Chapter 178: Ogerpon vs. Regirock

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Ogerpon vs. Regirock

A Legendary Titan...

"Eat my Ivy Cudgel!!!"

Ogerpon summoned her Ivy Cudgel, resting it on her shoulder as she carefully observed the stone giant, quietly sensing the power gradually awakening within it.

"Its level is close to 70... but not quite there."

"Level 69?"

Sora was somewhat surprised.

He hadn’t watched the anime, but he knew that Regirock there had been defeated by a bunch of kids.

That version’s strength couldn’t have exceeded Level 50.

There was no way it had been anywhere near Level 70.

If it truly were that powerful...

A single Rock-type move would have been enough to level the entire battlefield.

The fight could never have ended so easily.

"Just as I expected."

Sora thought to himself,

"The power scale of this world is far beyond both the games and the anime."

Considering how many parallel universes existed in the Pokémon world...

Something like this wasn’t strange at all.

Even if someone told Sora this was the Pokémon Prime Universe...

And that the true body of the Great Sinnoh One was watching from above...

He—

...Well.

That thought actually made him a little nervous.

Then again...

That was impossible.

The Great Sinnoh One existed beyond the entire multiverse, gazing down upon every world.

Even if the Arceus of this universe was unimaginably powerful...

It would still only be one of the Great Sinnoh One’s avatars.

Never the true body.

The Great Sinnoh One’s status wasn’t that cheap.

"Intruder detected."

"...Rock."

"Executing directive."

"Eliminate the enemy."

Regirock awakened extremely quickly.

The surging life force radiating from its body...

Was so overwhelming that even Emma and Korrina, watching from a distance, could clearly feel it.

"So murderous..."

Sora had originally hoped to communicate with Regirock.

Instead...

The Titan had shown hostility the moment it awoke.

"So strong!"

Korrina understood the aura far better than Emma.

"Champion-level!"

"This Regirock actually possesses Champion-level power!"

"Not quite Champion level..."

After thinking for a moment, Sora corrected himself.

"No..."

"Considering Regirock’s unique nature..."

"It can indeed contend with Champion-level Pokémon."

"Unfortunately..."

"Its opponent is Pon-Pon."

Sora had no intention of letting Ogerpon drag the fight out.

"Finish it, Pon-Pon!"

"Poniiiii!!"

With Sora’s command...

Any desire to play around instantly vanished.

Gripping her Ivy Cudgel...

Ogerpon burst forward like a green bolt of lightning.

"Rock!!"

Regirock reacted surprisingly quickly.

It raised both arms.

Countless massive boulders materialized in midair...

Blanketing the battlefield in an instant.

"It’s useless."

Sora acknowledged Regirock’s strength.

Unfortunately...

It was facing an Level 84 Ogerpon.

Yes.

Pon-Pon had become even stronger.

Her level had increased by another one.

BOOM!!

The emerald Ivy Cudgel swung downward...

Driven by monstrous strength capable of overturning mountains.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Every boulder exploded into dust.

Wrapped in unstoppable momentum...

The cudgel crossed nearly a hundred meters in an instant...

Before crashing directly into Regirock’s face.

"Ponii!"

Ogerpon landed lightly on the ground.

Before her...

Regirock had already disappeared.

No.

Rather...

The towering stone wall behind it had shattered completely.

Embedded deep within the broken rock...

Was the freshly awakened Rock Titan.

Regirock.

"S-So strong..."

"It actually got..."

"One-shot..."

Korrina had always known Sora and Ogerpon were powerful.

But witnessing a Legendary Titan...

A Pokémon capable of battling Champion-level opponents...

Being sent flying with a single swing...

Still left her utterly speechless.

Sure enough...

Against Ogerpon’s level of power...

Champion-class opponents were little more than chickens and dogs.

Hopelessly outmatched.

"Grass moves deal double damage."

"And Pon-Pon landed a critical hit."

"If it could still survive that..."

"Rock..."

"Rock... Rock..."

"..."

Well.

That jinx had arrived remarkably fast.

Sora clicked his tongue.

"Looks like..."

"I underestimated the vitality of the Legendary Titans."

"Pon-Pon."

"Beat it down."

"Poniiiii!!"

There was nothing left to say.

Ogerpon was equally dissatisfied.

Her normal attack...

Had actually failed to finish Regirock.

"You..."

"Made me lose face in front of Sora!"

The thought alone irritated her.

If that swing hadn’t been heavy enough...

Then she’d simply hit harder.

Hummmmm—

Brilliant light flared around Ogerpon.

The aura of Defiant surged.

The Little Kaido of Kitakami...

Had gotten serious.

BOOM!!

SMACK!

CRACK—!

What followed...

Was a perfect demonstration of a Legendary Pokémon’s overwhelming brutality.

Throughout the entire beating...

Regirock resembled nothing more than a punching bag.

Pinned against the wall...

It was hammered relentlessly by Ogerpon’s cudgel until it completely lost the will to resist.

Cracks spread across its rocky body.

One after another.

Dense beyond counting.

Had Sora not known that Regirock was practically immortal...

Able to endlessly repair itself with stone and earth...

He might genuinely have worried Ogerpon would beat it to death.

THUD.

At last...

Unable to withstand the relentless storm of blows...

Regirock collapsed.

Unable to continue fighting.

"Haa..."

Ogerpon stretched her body comfortably.

Apparently...

The warm-up had felt pretty good.

Yes.

A warm-up.

Although she’d activated Defiant...

She had deliberately held back every strike.

Each blow was carefully measured.

Painful enough to teach Regirock a lesson...

But never enough to damage its core.

When it came to fine control over raw strength...

Ogerpon remained Sora’s undisputed number one.

"Well done, Pon-Pon."

Sora and the others walked into the arena.

He took out a Poké Ball...

And tossed it toward Regirock.

The Rock Titan was drawn inside.

The Poké Ball shook once...

Its final futile struggle.

But the outcome had already been decided.

Click.

Regirock had been successfully captured.

"Alright."

"Regirock... gotcha."

Sora wasn’t particularly excited.

After all...

He already had Calyrex.

And he’d personally raised Ogerpon, Volcanion, and the others.

Even though Regirock possessed considerable potential...

He still didn’t believe it could ever surpass Ogerpon.

The Titans’ path of growth was actually very straightforward.

Return to their origins.

Regain the colossal forms they once possessed.

But...

The same question remained.

Even as towering giants...

Could they withstand Ogerpon’s empowered Ivy Cudgel?

The answer...

Was no.

Regirock couldn’t.

And the other Titans...

Would fare no differently.

They, too...

Would simply be smashed into pieces by Ogerpon.

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