Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 625 Battle of Gods
In the restaurant in Desert City.

Xiaozhi and his friends and the Mayalibalza siblings looked at Naoki who was standing opposite them.

"I sensed a sense of anger from the pot. The power that originally belonged to Hoopa became resentful after being sealed for a hundred years. The evil power it transformed into will control anyone who touches the pot of punishment."

"It's true. I have the same feeling." Balza looked at the pot of punishment held by Hitlon in a machine, and he still felt a lingering fear.

At that time, he came into contact with the Pot of Punishment in the desert and planned to bring it back to Desert City, but he never expected to be controlled by it.

Hoopa was also a little scared about this: "Hoopa has a feeling that he is about to disappear. Hoopa is so scared and doesn't want to be released!"

Mei Yali looked worried: "Huppa..."

"But if that's the case, then Hoopa will have no way of getting his power back?" Serena couldn't help but ask.

"No." Balza shook his head, recalling the past, and then said: "After Hoopa was sealed, our great-grandfather brought it back to his hometown, which is now the Valley of Creation."

"Although he has passed away, he still left some words behind. Before Hoopa understands the true meaning of punishment, it has no way to regain its true power, nor can it transcend its own halo."

"Punishment?" Xiaozhi caught a key word from it: "Then what can we do to help Hoopa understand the true meaning of punishment?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Hoopa.

Hoopa, on the other hand, looked confused and equally bewildered as to the punishment.

"Hoopa doesn't know either..."

If Hoopa is not helped to understand the true meaning of punishment, he will remain as he is now and will not be able to regain his true power.

Although this will not have any bad impact on Hoopa, as a good friend who grew up together, Meiyali still wants to help Hoopa.

Thinking of this, Mei Yali couldn't help but look at the man sipping tea opposite her.

Like their great-grandfather, the other party has a connection with the legendary Pokémon Arceus, who created the world.

Maybe the other party will know some solutions.

"Mr. Naoki, do you know what we should do?" asked Mei Yali.

"If Hoopa wants to regain its former strength, it must understand the true meaning of punishment and actively accept the power sealed in the pot of punishment."

Hearing this, Hoopa immediately shook his head in fear: "No! Hoopa will disappear! He will no longer be like Hoopa!"

"That power has been sealed alone in the Punishment Pot for hundreds of years. It was originally a part of Hoopa, but because of the long period of sealing and loneliness, the power became extremely angry. So when it entered Hoopa's body, the anger took over Hoopa's mind and affected it."

Hearing this, everyone was slightly stunned.

Xiaozhi was the first to react: "So that means that power is also Hoopa?"

"You could say that." Naoki looked at Mayali and Balza, "I do have a few solutions. The specific situation depends on you and Hoopa."

"Please tell us!" Mei Yali said hurriedly.

Now with his joining, the Pot of Punishment has not been broken by the Rocket trio, so they have many ways to deal with this matter.

Naoki thought for a moment, and then said, "The first is to help Hoopa understand the true meaning of punishment, and let it share what it has seen and heard in the past hundred years with the part in the pot of punishment."

"The second option is to forcibly defeat the shadow Hoopa in the pot of punishment, but doing so may deepen its anger. As for the consequences..."

Naoki didn't finish his words, but Meiyali and Balza already understood.

Doing so might backfire, sow the seeds of trouble in the future, and more likely cause Hoopa to lose himself.

Now, the only option they have is the first one.

The only question is, does Hoopa now understand the true meaning of punishment?
"Huppa doesn't know either..." Little Hupa looked troubled.

Xiaozhi, on the other hand, seemed very confused: "Since we are all Hoopas, why can't we just get along?"

Hoopa was a little scared at first, but Naoki said that the shadow had been sealed in the Pot of Punishment for a hundred years and it was very lonely, so it was very angry.

Thinking of this, the kind-hearted Hoopa couldn't help but say: "Hoopa also wants to live in peace with Shadow..."

"In that case, let's give it a try!" Balza made a decision: "Let's help Hoopa negotiate with the shadow and let Hoopa share with it what he has seen and heard in the past hundred years!"

"Yeah!" Mei Yali nodded in agreement.

"Let's help too!" Xiaozhi, Pikachu and the others were also full of fighting spirit.

Mew, Bear Baby, and Victini also flew forward.

"miu!"

"Everyone..." Hoopa looked at everyone who wanted to help him with emotion.

Seeing this, Naoki smiled slightly, and then said: "It's a good choice, but the place where the plan is implemented cannot be in the city."

"Eh?" Xiaozhi was slightly stunned.

But Hitron had already reacted: "Shadow Hoopa's power is so strong that if it appears in the city, it will cause serious damage to the city!"

Just like just now, Shadow Hoopa only appeared for a short while, but it destroyed a building, affected traffic on the road, and attracted Miss Junsha.

Fortunately, they didn't do it on purpose, so Miss Junsha let them go.

"In that case, let's choose a location in an uninhabited desert." After hearing what several people said, Balza made a decision.

"Okay! Let's go over and help too!" Serena raised her right hand.

Naoki Shinko said since he was already here, he might as well go and take a look!
The group simply packed their luggage and decided to set off into the depths of the desert.

Before setting off, Naoki found Hoopa and asked him to pick up Gulden as well.

“No problem!” Hoopa immediately summoned a halo, put his hand into it and began to exert force: “Hoopa—Laolao!”

The next second, Gulden's figure was fished out by Hoopa.

The ranch is being taken care of by Emperor Yan and his sister Ai Guanshi, so it should be okay for him to leave for a while.

Gulerton arrived, and everyone was present. Naoki looked at everyone and said, "Okay, let's go!"

"Yes!"

Since Naoki was not familiar with this place, Balza was left to lead the way.

The group rented several flying taxis in Desert City and headed deep into the desert.

After flying for nearly half an hour, an uninhabited desert appeared in the view ahead.

Even Pokémon are rare here.

This is because the surrounding area is too barren, without any natural resources, not even cacti. Looking around, all you can see is yellow sand and rolling sand dunes.

"Mr. Naoki, do you think this place is okay?" Balza jumped down from the Warrior Eagle and asked, turning back.

Naoki nodded: "Okay, let's do it here."

"Well, it's Xitron time!" Xitron adjusted his glasses, and the mechanical arm behind him stretched out the pot of punishment.

"Next, I'm going to start! Hoopa, are you ready?"

"Hoopa is ready!" Hoopa showed a sly smile on his face. He stretched out his little hand and aimed it at the Pot of Punishment, intending to share his experiences of the past hundred years with Shadow according to what Naoki had said.

"Let's start!" Balza said calmly.

"Hoopa, come on!" Xiaozhi and others cheered for Hoopa.

"Yeah!" Hoopa nodded vigorously.

Then, colorful light of memory burst out from its body, covering the pot of punishment in front of it.

Hoopa closed his eyes and shared with Shadow Hoopa all the people and things he had encountered in the past hundred years.

A hundred years ago, Gulis taught it to sow seeds with its own hands. Later, Gulis grew old, and Meyali and Balza were born.

The three of them grew up together and played together every day, with Meyali playing pranks around town with her.

Sometimes it also wants to help everyone in the town.

When Grandpa Dam, who was suffering from drought, wanted rain to irrigate his fields, it took the candy from Granny Mela's shop and threw it down.

When the children tried to use a stone to press down the kneaded dough, it pulled out a rumbling stone, which also caused the statue placed nearby to be smashed.

It and the children tried to repair it in a scramble, but after some hilarious "efforts", the town's Granny Mela forgave their mistake and treated them to donuts.

"Shadow, Hoopa has experienced a lot in the past hundred years!" Hoopa looked at the Punishment Pot: "Hoopa will slowly tell you about these things!"

The light of memory burst out with a dazzling light.

After a while, everything returned to calm.

Everyone looked at the quiet Punishment Pot, feeling extremely nervous.

Did you make it?

Balza walked forward, and after hesitating for a moment, he reached out and opened the lid of the Punishment Pot. The next second, a strong purple aura surged out of the pot, and almost instantly, it submerged Hoopa's body.

"what!"

Hoopa immediately let out a cry of pain.

"Hupa!" Seeing this scene, Mei Yali's heart tightened and she hurried forward to hug Hupa.

But the force was so strong that it directly knocked her away.

"Ms. Mei Yali!" Selina hurried forward to support her.

Balza walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand, and the Arceus pendant around his neck emitted a golden light.

The light flew towards Hoopa under his control.

"Time, sky, and everything in the world, break!"

As the incantation was chanted, the golden light suddenly became more intense.

At this time, Meiyali also stood up, walked to the other side, and used the power of Arceus with her brother.

Balza felt Shadow's thoughts and was extremely surprised. He gritted his teeth and said to everyone:
"Not good! The power is trying to take over Hoopa's body! Such terrible anger, Shadow is jealous of Hoopa! It has been sealed for a hundred years, and Hoopa has been playing outside for a hundred years, Shadow's anger has become even greater!"

"But isn't Shadow also Hoopa?" Xiaozhi clenched his fists.

"Well, that's right, but this guy undoubtedly wants to kill Hupa..." Before Balza could finish his words, Hupa, whose body was shrouded by the shadow, let out an even more painful cry, as if he was about to collapse.

Seeing this, Mei Yali hurriedly shouted: "Hupa, come on, you can't lose to it!"

“Ahhhhhhhh!” Hoopa’s scream was extremely miserable.

At this moment, its power seemed to have reached its limit, and the purple shadow was actually dispersed directly and hovered in the sky.

A dark demonic shadow emerged from it. Hoopa, the shadow incarnate of anger, had red eyes and roared towards the sky.

"Hoopa, the strongest!"

"What is going on?!" Xiaozhi asked hurriedly.

Balza's expression was more serious than ever before. "That power wanted to return to Hoopa's body, but after being rejected by Hoopa, it had nowhere to go, so it decided to replace Hoopa and become the main body! In that case... It's bad, Hoopa is in danger!"

Naoki frowned. Can't he be persuaded by force?
Or does it have to be like in the movie, where a big battle takes place before Hoopa can realize the meaning of punishment and share his true feelings with Shadow Hoopa?

In the sky, a meowing hot air balloon slowly floated over.

The three members of Team Rocket who were chasing Pikachu stared blankly at the horrifying scene below.

Meow Meow suddenly felt a little worried: "I always feel like we came at the wrong time, meow..."

"What a powerful Pokémon!" Kojiro looked at Shadow Hoopa excitedly. If he could give it to the boss...

"Are you going to catch him?"

"Good idea!" Musashi's eyes lit up.

And just then, Shadow Hoopa suddenly noticed them.

As if sensing the evil intentions of these three guys, a strong arm flew out and punched the Meow Meow hot air balloon.

A golden halo emerged from behind, and the hot air balloon fell into it and disappeared in an instant.

"Team Rocket!"

Seeing this scene, Xiaozhi was a little worried.

But after dealing with Team Rocket, Shadow Hoopa turned his attention to them again.

To be precise, it was Hoopa who was held in Xiaozhi's arms.

"Disappear!"

An enormous shadow ball emerged from Shadow Hoopa's hand, and then swept towards the people on the ground.

At the critical moment, Gulden jumped up, and the huge force collided with the Shadow Ball, causing the Shadow Ball to explode violently in the sky.

"Brother, the pot of punishment!" Mei Yali spoke quickly.

But as soon as she finished her words, a golden halo emerged from under Xitron's body.

Hitlon fell into it, then appeared in the sky, and fell down rapidly.

The Punishment Pot held by the mechanical arm accidentally fell, and Shadow Hoopa's giant hand easily caught it, and then squeezed it hard, and the Punishment Pot was crushed to pieces.

"Oh no!" Mei Yali watched the scene with her own eyes.

Dream flew forward and caught Hitlon with his telekinesis.

Shadow Hoopa looked at everyone with his glowing red eyes and roared.

"Disappear!"

"Guleton, full force!" Naoki's voice rang out.

Gulden flew forward, emitting an ancient aura, and while transforming, he charged towards Shadow Hoopa.

However, in the face of this attack, Shadow Hoopa simply summoned a halo across his body.

Without time to brake, Gulden rushed into it and appeared in another direction.

Hoopa's figure flickered, and halos automatically emerged from his body, then fell beside Gulden and surrounded it.

The next second, huge fists stretched out from the halo and launched a covering attack on Gulden.

That is...another-dimensional attack!

"Mew, Zapdos, Victini, please!" Naoki stepped forward and protected everyone behind him.

"miu!"

Dreamy nodded and flew forward to help.

It was as if tangible superpowers burst out from its body and launched a fierce attack towards Shadow Hoopa.

A red V-shaped flame immediately appeared on Victini's forehead.

The lightning bird hovered in the air, controlling huge lightning to fall from the clouds.

Mental strength + V heat + thunder.

The three Pokémon of the Great Hero Expedition Team attacked Shadow Hoopa at the same time.

"boom!"

A huge force exploded on Shadow Hoopa, causing it to stagger.

Gu Leton took the opportunity to rush out from the fierce attack of the other dimension, clenched his right fist, and hit Shadow Hoopa hard.

Its huge body then fell into the desert in a rather embarrassing manner, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Good job!" Hitlon was very excited.

Yulika, who was standing next to him, also had a smile on her face, while Xiaoruan on Yulika's body was silently staring at the scene in the air, wondering what she was thinking.

"Hopa!"

Shadow Hoopa roared and flew out of the desert, looking at the Pokémon floating in front of it with great anger.

Using more people to defeat fewer people?
Humph, in that case, it comes too!

A terrifying energy surged out from Shadow Hoopa's body.

I saw all the golden halos on its body flying out and floating on both sides.

A bright light shone in the halo.

The blue power of time slowly flowed through one of the halos, and then a huge steel-blue Pokémon with red eyes flew out.

A purple light emanated from a halo, and the power of space exploded. The god of space, Palkia, also with red eyes, emerged from it.

There was a scarlet glow in a halo, and the next second, the hideous figure of Giratina flew out from it.

It seemed as if ice crystals shattered in a halo, and bursts of cold air surged out, carrying out a Pokémon emitting powerful icy power.

Large swathes of red magma gushed out from a halo, and in the magma, a Pokémon covered with a red shell with golden patterns all over it fell from it.

A large amount of azure water gushed out from a halo, and Kyogre's huge body appeared in the desert along with the water.

Six legendary Pokémon with red eyes stood on both sides of Shadow Hoopa, with no emotion on their faces, staring coldly at Gulliver, Mew, Zapdos, and Victini opposite them.

(End of this chapter)