Chapter 1709 - 1703: Rayquaza Enrages!

Chapter 1709: Chapter 1703: Rayquaza Enrages!

The good thing for now was that what Rayquaza obtained was not the complete Sky Plate, but only part of it. Because of that, although he possessed strength superior to Groudon and Kyogre, he still could not kill them.

Precisely because of that, Rayquaza’s ambition had not yet inflated. For the moment, he had not yet thought of killing other first-level Legendary Pokémon.

But if he were allowed to obtain the complete Draco Plate, then that would no longer be certain.

A person’s desires change as their strength increases and as the position they are in changes. It is not necessarily different with Pokémon, especially with a Pokémon like Rayquaza, whose thinking ability is not inferior to that of humans and even surpasses most of them.

Imagine that Groudon, as the god of the earth, truly died. Then Kyogre definitely would not leave such a vast stretch of land untouched. By then, there would truly be a catastrophe for all living beings.

The same would happen if the situation were transferred to Kyogre.

The current Pokémon world, under Arceus’s macroscopic manipulation for many years, had long since reached a kind of balance. That balance could not be broken because of Rayquaza.

Rayquaza, by himself, was already a little stronger than some first-level Legendary Pokémon.

The Draco Plate could not fall into Rayquaza’s hands under any circumstances!

In that instant, Arceus understood the entire situation, and its gaze instantly became sharp.

The ice-blue beam that had been charging for a long time once again shot out from Arceus’s mouth. Seeing Arceus use the Ice Beam move to attack again, Rayquaza showed a solemn expression and also spat out a mouthful of dragon flames.

Although Dragon-type energy was at a disadvantage against Ice-type energy, blocking it for a moment would not be a problem.

Only this time, the situation exceeded his expectations a little. The Dragon Breath move struck Arceus’s body without obstruction, but Arceus’s Ice Beam move directly struck the Draco Plate that both of them were contesting.

Arceus let out a muffled groan.

Although it was the creator god, Rayquaza’s Dragon-type attack was not something it could endure at will either.

But Rayquaza was in no mood to care about that.

Because...

Crack, crack, crack...

The Ice Beam move shot with the energy of the Icicle Plate struck the Draco Plate, which was restrained by Ice-type energy. It also could not withstand it, and one crack after another appeared across the deep-red Draco Plate.

Arceus’s eyes narrowed. It controlled the part it could still dominate from the inside outward.

Boom!!!

"RAYQUAZZZZ!!!!"

Rayquaza roared furiously.

Amid his roar, the Draco Plate shattered, following in the footsteps of the Sky Plate, and burst into fragments.

A deafening explosion echoed in the air.

Immediately afterward, Arceus and Rayquaza both let out a muffled groan at the same time. Their auras became somewhat unstable.

Both Pokémon had absorbed a part of the Draco Plate. Now, by forcibly making it explode, it was not like the Sky Plate, which had fragmented voluntarily. This was forced destruction, so both Pokémon suffered injuries that were not light.

"Mewtwo, quick! These fragments are good things; don’t let a single one escape!" Cain said.

When Cain saw Arceus’s Ice Beam move pierce through Rayquaza’s Dragon Breath move, he understood Arceus’s intention.

Back then, he had already witnessed once how Arceus furiously shattered the Sky Plate, so he knew what Arceus planned to do.

For Cain, this was an excellent opportunity. At first, he had only wanted to come and watch. For now, neither he nor Mewtwo had the strength to intervene in this.

But now an opportunity had presented itself to them.

The Draco Plate, forcibly destroyed, made both Rayquaza and Arceus suffer considerable injuries. At the same time, Arceus had also taken Rayquaza’s Dragon Breath move head-on, worsening its injuries even further.

Hearing Cain’s words, Mewtwo did not hesitate and directly rushed toward the broken fragments of the Plate.

After forcibly suppressing the injuries inside their bodies, Rayquaza and Arceus also rushed toward those Plate fragments.

Originally, Mewtwo, who had just awakened his consciousness, still had a certain difference in strength compared to them. But now that both had suffered injuries that were not light, the situation was no longer necessarily the same.

Mewtwo moved at great speed thanks to his psychic power. He wove a net with his psychic power and, regardless of the size of the Plate fragments, accepted everything without rejecting anything, storing it all inside the net.

Rayquaza, taking advantage of his enormous body, swung his tail. All the Plate fragments that touched his tail were absorbed into his body.

Compared with Mewtwo and Rayquaza, Arceus was at a disadvantage. It had invested more effort than Rayquaza inside the Draco Plate, and by breaking it, it had also made its own consciousness explode. Because of that, the injuries it received were greater than Rayquaza’s. Added to that Dragon Breath attack, its damage was even more serious.

So Arceus was the one who obtained the fewest Plate fragments.

From Cain’s point of view, Arceus had probably obtained one fifth, Mewtwo obtained two fifths, and Rayquaza also obtained two fifths.

The three Pokémon completely divided the Draco Plate among themselves.

Aside from being gravely injured, Arceus did not feel too much regret, because it knew what those Plates represented for the Pokémon world.

Whether complete or fragmented, as long as they still existed, they would not cause too great an impact on the Pokémon world.

Only, from now on, it would no longer be able to use Dragon-type energy or Dragon-type moves.

But for it, which possessed many attributes, that was not too great a problem.

However, Rayquaza was furious to the point that he could not restrain himself.

The last time, the same had happened with the Sky Plate. He had taken advantage of Arceus’s weak point to demand the Sky Plate from it, but Arceus directly shattered it without saying anything. To this day, Rayquaza still had not managed to gather it completely.

This time, with the Draco Plate, he had taken advantage of the perfect moment to snatch it away.

(End of Chapter)