"Don't want to play anymore? Too late!"
Bai Mu's gaze turned cold. "Stop it, Land's Wrath!"
"Awoo~"
Zygarde's eyes flashed as it used Land's Wrath to blow up the cliffs on both sides of the valley entrance!
Boom!
Rocks tumbled down, rubble hurtling through the air.
It looked as though a natural disaster had descended.
Even the Time Hunter, which had been charging forward without a care, stopped in its tracks, frightened by the fear engraved into its genes.
Bai Mu shouted inwardly, "Xiao Ruan, Land's Wrath, full power!"
"Awoo!"
Zygarde let out a long howl, and dazzling green light erupted in an instant.
Rumble!
The ground throughout the entire valley shook violently.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The earth collapsed, the rock walls burst apart, and soil churned as endless power of the earth surged forth!
By then, the terrified Tusked Time Hunter could only raise its Time Barrier with all its strength to defend itself.
It was immediately engulfed by the power of the earth and completely swallowed!
Rumble—!
The terrifying tremors continued without end.
The horrifying sight, like an earth dragon turning over, sent Spirit Beasts within several miles fleeing in every direction.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes—
Only after a full half hour, when Zygarde sensed that the Time Hunter's aura had weakened, did it stop attacking.
The once-wide valley had now become a field of ruins.
"Ahh~"
The Tusked Time Hunter let out a miserable wail. Its enormous body lay sprawled on the ground, barely alive, its life rapidly slipping away.
Bai Mu slowly approached and gave the final command. "Xiao Ruan, finish it."
"Woof~"
Zygarde stepped forward and fired a scorching Dragon Pulse, completely taking its life.
Immediately afterward, Soul Power and strange gray mist rose from its corpse, eventually forming a deep black Spirit Ring wrapped in gray fog.
A Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!
"Whew~ It's finally over."
Bai Mu finally relaxed completely. "Good thing it didn't have any overly powerful time-based Spirit Skills. Otherwise, we might really not have been able to beat it."
Of course, perhaps he had simply been too cautious.
He had not let Zygarde get close throughout the entire fight, leaving the Time Hunter unable to launch even a final desperate counterattack.
"A time-attribute Spirit Beast really is terrifying. Even its Spirit Ring has an extra gray mist effect compared to other Spirit Rings."
"I just wonder what Spirit Skill I'll get after absorbing it, or whether it can resonate with that move!"
He looked at the black Spirit Ring, his eyes burning with anticipation.
"Xiao Ruan, stand guard for me!"
"Woof."
Though exhausted, Zygarde still forced itself to stay alert, scattering Z-Cells throughout the surroundings to keep watch.
Meanwhile, Bai Mu sat cross-legged and began using Calm Mind to draw in the Spirit Ring.
Whoosh!
When the Spirit Ring flew above Bai Mu's head, his consciousness entered the spiritual world once more.
Unlike before, no information appeared immediately this time. Instead, a gigantic wild boar appeared!
Tusked Hunter Remnant Soul!
The moment it saw Bai Mu, the culprit behind everything, the Time Hunter charged at him like mad. Its two tusks shone with brilliant light capable of piercing through anything.
"You still want to act wild in my spiritual world? Do you have what it takes?"
Bai Mu sneered and grabbed at the air, pulling out a rocket launcher.
Fire!
Boom!
Brilliant sparks exploded within the spiritual world, blasting the Time Hunter into the distance.
"That's it?"
Light and shadows shifted in Bai Mu's hands, and a Purgatory Gatling appeared in his arms out of thin air.
He pulled the trigger, and an uncountable storm of bullets instantly riddled the Time Hunter with holes.
Amid the smoke, the Time Hunter's remnant soul completely shattered.
"Dust to dust, earth to earth, the mouse's children will dance!"
"Since you're dead, stop struggling!"
Bai Mu waved a hand, erasing all traces as familiar information surfaced once more.
[Successfully absorbed the 12,458-year Tusked Time Hunter Spirit Ring. Obtained third Spirit Skill: Temporal Penetration (Gathers the power of time for a powerful strike, allowing attacks to ignore the target's defenses!)]
"This must be the Spirit Skill that let the Tusked Time Hunter so easily pierce through and kill other Spirit Beasts.
Thinking of the tragic state of those Spirit Beasts pierced through by its tusks, Bai Mu felt that this move was truly exceptional.
But the main event was still to come!
[Pokemon Moves available for resonance replacement: Trick Room, Diamond Storm, Power Gem, Imprison, Disable, Protect—Roar of Time]
"This move list is really all over the place!"
Bai Mu had not expected a Spirit Beast to have so many moves available for resonance.
Ignoring the others, his gaze swiftly searched through the list and quickly locked onto one particularly special move—Roar of Time.
Roar of Time was Dialga's Signature Move, the god of time in Pokemon World. It could unleash powerful energy that twisted time itself to attack opponents. After using the move, the user would stiffen and be unable to move for a short time.
It was a powerful move, but also one with severe limitations.
But the real world was not a game. As long as the user was strong enough, he could completely force himself to ignore the side effect of being unable to move.
If there was any real drawback, it was that Zygarde was not Dialga. Even if it knew Roar of Time, that did not mean it could use other time powers as Dialga could.
If it truly wanted to use them, it could only start from scratch and learn bit by bit, with only a chance of mastering them.
However—
"It's enough!"
Bai Mu grinned. Having a Divine Beast's Signature Move already, what more could he ask for?
That overwhelming power alone made it worth it!
[I choose to use Temporal Penetration to resonate with Roar of Time!]
The instant he made his choice, Bai Mu left the spiritual world once again.
Soul Power from the Spirit Ring continuously poured into his body, pushing him past level 30 and into an entirely new realm.
His already sturdy body grew even stronger under the Spirit Ring's nourishment. His muscles became firmer, and even his skin became considerably tougher.
About two hours later, Bai Mu finally opened his eyes after accepting the transformation from the Soul Power.
"Wait! Something seems wrong!"
Before Bai Mu could sort through his current condition, he discovered that everything in his field of vision was rippling.
Temporal Ripple!
"I can see... time?"
Bai Mu looked around in astonishment.
"Woof~"
Zygarde raised a paw and pointed at Bai Mu's eyes.
"What happened to my eyes?"
Bai Mu hurriedly took a mirror from his Soul Tool.
The face reflected in it was still his handsome, refined face with a trace of youthful innocence.
However, his once bright and lively black eyes had now lost their darkness and gleamed with diamond-like radiance.
"Damn! They're kind of pretty!"
Looking at those beautiful eyes in the mirror, Bai Mu could not help feeling the urge to gouge them out and preserve them properly.
"Does this count as an External Soul Bone?"
"What abilities and special traits does it have?"
Bai Mu tried controlling it. As his eyes faintly lit up, he felt that his speed seemed to increase by an almost imperceptible amount.
He looked around again and realized that he seemed capable of affecting the time of everything within range.
"Could this be—the Time Hunter's Time Domain!"
Bai Mu was somewhat stunned.
He had not expected that he would have a chance to obtain an External Soul Bone beyond those from the original work.
And it had even dropped the Spirit Beast's most powerful ability!
Although this ability was currently pitifully weak.
It could only affect less than one percent of the flow of time.
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