After using the Frozen Heart, Dragonite's body was immediately frozen solid, and at the same time, its life force no longer continued to fade away, as if time itself had been frozen on its body.
Julian let out a heavy sigh of relief. If he had been even one minute late, even using Frozen Heart would have been useless.
He recalled the ice-sealed Dragonite back into its Poké Ball.
"Don't worry, you'll wake up soon."
He spoke softly to the Poké Ball, then secured it at his waist.
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> "Wuwu, is Dragonite going to be okay?"
> "Champion Walker's eyes are all red."
> "It should be fine. If I'm not mistaken, Champion Walker just used Frozen Heart to freeze Dragonite, preserving its last bit of life force."
> "What now? Champion Walker only has Mega Metagross and Mega Aggron left!"
> "Why hasn't our reinforcements arrived yet?"
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Dragonite's brush with death had brought many citizens of Drakoria to tears. That resolute expression for the sake of its trainer was deeply etched into the hearts of most.
Because Hydreigon had died, the black smoke it released was absorbed by a nearby Dragonite. The opponent was already at the Pseudo-First-class Legendary tier, so absorbing this black smoke didn't make it much stronger.
At this moment, the Master still had nine Pokémon left, and all nine were at the Pseudo-First-class Legendary tier. Meanwhile, Julian only had Mega Metagross and Mega Aggron on the field.
Metagross was still in good condition, but Aggron, having been continuously attacked earlier, already had injuries of varying sizes covering its body.
Two against nine, and nine Pseudo-First-class Legendaries at that. Even Julian himself had to admit that he was now at an impasse.
Dragonite's near death filled him with rage, but he had not lost his reason. If he lost his mind now, the one who would truly die would be himself.
"I... can't break... this... barrier."
Deoxys's intermittent voice suddenly came through his mind, causing Julian to pause slightly.
Because of the Godless Barrier, his connection with Deoxys had been severed, but now the other party could actually contact him.
It must be that the Godless Barrier was being continuously weakened by the aftereffects of the battle, which was why Deoxys could now reach him.
But—
He tried to open the Poké Balls containing the Twin Dragons, yet they still wouldn't open.
"Don't waste your time. As long as the Godless Barrier still exists, you can't use any First-class Legendaries—even if the barrier has been weakened."
The Master naturally saw Julian's actions and let out a cold sneer.
Julian didn't doubt the other's words either—he truly couldn't open the Poké Balls of the Twin Dragons right now.
"Deoxys, go to the Primal Secret Realm, and defeat the two remaining King-form Pokémon there. Hurry."
Julian's mental command passed through the weakened Godless Barrier and into the mind of Deoxys, who was hovering in midair.
Deoxys, who was in the midst of battling Darkrai, didn't understand why Julian would send it to do such a thing at a time like this. But out of trust in Julian, and knowing that it couldn't take down Darkrai and that dragging this out further would only waste time—
Deoxys forced Darkrai back with a single move, then vanished on the spot using Teleport.
Darkrai had thought Deoxys would follow up with an attack after using Teleport, but even after more than ten seconds, it still hadn't appeared.
Darkrai: 'Could it have left?'
An unbelievable thought surfaced in Darkrai's mind.
"Hahaha! Julian, even your own Pokémon has abandoned you. How pathetic!"
The Master naturally noticed Deoxys's disappearance and burst out laughing, looking at Julian with eyes full of mockery.
By now, Darkrai was certain that Deoxys had truly left. So with no opponent left, it simply hovered above the barrier.
With the Godless Barrier in place, it couldn't enter either.
Meanwhile, Deoxys's "desertion in the face of battle" ignited the fury of Drakoria's people.
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> "Damn it, how could it do this?!"
> "Compared to Dragonite, Deoxys is nothing but garbage!"
> "A First-class Legendary? Hah, what a joke!"
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The people of Drakoria were seething with rage.
And among the upper echelons of Drakoria, quite a few had also panicked. After all, Deoxys was a First-class Legendary. If even it had abandoned Julian, didn't that mean Julian was truly beyond saving?
"Sir! Deoxys suddenly appeared at the entrance of the Primal Secret Realm and has already entered!"
A staff member urgently reported.
"It didn't run away? But why go to the Primal Secret Realm? Could it be trying to hide inside?" the Third Elder asked, puzzled.
"I think it must believe there's something inside the Primal Secret Realm that can help Champion Walker, so it went in," the Fourth Elder said. He didn't believe for a moment that Deoxys would abandon its trainer.
Quite a few people turned their gaze toward the Grand Elder, to see what his thoughts were.
"How much has the barrier weakened?" James asked the staff member beside him.
"About thirty percent or so," the staff member replied.
They had been continuously monitoring the barrier's energy, so the answer came very quickly.
"Deoxys will not abandon Julian. As a trainer, Julian is absolutely the best there is. His Pokémon will never abandon him," James said with absolute certainty.
Compared to the idea of Deoxys abandoning Julian, he was far more inclined to believe the Fourth Elder's words—that it had entered the Primal Secret Realm specifically to help Julian.
It was very likely that because the Godless Barrier had weakened, Julian could now reach Deoxys and had ordered it to go to the Primal Secret Realm.
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As a Psychic-type First-class Legendary, Deoxys had previously scanned the entire Primal Secret Realm under Julian's command, so it knew exactly where the two remaining King-form Pokémon were.
Using Teleport, it arrived at the fourth King's domain—the Moonview Arena, where the King-form Pokémon was a level 97 regional-variant Electrode.
The bewildered Electrode stared blankly at Deoxys's sudden appearance, and just as blankly, was defeated by a single move from the opponent, utterly incapable of putting up any resistance.
Even in its King form, its odds of victory against a First-class Legendary were absolute zero.
Teleporting once more, Deoxys then appeared at the fifth King's domain—the Icepeak Arena—where the King-form Pokémon was a level 96 regional-variant Avalugg.
Meanwhile, while Deoxys departed for the Primal Secret Realm, the deathmatch between Julian and the Master naturally hadn't stop just because of its departure.
Facing nine Pseudo-First-class Legendaries, Julian's expression was exceedingly solemn.
Mega Aggron was tying down three of them, while Mega Metagross held back the other six.
The ones facing Mega Aggron were Tyranitar, Goodra, and Hydreigon. The first two Pokémon had no speed advantage to speak of, and compared to Salamence, Dragonite, and Metagross, Hydreigon's speed was not particularly fast either.
Thus, these three were assigned by the Master to deal with Mega Aggron.
After all, if they were to face Mega Metagross, with its Teleport, they would gain no advantage whatsoever.
Tyranitar launched a Giga Impact, Goodra unleashed a Dragon Pulse, and Hydreigon fired a Tri Attack.
The three attacks came crashing down upon Mega Aggron like a landslide, each move cloaked on the surface with a layer of black energy.
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