Chapter 381: It Left

Huo La and Xiao Zhao rode the Mega Gyarados and soon arrived at the Snow Peak Temple.

Having seen Shan Kui and Bin Lian, the two encountered no obstruction and smoothly entered the shrine again—a temple perpetually cloaked in ice and snow, exuding an ancient, solemn aura.

Following the cold stone steps forward, passing through layer upon layer of corridors, Huo La once again reached the depths of the Snow Peak Temple—outside the massive stone gate that leads to Regigigas's habitat.

When Huo La's gaze fell on the three empty stone tablet insets on the gate, his mouth twitched involuntarily, feeling a pang of toothache.

"Dammit, that Regigigas, so boring?" Huo La muttered inwardly, "Last time he blocked the gate with stone tablets, and now he's blocked it again!"

Complaining aside, the real problem stands before him: the seventeen stone tablets he once held have been taken away by the system, leaving nothing to inset, so he truly cannot open this heavy stone gate.

Huo La took a deep breath and whispered in his mind, "Daio Qixisi, do you have a way to get in?"

After a brief silence in his mind, Daio Qixisi's cold, solemn voice replied, "…the Interdimensional Energy in your body has been exhausted; relying solely on my Instant Teleportation, breaking through this stone wall that harbors ancient power to enter Regigigas's domain is difficult."

Huo La's heart sank slightly, and he fell into silence.

He was about to speak, asking Daio Qixisi to consider another method, when Daio Qixisi's voice sounded again, this time with a hint of a breakthrough: "However, you have already captured Palkia; if you can harness its Spatial Power, I can try to break through the stone wall."

Huo La heard this, rolled his eyes helplessly, and muttered inwardly, "Next time, could you stop panting so much? You almost gave me a heart attack."

After the complaint, he immediately pulled a massive Poké Ball containing Palkia from his pack, gently pressed its surface, and said, "Palkia, lend me a hand; I need to go behind this stone gate."

As the words left his mouth, the heavy ball instantly emitted a faint blue glow, strands of pure Spatial Power spilling from it and gathering before the stone gate as a weak spatial ripple.

Daio Qixisi seized the fleeting moment, a pale violet Superpower Aura flaring around him, and his Instant Teleportation skill surged— a flash of light streaked, and Huo La's figure vanished instantly before Xiao Zhao, Shan Kui, and Bin Lian.

Shan Kui watched Huo La's vanishing silhouette, their cheeks puffing slightly, and said with a hint of petulant annoyance, "What! You just went in by yourself and didn't bring us along, that's too much!"

Bin Lian kept their gaze fixed on the still‑closed massive stone gate, brows slightly furrowed, their expression heavy as they remained silent.

Xiao Zhao's face showed even more worry, both hands tightly clutching the hem of their clothes, eyes fixed toward the stone gate, whispering softly, "Huo La, you must be careful."

On the other side, Huo La felt a strong wave of dizziness— the speed of Instant Teleportation combined with the weightlessness from Palkia's Spatial Power made his whole body feel light.

When he finally steadied himself and eased the dizziness, he realized he was in an unfamiliar space, surrounded tightly by five towering "mountains," and a massive, heavy sense of Intimidation slammed into him, almost taking his breath away.

Instinctively, Huo La tensed his body, refusing to move, his eyes scanning cautiously, and discovered that those so‑called "mountains" were actually five Legendary Pokémon: Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regieleki, and Regidrago.

They stood silently, exuding a formidable aura that kept him firmly encircled at the center.

At that moment, an ancient and imposing voice suddenly rang out in the void, clearly reaching his ears: "Everyone, disperse."

As the voice faded, Huo La felt the oppressive pressure vanish instantly, and the breath he had been holding finally flowed out; he couldn't help but exhale, "Huh~"

Just as the breath settled, Regigigas's voice sounded again, still bearing that ancient authority: "Chosen one, we meet again."

Huo La immediately looked toward the source of the voice and saw Regigigas unchanged from their last meeting, its massive body standing steadily in the center of the space, not moving a hair.

That was unsurprising; with such a colossal size, even a slight movement would likely cause the entire Snow Peak Temple to tremble, perhaps even trigger an avalanche.

Huo La let his tense nerves relax a bit, plopped down onto the ground, lifted his gaze to Regigigas, and got straight to the point: "Can you tell what's different about me compared to when I last saw you?"

Regigigas fell silent, the six colored gems on its chest flickering back and forth, as if sensing Huo La's aura and changes.

A moment later, its voice sounded again, tone firm: "It… has left…"

Hearing that, Huo La's eyes hardened instantly, his body stiffened slightly, and after a brief silence he slowly raised his head, speaking softly, his tone tinged with urgency and relief: "You indeed know the 'system' inside me… seems I was right to come back this time."

As Huo La's words faded, Daio Qixisi's figure suddenly appeared beside him, its gaze heavy as it looked toward Regigigas, uttering a garbled Cosmic Language, as if communicating something, its tone laced with tentative inquiry.