Chapter 422

Stepping into the Spiral Secret Realm, which had entered an ice age, the howling gale whipped up the unfrozen ice and snow on the ground, and countless ice trees and icicles formed a forest of ice.

"Snap, snap, snap, snap————"

In his ears was the howling blizzard, and fine hail crystals mixed into the storm, pelting the icicles like rain hitting banana leaves.

As expected of the Articuno who holds the title of the God of Ice, by mobilizing its authority to launch an attack, it could actually transform the spring-like Spiral Secret Realm into this state.

Hiss......... terrifying!

"Huh? Did you guys hear any sound just now?"

Su Hao looked around; he felt as if he had heard a short syllable from somewhere just now.

"No~"

"It must be the sound of the blizzard, just your imagination."

Diancie and Articuno shook their heads; neither Pokémon had heard any strange sounds.

"Alright...... let's land on the top of the Dragonspiral Tower first."

Finding nothing after a bitter search, Su Hao dismissed his earlier thought; it must have been an illusion.

Carrying the dragon-shaped ice sculpture formed by the negative energy phantom, Su Hao and the others landed on the top of the Dragonspiral Tower.

The tower top was piled with thick snow, and messy, collapsed pillars could be seen everywhere; if not for the ice and snow covering it, this place would likely have an air of decay.

"Well...... let's execute the negative energy phantom...... shall we?"

Su Hao nimbly flipped off Articuno's back, and then his expression stiffened—

"Hiss...... so cold, how many degrees below zero is this?"

Under the speechless gazes of Articuno and Diancie, Su Hao, disregarding his image and poise, scurried back onto Articuno's back; only here could it bring him warmth......

"Ahem...... let's give the negative energy phantom the final blow!"

Coughing a few times to cover his embarrassment, Su Hao spoke handsomely once more—

"Wait a moment, I want to conduct an experiment."

Articuno abruptly stopped the move Diancie was gathering in her hands, lowered its head, and said in a deep voice.

"?"

"?"

Facing four puzzled eyes, Articuno shifted its gaze and took a deep breath: "You said that even I cannot completely eliminate this thing, right?"

"Yes...... that is the case."

Su Hao said hesitantly; what was Articuno planning?

Just as Articuno said, Su Hao, having received information from the system, had informed Articuno that even as the God of Ice, it could not completely eliminate this...... weak, Gym-level mid-stage negative energy phantom.

However, Articuno seemed to have other ideas.

"Listening to the voice of ice, I can be certain that this thing....... the negative energy phantom is a pure energy body, completely different from the physical bodies of the Dark Pokémon I have fought before."

Articuno closed its eyes, as if recalling an ancient past.

"The battles with Dark Pokémon were more like pure duels of strength; the fearless opponents with no emotions traded wounds with us, and the negative emotions radiated by the omnipresent negative energy were like bone-deep maggots; one careless moment and you would be lured into falling into darkness."

"In that battle, we not only had to face a fearless army, but also suppress our own various negative emotions, carefully ensuring that our own sadness, anger, annoyance, escapism, and so on did not arise, lest they become food for the omnipresent negative energy."

Su Hao glanced at the negative energy phantom ice sculpture and sat obediently, waiting for Articuno to speak.

Is this thing that powerful?

Didn't we just meet it and instantly kill it?

"However, this negative energy phantom, apart from the appearance that you said resembles the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram, is too weak, simply unbearable!"