As the nine secondary Legendary Pokémon appeared, the cries of the divine beasts echoed across the heavens.
The arrival of fresh reinforcements immediately lifted the spirits of the Legendary Pokémon that had already entered their Mega Evolutions, Primal Reversions, and Origin Formes.
Yes, Arceus was overwhelmingly powerful.
But it was not so powerful that it could completely defeat a primary Legendary Pokémon in a single blow.
At the very least...
It would take several attacks.
Besides, compared to the original events, the situation was entirely different.
Back then, only the three dragon gods of Sinnoh had fought against Arceus.
Now, all three had assumed their Origin Formes, and they were backed by a massive army of Legendary Pokémon.
This battle would never be completely one-sided.
"Regirock, Regice, Registeel!"
"All three of you, use Zap Cannon together!"
"Zapdos, use Thunder!"
"Articuno and Moltres, protect your allies. Use Protect whenever the opportunity arises!"
"Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf—work together with Mewtwo, Mew, and Deoxys!"
"Buff our allies or use Teleport to reposition them!"
"Everyone!"
"At the moment, Arceus only fears Dragon-, Electric-, Grass-, Water-, and Ground-type attacks!"
"It's immune to everything else!"
"Switch your moves immediately!"
"If you don't have attacks of those five types, focus on protecting your teammates!"
Only after hearing Aiden's instructions did Cynthia and the others finally understand.
They immediately adjusted their strategy.
Just as Aiden had said, Pokémon without those five elemental attacks shifted into support roles, shielding their allies from damage.
Those who possessed effective moves became the spearhead of the assault.
Aiden then threw out countless Poké Balls once more.
In an instant, Sceptile, Pidgeot, Milotic, the Shiny Aggron, Metagross, Infernape, Aerodactyl, Glaceon, Umbreon, Sylveon, the Gardevoir sisters, Salamence, Arcanine, Blaziken, Charizard, Serperior, Feraligatr, Torterra, Absol, Dragonite, the giant Claydol, the giant Tentacruel, and Slowking all appeared together.
These were all of Aiden's core Pokémon that had already reached Grandmaster-tier combat strength.
"Sceptile, Pidgeot, Aggron, Metagross, Aerodactyl, Gardevoir, Salamence, Blaziken, Charizard, and Absol!"
"Mega Evolve!"
Thanks to Aiden's psychic power—which had already reached the level of a Legendary Pokémon—his mental strength was sufficient to support all of their Mega Evolutions simultaneously.
"Infernape!"
"Milotic!"
"Bond Evolution!"
Two more Bond Evolutions appeared.
The Pokémon surrounding Aiden had all undergone complete transformations.
Each one had stepped into the Grandmaster tier.
Then came the next wave.
Shiny Donphan.
Shiny Lucario.
Drapion.
Leafeon.
Flareon.
Jolteon.
Vaporeon.
Espeon.
Rhyperior.
Magmortar.
Electivire.
Nidoking.
Nidoqueen.
Snorlax.
Machamp.
Scizor.
Garchomp.
Partner Eevee.
Porygon-Z.
The King Giant Rhyperior.
The King Giant Pidgeot.
Alolan Ninetales.
Crystal Onix.
Kabutops.
Typhlosion.
Ninetales.
The golden Gyarados.
The silver Gyarados.
Venusaur.
And the black Shiny Tyranitar.
At this moment...
Every one of Aiden's primary battle Pokémon had appeared.
"All Pokémon!"
"Attack Arceus!"
Not a single one of Aiden's main battle Pokémon was below the Elite Four tier anymore.
Even the two Shiny Gyarados he had captured in the Orange Archipelago had grown explosively thanks to their Red Potential and King traits.
Vulpix had long since completed its final evolution into Alolan Ninetales.
Only Crystal Onix had not evolved.
Aiden still had yet to discover its evolutionary method.
Dozens of Pokémon attacked Arceus simultaneously.
The heavens themselves seemed to change color.
Faced with the overwhelming pressure of so many Legendary Pokémon and powerful Trainers...
Arceus' expression finally changed for the first time.
"So..."
"A mere human has gathered this many Legendary Pokémon."
"How interesting."
"But unfortunately..."
"To me, humans are nothing but oathbreakers."
"Traitors deserve only death."
The moment Arceus finished speaking, terrifying divine power erupted from its body.
Judgment began to gather.
The thirteen Creation Plates currently in Arceus' possession floated around it, forming a brilliant seven-colored halo.
The next instant—
Countless rays of divine light rained down like a meteor shower upon every Pokémon attacking it.
One strike landed among Aaron's team.
All six of his Pokémon were instantly blasted into a near-fainted state.
Another wave descended toward Aiden's Pokémon.
Seeing this, Mega Mewtwo Y immediately expanded an enormous psychic barrier, shielding everyone behind it.
Yet even it managed to hold for less than three seconds.
Judgment shattered the barrier and blasted Mewtwo away.
The rain of divine meteors continued unabated.
A single attack was enough to knock out every one of Aiden's Pokémon below the Champion tier.
Only those who had temporarily reached the Grandmaster tier through various enhancements barely managed to remain standing.
Even then, most of them were already on the verge of collapse.
Seeing this, Aiden immediately recalled every Pokémon that had lost the ability to fight.
Then his gaze settled upon the Plates orbiting Arceus.
A thought suddenly crossed his mind.
What if...
His own Pokémon could wield the Creation Plates in battle?
Would they then possess the power to fight Arceus directly?
At present, Arceus lacked only the Splash Plate, Meadow Plate, Earth Plate, Draco Plate, and Zap Plate.
Among those, Aiden possessed only a Meadow Plate.
That meant, for now, only Sceptile could borrow the Meadow Plate to confront Arceus directly.
As for the Psychic Plate...
Mega Mewtwo Y could wield it.
The Flame Plate, meanwhile, could be entrusted either to Bond-Evolved Infernape or to Groudon, the lord of the land.
At that very moment, the system suddenly issued a new prompt.
Ding!
Detected that the Host is battling Arceus, the Creator Deity.
Special choices have been unlocked!
Choice One: Continue fighting Arceus to the very end.
Reward: Immediately receive three random Creation Plates.
Choice Two: Borrow Dialga's power to travel back several thousand years, reclaim the Jewel of Life, calm Arceus' anger, and obtain the Jewel of Life along with its five Creation Plates.
Choice Three: Defeat Arceus.
Reward: Obtain every Creation Plate not yet collected.
Looking at the three choices presented by the system...
Aiden froze.
The rewards were certainly tempting.
But...
How exactly was he supposed to defeat Arceus in his current state?
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