[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham":3,"chapter-pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-chapter-663":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Pokemon: The Reemployment of a Paldea Former Champion",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2324680,4546,"Chapter 663: Luo Mu","pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-chapter-663",663,"\u003Cp>After a whisper filled with boundless confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant she realized her summoning of Rayquaza had failed, Xiang Ka’s face turned deathly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had done everything to her absolute limit—why hadn’t the Dragon God answered her call?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Groudon and Kyogre’s conflict had drawn any response from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she truly angered it so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had she gone wrong? Was it because the intensity of Groudon and Kyogre’s battle wasn’t strong enough? Then what about Lales City?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it simply that the single Key Stone she held wasn’t enough to summon its arrival?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xiang Ka was lost in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She collapsed onto the ground as if all strength had drained from her body, sinking into painful self-doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long it would take her to overcome this state was irrelevant for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the waters of Mo Si Island in Hoenn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a haunting, melodic whale song, the one who arrived at the chaotic battlefield was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia, the Legendary Pokémon known as the Sea God and the Monsoon God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Luo Mu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nimoh, gazing at the black-haired young man on Lugia’s back, wore a face full of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinsu and Jingxiang’s anxious hearts finally settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Teacher Luo Mu had arrived, then this crisis was no longer a crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s… Lugia!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the one being supported by Dragonite failed to recognize the name of the giant white bird carrying Luo Mu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a native of Johto, no one didn’t know Lugia’s name—it was a deity who, alongside Ho-Oh, once perched atop the twin towers of Vermilion City, receiving human worship!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the incident in the Orange Islands forged a bond between Luo Mu and Lugia, prompting the latter to come to their aid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless, what had seemed utterly hopeless was now about to turn hopeful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Mu, who could already defeat Rayquaza, combined with the power of the Sea God Lugia—what would happen? A Du dared not even imagine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s settled! This time, it’s finally settled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truth proved A Du had rejoiced too soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Beyond the horizon, two colossal figures ignored the swirling vortex, braved the gales strong enough to sweep away most things, and marched steadily toward this direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gigantic Dragonite—and Gigantic Gyarados!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their hundred-meter-tall forms passed by Whiscash, Nimoh’s excitement soared beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the gigantic Dragonite, shrouded in thick mist—she had seen that behemoth before, on the shores of Paldea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was visibly reliable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Mu did not pause to greet Nimoh and the others; instead, his gaze fixed on the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divided by Mo Si Island, one side was a sky of cascading heavens, the other a blazing sun. Though he had sensed it en route, seeing it now alongside those two approaching figures matched exactly the scene he had once imagined while first playing the Hoenn generation game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing the environment, Luo Mu’s attention shifted to the focus of this mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groudon and Kyogre!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn fathead fish and flightless—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Mu gritted his teeth, muttering under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two ancient Legendary Pokémon were the cause of Hoenn’s climate anomalies—and the reason Luo Mu had rushed back from the Kanto waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they couldn’t hear him, what harm was there in cursing? He’d even lost his vacation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia: “.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it →_→.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why did he find that description so fitting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must hold back—absolutely must not laugh. He had to maintain the dignity of the Sea God; he couldn’t lose composure with so many eyes watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Luo Mu’s satchel, Tera Bagoth, though curious about what Luo Mu had said, sensed a familiar yet terrifying aura and wisely stayed tucked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Kyogre, who had paused its battle alongside Groudon, stirred—its head half-lifted above the waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyogre’s furious eyes locked onto Lugia’s silhouette. Not even Miltank mattered now—Kyogre didn’t even glance at the indigo Gem beside Groudon; instead, it unleashed a threatening roar directly at Lugia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The approaching Gigantic Dragonite and Gigantic Gyarados were entirely ignored by Kyogre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you two get along?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Mu asked Lugia, visibly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyogre’s expression suggested its moves were already forming—only a leap into Origin Forme stood between it and a devastating punch at Lugia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.Probably because I’ve intruded into its territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia, too, seemed exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond its title as Creator of the Seas, Kyogre also bore a title similar to Lugia’s: Sea God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were complex ancient reasons behind this—briefly put, elsewhere it might be fine, but if Lugia entered Hoenn’s waters, Kyogre would inevitably challenge it to a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why it had never entered Hoenn’s waters before, only lingering nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exasperated as it was, Lugia wasn’t afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Even if Kyogre went into Origin Forme, Lugia could still outmaneuver its pursuit and escape. How much more so now, when the beast clearly looked underfed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, follow what we just agreed: as long as neither of them touches a Gem matching their own color, once they realize the cost outweighs the gain, they’ll both leave and go home to sleep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia let out a low roar, flapping its wide white wings to bring all the raging winds above the sea under its psychic control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, it activated a sturdy psychic shield—oh no, a turtle shell—directly intercepting Kyogre’s hastily launched “Hydro Pump,” riding the wind straight into the battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyogre, no longer caring about Miltank, dove straight into the sea and chased after Lugia!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Lugia had used some “Look at me!” move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough… cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miltank, coughing up seawater streaked with blood, lay slumped on the back of Flygon, gazing with Milotic at the figure of Luo Mu on Lugia’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the initial surge of relief, all he could now hope for was that Luo Mu, as he had done in Lales City, would end Groudon and Kyogre’s conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.I’m leaving it to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After whispering these words, weakened by hypothermia and massive blood loss, Miltank’s head lolled sideways and fainted on Flygon’s back, as Milotic cried out in concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on Mo Si Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Groudon’s attention had been drawn to Lugia and Luo Mu, he finally got a moment to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Wu also noticed Miltank’s collapse, but Flygon and Milotic were there to care for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he’d seized the chance to strike while Groudon’s focus was mostly diverted—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Metagross and Hypno still failed to close in and attack Blaziken, to try and sever its fusion with the Gem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still retained some mobility; he didn’t know how much Luo Mu understood about Groudon and Kyogre, so he had to deliver the intel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless pale-blue beams continuously swept the sky, furiously chasing the white figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Du, watching from afar without daring to enter the battlefield, had to admit: if Kyogre had treated him and Dragonite with the same hostility it showed Lugia, they wouldn’t have lasted twenty minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Kyogre’s signature Water-type move: “Origin Pulse.” Even if it was weaker than “Water Gun” in the game, its real-world effect was utterly overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia’s flight technique was nothing short of art—in the movie he remembered, it had used only flight and positioning to outmaneuver the three Legendary Birds and retrieve all the treasures with Ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for that sneaky collector’s ambush, “Lugia’s Explosion” would’ve ended much earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lugia once again demonstrated similar flight techniques: flapping, ascending, diving, spinning to evade—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a beam was truly unavoidable, Lugia’s ever-present omnidirectional psychic shield kicked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless struck repeatedly, a single Origin Pulse beam could not pierce Lugia’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Lugia was, in fact, a durability-focused special tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lugia and Kyogre played out their chase, thin rays of sunlight forcefully pierced through the dark, storm-laden sky above the black sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the opposite edge of Mo Si Island, Groudon roared to assert its presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groudon had no direct conflict with Lugia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Lugia’s acrobatic flight annoyed it, if it meant making Kyogre suffer and rage, Groudon would unhesitatingly join in first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Blaziken’s slightly deranged “Expanding Land” laughter as background, Groudon stomped its right foot hard against the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly formed land, born from the meeting of lava and sea, split open violently; seawater surged upward like a crimson blade piercing the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cliff Edge Blade struck Kyogre’s pure white belly with brutal force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the violent explosion, Kyogre’s agonized cry sent a chill down Luo Mu’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap! Groudon looked so simple and honest, but it just pulled a backstab!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect chance—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Luo Mu’s mind flashed the idea to have Lugia strike Kyogre while it was down, Lugia didn’t slow its high-speed flight—it began climbing higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More Cliff Edge Blades than ever before pierced the exact spot where Lugia had been a second ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Mu instantly understood what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Rayquaza’s proud, straightforward nature, which despises ambushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groudon, whose mind holds little thought and mostly acts on instinct, rarely understands what it means to form a team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its attacks unleash indiscriminately on all beings within range—while stabbing Kyogre in the back, it also sought to instantly eliminate Luo Mu and Lugia, hoping to become the final victor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my god, how evil is Groudon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia, having avoided Groudon’s indiscriminate assault through experience, flew calmly at a height beyond the reach of Cliff Edge Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One can only say, living long has its advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia had never once entertained the idea that Groudon would cooperate or team up with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long, long ago, it often watched these two fools fight in the Kanto seas. It knew exactly what kind of tactics they used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, that green Rayquaza was frequently ambushed by them without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Mose Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it failed to kill two birds with one stone, Groudon’s expression remained utterly unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To it, missed moves were common occurrences; in battles lasting months or even years, not every technique could achieve its intended purpose upon release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, not even Kyogre, let alone that flying green caterpillar, would have escaped being crushed under Groudon’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groudon’s deep roar echoed between sea and sky, its golden bestial eyes reflecting two figures—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though struck by Cliff Edge Sword, Kyogre surfaced calmly as if nothing had happened, its deep blue scales reflecting the light scattered around Mose Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lugia hovered high in the heavens, its white wings spread wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense sunlight poured down, dancing across Groudon’s jagged back, then swallowed by the surging energy within its body, transforming into blinding emerald light that coalesced into a miniature sun within its fearsome maw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air warped from the heat, even the rain curtain evaporating into white mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Solar Beam!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Kyogre slowly opened its massive, tooth-filled mouth; frosty white cold condensed in its throat, ice crystals drifting like stardust around it, the sea surface freezing at a visible rate with a grating “crackling” sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ice Beam!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here it comes—!” Lugia’s telepathic warning exploded like a bell in Luo Mu’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flapped its wings violently, air swirling into vortices between them; the deep blue water ball in its mouth was compressed by psychic force until nearly solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, a thick column of water tore through the rain like a raging dragon, crashing downward with unstoppable force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hydro Pump!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emerald beam from Groudon’s mouth resembled a sword of divine punishment—where it passed, air exploded, and the solar beam’s sunlike heat instantly vaporized the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyogre’s icy blue lightning surged like a polar storm, ice spires spreading wildly across the sea, the frosty mist bitterly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that same moment, Lugia’s Hydro Pump collided violently with both, the released energy instantly creating a vacuum zone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the deafening roar, three colored energies wove into a vortex of destruction. The sea surged into hundred-meter-high waves, the rain curtain and storm clouds shredded to fragments, even sunlight dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Protected by Lugia, Luo Mu remained unharmed, yet he still couldn’t help but be awed by the power of the Legendary Pokémon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These moves, entirely unrelated to their own types, somehow produced such colossal effects in the mouths of Lugia, Kyogre, and Groudon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2041,"2026-06-20T17:11:50.049Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6c435d98c7dce721c912d436f6ca93589f24eb3ca1c40ad58e583ab47a7df56e","pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-chapter-664","pokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-chapter-662",695,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpokemon-the-reemployment-of-a-paldea-former-cham-cover.jpg"]