Su Hao's greatest concern now was whether the New Star Organization would set its sights on the Divine Bird Sanctuary. Their understanding of Legendary Pokémon astonished even Su Hao. There was no telling where they might learn of Dark Lugia and come stirring up trouble.
Fortunately, four of the New Star Organization's Ten Seats had now been taken out by Su Hao himself. Their range of activity should shrink somewhat, and the frequency of their troublemaking should also decrease.
Seeing how seriously Articuno took the matter he had brought up, Su Hao relaxed slightly and smiled. "Then I'll be heading back first."
Articuno turned its face away with a look of disdain and waved its wings.
[Go on, go on. Don't come see me until you've earned the Elite Four title. It'd be too embarrassing.]
Su Hao smiled without exposing Articuno's act. "Haha, I won't embarrass you. We'll be back soon."
Without waiting for Articuno's response, Su Hao mounted Hisuian Braviary and flew toward the Divine Land Alliance.
After watching Su Hao's departing figure, Articuno preened its feathers for a while before looking into the distance in another direction and murmuring:
[The other Legendary Pokémon are also gradually awakening and descending upon this world. What will this world become in the future?]
On May 1, Su Hao set off back to the Divine Land Alliance. He arrived in its coastal region on May 2, greeted Su Xu, then began moving between the Divine Land Alliance's major cities like a Twister, thoroughly throwing the battle scene into chaos.
He did nothing else, merely repeatedly queued for ranked matches, battled, and raised his ranking. To rapidly climb within the top hundred of the Master Ball Tier, he could only defeat Trainers ranked above him.
Defeating Trainers ranked below him earned very