrex's pupils vibrated rapidly. It discovered... that incredibly familiar aura and the taste of the soul were clearly the first Ice King who should have died long ago, its former chief priest!

The first Ice King was also the person who discovered Kyurem attacking the Ice King City and begged it to go out and fight.

"Judo... why are you still alive?" Calyrex frowned deeply; listening carefully, its voice was still trembling.

For legendary Pokémon, life is incredibly long, but humans are not in this category.

Calyrex never shared its life force to let humans break through the limits of their lifespan; it felt that only humans with a mere hundred-year limit could bloom into the most beautiful and excellent flowers.

The man Calyrex called Judo chuckled, his body suddenly melting and disintegrating in an instant, turning into an incredibly deep blood-red shadow and attacking Calyrex at high speed!

As soon as the blood-red shadow appeared, a disgusting, decaying aura that Su Hao and Reshiram were incredibly familiar with permeated the Crown Shrine!

"What do you want to do!"

Calyrex's eyes were filled with anger, and Glastrier and Spectrier stood in front of the still-weak Calyrex, full of rage.

Who knew that the blood-red shadow didn't even look at Calyrex, but went straight past the faith-power Calyrex that had been motionless on the side.

At the same time, the blood-red shadow laughed again: "Hahahaha! This body is truly suitable! It perfectly melted the faith power of the first Ice King that I have accumulated for thousands of years."

"To me now, you are all ants!"

The blood-red shadow... or it would be more appropriate to call it the Void Shadow.

After the Void Shadow occupied the unconscious Calyrex body constructed from faith power, the sky was instantly stained blood-red, and incredibly thick fog began to sink toward the ground.

Su Hao's face turned completely ugly, because the data displayed on the system was—First-Class Legendary!

The moment the negative energy that any creature in this world would loathe completely erupted.

Under the iceberg, a cold flame that seemed to be able to freeze everything and burn everything instantly pierced through the iceberg.

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