"Don't want to play anymore? Too late!"
Bai Mu's eyes turned cold. "Stop it—Earth Divine Power!"
"Awoo~!"
Zygarde's eyes flashed as it detonated the cliffs on both sides of the valley entrance with Earth Divine Power.
Boom!
Rocks cascaded down, stone shards tearing through the air. The scene looked like a natural disaster descending from the heavens.
Even the charging Time Hunter, driven by pure instinctual terror engraved into its genes, screeched to a halt.
Bai Mu roared inwardly,
"Little Soft—Earth Divine Power, full power!"
"Awoo!"
Zygarde let out a long howl as a blinding green radiance erupted.
Rumble!
The entire valley floor shook violently.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The ground collapsed, cliff walls shattered, soil churned, and boundless earth energy surged upward!
At this point, the terrified Tusk Hunter could only desperately prop up its Time Barrier to defend itself.
The next instant, it was completely engulfed by the raging earth power and swallowed whole!
Rumble—!
The terrifying tremors continued without pause. Like an earth dragon overturning itself, the devastation sent Spirit Beasts within several kilometers fleeing in all directions.
One minute… two minutes… five minutes…
A full half hour passed before Zygarde, sensing the Time Hunter's aura weaken to the brink, finally stopped its attack.
The once-spacious valley had become nothing but ruins.
"Aaah—!"
The Tusk Hunter let out a shrill, broken cry. Its massive body lay on the ground, dying, its life force draining away rapidly.
Bai Mu walked over slowly and gave the final command.
"Little Soft, finish it."
"Woof~"
Zygarde stepped forward, and a scorching Dragon Pulse ended its life completely.
Immediately afterward, spirit power and a strange gray mist rose from the corpse, condensing into a deep black spirit ring wrapped in swirling haze.
A ten-thousand-year spirit ring!
"Whew… it's finally over."
Bai Mu exhaled deeply. "Thankfully, it didn't have any absurdly strong time abilities. Otherwise, I might really not have been able to win."
Of course, that was also because he'd played it extremely cautiously. Zygarde never let the Time Hunter get close, leaving it no chance for a desperate counterattack.
"Time-attribute Spirit Beasts really are terrifying. Even their spirit rings carry special gray mist effects."
"I just don't know what kind of Spirit Ability I'll get after absorption—or whether I can resonate with that Move."
He stared at the black spirit ring, fire blazing in his eyes.
"Little Soft, help me guard."
"Woof!"
Though exhausted, Zygarde forced itself to stay alert, scattering Z-Cells around for surveillance.
Bai Mu sat cross-legged and began guiding the spirit ring with Calm Mind.
Whoosh!
As the spirit ring rose above his head, his consciousness once again entered the spiritual world.
This time, no information appeared immediately.
Instead, a massive wild boar materialized before him—
The remnant soul of the Tusk Hunter!
Seeing Bai Mu, the Time Hunter went berserk, charging forward as its tusks shone with piercing brilliance.
"You think you can rampage in my spiritual world? You even have the qualifications?"
Bai Mu sneered, reached into the void, and pulled out a rocket launcher.
Fire!
Boom!
A spectacular explosion tore through the spiritual world, blasting the Time Hunter away.
"That's it?"
Light and shadow shifted in Bai Mu's hands as an inferno gatling materialized.
He pulled the trigger.
A storm of bullets instantly riddled the Time Hunter full of holes.
Amid the smoke, its remnant soul shattered completely.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Even mice know when to stop dancing."
"You're dead. Quit struggling."
With a wave of his hand, everything dissipated, and familiar information finally surfaced—
[Successfully absorbed the 12,458-year Tusk Hunter spirit ring.
Obtained Third Spirit Ability: Time Penetration
(Gathers the power of time for a devastating strike, ignoring the target's defense.)]
"So that's it."
Thinking of how other Spirit Beasts had been effortlessly pierced and killed, Bai Mu felt this Spirit Ability was truly extraordinary.
But the real highlight was still coming.
[Available Pokémon Move resonance options: Trick Room, Diamond Storm, Power Gem, Seal, Disable, Protect… Time Roar]
"This list is ridiculously broad."
Bai Mu hadn't expected so many resonance options—but he didn't hesitate.
His gaze immediately locked onto one Move.
Time Roar.
The signature Move of Dialga, the God of Time. It unleashes distorted temporal power to attack, but normally leaves the user temporarily unable to move.
A powerful Move—with heavy restrictions.
But this wasn't a game.
As long as the user was strong enough, they could forcibly resist the backlash.
The only drawback was that Zygarde wasn't Dialga. Knowing Time Roar didn't grant mastery over time itself—it would have to learn everything step by step.
Even so—
"It's more than enough."
Bai Mu curled his lips. Possessing the signature Move of a divine Pokémon was already worth everything.
[Using Time Penetration to resonate with Time Roar.]
The moment the choice was made, Bai Mu returned to the real world.
Spirit power from the ring flooded into his body, forcing a breakthrough past Rank 30 into an entirely new realm.
His already formidable physique was further strengthened—muscles tightening, skin growing tougher, his body refined to a new level.
Roughly two hours later, the transformation ended.
Bai Mu opened his eyes.
"Wait… something's wrong."
Before he could assess himself, his vision rippled.
Time ripples.
"I can… see time?"
He looked around in shock.
"Woof~"
Zygarde pointed at Bai Mu's eyes.
"My eyes?"
Bai Mu quickly pulled out a mirror.
His face was the same—handsome, clear, still carrying a trace of youth.
But his eyes were no longer black.
They gleamed like flawless diamonds.
"…Damn. They're beautiful."
Staring at them, Bai Mu almost had the absurd urge to gouge them out and keep them as treasures.
"Is this… an External Spirit Bone?"
He tried activating it. As his eyes glowed faintly, he felt his speed increase slightly.
Looking around again, he sensed that he could subtly influence the flow of time around him.
"Could this be… the Time Hunter's Time Domain?"
Bai Mu was stunned.
He hadn't expected to obtain an External Spirit Bone—let alone one outside the original story.
And he'd even inherited the Spirit Beast's most powerful ability.
Even if, for now, it was pitifully weak.
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