Chapter 1426

"Pacific High Seas Secret Realm Descends, The Legendary Three Birds"

"The High Seas Become the Territory of the Three Legendary Birds; Should Humanity Reclaim the High Seas That Belong to All Mankind?"

"On How Three Distinctly Different Landscapes and Climates Appear in Adjacent Regions: Geographers and Climatologists Analyze for You"

"God of Ice, God of Thunder, God of Fire: Experts Take You Through the Legends They Left Behind"

"Shenzhou Alliance Ghost-type Elite Four Member Speaks Out: At least the God of Ice holds goodwill toward humanity; it once saved the entire Magic City. We can attempt to communicate and interact with it."

Ice Island, Frozen Bay.

Su Hao, who was scrolling through his phone to receive news from the outside world: "........"

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Who could have imagined that things would evolve into what they are now?

Three days ago, the moment the High Seas Secret Realm completely overlapped with reality, the changes were not earth-shattering; at the very least, it did not cause the massive volume of seawater within the secret realm to join the Pacific Ocean and contribute to a rise in global sea levels.

It was merely that three islands exclusive to the three legendary birds appeared out of thin air in the high seas, and the vast cumulonimbus clouds formed by Reshiram's attack appeared in the sky above.

Not long after the secret realm successfully descended, the various alliance warships, unable to wait to explore the brand-new landscape and collect novel resources, sailed back into the high seas one after another.

How could the irritable Moltres and Zapdos tolerate these small fry invading their territory? Not to mention that in the center of the three islands, which were arranged in a ring, sat the Ice Mirror Crystal that sealed Dark Lugia.

Originally, Zapdos and Moltres had intended to destroy a few fleets and punish a few humans to spread fear and drive humanity away.

The White Eagle Alliance fleet, which charged the fastest, was the first to suffer; not only was the fleet heavily damaged, but the Elite Four member who led the resistance was nearly soloed by Zapdos.

It was only at Su Hao's suggestion that Articuno appeared to stop the escalation of the conflict, using its authority over ice to freeze the sea area outside the three islands, making it impossible for any watercraft to approach, and declaring that the frozen circle was the territory of the three legendary birds, forbidding any unauthorized humans from approaching.

The strong reaction from the three legendary birds forced the various alliances to temporarily retreat and reconsider their stance toward the three birds and their territory.

Su Hao had originally prepared for his and Reshiram's existence to be exposed, but he hadn't found any relevant news in the past few days, and he didn't know what the situation was.

Su Hao sat up straight on his lounge chair, looking at little Lugia, who was having a blast playing beach ball with Ogerpon and the others, and sighed.

Forget it, let's just see what attitude the various alliances will show. Regardless, before the purification of Dark Lugia is complete, humans cannot be allowed—and will not be allowed—to explore, loiter, or wander near the three islands at will.

As a human, Su Hao understood the inherent flaws of humanity very well; he knew that if Articuno and the others gave an inch, humans would take a mile.

Fortunately, they currently held a clear advantage in terms of military force; with the three legendary birds united against the outside and their massive population of kin, there were probably only a few alliances in the world with the power to go toe-to-toe with them.

Articuno and the others were inherently in an invincible position, and the alliances with that kind of power wouldn't be foolish enough to risk offending the three legendary birds and being backstabbed by other alliances just to use strategic force to forcibly explore the high seas.

The costs and rewards were highly unlikely to be proportional.

Coupled with the stance of Chu Ya and the Shenzhou Alliance she represented, Su Hao felt the outcome shouldn't disappoint him.

Just as Su Hao was about to lock his screen to check on the Pokémon's training progress, a new message popped up on his phone screen, causing the corners of his mouth to lift slightly.

"Flash News: At the World Alliance Conference that just concluded, the various alliances voted to decide that each of the five permanent alliances will send one trainer representative to the high seas to communicate with the three legendary birds."

"Now this is interesting."

Perhaps due to the influence caused by the integration of the former Articuno Secret Realm, the scope of Ice Island was much larger than Su Hao's previous impression, and even some of the landscape from the Articuno Secret Realm had merged into Ice Island.

For example, the "forest uninvaded by wind and snow" that Su Hao once had Skadi create using secret realm permissions, which made

Su Hao's worry about where to house the Grass-type Pokémon legion after the Articuno Secret Realm disappeared completely dissipated.

It seems there's no need to specifically buy a manor to raise Pokémon; let's just use Ice Island as a base.

Articuno: I have no objections.

However, if Ice Island is to be used as a base, how to travel quickly to and from the Shenzhou Alliance is another difficult matter.

Compared to the coastal regions of the Shenzhou Alliance facing the Pacific, the location of the high seas is actually closer to the Hawaii state of the White Eagle Alliance; even if he had the Hisuian Braviary fly at full speed using the wind, it would probably take nearly a day to return to the Shenzhou Alliance.

"I wonder where Hoopa is now. With its rings, I could probably smuggle myself anywhere in the world without delay just by having the coordinates."

"I could also treat Ice Island as my own backyard; come and go as I please, and meet with Articuno at any time, though it can't leave this place."

"But... based on that ring from when I saved Senyi last time, Hoopa might have already been controlled by the Nova Organization. Sigh..."

On the way to Fire Island, Su Hao sighed while sitting on Metagross's back.

If he really has to fight Hoopa Unbound in the future, that would be a bit troublesome.

Right now, the only ones he can call upon at any time are the Eon Duo, Celebi, the three legendary birds, and Reshiram. The other legendary Pokémon he knows are either unreachable due to no signal, or he doesn't know which corner of the world they are in, and the three legendary birds can't leave this place.

On the contrary, Hoopa Unbound can summon six top-tier legendary combatants, and it is itself a top-tier combatant among legendary Pokémon. Tough.

"Metagross—"

Metagross's reminder interrupted Su Hao's train of thought.

Metagross didn't know about Su Hao's inner conflict; looking at the smoking volcanic crater below, it only knew that they had reached their destination.

It wasn't supposed to be a mount, but the Hisuian Braviary had been chatting with it at the place where Dark Lugia was sealed recently—though it was just the Hisuian Braviary chatting unilaterally.

That droning, repetitive voice like a monk chanting gave Metagross a headache; it didn't know how Dark Lugia had managed to endure it.

Su Hao looked down at the volcanic crater, and his Aura spread out.

Aside from a massive presence within the volcanic magma, another very distinct aura made his face light up with joy.

After so long, Incineroar has finally advanced to the Elite level.

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