An Honest Pokémon That Couldn't Fly, an Expanding Divine Domain

As the life replay ended, the Sky Screen began to ripple once more.

Northwest of Sea God Island, a desolate island stood amid a vast stretch of sea occasionally crossed by sea soul beasts.

The instant the Sky Screen's golden light locked onto that place, a sudden change erupted!

A special domain began spreading from the volcano, and Groudon, which had been slumbering beneath the earth while absorbing the power of the land, finally opened its eyes.

At the same time, it instantly understood the purpose of a Divine Domain.

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

Heavy, slow footsteps, as if striking directly against souls and the veins of the earth, echoed from deep within the volcano.

With every step, the entire newborn continent trembled faintly, while the volcano spewed fiercer columns of smoke and magma.

Finally, amid the billowing smoke and flowing magma at the crater, an incomparably massive, overwhelmingly majestic red silhouette slowly emerged.

It stepped upon the boiling magma as though climbing stairs, walking out from the depths of the volcano one step at a time.

With every step, the thick red armor plates on its body scraped against the magma and threw off dazzling sparks. The dark-blue spikes between the plates flashed in response, as if breathing and gathering world-destroying energy.

The shadowed side of its lead-gray body looked even deeper and heavier beneath the glow of the magma.

When it fully emerged from the crater and stood atop the volcano, the entire volcano seemed to have become the foundation of its throne.

"Roar!"

A furious roar that shook the universe and tore through the clouds suddenly erupted!

It was not mere sound, but the voice of laws mixed with the pulse of the earth, the roar of volcanoes, and the collision of tectonic plates!

Visible dark-red sound waves surged outward from it in all directions like a tsunami!

The clouds in the sky were instantly blasted apart and annihilated! The sea was crushed into a massive hollow, sending up waves hundreds of meters high!

Amid that roar, the aura around it was no longer restrained and fully erupted!

A divine might as heavy as an entire continent pressing down from above!

It made all the soul beasts in the ocean tremble. As Groudon awakened, a blazing sun condensed above the volcano's crater.

Though it stood atop a magma volcano, it seemed to have become the center and cornerstone of the entire world.

Groudon walked out from the crater and headed toward the sea. With every step it took, the ocean was replaced by land.

Its Earth Divine Domain was expanding.

"Rumble rumble rumble!!!"

A deafeningly muffled boom rose from the seafloor, and the entire surface of the sea began to boil and swell violently!

Next, the pungent stench of sulfur mixed with scorching steam. The seawater rapidly changed from azure blue to murky yellow, then stained itself an ominous dark red!

"Boom!!!"

Thick, dragon-like pillars of blazing dark-red magma violently tore through the sea and shot into the sky!

When the searing magma met the icy seawater, it erupted with ear-splitting hisses and vast clouds of white steam that blocked out the sky!

As the magma continued erupting, huge amounts of gray-black volcanic ash, scorching chunks of rock, and crystalline matter containing pure earth and fire energy were hurled into the air before crashing down like a meteor shower.

They did not fall back into the sea. Instead, drawn by some invisible force field, they began piling up, condensing, and growing around the center of the eruption!

A brand-new landmass was forcibly born from the boiling seawater at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Rocks collided, compressed, and fused with thunderous roars. The edge of the land continuously expanded outward, crushing waves and swallowing seawater.

At the same time, Groudon's location and actions were broadcast live across the entire Douluo Continent by the Sky Screen.

Seeing Groudon honestly walking across the sea, even though every step created land, the people of Douluo Continent still found it inexplicably amusing.

It was mainly a matter of perspective. Groudon was enormous, and facing it in person would likely leave one feeling only fear.

But from a god's-eye view, everyone could only see an honest Pokémon that could not fly, using its own legs in an attempt to cross the ocean on foot.

It looked so honest and easy to bully. The very act of walking across the ocean was rather ridiculous.

The Sky Screen revealed Groudon's full information. In particular, the glaring "Reason for Ranking: Cannot Fly" and the rule "No limit on participants, fight until the final chapter" were like a spark that instantly ignited the Douluo Continent, which had only just fallen into solemn reflection because of Electrolux's ranking!

After a brief moment of shock came an uproar and wild joy that nearly burst through the clouds!

"Did I hear that right? Tenth place?! Just because it can't fly?!"

"The God of the Earth can't fly? It's already a god, and it still can't fly? Hahahaha!"

"No matter how strong it is, if it can't fly, it's a living target! If there are enough people, we can wear it to death!"

"Too bad I'm weak and can't fly either. Otherwise, I'd have a shot at this God of the Earth too."

The people of Douluo Continent focused only on the fact that Groudon could not fly, but the God Realm, which had been watching this place all along, saw something entirely different.

As Groudon advanced, the "growth potential" displayed by the Small Divine Domain completely set the God Realm ablaze.

Within the God Realm Council, the Asura God's scarlet eyes nearly burst into flames.

"An expandable Divine Domain... self-circulating laws... This is no longer merely a reward. This is the foundation of a new God Realm!"

Unrestrained fervor filled the Asura God's eyes. "If we can seize it, analyze its laws, and integrate it into the God Realm, Divine Positions will no longer be limited by Creator Origin. We can also break free of our shackles and glimpse something higher..."

The other four God Kings had no objections. What rules about gods being unable to descend lightly?

The five strongest God Kings had gathered together. As long as they had no objections, the rules could be revised at will.

After the original Creator God created the God Realm, he transformed into five seeds, giving rise to the five God Kings: Goodness, Evil, Destruction, Asura, and—

Accordingly, these five God Kings were also constrained by their Divine Positions. But now, there was this expandable Small God Realm.

Any god could see that as long as the Divine Domain expanded to one-fifth the size of the God Realm, it would likely be enough to achieve the rank of God King.

Even if it were merely integrated into the God Realm, the Divine Domain's infinitely expandable nature could continuously replenish the God Realm with Divine Positions.

This time, the God Realm completely ignored the rules and attempted to descend to the lower realm to seize the Divine Domain by force.

Their desire for the position of God King and their anxiety over the God Realm's developmental bottleneck overwhelmed their final trace of caution toward the existence behind the Pokemon World.

The Asura God made his decision swiftly. He could not tolerate such an opportunity slipping away before his eyes.

A strand of Asura God's Divine Thought condensed to the extreme, carrying a portion of Origin Divine Power, forcibly tore through the fragile barrier between the God Realm and the mortal world, and descended upon the skies above Douluo Continent!

In an instant, the sky above the sea where Groudon's Divine Domain stood was dyed an ominous blood-red!

A phantom of a colossal blood-colored sword, seemingly formed from endless killing intent, stretched across the heavens. It exuded terrifying pressure capable of destroying divine souls and shattering laws, its blade pointed directly at Groudon below, which was steadily advancing!

"God from another realm, leave behind the Divine Domain!"

The Asura God's cold divine voice echoed as the blood-colored giant sword descended with the will of Judgment and plunder!

Though this strike was not the full power of his true body, it far surpassed the might of a First-Level God and was enough to severely injure or even destroy an ordinary God Rank existence!