The Burial Tower in the Johto Region was also known as the Buried Tower. In ancient times, it had been a place where Rayquaza was worshiped, gathering humanity's faith in Rayquaza.
However, the Buried Tower later became a place where humans and Pokémon were buried together. Rayquaza had not returned here for a very long time; it had only come back because, in desperation, it had nowhere else to turn after failing to achieve Primal Reversion.
By then, Xi's Pokémon had already been teleported over: Garchomp, Noivern, Dragonite, Flabébé, Hydreigon, Vibrava, and a Metagross. To prevent her Dragon-type Pokémon from being too heavily countered, Xi had also raised a Metagross.
All these Pokémon were at Elite Four level.
In her previous life, Xi had fallen because she had been unprepared, and because Rayquaza had been overly confident in itself. This time, Xi had come fully armed and ready. It was still uncertain who would emerge victorious.
Qing Wu also had a premonition that the Poison-type Elite Four who used Floral Binding would appear as well. That Elite Four member still did not know that every member of Team Rocket now had an antidote for Floral Binding's poison.
He wondered whether that Elite Four member would be pleasantly surprised when someone was hit by Floral Binding, only to immediately pull out an antidote for the poison.
Qing Wu had also spotted members of Team Rocket's Dark Department in Cianwood City. It seemed the intelligence he had sent back had drawn Leader Sakaki's attention. Team Rocket absolutely would not allow the League to capture Rayquaza.
Qing Wu felt that Team Rocket had probably made an outstanding contribution to Rayquaza's escape from Goldenrod City in his previous life. Otherwise, it would have been unbelievable for a Dragonite at Elite Four level to wreak