Chapter 1052: A Living Taboo Weapon

High above in the sky.

Ninetales had created an enormous Ice Moon roughly 71.6 meters in diameter to serve as a vessel for countless streams of Fairy energy.

Immediately afterward, all 24 Lunatone, 48 Togetic, and 49 Ribombee unleashed their moves.

Whether it was Dazzling Gleam or Moonblast, each greatly increased the amount of energy contained within the Ice Moon.

Apart from them, Gardevoir, Mawile, Mismagius, and Togekiss also released enormous amounts of Fairy energy.

As one of the cores of the Ice Moon tactic, Mega Altaria began using Fairy Aura while simultaneously regulating over a hundred Fairy-type moves—

In the past, Altaria would never have been capable of such a feat. But after undergoing Tapu Fini’s special training and completing the "Fairy Control" training, its mastery over Fairy energy had reached an extremely high level. Coupled with the subsequent "Life Control" and "Nature Control" training, Altaria’s Fairy Aura had undergone a qualitative transformation, making this incredible feat no longer particularly difficult.

Nearly a hundred Pokémon surrounded the enormous Ice Moon, dazzling Fairy-type energy gathering in front of each of them. Under the regulation of the Fairy Aura that enveloped the entire sky, these streams of Fairy energy slowly transformed into countless motes of light and entered the Ice Moon like fireflies.

As the Fairy energy accumulated, the Ice Moon grew brighter and brighter, its color gradually approaching that of Fairy energy.

"This..." On the League media helicopter, Reporter Mira stared at the Ice Moon, swallowed hard, and then began trembling all over.

The entire helicopter looked incomparably tiny before the Ice Moon. She felt as though she were looking at the real moon itself. As Fairy energy from across the sky converged upon it, the Ice Moon gave her an extraordinarily sacred feeling.

The continuous influx of Fairy energy also marked the passage of time...

Every Pokémon was releasing its Fairy energy very slowly, because Altaria’s stamina was limited. If the energy flowed too quickly, it may cause it to run out of stamina and fail to attend to the details, bringing all the efforts to naught.

With the seven top-tier powerhouses below buying him time, Terrance was determined to get everything right in a single attempt. He would not allow even the slightest mistake to occur midway through the process.

Moreover, with Ninetales’s stamina, it probably would not be able to create a second Ice Moon of this scale...

"I absolutely have to record the moment it falls!!" Mira shouted inwardly.

She had already realized just how insane the Moonfall Plan was... This might become Hoenn’s biggest news story in recent years—the number one headline to come!

At this very moment, while the Ice Moon continued accumulating energy, the Rotom Pokédex was also measuring exactly how vast the energy within it had become and transmitting the data to Hoenn League headquarters in the form of code.

The taboo weapons possessed by the Hoenn League had their own independent formula for calculating destructive power. It involved materials science, energy science and various related branches, including energy fusion science and energy reaction science. For example, if one unit of energy could normally produce a destructive power of "10," then once that energy was combined with one unit of a specific type of energy and compressed, it could very possibly unleash power hundreds or even thousands of times beyond the normal level, resulting in terrifying destructive power.

"The energy reaction is intense. The reaction level is still continuing to rise."

Within the Hoenn League, numerous representatives had been closely watching the formation of the enormous Ice Moon. As the energy reaction intensified and more and more energy accumulated within the Ice Moon, everyone’s countenance changed.

The energy released if this Ice Moon were detonated had already reached one-tenth the destructive power of the weakest Taboo weapon possessed by the Hoenn League.

And if this continued, it could even rival the ultimate trump cards of the Pokémon Leagues of some smaller regions.

Those taboo weapons possessed tremendous deterrent power, granting certain forces immense war potential and a prominent position in the world. In some respects, they were even more intimidating than a League Champion. However, a League Champion could act with far greater flexibility, something those rigid weapons could never match. Thus, aside from serving as deterrents, these taboo weapons, which carried enormous negative consequences, had almost no opportunity to be used. Most of the time, it was still League Champions who represented the pinnacle of human combat power.

After all, the greatest characteristic of such taboo weapons was their overwhelming power. They did not distinguish between friend and foe, and once activated, they could no longer be controlled. Otherwise, they would not have been labeled "taboo" in the first place.

Above the ocean at Route 127, Wallace and Elite Four Glacia cooperated with one another, creating a continent of ice. The battle zone between the group and Kyogre was successfully narrowed down to the waters leading from the center of the ice continent to the ocean.

This was broken apart by Kyogre itself, yet it was also the very battlefield that Wallace and the others had deliberately prepared for it.

On the other side, Dragon Master Lance and Hoenn Champion Steven, with their exceptional combat strength, successfully suppressed Primal Groudon through their combined efforts, buying ample respite for the many Elite Fours.

After Phoebe, Sidney, and Drake completed their coordinated maneuver, they were the first to withdraw. At the same time, the numerous League fleets stationed around Route 127 also retreated, leaving behind only two remotely controlled suicide warships as a final means of interfering with the two Super-ancient Pokémon in case of an emergency.

"About how many seconds can you freeze them for?"

"Based on the results of five attempts, Groudon can melt through the ice in roughly three seconds, while Kyogre needs around four seconds to break free."

"That’s enough."

Terrance was already very satisfied to receive that answer. Those three or four seconds would be the time the Elite Four and Champion needed to withdraw, and also the time it would take for the Ice Moon to fall.

As time passed, after countless exchanges between the human powerhouses and the Super-ancient Pokémon, they had already figured out their fighting styles and confirmed their movement patterns. Therefore, the Ice Moon Plan was about to be put into action.

High in the sky, the fluctuations of the Ice Moon’s energy reaction had already reached their limit. According to the data received by the Hoenn League, the Ice Moon’s energy reaction had become extremely close to that of the smallest-scale taboo weapon.

How much time had Terrance spent preparing it?

Nearly half an hour.

In just half an hour, he had created something comparable to a taboo weapon. That efficiency shocked the entire Pokémon League.

"This is practically a living taboo weapon."

"The potential of this core tactic..."

At the Indigo Plateau in the Kanto Region, Granny Agatha, who was sitting in her chair watching the battle, shook her head. She had lived most of her life, yet this was the first time she had ever seen such an outrageous technique.

"It’s much more mature than when he first used it."

"Looking at it now, it really was Xerneas." In the Kalos Region, the superstar and Champion Diantha was also watching the battle. If Terrance was currently the Trainer with the deepest research into the Fairy type, then Diantha was very likely second.

Her ace, Gardevoir, possessed both the Psychic and Fairy types. When she had fought Terrance before, Diantha had been extremely curious about the special power of Altaria that had suppressed Gardevoir. Having observed it all this time, the suspicion in her heart was finally confirmed.

Inheritance Trainer.

Trainers who had obtained a portion of a Legendary Pokémon’s power were known as Inheritance Trainers. They were not necessarily extremely strong, but every one of them possessed extraordinary abilities. The earliest known Inheritance Trainer dated back three hundred years, to the person in Ecruteak City who had been able to communicate with Ho-Oh.

The significance of taboo weapons lay in deterrence—not only against humans, but also against Legendary Pokémon. The two held equivalent status, and only the power of Legendary Pokémon could rival taboo weapons. That was the fundamental reason Diantha was certain her judgment was correct.

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